Such A Cliche

Well I just finished a season of a television show, and in the last few episodes I witnessed one of my favorite, most cliche things to happen.

I'm going to avoid mentioning the show, or the season number, or just about anything about the show, because I don't want to spoil anything for anyone who would eventually watch the show. With that being said, the ending was actually pretty foreseeable, mostly.


So you may ask, "What's this super cliche thing that you love so much?"


If you pay attention to the most common thing I say in my blogs and vlogs and pretty much constantly throughout my life then you know I value one thing above pretty much all else.

Friends.

I'm the type of guy who holds one meaningful conversation with someone and immediately cares about them. I say it so much, because I don't want people to forget that. At the same time, I don't say it out loud enough because it is one of those things that's hard to actually say. It's tough to tell someone, "Hey, even though we don't talk much you mean the world to me, and I would do anything for you." For some reason, it's one of those things that people and society says comes across as a little strong.

And why is that?

Why can't people express their unwavering love for someone without it being weird? I have no clue, so I try to do it as subtly as I can. Every single time I respond with, "Always." I don't just say it as a reference to Harry Potter. I say it to legitimately mean that God willing I will always be there.

How can you promise always William? What if you're in an entirely different city? State? Country?

True. I am in no way capable of being everywhere, and the more people I meet the more I realize that I can't always physically be there for people when they need it. Phone calls. Texts. Videos. I love those things, because I can be there for someone without actively being next to them.

And that's where we get to the cliche.

I haven't encountered a huge catastrophe in my life that would require me to drop absolutely everything to stand by someone I cared about. I would in a heartbeat though.

See, the cliche that I can never get enough of is when the antagonist pulls out the master plan that places the protagonist in a corner. There's no way out. Our protagonist finds themselves alone, with only one choice of how to end everything. And more often than not, they decide they'll surrender to the villain in the hopes that it stops them. All hope seems lost.

That's when it happens. You see one person, a person who has interacted with the protagonist only to disappear for a while, stand up and fight back. And then another rises up. And the odds are against them, but they stand up regardless. A third person makes a sacrifice to return and help. A fourth turns to the protagonist with one sentence, "You're not alone. There's always hope."

Immediately things change. People who were considered villains stand beside the protagonist because, hey, sometimes there are people that don't have to be good to do the right thing, and they know that the protagonist is right. The current villain's forces are depleted.

"Kill me! Prove that you're no better than me!"

Our protagonist has a finger on the trigger, wanting to pull it.

"Don't do it. You're not a killer. You're better than that."

They don't.

I'm bawling long before this point in the show, but for all the right reasons.

People rallying together is beautiful, and I can never get enough of it.

Now, my life will most likely never mimic this moment.

I would love to have this happen, but I would like to avoid the whole catastrophe and all the deaths that come with it.



So, there's my absolute favorite thing a show can do, regardless of how cliche it is. Something about the representation of how powerful friendships can be. I'm fairly certain I made a post titled, "The Power of Friendship," in fact it's a very me title.

If you take nothing else from this, understand that I love you. Immensely. I may not be a Tony Stark Billionaire who can afford to build suits to save people, or even a Bill Gates Billionaire who donates tons of money to charities that save people.

However, I am a human being who understands the importance of love. I don't take friendships lightly, and I will never take you for granted.

So yes, it is completely reasonable when I take a while to comprehend what I'm going to do with my life when people tell me they're leaving. And yes, it is completely reasonable for me to ache when I don't interact with the people I love as often as I'd like. And definitely yes, it is beyond reasonable when I cry for a friend, regardless of the situation.

Because I am not alone. My life is not separate from my friendships. No. My life is because of my friendships. I could never be where I am without the people who helped guide me here. I would be an absolute mess who backed down when I felt cornered by life. I would have sacrificed myself to try and save everyone. Yet there was always someone there. There is always someone there if I look hard enough.

Thank you.