#no offense bc i like ethan an ok amount but i would krill 🦐 him myself if it meant more rafael

[pyrothecary]

They weren't gonna kill Ethan for sure. Bryce as well as the second most popular LI. Jackie is the only female LI so that left Rafael to be the sacrificial lamb.

And the only reason they didn't go through with that was the script got leaked at the height of BLM protests and everyone protested that it was damn in poor taste to kill the only black LI in OPH, in a poisonous gas attack to boot.

So the attack was rewritten with the random security guard and Danny taking Rafael's place, but it was clear from Rafael's absence and the start of the story with MC at the funeral that he was the one supposed to die originally.

Man, fandom was. a. MESS. Everyone arguing on whether it was good Rafael had survived because the story suffered after the rewrites, whether PB was being racist in their decision etc. Polls were made on this subject. Everyone yelling and angry. People questioning the decision made to KILL Rafael in the first place because why not make it a close call from the start? Him dumping MC without a canon reason given already left a bad taste in people's mouths, and we never got an answer to that so it could have been a good opportunity for them to talk.

Anyway, Rafael survived and that's all that matters to me. The rest can choke.

Also, uh, I don't want to influence you but, uh, don't have much expectations out of OPH 3. It's, um, not very good. Had an interesting premise but didn't live up to it whatsoever. All non-Ethan LIs and non-LIs suffered from bad plotlines and OOC— actually even ETHAN got fucked over. It's a very frustrating book so please do your best to get into it calm.

holy fucking shit what a mess 😭😭😭 but yes i'm just glad rafael's alive and well!!!!!!

also anon PLEASE SAY SIKE. i was hoping book 3 would heal me from the shitshow that was the book 2 rafael romance. PLEASE I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER L