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Ch 23
How time passes • death as a promise and expectation vs denial and immortality • Leaving a place like a stab to the heart • taking pride in hurt as self performance • energy and bravery to try again

Ch 22.2
Humility to ask for greatness • loneliness at the top • condemnation to achieve greatness • time heals all; betrayal of grief in moving on • What we receive from stories is reflection of ourselves • Take on the burden of sin and guilt • Assigning blame to humanity, ancestry • jealousy of man • great and lasting story about everyone • rejection is the deepest terror for a child, unloved

⭐️ Ch 22 - Naming
Loveliness to horror plummet • Taint of a lifetime from our last memory • Anger/Hatred as a love instead of annoyance, given up • Creating our own Eve, our own paradise by projecting what we want and crave in others - Eve from Adam’s own flesh • what passes in blood • what’s in a name - molded by child or child changes to fit • nickname as wrong name

15 End-18
Humility = pleasurable pain • Adam sees what he wants to see but still scared of temptation • used Cathy as the bringer of light, projected what he craved and need d to see in her • #believewomenwhentheyhatecalifornia • what is Cathy escaping • inevitability of time and effect on others - generational trauma • church:brothel to relieve men from reality • opener - developer - culture timeline

Ch 15: LEE MY KING
What we see vs expect • Our body, our senses are connected to our perception, individual reality • pendulum of Asian Americans towards over-intellect - what we take for granted now, how our ancestors were treated • what is expected of me vs actual accomplishment • humor to keep up for others in sadness • Irish struggle • servant absolute security • A Dream Deferred

Ch 12-14
Illusion of time and nostalgia whenever it resets in cycles • manufacturing glory • Industrial Revolution eliminating the need for men, AI now • irreplaceable independent mind • hidden sorrow in a place • debts are bought on time • ecstasy close to grief •

Ch 11: TLDR; real recognize real! 💯

C+C (omg?) are reflections of each other - Charles is frightened, distrusting, disgusted, Cathy accepts it face on, thrilled by it, challenging
Scars of their sins? • Cathy’s reverence x trouble question - herself? • does Adam’s infantilization = love • protection of marriage, retaining control • she’ll destroy you

Ch 9 - hypocrisy of a wh*rehouse • trap of a child vs potential of death • blind insanity of love • self torture, stupidity of love

10 - what is it all for /farm /routine • Hometown paradox of staying and leaving • simple pleasure • daddy issues still waiting on Adam’s approval, contentment and reciprocation • politeness < anger

Ch: 8 DIVACON.🔥💃🏻
Monsters BANGER intro • societal reactionary suffering vs adaptation • perception is everything • stories:interest / lies:escape+profit • taboo of sex and self enslavement to shame • impulse • illusion of power • scapegoat for a sense of security • mania of local tragedy • the lies we tell ourselves - town x fire (lowkey major theme pattern)

Ch 7 hobo era
Time intro - “from nothing to nothing is no time at all” • restlessness wandering • running from memory • men hurt others to punish for their own hurt • men viewing men as beasts • a man afraid is a dangerous animal • how much of patriarchy is fear disguised as power • shell of home and person • love for a fiction (Charles x Cyrus) • love, faith, jealousy, proof • love = crazy

Ch 6 = MALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC
wh*rehouse vs wife - what is the difference of a paid vs. domestic commodity • Charles nostalgia for Adam mirrors the Salina seasons intro • scar - self inflicted consequence of uncontained rage? • men using army as replacement for community • great man - fake it til you make it • heartbreak of waiting up for someone who doesn’t come

Charles x Adam, Adam in the Army
• desperation for love and acknowledgement • process of rage • unconditional forgiveness • creating a fiction in our minds about who people are (Alice x Charles)
• spontaneous intensity of male emotion • decorating cowardice • Charles letters - where we keep our emotions when unspoken • Cyrus lack of bare minimum attention • madness • trapped by self and situation

Turning my status updates into theme megathreads lol

conditional nature • losing gratitude of seasons/cycles • river destroyer/giver • the less you have • naming as power • can’t turn something into what it wasn’t made for • betting on yourself + god • women’s visibility to survive men = soldiers survival • fallen gods growing pains • garden smile • dangerous difference

“Falling in love really is quite simple. You wanna know the secret? It’s the same thing we are all doing about life every single day. Forget there’s an ending.”