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Aug. 3rd, 2024 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stardust_rifleWhenever people think about “the love was there but it wasn’t enough” I think most people think of, like, ships where the love wasn’t enough to save them from, like, death, but for me it’s always going to be ShuNazu.
The love was there. Shu loved Nazuna like a piece of art (the thing he loved most, that was the core of his identity) and wanted only the best things for him. Nazuna loved Shu like a partner, like someone who just wants to make the person they love and this thing they built together the best it could be, even if it meant Amigara Fault-ing his entire sense of self. Is that not love?
But it wasn’t enough. Love couldn’t save them from the outside forces that put pressure on their relationship *coughcough* EICHI. Love couldn’t save them from the intrinsic features of their personalities that drew them together- their shared devotion- causing Shu to hurt Nazuna despite having nothing but good intentions. Love couldn’t save Nazuna from finally hitting puberty, triggering Shu Itsuki’s Gender Neuroses extremely hard. Love couldn’t save their entire relationship from crashing and burning harder than the fucking Gavle Goat.
However, one of my favorite moments in Reminiscence*Marionette is in Epilogue 2, when Shu specifically runs away from Nazuna because he knows that if he sees him, he’ll hurl abuse at him, but he loves him so he doesn’t want to do that. (dbt skils babey!) That’s Shu Itsuki taking the first steps into regulating his behavior and becoming a better person. That’s the first step in character development.
Maybe the love was enough, after all.
The love was there. Shu loved Nazuna like a piece of art (the thing he loved most, that was the core of his identity) and wanted only the best things for him. Nazuna loved Shu like a partner, like someone who just wants to make the person they love and this thing they built together the best it could be, even if it meant Amigara Fault-ing his entire sense of self. Is that not love?
But it wasn’t enough. Love couldn’t save them from the outside forces that put pressure on their relationship *coughcough* EICHI. Love couldn’t save them from the intrinsic features of their personalities that drew them together- their shared devotion- causing Shu to hurt Nazuna despite having nothing but good intentions. Love couldn’t save Nazuna from finally hitting puberty, triggering Shu Itsuki’s Gender Neuroses extremely hard. Love couldn’t save their entire relationship from crashing and burning harder than the fucking Gavle Goat.
However, one of my favorite moments in Reminiscence*Marionette is in Epilogue 2, when Shu specifically runs away from Nazuna because he knows that if he sees him, he’ll hurl abuse at him, but he loves him so he doesn’t want to do that. (dbt skils babey!) That’s Shu Itsuki taking the first steps into regulating his behavior and becoming a better person. That’s the first step in character development.
Maybe the love was enough, after all.
