This post is about characters, the ep- WIWS, Alt-Dandy, and cheating. I started this post after WIWS aired and then I meshed it up with another post. So, anyway, here’s a wonky post about our Dandy and Alt-Dandy in WIWS.
Characters-Mindy and Danny
I want to point out about what I think about Danny and Mindy’s character main traits. I don’t know what you call it. These traits that come up in these plots that are always be based on Danny or Mindy, and will always be brought up in The Mindy Project.
When The Mindy Project started, I was interested in their relationship and I knew right away they were endgame. They were the couple to root for. They reminded me of Booth and Brennan in Bones. Bickering pair, who are complete opposites, fell in love, and are meant to be together. All the characters have backstories and key descriptions of who they are. I have a theory, in a character-driven show, these characters have like a goal to grow and achieve it. Like, Mindy wanting love and the show ends with her having love and everything she wanted.
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For some reason, it’s hard to explain Mindy’s goals or descriptions of her in the show. Maybe because the show is everything about her life. But, the biggest thing I noticed is that the show started with her starting her project to be a better person. The Mindy Project. Also, she wants to find love and is really into romantic-comedy movies. It makes me think her goal or something, is growing up to be a better person and learning that real love in realistic way is just as special as fairy tale and those Rom-Com moments. So, with the s4A and everything, Mindy is learning she can have it all. Learning what are important to her, while being crazy, loud, independent, and “a stone cold bitch.”
So, here’s what I think of Danny’s goals of the show. I always thought of Danny’s main descriptions of his character is; he’s the grumpy divorced guy with daddy issues. Like those are his major things he have to get through before he does something life major-like. Like marrying Mindy, I think.(Or not completely get over it, because the show is still going. It seem series finale thing to be solved.)
Divorced-Christina, Daddy issues- Alan. Throughout the show, he had worked on his issues on them. He’s getting closure from them and growing into a better man than he was in s1. He was trying to make his relationship work, but failed with Christina in the end of s1 and beginning of s2. With his dad, he mentioned him in s1 and other times, worked his problems with his dad in 2x14-The Desert, 3x15-DATC, and 4x06 to 4x11. Also, Danny is now a new dad. These things keep popping up for him. Even though he’s not quite over these Alan-Christina issues, I think s4 is about him overcoming them. I hope so. I hope in s4B.
So, I think these main descriptions of Danny and Mindy and their issues/character traits, are showing up subtle-like in s4. I kind of think the writers are making them overcome their goals or so, on purpose. And, it’s for the next big change for the show. Like, in s1-haters to friends. s2- friends to couple. s3-couple to parents. s4-parents to...married?
My lil opinion of WIWS’s alt-world.
-I love AU plots. AU plots show us and the characters how the characters to appreciate what they got. It can go so angsty. I’m just amazed how strategic the ep, WIWS, was. Because in the end, everything fell into place. Mindy learned from her dream/alt-world, she doesn’t want to get married to be married, she wants to be with Danny. And, Danny learned from his trip at India, about arranged marriage and being married is not so bad or bad luck. WIWS ended its episode with them being engaged and they’re on the same page.
Alt-Dandy
I have a lot thoughts on Alt-Dandy because of the plot was like a recap of TMP and the plot showed how Danny and Mindy being together is good for them! Alt-Mindy is different than our-Mindy. I think Alt-Mindy doesn’t have someone (or something) to guide her or inspire her to be a better person. She doesn’t have Danny in her life. For Danny, to not have Mindy always be in his life, makes him a very rude and closed-off guy. It’s not hard to see why they’re not friends anymore in the beginning of WIWS’s alt-world.
The alt-kiss. Alt-Danny wanted her and kissed her back! I was not suspecting that scene. Where did that scene come from!? What I love about it, is that alt-Danny was so not into Mindy at the beginning of the ep. He kissed her back and I was surprised, but not really. We knew he would kiss her back, because it’s Danny! He always have feelings for her!
