Hand in Hand: Truth & Love; Will Grayson & Will Grayson

          I recently started reading the book "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan. This story is told in two, first-person narratives. When Will Grayson and Will Grayson coincidentally (or not) meet, Will Grayson A (I'll be referring to them as Will Grayson A and Will Grayson 1) had just had his heart broken by finding out his online love was actually a cruel joke played by his not-so-great-of-a friend, Maura. Both of the Will Graysons talk about truth and love, and how they make each other possible, and yet also suck. I thought this would be a blog-worthy thing to write about.
          Will Grayson A, who was mid-emotional breakdown, said to Will Grayson 1, "you know what sucks about love?" To which Will Grayson 1 replies, "what?" W.G. A says, that it's so tied to the truth." When W.G. A says this, he says it because he just found out that his love, Isaac, who he had talked to online every day for over a year, was completely unreal. Isaac was the one good thing in his life, the one person he didn't completely hate, or wasn't simply tolerating, and now he finds out that it was all a sick joke. The anguish and anger and despair he must feel is absolutely ginormous. But what he wishes, and what he expresses through that excerpt of dialogue, is that he wishes he could still have the feelings he had without having to know that Isaac wasn't real. He says that it sucks that love can't just be love-- it has to be connected with truth, and troubles, and difficulties, and everything else
          Will Grayson 1, trying to comfort Will Grayson A in some way, tries to think of something to say. Eventually, he says, "I know it sucks, but in a way, it's good." Ehhh... Not the best thing to say. But then, he says, "Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know?" And those two sentences bump up the worth of the first sentence by quite a bit; Will Grayson thought so too. What Will Grayson 1 is trying to say, is that without truth, what is love? Just random emotion, floating around, with no true meaning behind it. The feeling would still be there, but what would it's purpose be? And what would truth be, if there weren't any emotions or feelings to back it up? It would just be fact, and that's what life would become: entirely factual. Will Grayson A realizes that too.
          Truth and love are two things that you can count on to truly be hand in hand. It's like those are two "truths" in life you can count on (heh). And I agree with what Will Grayson 1 said, it sucks, but they make each other sound and possible. Love without truth is just pointless feeling, and truth without love is nearly pointless. If the two weren't permanently joined and always associated with each other, what would life be? Just random emotions mixed in with cold hard facts, and there would be no relationships of any sort, no emotional communication (well, that would mean anything, anyway)-- life wouldn't really have much of a purpose. Although it definitely does suck, because love can also come with some sad truths, without it, where would we be?