I love the flashback and what we've seen of Brian and the Sol and Lorkan he knew before. Honestly, I think it's even more tragic because now we know that Lorkan so thoroughly broke Ian down that he has no individual will whereas we know how vibrant and strong willed he would have been if he had not been so systematically abused (aka what Brian was).
Exactly! I love how bright and strong-willed his personality is in the flashback compared to how he is in the present. I can’t believe I saw a comment earlier that said Ian should end up with Lorkan bc he sees Ian as “Ian” and not as Brian like WHATTLorkan isolated and groomed him!!
I don't really think it's a problem with Sol, it's more so Ian. People are upset cuz the last time we saw Ian, HE was upset that Sol saw Brian in him and that's the feeling the audience is stuck with throughout the flashback. And it doesn't help that we've never seen any other new perspective/or change from Ian in like...more than a year (HELP)
Brian and Ian are literally the same person!! The flashback is just his backstory so why are so many ppl upset? If someone has amnesia it doesn’t make them a different person at their core. Sol knows there’s a chance Brian/Ian will get his memories back so why wouldn’t he try to help him? It doesn’t mean he loves “Brian” any more than he loves “Ian”