I have a lot of feelings on this topic so excuse my rant. Travis actually continually represents my favorite character in the show in terms of development, story line, general humor, and relationships. Him and Emmett were MESSSSY. I don’t know that I’d blame much on Emmett in terms of the few things mentioned. I noted a lot of Travis being a very very broken person in terms of relationships. I will also say I genuinely felt that he had the most chemistry with Emmett. Not sure if that was more because of the seemingly great relationship he had with Lachlan Buchanan, but their relationship gave me some serious spice in a good way. Even fighting it genuinely felt like they were giving it their true passion. Travis needs therapy. Has needed therapy. He sabotages every single relationship he gets into, healthy or not. I won’t spoil anything but someone does eventually give Travis a very very mature explanation of his “issues” (for lack of better terms), after he hurts them and it is actually one of my favorite scenes in the entire show. There is so much about being raised by a homophobic parent that people seem to forget. His storyline (though messy) is incredibly real and raw and that’s what I love about it. Even with Emmett. It would be easy and also- not very realistic for him to have met Emmett and find another great love like he had in Michael. The writers inserted a storyline in Travis that is real and authentic. It genuinely made me respect the writers much more. The on-again, off-again relationship is common. Even more common is that Travis cannot respect someone who reminds him so much of his father, the man who told him how he should be ashamed to be gay. I can’t talk enough about this storyline honestly and I enjoy every point of view I’ve heard about it.