VLVL The deal

[jbor]

>>>In fact, the whole set up is meant to take away Zoyd from little Prairie.
>> 
>> Is this correct? Brock wants to control Frenesi and to keep tabs on Zoyd;
>> that's what the whole set-up is meant to do. I don't believe Brock cares one
>> way or another whether Prairie is taken away from Zoyd. He is merely using
>> the threat that Prairie will be taken away to blackmail Zoyd into doing what
>> he wants him to do (i.e. snitch on Shorty and sign up for the mental
>> disability arrangement, which in the long run simply means Zoyd keeps
>> getting those regular "mental-disability checks".)

Terrance:
 
> We may want to take a closer look at the deal Zoyd makes with Brock,
> Hector, Frenesi, ... others ( possibly Sasha?) and what motivates each
> of these characters.  I don't think the deal is Brock's alone. Why does
> Brock go mad when he finds out about the baby? Why does Frenesi run out
> on her child? Why does Sasha tell Zoyd to go up to Vineland? Why does
> Hector run this marriage errand? So on.
> 
> Still here, planning to host my section.

Good to hear it.

I agree with what you say, and I think it's important to get the basic plot
details in order too (Zoyd's "bullying" behaviour once he finds out the real
story about Brock and Frenesi --> Frenesi's post-natal depression and
abandonment of her baby --> her trip to Hawaii --> Zoyd and Sasha passing
Prairie back and forth at the airport before Zoyd heads off to Hawaii to
stalk and harass Frenesi --> Frenesi getting back with Brock immediately on
her return from Hawaii --> Zoyd's Kahuna airlines gig --> a "friend"
organising Hector to set up Zoyd with the marijuana obelisk --> Hector
arranging for Sasha to come and look after Prairie while Zoyd is arrested
--> Zoyd's first meeting with Brock in the jail --> Zoyd being forced to
watch Frenesi leaving the jail after his release etc). And I think we should
also note the development of trust in the relationship between Zoyd and
Sasha, and observe how that ties in with Zoyd and Prairie's acceptance into
the Becker-Traverse clan.

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