controversial opinion but,
boris is not a very good person. he’s not even a very good friend to theo. like of course there were sweet moments between the two, (him being there when theo had nightmares, etc.) and i understand if you haven’t read the books why you might like him, but because the time that theo was a teenager was so short lived in the movie, we didn’t get a chance to see their relationship develop. like as noted in the first chapter of the book, theo was so against smoking as was his mom. so you can only assume that boris peer pressured him. but it’s also the fact that (this may not be accurate) since theos dad was an alcoholic, the last thing i would want to do is drink alcohol. i noticed throughout the book that theo is 100% a people pleaser. so i can only think that the reason he’s doing these thing is so he doesn’t make boris feel bad or for whatever reason he may feel. i also noticed that in the book as his relationship with boris developed, the way he thought/the way he viewed life changed pretty drastically, much less detailed, much more angered/aggressive, (but his dad probably also played into that)
i remember when kotku came along, 1. boris like immediately started ditching theo (which i’ll get into in a sec) and 2. the way theo thought was definitely different, it was much more detailed and you could tell as theo was thinking back on their relationship there were definitely things he didn’t like. now this was referring to the hooking up, but it’s still something to think about and that is, “i wanted to tell him where i drew the line” (not a direct quote, but it was something like that) also him saying “i told myself i didn’t miss him, but i did.” makes me think of the fact that he knows the things they’re doing is wrong/he doesn’t want to do them.
When Boris and Kotku started dating it was so obvious that Boris can leave Theo for anyone with the snap of a finger if that makes sense, now i understand that they were dating but before Boris’ world consisted of just him and Theo, always prioritizing him, but now it was just him and Kotku, I also understand that he did invite Theo to hang out with them sometimes, but i dislike the fact that Boris completely ignored the fact that Theo was clearly uncomfortable around her. I know this sounds so like argh annoying i guess and i don’t mean to be one of “those” fans who criticize everything, but dear lord i hate how people are romantacizing/idolizing boris and how he acts.
It’s also the way he guilt trips Theo (maybe knowingly, maybe not) and again i don’t mean to be one of “those” fans, but it’s the way he’s like “you don’t want me to get in trouble do you.” “i’m literally going to kill myself.” i dunno it just feels like Boris taking advantage of Theo.
Final thing; i feel like the only reason Theo sticks by Boris is because he knows that Boris will always stick to the same routine, because if you have read the book and you noticed that when his mom died Theo lost all sense of a routine which in my opinion, made Theo feel like everything is falling apart (of course it was but for this i mean in the way of the way he lives not being the same everyday.) The routine consists of them getting high and/or drunk > goofing off > falling asleep (or hooking up 🤗🥲🫶) > throwing up in the morning > being hungover. It seems like it happens everyday, and even though it’s very self destructive it gives something for Theo to hold onto.
To me it just feels wrong that people love someone who’s sort of manipulative and someone who just has so many red flags, i’m not saying theos the best character ever either though (even though i love him with my whole heart,) because he’s the one who said yes when he could’ve said no, he never had to become friends with boris in the first place, but it still feels like boris isn’t great. (HUGE DISCLAIMER; THIS IS JUST MY OPINION YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AGREE AT ALL, DONT COME AT ME MAN)
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