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I keep seeing people saying "I hope they don't make Jeremiah the bad guy" and other things like that. They're not making him "the bad guy", it's a not really a good guy-bad guy situation. I don't think this story has a bad guy. What the 3rd book (and probably the 3rd season) do is show you Jeremiah's flaws and the fact that he isn't a perfect person (because no one is!).

I know we've all agreed Belly has a very biased and idealized view of both boys. Once Belly starts dating Conrad and things start to spiral, the bubble is popped for her and she stops seeing the idealized version of him, but I would also argue she starts to idealize him in the opposite way, forcing herself to try to see him as a "bad" person. I also feel like in the 2nd book/season she starts to compare the brothers in her mind and starts thinking maybe Jere was always the better choice (he would have been a better prom date etc). And the first 2 books/seasons spend a lot of time telling you Jere is a golden retriever, a golden boy, an unrealistically "perfect" guy who is always fun to be around and would never hurt Belly or do any of the things Conrad did. But the thing is, no one is that perfect. And especially not kids who have been through the things the kids in this story have been through (ie Susannah), of course they're all going to make human mistakes. Also we're getting all of this from Belly's point of view, and we need to remember that she has always seen them in the radiant sunshine light of all these magical summers.

The 3rd book is when Belly's Jeremiah bubble is popped and she starts to see all the annoying things he does and his flaws (it's actually kinda funny cause the first chapter is like "oh everything is wonderful with Jere he has been so many of my firsts and I've never had anyone like this" and then in the next chapter she's like "Jere is the most annoying mfer I have ever met and here's all the annoying ass thing he does"). And then the whole cheating thing happens...but they were on break so technically he didn't "cheat" but he should have known better, and then he made it worse by proposing to her.

Anyway all of that is to say they are not making anyone the bad guy, they are not making Jeremiah the bad guy. They are showing he makes human mistakes, is flawed and is also very capable of hurting Belly. Yes, he's a fun golden retriever but golden retrievers also sometimes bite and jump up on you and get into your trash, but it doesn't make him a bad dog. It's not sunshine and flowers 24/7. That's just not how life works.

Also just to be clear- yes, the characters in this story make mistakes and hurt each other and are at times a little bit toxic to each other, but no one does anything irredeemable or unforgivable.

#tsitp #the summer i turned pretty #tsitp 3 #we'll always have summer #tsitp season 3 #jeremiah fisher #conrad fisher #belly conklin #I am also realizing it's usually the younger ppl who are stuck on the jere can do no wrong train. I think the older you get not necessarily #ur age but the more life experience u gain you are able to understand things better & see where all the characters are coming from better #it's kind of like how ppl who have not experienced grief/loss have a hard time understanding that aspect #also I think part of the problem is there's a whole weird trend about “golden retriever” guys? #also this is unrelated but the golden retriever trend cracks me up bc I am severely allergic to golden retrievers

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I love the disco ball being part of the stage set up. Niall really said I can still make the whole place ✨shimmer✨

#niall #the show live on tour #tslot #niall horan #also the way the setlist is a perfect mix of all 3 of his albums #niall I love you thank you for having such good taste in your own music #I thought it would be almost all the show and heartbreak weather and he would be like flicker already got her time to shine #but I should have known Niall will never ignore flicker #also the fact that I am almost 100% going to hear him sing this town live THIS SUMMER??? I can't handle it. it better stay on the setlist

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— The Show Live On Tour in Belfast, Night I (February 20th, 2024)

#niall #the show live on tour #i love him and his cute lil smile

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Another video of Niall singing Night Changes.

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#niall #the show live on tour #NIGHT CHANGES ARE YOU KIDDING ME #i knew there would be a 1D song and I'm glad it's this one #I LOVED fool's gold but this is even better

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The Show Live On Tour, Belfast Night 1 (20/02)

#niall #lol I LOVE HIM #I cannot WAIT until my show

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#teen wolf #scott mccall #i love this lol #he's just a straight up good kind pure character

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Still immensely funny to me that Peter Hale turned up like hmm I'm going to turn a random teenager to do my evil bidding and then picks Leadership-Skills McPower-Of-Friendship. Truly I have never seen someone fumble that badly.

