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Closure is what I see. I choose not to take your ending in Armageddon literally. I think Bob constructed a scenario that would call out his father's memory. And he has found the father who loved him and whom he has been running toward in that one joyful memory. A memory where he chooses to wrap the both of them into oblivion in that happy instant. Always looking for the happy ending Shaina!

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I love this take Frank! There is love there. It ends with love. All the stuff in the middle was a mess but in the end, they’re together.

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I am glad you understand my point of view Shaina. I was a little trepidatious that you might have thought I veered too far from perhaps a darker message. But I was pretty sure I felt that undercurrent of love.

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You’re spot on.

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This was my take, too, Frank. There is the bleaker, darker option, which may still be valid, but my read on this was a non-literal Armageddon.

The use of that closing line was very powerful, Shaina.

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Wow, this was vivid and enrapturing. I couldn’t snark in my restacks because this whole thing felt reverent and sad and poignant. What a story. What a well told story. Thank you for this 🙏

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Echoing Frank's thoughts. This was a very powerful story, Shaina. Hurt, loss, fear, so many emotions, but ultimately a moment of love.

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Beautifully composed.

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Thank you Linda ❤️

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