Welcome to the Dawson Leery and Joey Potter Appreciation thread

The actors behind Dawson Leery and Joey Potter are James van der beek and Katie Holmes.



Courtesy of Britney:

*Why do we say Daisies and roses for Dawson and Joey?*

In the second season premier, which is called "The Kiss" Dawson and Joey have their first date, and on that first date Dawson gives Joey a Daisy, he said he thought of everything, chocolates, diamonds, convertibles - but he settled for foliage.

And Foliage is good.

Then in the 602, entitled, "The Song Remains the same", which is the second episode of season 6, Dawson and Joey sleep together, and that morning Dawson gives Joey a White rose, and its increadibly romantic. Joey says that theres a $500 fine to pick them, and he says, It's worth every penny. I think thats the reason why we consider them the Daisy and Roses couple.

Once that was said, a little intro about our couple: who they are and what they mean to each other. Thanx Coolcat200 for this review (about Coda, episode 423) that explains, so beatifully, what D/J are:

True North

It's there. There's no doubt.

But what is it. It's undefinable and yet it's unmistakable: the thickening of the air when Joey and Dawson share a scene.

Is it chemistry? Joey and Pacey have chemistry, but it's not like what she has with Dawson.

It's something different. It's something more.

I've never been one to go in for the whole soul mate thing, but I think it fits. These two people are part of each other, extensions of each other. No matter where they go or whom they are with, they will always come back together because one can't survive without the other.

Joey said that Dawson is her magic. She loved, maybe still loves, Pacey but the magic faded. Love alone wasn't enough to sustain them. But with Dawson, after everything they have been through, the magic still flows.

Dawson wasn't thanking Spielberg. The director wasn't the most prolific influence in his life. He didn't shape Dawson and make him the man he is today. Joey did that.

There's no doubt that they love each other, and that they always will. But it more than that.

It's about finding someone whose life is so intrinsically linked to your own that you don't know where you end and they begin? And not only being okay with that, but also craving it.

It's about finding someone who is so much a part of you that you can't imagine who you would be without them.

It's about knowing a person so well that even when the walls are up you see right through them.

And no matter where they go from here, Dawson and Joey are that for each other: and they always will be.

And that is what this show is all about.


You can say that again!! Nothing will ever change that, and that is why we, and everybody else (even the ones who won't admit it out loud ) know that these two would eventually get back together. Once and for all.

Now, on with the show...



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*Courtesy of Nora*:
D/Jer's on The Creek

Bessie

"You two are so meant to be together. If I'm sure of anything, that's it."
-- |#301 "Like A Virgin"| --

(after D/J shared their first kiss) (to Joey) "You have that look, that cheeky, yet sneaky 'I got lucky' look!"
-- |#201 "The Kiss"| --

Pacey

"I think it's time that the two of you got your shot, cuz the way I see it, you never did. And this world can use as many Romeo and Juliet's as it can get."
-- |#504 "The Long Goodbye"| --

"Dawson, Joey is 100%, head in the clouds, ass backwards in love with you, alright?"
-- |#107 "Boyfriend"| --

"Joey, you're gonna go to grave pining for your best friend who has no idea that you lust after him day and night."
-- |#110 "The Scare"| --

(sees D/Jo dancing) "That is the happiest I've seen you (Joey) all night. I think it's actually the happiest I've seen you in weeks."
-- |#420 "Promicide"| --

Jack

"Dawson, I may be friends with Joey, but...you're her soulmate."
-- |#218 "A Perfect Wedding"| --

Mike Potter

"Dawson Leery, he loves you, Joey."
-- |#112 "Decisions"| --

"Dawson looks at you the way your mom used to look at me."
-- |#112 "Decisions"| --

"You love him, Joey. Did you tell him? (Joey shakes her head no) You have to tell him."
-- |#112 "Decisions"| --

(sees Dawson coming over) (to Joey) "Dawson Leery...I was sure when I got out you two'd be an item."
-- |#218 "A Perfect Wedding"| --

Jen

"If you asked him to stay, he would."
-- |#423 "Coda"| --

"I'm just another roadkill on the 'Dawson and Joey' highway."
-- |#602 "The Song Remains The Same"| --

(on Dawson) "You won in that rivalry, Joey, hands down."
-- |#212 "Uncharted Waters"| --

