#yay representation

I'm not saying that it's uncommon for tv shows or movies to depict adult characters dealing with The Deep and All-consuming Love for the first time, but it's not really their "first" first time. They've known affection, intimacy, devotion and heartbreak. They felt the butterflies at the tender age of 17 and can simply recognize the feeling when it hits them again in the future. They will be more cautious, however, because of the EXPERIENCE, both positive and negative.

But when people grow up, they find out that no one can be trusted easily. Because, whether you like it or not, a person mentally prepares themselves to be betrayed, let down, taken advantage of etc. They become closed off, reversed, scared to open up. Remember what Elio's father said at the end of cmbyn? "Before you know it, your heart is worn out". We bottle those feelings and emotions willingly, because we've been hurt before.

Porsche, on the other hand, despite all pain and shit he had to endure, welcomes those new feelings with open arms and wants to be consumed by them. He sees the opportunity to finally be happy and disgustingly in love and grabs by *cough kinn's cough* throat.

HE WAS OPENLY BI

And I threw in some OCs

One of them was a boy from Australia named Cole Stevens

And he was panromantic

Twelve-year-old me didn't understand the gravity of that

But now I do