cannot endure this not physically hold, but endure
- Because I can't take this. - Can't take what?Chasing Amy · 1997 — 第 9 / 20 章 · 3'18" · C1
The Confession That Risks Friendship, Explained：queer our friendship
The two stop and one person says "I love you" — then keeps talking, qualifying it: not friendly, not puppy-dog, and possibly friendship-ruining. The look on the other person's face already reads as the answer: "shoot down."
あらすじ
The two stop. One person asks why they're stopping and gets "Because I can't take this." Then it comes out: love, "not in a friendly way," a disclaimer — "not in a misplaced affection, puppy dog way" — and the other called "the epitome of everything I have ever looked for." The speech keeps going: the friendship risk, a promise to accept being turned down, and one request: ten seconds.
注目の表現
queer our friendshipfucking planetthat's what you'll call itbring this to light
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このシーンの表現
queer our friendship
spoil or complicate our friendship
Right after the confession, he says it may queer our friendship and immediately adds no pun intended, a nervous attempt to soften the room.
I don't want to queer our friendship by making a joke about it.
このシーンの他の表現
- fucking planet
on the whole damn planet
- that's what you'll call it
you'll probably label it that way
- bring this to light
make this known
- shoot down
reject firmly
- dwell in it
stay with that feeling
このシーンのメモ一覧
42 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ
in a platonic manner
I love you and not, not in a friendly way.affection aimed at the wrong person
He rejects the idea that his love is just gratitude or puppyish attachment, and the clinical phrase shows how carefully he has rehearsed the objection.
And not in a misplaced affection, puppy dog way.puppyish, clingy manner not a literal dog, but clingy devotion
And not in a misplaced affection, puppy dog way.the perfect example of
You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being.relative clause: The clause defines 'everything' without 'that', folding his search into the compliment.
You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being.Stress the second syllable of 'epitome', glide over 'of', and land on 'everything'.
You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being.see me only as a friend
And I know that you think of me as just a friend, and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option...crossing a boundary
And I know that you think of me as just a friend, and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option...not an option at all not physical distance, but impossibility
And I know that you think of me as just a friend, and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option...without gerund: It turns an inability into a confession: standing near her automatically leads to wanting to hold her.
I can't stand next to you without wanting to hold you.Let 'next to you' run together; keep 'to' light and don't punch every word.
I can't stand next to you without wanting to hold you.look directly into your eyes
I can't... I can't look into your eyes without feeling that...cheap romance novels
that longing you only read about in trashy romance novels.cheap and lowbrow — Informal dismissal of lowbrow taste; avoid saying it to the author.
that longing you only read about in trashy romance novels.express love for
I can't talk to you without wanting to express my love for everything you are.make this known
And if bringing this to light means we can't hang out anymore, then that hurts me.spend time together
And if bringing this to light means we can't hang out anymore, then that hurts me.another day pass
But, God, I just... I couldn't allow another day to go by...get it said openly
without just getting it out there, regardless of the outcome,whatever the result
without just getting it out there, regardless of the outcome,parenthetical: The phrase interrupts the sentence to show he is reading her face while still talking.
which, by the look on your face, is to be the inevitable...reject firmly
He borrows the image of something being shot out of the sky to picture her rejection before she gives it.
shoot down.stay with that feeling
He is not asking her to analyze the hesitation but to stay inside it for ten seconds before dismissing it.
you just not dismiss that and try to dwell in it for just ten seconds.Keep 'in' very light and slide from 'dwell' into 'it'; stress 'dwell'.
you just not dismiss that and try to dwell in it for just ten seconds.In fast speech 'isn't another' blends; catch 'another' as the key word.
There isn't another soul on this fucking planet...damn (intensifier) — Strong swear used for emphasis; not for formal or unfamiliar company.
There isn't another soul on this fucking planet...only half as whole as I am with you not half a body, but only half as whole as he is with her
who has ever made me half the person I am when I'm with you.take it to a higher level plateau literally a highland, here a new stage
And I would risk this friendship for the chance to take it to the next plateau, because it is there between you and me.concessive clause: The concessive 'while' lets him accept her gesture before saying it was unnecessary.
which, while I do appreciate it, I'd never need a painting of birds bought at a diner to remind me of.「The Confession That Risks Friendship」を読み解く
What's really going on
Notice how the confession keeps getting ahead of the rejection. Before any rejection is spoken, it rules out the expected labels — "not in a misplaced affection, puppy dog way," then, "I'm sure that's what you'll call it." The cost is named too: "I know this will probably queer our friendship." And the verdict is read off a face: "which, by the look on your face, is to be the inevitable... shoot down." What is actually asked for isn't a yes; it's ten seconds — "dwell in it for just ten seconds" — a request not to dismiss the feeling instantly. Even the closing image, "a painting of birds bought at a diner," is offered as something appreciated but not needed as a reminder.
Theme
RomanceA confession delivered like a closing argument: love spelled out, the friendship risk named, and a ten-second request instead of a demand.
FriendshipThe speaker keeps measuring the cost to the friendship: "queer our friendship," "we can't hang out anymore."
発音のポイント
- epitome of everything — Stress the second syllable of 'epitome', glide over 'of', and land on 'everything'.
- next to you — Let 'next to you' run together; keep 'to' light and don't punch every word.
- dwell in it — Keep 'in' very light and slide from 'dwell' into 'it'; stress 'dwell'.
- isn't another — In fast speech 'isn't another' blends; catch 'another' as the key word.
I love you and not, not in a friendly way.The confession is explicitly romantic; the speaker rules out the friend reading up front.
You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being.A high-flown compliment: the other person is the perfect example of what the speaker has been looking for.
I can't stand next to you without wanting to hold you.Ordinary closeness now costs effort — standing nearby is enough to make the speaker want to hold on.
And I don't care. I like who I am because of it.The feeling is worth having even if it goes nowhere; the speaker credits it for liking themselves more.
Even if we never talk again after tonight, please know that I am forever changed...The speaker accepts losing the friendship as a possible price and asks the other to know that the speaker is forever changed by it.
このシーンについての質問
What does "queer our friendship" mean here?
To spoil or wreck it. The line says the confession will probably do exactly that, adds "no pun intended," and the speaker says it anyway.
Why does the line add "not in a misplaced affection, puppy dog way"?
It pre-empts the labels the speaker expects to hear — misdirected feeling, a puppy-dog crush — and then says as much: "I'm sure that's what you'll call it."
What is the speaker actually asking for?
Not a yes. Just ten seconds of not dismissing the hesitation: "dwell in it for just ten seconds," before a final answer.
Is the confession turned down in this scene?
The speaker reads the answer off a face — "by the look on your face, is to be the inevitable... shoot down" — and says "I'll accept that." No spoken yes or no follows in these lines.
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