this post isn't a hate post for libby in particular. it's more directed towards a fan account on tiktok for her who... quite frankly, acts like an AI.
she's made a few posts about how alisa is rude to avery and libby, also using quotes where the brothers don't trust her so that they can make it look like libby is closer to them. I do not care how much you want to romanticise Libby's 'siblinglikerelationship' with the brothers, but the scale is nowhere CLOSE to their one with alisa.
firstly, she used an example where alisa was "mean" to avery, and the second slide was where libby is being a normal sister. this is genuinely the most stupid comparison I've seen, because alisa and avery knew each other for THREE DAYS during that scene. what are you expecting?! and then alisa gave avery the phone so that she could speak to max—reason for giving the phone being that avery had no one to look our for her, and yeah, that no one includes libby! libby was going through her own struggles from drake and then spending a lot of time with nash, meaning she wasn't really there for avery unless it was to assert her place as guardian because she was being petty. later on, we see avery joking around with alisa more and willing to risk everything to bring her back when they took alisa. the hawthornes, too.
secondly, the post where she attempted to make it look like the hawthornes didn't trust her, and that she wasn't really loyal to them. mind you, she nearly CRIED when she found out they had second guessed her intentions. there is a scene where she speaks and says she sacrificed everything, including nash, to work for this family. Nash has to tell his brothers to look out for her, because he is scared she is overworking herself. sure, you can call alisa rude, but she is in NO world 'unloyal'. it makes no sense to frame libby as closer to them when alisa knew the family since before they were born, and she practically raised them. "I've known you since you were in diapers, and you've always been trouble." how could you say you 'love alisa' while downplaying everything she's worked for? what, because she didn't give it all up for a man, meaning she isn't loyal? bullshit.
then, she tries to act as though nash not getting back with alisa proves her worth. infuckingsane. now obviously this is going more into the ship war itself, but I still feel its necessary, because its being brought up as if that means alisa is less of a person. there is a key difference between alisanash and libbynash. he married libby because he thought he was enough to take care of her. he has a savior complex (before anyone say this is fanmade AGAIN, it states this flaw twice in the FIRST book), and he feels as though he is not enough if he cannot "save" the person. for alisa, he couldn't save her from tobias' manipulations or get her out of that house. stuck in his own head, he believed that she deserved more than what he is. the whole "they were too different" is dumb because you are not trying to look past your own nose as to WHY they were different. "he wanted to leave and he wanted to stay" but WHAT did that mean for how they thought of themselves?
nash=I wasn't enough to make her leave
alisa=I wasn't enough to make him stay
literally just queue the entire album of 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' in order, and that will describe their relationship.
again, this is not hate towards Libby's character, it is to her fans. my best friends are libby fans, so are so many of my mutuals, and they are genuinely such sweet people. but they aren't the ones degrading a woman for not being chosen by a man. the fans who say these types of things are the reason many people started to dislike libby. instead of making alisa the villain, try to realise they are both now stronger people and have overcome large things at the hands of men. as libby used to be my favourite character before I grew as a person and realised maybe she is more of a reflection of my immature self, there are SO many things you can praise her on, rather than "Nash chose her for a reason." libby survived a toxic household, abuse, and her own mental health. alisa survived her grief, being trapped in tobias' words, and her self doubt.
they're both amazing in their own way, and it's important not to tear them apart JUST because of a ship. no, I am not the biggest fan of libby. do I hate her, though? no. that would be hypocritical, seeing as she is a mirror of old versions of myself. but NONE of those reasons have to do with nash. I'll get defensive when it comes to alisa/alisanash and point out the other sides flaws, but that doesn't mean it is the reason I'm not fond of her character.
the account im talking about ALWAYS says "this was made up by fans, it's not true" but ignores quotes we bring up from the books and jlb herself contradicting her statement...? yeah, nice way to deflect. and then she proceeds to make up her own little narrative with NOTHING to back it up besides small quotes where if she just read the whole scene, she would've known her point was wrong. I like to compare this girl to AI because when AI can not find an answer across the internet, it makes it up LMAO
"alisa fans attack me for no reason" while actively hating in their comments before they even know who the fuck you are is just...weird!
ps. editing this and seeing all the typos cause of so tired is embarrassing HAHAHA