mostly i was going for the rich angle because no one ever asks me about my references, but here's the cliffs notes: it tells the story of this dude who went rags to riches just to win this married chick he had a crush on when he was a kid
Maybe you're just spending time around the wrong people, if they don't listen to your expertise and they don't ask about your references.
That sounds like my father. The part about building himself up from modest means to riches, at least. His success was something he was always proud of.
I guess me and my brother just don't have the same interests. He's got his own things.
[ Things that usually involve either smirking/eyerolling at Dean's jokes or just...not laughing period. There's reasons Dean doesn't act anything more than a grunt 90% of the time, reasons he pretends to not know who Lovecraft is when he's a man who reads Vonnegut and the Odyssey for fun. ]
He put his work first. I suppose that's the burden of being a great man, sometimes.
[It's funny how easy it is, even now, to keep his remarks carefully moderated, meticulously cultivated. Of course his father was a visionary; when you control the media, and public perception, and history, you can be anything you want to be.]
Not really. I never had a choice, and when you don’t have a choice you don’t really think about alternatives. I tried a normal life for a while, didn’t work out.
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The benefit to you is, there'd be a bar here that you'd want to go to.
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do I get a job outta this at all? I can pour a mean beer
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You realize if you took a job, strictly speaking you'd work for me. That's not a problem?
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Why, should I be worried, Mr. Gatsby?
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Now who's Gatsby?
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never read Gatsby? Super rich dude, blah blah?
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Tell me about him. I assume there's a moral of some variety.
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That sounds like my father. The part about building himself up from modest means to riches, at least. His success was something he was always proud of.
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[ Things that usually involve either smirking/eyerolling at Dean's jokes or just...not laughing period. There's reasons Dean doesn't act anything more than a grunt 90% of the time, reasons he pretends to not know who Lovecraft is when he's a man who reads Vonnegut and the Odyssey for fun. ]
I bet it was. Sounds like he worked hard.
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He put his work first. I suppose that's the burden of being a great man, sometimes.
[It's funny how easy it is, even now, to keep his remarks carefully moderated, meticulously cultivated. Of course his father was a visionary; when you control the media, and public perception, and history, you can be anything you want to be.]
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My old man got to be like that. All business and doing the job, no play. Tried to bring me up to be just like him.
[ dean's certainly tiptoeing around certain realities. Even after all these years, it's hard to speak ill of his dad. ]
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And how did you measure up? Against him. Against what he wanted you to be.
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[ buuuhh. ]
In the end he was proud. I guess. [ probably. ]
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[But, hm. That's an interesting set of phrasing, hmmm.]
He's passed?
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Yeah. About a decade ago, now.
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Mine as well. Much more recently.
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Sorry to hear that. Ain’t easy.
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[It's not easy. It is worthy of celebration — but of course, that's not what a good son would say.]
Living up to his legacy will certainly be a challenge. Lucky for me I like a good challenge.
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Yeah. I still do the work he trained me for, so I guess I’m on the right path.
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Did you ever consider alternatives? Not judging. Just curiosity.
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Not really. I never had a choice, and when you don’t have a choice you don’t really think about alternatives. I tried a normal life for a while, didn’t work out.
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No, he'd died by then. A bunch of supernatural stuff happened (shocking) and I had to leave my girlfriend.
[ And Ben, a boy Dean is quietly convinced is his.
And, y'know. Have an angel wipe their memories so they now have no recollection of him at all. ]
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