The End?

So hey, I haven't written here in forever.  Been busy, and haven't thought of anything particularly interesting enough to ramble about.  But somebody commented to tell me that Katers and Cory broke up.  I didn't know whether to believe it at first, but I found the vlog and confirmed it.  Given how much I've blabbed about them in the past, I figure it only makes sense to say my piece and wrap this topic up for good.

About the only thing I can say regarding the breakup itself is that I'm not surprised.  At all.  These are two people around ten years apart in age from two completely different parts of the world.  Cory gives the impression of being an emotional roller coaster, and seemingly content to keep doing what he's doing, while Kate gives the impression that she's too motivated to sit still or to want to deal with someone or something she perceives as holding her back.  He was her proverbial stepping stone to live and start a career in America, but she's apparently ready to step forward again.

As for Cory's vlog about it, I can't comment too much on his reaction.  These people are actors, even in their vlogs, and I have to take all of it with a grain of salt.  He appeared upset, and I suppose some small part of me still feels bad for him if he's hurt.  But then I remind myself of how the audience was misled and lied to, including about their relationship, which just makes me have mixed feelings.  Call it karma, perhaps.  Especially if some of the other accusations we heard about were true. 

I didn't see any comment from Kate about it.  I looked at her channel, but I don't particularly enjoy sitting through her videos anymore to find anything.  She's even more different now than when I stopped watching.  Skipping through, I never saw anything that looked like tears, so I assume she hasn't said anything.  Then again, who's to say she would even cry about it?  She sure didn't in her "the vlogs are over" video.  Not to mention, she took up that mentality of making sure her channel was based entirely around positivity, deleting or banning anything negative in her comments to enforce that, so perhaps she wouldn't mention it at all.  Especially when it could mean a possible drop in views.  I think the initial potential romance drove some of her viewers to keep watching, and then it peaked when the relationship began.  A relationship ending is pretty much the credits rolling for those people. 

The thing that bugged me about Cory's video though was that here he was, publicly sharing this with everyone, and yet at the same time telling people not to talk about it in the comments.  You're dropping a bombshell on people who have followed this saga for years, and now you're telling them not to voice their feelings?  But at least he told his fans, which I guess is more than I can say for Kate (to my knowledge).

Like I said, they're from different parts of the world.  Kate might have lived in America for a few years now, but England is still her home.  I doubt she feels particularly anchored.  She could probably decide to move anywhere for her career if it fancied her to do so.  I mean, she moved across the ocean for it to begin with, after all.  I don't think Cory would be as willing.  Cory's also older, more at an age where he would want to settle down a bit, where as Kate's just getting started.  People like Kate, who lived much of their early life as more of a hermit from lack of confidence, are going to spend more time being carefree after coming out of their shells. 

As for what I said about Cory being her stepping stone, I won't go as far as to say that I think Kate used him.  There's no way to really know that for sure.  But I think it's safe to say that without him she probably wouldn't be where she is.  It's also safe to assume Kate will bounce back just fine and move on, but Cory is the one to be more concerned about.  He seemed somewhat clingy towards her, and his emotional state goes to such extremes that you'd almost worry that he might do something stupid.  As far as I know, he's never done anything like that, but you can't help but wonder.  Hopefully there's people around to keep an eye on him.

Anyway, yeah, like I said, it was inevitable.  I saw people saying in Youtube comments that it's all a total shock, but perhaps I'm at an age where I'm able to see these things more easily.  These kinds of relationships just don't tend to work out.  They not only grew up in different decades, but on different continents.  There's not enough in common in the long run.  And that's completely aside from the personality differences.  It wasn't meant to be.

Oh well, it was a long time coming, but at least the soap opera is over.  I doubt I'll have any reason to look in on either one of them from now on.  So I wish them just as much luck as either deserves, whether that's for better or worse, in finding what they're looking for.