wuthering heights + shrek parallel
This gif is really dark. The gif is of Shrek, coming up to Fiona's makeshift cottage with a sunflower. He hears Fiona talking about an ugly ogre, and thinks she is talking about him. He is so upset that he drops the sunflower and leaves before he hears the rest of what Fiona is saying to donkey.
In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is hiding, listening to Catherine say, "it would degrade me to mary Heathcliff", but he leaves before she talks about how much she loves him, and that her love for him is eternal.
I wish I could make a parallel gifset.
The trope: when your true love listens to your conversations and leaves prematurely because they are so hurt
The origin: Emily Bronte
I had a nightmare last night. It really sucked.