my biggest criticism of the show was not the ending but the fact that in a show whose themes revolved around the intimacies of physicality (lara's mermaid flesh, mari's boxing), lara and mari barely even touched or lingered on it. this to me made the finale less jarring to me

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sayonara lara spoilers did if it weren't for lara's unconditional faith & love for mari. lara ultimately lives in the world as a human because it's not just any world she wants to explore but it's *mari's world*. but lara must grow into who she wants to be. so she must exit the fairy tale. & live.

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sayonara lara spoilers mari and lara's love for each other was obviously real, it's what allowed lara to give her the courage to transition in the first place. this would have never had happened if it weren't for mari, and mari would've never had gotten as far as she

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sayonara lara spoilers my thoughts on this are kind of all over the place. i will discuss more in october. lara exits the fairy tale. she doesn't have to idealize the human world, falling in perfect heterosexual human love. she lives as human now. that is the ending. lara exits the fairy tale.

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sayonara lara spoilers idk! i feel like there's a bit of Brutal Realism in being a less-than-human girl who is able to Transition and Live Life on her own terms, realizing that there is no Salvation in a Storybook Love for Girls Like Her, but she can Live autonomously & deserves to be loved anyway.

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