As the drama version of "Love You, Simon", "Love You, Victor" inherits the style and background of "Love You, Simon". The story also takes place in Xilin High School, but the difference is that the protagonist is the newly moved Victor . In "Love You, Simon", I saw the difficulty of coming out of the closet, I saw Simon's courage and perseverance, and I saw that he finally reaps his own love; and in "Love You, Victor", I saw everyone. In the exploration of growth and life, I have seen the subtle changes of everyone, as well as diversity and tolerance, and more complex feelings.
No one is perfect, it's not always perfect to be yourself for the first time
Everyone in "Love You, Victor" is not perfect, everyone has their own secrets and past, and also has their own knots. Everyone must continue to explore on the road of life, because everyone is a fresh and different individual, because everyone is the first time to be themselves. Victor is searching for what he really wants, adapting to new friends and new life at Xilin High School, and at the same time helping to improve the conflicts in his family. Mia is reconciling her relationship with her father's new girlfriend, while balancing her past friendship and affection with Andrew. Felix struggles to gain a positive image of himself, but also wants to explore his relationship with Lake. Lake lost himself under the strict demands of his mother and walked on the road to find his true self. Pilar is gradually improving his relationship with his family as he adjusts to his new high school life after leaving friends from his old hometown. Benji is exploring his true feelings and adjusting to his life after coming out. And Victor's father Armando and mother Isabel are also constantly communicating and communicating for the relationship between the two.
It can be seen that everyone in the play has a different side from the bright surface, although this side is not something to be proud of, but as Simon said, "It is the part of yourself you want to give up that makes you more Fresh.” Everyone is unique, and it’s not always perfect to be yourself for the first time, but that doesn’t mean being denied, it just needs to keep exploring and keep moving forward in the direction of being yourself.
Love is not just the beating of the heart, it has a stronger impact
Kissing is wonderful, but for me, it's more than a heart pounding, it's more like a fighter jet flying over a Super Bowl, or being hit by a huge wave.
This is Simon kissing in a letter to Victor, more like a description of love. In Simon's description, love is not just the beating of the heart, but has a stronger impact. In my opinion, Victor has feelings for Mia, but this feeling is deeper than friendship, but shallower than love. As Victor on his way to find what he really wants, he doesn't know what love feels like at first. He met Mia when he first entered Xilin High School and developed a good friendship with Mia, and tried to continue to develop it, and as their relationship deepened, he gradually understood his feelings for Mia and not love. On the contrary, from his reaction to meeting Benji for the first time, and later getting jealous from Benji's boyfriend, to finally his decision to spend the night with Benji out of town, he only understands what he feels from Benji. The impact of "and being able to truly be yourself is the love you really seek.
Coming out is not easy, but not being yourself is just as hard
"Love You, Simon" has already described a lot about coming out, and "Love You, Victor" also pays attention to coming out of the closet. Victor wrote to Simon, "I kissed him, it was the worst thing I've ever done, and I can't go on denying it. I'm what you think I am, but I'm disgusted. I don't want me My life has become so difficult." For Victor, his religious parents, unfamiliar classmates, and Mia, who is still in a relationship, are all ups and downs he needs to face when he comes out of the closet. Although Victor's father said that he didn't care about Benji and his boyfriend, it was their own business and life, but he also said that he didn't want Victor's younger brother to become like them. It's still very difficult if your child is gay or LGBT. In fact, when it comes to Xilin High School, the overall homophobic environment in high school has not changed. Just like the high school environment in "Love You, Simon", there will always be people who find fault with this, or use jokes as an excuse to ridicule others, so in high school Coming out is actually a very courageous decision. And for Victor's girlfriend, Mia, it's even harder to come out to her.
However, this does not mean that you should not come out of the closet. If you hide yourself in the closet, you will only slowly erase your true self. Victor is already slowly accepting the consequences of not really being himself, which will only break more hearts and hurt both sides.
As Simon said, "You can't control people's reaction to the truth. The only thing you can do is be honest with the people you love." Coming out is not easy, but it's the only option for living your life, you can't Predicting how other people will react to this event may be a better choice to have the courage to be honest with the people you love and the people who love you. Even if the road to coming out will not be smooth, there will always be people out there. Silently supporting you behind.
Inclusion, Diversity and Inclusion, We Are One Family
We are different. Every one of my friends contributed to it, they were a piece of the puzzle. They're not sitting there laughing at your life. They stand by your side, listening to you, helping you, and cheering you on. Because you are not a stranger, you are one of us. For me, that's the best part of it all, having a community where a group of friends gave up an entire weekend to help a kid they didn't know, just because they knew that in a way, we've been through the same thing , because we are a family.
What Victor saw and heard about Simon in New York was a rare off-campus plot in the show, but it was also the most impressive plot in the show. In New York, Victor saw the diverse LGBT+ community, walked into a gay bar for the first time, and tried to integrate into the same community as himself, and this was also his experience of living his truest self. Every individual is different, and the LGBT+ community is no exception, and diversity is a characteristic of the LGBT+ community. Victor was actually a little uncomfortable at first meeting Simon's diverse roommates, and he wasn't ready to confide in these strangers. But when Simon told him the truth about those letters, he gradually realized that everyone has a similar past to some extent, and in order to help him find his true self and walk on the right path, everyone is selflessly providing Help, that's what's so lovely about this diverse LGBT+ community.
Written at the end, I don't know why, my reactions after watching "Love You, Victor" and "Love You, Simon" are surprisingly consistent, I feel empty in my heart, I don't know what I lost or why I am troubled. But I am still very grateful to these two movies and TV series, and I am grateful to "Love You, Simon" for the first time I really started to think about my identity and what I am pursuing, and gradually completed my own identity, and for the first time to my side My friends and relatives came out. Although not as fearless and brave as Simon and Victor, it still makes me proud of myself. At the same time, I am grateful to "Love You Victor" for making me realize again about love, friendship and life. Everyone is exploring on the road of life, and everyone is not perfect, because this is the first time to be yourself.
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