#joe was allowed to grow up and move on but vito was left craving something he watched everyone else have

[bettycanavosio]

thinking about how vito’s developmental years were ruined completely and the psychological damage that must’ve done to him………

#moving at 7 just to endure poverty? #alcoholic father dying at 17? #the war at 18? #mother dying and prison at 20? #like jesus christ #and when joe says he’s too old to sleep on his couch #i cannot imagine how painful that must’ve been to hear #joe was allowed to grow up and move on but vito was left craving something he watched everyone else have #then to hear he’s too old… to realise he’s closer to 30 than 20 #his life running away from him and he never got to enjoy it #and when he did enjoy it #it was with joe #who turns him away and denies him the chance to capture that childlike joy again #i need to. sit down #vs #s