#everyone in alnst are such fascinating characters outside of their ships

[crustyfloor]

It's really hard on the gut seeing ppl only ever consider the characters' relationships instead of the characters themselves,

"I wish Ivan lived for Till" His relationships aren't all there is to him.

If he should want to live for anyone, it should be himself. Giving his whole being to Till is what got him to this point in the first place (I do not blame Till for this.) Wishing the pain of the same cycle of yearning, rejection, etc on him just because you want him to keep chasing after someone WHO DOESN'T LOVE HIM BACK. Is just... *incredibly un-based buzzer noise*

Ivan already has a severe lack of self-esteem to begin with, do you know just how much self-growth and development he would need to grow from that? to consider a life worth living for him and himself only? ITS SO INTERESTING, Ivan should not just be reduced to 'Till's loverboy' in fact, it feels like a mockery of his well-written character when people only care about that. He has such deep lore outside of his story with Till that needs to be talked about more often, his personality is just as interesting, his thought process, EVERYTHING. It just sucks how some people won't consider that first.

(I think this fandom may have a bit of an issue with intertwining characters with each other so much to the point where it's like their relationships are their whole personality. People will blatantly hate Till JUST for not reciprocating Ivan's feelings. Or will wish Iban 'tried hard enough' to get Till's attention, please. give them a break. They don't deserve this.)

You want Ivan to live for IvanTill.

I want Ivan to live for Ivan.

We are NOT the same!!!