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How much taller he was already, in the time they’d been apart.
Beginning the final part of DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL. The nightmare will soon be over.
Daddy’s Little Girl v1 (Daniel Lau) ch21-22
I thank you all for making it this far. There’s just a little further to go now!
Ah, so it was a movie script.
Going a bit meta there it feels like. So daddy wants the world to be a slice-of-life style happy-happy-peaceful world. No problems for anyone. Or is it about preserving the good moments indefinitely, making innocence and the perfect bits of life last forever. It’s interesting his knee-jerk reaction when Savas and Decko ask him why he’s doing what he’s doing. Afraid to justify his actions?
Conversation between finn, laney and mimsy on the couch is a bit awkward. But not in the way it’s supposed to be awkward I think. The pacing feels too fast for the ‘awkward silence’ type of conversation it’s supposed to be. It moves faster than it feels like it’s supposed to. Does that make sense?
Anyway, conversation between Savas and Daddy is great. Finn bit was a bit awkward to read, but good otherwise. I like where the story is going and the point you´re slowly starting to make here.
Hey Robin,
Very interesting feedback there! I thought for sure that the Mimsy reunion was the stronger half, pleasantly surprised to read some thoughts to the contrary.
Both scenes will continue well into the next update!
Interesting chapter of movie and producer´s philosophy.
Do You have own experiences with filmmakers?
Mimsy movie…
Seems the Daddy is keeping on to manage the world to preserve his little girl in a little sweet paradise.
Like the warlords and the noblesse from the old romantic stories…or like some of our contemporary gods in human from, are doing for their children, to keep their sweet naive innocency up to adulthood.
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“The real problem,” sighed Daddy, “is why stories today are so obsessed with them. Why does there always have to be fighting, and conflict? Why can’t a story just happen and characters just be?”
Interesting. Watching the mainstream movies, why do I have near to similar feelings like the Daddy is speaking about here
. Perhaps ordinary life where we are expected to deal with the problems to keep the society clean is boring. Movies are obsessed with heroism and hopelessness.
Scriptwriters are excited with perpetrators, while letting down victims, only to make the movie more intractable, the TV pilot continuable and series miles long while preserving it´s mood (or standard cliche).
I am afraid, the Daddy, although he really wants the opposite, is repeating the mistake.
So, it’s to be a movie…the ultimate slice-of-life, albeit a “perfect” life. Sounds like something that would go over really, really well at Sundance (the winning films of which I almost invariably despise).
But Savas is right; without conflict/drama, there’s really not much to go on. On the other hand, Mimsy’s popularity her “Friends” would make it a smash hit regardless. And David really hit the proverbial nail on the head: Daddy’s attempt to preserve and package unchanging perfection is ultimately futile. But I enjoyed his frantic evasions to his associates/minions’ questioning the purpose of the film…I wonder whether he even knows the answer to their questions, or simply refuses to admit it.
I also enjoyed Savas’ and Bocko’s reactions to getting taken by the “suits”, but I felt that Daddy’s unlimited power, presumably from the Prime Minister, goes a bit too far in terms of believability.
By the way, although it’s hard to say after 22 chapters, I think these may be my favorites so far. There are just so many good metaphors! Here are a few of my favorites:
Finn now had his glasses off and one hand over both eyes, his thumb and forefinger massaging both temples as if he were hemorrhaging intelligence.
It rang with so much emotional truth, it hardly mattered that factually it was pure,
unadulterated fiction. (Savas could have a new career as a political speechwriter for sure)
…Savas and Decko sat next to each other on the other side, projecting Jekkyl and Hyde shadows onto the wall behind them.
“I said enough,” said Daddy, and called the soldiers back in as an exclamation mark.
Looking forward to more, as well as the ending~
The metaphors and wordplay is one of the things that keep me coming back.
Also, I would’ve liked to have seen Daddy’s reaction when the black suits came for him. They did the same to him right?
By the way, over the past week there’s been an interesting multi-part story in USA Today that reminded me of Daddy’s Little Girl. The story discussed how American girls nowadays are hitting puberty at earlier and earlier ages compared with girls from just a few decades ago. Experts aren’t in agreement as to the cause; some say the reason is dietary, others say it’s chemicals in the environment or cosmetics, others say it’s a physiological/hormonal response to co-ed education.
Anyway, this article caught my eye: Keeping her a kid as long as possible. It’s about a girl whose parents are doing whatever they can to delay their daughter’s physical maturation due to symptoms of early puberty; in effect, as the title states, to keep her a child as long as possible. Of course, the parents are doing this out of concern for the seemingly-abnormal precocious development of the girl (and to cut her future risk of cancer), but I can easily see this become a twisted form of “love” by someone like Daddy. Needless to say, a chemically-induced delay of maturation would make something like Daddy’s Little Girl cross firmly over into the horror genre. Let’s be glad that Daddy hasn’t gone that far…right? Right? Dear lord I hope that isn’t the case…
Anyway, food for thought (let’s hope it’s not estrogen-laden food, though).
Thanks everyone. If this ever becomes a book you guys are definitely going in the liner notes (or whatever they’re called).
crowbar: Oh man. I think if you take a scumbag like Daddy and put him in different genres you can probably come up with a whole raft of horrifying stories. But I think he’s very much at home in this world inspired by Japanese visual culture, in particular a dirty three letter word that interestingly no-one has brought up yet in the comments.
Robin: I promise more black suit summonings in the next update!
tis story is very intriguing, n i realised mimsy’s(miriam) adopted father must hav suffered the same fate as her when he was younger, explaining his attitude towards wanting her to enter showbiz and his extremely weird behaviour towards mimsy and everyone else he knows.
Daniel, if I am right, you took your ideas from Japanese otaku culture, and as for the father, is he Japanese?
Ckoh23:
Thanks for your comments! Like all the characters and the setting, Daddy isn’t really specified as anything.
I just started reading these last night and got totally absorbed. I’m a little sad that I now have to wait for chapters, haha
Hey Hannah, good to have you aboard. This story will conclude week by week in a month, so you won’t have to wait long!