Ok, so now there's now "Romeo is a stalker" being thrown around, and genuinely wtf???😭😭😭😭
Never once in the fic does he stalk Fran, he just bothers her a lot (and other things). Yk. Like the literal fucking source material.
Never once has Sock nor Moog ever implemented stalking elements into Frans and Romeos dynamic, so why would Kole just throw that in out of left field?? That makes absolutely no sense, romeo-wise (bc he just wouldn't fucking do that) or kole-wise, because she ls obsessed with Canon compliance. Unless it was stated somewhere by one of the co-creators, last time I checked, Romeo has never stalked Fran. So kole wouldn't suddenly make him do that.
The two times that ig could be mistaken for "stalking" was the opening scene where he waited for Fran and Helen to stop talking, but waiting for people to finish a conversation isn't stalking
The other time could be when he looked at her pictures, but Granny had showed those to him willingly, bc she loves bragging about her grandchildren. That's also not fucking stalking.
This is just ridiculous. Just because kole is a well known writer in this side of the fd, suddenly means she can't write characters with messed up morals? Yes. He's weird. But we see him regret a lot of the things he does, like the "ride something else" scene. He immediately feels bad for saying it, and the audience feels the same disgust at Romeo as Fran does. HE KNOWS HE IS NOT A GOOD PERSON RIGHT NOW, BUT HES SURPRISING IT BECAUSE OF HIS OWN FEELINGS. HE IS COMPLICATED IN THIS FANFICTION .
As long as Sock and Moog enjoy it (and can actually understand the plot, unlike a lot of people for some reason) then keep your thoughts to yourself. This whole thing is hurting kole because she's getting most of this hate for absolutely no reason, and I will make as many defense posts as I need to, so people will stop yelling at her. Please.
Ik I'm gonna sound like a pr*shiper rn, and I really don't like using this excuse, but these are two fictional characters. In a fanfiction.
I would understand backlash, if kole actually made Romeo a stalker, and planned on shipping the two characters together with that forced relationship, but she has done nothing like that. Stalker doesn't equal extreme loser with a big fat crush. Come on now, this is just ridiculous, and I think some people owe Kole an apology.