And That Was What Destroyed You In The End: The Longing For Something You Could Never Have.

“Don’t criticize what you can’t understand.”

— Bob Dylan

“Oh Rascal Children of Gaza,” by Palestinian poet, Khaled Juma, 2014

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

— Lao Tzu

*Me after every RNM episode*

saying it in my head even after everything at the end of it they still don’t let this storyline be about Alex, they made other ppl disappear and other characters notice THAT right away. they’re prolonging Michael being proactive about it multiple times now and heap double standards on him

it’ll be one episode where Michael can make it about his love for Alex alone. maybe. and no personal journey for Alex at the end of it

when the audience questions these choices we have to see comments about how “not everything michael does have to be malex related!111” after this season? how is that even a relevant comment

writing choices can be criticized and it doesn’t have to be a personal attack on the character it affects

Period

. . . that meant everything

I can't believe I'm seeing people calling this season the definition of "cosmic" when we have not only had ZERO Malex interaction in 5 episodes but also had to put up with

A) Alex being in danger and reaching out to his "cosmic" boyfriend's ex, instead of reaching out to his boyfriend directly AND the "clues" all being things the audience knew nothing about until they were said in the episode, making them carry zero weight

B) Michael not showing one single iota of worry that his boyfriend hasn't called to check in in DAYS. Not a "made it to the hotel finally" text, not a "just called to say goodnight" call, not a "me after sleeping in the car last night" pic of a hunched old man, not a "found my 5th balloon! I can't wait to get home to you, I miss my 👽" text, NOTHING.

If I hear one more person try to justify this shoody writing that paints Michael in a way we KNOW isn't right by saying "it's only been a few days, he said he'd be out of range, Michael had no reason to worry", I'm gonna scream.

Spoiler alert, even aside from all those reasons being dumb, you don't need a reason to worry. Worry just HAPPENS. And for someone with abandonment issues like Michael we should be seeing him worry! Even if he thinks maybe he's overreacting so he doesn't tell anyone else he's worried, WE as the audience should be seeing his worry because that's what you do when you love someone. You worry about them.