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i feel like the writer taking this route for their story has essentially doomed the story because if Ian becomes Brian then it ruins Ian's internal conflict in season one and shows that Ian does not matter.
however, if they don't do that then that means they wasted everyone's time with a whole season of about 50 chapters on the flashback when they could have only done flashbacks when the information is necessary for the audience.
Not only that but this flashback has essentially ruined the pacing as actual plot came to a complete stop meaning that there has been NO STORY PROGRESS FOR A YEAR. i'm not complaining because i hate the flashback because i think as its own story its interesting but in the actual context of season one and the actual plot occurring present-day, this actively hurts the story