“they say honest love is a cage that makes you feel free” “i’m a sad shell of a woman” “it’s crazy, i had big dreams til i tied myself to you” being on the girl so in love side
I think the moments where characters have the thing they worked really hard on destroyed is more traumatizing to me than any Disney parent death scene.
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.
I respect you so much for waking up this conversation. A lot of friendships are hostile and competitive because there is this need for a friend with a little bit more experience to look down and consistently lecture their other friend just for existing and experiencing life in-