I Remember Crying While Reading The Book Because Of How Relatable Wills Arc And Insecurities Felt To

I remember crying while reading the book because of how relatable Will’s arc and insecurities felt to me. Then I checked the fandom to see their thoughts and everyone was insulting him so much. Some takes were just awful…

Like, one of the most important part of this character is that ever since he was young Will was assigned the responsibility of taking care of others. That resulted in him becoming overworked, stressed and very guilty when it comes to things that were out of his control. No kid should be responsible for so much.

And what the fandom does?

Oh yeah, put all the responsibility of successfully and flawlessly taking care of his depressed boyfriend (who clearly needs more support than a single person could realistically give) on this 16 YEAR OLD BOY. And then get mad when he stumbles and call him a terrible human being.

No shit he didn’t succeed, no one would. I feel like if Rick made Will magically cure Nico’s depression with love, people would have complained less. A big part of the solangelo fandom already headcanoned Will as the perfect caregiver who would fix Nico and not have any large struggles of his own. There is a lot of subtle ableism in this fandom.

The moment Rick attempts to write a more realistic relationship between two severely traumatized teenagers, people get mad because Will isn’t the magical solution to all of Nico’s problems.

I’m not dismissing the importance of caregivers, some people do need partners that assume this kind of position and I wouldn’t be that surprised if it ended up being Nico’s case. However it is fucked up to expect this 16 year old to be perfectly ready for something like that at such a young age.

remember when tsats came out and everyone acted like will solace was the devil? that was fucking weird

We need less inspiration porn and more documentaries that discuss the disgustingly normalized infanticide of disabled kids.

Thank you for adding my Kabru edit, I feel so honored right now 😊

Yeah, mental asylums can be horrible abusive places, my family has some history with them.

My mom’s stepdad was married to a schizophrenic woman in the 80s, long story short, her sanity got worse over time and she started to get violent towards her children, so he sent her to a mental asylum.

I know that she spent at least a year there, mental asylums in Brazil were so bad that my mom’s stepdad started noticing it and got her out. I don’t know a lot about her but I feel so sorry for how she was treated.

She was lucky my mom’s stepdad was a really good person (not exaggerating he literally befriended a hitman who shot him), but not all people had the same luck.

We need less inspiration porn and more documentaries that discuss the disgustingly normalized infanticide of disabled kids.

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