@filmenthusiast: 500 Days of Summer gets darker when you realize Autumn 🍂 isn't Tom's happy ending - she's his coping mechanism. When Tom meets Autumn after Summer destroys him, her name alone sends him into flashbacks. Instead of seeing her as her own person, he's using her as emotional scaffolding. The film shows us something uncomfortable: Tom hasn't learned anything. He's not ready for love - he's still grieving his fantasy of Summer. Autumn becomes a placeholder, a way to avoid dealing with his actual feelings. That final scene isn't romantic growth. It's Tom repeating the same pattern with a different woman. The movie's genius lies in how it disguises emotional stagnation as a fresh start. #500daysofsummer #autumn