You know... The story was beautiful. But it makes me really sad that despite all this love, it wasn't enough for them to stay in touch all of those years. They're so far apart in age, yet they can't even stay in touch and visit and stay in each other's lives in the time they have left to live? That's pretty unfortunate and it broke me, honestly. I have friends and a lover who live very very far away from me, yet I try my damn best to talk to them regularly and keep them in my life, that to me is love! Romantic love... Platonic love... They both take sacrifice of every day to keep that relationship going. Love is not a one and done deal... I'm genuinely very very sad because of this story. Trevor is older... He's like now what... 55? And Gene is like 34 or something... Even if they end up together, they won't last very long due to the age difference. I haven't cried this hard for a story in a long time... It was such a tragic but happy ending?
I know this isn't my story, blah blah blah... But I can't help but be just very sad for this sad reality that people can just easily move on. In fiction, I like for life to be different... For love to make the impossible happen... For love to win the battle of life. I didn't feel it with this. It felt like it was so easy for them to just move on, especially Gene... Like what was he even thinking?
However, to play devils advocate:
I get Gene wanted to be somebody in order to perhaps make that sacrifice worth something... It's just sad. And then that part where Trevor was sitting on the other side of the door alone while his adoptive family were hugging and stuff... His parents and brother came over and were like, "what are you doing over there alone?" and then you see the brother drew a family photo, including Trevor... Oh man! My heart just broke so hard! （/TДT)/
But the parallels of perhaps Trevor doing that for Gene that his family did... Reach out to Gene who was pushing Trevor away. Trevor is that home Gene was too lonely to return to. And perhaps he felt awkward because he didn't feel like he ever did become someone who was worthy to say, "look! I did it." Trevor accepted him regardless. I'm sure Gene's family was the same, but in the end Trevor was the home Gene needed... At least that's my hope. The author said, "they are more honest and closer than ever..." that gives me hope that they'll never be apart again, making up for the awkwardness at the end. （/T⌒T)/
You know... The story was beautiful. But it makes me really sad that despite all this love, it wasn't enough for them to stay in touch all of those years. They're so far apart in age, yet they can't even stay in touch and visit and stay in each other's lives in the time they have left to live? That's pretty unfortunate and it broke me, honestly. I have friends and a lover who live very very far away from me, yet I try my damn best to talk to them regularly and keep them in my life, that to me is love! Romantic love... Platonic love... They both take sacrifice of every day to keep that relationship going. Love is not a one and done deal... I'm genuinely very very sad because of this story.
Trevor is older... He's like now what... 55? And Gene is like 34 or something... Even if they end up together, they won't last very long due to the age difference.
I haven't cried this hard for a story in a long time... It was such a tragic but happy ending?
I know this isn't my story, blah blah blah... But I can't help but be just very sad for this sad reality that people can just easily move on. In fiction, I like for life to be different... For love to make the impossible happen... For love to win the battle of life. I didn't feel it with this. It felt like it was so easy for them to just move on, especially Gene... Like what was he even thinking?
However, to play devils advocate:
I get Gene wanted to be somebody in order to perhaps make that sacrifice worth something... It's just sad. And then that part where Trevor was sitting on the other side of the door alone while his adoptive family were hugging and stuff... His parents and brother came over and were like, "what are you doing over there alone?" and then you see the brother drew a family photo, including Trevor... Oh man! My heart just broke so hard! （/TДT)/
But the parallels of perhaps Trevor doing that for Gene that his family did... Reach out to Gene who was pushing Trevor away.
Trevor is that home Gene was too lonely to return to. And perhaps he felt awkward because he didn't feel like he ever did become someone who was worthy to say, "look! I did it." Trevor accepted him regardless. I'm sure Gene's family was the same, but in the end Trevor was the home Gene needed... At least that's my hope. The author said, "they are more honest and closer than ever..." that gives me hope that they'll never be apart again, making up for the awkwardness at the end. （/T⌒T)/