Smuggler (page 132)
Added 2022-12-14 12:35:02 +0000 UTCOh Song, you have no idea what youโve just done ๐
Does anyone have predictions about where Mansa will be when we pick up in four years?
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OK, I don't know if anyone will see this since it's been so long... but I was just rereading Calf Love and page 76 https://www.patreon.com/posts/calf-love-page-64369764 is SUCH a heartbreaking parallel to this page, where young Mansa is crying over his sadness with his family, and Song tells him it's OK, he doesn't have to go through it alone. And then here, Mansa is crying SO SO much harder, and... now he IS alone. Stunningly, beautifully done, Whiteley you marvel, and my heart is crushed all over again.
Terri J
2023-03-09 04:36:12 +0000 UTCDoes he get the letter Song sends? Will we see it? Does it help? What does Mansa believe has happened at this point?? AHHHHHHHHHH
Ashfae
2022-12-15 12:47:00 +0000 UTCOh no no no no no no no no, not Mansa who's usually so calm and who deserves only good things ever, augh. :(
Ashfae
2022-12-15 12:46:33 +0000 UTCMy feels did not need this heartbreaking scene so early in the morning!!! (Late comment I finally got a chance to do so after classes were done at school) Mansa you precious bean!!
TheeeDJSiren
2022-12-14 23:27:14 +0000 UTCSo. Much. Emotional. Scarring. Boy it hurts seeing the usually stoic Mansa ugly crying like this. Weโre right there with him ๐ญ
Glissando365
2022-12-14 21:53:41 +0000 UTCPoor Mansa.
Pierce
2022-12-14 21:30:31 +0000 UTC*lays down besides you*
Little0cean
2022-12-14 18:41:54 +0000 UTCHe does! We can see him wearing it on his lariat in multiple pics.
Little0cean
2022-12-14 18:41:13 +0000 UTCOW MY HEART ๐ญ
Ash S.
2022-12-14 17:03:49 +0000 UTCSomeone tell me that he will use all that pain to make sure that self serving fuck-twat Elon gets every bit of shit he deserves. And that he does everything he can to help care for Georgie and help her achieve her dreams.
Andie Stabler
2022-12-14 16:44:21 +0000 UTCI don't see any good places. He's either going to still be heartbroken, or have a fear of getting into relationships, or he's going to be healed/on his way to healing only to have Song come crashing back in. And while we know they get a happy ending, there's going to be a lot of wounds reopened and a lot of hurt going along with that before they work it out.
Res Judicata
2022-12-14 16:41:30 +0000 UTCHe will throw himself into his work. Hopefully find another friend in Georgie. She's no longer beholden to Elon; perhaps she can fill in some gaps in his knowledge.
Lemaris Designs
2022-12-14 16:29:12 +0000 UTCThere are so many painful layers to this. In the first version it was bad enough, being left right after proposing now now with everything else... and while he might not really thing that Song just used him in some nefarious scheme, I'm sure there will be people who'll suggest that. So I am praying that the letter will give him SOMETHING to make everything easier to bear. Poor bean, he does not deserve this. And I get that things were not perfect, and that Song needs the time but still...
StellaSapiente
2022-12-14 16:21:52 +0000 UTCWasn't this his first serious relationship? He's likely going to be super depressed/possibly slipping into alcoholism. Which may or may not be better than losing everything he has should Song have gotten caught by authorities. I hope he is able to work on himself during this time ๐
Soulless Eden
2022-12-14 14:38:10 +0000 UTCIs there a possibility he might be with someone else? Itโs four years in the future and he might have gone on a rebound. I hope not because thatโs a whole lot of new heartache for everyone
Clare
2022-12-14 14:30:58 +0000 UTCI'm literally staring at my Mansong pin right now as a reminder that everything is going to be alright ๐ญ I think part of Mansa is going to shut down, and in 4 years he'll be stable, but colder and more distant. I agree that he's going to just become a workaholic to dull the pain. Also hoping Georgie is in his life.
Horizon
2022-12-14 14:09:20 +0000 UTCPoor baby ๐๐ญ Has he been crying for a long time? My guess is that he will be somewhat stable when we see him again after 4 years. He does have a good support system that takes care of him. But despite that I think Mansa spends a lot of his time working, smiles less overall and still gets very sad when thereโs an important event that previously included Song. Like one of their birthdays, their anniversary etc. Also may we have poor fluffy/ funny fact pls ๐ฅบ?
Little0cean
2022-12-14 13:58:19 +0000 UTCMansa ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐
Atelerix
2022-12-14 13:48:57 +0000 UTCIโm on the floor. Poor Mansa ๐ญ๐ญ
Dominika Beregi
2022-12-14 13:33:58 +0000 UTCI think Mansa will be almost numb from the heartbreak, and maybe a tad self isolating. Though I also suspect he'd keep the engagement ring that Song left behind
Em
2022-12-14 13:21:55 +0000 UTCI hope a letter with some hint of the truth gives him a bit of peace and a small hope of meeting again. But I think he'll still drown himself in work to not feel too much of the loss.
Susanne mizz_uzie Olsson
2022-12-14 13:19:18 +0000 UTCI can't even imagine HOW bad it is inside his mind and heart, losing Song is terrible enough, and on top of that not knowing his side of the story, only having those awful, torturing suspicions and accusations roaming around, possibly not even being sure he is alive somewhere out there, I'm genuinely crying right now together with him ๐๐ and I just hope that in 4 years he'll at least have some leg to stand on, though I'm sure mentally he will still be not good ๐
sick_pineapple
2022-12-14 13:09:23 +0000 UTCHis lover disappeared. He now knows his lover was at the scene of two deaths. Iโm sure Thomas will try to help, but this is going to be bad.
Linnea Dodson
2022-12-14 12:57:53 +0000 UTCAlso somehow this is so much worse now that we know why Song did what we did
sparksearcher
2022-12-14 12:53:52 +0000 UTCMentally and emotionally? Pretty fucked up, Iโm guessing.
sparksearcher
2022-12-14 12:53:19 +0000 UTCLook i get all the reasons why song did what he did but you can't make mansa cry!!
Linda
2022-12-14 12:49:48 +0000 UTCOh....this hurts!!! This is hurting so much!! ๐ญ๐ Having his heart crushed after what was probably the happiest day/night of his life...I can't even imagine, but I'm feeling it!! Somehow I am feeling the pain... ๐
Giada
2022-12-14 12:48:04 +0000 UTCThis broke my heart.
Fantasyinallforms
2022-12-14 12:47:26 +0000 UTCCompletely immersed in workโฆ shutting down all other parts of his heart and focused only on the law โค๏ธ
JillianVolts
2022-12-14 12:42:37 +0000 UTC*lays on floor*
YamiKakyuu
2022-12-14 12:39:55 +0000 UTCOwwwww ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ my damn heart! I wanna hug him so much. (Though I doubt heโd want that but the instinct is strong) poor baby ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ After 4 yearsโฆ emotionally withdrawn and more of a workaholic than ever before.
Nicola Coxon
2022-12-14 12:39:26 +0000 UTCI'm guessing not in a good place. I really hope he manages to find some peace after 4 years, but I doubt he will be happy or mentally stable
Arctic Rose
2022-12-14 12:39:13 +0000 UTCNo no I can't ๐ญ๐
Marta
2022-12-14 12:37:09 +0000 UTCOh poor baby๐ฅบ
Ethereal
2022-12-14 12:36:21 +0000 UTCI'm HOPING not deep into a four year cycle of guilt and depression.
Neil K.
2022-12-14 12:36:04 +0000 UTC
