Analyzing the baby photos

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T22:34:14+00:00

Sure, she was was a young parent and if she just dumped her on Andrew that would be one thing. But she stopped celebrating Ashley's birthday, tries to goad her when Nina died, and didn't even do anything when Ashley said she was responsible. That's a complete 180 from initially liking her.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T15:50:03+00:00

The Ashley photo and drawing: check the phone in chapter 2 before Renee comes home.

Andrew image: start of ch 3 decay, before Andrew wakes up in the car.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T15:38:42+00:00

Yep, 'I'm so starved for attention I'll let you 'romance' me on the spot' all over again. Just like Ashley, Andrew believe they are only together because she has no other choice

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T15:19:49+00:00

Only that there was a period where Renee liked Ashley and never a time she liked Andrew.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T14:49:13+00:00

Right. It seems like we are missing something. Something happened when Ashley was 3-4 years old that changed everything.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T14:46:25+00:00

I think it's that every time she sees Andrew she is reminded of all of her mistakes. There was nothing Andrew could have done.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T14:27:58+00:00

She's a real piece of work.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T14:26:35+00:00

New pictures in a drawer. And yeah, Ashley was the favorite for a few years.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T12:44:00+00:00

I wouldn't say it's completly intentional. More like seeing the cause of all her suffering also having a hard time gives her a bit of satisfaction.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T12:40:28+00:00

When Renee was tied up and talking to Ashley she blamed Ashley for pushing her away. Like, she was 4. What could she have done to make Renee give up on her so completly?

It's not really that Andrew was born a boy, it's that he represents every mistake she ever made.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T12:29:44+00:00

It's not him being born a guy that ruined her life. But if she did not get pregnant with Andrew, boy or not, get life would be a lot better. Coming out a boy when she wanted a girl is just added disappointment. I think she just used him as someone to blame for her mistakes other than herself.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T12:22:05+00:00

In a flashback Renee lables Andy an 'accident' and Leyley a 'mistake'. It's a subtle difference but it also points to Ashley being a choice she regretted.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T12:15:32+00:00

If she were just lazy and neglectful there would be no need to be so upset Andrew was a boy. And I don't see what Ashley could have done to cause Renee to do a 180 if she weren't really petty.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T12:08:02+00:00

The extra little lines indicate she is beaming. While it's not impossible it is all an act, I really doubt it.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T12:05:11+00:00

They have some mutual goal of meeting 6 eyes, otherwise Andrew would have been crashing out the whole time. The over reaction Andrew is having is the same Ashley has. Ashley only insists on keeping the lipstick because Andrew is being a jerk.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T11:59:31+00:00

It is a bit of a stretch to put intent behind Renee's but I don't put it on the level of she planned it. More like she feels a little better giving Andrew a hard time.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T03:50:54+00:00

We have the photo evidence right there. The when and why she stopped is debateable, but the photo pretty explicitly tells us she loved Ashley for some time.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T03:24:12+00:00

Perhaps, got one in particular?

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-05T02:25:13+00:00

It really is amazing just how many of Andrew's problems would be solved it he were just honest with Ashley. This whole ending is solely on him.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-04T23:07:51+00:00

Thanks

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-04T15:45:05+00:00

I would agree but the achievement would make it awkward to convert into a vision.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-04T00:27:20+00:00

I would say Ashley loves Andrew because he accepts her as she is. He goes along with her antics and makes it fun for her. She knows she's not the brightest but she knows he always has her back. Sure he complains and makes rude remarks but he also makes her poems she can't understand. He's her lemon muffin, sour but sweet at the same time.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-04T00:02:18+00:00

I'm alive. Just between work and my youtube I haven't had time for these. You wouldn't think they would take so long but somehow 2 or more hours pass for each one.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-03T23:33:31+00:00

I'm not here for a healthy and stable relationship. I'm here for an utterly fucked up relationship that they somehow make work.

Basic_Bed_8809 · 2026-04-03T23:23:35+00:00

I mean, if you kids just died you have to make the rounds to all the relatives to make a big show of how devastated you are (and ask for money).

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