#daphniles

"I know another little finger exercise."

I'm of the opinion that he dealt with it as well as he could. Niles is between a rock and a hard place. On the fly, he needs to figure out how to be both a good boyfriend and also protect patient confidentiality. If this were a normal situation with just some random woman or a random friend of his then I would agree that he dealt with it atrociously. The problem is, this is not a normal situation. I would urge anyone who thinks he used the wrong wording to write out the dialogue yourself in a way that reassures Daphne and also protects patient confidentiality. In fact, I think he maybe went too far in comforting Daphne in the beginning. Technically he confirmed that this woman thought she had feelings for him but he didn't believe that she truly did. Which is maybe giving too much information but again he has to figure out on the fly how to reassure Daphne and also not get a lawsuit from a pissed off patient or worse yet lose his license.

I actually think that "Frasier" dealt with this really well. For one, they didn't fall into a trap of simply making Daphne this crazy jealous bitch. When you hear her reasoning for the insecurity it makes total sense. Like of course she would feel this way. And if you weren't in the mind of Niles Crane it would be totally valid. Now we as an audience know that Niles has ALWAYS been a one woman man... the problem was that he was a one woman man for Daphne but in a relationship with other women at the time. But Daphne isn't in Niles brain obviously so her insecurities as an ex other woman are valid and from my perspective absolves her of a lot of guilt... at least in my opinion.

The Couples cannon in every universe ig:

Ben Wyatt/Leslie Knope (Parks and Rec): They’re both at “Wants to Marry!” Considering they decided on a whim to get married the night of the gala in the show, maybe that shouldn’t be surprising

Jim Halpert/Pam Beesly (The Office): Jim confessed his feelings for Pam - and it went like a dream! (surprisingly I haven’t actually watched the office so the best joke I can make is that this seems a lot simpler than how they got together in the show)

*Niles Crane/Daphne Moon (Frasier): Niles is ready to risk it all over his crush, and just like the show, Daphne is oblivious. Hopefully he takes more incentive here and no one is gonna have to run out on any weddings…