#anyway again i point out that i actually LIKED tommy well enough in 7A

[daniclaytcn]

also the funny thing about people using the actions of the other main characters as some kind of gotcha while defending tommy to say, "see! everyone's problematic!" is, well. it's not about what tommy did, it's about this half-assed 'redemption arc'—if it can even be called that—where the show tries to side-step around the events of the begins episodes while also bringing back the stuff that's convenient for the story they want to tell at present. most of the other shitty stuff that the main characters did? they've actually been addressed by the show and the characters faced consequences. hen's infidelity continued to have ripple effects on her family and marriage all the way up to s6. you have bobby and eddie who are stuck in the torture chamber constantly being haunted by their pasts. it's almost like it's easier to sympathize with (main) characters when we've seen the full context and nuance behind their actions and seen them actually have to deal with the consequences rather than have them swept under a rug!