(on Dawson) "I'm just trying to figure out why you act as though I'm this demon that came into town and stole away your one true love."
-- |#212 "Uncharted Waters"|[/b] --

"How are the two star crossed lovers?"
-- |#201 "The Kiss"| --

"Look at him, he's totally into Joey. He's in love with her."
-- |#203 "Alternative Lifestyles"| --

(Talking about William and Mary, but actually reffering to Dawson and Joey) "Come on, Joey. Hop on the happy train. Sounds to me like those two were madly in love."
-- |#307 "Escape to Witch Island"| --


Ty

"You know, I don't get it. They make such a great couple..."
-- |#215 "...That Is The Question"| --

Drue

"You and Joey are the far and away the more compelling couple."

"Oh please, this friends thing that you guys do. As if you're actually over each other."

Abby

(talking about D/Jen and Jack/Joey) "How sad, romantic destiny fulfilled with the wrong people."
-- |#211 "Sex, She Wrote"| --

"But then I thought...Dawson? No way. He's saving himself for Joey."
-- |#211 "Sex, She Wrote"| --

(after she saw D/Jo kiss on a dare) "Joey, it's obvious you're in love with Dawson. I saw a kiss that could set the atlantic ocean on fire."
-- |#106 "Detention"| --

Chris Wolfe

"Dawson, the way you and Joey are fighting...there's bound to be a lot of make up sex in the future."
-- |#207 "The All-Nighter"| --

Prof. Wilder

(talking about Jo's essay about her kiss with Dawson) "The problem with your story, Joey Potter, is that it ends at the very moment it should begin."
-- |#501 "The Bostonians"| --

Todd

"Ello, ello, ello. Leery's got a bird!"
-- |#602 "The Song Remains The Same"| --

Mitch Leery

"It ain't over...till it's over, Dawson."
-- |#423 "Coda"| --

"He'll figure it out, Joey."
-- |#504 "The Long Goodbye"| --

Ursula

"Don't worry, Dawson. She loves you back."
-- |#110 "The Scare"| --

Devon

"I think that Sammy (Joey) and Wade (Dawson) are soulmates who'll be forever connected by a transcended love."
-- |#213 "His Leading Lady"| --

"Please, I see you with Jack when your heart is so clearly with Dawson."
-- |#213 "His Leading Lady"| --

Audrey Lidell

"Besides, if I know you two, there are things to be said, bitter sweetness to be had, things requiring nature and alone time and...whatnot."
-- |#522 "The Abby"| --

"So...where is it? The room. The scene for so many nights of teen romance and angst."
-- |#522 "The Abby"| --

"He's at the AIRPORT.....GO!!!"
-- |#502 "The Lost Weekend"| --

Andie McPhee

"She is never going to love you like she loves him, Pacey, ok? He is her first love, Pacey. Her first love."
-- |#320 "The Longest Day"| --

Future Teller

(to Dawson) "A soulmate walks in your path. One you have known many lifetimes before this one. She knows you well. She sees into your soul, she feels your pain. [...] That which is lost can be found again."
-- |#217 "Psychic Friends"| --

Oliver

(after Dawson told him about Joey) "Listen, I don't know what's going through your head, man, but....that story? The way you told it? Sounds like the sun rises and sets with this girl."
-- |#519 "100 Lightyears Away From Home"| --


Quotes:

Tom Kapinos

"Well, my feelings are this, and this is just one writer's opinion, but to me the show is about Dawson and Joey and it's about these two people who meet really young, and they are sort of meant to be. They are soulmates, but life gets in the way, and it's impossible when you're that young to sustain a relationship like that. So each person has to go off and have other relationships that are positive and real and important. I think Dawson and Joey ultimately... I would like to think they would make their way back to each other, but in the meantime they have all these other relationships to explore."

Anna Fricke

"I'll say this: I do think that this show, regardless of my opinion, is about the love between Dawson and Joey. When you cut everything else away, those two are at the heart".

Greg Berlanti

"I sort of always make the case that [Dawson's Creek] is about a pair of soulmates who met too young, and that's who Joey and Dawson are, but part of the power of our show is, how do these people still manage to find their way back to each other?"

