I haven't seen the movie yet, but this was a really interesting piece. Your point about the endings hit home because I recently read a review of a book which was described it as having a "temporary HFN" because the relationship was between a human and an immortal being who decided to let themselves love, even knowing it would mean pain in the end. I don't see how that's any more temporary than any other romance between two humans, but of course it contradicts that "shielding" you mention.
Such an interesting comparison! When you mentioned objectification of real people, were you talking about the Seattle Krackens hockey team and the book tok debacle?
I haven't seen the movie yet, but this was a really interesting piece. Your point about the endings hit home because I recently read a review of a book which was described it as having a "temporary HFN" because the relationship was between a human and an immortal being who decided to let themselves love, even knowing it would mean pain in the end. I don't see how that's any more temporary than any other romance between two humans, but of course it contradicts that "shielding" you mention.
Such an interesting comparison! When you mentioned objectification of real people, were you talking about the Seattle Krackens hockey team and the book tok debacle?
https://www.thecut.com/2023/08/hockey-star-alex-wennberg-booktok-sexual-harassment.html