The Concept Of True Love In Telltale Batjokes

The Concept of True Love In Telltale Batjokes

True Love has many characteristics, and depending on which is portrayed can easily determine wether characters’ relationship with one another could be interpreted as being ‘true love’.

I found Bruce and John to potray many of these characteristics

The Concept Of True Love In Telltale Batjokes

John shows his attraction to Bruce earlier in the season. Wether it be interpreted as platonic he clearly views Bruce being an attractive and compatible partner for relationships in general. Bruce’s attraction to John revolves more around his certain infatuation with ‘criminally insane’. While most would keep a safe distance after an encounter with John, Bruce seeks it out.

John values honesty, so him seeking Bruce’s genuinity and complete trust shows he is willing to be close to him. Bruce is unsure of what John has to conceal but will trust John under dire situations.

The established trust between them leads to conversations about broad topics including such as coping with being 'in love’ and finding your true self. John opens up to Bruce about his insecurities and takes whatever advice Bruce has to offer, a sign of trust.

Love is about accepting someone for both their good and bad qualities. John is mentally unstable, has no memory of his past and no direction for his future. The negatives in his life seem to heavily outweigh the positives. Despite this Bruce can accept him. Bruce accepting John means that although John may not know his true self, Bruce knows he is worth having as a companion.

John may have his own defining of Justice, but his efforts are all for Bruce. John is willing to repay Bruce for accepting him by showing Bruce he is willing to help fight alongside him through even the most dangerous paths. His gain in confidence leads him to believe that him and Bruce could accomplish great things,but only when together.

Different choices lead down different paths, yet it doesn’t really alter what Love is in this story. True love means it’s unconditional, no matter the circumstances it will occur, and it certainly does here. John and Bruce are willing to accept that even if their situation clearly depicts a dead end for a functioning relationship, they accept that bond of theirs can’t be broken.

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tigrorafan

1 year ago

I'm not really getting the Aziraphale hate because even without all the pressures of religious brainwashing etc etc we've literally just seen through his eyes:

- Crowley radiating joy at the sheer wonder of the universe only to be crushed by orders from up high

- Those orders being the ONLY reason Crowley fell. Aziraphale knows (and has always known) that Crowley fell simply because no one wanted to listen to his ideas.

- 6000 of Crowley clearly aching to do good in defiance of his own nature

- Crowley admitting how desperately lonely that defiance is for him

- Crowley being BETTER than Aziraphale at morality and making Aziraphale better as a result

- Evidence that no one is ever going to be chill with Angel/Demon relationships unless they are too powerful to be stopped and/or willing to vanish

- That they are never going to escape the monitoring of heaven/hell (they literally were *stalked* by both sides the entire season) so they can't just live unnoticed among humans

- Even during their last few years of 'freedom' Crowley has still been desperately unhappy. He's at the 'what's the point of it all???' stage BEFORE anything bad happens in S2. For all he talks about the preciousness of their life, Crowley is radiating misery during his freedom whereas Aziraphale actually seems happy.

Like why WOULDN'T Aziraphale see this offer as the perfect solution? Crowley can get what he always wanted - to do good without anyone stopping him, with Aziraphale helping. It can be exactly like the nebula scene forever - only this time Aziraphale can just bask in Crowley's joy.

From his pov he is sacrificing his own life on Earth for THAT.

Oof we are in the last 20% of a very angsty slow burn, kiddos.

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tigrorafan

7 years ago