Amazing Amy's Choice
"Looks like you still want to be human."
Adam smiled and said, "That's a good sign!"
Chandler's lips twitched, speechless.
"Adam, I always feel that your views are different from those of most people."
Chandler thought for a moment and then complained, "If it were someone else, even if they didn't support me, they would at least tell me that I'm free to choose, because it's my freedom. How can you link freedom to animals like this?"
"You think I'm wrong?"
Adam laughed and said, "Animals are not bound by any human morality or laws. This level of freedom is definitely the freest, isn't it? To blindly pursue freedom, to pursue the ultimate freedom, even disregarding human ethics and morality, isn't that just moving towards becoming an animal? This is not evolution, but degeneration!"
"This is different..."
Chandler didn't know how to refute it.
"How are they different?"
Adam retorted, "Aren't many free spirits waving the banner of liberating human nature? Humans are essentially animals too. What's the difference between being naturally free and degenerating into those unrestrained animals?"
The universal values depicted in American TV series are not normal universal values at all, but distorted ones. They may seem fine at first glance, but they cannot withstand scrutiny.
In Adam's mind, the values of the Eastern East Country in his previous life were the true universal values.
When people interact, clashes of values naturally occur, and the closer the relationship, the more frequent and intense these clashes become.
Adam and Chandler's relationship was close enough that it was inevitable that either Adam would change Chandler's worldview, or Chandler would change Adam's.
However, as long as reason prevails, the outcome of a clash between pseudo-universal values and genuine universal values is self-evident.
"Then what should I do?"
Chandler said dejectedly.
"I remember I already told you the answer."
Adam said speechlessly, "Of course, brotherhood comes first. As for your so-called true love, it's all an illusion, a strong impulse. Once you get through it, you'll realize how foolish it was to hurt real brotherhood for such a ridiculous illusion."
"But I feel like I won't make it through."
Chandler said painfully, "This feeling is too intense..."
"That's because you're lacking output!"
Adam scoffed, "Men are like demons before sex and saints after sex. It's no joke. How about this, I'll take you out for some fun tonight."
"I'm not going to a place like that!"
Chandler waved his hand repeatedly.
What are you thinking!
Adam slapped him on the shoulder. "Am I that kind of person?"
"Then where are you taking me?"
Chandler was puzzled.
"Don't worry, it's definitely a legitimate place."
Adam said in a serious tone, "We will go and care for impoverished students who cannot afford to go to college, and donate money to them."
"Oh."
Chandler nodded, then exclaimed, "But what does this have to do with Kathy?"
"Hehe."
Adam laughed and said, "Of course it's related, and it's very important. Just listen to me, don't you trust me?"
"All right."
Chandler had no choice but to nod in agreement.
He actually hoped that Adam was right, because he absolutely did not want to hurt Joey.
The Cabin in the Woods.
"Amy, do you think the female protagonist in the book is scary?"
Juno said casually as she performed the dissection.
Amazing Amy remained silent, stunned. This round of breakdown was far more intense than the last. She was immersed in despair and was no longer sensitive to external reactions.
But before she could answer, Juno continued, "Plotting against her ex-boyfriend, slitting her throat to help her longtime backup boyfriend, and then destroying herself and her husband—such horrific methods seem completely abnormal."
But I understand her. Perhaps she didn't want to be like this, but she couldn't help herself because she's ill!
Upon hearing this, Amazing Amy's dazed eyes gradually regained a glimmer of light, and she tilted her head to look at Juno.
"Yes, she's sick."
Juno smiled at Amazing Amy, "It's her parents' fault. They made her experience a completely abnormal childhood and adolescence from a young age, creating an 'older sister image' that she can never surpass."
Her parents were indifferent to her, only caring about the character in the book who wasn't her sister. This persistent trauma was the beginning of everything.
The envy of others and her own inferiority complex created a strong sense of dissonance, which distorted her mind and made her develop a strong desire to control relationships.
She couldn't control her parents, couldn't control the Amazing Amy in the book, and had no siblings, so naturally she could only control her friends, especially her boyfriend!
Therefore, she would be very angry if her boyfriend resisted her, and even more so, she would have a strong desire for revenge, and would do anything for it.
Her ex-boyfriend, who said she needed to "give her space," is a typical example.
Later, she met her husband.
It seems that his good looks and eloquence won her over, but who can say for sure whether it was her own choice?
She knew her parents looked down on this down-on-his-luck writer.
Despite her parents' objections, she quickly married him and even moved away from the big city, giving up her high society and going to a poor, remote place to suffer for him.
Isn't this a silent form of resistance?
However, what she didn't expect was that this man was no pushover either. After she had given so much, he also began to become restless and unruly in her arrangements and control.
She probably doesn't care about the brain-teasing treasure hunt game on their annual anniversary. Perhaps the reason for this game is that it was a kind of alarm she carefully designed from the beginning.
If a man is willing to rack his brains to play this game year after year for you, it means he loves you!
Once he no longer wants to play along, or even bother with perfunctory responses, it means he no longer loves you and is trying to break free from control.
This is unacceptable!
Therefore, in the book, her true intention to kill her husband may have begun a year earlier.
Ultimately, she risked returning because she saw her husband compromise on television; whether it was real or not, it was still a compromise.
And that's exactly the kind of compromise she wanted!
He witnessed her methods and compromised, which was a good sign, giving her the confidence to regain control of the relationship and write her own Amazing Amy legend.
Therefore, she immediately plotted to kill the backup boyfriend who had been helping her for many years, calmly fabricated various pieces of evidence, and finally, covered in the backup boyfriend's blood, embraced her husband in front of everyone.
What can her husband do?
All I could do was smile at the countless cameras, and then secretly whisper in her ear, "You damn bitch!"
Her response was a dramatic fainting spell, which led her husband to catch her in a princess carry, providing a stunning moment for the numerous reporters who were already waiting there to capture on camera.
When she returned home and confronted her husband, she remained calm and composed despite his insults, accusations, and threats. She was even quite pleased.
Because this is the real her!
Once she wins over her husband, she can not only stop hiding and have someone she can truly face her true self with, but she can also establish a new image in the outside world.
This time, the one in charge was no longer her parents, but herself.
As it turned out, she succeeded.
Everything went as she expected, and she won everything.
They have fame and money.
Having seen the real her husband, he ultimately couldn't escape the lure of money and never mentioned the exposure again. Even though they slept in separate rooms and locked their doors every night, he still chose to continue being a 'celebrity couple' under the spotlight with her.
However, if she were given another choice, would she choose to have loving parents, a happy childhood and family, or would she choose to win everything this way?
Amy, what do you think?