I think people who say the ending of the story was rushed fail to see the ending was appropriate for the relationships that Ian had with both TJ and Jo. The ending of Joian just reflects what their relationship was, practically an empty husk. Ian doesn't tell him the truth even at the very end and outright refuses to discuss his relationship with tj to Jo. Even when it clearly hurts Jo, he's never really given proper closure. But what do y'all expect from a situationship? Even in real life situationships always have a very anticlimactic end they just end cz thats how little that relationship mattered. Jo wishing Ian happiness is not out of character it's the only way he can deal without losing his shit and lashing out at Ian who if we remember ended things in the beginning of season three. Jo held on and Ian felt he just had to accept that even if he didn't want it. No one was right or wrong in that situation. It stopped being about love and they would just continue to hurt each other if they didn't let go.
The ending with tj is not surprising either. Why should they have a communication arc or something like that? Ian was down bad for that man always and when he finally got the chance to lock him down he didn't think twice. It's not out of character for him to be erratic when it comes to TJ. He didn't want to wait anymore cz for two decades he'd been waiting for things to change and he finally got the chance to change things so why would he wait? That communication happened eventually just not for the readers and that's fine. Read in between the lines. Tjian's only way forward was a proper relationship(and I know the Jo fans who were yapping for the story to end would not have liked seeing their married life).
The creator tried their best to accommodate everyone when she was being bullied for her choice which we now know was nearly a decade old. Of course the ending would be short cz she also has to protect her mental health. Y'all forget these people are human and deserve some grace when their writing is consistently being questioned by bitter readers who often don't even understand the story, they just want their expectations met even if it's not narratively sound. People were saying she's stupid and she should die and y'all expected an elaborate end gtfoh!!! Next time read like a normal human being and not some deranged animal. Then you'll get an elaborate ending.
I think people who say the ending of the story was rushed fail to see the ending was appropriate for the relationships that Ian had with both TJ and Jo. The ending of Joian just reflects what their relationship was, practically an empty husk. Ian doesn't tell him the truth even at the very end and outright refuses to discuss his relationship with tj to Jo. Even when it clearly hurts Jo, he's never really given proper closure. But what do y'all expect from a situationship? Even in real life situationships always have a very anticlimactic end they just end cz thats how little that relationship mattered. Jo wishing Ian happiness is not out of character it's the only way he can deal without losing his shit and lashing out at Ian who if we remember ended things in the beginning of season three. Jo held on and Ian felt he just had to accept that even if he didn't want it. No one was right or wrong in that situation. It stopped being about love and they would just continue to hurt each other if they didn't let go.
The ending with tj is not surprising either. Why should they have a communication arc or something like that? Ian was down bad for that man always and when he finally got the chance to lock him down he didn't think twice. It's not out of character for him to be erratic when it comes to TJ. He didn't want to wait anymore cz for two decades he'd been waiting for things to change and he finally got the chance to change things so why would he wait? That communication happened eventually just not for the readers and that's fine. Read in between the lines. Tjian's only way forward was a proper relationship(and I know the Jo fans who were yapping for the story to end would not have liked seeing their married life).
The creator tried their best to accommodate everyone when she was being bullied for her choice which we now know was nearly a decade old. Of course the ending would be short cz she also has to protect her mental health. Y'all forget these people are human and deserve some grace when their writing is consistently being questioned by bitter readers who often don't even understand the story, they just want their expectations met even if it's not narratively sound. People were saying she's stupid and she should die and y'all expected an elaborate end gtfoh!!! Next time read like a normal human being and not some deranged animal. Then you'll get an elaborate ending.