#oopsiedoodles

Specifically the part where Henry left, though I think we all knew that's what I was referring to.

So when Henry left Swellview, the whole point was that he needed room to grow and be his own person. He started with Jasper and Charlotte, and at the time, they all seemed pretty equally balanced when it came to the work. Charlotte gave them the details and they all ran off to save the day. A massive part of what made that work in the first place was Charlotte. She's been holding him accountable since day one.

Flash forward to the end of Charlotte's gap year, Henry and Jasper are left on their own, probably have a bit of a name for themselves by this point. They're neck and neck. And that's where the turning point starts. By this point, Henry has already forgotten that part of the reason he left Swellview in the first place is because he didn't wanna end up like Ray. Like he probably mentions it in passing sometimes when he's on the phone with his sister or whatever, but there's no emotion behind it anymore because he's visited Ray plenty of times since leaving Swellview, and within those visits we get a small taste of how much like Ray Henry has become.

Which all culminates to what we see in the movie. Henry, now treated as Captain Man's equal, had been living in his shadow for so long, that now that it's just him and Jasper, they can't be neck and neck. He has more experience, he's been on the job for a long time, and part of the reason he moved to Dystopia was to have his chance to shine. He can't do that if Jasper is his equal because, subconsciously, it's a race. Them being on the same level gives Jasper a chance to pull ahead, so Henry resorts to the chaos that is knocking Jasper down a peg just for trying to stay his friend and have a career in the same breath.

It takes Jasper walking away from him and then five different universes of perspective for Henry to see that Jasper is actively letting himself down for Henry's sake, to the point that it is killing him. Jasper literally goes from greatness in the first world he is portrayed in to literally having pegs knocked out from under him. And he goes from asking Henry for help to saving Henry's life when he doesn't even know he's in danger, to both of them knowing and understanding the situation they're in and Jasper still gives his life for him. And watching Jasper die was what it took for Henry to see that.

So when he got back to Dystopia and had the little minute to himself, the realization wasn't that he needed to apologize. It was that in order to save Jasper, he needed to remove himself from the equation. What was probably several hours to Henry had to be like 20-30 minutes in the real world, if that. No one was even aware of Henry's situation. So for Henry to show up with a gold star to the cafe where Jasper was sitting, thinking to himself, probably about Henry asking if he wanted a gold star, it likely sent the wrong message.

Henry's apology wasn't, "I'm sorry for all the things I've done and I want to make it up to you." It was, "I'm sorry that I can't be a better friend to you when we're together. I don't deserve the effort you're willing to put forth for me. I need to leave." Henry knew that Dystopia was in good hands with Jasper. And in the same token, he knew Newtown needed a hero.

So just like with leaving Swellview, Henry's departure wasn't even based on what was best for Jasper. That was simply an acknowledgment. What it was based on was that he was able to give Jasper space for his own peace of mind and know that he wasn't going to be the reason his friend died, and he could re-find his spotlight somewhere else. He built up his fame brick by brick in Swellview and Dystopia and he can do it again. They both have the space to be who they need to be, and Henry has a place where he can put himself first and not worry about being so egotistical that it was going to hurt someone else.

Only for this to happen btw:

find my muse… || Accepting!

          “i don’t know what’s worse, the fact that she died, or that fact that i don’t feel a thing about her death,” he spoke as he been thinking over how horrible of a son he was for not doing anything when she had passed. there was no funeral because she was cremated(cheaper that way, cleaner too), and he’s been dealing with this whole situation all by himself.