I just finished After Eden by Arnold Arre. I know it's been in the market for ages now but i guess now's just the time i've taken an
interest in it. I was actually looking for another graphic novel (Wasted by gerry alanguilan), but since i couldn't find that, i decided to explore another well recommended title... After Eden.Well, it was sweet... a bit too dramatic at times but very much forgivable. it tells a story about love. in fact, it nailed the idea of love and all its complications. Destroyed friendships, angels, demons, new relationships, everything in! It's so nice... eww, i'm becoming sappy.
What struck me most about this book, however, is a line about love... it says "love is nothing but an over-glamourized foreplay for a good screw." I began to wonder whether there was truth to that statement. I'm not cynical about love unlike the characters in the story. In fact, i have a huge faith in it. But somehow, i began to think... is love just an excuse to get screwed regularly? Is it a concept made to legalize all our earthy desires?
It seems to me that a lot of people actually believe this. How many times have girls given "it" up coz their boyfriends told them that they loved them? how many guys use the "if you don't agree, then you don't love me" routine to get girls into bed? as the usual answer to autograph books goes... tmtm... too many to count.
The question now is, how do you distinguish love with sex from pure sex under the guise of love? this question is not for the girls alone, it is also for the guys responsible enough to think of the other person's feelings. After Eden poses a solution by ending the book with the lead characters proving that it was indeed love they had because they were truly willing to wait, or willing to give in depending on whose perspective you're looking from. But what if they were wrong? what if after some time together, desire was extinguished, will love go too?
this is a stupid blog. i don't wanna think about it anymore... it makes us loveless-virgins even sadder. hahahaha!