James & Katie

Katie: Yeah, we have no idea. What’s so fun about these two characters is, it is something that is so untouchable, that connection that everyone can kinda relate to, I think. I mean, I think most people have a Dawson and a Joey. (looks at James)
James: Yeah.
Both nod.
Katie: And so it's really fun, so we don’t necessarily have to know where these two characters are going because it's something we can really play with because it is very realistic that they were go in and out, in and out and in and out.

Random Quotes:

"Holmes is, as usual, too adorable for words, and she and Van Der Beek continue to be a fine match."

"Once at the point of a love triangle with half-brothers and arch-rivals Nathan and Lucas Scott, Peyton finds herslef digging a new boy. We're still pulling for her and Lucas in a Dawson/Joey kind of way."

From the casts 5/14/03 TRL visit:
Lala: Now what has been your favorite moment of all the Dawson's Creek episodes?
Fan (Kimberly): That would have to be when Dawson and Joey "got together".
Lala: Yes, we know what your talking about, got together.

"Keeping Up With the Love Joneses
Here are TV's greatest romances. From Tony and Carmela to Max and Logan, EW.com picks the relationships that won viewers' hearts by Jessica Shaw
Joey and Dawson (''Dawson's Creek'')
What guy didn't wish he had a childhood buddy like Joey, a tomboy who once slept in his bed and all of a sudden blossomed into a teenage beauty queen? What girl didn't wish she had a friend like Dawson, a sensitive, kind, cerebral partner in crime? There was so much sexual tension between these two that when they finally kissed, it seemed like the entire world would implode. Okay, so the world did implode and she started dating his best friend and he wouldn't speak to her for what seemed like years. Still, anyone who has one ounce of faith in love would bet on these two ending up talking about Steven Spielberg, debating family dysfunction, and rowing romantically together down the creek."

Scene of the moment

*Courtesy of Nora*:

Season 1 - Ep. 102 - "Dance"



*Courtesy of Nag*:
Moments that made us laugh, cry, and sigh:

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Season 2:


Season 3:



Find out the ~ 500 reasons why we love Dawson Leery and Joey Potter ~

Welcome to the Dawson and Joey appreciation thread. To find some Dawson and Joey goodness, you can go here:

/Websites\

~ Pure Magic ~

~ Bed of Roses ~.

~ Peter's fanfiction ~

~ Soulmates ~

~ You and me always ~

~ Dawson and Joey Art Collection ~

~ James and Katie Webpage ~

~Coda Pictorial Essay by Nora~


/Fanlistings\

* ~ DaydreamBeliever: the Coda fanlisting ~

* ~ Your life awaits: the Swang Song fanlisting ~


* ~ Romantic Dreamer Addicted to Movies: Dawson Leery Fanlisting ~

* ~ Be careful what you wish for: episode 2.16 fanlisting ~ <<<<<< NEW

* ~ The Perfect wedding: episode 2.18 fanlisting ~ <<<<<< NEW

* ~ Ch...ch... changes: episode 2.21 fanlisting ~ <<<<<< NEW

* ~ Reunited: episode 2.20 fanlisting ~ <<<<<< NEW

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If there was something that always defined D/J and their history, was music. Music never lies, and that is why I would like to post in here some observations made by Brandi about some of the lyrics used for our couple. It was (and it still is) Dawson and Joey all the way baby! They even have their own song, written specially for them: "Joey girl", by Binge (see lyrics scrolling down)

Anyway, here you got Brandi's post:

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I was listening to my D/J comp CD's last night, and I just fell in love with D/J's songs all over again. I listened to them straight through for hours, and I kept hearing the same themes popping up in the songs:

Marriage:

"Love for all my life, to have and to hold"- (Sunday Kind Of Love)
"He and I, we needed a brass band"- (Thistle)
"Someday somebody gonna ask you, a question that you should say yes to"- (Questions)
"He wants to marry me, carry me far away"- (Thinking Over)

Rain:

"In the rain, the pavement shines like silver"- (On My Own)
"And rain falls angry on the tin roof"- (I'll Be)
"I fall alseep to the sound of London rain"- (London Rain)
"Kiss the rain whenever you need me"- (Kiss The Rain)

Home:

