Dawson's Creek - JVDB/Dawson Leery #16: Have you noticed his long fingers?

**Pure.Magic** · 02-10-2009, 08:15 AM

Welcome to the Dawson Leery Appreciation Thread!

Dawson Leery, the romantic of Dawson's Creek, played by James van der beek, was the guy that every girl dreamed of, smart, funny, sweet, and handsome. And even though he got his heart broken many times and has been through so much, he never stopped beliving in his dream and his friends.

Romantic Dreamers

01. Brighter than Sunshine
02. Deb D
03. 80sBabygirl
04. PiCkLeS4dAwSoN
05. JVDBFan20
06. Cris
07. SethxMarissa
08. True Daisy lover
09. Free_Falling
10. katieandjames
11. wistfuldreamer
12. MirkwoodPrincess
13. Whichway2Capeside
14. Karen H.
15. brookiez69
16. Beatriz
17. Tes!
18. Dorkodancer147
19. Ellie Cameron
20. Shauna
21. jksoulmate
22. rockthecreek
23. Black mamba
24. SCOT81
25. CreekBee
26. ILoveGizzy
27. taubman
28. Courtz_BV
29. JenMixelle
30. ~Tini~
31. Madison612
32. *Lori89*
33. Pure.Magic
34. Mrs.Lachey
35. dcluv
36. Creative Christy

Quotes:
James about Dawson:

"He has the rare fortune of knowing what he wants to do early in life. And like anyone I care about, I want to see him succeed and get his chance to do what he loves, just like this show has given us that same chance."

"Dawson's overactive imagination and idealism sometimes make him oblivious. He's prown to rejecting reality for a more romantic scenario. He's a bit of an innocent and is frequently off in his own little world." - James Van Der Beek

"Dawson reminds me of myself when I was fifteen" - James Van Der Beek

"Dawson is a tragically nice guy and so am I."

"Like Dawson, I wasn't cool."

Amongst the crew of Dawson's Creek James was known as the serious romantic of the group.

Dawson Quotes

Dawson: Get out of the gutter. No thing-a-ma-jig involved. It was just the sweetest, most romantic, Fourth of July fireworky, waves crashing on the shore, beyond any movie I could ever imagine kiss.

Dawson: Edge is fleeting, heart lasts forever.

Joey: Yes, you can. I mean, not just for me or my family's sake but for us. I'm telling you, Dawson. We won't survive this.

Dawson: That's a risk that I'm willing to take. Because I care about you more than I care about myself. And somebody has to do the right thing. If you can't, then I will.

Dawson:The first time I sleep with somebody I don't want it to be for just any reason. I want it to be for every reason.

Dawson: I wanted to tell a story about... something small, something personal, something I've been... tryin' to figure out for quite some time. I wanted to write about growing up... and why it's so hard. And... I wanted to write about falling in love and why it can't last, but at the same time, how it lasts forever

Other characters about Dawson

Joey
Joey:... I've always believed in you. I mean, you're the most extraordinary, talented person that I've ever met. I'm your biggest fan.

Joey: Well, you can't keep it a secret forever, Dawson.
Dawson: What's that?
Joey: How incredible you are.

Joey: You rule. You rock. You are a golden god. Now, accept it.

Pacey

Pacey:... You take in stray dogs, Dawson. You help old women cross the street. You just say no. You are Jimmy Stewart

Jen

Jen: Listen. I... it's the least I can do for the guy who restores my faith in the opposite sex.

Jen:..I have tried, okay? I have tried to live my life just like you. I just don't have that sort of hope. But if everybody did people like you wouldn't be so special.

Others

Mitch:..I've always taken pride in the fact that my son is someone his friends can turn to when they need him.

Mitch: Son or not, Dawson... you are one of my favorite people.

Gail: You have been a miracle this year, Dawson. My miracle. I'm not gonna let you forget that.

Grams: Dawson, you are just about the nicest young man I know. With the exception of Jack, of course...

Gretchen:The second you become aware of just how charming you are, you're going to use your powers for evil.

Gretchen: You have better judgment than anyone I know, Dawson. Probably better than anybody that Brooks knew. That's why he chose you. I don't think he saw how young you were and figured that you would be more likely to contribute to his end. I think he saw how old your heart is and he knew that whatever choice you made, would be the right one.

Mr. Brennan (about what Mitch thought about Dawson): He was proud, though. How do I know that, huh? Well, when I mentioned your name, his whole face just lit up. He said you were this brave kid, but he had no idea how you got to be that way. He said you had a romantic streak a mile long, and he said he was proud to know you.

Mr. Potter: I, uh, have to say that I'm really impressed with what you've done with your life, Dawson. I mean, I've known this kid since he was running around making movies with a video camera. It's really amazing to see how far he's come.

Audrey: How come your film geek looks like TOM CRUISE and the one who worships me looks like the kid who doesn't want to go to the dance in sixteen candles?

Audrey: That boy is a gem.

Natasha : You know, you're gonna make some girl's dreams come true someday, in a big way, which is why I have to stop this now before I break your heart and turn you into a bitter cynic.

Music Videos

YouTube - Dawson Leery - What A Man By DebD
YouTube - Dawson Leery - Never to know By Karen.H
YouTube - Dawson's Creek - Dawson and Minor Character Montage By DebD

Icons

Credit : wistfuldreamer

Credit : Cris

Credit : CreekBee

Title Ideas

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery: Because we miss him!

