#ofts ep12

[misspoetree]

[ellasaru12]

[candygalaxyyy]

it low key feels like the screenwriters/directors have a personal vendetta against boston. we’ve never heard or seen the reasoning behind the way his character acts, compared to the other characters, he is a very shallow and surface level character. I had hoped that they would give us some sort of insight on why he is the way he is, given that this is the last episode. but we’re left with the same reasoning, which is he is a sl*t who sleeps with any living thing, doesn’t care about others and can’t control his desires. when i feel like boston’s character could have had so much more depth, for example, his separated parents & family dynamic could have been an excellent storyline in helping us know and understand him more.

him cheating on nick with boeing really just felt like a slap in the face, just to make bostonnick miserable, to paint boston as someone who can never change (but characters like top and ray are given grace?). boston’s polyamory being written as selfish and whory, yet it is totally possible to write polyamorous characters as the opposite by just reinforcing communication and respect within their storyline (3 will be free literally did such a good job with this imo). the same shallow portrayal of boston appears when he apologizes to mew. the others first point out that boston has made no prior effort to apologize, so if he hasn’t tried to make things right then obviously he sees no wrong in his actions? they never try to address or explain that part. so when boston finally gets along to sincerely apologizing to mew, all he says is that it’s his desires. what desires? how did these desires manifest? does he no longer have these desires? it just leaves his apology as a half-assed attempt to reconciliation, which mew obviously dismisses cause boston is ‘an evil person, who can never change’. and the breaking down of boston’s spirit doesn’t stop there… he tries to have a moment with nick? rejected (i don’t blame nick tho). he suggests the group to join him in new york next year? mew starts being condescending and tells him he’s only watching the fireworks with them because chuem said so.

after all this boston is left alone, no friends and no nick. he’s left to be the sole villain of the show with no redemption or character development (not that they gave him much of a character to begin with). and it truly is such a shame, as boston was really the driving force throughout the series. ​he really could have been the best character with the most compelling and intricate storyline.

[jenyifer]

So I’m supposed to believe Boston… didn’t want to be Monogamously with Nick after… this? I mean…. I’m going to try to rationalize it after feeling all this pain but… we supposed to believe Boston didn’t change? At all? That the monogamy was too much? Feels like slut shaming to me… people can change I don’t get why Mew and Ray get a free pass while Boston gets punished again and again and isn’t allowed to grow from ep 10 11

He would betray Nick? Really?

Ugh feels… fake but okay.

Also why do we not get a nick update 2 months later? Did Sand abandon him too?

[staticerror]

While most of you are praising the 'realistic' nature of Only Friends' ending, my issue isn't with the realism itself but with how the narrative was spun against Boston. YOU might have the media literacy to grasp that his ending is a realistic portrayal of how society treats promiscuous gay men.

But most people tend to agree with what they see. There might be insightful takes here on Tumblr, but the narrative's impact is evident when you go anywhere outside this platform.

Check out YouTube or Twitter, and you'll see what people are saying about Boston. You'll see everyone talking about how he deserved the ending he got. Even after everything, he remains the villain in the eyes of most viewers.

So yeah, miss me with the realistic shit.

[these-emo-thoughts]

Forget threesomes, I want a foursome with TopMew and SandRay 🤷‍♀️

[cherrychapstiq]

So the final episode 🥹

Sand and Ray protecting and keeping their relationship was so good to see. Ray being protective of Sand and choosing water over alcohol was like medicine for my heart. Sand just being an absolute cutie.

Top and Mew being cute and communicating. Also Mew in this episode was my favorite Mew of all 12 episodes.

Nick 🥹 I'm sooo proud of him. He really chose himself and it made me so happy. I really liked that he said he'll focus on himself. It'll do him well to love on his own self.

Boston stayed a cunt till the end. I honestly felt betrayed when he went and kissed Boeing. That dude really should just stay single and enjoy life alone. Having casual consensual sex without promising anyone anything.

Overall I really loved this story, characters, music. It was the perfect Saturday show and I'll miss it.

Thank you to everyone who was making gifs, memes, theories, posts ❤️ You all made my days, weeks, months.

To anyone that took time to read my crazy posts (sometimes chaotic ones too) - thank you ❤️ I hope they made you smile.

It was so fun to join and share thoughts with you all. You're all so awesome and I hope your life is only full of love and happiness. ❤️❤️❤️

Till the next one ✌🏻

[misspoetree]