Often difficult to give or receive, sometimes undeserved and self-destructive, but most of the time necessary for one to move on and start afresh. Absolution allows for a future to be possible.
The theme for Lights on Park Ave Round 63 is forgiveness.
Here are the prompts:
Toni Morrison talks about how to give yourself grace even if you do something horrible in a 1988 Mavis on Four interview
"Hold No Grudge" - Lorde
Robby tells two heartbroken adult siblings about "ho'oponopono" to help them say goodbye to their dying father in The Pitt
Parallel scenes of Art catching Patrick during their first scene together as best friends and partners and Patrick catching Art after years of bitter estrangement at the end of Challengers
A quote about how living without forgiveness is a type of death from Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Steve and Tony make up and embrace after Civil War in Avengers Prime
Tony tells Steve that he hates resentment and wants peace and Steve agrees in Endgame
A quote about needing to be judged and absolved by someone Dmitri sees as higher than himself in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Soyoung tells Dongsoo that he doesn't need to forgive his mother for abandoning him as a baby and Dongsoo says he'll forgive Soyoung instead as she cries over her decision to give up her own baby from Hirokazu Koreeda's Broker
Louis and Lestat talk about Claudia's death and hold each other in shared grief, guilt, and love after decades of separation in Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Tommy surrenders after refusing to give in despite being seriously injured because Brendan apologizes for leaving Tommy to fend for himself as a kid and tells Tommy he loves him in Gavin O'Connor's Warrior
Frank apologizes to Mary, his genius niece, for giving custody over her to his estranged mother despite raising Mary her whole life, and Mary accepting the apology in Marc Webb's Gifted
An excerpt about being scared to let go of anger from What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
Patrick jokingly lists all the instruments he can buy Kat every time he messes up in 10 Things I Hate About You
An ill and dying Tim tells Hawk he's too angry to forgive anyone while Hawk tries to take care of him, years after Tim cut off ties due to Hawk's self-destructive choices, in Fellow Travelers
"Remission" - Leila Chatti
An excerpt from "The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate" by Ted Chiang about how the past can't be changed but one's relationship with it can through repentance, atonement, and forgiveness
Alec asking Laura to forgive him for loving her and bringing her so much misery and Laura saying she will if he does the same for her in David Lean's Brief Encounter
A quote about what forgiveness does for one's past and future from Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
"Moon Song" - Phoebe Bridgers
Round 63 will end on February 28, 11:59 PM ET (what time is that for me?).
As always, you’re free to jump in whenever you’d like during the round, a wide variety of work types is accepted, and there are no minimum work requirements. Unfinished works and works for other fandom events are allowed. You can find more information about Lights on Park Ave and the participation guidelines here.
