Why do you hate uh... Raphael! (Only thing I remember that irritates you right now)
hahah, poor Raf. Oh, wait no.
Under the cut because long rant and, also, spoilers.
I don’t actually hate him, I just find his character annoying and a poor representation of struggling and depressed people. Also, a terrible choice for the heroine’s “true love interest” as they put it. The only reason he ever goes back to drinking is because “Jane chose Michael” or something of the sorts and when he’s depressed he keeps insulting Jane and, instead of holding him accountable for his despicable actions (like turning his son against his mother and her former-dead husband who was tortured, had amnesia and was kept from his own life for years because of his family drama), Jane feels guilty and is guilted back into a relationship with him. The moment Jane chooses him, he shuts her down because “he can’t trust her” just because she decided to check if she still had feelings for her now alive former-dead husband because Rafael suggested it.
This whole arc was written poorly and everyone who doesn’t have heart-eyes for Justin’s abs can see Rafael is to be held accountable for all of his terrible actions (including regretting telling Jane about Michael’s return). I never hated him, really. I just think he’s the prime example of “heroine must rescue troubled man and make him whole again” and “depressed people are allowed to treat people around them like shit because they’re depressed” and I don’t like that. It made both him and Jane “who wants to get him back at all costs” annoying.
Oh, also, he has three kids but basically forgets about the twins and his ex-wife all the time. But, yeah, he’s suffering for Jane, we gotta understand him.
Also, I hate the fact that they used Michael to invalidate three seasons of their own show and pit Michael, Jane’s “love interest”, against Raf who’s apparently her “true love interest”, basically sh*tting on their own show, on a wonderful character, on the actor playing Michael and half the fanbase just because they wanted Raf & Jane to be endgame in an explicit way that basically killed everything about the past seasons.
I’m still convinced it’s because Raf is Mateo’s father and they want the heroine to get her “Catholic style” family and because Justin has pull in the fanbase because he’s the conventional “dreamy, hot guy”.
