So, this is where it's stated that Daisy is Dean. But the past few chapters didn't really show that. She's seemed to me like the self-centered entity she was when she was conceived, with the memories of being a normal 11 year old to center herself for a time - until her sisters' example took over.
When I look at it that way, she has grown. But I don't see Dean in there anywhere.
Well, she's not Dean, really. She's the product of Dean, Amy, Jessica, and later picks up influence from her older sisters. She definitely changes over time.
The very bratty Daisy in utero is more Dean's imagination of what this "girl" consuming him would say. By the time Daisy is born she's not that person at all: as her mother says: "You won't remember any of this." She's an ordinary little girl until the day of her first period, and becomes someone else, an amalgam of Dean and herself, after that.
I don't remember Dean as having too much of a character of his own in this story. When we start off he's something of a helpless victim, caught by Jessica by surprise, and erased from existence without ever really consenting to it nor objecting to it. He makes it clear that he enjoys being where he is, even down to the cheerful blog title. He comes to love Jessica, and later Amy, from the inside.
Then Daisy devours him, inspiring Jessica's last words to her: he's not a gift to her; instead, she's the gift to him. In return for helping the (lesbian) couple bear three healthy children, and out of their love for him, Dean is granted an entirely new life in a female body, even if it's twelve years before he reawakens to discover that.
Dean takes things as they come and doesn't stress about stuff he has no control over. I think (more than most people) this would actually be the most common reaction: if you woke up in a different body, you'd be surprised and shocked and overwhelmed... for a day or two. Then, once you figured your new situation was "permanent", you'd resolve to figure things out and make the best of it. Daisy does that all the time: she did her best as a girl, survived Alicia's transformation of her, handled life as a bee-girl and avian the best way she knew how and never really freaks out about any of it. That's Dean's personality, definitely, and he appreciates getting to share Daisy's body.
Posted by MasterGryph 6 years ago Report
So, this is where it's stated that Daisy is Dean. But the past few chapters didn't really show that. She's seemed to me like the self-centered entity she was when she was conceived, with the memories of being a normal 11 year old to center herself for a time - until her sisters' example took over.
When I look at it that way, she has grown. But I don't see Dean in there anywhere.
Posted by dreamweevil 6 years ago Report
Well, she's not Dean, really. She's the product of Dean, Amy, Jessica, and later picks up influence from her older sisters. She definitely changes over time.
The very bratty Daisy in utero is more Dean's imagination of what this "girl" consuming him would say. By the time Daisy is born she's not that person at all: as her mother says: "You won't remember any of this." She's an ordinary little girl until the day of her first period, and becomes someone else, an amalgam of Dean and herself, after that.
Posted by MasterGryph 6 years ago Report
Imagination, huh?
I still don't see Dean in there anywhere. Wheras, I see quite a bit of that brat left over.
Posted by dreamweevil 6 years ago Report
I don't remember Dean as having too much of a character of his own in this story. When we start off he's something of a helpless victim, caught by Jessica by surprise, and erased from existence without ever really consenting to it nor objecting to it. He makes it clear that he enjoys being where he is, even down to the cheerful blog title. He comes to love Jessica, and later Amy, from the inside.
Then Daisy devours him, inspiring Jessica's last words to her: he's not a gift to her; instead, she's the gift to him. In return for helping the (lesbian) couple bear three healthy children, and out of their love for him, Dean is granted an entirely new life in a female body, even if it's twelve years before he reawakens to discover that.
Dean takes things as they come and doesn't stress about stuff he has no control over. I think (more than most people) this would actually be the most common reaction: if you woke up in a different body, you'd be surprised and shocked and overwhelmed... for a day or two. Then, once you figured your new situation was "permanent", you'd resolve to figure things out and make the best of it. Daisy does that all the time: she did her best as a girl, survived Alicia's transformation of her, handled life as a bee-girl and avian the best way she knew how and never really freaks out about any of it. That's Dean's personality, definitely, and he appreciates getting to share Daisy's body.