i also don’t like that they make billy have a full relapse in the finale and kiss daisy and say “let’s be broken together.” because that’s NOT who billy is at the end of the show in the book. he struggles with the extreme temptation to start drinking again and says no. he goes back to camila. and throughout the book, there are several moments where he chooses to go back to camila, like when they went to disney. billy is easily a much more dislikeable character in the show than in the book

The more I think about djats, the more upset I get about the fundamental change they made to the story because like Billy and Daisy are like a vortex, they just cycle the same thoughts back-and-forth between them they validate each others worse habits, so they can’t ever see the full picture and that’s why Camilla was so pivotal and important to both of them because she allowed them to see the full picture. She gave them that and by taking that away, the entire story falls apart. She is the linchpin. She is the reason, and to slight her to reduce her impact is so fucking unforgivable.

in the aftermath of the daisy Jones finale I've seen a lot of posts where people are complaining that billy has changed from a character you root for in the book to a character you don't in the show, and I have to say I don't agree at all.

when I read the book I didn't empathise with Billy all too much, and felt that he was the most unreliable narrator when it came to his depiction of himself. supposedly, in the book, he stays completely clean after his initial time in rehab, and never cheats on Camilla with daisy at all because their relationships is that of 'twin flames' and not at all physical. the show has him relapse instead and kiss daisy multiple times. I actually found that this made him more easy to empathise with because it made him seem more like a real, deeply flawed human being. the idea that relapsing or morally wrong actions makes you 'shallow' or unsympathetic is harmful.people who struggle with addiction are not less than complex human beings because of that struggle, and should be empathized with more, not less. additionally, he and daisy having a more overt physical relationship in the show doesn't at all take away from the twin flames nature of their relationship. I think it enhances their individual weaknesses and failing points. they are at their most self destructive when they're working against one another, and at their best when they're caring for each other. they make each other better, as Karen said. I think the physicality of their relationship just worked to further demonstrate their destructive tendencies. daisy telling billy to go to Camilla was a natural progression in her arc to being a better person, because by caring for billy she is, in turn, beginning to heal herself.

I've also seen an abundance of complaints about the depiction of Camilla in the show, particularly people either stating that she's less sympathetic because we can see her flaws and mistakes now, or that the changes to billy and Daisy's storyline are unfair to her. on the contrary, I found the show was more fair to her because she was allowed to be a person with flaws, and we were able to see ehow hurt she was by what happened. in the book she's an angel, and is completely robbed of agency and a certain degree of complexity because she never gets to speak for herself. her side of the story is told by the people who love her most, the people who, given that she is dead before the interviews in the book begin, look back on her as perfect. choosing to have her tell her own story was one of the best decisions the show made, because it made her a fully formed human being, as opposed to a saint amongst 'sinners'.

all in all I think the show was a masterful adaption of an already great book, and I believe that a lot of the complaints going around are both unwarranted and coming from a place of expectation that an adaption must be a one to one copy of it's source. daisy Jones and the six, the tv show, is a different story to daisy Jones and the six, the book, and that's one of it's greatest strengths.

uh, okay. Billy Dunne relapsed and cheated on his wife multiple times. Billy Dunne back to the life he sworn he wouldn't live it. why is that awful as it sounds?

DJATS it's an adaptation and in the book, the original source, Billy Dunne is a recovered addicted in his 70's remembering his rock star days and how those days conflicted with the man he wanted to be. Was him perfect? Jesus, no. That man was garbage. BUT he has the benefit of trying.

Show Billy was stripped of all the grace that made Book Billy complex, becoming a shallow version of himself with no depth, moral or control. Who was Billy Dunne?

Billy Dunne fought relapsing with everything he had. He made pancakes to his daughters (yes he has three, which he chose to have with his wife) and carried his wife to bed. Billy Dunne fell in love with Daisy and burned with her. They created art and chaos together. She was his twin flame and he loved her, completely. He never needed it to kiss her or sleep with her. In fact, that was the main appeal to them: he loved daisy, not her body, as all the others man in her life. Not that he wasn't attracted to her. But it wasn't that to him. He also loved Camila, his wife and soulmate, deeply. He broke her but spend all his days trying to live up to the man he thought she deserved. Camila had faith on him and looked at him seeing more than his mistakes and sins. Because she loved him, he survived and achieved his dreams. Because he loved her, she found strength to forgive.

Billy overcame addiction, which it isn't easy. Billy broke generational trauma and gave his brother a mirror of a man who could be a example of father and husband. Billy loved two women and while yes, it broke all the three of them, he did his best to be there for Camila while trying to show Daisy that she deserved so much better. Camila also shows Daisy underserved kindness. As someone whose people never had faith in, Camila's act of faith saves Daisy Jones.

We all can understand that tv shows were never keen of complex relationships and feelings, specially romantic ones, right? They would never translate the depth of Billy's love for Camila or they would never show the depth of Billy's affection for daisy, or so they thought. So they chose one of those. But in this choice, they actually stoled everything that made Billy Dunne be Billy Dunne. They stoled his strength, his loyalty, his sense of duty and his layered, complex heart.

Billy was egocentric, selfish, rude and cruel as he was in the source material. But that's all he is. Show Billy has no redeemable quality. He humiliate and abuses Camila while put Daisy in a position no woman should ever find herself in it. Hell, show fans can't even talk about Billy outside his relationship with Daisy, because they would have to acknowledge that he's dull. And to think they had Sam Claffin, who would absolutely delivery the most wonderful, heartbreaking, emotional performance while playing such complex, flawed character.

What I got out of daisy jones and the six

*Enters a bookstore*

me to myself: be calm

men’s thighs (crowd of hundreds of thousands applauding)

FRINGE 4.06 - “And Those We’ve Left Behind”

He’s just one man… (requested by @loveyoubeyondhope)

writers will really have a doc titled ‘fic planning’ and then it’s just blank

writers will say “i’m going to write!” and then do something else with the doc open in the background

writers will literally put out the most heart-wrenching and devastating piece of fiction that’s a million times better than the source and go haha hope you liked :)

writers will have a life changing event happen to them (married, natural disaster, accident etc etc) and then still manage to put out an incredible fic and go ‘sorry this was 0.394838373 seconds late guys :(‘

writers will go ‘love writing!’ and then don’t write for 10 years

anyway i love writing and i love writers

now hold on a goddamned second

writers will complain about this post while continuing to not write

(chuckle)

All of the above. And everything else as well.

NEIL GAIMAN????

Well, now I’m torn.

So, this is happening. It’ll definitely feel more romance novel than fanfic (I hope to convert it and publish it eventually, but that’s a longer conversation). The writing has begun!

…

Prince Oliver of The Verdant Isles has led a charmed life, one he enjoyed excessively until life threw him a twist. Now, he’s determined to fulfill his father’s wishes and take control of the Kingdom of Starling… No matter what.

Princess Felicity of Starling has always known what’s in store for her life. Her sense of duty is strong, but her father’s plans for her life are so ordinary. Which is why the princess developed an extensive network of spies throughout the 13 kingdoms… and how she finds out about invaders from The Verdant Isles heading ashore.

Fate makes them enemies. But when the prince is caught and held captive by Starling, will they defy fate and define their own destinies?

Keep an eye out for “Her Captive Heart.” Posting begins March 27th. 😘

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