As inappropriate as this reaction is right now, I think I have to open by saying that Julia is such a boss. Just, DAMN. I'd kind of been figuring that it would take her dominating the hell out of this conversation for anything to make its way out of Dom's mouth, and I was right. Some bits that made me emit noises of pain and righteousness:
"Try because I want to know why you would cheat on me. I want to have something to explain to my mother when I show up at her door in California, homeless." "... Anything he's done after is just a prey's natural response to a predator." "... So you can take this ring on my finger and ask Matthew to shove it up your ass while he takes you. Consider it a gift of my blessing to the both of you." "... I want you to love him, and I want you to mean it. Because I want him to know that every single day, he runs the risk of living through what I am."
He deserved every bit of that.
(Also, when I read: "Look at me Dominic! I want you to look at me while you tell me why I'm not good enough for you!" ... in my head, I heard Voldemort from Goblet of Fire yelling, "Don't you turn your back on me, Harry Potter! I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ME WHEN I KILL YOU!" My bad, lol. XD)
On the other hand, there were SOOOOO many things Dom said that I was fuming at, just couldn't believe. And you justified them, of course, from his POV -- the childishness of wanting to find a way to win, even though he knew good and well that this was NOT that kind of argument. And the moment when repercussions of this REALLY hit him... When you're wedged in someone's life that deeply, you don't only affect that other person when stuff like this goes down -- you affect that person's family and friends and job performance and living arrangements and mental health and Lord knows what else.
See, that's why I REALLY admire the way you write. I know we're all here for some BellDom -- any way we want it (♪ that's the way we neeeed it, aaaany way we waaant it! ♪ LOL, sorry)... Even so, you're still taking a big (and awesome) risk, making one of your protagonists as tremendously flawed as Dom is, in such a hugely obvious and specific way. Not many writers will do that, so three cheers and a PB&J sammich for you, darling. :)
I will say, though, that it made me so happy, when he started speaking up for his relationship with Matt. When he ended his rant with, "Because he is someone to be proud of," my reaction was as follows:
*rapid fist-motion of fierce agreement* ... "Oh, dear God, she's gonna kill him, like, NOW..." :-| *covers eyes and prepares for imminent death*
There are just too many layers and perspectives for me to go through, so I'll shut up. That's the gist of my feelings, anyhow, lol.
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As inappropriate as this reaction is right now, I think I have to open by saying that Julia is such a boss. Just, DAMN. I'd kind of been figuring that it would take her dominating the hell out of this conversation for anything to make its way out of Dom's mouth, and I was right. Some bits that made me emit noises of pain and righteousness:
"Try because I want to know why you would cheat on me. I want to have something to explain to my mother when I show up at her door in California, homeless."
"... Anything he's done after is just a prey's natural response to a predator."
"... So you can take this ring on my finger and ask Matthew to shove it up your ass while he takes you. Consider it a gift of my blessing to the both of you."
"... I want you to love him, and I want you to mean it. Because I want him to know that every single day, he runs the risk of living through what I am."
He deserved every bit of that.
(Also, when I read: "Look at me Dominic! I want you to look at me while you tell me why I'm not good enough for you!" ... in my head, I heard Voldemort from Goblet of Fire yelling, "Don't you turn your back on me, Harry Potter! I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ME WHEN I KILL YOU!" My bad, lol. XD)
On the other hand, there were SOOOOO many things Dom said that I was fuming at, just couldn't believe. And you justified them, of course, from his POV -- the childishness of wanting to find a way to win, even though he knew good and well that this was NOT that kind of argument. And the moment when repercussions of this REALLY hit him... When you're wedged in someone's life that deeply, you don't only affect that other person when stuff like this goes down -- you affect that person's family and friends and job performance and living arrangements and mental health and Lord knows what else.
See, that's why I REALLY admire the way you write. I know we're all here for some BellDom -- any way we want it (♪ that's the way we neeeed it, aaaany way we waaant it! ♪ LOL, sorry)... Even so, you're still taking a big (and awesome) risk, making one of your protagonists as tremendously flawed as Dom is, in such a hugely obvious and specific way. Not many writers will do that, so three cheers and a PB&J sammich for you, darling. :)
I will say, though, that it made me so happy, when he started speaking up for his relationship with Matt. When he ended his rant with, "Because he is someone to be proud of," my reaction was as follows:
*rapid fist-motion of fierce agreement*
... "Oh, dear God, she's gonna kill him, like, NOW..." :-|
*covers eyes and prepares for imminent death*
There are just too many layers and perspectives for me to go through, so I'll shut up. That's the gist of my feelings, anyhow, lol.
YOU SLAY ME, YOU.