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And this how I know y'all never try to comprehend any story outside of a moral standard that you only heavily apply to fictions/fictional character and not in real life. I don't even like TJ that much but all you people do is simplified him into one dimensional character when your fav is the one dimensional one

This whole tik tok concept of wetsand being "Ian escaping TJ" is annoying. I as an Ian stan feel annoyed and disappointed as hell with the ending with how it is written but seeing some people keep saying some repetitive narrative that isn't true is just tiring. Ian wanted to escape the organization life style. He couldn't go on any longer in that life style. He stayed because of his beliefs that he drag TJ into the organization. He thought of himself as selfish because he was trying to get out of the organization while TJ is still in there. He never wanted to run away from TJ. He wants TJ to be with him and pick him but he never explicitly directly spoken out and confront TJ to leave with him because TJ was thriving in that organization. It was never about leaving TJ it was Ian trying to escape the cycle of violence that made him feel numb. Please actually read the story instead of this whole moralist shit for Jo.