>!As a book reader the only way this scene will still be included in the show is if the whole fight bar scene will be justified by Hunter and Summer past relationship otherwise I don't see how they will manage it because it's clear that everyone will know. !<I genuinely hope it will be included because it's my fav part of their book.
Disclaimer I love Allie's actress and the way she portrayed the character in the show, my disappointment is more with the writers. >!The whole fling with Hunter makes zero sense for Allie and Dean future story development, he feels like a mean used to create more drama and to introduce future seasons plots if anything. !<
>!I'm all for some changes than can make the story better and more watchable but I feel like in this case they completely removed the focal point of Allie's character in the book: she is a woman who fears the judgment of other people so much (her ex boyfriend in particular) that she HIDES her situationship with Dean because she is initially ashamed of it (underlying how cruel and misogynistic our society is towards women only because they decide to do whatever they want with their body). The show clearly uses Hunter's hook up as a way for her to figure out her feelings for Dean but I feel like this is such a weak way to represent Allie self-realization. I personally found the book's storyline way more empowering with her simply gaining confidence of her own and Dean supporting her through it. The confrontation with her Ex boyfriend was a peak moment for me in the book because she refused to let him sl*tshame her and she stood up for herself refusing to let him call her names just because she decided to have a more casual fling (well not anymore at that point) with another man. !<
Disclaimer I really liked the tv show but the way they did Allie's character bothered me so much.
>!Allie's behaviour was so out of character during the whole show. She would NEVER sleep with Hunter because the whole point of her storyline is that it's so difficult for her to get into her "casual fling" with Dean because she is a relationship girlie to the core and she fears other people judgment (so much that at one point she has a whole mental breakdown about it and Dean decides to put the relationship tag on them because he wants her to feel more comfortable regarding their situation). If they wanted to create more drama to attract more viewers it would have made WAY MORE sense for Dean to be the one to have another fling because his man wh*re ways were literally part of his character development since the beginning. Like him kissing Brenna or Demi for example would have made way more sense than Allie and Hunter.!<