There are so so so many quotes from this show that I absolutely love, but, to me, this quote is the main anti-thesis of the show. None of them are ever shown the compassion they need to heal (until Lisa, until the compound, until they can be free) but in the end, it doesn't matter, because, as Natalie says, "Forgiveness...it's a nice idea." But that's all it is to them, an idea. They can never be forgiven nor forgive each other. If only, if only...
quite truthfully my very personal highly self indulgent interpretation of the life series & it as a timeloop specifically is like. entirely 10000% shaped by orvs metanarrative so if you want access to this specific interpretation that like maybe 2 or 3 total people globally hold you will unfortunately have to read 551 chapters of a korean webnovel that only exists in full via awkward fan translation. but it sounds tempting does it not
provocative puritan posing (inspired by this painting)
[id: a digital painting of thomas fairfax sitting at a small table in an interior. he is wearing seventeenth-century military garb, and is resting one hand on the table and holding a glove with the other. his legs are crossed in a manner which looks slightly (though unintentionally) suggestive. end id.]