Like if someone wrote his storyline in a show in present day I think audiences would have reacted very differently. This guy did NOT have a single loving figure in his life, even his mother that he tried to remember fondly was horrifically abusive to him.
still so weird to see my otp that had a handful of dedicated long time shippers blow up so much that now there’s thousands of new art for them at my disposal. it’s like wandering through a desert dying of thirst and seeing a mirage. but the mirage is real