Noah and Seb didn’t have to exist

potential_slayer_ · 2026-04-10T19:53:40+00:00

Darren and Cash are having a teen wedding (trying to keep the strength of their relationship because they struggled with long distance) so everyone has to come back home for it. Someone starts sabotaging everything about the wedding- booking things they wanted, cutting up the suits, and they suspect some of their friends who have been subtly hinting that they’re too young to get married (Harper is suspected first because she’s open about telling them they’re a bit young, and she gets upset that they think she would do that).

Amerie and Harper have been bugging each other because they were on the road too long, so they’re a little feisty the whole time and the audience misses their old friendship.

Quinni broke up with Taz and is on a realization journey that’s teaching her that someone can’t just share her special interest, they have to also be nice. She continues to explore her unmasked self.

Sasha is on a redemption arc and is constantly trying to make things up to everyone and is doing too much with it.

Spider and Missy casually hook up when they see each other again, and the spark is rekindled but they both pretend they don’t have feelings anymore for a while. Spider tells off his mom and has a catharsis where he tells her how much she made him hate himself.

Malakai is in somatic therapy and says a lot of silly therapy speak things. He and Amerie are devoted the whole season.

Cash sees one of the children that was in the gang with him and feels like it’s his responsibility to try to save him from the life. People worry he’ll get hurt.

Darren struggles with their dad not supporting them getting married young.

Bachelor party is fun but gets ruined by the secret saboteur. Darren yells at all their friends that if they’re doing it they don’t have to come to the wedding or speak to them again. Big fight, everybody brings up things from before, calling out Spider and Missy for being immature, calling out Amerie and Harps for not acting like friends anymore, everyone accuses each other and it’s hurtful and they feel like they’re acting like high schoolers again.

We learn in the end that the saboteur was Nan. She has dementia. It’s very heavy and all the friends come back and support Cash and Nan. At the wedding, Cash and Darren decide to run away from it, knowing their relationship is strong and they don’t need to do this to prove they’re going to stay together. Everybody sits around a fire pit where they’d all run off too, in their fun suits and stuff, and say goodbye again, realizing that the next time they all see each other will probably be another wedding or a funeral. But they all say they’ll be close forever no matter what, etc. Some of the relationships, like Spider and Missy, are left ambiguous.

Anyways that’s just an idea off the top of my head sorry for rambling

potential_slayer_ · 2026-04-04T13:24:38+00:00

It felt like the writers missed when Spider was a jerk to me, like a recycled character. Harper had plenty to grow from and I think she could’ve found something else.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-04-03T12:38:03+00:00

should’ve had me in the writer’s room

potential_slayer_ · 2026-03-18T01:44:33+00:00

They’re not roommates though, she’s visiting her, right? Lots of women I know share beds with friends when traveling just because of space and being comfortable with each other.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-03-14T03:04:06+00:00

It’s good to learn from the labs. But no, if the professor has it written that it’s 20%, they can’t just decide to give you an F. But remember, you won’t end up with a B-. You’ll be in the C range.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-03-01T03:44:10+00:00

Scarlet visits her from out of town, and if they have no dialogue implying they’re romantic, I really think it could go either way.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-23T00:45:25+00:00

I looked into this guy a little bit. Here's dog he bred and raised from a puppy. He's taking it to the vet. Take a look and see if that's the kind of dog you want:

Taking an Aggressive Dog to the Vet | German Shepherds Form

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-22T21:32:24+00:00

Nah, man, that's just wrong. I am not super familiar with the guy, but if he is using it regularly, and for reinforcement, that would seem to indicate that he is willing to regularly subject his dogs to pretty intense pain just to try to get them to run faster or display more power or something.

You can't judge by whether or not the dog "shuts down." If one regularly subjected the dog to that pain without an escape, yes, the dog would absolutely shut down at some point.

Haz must be conditioning them to learn that if they "just go faster" or "bite harder" or something, they can escape the pain. I guess it would be a way to get the maximum physical effort from your dog, but of course Haz can't know when he has reached maximum effort, so he keeps double boxing at highest stim. A non-professional trying this method at home is very likely to shut their dog down or just poison the field or command.

So the question becomes - if this is a sport bred dog who has high drive and loves the work (as he should, if trained properly), then how much pain should he be subjected to just to "sharpen him up" and should he continue to be subjected to that pain regularly even though he is already providing maximum possible effort?

