Taking aside your bit at the end first (I'll get to that later), I think it amazing (and shows how completely awesome this show is) that two separate people -- and no doubt, tons of others -- can sit down and write essay style entries on twenty minutes. There is just so much meat, so much depth to this show, it blows my mind. It really is astounding.
And Billie Piper? She just blows me away. Continually, constantly, just WOW! She can say so much without a word, and then when she does speak, whether it comical, tragic, or just everyday conversation it's real, it's natural, it's effortless. Gah, I love her so.
This?
"That you're doing this for yourself and not just for me". Nailed it right on the head.
Yes. I loved that part, loved that Alex said it, but Hannah's response -- that she could promise him that, among the other things -- was yet another sign that despite the fact that I do believe that they love one another, they are doomed. Because she is NOT doing it for herself at all, but only for Alex.
Oh, Hannah.
Now, about your final paragraph. I totally agree with you, and yet I also disagree. I can not remotely conceive of how someone could choose to live this way, but I've always lived with the belief that as horrible, or fantastic as my life is at any given time compared to someone else, I'm never going to be able to truly compare either way because I'm not living anyone's life but my own. In other words, we all make our own choices for our own lives and while sometimes we find it impossible to understand the choices others make, it's their life.
Now, to get to the important stuff: Yes, IS IT NEXT THURSDAY YET?? Ack, only one more episode!!!!
I'm never going to be able to truly compare either way because I'm not living anyone's life but my own
I know. That's what I was trying to say when I said I didn't understand, but I'm not judging. I accept it, but as I can't conceive how someone could choose to live this way, I can't just sit back and enjoy the story and cheer her on, because a part of me wants her to change. Aagh, this is one occasion where English not being my first language gets in the way. I'm not explaining myself well. It's true that everyone should be free to make their own choices, but some of those choices can be harmful, to oneself or to others. I think what she's doing is harmful to herself, not just physically with the risks of illnesses and nutsos etc, but to her self-esteem, to her conception of herself. And since I care about her, I keep wishing for someone to do something about it. For someone to try and "save" her, and for her to want to be "saved".
That was a long-winded way of trying to say that although I know this thing with Alex isn't going to be it (because she's doing it for him), I still wish it could be.
And Billie Piper? She just blows me away. Continually, constantly, just WOW! She can say so much without a word, and then when she does speak, whether it comical, tragic, or just everyday conversation it's real, it's natural, it's effortless. Gah, I love her so.
This?
"That you're doing this for yourself and not just for me". Nailed it right on the head.
Yes. I loved that part, loved that Alex said it, but Hannah's response -- that she could promise him that, among the other things -- was yet another sign that despite the fact that I do believe that they love one another, they are doomed. Because she is NOT doing it for herself at all, but only for Alex.
Oh, Hannah.
Now, about your final paragraph. I totally agree with you, and yet I also disagree. I can not remotely conceive of how someone could choose to live this way, but I've always lived with the belief that as horrible, or fantastic as my life is at any given time compared to someone else, I'm never going to be able to truly compare either way because I'm not living anyone's life but my own. In other words, we all make our own choices for our own lives and while sometimes we find it impossible to understand the choices others make, it's their life.
Now, to get to the important stuff: Yes, IS IT NEXT THURSDAY YET?? Ack, only one more episode!!!!
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I know. That's what I was trying to say when I said I didn't understand, but I'm not judging. I accept it, but as I can't conceive how someone could choose to live this way, I can't just sit back and enjoy the story and cheer her on, because a part of me wants her to change. Aagh, this is one occasion where English not being my first language gets in the way. I'm not explaining myself well.
It's true that everyone should be free to make their own choices, but some of those choices can be harmful, to oneself or to others. I think what she's doing is harmful to herself, not just physically with the risks of illnesses and nutsos etc, but to her self-esteem, to her conception of herself. And since I care about her, I keep wishing for someone to do something about it. For someone to try and "save" her, and for her to want to be "saved".
That was a long-winded way of trying to say that although I know this thing with Alex isn't going to be it (because she's doing it for him), I still wish it could be.
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