"Too long, too far from home"- (Full Of Grace)
"Without a home, without a friend, without a face to say hello to"- (On My Own)
"Now I'm just rolling home, into my lover's arms"- (Broken Road)
"I'm coming, I'm coming home to you"- (London Rain)
"It feels like home to me"- (Feels Like Home)
"You see that I'm crying, though I'm going home"- (Music To My Ears)
"He took her by the hand, walked her back home, and they took the long way"- (Questions)
"So I took a little time, and you took a little space, but the house is feeling cold"- (Tell Me)
"So when I lose my way, please call me home, I pray"- (Your Love)

Roads/Paths:

"God blessed the broken road that lead me straight to you"- (Broken Road)
"Like the path of a star, I'll be everywhere you are"- "(Say Goodnight, Not Goodbye)
"When the road gets dark, and you can no longer see"- (Have A Little Faith In Me)
"Maybe this road we're on's the very thing that's come between us; maybe it's the highway to the very thing that just might save us"- (Each Little Mystery)
"I take the road that's right, even if I'm left alone"- (Wait For The Way)
"You're really somewhere down the road...I know"- (Souviners)
"But borrowed faith is just not the road to take"- (Camelot)
"The path of nails and scars is the only way"- (Camelot)
"We may never meet again on the bumpy road to love"- (Can't Take That Away From Me)
"There are two roads to walk down, and one road to choose"- (Thinking Over)

Even in the lyrics, it's clear that D/J are on the "road" to each other, because they are each other's "home". Even though that journey may be a long one and has a lot of obstacles ("rain"), once they finally reach "home", they will be together forever. The music doesn't lie!

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"What we have is forever". "Yes, it is". "I love you Dawson". "I love you too Joey". "You and me always". "Always".

"Joey Girl"
Performed and written by Binge

All the things that we've been through
And all the things we didn't do
The colors fade
The seasons change
And all the time I've waited here for you

All the things that I should have done
To all the wars we've never won
The stars will fall
The leaves will change
My love for you will always be the same

Joey, my arms are open for you
Joey, you know that you are mine
Joey, you know that I adore you
Joey girl, someday I'll make you mine

It seems to me that I've been here once before
Can't you see that it's all worth fighting for
You used to come in through my window
But I can't wait here anymore, Joey girl...

All that signs that I misread
All the things I should have said
They haunt me now
But things will change
My love for you will always stay the same

Joey, my arms are open for you
Joey, you know that you are mine
Joey, you know that I adore you
Joey girl, someday I'll make you mine
I'll make you mine...

