Wow, this comment made my day!
Thank you so much for your feedback; I'm so glad I could bring some small amount of originality to this overworked subject. As bad as it sounds, I'm sort of happy it hurts to read because I wanted it to be. I'm surprised it made any sense because of all the references I made that are just known to me. If that translates as personal, yay! I'm so glad you think this is deep, too. That's a big part of what I strive for in all my writing.
I really don't know how to tell you how much everything you said means, but I'm so, so grateful.