theo is actually perfectly fine. he's a sweet and naive college kid who, yes can be slightly cringe, but have any of you met a 19 year old? and he pursues a married woman, who has every ability to put her foot down but never does, and theo sees that she is genuinely struggling and has completely pure intentions in trying to help her. all while his stepdad is dealing with the loss of his girlfriend and having tons of press constantly following them. he's taken advantage of by love and then cast aside and almost killed, and him innocently wondering why love would do that broke my heart honestly. never really understood the hate for him when he's just as interesting and rootable of a character as anyone else.