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actually i am still thinking about dan goodman from next to normal. at some point during the course of the play, you start wondering why he isn't also still grieving his son in some way, since loss like that never really leaves you. when his solution to di's amnesia is to just not tell her about their son and his death, you think, oh, he's probably repressing his own grief and loss, likely because he's had to prioritize supporting his family.
but to get to the end and have him be the one to reveal gabe's name? that gabe's ghost stays with him and flips "i am the one" in such a chilling reprisal, to take the song about support and stability and flip it on the guy who's been trying to be an anchor in his family's life, to make it about gabe being the anchor the same unhealthy way he was for diane--and then to have "light" come back but it's moved onto dan and nat???? and gabe just lightly touching his sister's hand even though he isn't real and they've never met. when you're struggling, your whole support network struggles!!!!!!!
this musical!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thinking about how Dan essentially lost his son and his wife on the same day.