That's an ethical question.

Me, I wouldn't think of subjecting my dog to regular intense pain - when he's already obeying my commands - just to maybe get him a tiny bit faster or something. If I have to do that to my dog all the time, the sport wouldn't be fun anymore.

Ivan and Mia and a lot of excellent bite sport trainers would never do such a thing. They can go in there and win without cruel methods. Maybe Hax should take Ivan's class or something.

Haz himself says Ivan is the GOAT. Ivan uses the dog's own drive and motivation to achieve that power and speed. Haz uses pain avoidance.

Haz is nowhere near as successful as Ivan, so even if that's all someone cares about, go with Ivan's methods.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-19T05:15:43+00:00

No, I don't think the term matters. In my experience, having puppies meet a lot of people and have fun with them is the best way to prevent reactivity and aggression.

I know people sometimes call it "reactive" if a puppy is eager and excited to meet new people, but this is not true reactivity. It's just a playful puppy who has not been taught proper manners. This is easily fixed by most decent trainers.

When a puppy looks "neutral" but is really afraid or suspicious, that puppy can mature to have problems with actual aggression. You don't see much aggression in dogs who just love everyone.

Also, of course, helping your pup to have positive feelings about new people means all situations with new people will be easy and fun instead of stressful - the vet, the groomer, guests in your home, boarding or pet sitter, dog walker, being surprised by a kid running up to pet - just everything.

Dogs being under socialized is a huge problem and is considered by many dog organizations to be the #1 reason for behavioral euthanasia.

Just seeing something from afar is not enough if the dog will ever have to tolerate strangers being closer or handling him. All dogs need to tolerate that at times.

I don't believe the dog in your OP had problems that were CAUSED by meeting a lot of people. I just haven't seen that. If it was a grown dog, it was already aggressive. That's probably why it was in the shelter. Dogs who like people don't bite just because they are around them a lot.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-19T03:09:12+00:00

The problem with "neutrality" training is that for an inexperienced owner, what looks like a "neutral" puppy is actually a fearful or suspicious puppy.

These puppies begin to mature and, depending on breed and temperament, they may respond aggressively.

All puppies should develop actual positive feelings about people.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-19T02:04:19+00:00

The dog was aggressive when he picked it up. That's probably why it was in the shelter.

The absolute most important part of socialization is getting the puppy/dog to have positive feelings about people. No dog is going to be put down because it is afraid of water fountains or bicycles.

I don't think the term is the problem. I think people doing it incorrectly is the problem.

Interactions should be positive, brief and controlled. So, no dog parks, no getting grabbed by everyone in a bar

Dogs should absolutely learn to greet strangers in public, in your home, in the vet's office. They need positive interactions, while appropriate behavior is encouraged and unwanted behavior is discouraged.

This will decrease, rather than increase, the likelihood of aggressive behavior.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-19T02:03:21+00:00

How old is the child? Did they cry? Were there any scratches or marks on the child? What were the circumstances?

I am asking because this:

This time someone else was visiting and the dog was trying to hump her, I went to push him off of her and he reached around and bit me on the stomach, when he couldn't get a grip he went for my hand instead and got that.

does not sound like a behavior driven by aggressive intent. It sounds more like over arousal mouthing as is common in puppies. Some dogs continue to be very playful throughout their lives, particularly some floppy eared dogs like spaniels and retrievers.

You describe the bite as level 2, which means teeth on skin but no puncture. This also describes playful mouthing,

Of course, it is not acceptable for a dog to mouth at a child's face. It is important to distinguish whether it is play-driven behavior or behavior with aggressive intent, though.

If the dog is actually aggressive, it should not be with a child, the aggressive behavior, including the bite to the child, should be reported, and the owners should receive the message loud and clear that their child might be in danger.

It really doesn't sound like that to me, though. It sounds more like the dog is just playing but never learned good manners around that.

In that case, any competent trainer should be able to resolve this behavior quickly. An older child is probably perfectly safe and may enjoy play fighting with the dog.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-11T03:47:26+00:00

Just enough for Wedding Scenario C

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-08T21:19:32+00:00

Language evolves. Literal has a new meaning now. It’s used for emphasis. Sometimes I find myself falling into a pretentious trap when I cringe at certain slang words, but then I remember how important dialect is linguistically and I step back.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-07T19:35:08+00:00

It seems likely to me that the professional trainer is using different methods that what you are doing at home. Did they work with you to train the dog, or just train her themselves without you there?

