Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Worm?

Have you ever asked this question to someone you love? Like your partner, your siblings, your parents, your friends? How did they react to it?

Often times we tend to overthink, would these people still love me even if I am not me? In a different life or in a different world, would they still choose me? So many what ifs in different scenarios, in different worlds.

I was once again reminded of this question when I watched the movie Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. It's funny that I already watched this online, together with W, when in fact, it will just be released on screen on June 29 😂

I don't know if you already encountered this movie since it's trending already. With movies that showcase multi-verse nowadays, I loved this one the most! Not only because it is Asian, but because of the message of the entire movie.

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Let me point out the things I realized from the movie itself. Don't worry, if you haven't watched the movie yet, this article won't spoil you so go ahead and continue reading.

In this movie, I've got the answer to the question: Would you still love me if I was a worm?

If you really love the person in the universe you're currently in, for sure, you'll love them as much in every universe there is. This movie really showcased it in a weird, fun, yet touching manner.

The mother and daughter relationship

If you had that feeling of wanting to blame and be angry towards your mother for the pain, the insecurities you have... but at the same time you still long for her as your mother.. even though you've hurt each other a lot of times, even though you don't have that perfect mother-daughter relationship, you keep coming back to her because you know, deep inside, you love her and she loves you too.

I was teary-eyed when the movie portrayed this scene. I'm soft when it comes to parent-daughter relationships 🥺

The lines that struck me the most:

You have unlimited potential because you’re so bad at everything.

Knowing that you're bad at everything means you've tried to be good at those things - cooking, dancing, singing, studying, driving... name it. Being bad at those things is a proof that we are limitless.

I love you in every universe

I wanted to say, in another life, I would be happy just doing laundry and taxes with you

These lines just show how someone carries through the love in every universe, that they will still choose you in any universe, in every iteration of you.. this just makes me melt 💖🥺

Love, Joy, and Kindness

Since it's multi-verse, the movie portrays how love, joy, and kindness exist in every possible universe..

even in the world where you are married to someone you hate,

even in the world where you're just a rock,

even in the world where you have hotdogs as your fingers...

There is still love, joy, and kindness. They're everywhere if we will just look at it.

Nothing in life matters

This movie shows how we perceive this phrase nothing in life matters, not the judgement from our parents, from the society, our social status.. nothing!

We tend to look at it and decipher it as sad, that if nothing in life matters, we should be sad about it. The world we are living in right now is showing that everything should matter, even the brand of your watch, or even your underwear.

But in this movie, it depicts a different point of view, that we should be happy, weird, excited.. that nothing in life matters. Ignore the social status, ignore the judgements from the people around you.. just choose love, joy, and kindness and you will feel what it feels like to live. These are what makes life worth living.

So, if you want to watch Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.. watch it here. Thank me later ☺️

June 8, 2022