I think it was a play on words Devlin--Devil.
I think if anyone experienced what this boy Shawn probably did they would have a pretty dark outlook on life.
For example, the Staynor boy at age eight was forced to have sex with Parnell's girlfriend and Parnell complained about having anal sex with the Staynor boy because he bled.
Let's just say that I doubt if Devlin had Shawn there to have someone to play checkers with and If that isn't enough to give one a dark outlook on life I don't know what would.
I think I would feel in the darkness also, but hopefully he can return to the light.
I doubt if he was going to be saying on his blogs hey isn't life great.
A play on words? His or yours? And why? What he experienced seems to be something we are going to be left to imagine. Why not put it out there, so any misunderstandings will be swept away?