Ah, yes, the story hasn't convinced me so far that Jo is the answer for Ian. It would be quite refreshing if he wound up going his own way entirely.
The reason ppl are shipping is because there is an endgame dispite others wanting a single route, which don't happen in love triangles.
Though I would agree Ian development without a new romance but it's actually necessary through a new romance because Ian character needs to know through love, he always felt unwanted and at fault so seeing some more open to loving and wanting him helps change his perspective.
I wouldn’t agree that Ian didn’t know love. He had that, as an athlete or however you’d describe his talents. So — I think It makes perfect sense for him to reconnect with himself and discover a new passion, ya know?
Y’all shipping one or the other but Jo’s life is already getting complicated from his stupid ass cousin’s involvement in the drug trade stuff. Man’s was a simple photographer and Ian initially left him once he realized how..toxic he is too. I think Ian deserves redemption, just not via a new romance. and TJ needs to learn that he can’t have It all in the type of life he lives. You get power or you get love — not both because one screws the other.