Here’s some more WIWS fun links:
* Like hey, remember, Dandy is endgame…http://waitagainwhatt.tumblr.com/post/129382662382/one-more-thought
* av club,quote- http://waitagainwhatt.tumblr.com/post/129229265207/none-of-us-are-perfect-but-what-kaling-points-out
-They brought up “be a better person” quote. That quote, the meaning, that’s been callback throughout the show since s1. “You know you’re right for someone when they force you to be the best version of yourself.That’s how I know we’re right for each other.”
In WIWS, it mentioned cheating. I don’t know why but I feel like this cheating thing that Danny deals with, is very personal important thing to his character and I think it’s something TMP wants to keep pointing out. It’s like a Danny-character thing. It’s amazing to me that TMP brought up the subject of cheating in WIWS. If he met someone who cheated, he would easily wouldn’t trust or listen to this person. The writers brought it up again and onto alt-Danny in WIWS.
So, we know Danny was cheated by Christina. It was something that he had to move on from throughout the show. One of the things, that made him a grumpy miserable guy ever since TMP started. For some reason, when I think of, what Danny thinks of our/alt-Mindy, and cheating, I always think of the season one’s ep. Josh and Mindy’s Christmas Party. The ep when Mindy found out Josh cheated on her. I think it was one of those key moments of the show and their relationship, for Danny to see how Mindy felt so miserable when she got cheated. It means something to Danny to see that Mindy was so upset. It’s like he then knows, Mindy wouldn’t be the person to cheat, because how she reacted. He knows he can trust and befriend Mindy. He then knows she’s not like Christina. It’s like Danny learned Mindy would not cheat on someone or him. And, it seems like TMP shown how Mindy and Danny are careful not to cheat on someone and using others (like Cliff).
In WIWS, Mindy was surprised that alt-Mindy is cheating/(open relationship) on her husband, Matt. So, it’s interesting that alt-Danny brought up the fact that alt-Mindy was cheating on her husband during the alt-kiss scene. The cheating is also something that alt-Danny hates that alt-Mindy does. It’s like alt-Danny felt more betrayed of alt-Mindy for trusting her during s1-2, because she’s cheating/open relationship with her husband then. Even though, they’re not together, alt-Danny can’t be with someone who does that. And it’s interesting that alt-Danny started to get vulnerable with Mindy,(who was pretending to be Alt-Mindy for the week), when Mindy said she would never cheat on him. It hits him. This is the Mindy he wants and always wanted since. “You make me a better person and I make you a better person.” They kissed in the rain.
* Alt/desert kiss - why altDanny kissed back..Miserable Meatball kissed her back! /is like Mindy in The Desert http://waitagainwhatt.tumblr.com/post/129243348362/since-you-want-to-keep-talking-about-the-rain
In WIWS and TMP, I think Danny fell in love with Mindy when Mindy started to do her ~The Mindy Project~. So, alt-Danny began to fell for alt-Mindy when she is our-Mindy, who was always doing ~The MIndy Project~.
* A parallel to both worlds (our world and dream world) or when everything fall into places. Check out my pretty WIWS photo edit I made- http://waitagainwhatt.tumblr.com/post/129255408872/i-want-you
CONGRATS TEAM WALANG FOREVER!!! FOR THE SECOND TIME, FINALLY, NANALO NA KAMI SA TRIVIA NIGHT. HAHAHA kasi last time, na scaman kami. 2nd place kami then pumunta kami sa GA kasi nga doon daw namin kunin ang prize, eh ang nangyari, yung 1st lang pala ang may prize. Edi syempre, dismayado kami. Kaya sumali kami this year, and yeeeeeees! Nanalo na talaga, pero nakakainis lang dahil may prize na ang 3rd and 2nd compared last year na wala. Pero yes nalang, may libre tshirt na man kami. Hahahah ok ok