#teen wolf #lol i'm wheezing #everything he tried to do in the show ended up being a failure #no wonder he was always so angry

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but you won't

#tsitp #belly x conrad #belly conklin #conrad fisher #i LOVE this!

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so I just finished the last episode and WOW I am feeling things and I have so many thoughts. but also I've never been so sad to finish a show before...I did not want it to be over, I wish there was more. I feel like they didn't give the story enough closure or something. might have to watch it again from the beginning lol

I'm watching Teen Wolf for the first time and I LOVE this show. but also...someone tell me why I spent the last thirteen years thinking Stiles was the main character. For half of season 1 I was like wait what who tf is Scott??? What do u mean Stiles isn't even a teen wolf??

But honestly I love Scott. Took me like 2 seasons to come around to him but I did eventually. And I love Stiles so much. He's so funny and I actually really like that he's pretty much the only person who is just human and never is or becomes anything supernatural (if you don't count the nogitsune thing). Anyways. I have a lot of thoughts and I haven't even finished the whole show yet. And also now my head is full of ideas for fanfics that I will never write lol

#teen wolf #i have a terrible show hangover right now if you know what I mean lol #I liked season 6 but stiles should have been in more of it it wasn't the same without him. i at least wanted them to acknowledge #his existence and how much he loves his friends #like at least show him calling Lydia to say hi even if she has to lie to him and say everything is fine #also they made Stydia a thing which was so cute but then I feel like they forgot they were dating in 6b #genuinely for a moment I forgot Stydia was together and I was trying to figure out why she wasn't with Parrish and then I remembered lol #i think i would have felt better and like the ending had more closure if Stiles had been more a part of season 6 #you can't tell me he wouldn't have figured it out and raced back to Beacon Hills immediately

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I'm watching Teen Wolf for the first time and I LOVE this show. but also...someone tell me why I spent the last thirteen years thinking Stiles was the main character. For half of season 1 I was like wait what who tf is Scott??? What do u mean Stiles isn't even a teen wolf??

But honestly I love Scott. Took me like 2 seasons to come around to him but I did eventually. And I love Stiles so much. He's so funny and I actually really like that he's pretty much the only person who is just human and never is or becomes anything supernatural (if you don't count the nogitsune thing). Anyways. I have a lot of thoughts and I haven't even finished the whole show yet. And also now my head is full of ideas for fanfics that I will never write lol

#teen wolf #stiles stilinski #scott mccall #not tsitp

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flirting flirts

#my life with the walter boys #cole walter #jackie howard #jackie x cole

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so I just finished My Life With The Walter Boys and I LOVED IT. I have a lot of thoughts. I hope they do a season 2 because I am so invested in these characters and I want to see more of their stories. this show filled TSITP shaped hole in my heart for now (still struggling to wait patiently for season 3).

I bet y'all can't guess which Walter boy team I'm on lol

#my life with the walter boys #mlwtwb #cole walter #alex walter #jackie howard #the walters

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so I read The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes at least a year ago and I just saw the movie today. And I have a crazy theory that I want to share because I haven't seen anyone else talk about it. My immediate first thought when I finished the book and at the end of the movie was wait...Lucy Gray almost definitely survived and probably made it to District 13. What if she is President Coin? She's the same age as Snow so she'd 100% still be alive when Katniss goes to the Hunger Games. Also Snow and Coin HATE each other and Coin was super desperate to take Snow down, I always kinda thought it was weird in Mockingjay how it was almost like they knew each other because they seemed to have such personal vendettas against each other, the way they hated each other felt a little too personal. And towards the end of Mockingjay, after the rebels take the president's mansion, Katniss finds Snow in the rose greenhouse and he tells her not to trust Coin and that Coin won't hesitate to betray her. And then in district 13 everything is gray, everyone wears gray and there is no singing and dancing, which Katniss points out and thinks is super odd.

