#owuts

so of course, both stories are about love and grief, among many things, but ive been wondering specifically about the grieving part in both stories. in owuts, even before leah came back all wrong and different, miri has already subconsciously began grieving her wife due to the long wait for her return and all the shady circumstances that couldn't help but lead miri into believing that leah is never coming back, that she's gone. and once leah comes back, miri has to deal with this preternatural situation she finds herself in with how she has to take care of leah's unreal condition. and this all doesn't sound too different from tshd, when yoshiki found hikaru's dead body in the woods, he also began to grieve his dead best friend, but ofc suddenly with the return of someone who bore hikaru's face, body, and memories, he is forced into having to deal with a preternatural situation.

both protagonists werent able to grieve properly cause their loved ones came back to life, but all wrong and different. and ive been comparing them both in my head on who has it worse, and while yes thats like not the point of anything really, to compare grief, i just couldn't help but wonder if it were me, which situation would i find more ideal? one where i do kind of get my loved one back skewed beyond recognition but end up having to let them go in the end, back to the ocean where they truly died, or have a replacement for my beloved where i cannot ever truly properly process my grief because i look at their face and its both them and not anymore? can i even survive either of these situations? lol