I think she is not very awesome either. I keep thinking about the scene where he gets back from Indonesia after years but she is busy kicking him out because she wants to get it on with the neighbor. The poor guy.
I do think that there is not a single functional relationship in this whole drama, really (romantic or otherwise), which is pretty bleak.
He still thinks theres some point in railing at the universe when it's unfair. And the actor sells a character who isn't the nicest and who is fairly self-absorbed
I think the reason he thinks so is because before that he's never encountered anything he wanted he couldn't get because his needs were fairly basic and materialistic: a meal, or a trip, or someone hot for a one night stand.
The point about him being self absorbed, as it relates to the point of how it is for the girl to be so needed is actually something I was thinking about earlier.
The thing is, though, if RG could have her, without freaking out about losing her (and as Domyouji gets Makino for keeps), he would become less absorbed and slowly more integrable into the norm. Neither he nor Domyouji would ever cease being a freak of some sort or ever be an easy person to live with, but they would slowly be able to climb to normalcy. Part of the reason they are so unable to comprehend others' feelings and latch on so hard to the heroine is that they never had a healthy and loving emotional relationship before, so a give and take is not only new to them, but having an emotional connection is so intoxicating, they get carried away as they have no other outlet. And of course with RG, the unhigedness is partly cause from his growing up in an abusive environment (which is why Logan first popped into my head actually). He needs stability even more than he needs love but he has neither.
In a way, the moral of Hanadan and Bali is the same (only Hanadan is uplifting and Bali depressing): wealth without emotional connection stunts and deforms the recepient. But of course, Bali doesn't go for the 'noble poor' ideal, either, which gets points from me. Poor people have to contend for finding means of survival and suffering humiliations. It's very Russian novel in 'everybody is miserable' approach.
to why RG's family doesn't just tell him to set PYT up as his permanent mistress and go ahead with the sham marriage I am not sure.
I think it's because she is low class and she caused problems in the incipent marriage, etc. If she was some long-legged model, and it was done after marriage, discreetly, they would be fine with it. But I think the biggest problem is that he is emotionally wrapped up in her. Chaiman has mistresses by the droves, but he clearly doesn't care about them (or anyone).
I love long comments btw as it's fun to discuss this!
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Date: 2007-06-15 07:56 pm (UTC)Except maybe BYM's mother
I think she is not very awesome either. I keep thinking about the scene where he gets back from Indonesia after years but she is busy kicking him out because she wants to get it on with the neighbor. The poor guy.
I do think that there is not a single functional relationship in this whole drama, really (romantic or otherwise), which is pretty bleak.
He still thinks theres some point in railing at the universe when it's unfair. And the actor sells a character who isn't the nicest and who is fairly self-absorbed
I think the reason he thinks so is because before that he's never encountered anything he wanted he couldn't get because his needs were fairly basic and materialistic: a meal, or a trip, or someone hot for a one night stand.
The point about him being self absorbed, as it relates to the point of how it is for the girl to be so needed is actually something I was thinking about earlier.
The thing is, though, if RG could have her, without freaking out about losing her (and as Domyouji gets Makino for keeps), he would become less absorbed and slowly more integrable into the norm. Neither he nor Domyouji would ever cease being a freak of some sort or ever be an easy person to live with, but they would slowly be able to climb to normalcy. Part of the reason they are so unable to comprehend others' feelings and latch on so hard to the heroine is that they never had a healthy and loving emotional relationship before, so a give and take is not only new to them, but having an emotional connection is so intoxicating, they get carried away as they have no other outlet. And of course with RG, the unhigedness is partly cause from his growing up in an abusive environment (which is why Logan first popped into my head actually). He needs stability even more than he needs love but he has neither.
In a way, the moral of Hanadan and Bali is the same (only Hanadan is uplifting and Bali depressing): wealth without emotional connection stunts and deforms the recepient. But of course, Bali doesn't go for the 'noble poor' ideal, either, which gets points from me. Poor people have to contend for finding means of survival and suffering humiliations. It's very Russian novel in 'everybody is miserable' approach.
to why RG's family doesn't just tell him to set PYT up as his permanent mistress and go ahead with the sham marriage I am not sure.
I think it's because she is low class and she caused problems in the incipent marriage, etc. If she was some long-legged model, and it was done after marriage, discreetly, they would be fine with it. But I think the biggest problem is that he is emotionally wrapped up in her. Chaiman has mistresses by the droves, but he clearly doesn't care about them (or anyone).
I love long comments btw as it's fun to discuss this!