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I agree, the treatment of Dawson was unfair especially given that he was the original lead character. He deserved a better ending than ending up alone and seeing his two closest friends that basically backstabbed him now live together and he is supposedly all fine with it. 
Obviously I would've preferred Dawson and Joey to end up together, but if they all ended up with someone outside of the main four, it would've been more digestible than her ending up with Pacey. Her ending up with Pacey was the worst option. And it's not really about Pacey himself. It's the fact that he was Dawson's best friend. I would've had the same reaction if Dawson ended up with Gretchen and she was Joey's best friend. It's just wrong and it's a poor reflection of the characters' morals.
Thanks for sharing that news! If they do a reboot, I sure hope they do it right this time! |
Yes! Well, I’m also now remembering a lot of other things as I’m writing the replies. Not only did Joey and Pacey completely ruined the starcross lovers story, but they also did so many other things that made me sick of their relationship.
Yes, it was tainted from the start, and I could never understand the romantic scenes and music when they have their moments, like they’re the perfect romance, and not a relationship built on backstabbing and betrayal.
Then, Pacey wanted to sabotage Gretchen and Dawson (hypocrite), but they somehow fixed it when he realized Dawson is best for her.
Joey was jelly of Gretchen, everybody keeps saying Dawson had this selfish feeling that Joey had to be his, while nobody noticed how Joey was constantly angry that Dawson was with Gretchen even though she was with Pacey at the time.
How she and Pacey, after they had sex, spoke how they “don’t want to hurt Dawson but they want to have sex” lol. Now this was quite ridiculous. If they had the slightest care for him, they would have never hooked up in the first place. And when he came to terms with them, they should have at least told him they did it or just not hang out with him and pressure him to “stay friends” with them. They rigged his other relationships while also “feeling sorry” for him, as well as keeping tabs on him and Dawson ends up being the “doofus”.
I feel like KW actually did this on purpose, because Dawson was based on KW, he made him stay alone for some reason (perhaps because KW came out later). It just makes zero sense. Joey and Pacey just didn’t deserve to end up happy and Dawson alone. Big mistake and everyone knows it.