Lady and the Lady Tramp

Pride month Day16

Because they got what they needed from seeing each other again. Because they never had the opportunity to be at peace away from each other, and they have some things they need to do on their own, I think it's important for them to be able to feel that they will always love each other and will always be able to find each other while not being tormented by those feelings.

On top of that, more widely about the show, I felt like this was some sort of goodbye between the show and Rebecca Godfrey. Setting the fictionalized version of her off after the real author had so much influence on the show. I'm not sure how to explain it further than this vague inkling so you'd have to forgive me. But it felt right.

A ‚happy‘ ending for Cam and Becca would have been disingenuous to the overall story. This wasn‘t a sapphic romance - this was a story about guilt, responsibility, regret and forgiveness and eventually healing from injustices incurred. Cam and Becca‘s story served a purpose - that of showing that year‘s down the line, we can come to terms with awful things we did or were done to us, if we face them and forgive ourselves and others and take actions to repair and mend what can be restored.

Goodbye, Cam and Rebecca... 💕 Based on the non-fiction book by Rebecca Godfrey UNDER THE BRIDGE (2024)

[+] LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 [+] ..more on “Under the Bridge” 🎬 Cam and Rebecca’s story concludes on a rather bittersweet note. One could have wanted more for these two characters. It’s a quiet and carefully plotted ending by its writers that did not steer away from the focus of the story. The slightly altered yet true events were thoughtfully woven into the series’ conclusion. Would really like to applaud everyone for handling this story with such care, and sensitivity. You should absolutely see this show—it’s truly quite special.

Want to be on the left.

“I Love You Always Forever” 🎵🎶 Based on the non-fiction book by Rebecca Godfrey UNDER THE BRIDGE (2024)

[+] LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 [+] ..more on “Under the Bridge” 🎬

THIS SCENE. 💔 Based on the non-fiction book by Rebecca Godfrey UNDER THE BRIDGE (2024)

[+] LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 [+] ..more on “Under the Bridge” 🎬

It was sad seeing them fighting, but watching this scene brought clarity to Rebecca’s perspective. It wasn’t because she saw her brother in Warren—she was Warren. Reflecting on it, how difficult it is when we snap, our ill feelings just take over, and the events that come after that. Did she cause her brother’s death? Whatever is… it must’ve always felt for her, like she did.

Becca through finally confronting her avoidance of the Virks and finally allowing herself to hear their accusations (she‘s always felt guilty, but never confronted her feelings and instead ran away, but came back and is finally able to confront what she‘s avoided her whole life and more recently with the blind spot she had with Warren).

Meanwhile Cam finally is starting to acknowledge that she‘s not a white the girl no matter how hard she tries to be good and fit in, finally standing up for herself. Allowing herself to empathize with Dusty, allowing herself to see a little bit of herself in Dusty if her circumstances had been only slightly less lucky. Empathizing and perhaps finally understanding where perhaps Becca might be coming from with her overempathizing with Warren. Finally understanding that these kids were in a fucked up situation and Dusty being between a rock and a hard place.

They‘ve both been on journeys to heal a part of themselves. A journey they needed to walk separately.

So now, if someone would like to share their delusions with how this is going to end well next week, please share with the class.

I‘d be writing fic if I weren‘t knee and arm deep in work.

(But willing to talk to anyone who would like to start a book club reading Under the Bridge because I read an excerpt somewhere and holy shit, the real Rebecca Godfrey seems to have actually been a really talented writer and I you know what words do to me. I mean, the angstier the better. But I really still like to be delusional that there‘s a Happy Ending for Cam and Becca.)