To the user above me^
Pretty good analogy, and so darn true.
I don't see how people are so quick to take sides, and put the blame on one part. The two characters are both flawed in so many ways, Mickey being the most obvious one, in this dysfunctional relationship. Gus is a flawed character but in a less noisy more subtle kind of way, compared to Mickey. What they each got from their past relationships was that they both needed something new and different. What they both truly need, is to become something different and grow something new within themselves.
Why did their past relationships go so badly? And why do we get a sense that these two individuals are actually quite miserable? One is better at hiding it than the other. You can do the guessing of who. They are stuck doing the same mistakes over and over again, without learning, without growing. The date at the magic castle gives us a pretty good idea of how they probably acted in their past relationships. They are both selfish, with no respect and mutual understanding of the other half.
Mickey is a chill, laidback girl, but she also does not know how to enjoy herself, without drugs or alcohol. She has strong opinions about everything and she says what she thinks and feels without any filter and consideration to the people around her.
Gus is a little more trickier, as his philosophical of life is: "be nice and quirky, and you can get away with everything". He is perhaps a nice guy, but he is socially awkward and has a hard time relating to other people. Not to mention that he struggles with insecurities, and to put it bluntly, the dude has no personality. He is just simply nice.
These two come from two different worlds. None of them has tried changing or growing, and they both seem to be stuck in a somewhat rut. Wonder why..? When not even being able to understand and respect people that were more similar to them in their ex-relationships, how in the world are these two individuals supposed to understand a whole different world, with each other? These two are basically always used to doing their own thing, never changing or adapting, just out and about. They never stop to think that they themselves are part of the problem. The difference between Gus and Mickey there? At least Mickey knows she is a *beep* up, but lacks the determination and ambition to change. Gus on the other hand, is living in this disillusionment and own bubble. As long as he is nice people will like him and notice him, he doesn't need to change, because he thinks he is not being the problem, it's everyone else. He is just being nice...
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