500 days of summer analysis

Are all girls like summer Finn? Or are they like Tom Hansen?

Girls are usually depicted as the the heartbroken ones in relationships and I guess they are more emotionally attached to it than guys. I mean guys tend to be the ones who are shown to get over failed relationships easily, at least on the surface lah. It's like the mass media usually portray girls to be more vulnerable, whether physically or emotionally, than guys. Maybe not all, maybe some guys are like Tom Hansen, but that is quite unusual. So called the more 'emo' boys. Seldom you'll see girls like summer who is more free spirited and quirky and leaves guys suddenly

Hm do you think someone can be both a summer Finn and Tom Hansen? Like to certain ppl they just have to leave them for the betterment of whatever they deem worthy of and for perhaps a certain person they'll always be a Tom Hansen? Is that possible?

Maybe Summer Finn is a Tom Hansen towards the guy she's engaged to. Yes I think it's possible for a person to be both summer and tom. For someone like summer who doesn't believe in love at all and gets engaged, then the other party must be someone that is really special to her to have broken through her defensive wall towards love which has been erected around her whole mindset/actions/mannerisms/behavior etc. I believe it won't be easy to meet someone who is able to alter your whole perception of love, and if that person comes along, of course you'll hold on to him and become a Tom Hansen just because of the fact that he changed you and show you a world you've never experienced before

Now a final question, will a Tom Hansen ever get over whoever who broke his heart? And will he still be a sucker for love?

Anyway I think a Tom Hansen will take a long time to get over someone who broke his heart since he devoted so much of himself into the girl. I'm guessing he will be thinking of her every moment, but he'll get over her eventually. How long it'll take, it depends on him, and the people he meets. If someone like autumn comes along and he spends time with her and finds out; hey, she's interesting, he'll most likely see things differently. If autumn is intriguing enough, and he dates her, then I reckon while he is dating he'll be thinking of what ifs scenarios with summer. What if the person with him is summer right now? Maybe he'll even take autumn as a replacement for summer at the beginning, because he recognizes that feeling he has had with summer while with autumn. Is he in love again? I'm guessing he'll see some parts summer in autumn. But gradually he would see the difference between them and really fall for autumn. And I think he will still be a sucker for love, but not as much as before cause he got hurt, and maybe his belief is shaken

So true.

Now from another perspective.

can a person be both a summer and tom?

Cause right usually people's brains have a subconscious defense system which ties a feeling with a memory. So for example if you are heartbroken from a relationship right now next time you'll naturally be extra wary and suspicious. I'm sure you've experienced it before. It's just your brain trying to protect yourself from pain luh.

Hm another question, will a tom-tom couple work out?

But usually I would say a Tom-Tom relationship would be more stable than a summer-Tom relationship purely because a summer-Tom relationship is a relationship is based on superiority and it's really quite difficult to work out unless the Tom is really patient.

Wow so much thinking for a day.  btw these questions came up when I was thinking of 500. It's such a heart breaking movie and yet so relevant. I guess I've got most of my questions answered.

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