Sep 27, 2021
Rick Mitchell is a good husband and father for making the sacrifice to give up his lifelong dream, his hand-built wooden cabin, for the benefit of his family. He is also a human being, and that is an incredible personal sacrifice, and he is an incredible human being for making that sacrifice - for choosing the responsibility of his role as Husband And Father over the individual happiness of his Personhood. And that's the movie (part of it) - our parents are people too, and we often aren't aware of sacrifices they've made because we see them as parents first and people second (and this is natural as children have never lived without their parents being their parents).
#i try to see mine as both parent and person#it's going...well...#it allows me to see them much better but i probably should have gotten rid of whatever limiter makes me feel like such a burden first#because now i am even more hesitant to ask for anything#they are under so much pressure man#it's vicariously stressful#i become even more of an outsider simply observing and personally incapable of engaging#one of these days i'll wither away to ash and shadow and no one will feel more than a vague pang of lacking before moving on#and leaving my memory behind with the fallen leaves#i hope that's how it is anyways. i don't want to be forgotten and sometimes i rage and despair about it but i really really really don't#want to cause hurt. it would tear whatever remained of me apart to know that i'd done that.#i am completely insane by the way i don't think this post even makes sense#i hope it does#i would very much like it to#the mitchells vs the machines#the mitchells vs the machines (2021)#rick mitchell#words i speak#also#creeptalk#creep talk#in the tags#parents