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my biggest problem with billy stans is not just the fact that they excuse like. all of his DISGUSTING HATEFUL HORRIBLE behavior, but it's the reason that they do that.

to put it simply, billy has a really bad relationship with his father. neil is a horrible person and took out his frustration on his wife and kids. but him having a bad home life does NOT just make all of his actions disappear.

like he is HORRIBLE to max, he's super racist and almost beat a kid to death because of his race and the fact that he was associated with max, he beat steve until he was unconscious, then KEPT beating him until max stepped in and sedated him, he yells at max and is awful to her (just wanted to emphasize that again because max does NOT deserve this), and he legit almost ran over a group of kids. (there are so many more examples but these are some of the ones that come to mind first)

"no he was abused by neil so know we understand why he did that" like ok???????? that is an EXPLANATION that fleshes out his character a bit more and adds depth to it. that is not an EXCUSE for all of his behavior. max was dealing with neil AND billy's shit and she's a WAY better person than them. jonathan was actually in a similar situation, and you know what he did? he cared for his little brother instead of tearing him down even more (unlike billy)

an EXPLANATION ≠ an EXCUSE.

also just wanted to get this off my chest i feel like people forgive him more because he's attractive???? WHAT????? just because someone tickles your fancy doesn't make them a saint. and then the billy stans are either ignoring his actions because he's hot or infantilizing (?) him because "aw he has daddy issues we must protect him"

i'm sick of this bullshit, billy is a BAD HORRIBLE DISGUSTING PERSON!!!