Love, Victor Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

6. My Story Is Nothing Like Yours

As game-changing and great as Love, Simon was, some were quick to point out the fact that not everyone struggling with their sexuality would grow up in a family or environment as accepting as its titular star's. And it's true - in spite of how much Simon struggled internally, there were a lot of external factors around him just waiting to accept him for who he was.

Love, Victor is very quick to establish itself as an alternative story that very much attacks the original - to the benefit of the narrative. The writers - Love, Simon's brilliant Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger - waste little time delving into the things that make Victor's story different, having their new protagonist vocalise his disdain for how much easier Simon had it, referring to his religious parents, money troubles and the conflict brewing within the family. And that allows it to set itself apart, making a case for its own existence and ultimately reminding audiences that everybody's story is different.

"My story is nothing like yours," Victor writes to Simon in the closing moments of the pilot episode, and he couldn't be more right. His character journey is different; it's more harrowing and obstacle-ridden, but man, it's every bit as compelling.