Daisy Buchanan Puns

I’ve noticed something else in season 2 that gave me pause and made me have some questions. 😁

In the Daisy Buchanan episode before the Gatsby trial, Ben went over to Devi’s house to do their group project. Devi, a little confused, asked him where Aneesa was because she wasn’t with him. Ben told her that Aneesa was at a soccer game in Pasadena so it would just be Devi and him working on the project that afternoon. Devi told him that they didn’t have much left to do, and Ben agreed and said, “Yeah, I think we’re in good shape.”

To me, that sounded like Ben already knew beforehand that their project was near completion and that they didn’t need to do more work on it. That meant that he really didn’t need to be at Devi’s house at all. However, he showed up there anyway instead of going to Aneesa’s soccer game.

Why wouldn’t Ben be at his own girlfriend’s soccer game and show his support? I remember in season 1, he went to his ex, Shira’s, field hockey practices after school because he “supports women.” Aneesa is a much better girlfriend than Shira ever was so it didn’t make much sense that he would skip her soccer game to work on their group project with Devi when there wasn’t anything left to work on.

Maybe offscreen Ben, Devi, and Aneesa all agreed to meet up at Devi’s house to finish their project. However, if that were the case, Aneesa would have certainly mentioned her soccer game that afternoon and wouldn’t be able to make it so Devi didn’t have to ask Ben where Aneesa was because she would already know. When Ben walked into her house, Devi had no clue why Aneesa wasn’t with him.

This scene could be another plot hole that the writers missed, or it was deliberately written to show that Ben subconsciously chose Devi over Aneesa. Maybe I’m reaching and overanalyzing it, but I sometimes wonder if these kinds of scenes are subtle hints that Ben and Devi are meant to be together and are endgame. If so, then I’m glad that I notice these little hints. 😁

What do you guys think? Any thoughts on this particular scene?

****Edited to add the following (also posted in comment section below): You know what, guys. I think I may have a pretty good theory as to why Ben didn't go to Aneesa's soccer game, and it makes sense the more I think about it. I think it has to do with Aneesa's parents. According to Aneesa, her parents are super strict and don't allow her to date. She told Devi that if her parents ever found out that she has a boyfriend, they would take

Curious about what people thought of Episode 8 - I think it’s interesting to think about the analogy between Devi and Daisy. Also interesting to think about the dichotomy between physical and emotional harm (respective ways in which Paxton vs Ben were hurt by Devi)

Looking for thoughts on Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby. What motivates her? Does she really love Gatsby? What’s holding her back? Is she a horrible person, or trapped? I have always had mixed feelings towards her. On the one hand, she seems to be a deep thinker who is truly in distress over her missed chance at love & the way society has pressured her into believing that Gatsby isn’t good enough. On the other hand…screw her, she married a douche bag & flaked on Gatsby. Discuss away.

I don’t actually believe that this is such an unpopular idea among the audience, however this has been bugging my mind since the first time watching The Great Gatsby, so I decided to write it out. The reason why I included Old Money in here is because even though the song wasn’t featured in the movie, its narrative can be considered as the sequel of Young and Beautiful, written from the perspective of an older Daisy as many have mentioned before in this sub. These songs are what Daisy dreams herself to be, but would never become. It really saddens me whenever I listen to Old Money’s chorus:
But if you send for me, you know I'll come
And if you call for me, you know I'll run
I'll run to you, I'll run to you
I'll run, run, run
I'll come to you, I'll come to you
I'll come, come, come
He called. You said you would come. Where are you?

Do you guys think Daisy from 'Great Gatsby' is an antagonist? I feel that she was wrongly portrayed as the bad guy in the film. What do you guys think?

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/yxNYS02.jpg

Is it just a weird coincidence, or could Fitzgerald have known her? Or maybe he just saw her name and liked it!

I'd been digging through my mom's old stuff (cards from my dad, day planners from the 80's, etc) and came across the funeral program. My mom had mentioned Daisy/Dollie before but I forgot about it. Thought y'all might find it interesting.

It’s been 4 long years since you and I broke up and I’m still miserable without you. Year 1-3 were rough, tougher than I could have ever though they’d be. Depression, crying, going crazy without you.

But year 4 has been my year. I’m moving back home, buying a home, driving a nice car and working a job making more money than I ever thought I would. And maybe that’ll bring you back.

Your Tom Buchanan is alcohol and your pride. But maybe once you see what I’ve accomplished trying to be the person I felt you deserved, you’ll come back. We can live the life we talked about living. You’ll be starting a new chapter of your life and we can do it together.

We both made mistakes but I never stopped loving you. You still give me butterflies when I think of you. We haven’t talked in months but I still get excited every time I get a text thinking maybe it’s you saying you made a mistake. I still dream of you. When I think of love, your name is the one I think of. And even though people say I’m better off and that I always saw life with you through rose colored glasses, I’ve gotta say that rose colored lenses are better than dreary gray.

You made me want to be better and I’m better than I was in past years. But it doesn’t mean anything without you. We were supposed to enjoy this success together. You believed in me just like I believed in you. And while we may have let each other down, I believe in my head that we can fix things and come out stronger.

I can give you all the things I gave you when we were together and so much more now. I gave you the non tangible things when we were together, when I kept food on the table, when I helped you move in the pouring rain, when I joined you on the flat air mattress in that studio apartment. I’ll be the shoulder to lean on and the hand that you can hold.

I know you’ll never read this but if you do just please remember I love you, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.

After reading this article, I realized that Boston families probably have a lot of stories of meeting athletes and celebrities in the time before cellphones. Of course there's no way to prove any of these stories are true, but I'd love to hear what you got!

It should have been me. I’ve wished a million times that it would have been me and not you. You had so much love in your short life.

I’m trapped by a corset of words that trap me further from trying to get free. They were right.

You were right.

Everything you said was true.

I’m really sorry.

I wished, often, the blows would have hit my face. Shattered a bone. Lodged where it was fatal. Disfigure me. Make my outsides match my ins.

I’m a tragedy. A great mistake. A pathetic existence. I lack any ability to give and receive love.

I never thought so.

I knew I wasn’t whole but I knew I wasn’t empty.

I’m tired of fighting. I’m tired of pain I’m tired of being scared that someone else will say those things. I’m tired.

Apologize for my English since its not my native language. For me, though I hate Daisy to the core of my bone, i think that she somewhat represents us, ordinary human beings in our daily life. She tried to grab whatever chances she has to steer clear out of trouble, ultimately lead to the death of Gatsby. The moment i really feel for her is when she prayed that her daughter grow up to be beautiful but stupid, she knows if her daughter turns out to be smart, she would see the corrupted, the uglier side of the world.

Is that, historically, something that was done after a major tragedy, similar to lowering the flag to half mast, or is that just something that Fitzgerald made up? I'm aware that the narrator was teasing Daisy, but I'm curious to see if that was a social custom of the 20's.