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Your opinions are always the same as @moonchild. You guys have the same perception about the characters and the story. Did you perhaps see any of the raws?
I don't know them are they a user here? I don't really read comments here neither do I leave them (this was a rare instance) so I'm not really updated but I'm sure lots of people share the same thoughts. It's just that a certain side of the fandom is louder.
Yes I follow the raws.
Can I chat with you in private
Sorry but the way people downplay Jo's impact just gives zero reading comprehension Imagine someone like Ian, who was gaslighted for years to believe that he has only one family and friend (and that's why he stayed in that mess of a fwb thing and wasn't able to leave because "we only have each other"), who believes it's his karma to not live the life he wants, who was forced to stay in the gang that he hates, who was in this codependent, toxic and non-committed relationship of a mess. And imagine Jo becoming the first ever person he let in his life in FOREVER. Despite all the self-worth and self-blame issues he has, despite not even THINKING of having a friend, despite having all that dark past, he let Jo in. I can't believe people also ignore how it wasn't always Jo who came to Ian, Ian came back to him too, after rejecting him after their first sex and also after Jo came with food to find him with another man. So don't make it look like Jo is pushing his way forcefully when Ian looked for him too. And also it was Ian who accepted his hand, the same Ian who kept refusing people FOR YEARS.
So please stop downgrading Jo into a pick me guy who is bound to be pushed away and also stop ignoring how Ian also has feelings for him, like he himself admitted in ch36.
It's one hell of a struggle to leave a toxic relationship and get out of that cycle. Ian has been trying and he has shown potential. Of course it's hard and he'll find himself in that cycle later again. He won't change overnight. But I believe he'll heal and him healing means him leaving this mess behind.
And in this chapter Jo has proven that he is not one to give up easily. The one who is more resilient will be with Ian in the end. Jo doesn't wanna be a replacement (he says this in a later chapter) so he'll prove that he isn't. And he is already slowly gaining that place in Ian's heart. Maybe Ian isn't in love with him yet, but he cares about him a lot and it's a MIRACLE for someone like Ian, who doesn't let in others.
So I need my Jo stans to have faith. This is a love triangle and the author made sure many times that all the characters will have their time to shine and will have similar screentime. If one side is fed a lot, it means the other will be fed later. And I believe JoIan stans will be fed more and more, especially in the later parts of the story.