Idk I also just really like the idea that the last thing Lucy Gray told Snow was that she was going to get Katniss and (if she is Coin) she DOES get Katniss when she rescues her from the arena in Catching Fire. Also remember Snow died because he was laughing so hard he choked on his blood after Katniss killed Coin instead of executing him (also the fact that she wanted to have him executed in from everybody, just like the hanging tree!!!), I always thought it was so bizarre because why was it that funny to him? It makes sense if she was Lucy Gray. When Katniss killed her instead, Snow won- HE convinced Katniss to do it, HE killed Coin (and he convinced someone who was definitely somehow connected to the Covey, after she tried killing him in the woods outside 12 just like how his father died!!!!!). He finally won the battle between him and Lucy Gray. No wonder he laughed so much. Snow lands on top.

I rest my case.

#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #lucy gray baird #coriolanus snow #also 'it's too early for katniss' was such a clever line. hats off to whoever wrote that #honestly i lowkey feel a little bad for snow #it mustve been super triggering when the girl tribute from 12 volunteered and caused a scene at the reaping and then performed well #and got the audience on her side. and she sings songs that lucy gray sang #and honors rue the way sejanus honored his old classmate #it probably brought back all the traumatic memories he spent so long working to become numb to. and then the whole games turns into #a star crossed lovers story #no wonder snow had such a hard time believing katniss loved peeta. he believed lucy gray loved him and she tried to kill him #anyway lots of thoughts are being thunk #the hunger games #thg

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the ending (part 1)

Summary: This is how I imagine the story should end if there was a season 4 and/or book 4 or expanded epilogue to the books. This is taking place a couple years after Belly and Conrad's wedding and it is kind of a mix of the show and the books with some extra added things. It's based on this.

Warnings: none that I can think of, except this is basically one giant spoiler, if you have not read the books, I would recommend proceeding with caution because there are SPOILERS AHEAD. otherwise this is just overloaded with cuteness and all the Belly and Conrad married couple content the books didn't give us.

Word Count: 1783

Sunlight streams through the windows, illuminating the whole house in a way the sun only does in the summer. Everything is ready, and everyone will be here soon. I take one last walk around the house, making sure everything is in its place, that everything is perfect. It has to be perfect, just like Susannah would have done it. There's vases of blue hydrangeas that Conrad helped me cut from the bushes outside scattered throughout the house, and the kitchen is stocked with cereal.

I look up at the pictures on the mantle, Conrad and I on our wedding day; Conrad with Jere and Steven; Taylor and I; a group photo of all of us and Laurel; one of Con, Susie and I on the day Susie was born; and a Fisher family Christmas portrait that Conrad absolutely hates; and in the center, a shot of Susannah and all of us kids from the last summer we spent with her here. I smile, reaching up to gently touch the frame with my fingertips. Susannah would be so happy we're having a big Fisher-Conklin family summer at the summer house again.

I open the sliding door and step out onto the back deck, looking out at the ocean and feeling the sun warm on my face. It's warm but not too warm out, and the sky is clear and blue. A perfect Cousins beach day.

"It's a perfect Cousins beach day," Conrad says as he comes outside behind me, shutting the door very carefully and quietly.

"Yeah," I laugh, looking over at him fondly. "It's like you just read my mind."

He chuckles and then he's silent for a long moment as he takes in the view in front of us and the sunshine. "It feels like my Mom is here," He says softly, and I can see the sadness momentarily flicker in his eyes.

I lean towards him, putting my arms around him gently. "Susannah would never miss a summer in Cousins."

"No," He smiles, burying his head in the space between my shoulder and neck, "she wouldn't."

I'm suddenly aware of another person who is also, at this moment, missing. "Con, where's Susie? Did you check on her?"

"She's sleepin' like a baby, Belly," Conrad replies, with that smirk on his face that has always driven me crazy. "She timed her nap perfectly, she should be wide awake and well rested by the time everyone gets here."

