FRIENDLY REMINDER that tyler lockwoodâŚ
was abused ( emotionally, verbally, and physically ) by his fatherÂ
was kindâve neglected by his mother, prior to kindâve creating a bond with herÂ
and then she was murdered by his arch-enemy
was manipulated and basically forced to trigger his werewolf curse with zero help from the people he cared aboutÂ
he would have had mason but mason was murdered #thanksdamon
when he found a pack he thought could help mentor him, they manipulated him further into hurting his friendsÂ
which he was very clearly not comfortable with and highly conflicted with but he didnât know what else to do because itâs not like there are as many werewolf mentors around as there are vampire ones
finally came into his own as a werewolf, found happiness with a girl he loved more than anything, and then was forced to turn into a monster and was sired to the devil himself
then forced to hurt the only person who heâd ever really loved and who had ever really loved him and in the process kind alienated his friendsÂ
was also, again, manipulated by this person who he ( at one point ) saw as a savior and a mentor
broke eVERY BONE IN HIS BODYÂ H U N D R E D SÂ OF TIMES OVER because he didnât want to hurt anyone anymore
every. bone. in. his. body. MULTIPLE TIMES.
devoted himself to protecting other werewolves from the threat of klausâ sire bond, made himself a pack, became a true alpha
guess what they got murdered too, whoda thunk
meanwhile, he gets hate bc ????? he gets in the way of ships, but i digress.Â
really fucking loves matt donovan
TOOK A BULLET FOR HIS FRIENDS SO THEY WOULDNâT BECOME TARGETED BY A GROUP OF STAKE-HAPPY HUNTERS. in public. in front of many people.
was turned back into a human, was probably finally happy to have the chance at living a normal life again
then had to trigger his werewolf curse again so that he wouldnt die
did i mention he had to trigger it by killing someone he loved? no. yeah.
took care of elena when she was in her coma, constantly kept her on the move so damon couldnât hurt her
got murdered by damon for shock value
and was very confident that it would mean the end of everything damon loved and it would be something people couldnât forgive
is in the afterlife looking over matt and being really fucking proud of his best friend and everything that heâs achieved. like tylerâs eternal peace IS LITERALLY BEING PROUD OF HIS BEST FRIEND LIVING HIS BEST LIFE iâm gonna cry about that for a little bit ok
was a really shitty character who did truly terrible things ( itâs heavily implied that he abused vicki in season one, heâs terrible to literally EVERYONE, used drugs and alcohol, beat people up, bullied people ) and he somehow turned around to be a really caring, protective, dynamic and strong characterÂ
FURTHER FRIENDLY REMINDER: that even though all of this shit happened and tyler lockwood was treated like shit, michael trevino still stops to take pictures with countless numbers of fans, goes out of his way to go to conventions, and is basically out there living his best life eating chocolate chip cookies and making instagram stories of his shoes