# ghliveblog

I wanted these little gestures to feel monumental—Lucy asking for help, and wanting to cook for someone instead of just being fed!

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Ngl Jacobi successfully getting Kirby into his apartment for dinner by just giving up on pretending to be cute or alluring is still pretty funny to me

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Me, writing a slowburn: Well, it’s episode 153, it’s about time for her to realize her feelings I guess

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I saw people wondering if they all were actually in the park with Lucy ha ha

No, they’re just to represent that if Lucy looks behind her, she’s come very far!

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Considering that I didn’t have solid plans about Colby at the start of the arc, I’m glad he evolved into just the right character for this monologue, which is kind of like the thesis statement of the series!

(I admit that it’s a LOT of dialogue though ha ha)

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I wanted to emphasize the victory of happy everyday life—Colby knows he won’t ever truly feel as if he didn’t lose his father, but he’s back in a stable routine where his grief isn’t making every day feel like a hurdle

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Lucy is me, a millennial looking at Gen Z-ers who are far more capable than I was at their age, and probably are more capable than I am now

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But it’s not really back to step 1 — she still has her old friends, but she has her new ones too (and her job promotion that she can now put her heart into!)

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Lucy’s hairstyle is supposed to be reminiscent of the short hair she had at the beginning of the story—her hair is still long, she hasn’t undone all the growth she’s had so far, but for her it feels like beginning at step one again

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It was important that Walt and Joanna be the ones who ease Lucy into giving up her search, because they were also the ones who also helped her most after her grandmother’s death

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I almost forgot Jacobi in this sequence, sorry Bob

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There seems to be a lot of misinterpretation about the ingredients in this Japanese curry, so: curry sauce roux (not chocolate), red potatoes (not apples), onion, carrots, and chicken

(the apple and honey is already in the sauce block)

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This was very much meant to be that thing about family asking “Have you eaten yet?” as a way of saying “I love you”

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She’s reaching for her family, but what’s within reach is the necklace and Graham—and though she cares about Graham a lot, he’s not a substitute, just like how the necklace isn’t a substitute either

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I saw a lot of people upset at Graham for not confessing to Lucy here, but she’s very much not in a good state for having more big feelings thrown at her??

Graham centering Lucy’s feelings and not his own was meant to be the proof of how much he cares about her

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1. No one irl talks like this

2. I wanted to make it clear that excessive self-sacrifice isn’t good—it can feel like if you’re the only one suffering it’s alright, but it’s still a net gain of suffering entering the world!

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I WAS REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT LUCY GIVING UP HER SEARCH....

Realistically, this is a healthy choice!

But storytelling-wise, having the central plot premise thrown out the window felt risky? It’s not a far leap to thinking, “So nothing that happened before matters”

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Graham has gone from a person who did not want to see his old coworkers, and felt like an imposter among them, to this! He’s farther along his character arc than Lucy, which I know can be frustrating

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I wanted to emphasize that the people Lucy can best commiserate with isn’t Graham—the two of them being in love won’t fix Lucy’s grief

Bartlett and Colby are the ones who most understand what she’s going through

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