There is something strangely heartbreaking about the cartoon Tom and Jerry when you watch it as an adult. The other day, I was stuck in one of those mindless scrolling spirals when I came across something that asked, “What did Tom really want with Jerry?” and, for some reason, that single question sent me down an unexpected rabbit hole. What really was the point of those endless chases? The more I thought about it, the more it stopped feeling like a silly cartoon dynamic and
