#luchen

No hate to authors specifically, BUT

I actually despise how lots of fanfics just shove him aside completely or try to belittle him not only as a love interest, but as a character in general. I love Chenrich and I'm the biggest Steph simp overall, but come on, people. Ryan is great. Stop making him just a side piece, stop making him the bad guy, stop making him someone insignificant to both Alex and Steph.

When I played True Colors for the first time, I already knew I would go for Steph, because again, I'm the biggest simp. But Ryan was so precious I really had a hard time settling for Steph the first time, I even gave him the rose the first time because their dynamic with Alex was so comforting, but still had to replay the the fourth chapter for a completely different reason.

I mean I know people were frustrated to know that Alex can get mistreated by him in the end, but... To me it makes him human. Flawless and imperfect, but actually realistic.

I don't like that because of that scene people call Steph the superior love interest, because no. The fact he has an option to not believe Alex makes him just more versatile. Plus, Steph had no personal reasons not to believe Alex during the counsel unlike other characters.

Ryan is not worse than Steph as a love interest and he's a really worthy character apart from romancing him. Why my boy is so often getting reduced to just "oh, he loves birds". He's much more than that.

If you're a Chenrich writer, thank you, but don't make an errand boy out of Ryan for your Chenrich.