THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS

[_alicesprings]

Title: The Way the World Ends
Written By: faile02
Timeline: During and directly after season one
Rating: G
Summary: Daphne was always Brian's biggest advocate.
Author Notes: This is unbeta'd due to a time restraint. Forgive me. This is also my first QaF fic, so any sort of constructive crit would be awesome. 1035 words

Comments

[starspider]

Great job with this. I hope you write more in this fandom!

[faile02]

Thank you! I'm going to try!

[rosengirl]

You did an awesome job with writing Daphne.

Keep going ;)

[faile02]

Thank you! I do have another idea floating around that I want to write out...

[jule1122]

I loved reading Daphne's point of view especially your take on how she felt finding out about Brian. And this is the best description of the early part of Brian and Justin's relationship:
At first, you thought Brian was going to break him. Justin was trying so hard and you were there for every minute of it, and you liked Brian, you really did, but every time Justin was happy, every time you thought he finally had it together, Brian kicked him in stomach and you had to watch Justin struggle to stay above water.

[faile02]

Well, for Daphne, IMO, it's almost a shock to the system. She may have suspected it for a while, but until that exact moment, she's not sure. In way, it's almost cowardly of Justin to tell her like that, which of course, doesn't jive with everything else we see of him.

[specialj67]

Fantastic. I always wished for more Daph in the show and this is a great example why. She can champion both Justin (what with them being bff and all) and Brian (she is the only person other than Brian himself who has an inkling of what the prom night meant). I liked that you had Daphne being a little resentful of Brian at first--she is not a giggly 13-year-old and I'm so glad you didn't write her in that light--that in her eyes, he had to earn her support/adoration/acceptance/whatever. I hope you continue to write for this fandom.

[faile02]

she is not a giggly 13-year-old

A lot of that is because of how she reacts when Brian shows her attention. But of course she's going to giggle! A very good looking older man is telling you you look hot! Who wouldn't giggle!

But Daphne's not stupid. She also doesn't rush into things the way Justin does... I sorta see her as his voice of reason.

[vlredreign]

One of my biggest regrets was that we saw so little of Daphne. I liked her from the beginning, and I thought I saw a bit of betrayal in her eyes when we saw her and Justin discuss Justin's first time. It certainly explained her attitude after she and Justin did it.

There so isn't enough Daphne fic out there. I've wanted to do one for awhile myself. This was excellent.

[faile02]

I have always adored Daphne. Probably because I can relate to her. I couldn't imagine her have any other internal reaction except a flare of jealously. I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw it!

Thank you very much!