I honestly don’t think those emotional costs are really much lower just because they’re older. I really don’t.
I don't, either. I do think that's what they have to tell themselves to get through this, though.
And, of course, in a few years the Soviet Union will fall and the borders will open and everything will change dramatically and I do wonder what everyone will think about that.
Throughout the whole show, I've cringed whenever I've thought about how Elizabeth especially would react to that, if she survived the show (I figured Philip would be fine--he'd roll with it). But given the very real changes in her character this season, I don't worry about that anymore. I think she's less naive now, and more willing to see things in shades of grey. She's already had some of those shocks, too, so watching the rest of that happen will really just be a continuation of the road she's already on. She'll be dismayed by what happens next, but not destroyed by it.
The emotional costs for the kids / The fall of the Soviet Union
I don't, either. I do think that's what they have to tell themselves to get through this, though.
And, of course, in a few years the Soviet Union will fall and the borders will open and everything will change dramatically and I do wonder what everyone will think about that.
Throughout the whole show, I've cringed whenever I've thought about how Elizabeth especially would react to that, if she survived the show (I figured Philip would be fine--he'd roll with it). But given the very real changes in her character this season, I don't worry about that anymore. I think she's less naive now, and more willing to see things in shades of grey. She's already had some of those shocks, too, so watching the rest of that happen will really just be a continuation of the road she's already on. She'll be dismayed by what happens next, but not destroyed by it.
-J