Bad Machinery by John Allison for August 21, 2019

Blossom DOES have a heart as big as she is.

SAFE!

So far, so good! Now about Colm…

Linton is absolutely crushed.

A man who can walk away from two successive burns like that……deserves his own soundtrack. Walk on, Linton. Walk on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdI3q5xVzH4

It’s for the best, honestly. I really don’t think it would’ve worked between those two, especially considering the haphazard circumstances it started under.

Linton will be fine, as long as he doesn’t ponder the situation too much. (i.e., he was just told he wasn’t “man enough” by someone who thought she was going to marry Darren, and previously had a thing for Corky. Granted, Blossom may not have the best taste, but that’d still sting. As long as he doesn’t think about it.) (Which he won’t.)

Interesting development. How much can be taken at face value? Has Linton concluded that he’s better off with no girlfriend than with Blossom? Does Blossom still fancy Daz (“real man”) over boy Linton? Does she secretly like Linton but is putting him down to spare his feelings, for some reason? I guess we wait and find out on Allison’s timetable.

welcome Linton Baxter to emotional emasculation 101!

Well, at least Linton did the right thing, but he is a lucky lad that she turned him down.

Linton wouldn’t have survived Blossom.

Linton may be a prat but he realises he dodged a bullet.