#daphne stone

[zhoras-bitch]

The Billionaire's Baby fascinates me. They wrote the whole Daphne and Estelle situation, which any sane person should be able to recognize for what it is: an extremely emotionally abusive relationship, in which Estelle controls literally every aspect of her daughter's life, including her job, her marriage, her relationships, her social media, her diet. Daphne wants to be a photographer, but she works as a model, because her mother wants her to. She stays in an unloving marriage, because her mother wants her to. She gets a baby she's not ready for, because her mother wants her to. For all we know, this has been going on since Daphne was a baby. So they wrote all of that down, right? And then they just. Barely acknowledged it. Best we got was MC thinking/saying Estelle is annoying and kind of a bitch. Neither the characters nor the narrative treat the situation with nearly the level of gravity it actually warrants. It's like there's a huge three headed goat demon in the living room, and all the tenants ever do about it is vaguely acknowledge its existence once in a while before going on about their day as if nothing has happened. Fucking bonkers.

[kainebell]

honestly I think Daphne is the only reason I can kinda enjoy playing The Billionaire’s Baby? Like while MC and Cole/Callie are living in a romantic dramedy, Daphne’s stuck in a domestic thriller and no one else in her life seems to realize it!!! She’s trapped in a loveless marriage. Her surrogate is stealing her spouse. She has to break up with the one man who seemingly knows her better than anyone else. Her mother is constantly looming behind her, digging her nails into her shoulders, reminding her of how she’s failing to be the perfect model and obedient daughter. And now her mother is forcing her to have a baby, even though she’s never wanted children, because it’s supposed to save her marriage and enhance her public image. But the baby wants nothing to do with her; she can’t hold her own daughter without the baby crying. She can be held by every other person in her life without issue, but not her own mother. Daphne has to live with the knowledge that she’s helped to bring a child into this world and that girl is going to grow up understanding her mother (or one of them, if you’re playing with Callie) has never wanted her, as opposed to how Estelle has made Daphne her entire life in the worst way possible. It’s so insane it makes me lose my MIND 😵‍💫

[mishada]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE WITCHLET

[korgbelmont]

Style Swap - Daphne Stone in Marguerite Thorne's outfits

[mxmasked-alien]

Her what now? This doesn't make any sense if you're wlw

[kainebell]

🤣🤣🤣 when your wife divorces you and doesn’t immediately promise that you’ll still be in your daughter’s life. and now you also need to keep pretending on social media that everything is fine otherwise your messy divorce will go public and make your life even more miserable. and you also have to pack your things and leave even though you live in a fucking mansion and there’s no reason why you can’t sleep in a guest room all the way at the other end of the house for one singular night 🤣🤣🤣

[mishada]

BEAUTIFUL DAPHNE ART BY @rafora

[zhoras-bitch]

Reading the newest non-VIP chapter of TBB, I'm astounded at how Daphne is so much more of a well-fleshed out character compared to Cole and thus so much of a better match for MC because there's actually substance to their relationship besides inexplicable horny energy in the air. Wouldn't it be so cute for Daphne and MC to have some sort of artsy career together with photography and painting? Now I'm just mourning wasted potential, LMAO.

Honestly, I agree 100%. I do like Daphne a lot, which is very predictable of me, but anyway.

To be fair though, saying she's more complex and developed than Cole/Callie is setting the bar too low. They are such a nothing character. It’s been 8 chapters, which is over a third of an average Choices book, and all we know about them is that they are hot, rich and... kind of nice, I guess? It’s honestly shocking how bland they are.

Maybe diamond scenes give more insight into her personality. I kind of doubt they add much, seeing how most of them seem to lean into the horny, but maybe. In the diamond-free playthrough though, I’d argue they are genuinely maybe the worst single LIs in the Choices library in terms of character development.

As for Daphne, the spa scene with her and MC was cute as heck. I want them to talk about picture composition together. I understand why they didn't do it, but not having a Daphne route or a poly route in this book is a shame, they would actually add something unique and original to the story. Well, there will always be Infamous.