do i like raphael? in a general sense yes. i think his character has grown a lot since season 1 and i didn’t like him then. i liked when he was talking to isabelle about how magnus helped him get back his faith, and his relationship with magnus, but i actually began to really like him in episode 2x09 when he talked about his sister. for the first time i felt like he was someone i could relate to. while i am the youngest, my siblings are very important to me. if i was immortal and they weren’t, i would go see them every chance i could, even if they didn’t remember me. then throughout season 2b i really began to like him. i felt bad because i do think on some level he does care for isabelle, but their whole relationship is tainted in my opinion because of the yin fin. 

however, if david got another gig, and raphael kinda faded into the background till he wasn’t around.. i wouldn’t miss him. i would never want him to be killed off, and honestly would be pissed even he isn’t in my top 10 fave characters, because he is a good character and good rep for the asexual community and everyone matters and should feel represented. 

so i am mixed about him. i hope season 3 just makes me like him more, or even just keep my feelings the same, but its complicated. i don’t hate him, but i don’t love him like most of the fandom does.