The way people will act when it comes to Will Solace drives me insane like genuinely. You'd think he's some horrible, controlling, unreasonable guy when he just NOT.
To me it's very much a reflection of how people treat mental illness and trauma responses when they can't glamorize it, not to mention the flipside of that with how the fandom infantalizes Nico and i guess Will being a reasonable human being challenges that. Will is not annoying and bitchy, Will reacts very understandably to his environment given what hes gone through. That's a CHILD who experienced TWO WARS. plus he already had severe anxiety so of fucking course he's going to react anxiously to situations. I absolutely hate how people get pissy about Will's behavior in tartarus because im sorry, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM HIM?? OH YAY, IM SO EXCITED TO BE IN *HELL* RIGHT NOW! He was reasonably scared and was actively losing energy without the sun. Can y'all stop villainizing a child with anxiety, ptsd and ocd not to mention so much other shit??
The way people behave about his relationship with Nico is even weirder because what do you mean you're out here saying that Will is toxic, manipulative and controlling??? WHERE. WHEN. Will is stern at most, Nico has never complained or made it seem like Will is forcing him to do anything. There's nothing "controlling" about Will giving a fuck about his boyfriends health and not wanting him to DIE from overexerting himself. The thing is people exaggerate Will's disapproval of shadow travel an extreme amount aswell, Will is fine with it like half the time. He just doesnt want Nico shadowtravelling when its harmful (i.e too often, too big of jumps). Since when is caring about your loved one controlling??? Even when they do get fights, the fight is Will being worried about Nico and wanting to understand him. That all comes from a place of love.
Its EXTREMELY telling to me how i ALWAYS see any possible issues and gripes with Nico and Will as a relationship placed on WILL. Nico never has any blame whatsoever, it's always Will's fault. Nico is so baby-ified and coddled by the fandom its crazy and thats an issue in its own right but can we all LEAVE WILL ALONE? William Andrew Solace did NAWT kill your grandma omfg.
