what child HASN'T done this

Too direct in my opinion. And impersonal.
Pump some strong clear liquor in that IV. That should get him on his legs again. Problem solved. Right?

Or perhaps MALicious?

very maleficent
the list goes on

(turns out it was just the lights)

pranking before youtube pranks were a thing

they do indeed share a tendency to laugh inappropriately
I imagine them having the same kind of laugh

Yah he finds them annoying, but annoying is better than bored, right? :D

AHAHHA
well he has just had an operation, he might be a bit weird from the painkillers?
the anaesthesia has definitely worn off by now though so he doesn't have that excuse.

Dude doesn't need insurance, it's aaall free

Yeah he's not well, I've done a poor job of making his face a bit red cuz he's got a f e v e r
AH MALARIA, HIS FAVOURITE DISEASE
what other malady could it be?

At this point I will just shake my head if it turns out to be some sick murder circlejerk between the boys...

Aw man, I honestly feel skeeved-out every time I realise you guys get charged for healthcare. My American husband was shocked when he realised the NHS (who are treating Mal) doesn't charge for treatment beyond a few quid for prescriptions—also waived for many people.

But yeah—I don't think Jerry is the "forgive and forget" type. :-/

"But yeah—I don't think Jerry is the "forgive and forget" type. :-/"
Dylan seems or seemed the same tbh because how much he was controlled is still questionable. What a happy family, right!?
But hey. At least Ghost Jerry is trying to forgive a part of it. The rest depends on how much a ghost's word means now that he is not going back anyway but Dylan probably takes what he can get...

Oh, good points: Jerry does have some capacity to forgive—and I'm still very unsure how to what extent Dylan's actions were coerced. On the one hand, Mal is obviously very capable of manipulating his mood, and it only takes a moment of viciousness to do something regrettable… But I also doubt Mal could have pushed him to murder Jerry if there wasn't already some strong animus and potential for violence to build on. (Not that hating his brother is a crime or he can be considered fully responsible for acts committed under supernatural influences.)

"considered fully responsible for acts committed under supernatural influences"
Exactly. This is where things usually get interesting if you want to talk blame and causes. I am on the side with the sign saying "Higher powers suck" because what do you do? Really. Such powers do not exist in the real world in any form and therefore when they actually cause something in fiction that is mostly based on reality, it is very hard to blame that person. At the same time however, the opposite also tends to be automatically true and means to resist those powers exist as well. Let's be frank: Dylan is or was an a-hole and he fully knew he hated Jerry. It is not like every action in his body had to be controlled by the ghost. The ghost probably did what ruinous powers like to do: Suggested this or that and slightly twisted certain facts to exploit weaknesses.

"The ghost probably did what ruinous powers like to do: Suggested this or that and slightly twisted certain facts to exploit weaknesses."

Agreed. I suspect that his particular brand of psychic invasion is based on finding weak points and applying pressure. I also suspect that he would not have succeeded at pulling this crap with, say, Our Lady of the Undertaker.

Shame I cannot like comments as in "Yep! Total agreement and I have nothing else to add." haha.
Yup yup! The ghost needs to posses the RIGHT person.

Oh, come on now. There’s no MALevolence meant. Hopefully you are MALleable in terms of your views on wordplay because MALtreatment of puns is all too common these days

you think people made all these jokes to his face?

Only the socially MALadapted ones

Aw—he's not that bad, he's just mad that he's been stuck in hospital all this time and no one even thought to bring him box of MALteasers.

chose the WRONG BOY to slap today