Mansa and Song (Chapter 2 | Page 5)
Added 2023-07-30 10:32:56 +0000 UTCI’d love to clarify something just for a moment here because this is the earliest interaction we’ve seen between these two and this is important. And I’d also love to know your interpretation!
They LOVED each other so hard that they broke. It was cruel and possessive and toxic but it was as real as any other relationship, and just because there was a lot of bad didn’t mean that that love Song felt was somehow invalidated. Their relationship is me unpacking my own abusive relationship in… every single way. And it sucks to say that that love was true and as real as I’ve ever felt with anyone else. Eventually the bad just outweighs the love and you crack under the pressure, in which case it feels like your fault since you weren’t strong enough to carry the load. And then you see your abuser seeming easily carrying it and think “I’d give anything to be as strong as them”. They’re strong because they’re leeching your strength.
Song’s not afraid of Elon in this moment. He’s seen him do things shitty enough that Song left but ultimately Elon was the one who told Song to go (we’ll get into that during Elon’s flashbacks!) and now he’s back! So in this moment… Song sees this as redemption. Mansa is fifty feet away but the man who he had ALL of his firsts with is only ten feet away…
Comments
Wonderful clarification and kudos for sharing your hard earned knowledge. 💖
Kat Holtz
2023-08-01 05:49:14 +0000 UTCGood to hear that you're healing... 🫂 "They’re strong because they’re leeching your strength." That hit home.
Telda
2023-07-30 17:42:48 +0000 UTC🫂
AJ
2023-07-30 13:33:23 +0000 UTCOh Whiteley. I'm sorry you had to go through that. That's so much for anyone to experience. I hope expressing it in this way helps.
Atelerix
2023-07-30 11:40:15 +0000 UTCSo glad you're healing 'n in a better place now; 'm sorry you had t' go through so much t' get there. I hope exploring your own relationship through this 's deeply cathartic 'cause you deserve it. Thank you for trusting us with your story. 🖤 -Crowley
Planetary System
2023-07-30 11:05:28 +0000 UTCNail. Head.
SH
2023-07-30 10:40:50 +0000 UTC*hug* I‘m so glad you’re in a better place now. I am scared off what is going to happen next 🥲 We already know how it ends but I wonder what’s going to happen that this meeting escalated in such a bad way.
Little0cean
2023-07-30 10:40:31 +0000 UTC
