On the surface, Trevor is an amazing human. He’s trans and open about it, (and played by Elliot Fletcher who is also trans and in my opinion is a beautiful soul and talented actor) as you said he helps homeless LGBT+ youth, and he educates Ian on LGBT+ stuff that he is still ignorant about.

BUT

He is a serious ass and hypocrite. Trevor is sexually and emotionally manipulative, has a hair width temper, explodes at Ian for literally no reason, and is overall a really negative representative for the trans community. People online have said really disgusting things about the trans community because of Trevor. I, and other fans, have corrected people online who made nasty judgements about the trans community based on Trevor’s representation. They mostly say they don’t even WANT to understand queer gender identity/gender dysphoria because they assume that they are going to have their heads chewed off for making a mistake or have anxiety from fear that they are going to say something accidentally insensitive from their ignorance, because Trevor bites Ian’s head off multiple times sometimes for making insensitive comments and other times for no reason at all. 

Now, Trevor isn’t always that bad. There are a few times that he provides some gentle guidance when Ian slips up, but a lot of times, he is that bad. And mostly he was chill when he was trying to get in Ian’s pants (so was being a smooth operator in my view), was an asshole when he wasn’t getting what he wanted, and didn’t chill out again until after they did fuck. And when they did finally have sex, Ian was so uncomfortable. Trevor asked him what his boundaries were and Ian said “my boundary is not getting fucked in the ass.” He had to smoke weed before having sex. No one should have to be inebriated to have sex, and I personally think that shows Trevor in a bad light for allowing Ian to go through with something he clearly didn’t want, and for not holding himself to a higher standard and simply finding someone who wanted him as badly as he wanted them. It’s not as though Trevor couldn’t pick up someone else. He even said as much when Ian freaked out at learning he was trans; Trevor said, “I don’t need your cis-gendered ass, I can fuck any guy here!” Well, what happened to that? Having Trevor incessantly pine after Ian, and be sexually manipulative about their friendship, painted a bad image of how desireable Trevor actually was and contradicted his claim that he could fuck whoever he wanted (which also paints a bad image on the trans community imo). A more positive message would have been for Trevor to go find someone else, be friends with Ian, and maybe be a little caddy and be like “yeah, see, this is what you’re missing out on!” We could see Trevor being desired, he could be in a healthy relationship to show that these kinds of relationships are possible for Trans people and are normal, and would have given Ian a true friend (and maybe even a chance for him to be like fuck! look at what I missed out on!)

 Basically, Trevor wanted to prove a point to Ian that he was sexually desirable (which is fine) except that he took it to this level of ‘we can’t even be friends if we aren’t fucking.’ And Ian doesn’t have any friends, let’s remember, so he’s desperate for just about any friendship he can get now that Mickey, his best friend and lover, and Mandy, his best friend, are gone. 

Had Trevor allowed their friendship to naturally evolve into more, I may have been on board. All he had to do was offer Ian some gentle guidance, keep being a shining light for the LGBT+ homeless, and be there for Ian when shit hits the fan… But he went the total opposite direction. There are several moments where I beg him to stop while he’s ahead and then there’s that one statement or one action that makes me genuinely dislike him because in those situations, had he stopped at X point in a scene, I would have been okay but then there’s always that point of no return that he crosses that makes me dislike him.

I’m sorry this turned into a rant. I have a lot of feelings about this character because the representation offends me as a trans ally. Not all trans representation is good representation and I think we have to be careful and picky about what kind of representation is accepted. I love that he is played by a trans actor… but reportedly, even Elliot Fletcher himself doesn’t like Trevor or the way he represents the Trans community (that’s what I’ve heard, at least. Some people have told me they saw him say as much on twitter or tumblr, I can’t remember which).

I think you can probably skip season 6 and be fine. There are still some important developments in season 6 and there are some good moments in there, but for the most part it’s my least favorite season and you can probably catch on to what happened from the season 7 recap and context of 7x01.

But here she is in season 5, completely neglecting her family at home, throwing the “guardian” card around when it suits her but not actually doing much to assert her position as guardian or doing anything to make sure her siblings are staying out of trouble because she’s gone all of the time! I mean, Carl turned into full-blown thug and Debbie got it into her head to trap a boy she liked with a baby and this is definitely in-part, if not completely, due to Fiona’s absence.  

