And for anyone wondering why Ian is planning to leave TJ, even though they're constantly sleeping with each other... Well so far we've found out that TJ ruined Ian's leg and future as an athlete, which Ian secretly knows but was too scared of confronting him about, both slept around with others instead of committing to a relationship with each others, TJ put him in severe debt through Jason (we don't know if Ian knows TJ was behind that) so Ian had to continue to commit crimes against his will, so he couldn't leave the gang that made Ian a murderer and made him think they're all monsters including himself, a life that made him feel like he deserves bad karma, has put his life in danger, and made him unable to fall asleep without s**. They have until now been together for 19 years and during that time shared such an unhappy life together that Ian even was a drug addict at one point... So Ian believes they can only be happy if they're apart and therefore got plans to disappear.
What's his relationship with Jo? They have gone from strangers, to have multiple conversations where Ian gets to open up about his issues for the first time, to start a physical relationship and both confessing that they like each other... Jo struggles with Ian sleeping around, and Ian struggles with his ongoing feelings since he's scared of how things will turn out. And it's obviously very new compared to 19 years of knowing someone and different from any relationship Ian has had before.
Girl, stop convincing yourself that everyone around you hates you for no reason. There is a limit on dislikes on the site and everyone knows it. You just wrote complete bullshit, distorting the plot. The author has already written many times that all three characters have their light and dark sides, which makes them human, so stop looking for villains among them. I would also like to clarify a few details:
— Ian came to the gang earlier than TJ and at his own request due to the fact that his mother could not provide her child with such basic things as food.
— TJ burst into tears when he saw that his loved one was ruining his life with drugs because he considered himself to blame for the death of his mother, and only thanks to his intervention Ian was able to quit this addiction.
— Over nineteen years together, the guys have shared a lot of good and bad memories, which is normal.They obviously have a lot of amazing moments together and the author promised to reveal them later. Ian also recalled the past with a smile when he saw TJ laughing, which already says a lot.
— The situation with the leg and the debt has not yet been revealed, but from the last chapters it is already clear that TJ did everything to protect Ian. He is literally ready to die that his loved one was safe.
— Ian never wanted anything serious with Joseph, but he began to manipulate him and guilt tripped over broken fingers, first to become friends and then threw a tantrum when he realized that his friend was sleeping with other people.
— Jo imposes his ideals and opinions on Ian, goes crazy with jealousy and also has a lot of flaws so stop trying to make him look like a saint, wanting to denigrate TJ. — Ian really loves TJ. This is a well-known fact that was confirmed even by the author after the starfall scene, when Jo asked if Ian had a loved one. The answer was “There is... There was...”. Doyak explained that at that moment Ian accidentally blurted out to Jo that he already had a loved one (TJ), but then corrected himself, realizing that he had said too much, and pretended to be talking about the past.
And with this I’m not trying to tell everyone that Jo is bad and TJ is good, but I’m just asking you to stop distorting the truth. All main characters have their strengths and weaknesses. They are not children and are responsible for their own actions.
