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Like Will being a police officer and it's still a story that's quite critical of the police. The awareness that he is a good person who just happens to be a police officer, not saying that he is a good person because he is a police officers.

Riley's storyline is just????? god rewatching knowing what happened to her I'm like oh my god everyday must be so hard and I just love her so much. Just the way they portray her depression, how she spaces out and uses music to shut herself off and keep herself safe!!

Kala and her confliction about the fact that she doesn't love Rajan. And the way she learns to love him and it's not framed as oh he's so good to her he deserves this it's just? about her and how when given the space to get to know this person she finds that she really does like him.

Wolfgang's whole story seems like it should be such a macho storyline but it's not. Like he loves to sing and he's the one they turn to when they want someone fearless but then he can't lie to his family because he's scared???? And then Lito helps him?? Oh my god I cried.

Capheus and his just infectious joy for life and the way he cares so much. What he's going through is so hard and scary and yet he's so often upbeat and always willing to help others. The fact that Nomi doesn't know how to drive so he takes over because he's incredible at it? Such a beautiful example of how they cover each other I love it.

Sun being such a badass? And also like the way she's overlooked so often and looked down upon. Despite frequently being the most capable person in the room. The double life she lives and the way every woman can relate to her storyline despite the fact that it is a wildly specific situation.

AND FINALLY MY BELOVED QUEER CHARACTERS (with the acknowledgement that I do believe every main character in this show is queer but Nomi and Lito have the storylines that revolve around it).

LITO. God just his entire storyline of hiding this huge part of who he is because he's scared of the backlash. And the fact that this leads to him hurting the person who he loves the most. And of course it's understandable that he fears the backlash it's shown to be terrible but the way that while going through all of that horrible shit he discovered how brave he can truly be even when he's not acting. And he uses that bravery to help the people he loves (specifically Daniella and Wolfgang).

The way the show portrays the violation of being forcibly outed and how it affects Lito and his loved ones is heartbreaking and beautiful. The way amidst all the pain, his community rallies around him. And Hernando's reaction to his student putting up that photo of him and Lito? The dignity he maintains even though if I remember correctly that's the first he's seeing about this. The way he spins it to show his audience that sex is not gross or dirty, it can be passion and love and pleasure.

Nomi's storyline being so informed by the fact that she is trans while her character is not monopolised by it. She is a computer whiz, she used to be a hacktivist, she can't drive, she got arrested (several times)!!! Like she's a fully fleshed out character!! And she is also trans and a lesbian and her storyline is about that!! It's about her relationships with her family and Amanita. It's also about her committing cyber crimes!!

ASSAD ZAMAN