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“But what is grief, if not love persevering?” (Donney & Shakman, 2021).
“But what is grief, if not love persevering?” (Donney & Shakman, 2021).
It is a famous line from Marvel Studios’ Disney series, WandaVision. Ironically, when I first encountered it while watching the series many years ago, I did not think much of it. I might have even rolled my internal eyes in response, thinking that it sounded good, but I had trouble appreciating that the statement could have any meaningful connection to my life.
I heard the same line again a few days ago in the new Marvel Studios’ Disney series, VisionQuest. And this time around, it landed differently.
I had always thought that this line was about death and coping with its aftermath. That’s the context under which........