Also, she has always been hateful towards the Milkovich family since the start of the series, but yet has no problem with Ian shacking up with a Milkovich despite the fact that he clearly has no idea what mental illness/bipolar disorder is? She has never felt positively towards the Milkoviches, never recognized the good either of them tried to do for their respective Gallaghers (Mandy encouraging Lip to go to college and even filling out the application that got him into school; Mickey bringing Ian home when no one else could, being a friend to him and getting him to lay off the drugs, etc.) but will allow Ian to move in with both Milkoviches and trust that they are actually going to keep an eye on him? That makes absolutely no sense and in this situation, Lip is no better. How are you going to hate on a group of people, but decide that while they aren’t good enough to hang around your family when they are dating your sibling, they are good enough to take care of your mentally ill sibling while you sort your own life out and act like you care from afar, conveniently butting in when things go to shit or after the dust has already settled?

Now fast forward to season 6 and Fiona is turning into mega-bitch. Granted they put a lot on Fiona that season, but Ian and Debbie definitely had a point when he called her out for being a bitch. Season 6 Fiona didn’t really do much to piss me off in particular, though her getting involved with Sean was annoying. Like, had she learned nothing from her experience with Gus?

Season 7 Fiona however, I have a HUGE problem with. As I already mentioned, Fiona agreed to be the guardian of these kids but now is saying “pay rent, or get the fuck out.” NOW, I understand that is her right, but she seems to forget that Debbie and Carl are still minors (15/16 and 14/15?). She can charge Lip and Ian whatever the fuck she wants because Ian has a full-time job and Lip isn’t in school and is an adult. But she was being completely unfair to Debbie and Carl. 

Yes, I agree Debbie needed to pay for the baby stuff herself and maybe even pay a small rent with the house if only to teach her financial responsibility with the baby. But how can Fiona expect Debbie to get a job while in high school and with a baby without offering any assistance or even ideas for where she can get assistance? Of course she’s going to turn to stealing or prostitution or scams! I just feel like Fiona set Debbie up for failure and while some people may not feel sympathy for Debbie, and I don’t, not really, I do feel concern for the child Fiona is effectively kicking out onto the streets if Debbie can’t cough up the cash. If Debbie can’t get a job or pay $300 bucks a month living at home how the fuck is Fiona expecting her to get a job and live on her own?! Then pretends to care when Franny is stolen by the paternal family which wouldn’t have happened if she’d at least tried to work something more reasonable out with Debbie in the first place. Fiona was 110% setting her up for failure. 

What I would have liked to see would be Fiona mentoring Debbie so that she learns a lesson about what she did, but also recognizing that the baby is here now and punishing the mother is punishing the child who is 200% innocent in this situation. I would have liked to see Fiona telling Debbie to get someone to watch Franny three nights a week so she can work, maybe Ian or Lip offering to watch her; you know, helping your siblings out like you’re ideally supposed to. But Fiona is basically punishing Debbie for having this baby despite her warnings and their fights, and I don’t think it’s right.

Then the whole “don’t call me, put me at the bottom of your emergency contact list” thing was bull. shit. 

She is their guardian. Period. For the adults, sure, ask that they call someone else if they have anyone else. But do NOT put YOUR responsibilities on another sibling who did not ask for these responsibilities so that you can get your life going when you AGREED to put your life on hold until the youngest was 18. There were so many different ways Fiona could have handled this and I was not a fan of how she handled it. I get trying to make a point to Lip that she can make something of herself despite her situation, because Lip needed to be put in his place for being the elitist prick he always claims to hate. But don’t then take that out on the rest of your family to make the point to one. And the rest of the season she had a disgusting “all for one”, “me for me” attitude. I’m proud of her for finding ways to make something of herself and for doing well, but why did she have to be such a bitch about it? Why did she have to push her other siblings (namely Debbie) to doing dangerous things to care for themselves when it is literally her JOB to care for these kids? She’s lucky that Carl had Luther to guide him in season 6 and 7 or else he probably would have gone back to the gang for money. She’s also lucky that Frank was there (oh dear God did I say that?) for Liam because she wasn’t there to find out that the school was closed! So Liam found Frank who was surprisingly there for him in a way he’s never been there for any of his other kids before.

She turned into a serious pragmatist in season 7 and it just honestly tainted her whole character for me. I really hope that turns around in season 8 because it does look like the whole family comes together for something, but I’m also seeing some spoilers to indicate otherwise, so we’ll see I guess.

Anyway, that is my very LONG explanation of my very complicated feelings on Fiona. Season 1-4/5 Fiona, I love. She is my baby. Season 5.5-7 Fiona? Can seriously rot.

Thanks for the ask, anon! :)