i am so tired of seeing people solely blaming henry. ALL of them were selfish. the thing is, my favorite character is seth. because ironically, despite being the youngest among them, he was the most mature. why? because he faced the situation he put himself into, albeit through call. so can we please stop hating one sidedly? seth knew what he was getting into. he literally told henry that he didn’t care even though he was told EARLY ON that henry loves sam. it was a moth in a flame situation. he said and did things but in the end, he couldn’t handle it. he [couldn’t] not care. it’s truly devastating because i felt for him so much. his only fault was loving a person genuinely. if i’m being honest, i’m glad that they didn’t end up together. because it will never get easier afterwards. henry still has an attachment to sam, and even his family. even if let’s say henry moved on completely, realistically speaking, seth will have a hard time. he WILL get insecure. he was told (by henry’s friend) about who sam is in henry’s life and even witnessed their special connection. it’s hard forgetting, and i don’t think henry is the perfect person to reassure someone.
sam isn’t my favorite, but please give this man some credit too. he is “dumb”, like henry said, which makes him a good match for henry. sam KNOWS how he feels. even though he’s a bit slow in realizing, he doesn’t run away from it. he makes henry face it. but yes, sam is also selfish. he got really entitled and even blamed henry when he’s the one who didn’t act on his feelings before.
and lastly, i’d like to talk about henry. this man is an avoidant. his past wasn’t exactly good. he grew up just staying silent, to avoid conflicts. he even witnessed at an early age how love between two people can go bad. i’m not saying that everyone who experienced the same thing ends up like him, but i do understand why he became like that. he is a pessimist, a cynic. for someone who likes to avoid anything related to feelings, the whole situation was confusing. he DID try with seth. he wanted it to be real with him. but let’s be real. since everything he did with his feelings was avoid it, there was never any progress. it will always stay there. i really felt how realistic that is. that irl, there’s always going to be seths and henrys. that no matter how sincere a person is, if they’re entangled with someone who hasn’t done anything with their problems before them, and just learned how to live in it, it will never work out. it will only be a series of misunderstandings and conflicts.
i am so tired of seeing people solely blaming henry. ALL of them were selfish. the thing is, my favorite character is seth. because ironically, despite being the youngest among them, he was the most mature. why? because he faced the situation he put himself into, albeit through call. so can we please stop hating one sidedly? seth knew what he was getting into. he literally told henry that he didn’t care even though he was told EARLY ON that henry loves sam. it was a moth in a flame situation. he said and did things but in the end, he couldn’t handle it. he [couldn’t] not care. it’s truly devastating because i felt for him so much. his only fault was loving a person genuinely. if i’m being honest, i’m glad that they didn’t end up together. because it will never get easier afterwards. henry still has an attachment to sam, and even his family. even if let’s say henry moved on completely, realistically speaking, seth will have a hard time. he WILL get insecure. he was told (by henry’s friend) about who sam is in henry’s life and even witnessed their special connection. it’s hard forgetting, and i don’t think henry is the perfect person to reassure someone.
sam isn’t my favorite, but please give this man some credit too. he is “dumb”, like henry said, which makes him a good match for henry. sam KNOWS how he feels. even though he’s a bit slow in realizing, he doesn’t run away from it. he makes henry face it. but yes, sam is also selfish. he got really entitled and even blamed henry when he’s the one who didn’t act on his feelings before.
and lastly, i’d like to talk about henry. this man is an avoidant. his past wasn’t exactly good. he grew up just staying silent, to avoid conflicts. he even witnessed at an early age how love between two people can go bad. i’m not saying that everyone who experienced the same thing ends up like him, but i do understand why he became like that. he is a pessimist, a cynic. for someone who likes to avoid anything related to feelings, the whole situation was confusing. he DID try with seth. he wanted it to be real with him. but let’s be real. since everything he did with his feelings was avoid it, there was never any progress. it will always stay there. i really felt how realistic that is. that irl, there’s always going to be seths and henrys. that no matter how sincere a person is, if they’re entangled with someone who hasn’t done anything with their problems before them, and just learned how to live in it, it will never work out. it will only be a series of misunderstandings and conflicts.
this was a beautiful read.