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'Love'

posted 16 years ago by Little_devil394
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ok, is it just me, or do they throw this word around A LOT. i'm nearly at the end of series 2, and everybody seems to have proclaimed their Love for at least one other person. i say at least, several have "Loved" more than one person.
maybe i'm just an old-fashioned girl, but to me, Love is such a strong word, and the way these characters use it, it's like there isn't any real meaning behind it.
bray "Loved" amber, but it didn't take him long to hop into bed with danni. and before that it was salene.
i'm not saying there's anything wrong with all of the relationship twists and triangles, they make interesting storylines. i just wish they wouldn't use that word so often, it makes it seem like in this new world of theirs without the adults, Love isn't significant or meaningful anymore.
anybody agree? or am i just being picky :-P

[–] purpletokyo 16 years ago

i agree with that! sometimes i see that in real life too..
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[–] Little_devil394 16 years ago

yea, i guess its not just in the tribe, it happens in real life as well. its kinda sad, im 18 and other people my age or younger just throw around the word Love and most of the time don't mean it. i've only ever said "I Love you" to one person, and i don't mind that he didn't say it back, because i would rather that than he say it and not mean it. and even to this day, because it was quite a while ago, i know that i did honestly Love him. but thats another story really. anybody here admit to using the word Love knowing you didn't mean it? or maybe you thought you meant it, but later realised you didn't

[–] xEbOnYKiSsEsx 16 years ago

I agree that there was a lot of 'i love you' being thrown about lol but i always thought that Bray and Amber really loved each other, and that Amber always loved Jay but not in the same way she loved Bray you know.
But then again lex, it seemed like he truly loved Zara, and then tai san, n then finally Siva.
I dont know i think because some people died and stuff...but Amber and Bray were supposed to be together and Salene and Ryan and Ellie and Jack. Thats the way i always saw it anyway.
I usually say 'love ya' to my girl mates, but i dont think ive actually ever said i love you to any guys, because i havent really loved any guys enough to say it i dont think.

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[–] her_untouchable_majesty 16 years ago

When I was around the age of 16, most of my girlfriends had had several boyfriends, some even long-term, and basically all of them were sexually active for a few years. The "I love you" phrase was thrown around a lot. I was a recipient of some of those as well (although I never said it back), just a few weeks/months after knowing the person. I think, as a teenager, it often just comes with the territory, especially when you spend a lot of time and have sex with someone.

I don't know how much the media and popular culture (i.e. high school television shows and such) have an influence on this, however, it wouldn't be applicable to the characters anyway, since such institutions don't exist in their world.

I know from experience how easy it is to mistake neediness for love, especially as a child. And just imagine how needy most kids would be in a world like The Tribe's! Knowing that while society has collapsed and you find yourself in mortally dangerous situations, you still have that one person who promised his/her love to you and all that it entails - support, comfort, protection - might just keep you from becoming insane.

So, to sum it all up, I don't think it's unrealistic, and hence it doesn't bother me.

[–] rowanoak 16 years ago

Sure, the relationships on the "Tribe" are realistic and it is understand that the word "love" seems to be used too much, and that the characters are immature and really have no one to guide them, but it is still annoying that very few if any of the couples seemed to have worked out(I only got to see season 3 and know a little about what happend after). So it does bother me. I especially wanted Lex and Tai-san to work out, because I felt sorry of them during the whole guardian/chosen storyline, from what I have heard about season six, it may have still been possible for Lex and Tai-san to get back together. I guess I just love happy endings and stories about love overcoming the odds.

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[–] effgeevee 16 years ago

It's annoying, sure, but that's part of the charm of the show I think. They really are in a horrible horrible situation, and almost everything they do to comfort themselves blows up in their faces. If their romances were all going well, and everything was dandy, it would go beyond believability and into absurd and pointless fluff. If you think about how many teen relationships end up really working and enduring (not so many), and then add in the fact that they're all multi-bereaved and with the future of themselves, the human race and the world on their shoulders, as well as the characters personalities, these kids needed many any more years before most of them learnt how to say "love" and really do it justice.

I love happy endings and love overcoming too, which is why I haven't written off my favourite pairings yet! Who knows what could have happened to them *after* the show was over?