"Billy killed people" while he was possessed, if we want to use that as an excuse to hate Billy then I can for sure hate will for getting hundreds of men at the lab slaughtered and he full on knew what was going on more so than Billy did. When Billy was possessed he completely lost control of himself and you can see that if you actually watch the show.
Also Eleven constantly killed people so bffr
"Billy is racist" even the actors for Lucas and Billy disagreed with that, also I would even say that if you actually look at his backstory with his father you see that Billy seen his dad and mom fight a lot, then he sees his sister and Lucas fighting (as his first impression on him) so he doesn't like seeing that happening.
"Billy is abusive" yes, you know who else is? Neil, you know who Neil was abusive to? BILLY. do you know what happens to someone that's been abused? the cycle continues.
"but max doesn't want to be like that" Max ALSO has a parent at home that cares about her, Billy doesn't. Billy's mother abandoned him to possibly die from his abusive father, and then Neil would constantly rub into Billy's face that he is with a new woman now and that Billy better accept that fact or suffer the consequences.
"but Jonathan was abused too and he isn't like that" first, I don't even remember that, if anything I know Lonnie bullied/abused Will, verbally, BUT you're forgetting one very obvious thing. LONNIE LEFT, not Joyce, the toxic parent left and the god parent stayed. Billy's mother, the kinder parent, the one that actually cared, LEFT.
I will actually make a better post that goes in depth about Billy and his character because I think he is actually one of the best written characters ever and he deserved more screentime, a second chance, redemption, all of the above.
