#seriously believe me when I say that I enjoy Tama/Haru quite a lot

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Tell me how Bisco Hatori really set up the two least eligible bachelors to be the romantic rivals that Haruhi had to choose between. Hikaru and Tamaki both with their complex family issues and emotional immaturity. Poor Haruhi, thank god she wasn’t made to fix either of them however. Sure, she acted a bit like their therapist or was expected to and had no choice but to do emotional labour particularly in Tamaki’s case to keep the relationship going but ultimately, she did her part as any friend would in influencing them to change for the better and wasn’t the primary catalyst of it. They sort through their messes themselves and then they grew together as people as a result. But honestly, this is why MoriHaru, KaoHaru and KyoHaru appeals to me and so many others as well. They’re easy and good loves for Haruhi along with being interesting and inspiring in what seems to be good, well rounded growth. To a lot of people, she didn’t have to change so much for her love story to work (I don’t think she has to change much for either Tama as shown in canon or Hika, just to put more effort in appreciating them and connecting truly to them but that’s a subjective view). Those ships also weren’t expanded on in the series nearly as much as her relationships with Tamaki and the Hitachiin Twins so it’s left up more refreshingly to our imaginations. Haruhi doesn’t change to reflect her partner more in a way that doesn’t feel unexpected or potentially forced as people typically do in relationships, as she has seemingly less in common naturally at a surface level with Hikaru and the least with Tamaki. She fits more easily with those other men in a lot of aspects.