𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔡𝔬𝔩𝔩

A lot of Flowers in the Attic fans dislike Petals on the Wind because they want Chris and Cathy together romantically and it's thirteen years of Cathy desperately avoiding that. Personally I really like Cathy didn't accept Chris right away and that she tried to find love in someone else because it made sense for her character. I really like that they got together after every other man she has ever been in a relationship with has died because I love tragedies. I view everything about the Dollanganger saga through the lense of there is a family curse at play that effects them and the people around them. I won't say that Chris and Cathy were destined to be together because they only viewed each other romantically and sexually as a result of Corrine's and their grandparents actions, but I will say that they were doomed to be together. Even if Chris and Cathy are happy together and love each other their relationship is still a tragedy because it will never be the kind of wholesome uncomplicated marriage that anyone else can have. They have to spend their whole lives looking over their shoulders and there are times when that that isn't enough to protect them.

leave anime figures at my grave instead of flowers

i think i misunderstood something fundamental about how life is supposed to feel