That's an interesting way to interpret the ending. :3 It's neat to me, since I took it in a different direction.
In this fic, Yamapi isn't always right, and neither is Jin, but together they manage pretty well. Jin has enough spirit and heart (ironically) to make up for Yamapi's weaknesses, just as Yamapi's strengths compensate for Jin's. They're a lot like a ying-yang: when they're together, there's a little bit of Jin in Yamapi, and (literally) a little bit of Yamapi in Jin. I interpreted the ending as a recognition of their dynamic relationship.
“You just keep going forwards,” Jin says, after a moment. “And you stop looking back. And you think about the moment in the bottom of that bottle, the moment when you took my hands and you trusted me. That's what you do.”
IDK. It doesn't bother me that Yamapi didn't trust Ryo completely, because it makes him more flawed, and thus, more human. Same for Ryo, who had trouble trusting himself. It also worked with the way Ryo interacted with Yamapi and Jin in earlier parts of the fic -- especially parts two and four (for instance, the reference to cabin 893).
I agree that there is something bittersweet about the ending. In leaving land and everything it stands for behind, they are burning bridges, and that, to me, is always sad. Don't get me wrong: it is still powerful, but that moving feeling the ending inspires is peppered with a hint of sadness. (Though perhaps that sadness makes the ending even more powerful.)
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In this fic, Yamapi isn't always right, and neither is Jin, but together they manage pretty well. Jin has enough spirit and heart (ironically) to make up for Yamapi's weaknesses, just as Yamapi's strengths compensate for Jin's. They're a lot like a ying-yang: when they're together, there's a little bit of Jin in Yamapi, and (literally) a little bit of Yamapi in Jin. I interpreted the ending as a recognition of their dynamic relationship.
“You just keep going forwards,” Jin says, after a moment. “And you stop looking back. And you think about the moment in the bottom of that bottle, the moment when you took my hands and you trusted me. That's what you do.”
IDK. It doesn't bother me that Yamapi didn't trust Ryo completely, because it makes him more flawed, and thus, more human. Same for Ryo, who had trouble trusting himself. It also worked with the way Ryo interacted with Yamapi and Jin in earlier parts of the fic -- especially parts two and four (for instance, the reference to cabin 893).
I agree that there is something bittersweet about the ending. In leaving land and everything it stands for behind, they are burning bridges, and that, to me, is always sad. Don't get me wrong: it is still powerful, but that moving feeling the ending inspires is peppered with a hint of sadness. (Though perhaps that sadness makes the ending even more powerful.)