Yeah... Cece got me hooked from the first time she appeared on scene. And her following scenes, showing her caring, goofy, fragile sides, just reinforce my decision to choose her when asked by Chris.
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Some interesting posts I read back to page 300, some state that if this is IRL, they would choose other LI over Cece, because choosing someone depressed or suicidal would only hurt yourself. While this is logically sound, IRL, you won't even know someone is suicidal or depressed or have a condition like Cece in advance.
Even if I was made aware of this condition in advance, it would only strengthen my resolve to be with said person. At least I can try to make them happy or less depressed or share their burden.
If I meet someone IRL like Cece (complete with her personality included with foreknowledge of her condition), I would do everything I can to support her all the time. Yes, I would be devastated when she, inevitably, commits ***, not to mention the possibility (only possibility) I would be following her soon, but I know that I have given my best to support her.
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Sorry being rather dark. Please tell me if this needs to be deleted.
Well, the truth is often there where we don't look for it, or don't see it... I often hear people say such things, but they speak with hindsight. This is a kind of mantra that we also often hear from life coaches. By saying this, we think we avoid entering into the wake of torments that no one wants to experience and it has become a concept of life that tries to avoid troubles. But when we encounter it in real life, it's often and fortunately different. There will always be idiots who slow down to take photos of a road accident, but there are still people who will stop to help. Personally, I would find it difficult to turn my head while looking at someone about to be run over while crossing the road or thrown under the wheels of a bus. I like to believe that my survival reflexes don't only apply to me and extend to others, whether they are anonymous to me or not.
In Cece's case, I could never turn my head and think that helping her would ruin my life. It is not a Carthesian choice that requires choosing between losing either an arm or a leg.
Turning your head to avoid problems seems rational to some, but is losing part of your own humanity rational? Would this mean that reaching out to someone in difficulty would drag us down? Saying what our reaction would be, based on the outcome is biased thinking.I know! People will tell me again, yes but knowing that Cece is depressed, I'm not going to risk her dragging me into her spiral. What if, just a hypothesis, what if instead of letting yourself be dragged into her abysses, it was you who dragged her into yours?
But let's take a look at the context of LoF. The MC comes out of a long depression after his breakup. Pushed by his best friend, he finally leaves his den and decides to take control of his life. When he sees Cece, he sees a lonely person without knowing what is hidden behind that face. Understanding that she is going through difficulties, and having experienced moments of solitude, left to his own thoughts, he decides to help her instinctively. Obviously, Cece is a very beautiful girl who tries to hide her distress. He's not a ugly, completely drunk bastard who attacks the first person to come and vomit on them. He thinks she's in trouble and wants to help her, and he realizes the severity of her condition when she makes her first attempt on the bridge. Now, let's put ourselves in the MC's place. Now we know. We barely know this girl through a few friendly exchanges, and Cece's condition is much more serious than it appeared to be. But this girl.... She's not just beautiful. She's smart, a little goofy, funny... The chemistry between our MC and Cece has already made its mark. Turn your back on Cece now? After all, she's taken care of by the hospital, right? “I saved someone from drowning, and now it’s not my problem anymore.” Taking into account the character of the MC, this is neither plausible nor coherent. Turning his back on her now would drag him into a whirlwind of questions and negative thoughts preventing him from sleeping at night and moving forward with the day. It is too late for him to turn back. He's one of those people who couldn't look at himself in a mirror if he didn't do something to help her.
A little anecdote: a few years ago, my eldest daughter came home from high school very late. Disheveled, her clothes partially torn, her face swollen. She then explains to me that she got into a fight with some guys who were harassing a girl from her high school. Shocked, I become angry "why didn't you call me, or call the police, you could have been seriously injured or worse"
she replied "I didn't have time to think, they were pushing her, I'm sorry dad, but I did what everyone should do, and I know that's what you would have done too.” Who do you think, between my daughter and me, was irrational at that moment? She reacted by instinct, in the present moment. I reacted out of fear of imaginary pain.
Like when you witness a scene where a pedestrian is hit by a car. You suffered no physical pain, but yet you contort your face for hours thinking about it.
The moral of this story is that you never know how you will react until you are confronted with a given situation.
