genuine question — would you still marry someone with emma’s secret?
i’ve seen a ton of discourse around this movie since the second i stepped out of the theatre but one thing has not left my mind. the interesting thing about this movie is so many people are quick to make judgments on every character but i wonder: how would they act in real life? if someone THEY loved spilled a few days before they got marred that they planned a school shooting at 15 and only decided not to go through with it because there was another shooting?
this post isn’t about shame, it’s a genuine question. I 100% believe people can change as emma did but change does not always equal staying in someone’s life. take out the characters and actors and put yourself into this scenario. would you still marry this person? charlie is certainly not perfect and made many mistakes but i see a lot of people claiming he “overreacted” to emma’s secret. i find this interesting because i don’t think his issue was ever being disturbed by her secret, i think it was everything he did after and how he viewed himself to begin with.
i don’t think there is a wrong answer here since the entire movie is a reflection of humanity that is inherently gray. but being honest, would you still marry this person? would you even go out with them to begin with?