Love is complicated: the love between
Jacks and James In the so-called love of Jacks and James, Jacks does not actually love James, at most it can be called a love, and this love is only because James fills the vacancy in her life. , like Jacks himself said, she just happened to care about him, and he was so smart and personable. Jacks is a person who is not willing to take risks, she is afraid of getting hurt in front of true love. As Peter said of her, she only wants to have sex with people she doesn't love, and only loves people who don't want to have sex with her. That's Jacks' love principle, that's how she avoids being traumatized by love. So she would choose to stay with this past-present boyfriend all the time, because it is both safe and secure.
As for James, I think he's a guy who's addicted to love and avoids problems in the relationship. In fact, he had already realized that for three years, Jacks had only seen him as a bed partner, especially when Jacks sleepily told him in the early morning the apparently familiar phrase, "You're going to be gone, my friend wants to Come over for lunch sooner or later", James already felt his place in Jacks' heart, but he didn't reflect and think about this unreal relationship. Rather, it wasn't until Paolo's frequent appearances that he had to face reality and admit that he and Jacks were just a game of deceiving each other and their true feelings.
Love is very accidental: Peter and Tom's love
Peter and Tom's love, that front hall encounter is very important, sometimes the generation of love is just such a face-to-face time. Peter always fantasizes about his ideal boyfriend, who must be funny, intellectual, gentleman, and sexy. When Peter collided with Tom in the front hall, he had a glimpse, as if all the fantasies in his novels had found the possession of the soul in reality, without a saying to communicate, he had already decided that Tom was the one. And later , The cruel reality makes us see that love at first sight is rare after all, and love without communication and understanding is unreliable. When the stranger who had been secretly in love for a long time lay by Peter's side, he was lonelier than ever, and the one who could comfort him was the fantasy boyfriend in his novel under the lamp.
Tom is a man who doesn't have much in the scene, but it's easy to see that he's a megalomaniac and a narcissist just by listening to a few words of his conversation with Peter over a candlelit dinner. Throughout the conversation, he didn't want to listen, he didn't want to talk to each other, he just wanted to be a speaker himself, and blah blah blah. Tom doesn't care if he needs to be with someone or not, all he needs is a vassal who can center and revolve around him.
Love is crazy: Tallulah and Tony's love
Tallulah and Tony's love. Tallulah is actually a straightforward and slightly neurotic woman, and her attitude towards love is also very loyal, because she cares about monogamy very much in the play, and she started to discuss this issue with her boyfriend Freedom, who had been in love for only a week, eventually lead to a breakup. She always hopes that she will meet a good man who has fate with her, understands her, and doesn't expect her money. However, life was not so smooth, so every time she appeared, she carried a cigarette in her hand to relieve her worries. Ironically, she ends up falling in love with Tony, the erotic telephone operator that her friends despise, and Tony just fits her fragile heart.
Tony's appearance satisfies Tallulah's various visions of a boyfriend. First of all, Tony and Tallulah met over the phone, and they knew each other very casually; secondly, it was related to the nature of work, Tony must speak very sweetly, which made Tallulah feel that it was a kind of understanding; finally, Tony was illusory, He didn't even know who Tallulah was, and he didn't expect her money. Of course, this love ended in failure, because it was crazy after all.
Love is making oneself a choice: Peter and David's love
is as Jacks advised Peter, stop fantasizing or directing your love, you should try to meet in person, love is sometimes not so shocking, sometimes it is It's just a choice in front of you. You need to include unrealistic fantasies in your novel.
It was these words that made Peter suddenly enlightened, and finally made a decision, choosing the gentle, mature and stable, and his equally fanciful David.
Love is giving someone a chance: Jacks and Paolo's love
As Peter advised Jacks when Jakes knew Paolo wasn't gay, you never really think about seeing what Paolo really feels about you, you always choose Love someone you don't love because you're afraid of getting hurt, you're afraid of breaking your principles. And Paolo hasn't changed, he's still the same person, he's still the kind, smart, cute, sexy person you think he is, the only thing that has changed is what happened between you, and the most important thing is that he can tango!
It was also the words of her best friend Peter who enlightened Jacks, who almost lost her true love. She didn't know if Paolo would be the real one, but she was willing to give Paolo such a chance.
Ps: Maybe true love is a decision to take a risk with another person, a decision to give without thinking about what others give back, not even caring if they will hurt you or if they happen to be the other half you are looking for. Maybe love is not something that happens to you easily, maybe you should take the initiative to make a choice.
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