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Dawson & Joey Soundtrack

1. "Joey Girl" - Binge
2. "I'll Stand By You" - The Pretenders
3. "Happiness" - Abra Moore
4. "Full Of Grace" - Sarah McLachlan
5. "Healing Hands" - Marc Cohn
6. "Grace" - Michelle Malone
7. "Truly, Madly, Deeply" - Savage Garden
8. "On My Own" - Katie Holmes
9. "Surrounded" - Chantal Kreviazuk
10. "Angel" - Sarah McLachlan
11. "I'll Be" - Edwin McCain
12. "Broken Road" - Melodie Crittenden
13. "Say Goodnight" - Beth Nielsen Chapman
14. "Out Of My Head" - Fastball
15. "London Rain" - Heather Nova
16. "Have A Little Faith In Me" - John Hiatt
17. "Good Intentions" - Aryana
18. "Kiss The Rain" - Billie Myers
19. "Luckiest Guy" - The MacAnanys
20. "WooHoo" - Newsboys
21. "Harvest Moon" - Donna Lewis
22. "Each Little Mystery" - Seven Mary Three
23. "Hands" - Jewel
24. "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer
25. "She's So High" - Tal Bachman
26. "Did You Ever Love Somebody?" - Jessica Simpson
27. "Hold On To Me" - Cowboy Junkies
28. "Acoustic #3" - Goo Goo Dolls
29. "Driving You Crazy" - Tia Texada
30. "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals
31. "Know What You Mean" - Sister
32. "In My Life" - Trina Hamlin
33. "Sunday Kind Of Love" - Jenifer Kruskamp
34. "Where Are You Tonight?" - The Devlins
35. "Wait For The Way" - Beth Nielsen Chapman
36. "Frozen Charlotte" - Natalie Merchant
37. "How" - Lisa Loeb
38. "Shimmer" - Shawn Mullins
39. "Once Again" - Michael Brandmeier
40. "Feels Like Home" - Chantal Kreviazuk
41. "Lose Your Way" - Sophie B. Hawkins
42. "Ready For A Fall" - P.J. Olsson
43. "Cry Ophelia" - Adam Cohen
44. "Time After Time" - Tuck & Patti
45. "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)" - Nine Days
46. "Break The Chain" - Sue Medley
47. "I Do" - Jude
48. "If" - Dragmatic
49. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" - Counting Crows
50. "Never Ending" - Wood
51. "Imagine" - John Lennon
52. "Devoted" - Julie Plug
53. "Daydream Believer" - Katie Holmes / James Van Der Beek
54. "Let That Be Enough" - Switchfoot
55. "Music To My Ears" - Jenny Bruce
56. "Little Things" - Chantal Kreviazuk
57. "Don't Speak" - No Doubt
58. "Souvenirs" - Mary Beth Maziarz
59. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" - The Jayhawks
60. "Fields Of Gold" - Eva Cassidy
61. "Freedom From Shame" - Michelle Cummings
62. "Camelot" - Sweetsalt
63. "But Not For Me" - Elvis Costello
64. "Heart And Soul" - Bruce Patch
65. "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Lisa Stansfield
66. "Roses Around My Feet" - Tish Hinojosa
67. "Wonderful Thing" - Vagabond Lovers
68. "Aftershocks" - Mary Beth Maziarz
69. "When We Collide" - K.D. Lang
70. "Waiting For My Real Life To Begin" - Colin Hay
71. "Pinch Me" - Barenaked Ladies
72. "Rock Me To Sleep" - Jill Sobule
73. "How You've Grown" - Natalie Merchant
74. "Daydream Believer" - Mary Beth Maziarz
75. "Thistle" - Breech
76. "Question" - Old 97's
77. "Selective Memory" - Eels
78. "Ghost" - Eastmountainsouth
79. "Ruth Marie" - Mark Kozelek
80. "Loud" - Matt Nathanson
81. "I Remember" - Sabrina Judge
82. "I'm Not Afraid" - Remy Zero
83. "This Way" - Jewel
84. "Tell Me" - Randi Driscoll
85. "Long Year" - Sweetsalt
86. "Seven Years" - Norah Jones
87. "Tell Her This" - Del Amitri
88. "Mary" - Kristin Hoffmann
89. "Found" - Jonah
90. "As I Lay Me Down" - Sophie B. Hawkins
91. "Your Love" - Laura Doyle
92. "Confessions" - Lea Longo
93. "Healing Hands" - Marc Cohn
94. "Thinking Over" - Dana Glover
95. "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
96. "Drops Of Jupiter" - Train

Remember: something has to end to begin again. This end was just a new beginning for D/J, like it always has been, because they are...


So keep the D&J love going!



Former Thread Titles

259 Daisies & Roses 4 Dawson & Joey:“He’s her best friend, he understands her better then anyone else.”
260 Daisies/Roses 4 D/Jo:"She just wanted to go home, and home was in his arms.”
261 Daisies/Roses 4 Dawson & Joey:"They are far and away the more compelling couple."
262 Daisies/Roses 4 D/Jo: She’s his conscience, his soulmate, and his inspiration.
263 Daisies & Roses 4 D/Jo:“Cuz of the intense, sexual vibe between the two of them.”
264 Daisies/Roses 4 D/Jo:“At the end of the day, she wants him there with her."
265 Daisies/Roses 4 D/Jo:“All he could do is daydream about one thing, kissing her."
266 Daisies/Roses 4 D/Jo:It was raining & the moment they touched, the rain stopped.
267 Daisies & Roses 4 Dawson & Joey:“His eyes drifted slowly back to her.”
268 Daisies & Roses 4 D/Jo:“All she could think about was that he had held her hand.”
269 Daisies & Roses 4 Dawson & Joey: Because they are the Porn Stars of Capeside
270 Daisies & Roses 4 D/Jo:“Cuz, it sounds to us like those two were madly in love."
271 Daisies & Roses 4 Dawson & Joey: Cuz they got ‘The Lovers’ card.
272 Movie Nights 4 Dawson & Jo: “General Rules do not apply to them, never have.”
273 Movie Nights 4 Dawson & Jo: Samual L. Jackson sang only for them
274 Soulmates (D/Jo): 'Cause after all this time, it still feels like home.

Carry on D/Jers!