"I should go get her ready. Knowing my mother, she will be here exactly on time," I tell him, starting to untangle myself from his embrace. I would stay in his arms forever if it was up to me.

He laughs, thinking this over. "Oh yeah, Laur will definitely be on time. Jere on the other hand, will absolutely be late. Him and Steven both." He turns to watch me open the door and head back inside. "Do you need help with Suz?"

"No, I've got it under control Con. Can you just do one last check and make sure we didn't forget anything?" I ask him.

"We already checked, like, four times, Bel, but you know I'll do anything for you," He can't keep the smile off his face as he follows me inside, stopping to kiss me for a moment, soft and slow. He smiles against my lips before he pulls away slowly and reaches out to push my hair out of my face and tuck it behind my ear, letting his thumb brush against my cheek gently. "I love you."

Hearing Conrad Fisher say those words to me will never get old. Even after all these years, I still get butterflies and blush like a little girl every time he says it.

"I love you too," I smile at him, stealing one last kiss. It feels like getting the last word, getting the last kiss before I go upstairs. I have to kiss the smirk off his face, smooth out his lips, remind him that he's mine. Even though I know no matter how many times I kiss that smirk away it always comes back.

Upstairs, Susie is laying in her crib, just waking up. When she sees me she sits up, reaching out towards the bars on the side of the crib. Her blue eyes open wide, looking up at me and daring me to take longer than five seconds to pick her up. She has her father's eyes and his attitude. It takes me longer than five seconds to cross the nursery, so she pulls herself up, shaking the bars and making fussy, grumpy baby noises, devolving into crying. "Ma-ma!"

"Mama's got you, Susie," I say, lifting her out of the crib and holding her close to me, her little head resting on my shoulder. I rock her gently to soothe her, and her fussing slowly calms down. "I know, I know, it's hard to be a baby."

I lay her down on the changing table and play peekaboo with my hands, earning a smile and the sweetest little laughter from her. As I change her diaper and get her dressed in the pretty little baby sundress I picked out for her to wear today, I can hear quiet thumps and thuds from Conrad downstairs. He's opening and closing cabinets and doors, and moving things around. I smile to myself, knowing that despite him teasing me, he really is doing a final check. I know he wants this summer to be just as perfect as I do. Susie was born at the very end of last summer, so this is the first summer of her life, her first summer in Cousins. I know she won't remember it, but I want it to be special for her anyway, just like Susannah would have.

Susannah would be so happy that there's another little girl in the family, a Fisher girl. She'd be even happier to know that the nursery is in my old room, the one that was once Susannah's childhood bedroom. And she'd be absolutely thrilled that Conrad and I have made the summer house our home. It's my childhood dream come true. For me, this house has always been my home. Living here is like an endless summer in some ways, although every season in Cousins has its charm, especially winter. Waking up every day in this house with Conrad Fisher, I've never felt more at home.

I carry Susie downstairs, now that she's dressed and freshened up. Conrad is in the living room, refolding a blanket and fluffing up pillows on the couch, and his face lights up and breaks into a smile the second I walk in. "There's my girls," He smiles, giving me a quick peck on the lips and taking Susie into his arms. "Look at my pretty baby, all dressed up," He coos to her.

"She's all ready for her first summer," I say, smiling at the baby, "aren't you, pretty girl? All your favorite people are going to be here any minute."

"Yeah, you're so excited to see Uncle Stevie and Uncle Jere, aren't you?" Conrad says, still cooing in his baby-talking voice. "And Grandma Laur-" He's cut off by the sound of a car door shutting outside, and we hurry over to the door together to peek out the window, and speak of the devil, my mother is smiling and carrying some of her bags to the porch. When we open the door, my mother is standing there beaming at us. I don't think I've seen her this happy in a long time.

"Hi Laur! We're so happy you're here," Conrad smiles sincerely at her, moving in for a somewhat awkward hug since the baby is still in his arms. Susie is smiling wide at her, showing off her four little teeth.

