Lia is "too toxic" for Michael?
I will never understand people who act like Lia is "too toxic" for Michael. Absolutely not. If anything, Michael is arguably worse to her because the sheer number of shots he takes at her is wild.
Blatantly and aggressively pursuing Cassie right in front of Lia’s face from the second she arrived.
The whole truth or dare scene where he asked for Lia's real name. He knew it was an incredibly sensitive, traumatic topic for her, and he weaponized it anyway.
When he jumped in to pseudo defend Cassie after Lia was upset about the Dean situation in Killer Instinct. He should have stayed silent because she was already upset about Dean shutting her out.
I get that Cassie was in immediate danger at the party, so abandoning Lia there is a minor offense (even tho it was very angsty for me). But he sidelined Lia the entire day, didn't look at her in the car, and was annoyed with her afterwards (sure, she was rage-baiting him, but still).
To this day, I will never understand why he wouldn't clarify that Celine was just a friend. The intentional vagueness was cruel.
The in five seconds scene. Lia was pushing his buttons a bit during a complicated time but she was feeling rightfully insecure.
The "longer and better than i've loved you" line. This STUNG even though he didn't mean it the way it came off.
There's definitely more offenses but these are the main ones. In contrast, what exactly did Lia do to him that is so bad in canon? Don't get me wrong, they're both toxic, but Michael is worse to her (from what we've seen so far) and I just don't see why people would think otherwise. Please enlighten me.