AHHHHHH THE VIOLET EVERGARDEN FINALEEEEEE
Im not going to mark spoilers just know that this is going to pretty much all be spoilers.
OH GOSH IT WAS FANTASTIC.
Of course the art and music were phenomenal as always.
BUT LIKE YURIS ON THE PHONE. Barely able to speak through the pain and the tears. Trying to explain.
OH MY GOSH AND THE LETTER TO HIS MOTHER. I thought i was prepared. I figure it would be you know I love you Im sorry I wish I could have lived longer BUT NO I GET HIT WITH YOUR PANCAKES ARE THE BEST. Such a small small thing and yet the love in that sentence. The warmth and care of a mother preparing her children breakfast. A child’s bias for what only their mother could make. My gosh I just started ugly crying.
And then when Violet gets rejected. The grace and self control as she walks away. She is so desperate to see him SHE JUMPS OFF A SHIP TO SEE HIM. But she understands that he could be hurting because of her. So she leaves.
Honestly I would have been happy if that was the ending. Yes it would have been sad but she would have known he was okay. She would have grown enough to not just go to him no matter the consequences which is something she did in season one. So it would have ended sad but with her strength. And the fact that she could live without Gil. Because that’s important it was a fine line to walk. Of bringing them back together but keeping Violet whole and human and healthy. Of not denying her journey to get where she was.
OH AND THEN WHEN GIL AND HIS BROTHER ARE TALKING. And he is reading the letter and it kinda pans out and he has his shoulders hunched together and he looks so so small. And his brother says “go” and he just stands there for a second and you know he is about to take off and then he does. And that’s absolutely flawless but then you also see the pain in his brothers eyes. The pain of seeing what his brother went through. The pain of now having to take on the weight of the family. The pain for both of them.
And then Violet just ugly crying for like two minutes straight. She can’t even talk all she can say is his name even though its clear she also wants to say I love you. Her face is twisted up she has snot dripping down her nose she starts pounding her leg. They didn’t try and make it pretty or cute. They took this woman who had been on such an incredible emotional journey. Who didn’t cry often. Who had started without understanding what I love you means. And they just let her ugly cry for 2 or more minutes.
And then the president looking at the fireworks and then looking for her and starting to say something…. And then realizing she was gone. Realizing she was with someone else. The bitter sweet sadness in those few seconds. Of realizing she had found someone and found her happiness. But he had kind of lost someone and some happiness.
And then I love that you never find out what kind of love they shared. If it ever changed to romantic. If it always was romantic. If it never was and never would be romantic. Its just pure and true love. Between two broken human beings. And thats all that matters.
I just cried on and off for two and half hours and definitely ugly cried for at least thirty minutes straight.
