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* SweetTooth: This is the reason why M&M [[KnownOnlyByHisNickname is called "M&M"]]:

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* SweetTooth: This is the reason why M&M [[KnownOnlyByHisNickname [[OnlyKnownByHisNickname is called "M&M"]]:

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%%* ComingOfAgeStory* ComingOfAgeStory: By the end of the book, after everything he experienced (including [[spoiler:Charlie dying defending him and Mark from those two Texans, M&M's violently negative reaction to LSD, and having to turn Mark over to the cops for dealing drugs]]), Bryon comes to realize that there's nothing he wouldn't give more for being able to make sense of life again:
-->And to think, I used to be sure of things. Me, once I had all the answers. I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.



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%%* DrugsAreBad** [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]] two books later on, in ''Tex'': [[spoiler:Mark breaks out of prison, hunts down Bryon, and shoots him... but ''doesn't kill him, [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty mainly because the thought bored him]]; instead, he tries to force the titular character to drive him to the state line, only to wind up getting gunned down by the cops when he tries to flee.]]
* DrugsAreBad: [[CaptainObvious If it wasn't painfully obvious]], given how two major plot points involve [[spoiler:Mark selling drugs in secret, and M&M having a violent reaction to LSD that even a doctor says he'll never fully recover from]], that is one of the key messages of the book.



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%%* * HeroicSacrifice: Charlie[[spoiler:Charlie dying in a shootout against two Texans that Bryon and Mark had hustled]] winds up being the driving force in Bryon's plotline, as it forces him to start growing up.



%%* SweetTooth: M&M
%%* TitleDrop: At the end when [[spoiler: Mark is in jail.]]
%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: M&M loves [=M&Ms=].

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This is the reason why M&M [[KnownOnlyByHisNickname is called "M&M"]]:
-->[H] got his nickname from his addiction to M&M's, the kind of chocolate candy that melts in your hand and not in your hand.
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TitleDrop: At The title is only said twice during the end course of the book, but both instances set up a ''devastating'' IronicEcho: When Bryon talks with Mark about how they've grown up since they stopped getting involved in gang fights, [[spoiler:and when [[spoiler: Mark makes it clear he hates Bryon after he got him sent to prison for drug dealing]].
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TrademarkFavoriteFood: M&M loves [=M&Ms=].[=M&Ms=], to the point where (per Byron's narration) he practically eats them nonstop, day after day.
-->For years I'd never seen M&M without a bag of that candy. I don't know how he ate those things all day long, day after day. If I did that, my face would break out like nothing you've ever seen.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[invoked]] At the end of the book, [[spoiler:after visiting Mark in prison, and realizing that his former friend and almost brother wants him dead]], Bryon re-examines everything that had transpired over the course of the book, and gets hung up about wondering how things could've been different:
-->What if I had found out about [[spoiler:Mark]] some other time, when I wasn't half out of my mind with worry about Cathy? What if I hadn't met her in the first place, would I still have grown away from Mark? [[spoiler:What if M&M had a good trip instead of a bad one? What if someone else had turned Mark in--would there still be hope for him?]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Angela is drunk, she expresses a wish to cut off her prized long hair. The boys do exactly that to her as revenge when she's passed out.


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* SailorEarth: Tim and Curly Sheppard had appeared in ''Literature/TheOutsiders'', with no mention of a sister. Angela appears for the first time in this book.
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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greaser culture in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Creator/CraigSheffer as Bryon.

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, the acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greaser culture in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Creator/CraigSheffer as Bryon.
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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greaser culture in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Creator/CraigSheffer as Bryon.

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greaser culture in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Creator/CraigSheffer as Bryon.
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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greaser culture in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Craig Sheffer as Bryon.

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greaser culture in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Craig Sheffer Creator/CraigSheffer as Bryon.
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* GrayEyes: M&M's eyes are big and grey, used to play up his wide-eyed, serious trust.

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* TheCameo: Ponyboy (''Literature/TheOutsiders'') makes a cameo in the book.
** So does Tim Shepard.



* TheSociopath: It's implied at the end that this is what [[spoiler: Mark became without Bryon's influence to keep him in check any longer.]]
* TheSixties: The novel takes place circa 1965-66.



* TheSociopath: It's implied at the end that this is what happened to [[spoiler: Mark without Bryon's influence to keep him in check any longer.]]
* TheCameo: Ponyboy (''Literature/TheOutsiders'') makes a cameo in the book.
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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Craig Sheffer as Bryon.

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers greaser culture in the early seventies.1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark and Craig Sheffer as Bryon.
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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Craig Sheffer as Bryon and Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark.

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Craig Sheffer as Bryon and Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark.
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Mark and Bryon are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Bryon can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at is shot. An innocent guy beaten half to death. Drugs show their effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Bryon had estimated him to be. Should Bryon turn in someone closer than a brother to him?

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->''"You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world."''

Mark and Bryon are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them has ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Bryon can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they come to see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at is shot. An innocent guy gets beaten half to death. Drugs show their effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Bryon had estimated him to be. Should Bryon turn in someone closer than a brother to him?

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 young adult novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Craig Sheffer as Bryon and Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark.

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 young adult coming of age novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Craig Sheffer as Bryon and Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay) as Mark.


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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 young adult novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay).

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 young adult novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Craig Sheffer as Bryon and Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay).
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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies.

