What’s worse is that MC wasn’t actually ever given time to grieve the past ML.
Exactly, he had to take care of ml and also his granny, his only family who has also begun to lose her memory, like, it's just so sad :( ml as a person and soul is the same, but ig just having some time to cherish the lost moments with his past will help
But ML isn’t the same. That’s what’s worse. It’s like losing your lover and their twin saying “I can date you if you want.”. It’s not comforting at all. It feels like a pity confession and it just makes you feel worse. MC hasn’t grieved his lover and so cannot move onto a new lover. The old ML and the new one aren’t the same person at all.
It can reach many philosophical depths if we were to debate how they are same or not, I just wish ml can understand the feelings of MC. i agree, it kinda feels like pity confession, with ml confusing his feelings a lot (suspension bridge effect and hints from his past self like photos and sketches of MC). I hope he can introspect and understand what he TRULY feels about mc. Ml is going through a lot as well at the same time. I hope they can both find their safe harbour
I think they can only do that apart. MC needs to fully grieve his two most cherished people and accept they died when they lost their memories of him and ML needs to accept he’s not the same person to MC and he needs to learn to accept himself as he is and then see if he can accept and love MC as he is.
I can't fully agree on them fully dying due to losing memories, as traces of their past live on, and reflect through actions but yea, agree on the latter
I said they’re dead because they are. They can’t come back. Grandma can’t become who she was and neither can ML. I can find traces of my deceased relatives everywhere but that doesn’t change the fact that I’ll never see them in all their glory again. Photos and memories and traces doesn’t make a person whole. That’s why I said it. They may be living but they aren’t the person he once loved. Like a cookie tin with no cookies inside anymore. Crumbs aren’t enough.
Different opinions my guy ¯_(ツ)_/¯
"For one side, it was the end of a long-cherished relationship, and for the other it was the end of a relationship that had never begun" I can totally get why many people are frustrated at MC, saying he is not giving ml a break, yes, ml lost his family, his memories and has a lot to deal with. At the same time, the same thing can be said for the MC, he lost his 'loved one', the ml before the car accident, yes they are the same person but it's the memories that mc is grieving for. Grief is very complex, it takes time to heal, my babies are going through one traumatic thing after another, I just hope they understand what the other feels, let the time do some healing for both of em, communicate with each other and be happy together at the end of it. That's ideal, but let's see what happens, I just wanna see them happy guys