How was he the love of her life?

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I’ve watched this show millions of times and still don’t know the answer.

How the hell was Wes the love of Laurels life? First of all, they dated for 5 minutes. They barely got the chance to really get to know one another. Yeah, they went through a lot together, but so did everyone else in that house.

Second, no one knew about them except Annalise, Frank, and Meggy. I might be missing something, but how did everyone else find out since they kept it a secret? I don’t remember anyone explicitly talking about it, besides Connor when he asked, “did you 2 just have a lovers quarrel?”, after their last fight before he died. And that part when Wes told Michaela in the flashback she had of him after his death.

And lastly, probably the most important, he never told Laurel he loved her back. That one time she said it to him over the phone, he just literally looked at the phone and then hung up. Even after that scene, he never told her he loved her back.

I think this was a combination of terrible planning and lazy writing.

in htgawmby Affectionate_Tart_81Annalise Keating

92%

16d

No-Occasion-5405

16d

I don’t think that was the love of her life. I think the guilt of cheating on him then lying about it then him dying THEN finding out it was her father’s fault he died, all in combination of her being pregnant made her believe it though. I think she did really like & care about him, but grief misconstrued her feelings for him. I think they wouldn’t have lasted long, much less a lifetime, if he wasn’t killed.

throw-away-takeaway

16d

I hated that plot so much. It made absolutely no sense. They had no chemistry at all, and their relationship just came out of the blue.

They barely even interacted and then all of a sudden they're in love?

OGthrowawayfratboy

16d

Wes had almost no story left to tell by S3. He was dead weight and the forced relationship with Laurel gave Alfred Enoch more reasons to appear on screen. It's one of the few continuity loopholes in the show, but then I don't care for any of the ships in HTGAWM except for Annalise and her mother!

sherlock229

11d

They had chemistry tbh more than with Wes and Rebecca atleast

halebopsalot

16d

The first time I watched it I thought it came out of left field and I didn’t sense the chemistry, or love, and I didn’t think they looked good together. I would have voted Meggy for Wes. She was so cute and sweet and they just seemed happy. I would prefer Frank for Laurel, and I think he loved her, but she didn’t love him. She was in lust for him, which is understandable as he’s an adult fuckboy. I don’t think Laurel is a horrible person as many people say. Just confused about life with her terrible background. The whole K5 had horrible backgrounds. Now when I watched it the second time and knew Laurel and Wes were gonna get together, I actually realized they were setting it up way in advance. Laurel wouldn’t shut up about him or stop trying to help him. So from the angle it makes a liiiittle bit more sense with the foreshadowing, still not a fan though. Also he did father her baby so that is gonna create an attachment for life so it makes you get it, she lost the father of her baby tragically, of course she’s gonna say he’s the love of her life.

Possible-Produce-373

15d

literally, the way she went insane & said very rude shit to everyone after he died was genuinely uncalled for as she barely had a relationship with him 😀 I feel like if it was frank it would’ve made so much more sense

natttsss

16d

I have no idea.

niambikm

15d

That whole plot point was rushed and not done well..like we literally watch her and Frank bang every season..he even could’ve been Christopher’s father but Wes was the love of her life?! Ok.🥴

ilovegymnastics34

16d

Retcon!

No-Feeling-1404

15d

thisss

they came in out of left field with the laurel wes arc and I will never forgive them for shifting so drastically

debbxi

He wasn't, tbh she was being a dramatic self centered biatch imo in that season. I liked her in the beginning and the her self centered pouts got stupid and out of control. Like if Wes was the love of her life, would she have slept with Frank? She was just saying shit to blow things up. I agree they barely knew each other and had Wes stayed alive I doubt she would have stayed with him.