Reference · Book 1, Dungeon Crawler Carl
Gossip Girl
Real American teen drama (2007–12) that Bea rewatched while clutching Donut, which is why Donut can compare Carl's shouting match with a Borant Admin to Chuck and Blair breaking up over the hotel, and why the fictional kua-tin Zev — fifteen solars on Earth with nothing but human television — becomes her friend.
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Arc
Bea's comfort rewatch, sobbed through with Donut in her lap (ch. 36). Donut's comparison of the Zev confrontation to Chuck and Blair breaking up over the hotel turns a Borant Admin into a friend, and Riverdale seals it; Zev has been fifteen solars on Earth with nothing but COPS and Judge Judy to discuss (ch. 36). Zev's fan-fiction explanation of the Pork Boy Snick starts with a Gossip Girl fic site (ch. 44).