#btw i'm starting to notice a pattern with my fave characters

[darkpoisonouslove]

Now that I talked about the OTP, I also have to talk about THE brOTP. Aka the besties. This is going to be harder without mentioning any names so I'm introducing the terms seamstress bestie (my fave character) and nurse bestie (which is ironic because I already pointed out that their work occupation is that of a professional bestie).

Once again there be Parallels TM and Feelings TM. (Basically, that's just it here. No coherent thoughts, just feels and vibes.)

The way that both of them are solely devoted to their children because the men they were in love with emotionally and/or physically abandoned them. The way that both of them have no idea where their daughters are. The way that both their daughters ultimately show up with the same face (of the daughter of nurse bestie and in the end she has the face of the daughter of seamstress bestie). The way that their other children got married. The way that they became friends because of their children.

I will never get over the way that seamstress bestie went to thank nurse bestie for helping heal her son and when she learned that nurse bestie had no idea what happened to her daughter, her instant reaction was "Let's go look for her! I'll help you." Just the way that that instantly foreshadows her own trauma over losing her daughter that she never got over but she also never opened up about to anyone. Not even to the priest who knew about it but didn't know any details such as the fact that she's still mourning her and is angry at God for taking her away (which she only later confessed). But she did tell her bestie about it before she ever told the father that there was a baby at all but she'd lost it. What happened with him hurt her so badly that she never opened up to anyone again, not even in a platonic way. But then she met this woman who is going through the same shit as her (not the least bit because she was abandoned by the father of her children as well) and they formed such a strong bond in no time.

The way also that nurse bestie was so worried about how seamstress bestie would react to seeing her daughter's remains but still went with her when asked. How she instantly said that they will look for her girl and she won't let her do it alone even if they have to scour the entire world. She said "forget sleep; you and your emotional state are way more important to me" (and her bestie had to put brakes on her and make her go to bed). She was ready to expose herself to danger even though she was already worried about both their children living with the monster woman just to keep her bestie calm by taking care of the man seamstress bestie still deeply cares about despite all his behavior.

I will also never get over the fact that they tease each other about their romances despite how closely the other's relationships play into their wounds. Seamstress bestie already got scalded by trying to revive her relationship with the father of her children and she knows how how hurt her friend was when her husband left for the first time. Yet, she can see the feelings lurking underneath and not only supports them but nudged her friend to open her eyes to them when she's resisting. And nurse bestie is from the first second supporting and encouraging her friend to give love another try even when she herself never did. She can see it's a potent possibility and is instantly pushing for it just to see her friend get all the happiness that she can have. They trust each other's judgment and hearts so thoroughly that they rarely feel the need to give the other pause out of worry that she might end up hurting herself through her choices (which is frankly a courtesy that no one else extends to either one of them).

They are both (trying to (their children are already grown up and trying to take off their load)) singlehandedly carry the responsibility for taking care of their families but even at their lowest emotional points they can find it in themselves to be carefree with each other. They do all the things that teenage girls do, literally act the exact same way which could make me cry over how they probably never got the chance to be goofy and have fun when they were young because they were instantly burdened with life troubles and supporting a family by themselves. The ease that comes to either one of them because of the other's presence coupled with their warrior's bond is so perfect.

They're already practically family and then not only do their children get married (which doesn't work out but still), but their elder daughters both turn up alive and sharing a face. I can only imagine how they both feel by the end when they look at their daughter and see the face of their bestie's daughter. They missed so much of their daughters lives and now both their daughters are different people and that is so plain in front of them when they look at them and see another woman's face. But at the same time before - when their daughters had their own faces - they were lost to them and to themselves. Only after they met and shared a face and a life, they both found themselves and found their way back to their mothers. And during that time their mothers found each other and helped each other not just deal with their past pain over their daughters and their failed romantic relationships, but also nudged each other into building a new life. And now that new life includes a daughter with the face of their bestie's daughter...

Poetic cinema.