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''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 young adult novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''Literature/TheOutsiders''.''Literature/TheOutsiders'' and ''Literature/RumbleFish''. The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greasers in the early seventies. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was made in 1985, directed by Christopher Cain and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez (who also wrote the screenplay).
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Mark and Byron are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Byron can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at is shot. An innocent guy beaten half to death. Drugs show their effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Byron had estimated him to be. Should Byron turn in someone closer than a brother to him?

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Mark and Byron Bryon are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Byron Bryon can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at is shot. An innocent guy beaten half to death. Drugs show their effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Byron Bryon had estimated him to be. Should Byron Bryon turn in someone closer than a brother to him?



%%* CainAndAbel: A more mild example than most, but Mark and Byron fit.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Byron turns in Mark to the police. Mark goes to prison and become a sociopath due to being betrayed by the only person he loved. Byron is left wondering if he did the right thing and where he's going to go from here.]]

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%%* CainAndAbel: A more mild example than most, but Mark and Byron Bryon fit.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Byron Bryon turns in Mark to the police. Mark goes to prison and become a sociopath due to being betrayed by the only person he loved. Byron Bryon is left wondering if he did the right thing and where he's going to go from here.]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Byron says in his narration that Angela would look beautiful even with all her hair cut off—as Mark actually does later.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Byron Bryon says in his narration that Angela would look beautiful even with all her hair cut off—as Mark actually does later.



%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Byron and Mark
* LackOfEmpathy: Part of the reason Mark can get away with so much is because he does not care about anyone but Byron. He completely disregards all authority and is unfeeling and unmoved by things happening.

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%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Byron Bryon and Mark
* LackOfEmpathy: Part of the reason Mark can get away with so much is because he does not care about anyone but Byron.Bryon. He completely disregards all authority and is unfeeling and unmoved by things happening.



* TheSociopath: It's implied at the end that this is what happened to [[spoiler: Mark without Byron's influence to keep him in check any longer.]]

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* TheSociopath: It's implied at the end that this is what happened to [[spoiler: Mark without Byron's Bryon's influence to keep him in check any longer.]]
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* CainAndAbel: A more mild example than most, but Mark and Byron fit.

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* DrugsAreBad
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* HeroicSacrifice: Charlie
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Byron and Mark

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* %%* HeroicSacrifice: Charlie
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* LadyKillerInLove: Bryon

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* SweetTooth: M&M

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* TitleDrop: At the end when [[spoiler: Mark is in jail.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: M&M loves [=M&Ms=].

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* %%* TitleDrop: At the end when [[spoiler: Mark is in jail.]]
* %%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: M&M loves [=M&Ms=].
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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Mark.
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* TheCameo: Ponyboy (TheOutsiders) makes a cameo in the book.

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* TheCameo: Ponyboy (TheOutsiders) (''Literature/TheOutsiders'') makes a cameo in the book.
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''ThatWasThenThisIsNow'' is a 1971 novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''TheOutsiders''. The book gives a darkly realistic potrayal of greasers in the early seventies.

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''ThatWasThenThisIsNow'' ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a 1971 novel by S. E. Hinton, acclaimed author of ''TheOutsiders''. ''Literature/TheOutsiders''. The book gives a darkly realistic potrayal portrayal of greasers in the early seventies.
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* EyesOfGold: Byron describes Mark's eyes as these, like a lovable, untrustworthy lion's.
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Mark and Byron are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Byron can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at is shot. An innocent guy beaten half to death. Drugs and their effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Byron had estimated him to be. Should Byron turn in someone closer than a brother to him?

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Mark and Byron are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Byron can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at is shot. An innocent guy beaten half to death. Drugs and show their effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Byron had estimated him to be. Should Byron turn in someone closer than a brother to him?
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Byron says in his narration that one of the female characters would look beautiful even with all her hair cut off. By the end of the book, that's actually happened.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Byron says in his narration that one of the female characters Angela would look beautiful even with all her hair cut off. By the end of the book, that's off—as Mark actually happened.does later.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Byron says in his narration that one of the female characters would look beautiful even with all her hair cut off. By the end of the book, that's actually happened.
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* TheCameo: Ponyboy makes a cameo in the book.

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* TheCameo: Ponyboy (TheOutsiders) makes a cameo in the book.
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Mark and Byron are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Byron can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at, shot. An innocent guy being beaten half to death. Drugs and their effect, on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Byron had estimated him to be. Should Byron turn in someone closer than a brother to him?

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Mark and Byron are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them ever had. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers-- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark can get away with anything, and Byron can lie about anything. They're the perfect team. Over the year that passes, they see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at, at is shot. An innocent guy being beaten half to death. Drugs and their effect, effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Byron had estimated him to be. Should Byron turn in someone closer than a brother to him?



* BlondGuysAreEvil:

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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Mark.



* DownerEnding

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* DownerEndingCainAndAbel: A more mild example than most, but Mark and Byron fit.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Byron turns in Mark to the police. Mark goes to prison and become a sociopath due to being betrayed by the only person he loved. Byron is left wondering if he did the right thing and where he's going to go from here.]]


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* TheSociopath: It's implied at the end that this is what happened to [[spoiler: Mark without Byron's influence to keep him in check any longer.]]
* TitleDrop: At the end when [[spoiler: Mark is in jail.]]
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