you have made me think so much harder about this dynamic than i ever would on my own! i do appreciate that because it is a very fun dynamic but i also think it’s not…. it’s not you’re not a confidant because i have a newer shinier thing, it’s oh i thought you were my best friend but i am realizing the feelings we have for each other are very different. (even knowing they has started considering wuvvy at some point; i don’t think they really considered her as romantic competition to hob at any point after the whole situation started. she is firmly advisor-zoned) It’s rue realizing that using her as a confidant would be unfair to her at this point because it is putting her in a position that is painful for her. they are saying i am now going to mentally grieve the bond we had because i am incapable of giving you what you want/need here. i have been on either sides of this relationship irl! it hurts from either side of the pond.
it’s hard being in unrequited love with someone! but it’s also hard realizing that your most steady source of support is one it is unethical to lean on. one that is about to break. the best thing ever just happened to rue and they went to share it with the other most important person in their life and realized both that the other person cannot exist in the same place as the first, and that an emotional divide larger than they can really ever fix has formed between them without their knowledge. ow!
you’re right that they shouldn’t have sent the letter with them tho. wuvvy literally tried to kill this man babe like. even if you don’t know she’s in love with you (which i think they only just started to realize, i think rue hadn’t considered anyone to be any sort of romantic possibility before this bloom) you know she is wary of this relationship and is acting strangely as of late. deliver your own damn letter my guy.
sorry this was so long you’ve been making me Think about this dynamic lately. also please don’t take this as discourse i genuinely just like talking about these characters.
I firmly believe it was an insane decision to have wuvvy send the letter... literally you deserve to have your letter ripped up! but yeah it's a hard situation that they're both in. thanks for sharing your thoughts I'm glad more people are speculating about what the complexities of it all mean for rue and wuvvy :)