I hug her next, and she squeezes me tight. "Belly, it's so good to see you. You're glowing, bean."

"Thanks Mom," I smile at her. "Now put your bags down and make yourself at home. Conrad will help you carry your things in."

"I'm holding the baby though, so I don't know if I can," He says teasingly, smirking. I know he was going to do it anyway, without anyone ever having to ask; he's still the same old Conrad who is all about duty and doing the right thing. But he likes to joke and tease, even when he's fooling no one. Or at least not fooling me.

"Don't worry, I'll take her off your hands, Connie," my mother smirks right back at him, reaching out and taking the baby into her arms.

Conrad chuckles and calls out, "Thank you, Laur!" as he walks toward the door to carry her bags in just like I knew he would from the beginning.

I look back over at my mom and smile. She's smiling at Susie and Susie is smiling right back at her, listening wide-eyed to everything my mother is saying to her. "I'm so glad you're here, Mom," I say to her.

"Me too," She smiles, "I wouldn't miss Susie's first summer in Cousins for the world. Susannah would never let that happen." She looks at Susie, who lets out a little laugh. "She would have loved you, Susannah Laurel Fisher."

Conrad comes back in then, arms full of my mothers bags and sets them down with a thump. "Geez Laurel, did you pack your entire house?" He jokes.

"No, I just packed the essentials, plus I stocked up on all the good bulk stuff at Costco. We should have everything-" My mom looks at all her bags as if she's remembering something. "Oh shoot, I completely forgot my diet Coke."

"Don't worry Laur, we've got you covered. We made sure to get some for you," Conrad grins at her.

"You must have had to drive so far to find it. I used to always complain to Susannah about how they don't sell it here," My mom says.

"Oh it was no problem. We wanted to make sure we had everything for everyone," Conrad assures her. "Speaking of everyone, the others should be here any minute now."

As if on cue, we hear a car pulling up outside. When we all move towards the door to peek out, we see Steven emerging from his car with a big grin on his face.

I guess now I know how the boys felt at the start of every summer, waiting for us to arrive. This is the hardest part, all the nerves and anticipation and waiting. Thank goodness the waiting will be over soon. Jeremiah and Taylor shouldn't be far behind Steven, and once they get here the summer can officially begin.

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I had originally planned on writing the whole thing as one long one shot, but I decided to just do it in parts so you can get a glimpse at what I've been working on. I hope you liked part 1. stay tuned and please let me know what you thought of this and if you want to read more!

#tsitp #the summer i turned pretty #we'll always have summer #it's not summer without you #tsitp fic #conrad fisher #belly conklin #jeremiah fisher #belly x conrad #belly x conrad fic #conrad fisher fic #susannah fisher #laurel park #conrad #tsitp conrad #tsitp jeremiah #tsitp belly #bellyconrad #bellyconrad fic #my writing #fic #the summer i turned pretty fic #tsitp fanfic #conrad fanfic #tsitp imagine #the summer i turned pretty imagine #belly x conrad imagine

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so this thought crossed my mind and I think we need to discuss it for a minute. Something that always stuck with me and that I always related to and loved about the story is how Belly has always loved Conrad. She has always had this huge crush on him and been absolutely crazy about him and everyone knows. The parents, her brother, Jere, even Conrad himself has always been well aware of her feelings for him. You have no idea how humiliating that is to experience, unless you've had a crush like that (and I have). Not only do they all know, but they freely and constantly tease her about him- and she has endured this teasing and embarrassment for her entire life! But young Belly always stays hopeful and never gives up on the idea that he might love her back, that it might happen. And then it does, but then he just walks away without really fighting for it.

I've experienced a crush like that when I was young, where everyone including family and the guy knew that I had this huge stupid crush and I spent years being teased mercilessly about it. And teasing isn't a big deal on its own, but the truly humiliating part is the fact that because everyone knows you have the huge crush, they also all know the feelings aren't mutual, they all know the guy isn't into you. It's a silent rejection, but loud enough for everyone to hear. And it's even worse that this guy has let you make a fool out of yourself and you've put up with all of this teasing for nothing for someone who couldn't care less.