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery :Cause he's a Creek God !

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery : Cause he brought out Jealous Joey ! Our Favourite !

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery : Cause He was there to pick up the pieces.

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery : Cause we're suckers for the nice ones.

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery : Because he grew up to be one of the good ones

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery : He is one of those rare guys that can make a movie night seem like an event

Romantic Dreamer Dawson Leery : Because he is one of our favourite people

Dawson Leery/JVDB: 'cuz he's all grown up and now called Adam Reese.

Dawson Leery/JVDB: Dawson will always be a part of him.

Previous Thread

**Pure.Magic** · 02-10-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CreekBee (View Post)

I thought it was kinda suave

Also something about Dawson's features in season 4 were very pointy and angular which was hot.

Really?

Anyway, you guys liked him, so i cant complain too much.

But his look wasnt better than in s3. Wardrobe yes, it kept getting better every season, but looks-wise, s3 was better than s4.

Dont kill me, but S4 was the only season where he had a double chin.

**JenMixelle** · 02-10-2009, 08:23 AM

Oh... I never noticed

Thanks for the new thread, V

OK, am I an awful nitpick if I feel like correcting typos in the OP?

CreekBee · 02-10-2009, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Dont kill me, but S4 was the only season where he had a double chin.

Whaa...? V I don't think Joey would take kindly to that

TFTNT !

**Pure.Magic** · 02-10-2009, 08:35 AM

You're welcome ladies.

have you forgotten already, Deb, I can take Joey anytime.

Jen, whats wrong with the OP, I could correct it.

There's one growed in the title Karen suggested, which I corrected but i wonder how did it mange to get back to that again?

**JenMixelle** · 02-10-2009, 08:42 AM

The "growed" is ok, it's like an expression that is used that way

Tho you might want to change the name in that to Adam Reese

There's a few names that are in lower case...
Grams: Dawson, you are just about the nicest young man I know. With the exception of jack, of course...
Mr. Brennan (about what Mitch thought about dawson):

This: Dawson reminds me of myself when I was fifteen - James Van Der Beek needs quotation marks

I'll have a look through it later, there was something more taht I don't remember now

I'm awful, I know

**Pure.Magic** · 02-10-2009, 08:48 AM

nah, thanks for pointing those out. Ive corrected them, if there are more, lemme know.

Growed up sounds very wrong to me. Some do use it, but it doesnt sound right.

I googled it, and it asked me if I meant grown up.

But some results did have growed up in it.

CreekBee · 02-10-2009, 08:55 AM

Quote:

have you forgotten already, Deb, I can take Joey anytime

Jen thanks for being so interested in our OP

**Pure.Magic** · 02-10-2009, 09:02 AM

It was all your idea.

How could you forget?

We need to pretty up our OP even more. Our boy's room, had more posters and art than the OP.

CreekBee · 02-10-2009, 09:16 AM

^ True

How about some Trivia ? Like his favourite movies, he got a camera as a kid from hs Dad...we could do it on PS so that it looks fancier than regular text.

**Pure.Magic** · 02-10-2009, 09:34 AM

Yeah, the OP is all about Dawson, since now its a JVDB thread too, we could put up something about his other projects too.

And I thought we could convert the entire OP into a series of images, with art and text both on it, with background as a camera reel. We could write stuff on it, paste all the arts in the OP on it. That way the OP will look like a long film reel. (it has those borders that will show) Only with arts and stuff written on it. I dont know if im saying it right?

**JenMixelle** · 02-10-2009, 12:59 PM

V, I know what you mean, it sounds good

**Pure.Magic** · 02-10-2009, 02:08 PM

Thanks, Jen, I was beginning to wonder if anyone could make sense of all that blabbering.

We'll try and keep it short, simple, and stunning, since everything will be images, it could get heavy. But it should look nice.

**JenMixelle** · 02-10-2009, 02:19 PM

Well, if we'd only make a few pics with a few things on each, it could work

Or we could leave the quotes as text (too many pics doesn't look too good either) and add a few more pics

Hey, random idea: How about doing a revamp for the 20th thread?

**Chase.This.Light** · 02-10-2009, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pure.Magic (View Post)

Really?

Anyway, you guys liked him, so i cant complain too much.

But his look wasnt better than in s3. Wardrobe yes, it kept getting better every season, but looks-wise, s3 was better than s4.

Dont kill me, but S4 was the only season where he had a double chin.

That's the worst crime anyone has ever committed in the whole history of this board. It's ont thing to critique the hair, but OMG. I thought i knew you. *prepares court statement against Veronica for crimes against James*

Veronica, i made the title "all growed up and called Dixon" on purpose.

I prefer growed. I know it's not gramatically correct but i'm not an English Scholar and don't care if I butcher the language.

Veronica, do me a favour. next round, make picture 17 one when there's the receeding hairline and change the S3 picture of Dawson to the one Jen preferred. (psst Veronica, it's things like this (people not agreeing with my vote) that accounts for hug 10 not winning).

I think we need the survivor reposted (or just call it and 17 can leave).

I love the idea of re-vamping the OP but me is not arty. I would try to make some sort of James montage. I have a feeling we'll be on the 20th thread around the same time we reach 50K and i don't know if I have it in me to make 2 videos. But if James brings me some inspiration...