Wes & Annalise in every episode
"Mama's Here Now" (1x13) / "The Night Lila Died" (1x14)
Annalise: Momma, that was one of my students.
Ophelia: Mm-Hmm. Somebody's always the student, somebody's always the teacher. That's how sex works best.
The writers made it very clear that the relationship between Annalise and Wes was not normal. We as viewers picked up on the ambiguity (remember the "Are they mother/son or lovers" debates?), but the characters on the show noticed their strange relationship too.
I love the remarks others made about their relationship: their comments went from purely maternal and platonic, to more romantic, to deeply disturbing...
Here's an overview of how each member of the K4 saw their relationship:
It seems like Annalise likes him. A lot.
Laurel: Saw Annalise as an overprotective and slightly possessive mother figure to Wes. Laurel was grieving at the end of S3 and took her anger out on Annalise, but I do believe that Laurel knew they loved each other, and Wes was like a son to Annalise.
You two dragged us into your Oedipal crap.
Connor: Saw their relationship as deeply disturbing. He thought Wes was brainwashed and got increasingly more dependent on and obsessed with Annalise. His "Oedipal crap" comment and Norman Bates comparison were unhinged (but also kinda true?)
I saw the way you looked at each other.
Michaela: Was annoyed with Annalise's favoritism and thought something potentially romantic was going on. She was jealous of Wes in S1, but as she got more annoyed with Annalise, she also started to care less about whatever was going on between them.
I know how close you both were.
Asher: Except for a crude joke in 1x03, Asher just noticed they were very close. He was either neutral about their relationship, or potentially thought it was sweet.
I honestly feel a bit sorry for Wes... Annalise's favoritism created a rift between him and his classmates (and especially Connor, Michaela, and Asher), in a way isolating him from everyone else. He never asked to be the teacher's pet.
Friendly reminder that Annalise has in a way, watched Wes grow up. She has watched him go from a child who had trauma in his life from such a young age and even as an adult carrying that burden around and receiving even more trauma to growing into a young man who has learnt to deal and live with he’s grief, but also didn’t let he’s past and everything in between define him. Wes still wen’t out and found he’s own happiness. And in this moment, Annalise must have been so proud, relieved and happy.
And then he just ends up gone from the world, all that grief and pain and trauma and almost making it to more then just another statistic, murdered.
They knew Wes was being killed off and decided to force him on a relationship with no buildup to please some shippers as a consolation prize and fuck you HTGAWM writers bc he deserved better than that shit.
Also no enough screentime with the female lead considering you were gonna kill the male lead off? Trash
I need Wes and Annalise to happen. I wish it more than any pairing on this show. The dynamic just fell in our laps. Might not have been intended first episode but Annalise hands under Wes’ lapel was too golden to throw away.
