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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Sept 14, 2014 17:12:38 GMT
I was watching MiLW again and I noted before, but really thought about it this time, when Darcy comes to Julia's office with the divorce papers and tries to make a move to get her back he says he may not have expressed the affection he feels for her. Rather a weak thing to say if he's trying to win her back. Shouldn't he be expressing how much he LOVES her?? It is a weak thing, and it really underscores that Darcy didn't really know or even get Julia. He claimed to have enjoyed her company the night of that party, but that wasn't the real Julia-she was playing his perfect wife out of gratitude and guilt for the scandal the whole divorce was going to cause him. He said he loved her and was willing to fight for her (Kissing Bandit), but then pressures her into being someone she isn't. He loves the idea of something that doesn't exist. He fell in love with a defeated, brokenhearted Julia, and when she ceased to be that, there was a problem. However, I hated the way they disposed of him, Julia was so passive about Darcy's reconciliation attempt, and I think CC wrote a fic that dealt with this in a much better way, IMO. She schemes with Emily and Julia blackmails him with illicit photos of his affair and then he signs the divorce papers. I know it was done to free Julia so William could marry her in the church, and get James Gillies into the show, but those two episodes (6.12 and 6.13) are among my least favorites of the entire show. I know I've said it before, but I hate James Gillies not because he's evil, but because he leads to ridiculous, bad writing. Lol yeah, I had a pretty good idea they were going to go the kill him off route so I wrote what I thought made more sense and wasn't based on complete chance. She told William that she was going to handle it in 611...but then she didn't....but thankfully the universe (writers) answered her prayers. I don't overly love those eps either because it's really not very tense. You know nobody is going to die and William is going to come through like he always does...so basically they just wasted 2 eps so that they could get rid of Darcy in a bizarre way. I mean, they could have just had him contract something deadly from one of his patients...I would have preferred that. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 14, 2014 17:17:06 GMT
I don't overly love those eps either because it's really not very tense. You know nobody is going to die and William is going to come through like he always does...so basically they just wasted 2 eps so that they could get rid of Darcy in a bizarre way. I mean, they could have just had him contract something deadly from one of his patients...I would have preferred that. The "Murdoch Trap" is pretty much a Saturday Morning Cartoon idea, too. When I got to that ep I was like, wth... |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Sept 14, 2014 17:21:44 GMT
I don't overly love those eps either because it's really not very tense. You know nobody is going to die and William is going to come through like he always does...so basically they just wasted 2 eps so that they could get rid of Darcy in a bizarre way. I mean, they could have just had him contract something deadly from one of his patients...I would have preferred that. The "Murdoch Trap" is pretty much a Saturday Morning Cartoon idea, too. When I got to that ep I was like, wth... Yeah, I don't think that I'll ever be rewatching those two eps. Nor do I think I'll ever rewatch Murdoch in Wonderland-it was a pretty good episode, but the last few minutes just ruin it for me.  It's a shame, because it's otherwise a good episode.  |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Sept 14, 2014 17:24:27 GMT
It is a weak thing, and it really underscores that Darcy didn't really know or even get Julia. He claimed to have enjoyed her company the night of that party, but that wasn't the real Julia-she was playing his perfect wife out of gratitude and guilt for the scandal the whole divorce was going to cause him. He said he loved her and was willing to fight for her (Kissing Bandit), but then pressures her into being someone she isn't. He loves the idea of something that doesn't exist. He fell in love with a defeated, brokenhearted Julia, and when she ceased to be that, there was a problem. However, I hated the way they disposed of him, Julia was so passive about Darcy's reconciliation attempt, and I think CC wrote a fic that dealt with this in a much better way, IMO. She schemes with Emily and Julia blackmails him with illicit photos of his affair and then he signs the divorce papers. I know it was done to free Julia so William could marry her in the church, and get James Gillies into the show, but those two episodes (6.12 and 6.13) are among my least favorites of the entire show. I know I've said it before, but I hate James Gillies not because he's evil, but