Be my Augustus Waters

What's up, my bitches?

... okay that was totally fail. Forgive me. I won't do that, ever again. Pinky promise!

Jadi, akan ngebahas apa postingan gue kali ini? Setelah gue liat - liat lagi kayaknya beberapa post sebelum ini kayaknya serius semua, bikin orang depresi -_- so, I have decided to pick another topic. 

Mungkin buat elo yang nggak suka baca novel, judul postingan gue ini bakal terasa asing bin aneh. Tapi buat elo yang penggila novel, who the hell doesn't know him? Am I right? Haha. Oke, kembali lagi ke topik awal. Kenapa gue pilih judul di atas? Karena Augustus Waters adalah tokoh fiksi kesukaan gue (baru - baru ini sih but.. who cares?) dari novel The Fault In Our Stars (TFIOS) karangan si jenius John Green.

Let me tell you few things about him (and of course, a bit spoiler).

Augustus Waters itu main character dari TFIOS alongside Hazel Lancaster (yang sering dipanggil Hazel Grace). Gus (panggilan Augustus) ini sebenernya punya sakit kanker parah tapi nggak mau ngakuin. Dia kenalan sama Hazel di support group. As the story went on, mereka jadian. Sayangnya, Gus nggak mau bilang ke Hazel kalo dia sekarat (Hazel juga sakit, dia harus bawa tabung oksigen setiap mau pergi). Dia nggak mau Hazel ngerasa berbeda. Gus akan selalu mengatakan kalo dia baik - baik aja.

"I'm in love with you. and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion  is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you."

Hazel punya sebuah keinginan buat ketemu penulis An Imperial Affliction, Peter Van Houten, yang tinggal di Belanda. Dan berkat wish dari Gus, mereka berdua (ditemenin ibunya Hazel) bisa ke Belanda dan ketemu langsung sama Peter (which actually a douche at first). Gus merelakan hampir semua miliknya buat Hazel, waktunya, cintanya, anything. Dia mencintai Hazel tulus, nggak peduli walau pun mereka berdua sama - sama sakit.

"Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. I would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you."

Sebelum meninggal, Gus minta Hazel dan Isaac (sahabat Gus) buat ketemu di gereja tempat mereka biasa berkumpul untuk suppot group. Yang nggak gue sangka adalah ternyata Gus meminta mereka buat ngebacain eulogy buat dia kalo suatu hari dia meninggal. Meskipun dia tau umurnya udah nggak lama, Gus tetep berusaha ngebuat Hazel tersenyum.

"I'll fight it. I'll fight for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay.. I'll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time."

Augustus emang meninggal di akhir cerita. Dan Hazel harus rela ngelepas cowok yang udah ngebuat hari - harinya lebih berwarna. Tapi gue tetep salut sama mereka. Kalo kata Koh @aMrazing sih, unconditional love. Ini menurut gue loh yaaa, beda orang kan beda opini :)

Their love is just so beautiful and I just can't find the right words to describe it. Sumpah, John Green sempet bikin gue nangis waktu Gus nyatain cintanya ke Hazel. Cantik, sempurna, indah. Gus nggak mentingin egonya sendiri, itu yang bener - bener gue kagumin dari dia.

"What else? She is so beautiful. You don't get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: you know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I am so lucky to have her, Van Houten. You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers."

 Jadi yah, sekarang elo tau kenapa gue milih Be my Augustus Waters buat jadi postingan gue kali ini. Mungkin kita sering denger kalimat super cheesy, "Be my Romeo" tapi setelah baca novel TFIOS, gue lebih suka seseorang buat jadi Gus daripada Romeo. Gus itu cowok baik - baik yang sayang dan cinta sama Hazel apa adanya, nggak neko - neko.

Do you fave any favorite fictional characters? Who is it?

Cheers,

Dina