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Nov 14, 2023Liked by Shari Weiss

Dawson is a Creator Insert. Kevin Williamson based the character of Dawson on himself, but straight, and Joey on his childhood friend. It always seemed like a "If I'd been straight we'd have been soulmates" when in reality they still wouldn't have been a good pairing.

Too often characters who shouldn't have cared about Dawson's feelings did. Joey's sister being all "how will this affect Dawson" If we had just started it out as Joey's story then things like Pacey realizing he liked Joey before Dawson even knew she was a girl would have been treated with more weight.

Instead in season 3 Joey finally seeing Pacey the way he sees her is treated like a betrayal of Dawson when in reality Dawson betrayed Pacey by never consulting Pacey about the fact his own feelings changed.

Which cool he didn't have to but to then act like Pacey who already had said "I like Joey" betrayed him? Or his "how did two people who couldn't stand each other end up dating" attitude? Joey and Pacey had been friends since season 1 when they bonded during the Snail project.

The entire show should have been about Pacey and Joey finding each other.

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