#aaahh i don't necessarily agree with this notion of 'the truth never mattered instead you could've remembered all the people who loved you'

[kushanna]

why does ange not being trapped in the past and having the will to build a future for herself have to include her taking responsibility for things that were never her fault to begin with. honey, you didn't "abandon" your warm memories. you were six. i barely have memories from when i was six. and for the love of god. ange never needed to call eva her mother (!), that was never a necessity, she didn't need to display a single ounce of affection towards eva when she was a child in order to not have been abused. whether it would have made their relationship easier or whatever, that's almost irrelevant since it's simply not a responsibility that you get to put on her anyway, you don't get to even imply that she's somehow responsible for the abuse she suffered, and it's bizarre that i'm having to say this obvious thing AAAAHHHH i feel like i'm losing my whole mind lmao it's completely possible to look at their life post-1986 and have empathy for eva as well (which is what i had been doing since episode 4?), though that doesn't include all the whitewashing and glossing over and needless over sentimentality episode 8 is doing. i do have so much affection for eva and it's hilarious that i'm having to come here and call nonsense for what it is cause the story is failing at the bare minimum this late into the game