So for the brief time Belly and Conrad are dating, she can't believe it- all of that humiliation was worth it just like she always knew it was. But then when they break up and he just walks away without ever telling her that he loves her? There's no greater humiliation than that for Belly.

idk, I just think this kind of puts into perspective Belly's thought process and where her mind was at and maybe why she made the decisions she made. Also, I think it's part of why him actually telling her he loves her is so important. She needed to hear it to know that she didn't do and go through all of this for nothing, she needed the validation. Instead he kinda validated all the ugly thoughts in her head and everything everyone has said to her.

And also who wouldn't be curious to explore things with Jeremiah- after going through all of that for Conrad who couldn't tell her he loved her and being so hurt and humiliated, who wouldn't be curious about the guy who is openly telling you how he feels about you and the guy who everyone is telling you is the better choice? I'm not saying it was right or that Conrad is bad or that Belly made good decisions. I just think we need to keep all of this in mind. Even taking the everything with Susannah out of the picture, Belly was going through it.

anyway. I hope this made some kind of sense.

#tsitp #the summer i turned pretty #belly conklin #jeremiah fisher #conrad fisher

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I’m absolutely enjoying your blog!! You just explain things in such a great way… make me more excited!! I saw a post where you said you wrote out your own theory of a possible s4. How do I find it? I would love to read it!!

Hi!!! Thank you so much for this sweet ask! ❤️ I am currently still working on writing my theory-fic, so I haven't posted it yet but I will definitely let you know when it is available to read. Maybe I will post it in parts instead of one giant post and then you guys could get a sneak peek..idk I haven't decided yet. It makes me so happy that you're so excited about it though!

#tsitp #ask

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I love Belly. And no, I’m not going to give some rant about how I think all of the boys suck and she should just love someone else because they’re trashy. Or that they deserve to get played and she slays.

No, I get that Belly is messy, and immature and makes the wrong choices a lot of the time, but I think for all of that, she is so loveable.

One thing that everyone seems to talk about is how she’s stringing along the brothers and why can’t she pick one? Especially in the third book.

Like a very common question is “Oh but why didn’t she just realise her feelings for Conrad sooner?” I’ll tell you because I don’t think a lot of people understand.

Everyone in her life is rejecting those feelings away, or telling her it’s too late in the third book, or she remembers them telling her that from the second book.

Steven is yelling at her for even maintaining those feelings in the first place.

Taylor is rejecting them and telling her to swallow them, that they’re silly and just going to hurt her and that she should get over them.

Her mother is telling her to avoid anything dramatic.

And she herself has the common sense to think it’s too late in the third book. To not want to be dramatic. Belly doesn’t just wake up and go ‘let’s emotionally abuse two brothers for one *giggle*’

She’s starting to date Jere, it’s too late. They’ve been dating ‘happily’ for two years, it’s too late. Jere proposed, it’s too late. It’s the day before the wedding, it’s too late.

And it takes her so long because she’s so ashamed and traumatised of the way people treated her last time that she’s willing to reject her feelings and marry a cheater to keep them happy. To keep from being dramatic. To please others, she is lying to herself about her feelings, and legally binding herself to a man who cheated on her and doesn’t know her that well to keep them from being stressed about the drama. Is it silly? Yes! But it’s also incredibly sad and selfless in a way.

She rejects her feelings and pushes them down and away and keeps with Jere, because she doesn’t want a redo of last time. Even if it’s eventually clear that she loves Conrad too and that this plan ultimately causes drama like last time.

It’s an act of self love and standing up for herself that she eventually does marry Conrad and choose him, and although it was messy, I’m so glad she did.

I’m so glad she chose herself. Because all throughout this series it’s been which boy will you choose to love, and which to hurt. And at the end she chooses herself, and the boy that will stick with that is Conrad.

#tsitp #belly conklin #THIS. ALL OF THIS. #The 3rd book brings up the fact that she's a people pleaser multiple times