I think Abeille is floating toward Evette, and she is drawing Abeille toward her. In the lower right corner it looks like Evette is pushing her forward.
I hope this topic isn’t too heavy. LNF is significant to me because I read into it how I could escape from the main predicament in my life. I.see the world as closely resembling Monotropa where caring is a taboo. Sex is not a taboo, connection is.
What I read into the story is probably different from what Gina intends. I think it is okay if stories are given meaning by readers, as long as the reader doesn’t think the author is wrong.
A therapist who treats people recovering from severe abuse posted on Bluesky about the importance of “safe touch”.
A person who has developed a defensive behavior in response to abuse might associate touch with violence which leads to them not having connection which comes with “safe touch”. That matches what I read into LNF about “vital touch”.
For me, there is the predicament of having been born male in a society where vital touch is taboo, especially for males. On top of that I am old in a society that has developed in a way in which it is rare to encounter an old person.
It seems unlikely that I will find myself among people who are comfortable with safe touch in my lifetime. A touch club would be as inapplicable as it is in the story. But, it is incredible to see the path out articulated in a story, and to see other readers reading their lifes into the story.
Lest anyone think the dream sequences are woo-woo let me tell you they’re not. My BFF in highschool had a mom dying from cancer. She died , I think, when BFF and I were juniors. After a few days BFF had a dream where her mom appeared to her and told her not to be upset, she was no longer in pain, and wanted her to not be upset anymore. While she was telling her dad about it over breakfast her younger brother came in and said “You saw mom last night too?”
My 24 years as a hospice nurse taught me there’s more to life than just this material world. My coworker who was manning the phones talked to a fairly young man every night. He’d get the collywobbles in the wee small hours and call her just to talk. One day she dozed off and suddenly heard a nose at the other end of the sofa. She saw a young man sitting there laughing, telling her not to be concerned, that everything would be all right When she attended his memorial service they had a picture taken of him before the decline in his health – it was the face she had dreamed pf the guy at the end of her sofa. And something tat happened to me. My dads name was Donald. My daughter named her son Donovan. I woke up when Donnie was about 3 months old and said “My dead was here last night. He’s very pleased with his new great grandson but wishes we hadn’t gotten the nme wrong” Mey dad had been dead for 4-5 years before all this happened
12 thoughts on “Love Not Found – Ch24, p53”
Deb R.B.
*blubber*
Random, Dark Prince of Salem
Yeah, kinda right there with you
Dinglehopper
Same!
Cait
Oh wow, such a poignant scene. I love the idea of bravery being about growth.
That tree though… 😬
Jenny
If reincarnation is a thing here, maybe that’s Evette being reborn as a dryad. They’re originally tree spirits after all.
Cait
Ooh, interesting thought!
Kendall🔆🌻
I agree. I am intrigued by the next page and what Gina wrote about it. It might be more positive than it looks.
Tiffany
Nice new way of describing bravery. I like it!
Kendall🔆🌻
I think Abeille is floating toward Evette, and she is drawing Abeille toward her. In the lower right corner it looks like Evette is pushing her forward.
Kendall🔆🌻
I hope this topic isn’t too heavy. LNF is significant to me because I read into it how I could escape from the main predicament in my life. I.see the world as closely resembling Monotropa where caring is a taboo. Sex is not a taboo, connection is.
What I read into the story is probably different from what Gina intends. I think it is okay if stories are given meaning by readers, as long as the reader doesn’t think the author is wrong.
A therapist who treats people recovering from severe abuse posted on Bluesky about the importance of “safe touch”.
A person who has developed a defensive behavior in response to abuse might associate touch with violence which leads to them not having connection which comes with “safe touch”. That matches what I read into LNF about “vital touch”.
For me, there is the predicament of having been born male in a society where vital touch is taboo, especially for males. On top of that I am old in a society that has developed in a way in which it is rare to encounter an old person.
It seems unlikely that I will find myself among people who are comfortable with safe touch in my lifetime. A touch club would be as inapplicable as it is in the story. But, it is incredible to see the path out articulated in a story, and to see other readers reading their lifes into the story.
Grandmotherbear
Lest anyone think the dream sequences are woo-woo let me tell you they’re not. My BFF in highschool had a mom dying from cancer. She died , I think, when BFF and I were juniors. After a few days BFF had a dream where her mom appeared to her and told her not to be upset, she was no longer in pain, and wanted her to not be upset anymore. While she was telling her dad about it over breakfast her younger brother came in and said “You saw mom last night too?”
My 24 years as a hospice nurse taught me there’s more to life than just this material world. My coworker who was manning the phones talked to a fairly young man every night. He’d get the collywobbles in the wee small hours and call her just to talk. One day she dozed off and suddenly heard a nose at the other end of the sofa. She saw a young man sitting there laughing, telling her not to be concerned, that everything would be all right When she attended his memorial service they had a picture taken of him before the decline in his health – it was the face she had dreamed pf the guy at the end of her sofa. And something tat happened to me. My dads name was Donald. My daughter named her son Donovan. I woke up when Donnie was about 3 months old and said “My dead was here last night. He’s very pleased with his new great grandson but wishes we hadn’t gotten the nme wrong” Mey dad had been dead for 4-5 years before all this happened
Kendall🔆🌻
Thanks for the word collywobbles!
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