i persoanlly love abe and so many people i know can't stand him,, and i don't understand it. he has experienced some truly terrible things, and people like to forget that and hold him to impossible standards that they don't hold anyone else too, like ben, caleb, washington ect have also done not great things but you never see people hatting them as much and vocally as they despise abe and its so annoying. #abedefensesquad2k17
they do, they do seem to forget. it’s a wonderful example of “out of sight, out of mind” for the most part — rather like his relationship with anna strong (and a lot of the hate does stem from this). don’t get me wrong, i don’t remotely ship them, but people seem to forget they were once engaged, once in love, and tragedy brought to them a sudden flurry of change they never asked for. their bond didn’t just dissipate because of that. there’s a reason why they have such trouble letting go of each other, regardless of the relationship growing toxic. does that make either of them perfect? no, it make them human. both of them. except since we never witnessed their beginnings, it’s out of sight, out of mind, and abe’s often held at complete fault. this occurs so frequently with him, but i suppose it is easier to simply echo the intense dislike and ignore the rest.