because he leads to ridiculous, bad writing. Lol yeah, I had a pretty good idea they were going to go the kill him off route so I wrote what I thought made more sense and wasn't based on complete chance. She told William that she was going to handle it in 611...but then she didn't....but thankfully the universe (writers) answered her prayers. I don't overly love those eps either because it's really not very tense. You know nobody is going to die and William is going to come through like he always does...so basically they just wasted 2 eps so that they could get rid of Darcy in a bizarre way. I mean, they could have just had him contract something deadly from one of his patients...I would have preferred that. That, or it turned out he was a bigamist, and therefore his marriage to Julia was invalid. I think I would have liked that better as well. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 14, 2014 17:37:03 GMT
That, or it turned out he was a bigamist, and therefore his marriage to Julia was invalid. I think I would have liked that better as well. That would have been an AWESOME twist!  |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Sept 14, 2014 18:31:14 GMT
That, or it turned out he was a bigamist, and therefore his marriage to Julia was invalid. I think I would have liked that better as well. That would have been an AWESOME twist! Lol somehow I can't picture Darcy being able to arouse multiple women's passions...then again, he was really quite cool with moving to Toronto suddenly...as if he was running away from his previous marriage(s). |
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Post by snacky on Sept 14, 2014 18:33:51 GMT
That would have been an AWESOME twist! Lol somehow I can't picture Darcy being able to arouse multiple women's passions...then again, he was really quite cool with moving to Toronto suddenly...as if he was running away from his previous marriage(s). Perhaps that woman he was with when William slugged him was another wife! |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Sept 14, 2014 18:53:50 GMT
Julia could call William anything she wanted and he'd just say "Yes dear." We know who'll wear the pants in that marriage. hahaha, I don't think William is such a pushover. He's not going to stop Julia from doing what she wants to do, but she's not going to walk all over him either. His mild mannered ways are deceptive. The hat comes off at night. I don't think of William as a pushover, but Julia's in control there-within reason. He'll pretty much go along with whatever she wants, but she's not going to whip him into complete submission either. She knows where the absolute boundaries are, and she's not going to break them. She does respect him. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Sept 14, 2014 18:56:04 GMT
Lol somehow I can't picture Darcy being able to arouse multiple women's passions...then again, he was really quite cool with moving to Toronto suddenly...as if he was running away from his previous marriage(s). Perhaps that woman he was with when William slugged him was another wife! Yes, he's got an extensive record in multiple cities for serial bigamy. The Americans were getting onto him, so he felt the need to flee to Canada. Seriously though, I like our versions better. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 14, 2014 19:07:29 GMT
hahaha, I don't think William is such a pushover. He's not going to stop Julia from doing what she wants to do, but she's not going to walk all over him either. His mild mannered ways are deceptive. The hat comes off at night. I don't think of William as a pushover, but Julia's in control there-within reason. He'll pretty much go along with whatever she wants, but she's not going to whip him into complete submission either. She knows where the absolute boundaries are, and she's not going to break them. She does respect him. William likes women on top, and she knows it. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 14, 2014 19:11:01 GMT
She also seems to be a big fan of William manning up, ala Bloodlust. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Sept 14, 2014 19:15:42 GMT
She also seems to be a big fan of William manning up, ala Bloodlust. Mmmm, authoritative William in just his vest, with his shirt sleeves rolled up, tie off, first couple of buttons undone, striding purposefully towards a horse. On which he scoops her up and carries her away for a night of passion! |
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Post by snacky on Sept 14, 2014 19:38:17 GMT
She also seems to be a big fan of William manning up, ala Bloodlust. Mmmm, authoritative William in just his vest, with his shirt sleeves rolled up, tie off, first couple of buttons undone, striding purposefully towards a horse. On which he scoops her up and carries her away for a night of passion!Well we know William can ride a horse - he can make it a done deal if he thinks a bout it.  |
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