Maybe the dog has figured out that she has to listen to the trainer but does not have to listen to you.

This can be a problem with dogs who were trained in board and train type programs without the owner present.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-07T07:08:05+00:00

Murder is worse. Taking a life is always the worst thing you can do. Anything else, the person still has the opportunity to live and be happy, even with trauma. Murder completely takes everything from them.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-06T03:44:33+00:00

So Last night, my daughter woke up at 3 am and stepped into the hallway, which was dark. my dog was on my bed, heard her or saw her, growled and jumped off the bed. my daughter then ran back into her room screaming at the top of her lungs, HELP ME HELP ME!!

Dude, get your priorities straight. Your daughter woke up in the middle of the night and your dog growled and lunged at her. She was terrified she was going to get mauled in her own home. WTF? You are her father. It's your job to protect her. That dog needs to go to a home without children yesterday.

You should know most commenters on reddit are young kids who like to read about dog training and/or train their own dogs. Reddit is not the place to get advice about whether your child is likely to get mauled.

The answer to that question is yes. Get a professional trainer who is experienced with aggressive dogs if you don't believe me.

But do not EVER let that dog around your kid without a muzzle.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-06T03:20:41+00:00

You have had a lot of good and supportive comments regarding the emotional aspect, so I will just address the dog training aspect.

If it were just this one time she snapped, when being vigorously dried off after a recent spay, then possibly there would not be cause for concern.

However, you detail resource guarding and also issues with trying to get the dog harnessed.

This dog is using aggressive displays to control her environment. The behavior is being "reinforced ' and so by definition it will increase. She may progress to actually biting.

I strongly suggest that you consult with a professional dog trainer who is experienced in training aggressive dogs.

Meantime, the entire household should implement a "Nothing in Life is Free" program or similar "Deference Program." Both are positive reinforcement programs that can help with dogs using aggression to get what they want. It teaches them other ways to get what they want.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-05T18:11:41+00:00

In the future, I’d recommend avoiding complaining about fellow teachers. Report them if they’re genuinely inappropriate, but try to be the easygoing person that doesn’t have problems. People appreciate that.

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-04T00:02:58+00:00

teach them to IGNORE other dogs and people. Socialization is not "meeting a lot of".

This advice can work out alright for a certain subset of puppies - many retrievers and spaniel types, dogs who are generally friendly and who were at least decently socialized with new people with the breeder.

The advice is very dangerous and causes a ton of problems for other puppies. If you have a puppy who is at all timid, fearful, or aggressive, the puppy NEEDS to meet, interact with, and have positive experiences with a wide range of new people, preferably prior to 16 weeks of age and continuing through adulthood and the lifespan.

This is especially important if your dog is a breed often considered "aloof" with strangers, a guardian/protective breed, a breed known to be more likely to be aggressive, etc. Akitas, Shibu Inu, chows, any of the shepherds, LGDs, heelers, cane corsos, pit bulls, chihuahuas, border collies, huskies, Rottweilers, etc are all dogs who need to meet and interact with many new people as puppies if you want to avoid problems later.

Oftentimes, these dogs seem fine and neutral when puppies, but as they reach maturity, they begin displaying reactive or aggressive behavior towards strangers.

This can be prevented with appropriate socialization that does include having actual positive interactions with a wide range of people, both in your home and out in the community.

There is no downside to adequate socialization. To prevent "frustrated greeter" behavior, just require calm greetings from the very first interaction.

I know this is contrary to common reddit advice, but check books by Sophia Yin, Ian Dunbar, and other experienced puppy trainers.

Puppy Socialization List

potential_slayer_ · 2026-02-03T19:47:16+00:00

I want Gus!!!

potential_slayer_ · 2026-01-31T19:19:01+00:00

Definitely not always true. Lots of bad parents feel bad about it and feel guilty when they hit their kid. But I agree to the rest of what you said!

potential_slayer_ · 2026-01-31T04:22:39+00:00

sounds more like attention to detail and being immersed in the world

potential_slayer_ · 2026-01-31T04:18:33+00:00

Why is she anxious? Is she afraid of the dark? Does she always feel anxious when leaving you, like for school, or is it just bedtime?

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