#for every ill that has ever befallen anyone on the show (including himself being beaten almost to death in high school)

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#i find the corner of fandom who are so deeply invested in johnny they need to perform wild mental gymnastics to make daniel responsible #for every ill that has ever befallen anyone on the show (including himself being beaten almost to death in high school) #deeply deeply DEEPLY tiring #(and partially why I can't yet enjoy daniel's imminent spiral / because I know these same folk will LEAP on it in extremely bad faith) #(and yes to be clear I'm talking about a specific type of bad faith character crit here. not just any character-crit/meta) #like of course he has flaws (I literally just reblogged a gifset of one of them) #of course he has made mistakes #he and johnny making mistakes is the show ITS THE WHOLE SHOW #but it IS possible to like..... just enjoy johnny and not shit on daniel. it's really amazing how easy it is #like it's possible to acknowledge they're both train crashes without making it a competiion of who is actually the worst #or doing a big ole capital r Reach on the narrative #it's possible to not make it about the other guy and just have empathy for both of them and why they're like That #I understand the urge the defend ones blorbo (obviously) #but like....... stop #love them both #it's fun #we're meant to be having fun i think