Phyllis Stone for the character ask
Favourite thing about her:
I don’t know if everybody thinks this way, but I think she is really smart and sassy at the same time. She has great comebacks and I find her lines quite humorous. The way she talks to Ben and can find something to sarcastically joke about in any given situation perplexes me.
Despite all these years of enduring his -shit- she still loves him, and is ready to take him back. I love her mental and psychological power, how she doesn’t yield to years of emotional torture.
Plus, I adore her fashion sense, in all renditions she wears top notch dresses! Very professional but tasteful and appealing. I love how they made her dress choixe fit her character change. In the flashbacls she dresses floral and colourfull, but now she dresses one colour and classy.
Least favourite thing about her:
Ummmm, loving Ben- okay no.
I mean, she is my heart, I don’t even know. Probably the way her younger self portrays herself in the flashbacks? She seems to have a large issue with self confidence and sees Ben as a god, and I hate that. I basically hate that she doesn’t love herself more.
*All of “How Could I Leave You?”*
But my most favourite ONE line is:
“Could I bury my rage, with a boy half your age? In the grass? ...”
Just, casually, as if it is nothing peculiar to say.
It just kills me every time I hear it, especially knowing that it is actually true and happened multiple times.
Phyllis and Sally. I was very unsure about how I feel about their friendship for the longest time, but I came to the conclusion that despite everything, their friendship is worth it.
I really wish to think that they had a friendship after all that :)
I am very sad because that may not be true, because that would be awkward :(
Ben Stone x Phyllis Stone. I know, obvious choice, but I cannot choose anything else. There are no other choices. If there were, I would still choose this one.
Phyllis and the random guy (waiter boy?) she shagged :/
I just created this now (I know, unlikely and unrealistic):
Maybe, when Phyllis was young (in the flashbacks), when she had very low self esteem, and when she understood that Sally loved Ben too, she thought about leaving Ben to Sally. And maybe she even though about being together with Buddy, but soon realised that Buddy doesn’t love him and he is meant to be with Sally. So the same story we see with Sally and Ben, in Follies, happened with Phyllis and Buddy years ago, for a brief period of time, but Phyllis overcame it. And it shows how different Sally and Phyllis are.
I know, sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it is the most you must expect from me at night.
To be honest, even though it really saddens me to say this, I think Phyllis should have left Ben Stone years ago. For real though, they were together for some 30 years, and as we hear from her own songs, she has faced all kinds of cruel behavior from him throughout the years. He was emotionally distant, made tasteless jokes, slept around and viewed her as a chore. If we apply all these to a real life situation, it makes the shittiest husband ever and I would advice any woman to leave that pile of rubbish.
Well it is Ben and I don’t want to be too harsh, but he really was a scumbag for all these years and Phyllis just easily accepts him back. I think love blinds her to all the obvious faults of his. If she had thought with her sensible side before, instead of acting on feelings, she would have left him years ago. She even says “How can I leave when I left long ago, love?” But she means that emotion and relationship wise. She didn’t actually leave him, but she should have.
Song I associate with her:
Yes, it doesn’t even fit her that much but I just think about her choosing “love” over herself and I think about this song. She says stuff like “I just want love and good time” which kind of reminds me of her? Now that I think, this association is weird.
Bring On The Men - Jekyll & Hyde
Yes, this is a prostitute song. But also, the singer who sings Lucy, usually sounds a lot alike the singer who sings Phyllis. Therefore, I think most singers who sing Phyllis can sing that song pretty well too, and it is not hard at all to imagine them dancing to that after seeing them in “Lucy & Jessie”.
Favourite picture of her:
Honestly, if there is a @mistysblueboxstuff painting of something, that is 99% my favourite picture of the said thing.
This one, I saw on her twitter and I fall in love. So happy my favourite Phyllis Janie Deé has seen it!
There is one more she has painted, but I think this one captures Phyllis’ real self and emotions better. The picture emotes better and clearer than many people, damn.
