imo ians journey was never about moving on from tj. it was about taking charge of his own life instead of blaming his fate for everything, & about actually coming to terms with his past while being able to leave it behind. tj was never ians past though, even in the v beginning he implied he'll leave "for a few years", which he did end up doing in the end. moreover, if the basis of the story was ian leaving tj & the gang, then the story couldve ended around s2 bc tj had basically pushed him out of his life and the gang, so ian couldve left. instead ian spent the season searching for tj. i can see why people think tj was the Big Bad guy, the main evil in the story and Jo was clark kent coming to save ian, but that was never the authors intention, and she made this v clear from the beginning. she said the story's about all three people changing, not about one saving the other. thank you for coming to my ted talk ill be back w more in a bit <3
imo ians journey was never about moving on from tj. it was about taking charge of his own life instead of blaming his fate for everything, & about actually coming to terms with his past while being able to leave it behind. tj was never ians past though, even in the v beginning he implied he'll leave "for a few years", which he did end up doing in the end. moreover, if the basis of the story was ian leaving tj & the gang, then the story couldve ended around s2 bc tj had basically pushed him out of his life and the gang, so ian couldve left. instead ian spent the season searching for tj. i can see why people think tj was the Big Bad guy, the main evil in the story and Jo was clark kent coming to save ian, but that was never the authors intention, and she made this v clear from the beginning. she said the story's about all three people changing, not about one saving the other. thank you for coming to my ted talk ill be back w more in a bit <3