mephmelle:

I see a lot of malicious posts going around saying Even being bipolar and depressed was the reason he distanced himself from the balloon squad and I just want to say, ???
Okay guys, first of all:

1) No one can blame anyone for thinking that Mikael (+ the squad) might have been homophobic because that’s what we were supposed to think, what with not knowing yet that Isak had started the fight and not Elias, and Yousef telling Sana that Mikael reacted badly to Even trying to kiss him bc he is very religious. Good for you if you didn’t, though.

2) We know that Even had a pretty bad manic episode while he was at Bakka and we also know that he crashes very badly after one of them. He tried to distance himself from Isak, too, if you’ll remember.

3) It is unfair to blame someone’s depression for all of their actions. Maybe some of you don’t know this, but when depressed, it’s hard to function properly. It’s hard to remind yourself to eat, it’s hard to do your chores, it’s hard to act “normal”. Hell, most of the time it’s hard to even get up in the mornings or take a shower or even change your clothes. You barely function. You push people away because you think they are better off without you.

And this is what Even did. He was having a manic episode, kissed his best friend who, it seems, reacted in a way that Even, in his state of mind, interpreted as disgusted or hateful and then, in his period of depression, pushed away his friends out of worry and fear.

Don’t make fun, belittle or blame mental illness. It’s not cool.

So if you want to make a point or remind us that you knew from the start that there was more to this story and/or you knew the balloon squad was cool, please do it without resorting to being mean and hurtful about depression. Thank you.