Davy Jones is my favorite Monkee. Period, end of sentence. Now from first glance that makes sense, my profile on Twitter is Davy themed, like my handle is fucking Horsegirl
Davy on both that and Ao3, come ON! But if you actually talk to me, you might figure that actually my secret favorite is Micky because of how much I talk about him and well,
I yap and yap and yap about Micky Dolenz. A Lot. Like. A. LOT.
So why is it, that despite how much I yap about Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones is my favorite Monkee?
Well... I don't know actually lol. I just... Love him. Even if he could be a brat, even if he could be the prissest most bitchest person in the world, I love him.
Davy was a very flawed person, it's something I'm aware of, something that is important to me about him. Despite being flawed, he was a human, he had good traits along with
his bad traits. A lot of people tend to focus on his negative and well I do think it's VERY important to bring attention to it (Like he was so mean to Micky for NO reason)
I also think it's important to knowledge he was just a human
Davy... Went through a lot. Losing both his mom and dad at a young age, two accounts of SA, a lot of mental health and addiction issues, he was a very very hurt person.
But he could also be such a kind person. Davy loved his fans, I'd argue probably the most out of the monkees, a lot of what he did when it came to his job was for THEM, he
deeply deeply loved them, from going out and seeing and helping a fan who got into a horrible car crash when getting Monkees records, to personally apologizing to his own
fans for being in relationships. Davy did a lot for fans, even at his own determint.
He did a lot of things at his own determint. After getting into the industry he took on being the sole provider for his family back home while his dad got sicker, giving up his own passion and love of horses at the time. He tried dodging the draft by starving himself, both not wanting to particpate but also because there would have been no one else to put food on his family's table. Davy towards the end of his life was struggling with his personal health and despite countless misdiganosis by Doctors, he kept them to himself, wanting to protect his family, friends and fans. Davy could turly be a selfless person.
But he was also selfish. He could be incredbly selfish, from his shallow reasons for picking Micky to be apart of the Monkees, to how he treated his first marriage. Davy had problems of being crueler to people then he needed to-and a lot of this stemmed from how he was treated himself. The Monkees-More speifically Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider used him and Micky as cashcows, milking them for every cent they were worth before dropping them and basically robbing them blind. From how at even at a young age, the indstury had been nothing but cruel to him, taking and taking and taking, making him more and more bitter.
There is no excuse for how he could be. But it's a explantion, something that's a fascinating but a depressing hole to dig into.
And despite everything I've said, despite how much I've yet to learn and research. I love him. I love Davy Jones SO much. He means, almost everything to me. Even if he'll never get to know it. I love him.
Where ever you are Davy, I hope it's treating you kinder then this life