Yes! I think that ultimately, the reason I find Check Please so compelling and why I'm still so invested is that to me it's so much of a story about growth. The characters feel very much like real people in the sense that they are trying their best, but they don't always get it right and often even get it majorly wrong. It feels like a story about communication and people fumbling their way through how genuinely difficult it is, but still trying their best anyways? And learning to listen better and try to meet each other in the middle, to all make a better effort. And realizing that their communication will never be perfect, but it's worth working to be better anyways, and how important it is to be self-aware and try to listen and grow, but also not beat yourself up for not being a mind reader, just to work on the things you can control as you move forwards. And also that sometimes neither person is actually doing something that's wrong, just that so often people's needs and desires conflict with each other, and how to navigate that. I don't know how much sense any of that made, but I think what I mean when I say that it feels like a story about growth is that one of the most important things the characters learn is that they're always going to be learning and growing, and that's okay - that you don't have to be perfect or change who you are, just do your best and try to listen. That you can accept and love yourself while also knowing that you have flaws and aren't going to always do things right.
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Date: 2018-12-06 11:39 pm (UTC)I don't know how much sense any of that made, but I think what I mean when I say that it feels like a story about growth is that one of the most important things the characters learn is that they're always going to be learning and growing, and that's okay - that you don't have to be perfect or change who you are, just do your best and try to listen. That you can accept and love yourself while also knowing that you have flaws and aren't going to always do things right.