@katiectalksalot@aswissball Ian himself literally said Damon was a rapist & a terrible person but fans would always forgive him.
If Ian wasn’t hot I promise you’d be seeing a different reaction from them lol
Another problem is when Klaus was doing evil shit it was portrayed as evil and felt real. When Damon was doing evil shit the narrative would always try to overlook his actions or treat it as not a big deal just cause he was a main love interest.
Klaus actually suffered through severe trauma & had reasons for doing evil shit
Damon was just a dick to be a dick with no real trauma for him to have turned out that way
This is also the reason I also prefer Katherine over Damon, every evil shit she did was done to survive.