Ha! No one has ever accused me of being kind before.
The problem with the way Oliver's romantic drama is portrayed is that it feels like the writers are determined to make it part of the plot every single time, and honestly, it's hard to take it seriously because it feels so disingenuous. If it were just some guy you knew, five different girls (Shado was way in the past) over the span of a year and a half isn't really that big of a deal. Oliver's a young, single guy, so he's not doing anything wrong on a moral level - it's not as if he's cheating on his girlfriend or anything in the current storyline, so I can appreaciate that at least. (Psychologically is another story - that boy is messed up.)
But every single time, Oliver's hook-ups have to be part of this huge plot twist and I'm so over it. Still, it's hard to condemn him for it because a) it feels more plot than character driven and b) Oliver still has a lot of growing to do and he's an emotionally traumatised mess. He's on a learning curve, and as boring and repetitive as all the faux-romantic drama can be (seriously, the writers need to find some other stuff to focus on) it highlights Oliver's development and without that potential for growth the show would be dead in the water. You can't have a lead who is fully functional and flawless - they have to be a little bit broken so the audience gets invested in what they could become.
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The problem with the way Oliver's romantic drama is portrayed is that it feels like the writers are determined to make it part of the plot every single time, and honestly, it's hard to take it seriously because it feels so disingenuous. If it were just some guy you knew, five different girls (Shado was way in the past) over the span of a year and a half isn't really that big of a deal. Oliver's a young, single guy, so he's not doing anything wrong on a moral level - it's not as if he's cheating on his girlfriend or anything in the current storyline, so I can appreaciate that at least. (Psychologically is another story - that boy is messed up.)
But every single time, Oliver's hook-ups have to be part of this huge plot twist and I'm so over it. Still, it's hard to condemn him for it because a) it feels more plot than character driven and b) Oliver still has a lot of growing to do and he's an emotionally traumatised mess. He's on a learning curve, and as boring and repetitive as all the faux-romantic drama can be (seriously, the writers need to find some other stuff to focus on) it highlights Oliver's development and without that potential for growth the show would be dead in the water. You can't have a lead who is fully functional and flawless - they have to be a little bit broken so the audience gets invested in what they could become.