Felle

I’m so sick of watching everyone bash Dear Evan Hansen bc they have convinced themselves it’s bad so they do everything in their power to not think about it deeper than surface level. “It says no one deserves to disappear while actively erasing Connor” YES DID YOU EVER CONSIDER THAT WAS MAYBE THE POINT. Bc when they sing that, Evan is actively lying about being friends with Connor and fabricating a completely false narrative about him bc he didn’t actually know him. In reality, Connor was extremely depressed, mean, and a drug addict. That was all Evan knew him as, so in order to keep up the facade he had to craft an entirely new, likable person. Evan is not a good person nor a bad person. At his core, he’s human and he does bad shit that he doesn’t just get away with. His erasure of Connor has entirely changed Connor’s legacy and the way he will be remembered, which is not a good thing bc it is nothing like how he actually was in life. If you want an accurate representation of the message of the show, stop cherry picking songs like “Disappear” without analyzing the full context and listen to songs like “Requiem” or “Good For You”. I think everyone misconstrues the message of deh bc they are looking at it from the lens of a happy ending, a full conflict resolution, when really it’s more of a bleak ending bc the damage done to Connor and the lies told can never be reversed now that they’ve been told on such a large scale. That’s life. Not everything can be fixed.

Hey I really like this thing will you watch it with me? Thanks I’ve poured half of my being into it and projected myself into every aspect :) if we have different opinions on this it will permanently change my perception of you. Also if you don’t like it I’ll cry. Now pay close attention… a very silly man is about to come on screen and you had better cheer for him like it’s his goddamn birthday.

I may never be free so I say now fuck you and your story. Your endless moment of no farewell. Fuck this lengthy narrative and the string of fate— that red velvet rope, that soul tied barricade. My wrist is tired because it is forever tied to yours, and so wherever I walk I pull it taut through the floor. I will never dig deep enough to reach you, but you still pull me down. Fuck the endless cycle of ash and dust. Come to me now or take me with you.

happy endings should be mandatory because why the fuck would you do that to my poor poor heart