[Merit Wins the Soul] The Powerless Soteriology of ‘Goodness’: Ending and Interpretation of a Narrative Decoupling Toxic Relationships
How alluring yet destructive is the belief that love can save another person. When we confront a wounded partner, we often assure ourselves that our infinite tenderness and goodness can alter their dark…
Love Sick: Between Taboo and Longing, an Interpretation of the Pathological Narrative of Isolated Souls
Love is sometimes a process of erosion rather than healing. The moment the arrogance of believing one fully understands the abyss of another is shattered, we are confronted not with the other’s wounds,…
Sugar Rush: A Record of Toxic Desire Encountered at the Border of Growth and Obsession
There are times when loving someone feels akin to self-harm, a slow erosion of the self. The inability to stop, even when knowing the object of affection will eventually destroy you, might not…
La répétition (Replay, 2001): The Orbit of Recurring Obsession and the Aesthetics of Destructive Desire
To what extent can the encroachment upon another, packaged in the name of love, be permitted? We often gnaw at the soul of another under the pretext of acting for their sake, or…
Love Lies Bleeding (2024): A Radical Liberation of Violent Desire Written in Blood and Muscle
Love is sometimes closer to toxicity than romance. To want someone intensely is akin to a dangerous contract—an agreement to ingest that person’s deficiencies and darkness into one’s own body. When two women…
Orange Is the New Black Analysis: Piper and Alex, a Desperate Desire Blooming in Isolation
Isolation is the most transparent mirror of human nature. In the extreme environment of a prison—a space stripped of social status and the comforts of daily life—encountering a former lover goes beyond a…
