I dont think anyone should ever have to hide their relationship over being scared of a few mean comments. Nasty comments could easily get bypassed if op & joey posted each other in stories instead of actual posts. Everybody and their dog already knows who joe is in love with so atleast one or two reposts of supporting and promotinf his gf podcast in his stories shouldnt be that difficult. opinons on tumblr would make you think that everybody hates olivia but i think most of joes casual fans have no issues with her. You see on tt/x/reddit one or two mean comments op gets but the majority really are supportive..
I do agree that most casual fans probably don't have any issue with Olivia. Reddit seems to have shifted a lot over the last year, those who have actually met always have nothing but lovely things to say about her and the average fan at games generally seems supportive or simply doesn't care.
Would I like to see Joe publicly support or repost something she's proud of? Yes, I think that would be a lovely gesture . But I also understand why they might choose to keep their relationship mostly offline.
Where I disagree is that it's only "a few mean comments." It's gone well beyond that from a small group of very parasocial people. Someone has threatened to shoot her, there are people who repeatedly camp in her comment sections, and we've seen coordinated efforts to flood her comments and other people's comments with abuse.













