Illusiveone
Ookkk I have already commented on some paragraphs but as a final comment now that I have finished the chapter I have to say that I stand by my point and do hope that those things can be corrected cause by this point Haley shouldn’t have been drinking cause this is WAY too early since we KNOW that in cannon she first drinks in the Hawaii episode in season 1 and there is even a bonding moment over that with Claire so yeah hopefully that can be redone and in the future the author can take better care to make things stick to cannon as long as the MCs actions don’t affect things cause while I do understand that stuff should change because he is now a part of the world I would like to see HOW he affects things not just randomly changing things. So it’s still not time for ‘Party Haley’ to be a thing… Sire she would be popular and go to parties but given how she is still a freshman (first year in highschool) she shouldn’t be drinking and NOT the center of attention at the parties cause in high school the most popular freshmen would still be behind the more senior years for example your average ‘decently popular’ junior would have WAYYY more clout than the MOST popular freshman UNLESS you were like Daniel actually famous or perhaps if the guy was a SUPER talented footballer that made the team and is actually good enough to steal the starting spot above the older students or is remarkable in some other field in short is somehow special enough to be considered by the older years so Daniel would totally be considered ‘high up’ enough on the social pole to be look at by even the popular seniors aka cheerleaders and the actual football stars and the like but sadly not Haley ESPECIALLY pre drinking (Hawaii end season 1) Haley
You are thinking of college parties my friend, high school parties tend to be age exclusive. You wouldn’t catch a senior dead at a party full of freshman, just like you wouldn’t see seniors inviting any freshman (except for the creepy dudes trying to score with a freshman girl.) So this party being full of freshman actually makes sense. The only thing unrealistic about it was the lack of people smoking (both cigarettes and pot) the lack of people throwing up all over the place, and the fact that no one got busted by the cops (cause some idiot always gets busted after leaving their first freshman party.)
Just a note; I know I'm not the writer and thus I don't know as much about Daniels character but I feel that although going to the party might be within his nature I think that he's always been a hit more calculated in his decisions so It doesn't really feel like he would fall into this trap that he's already dealt with before as said from his college days. However the writing was still amazing and the chapter has made the story a whole lot more interesting
Ngl I don't really like party girls or people that are caught up in their own ego, if you need to be either under the influence or have hanger on(s) to boost your self-esteem you're to immature, with that said I know they're young and dumb so I'll cut then some slack. The MC though he already said he doesn't want to revisit "the good ole' days" and then he gets spiked like c'mon a party like that always has someone spiking the drinks.