The other day, hoping to fangirl with some like-minded The Bachelorette watchers, I did a Twitter search for Nick Viall, one of the two remaining men vying for the affections of Kaitlyn Bristowe.

These were the kinds of tweets I saw:

“Nick Viall is actually Satan in human form”

“If Nick Viall doesn’t go home I swear I’m just…I’m out”

“I hope Nick Viall gets hit by a bus”

Then, driven by curiosity, I searched for Shawn Booth, the other remaining suitor. As you might’ve guessed, these were the kinds of tweets I saw:

“Shawn Booth is a dreamboat”

“Without any doubt, Shawn Booth is the epitome of my dream man.”

“Does anyone realize how effing hot Shawn Booth is.” [No question mark needed, apparently.]

And I thought to myself, “Are these people watching the same show as I am?’’

Just the tiniest bit of context, although I’m pretty sure everyone reading this blog already watches the show. (If not, what are you doing here? Shoo!):

Nick was a bit of a Johnny-come-lately to this season of The Bachelorette. He had been a contestant in Andi Dorfman’s season (making it to the final two and famously moaning, “If you didn’t love me, why did you make love to me”—more on that in a sec—before losing to Josh Murray). He’d seen Kaitlyn on Chris Soules’s season of The Bachelor and thought she was cute. The two, reportedly, had been exchanging steamy text messages right up until the time that Kaitlyn was chosen to be this season’s Bachelorette. So Nick decided that he wanted to join the cast. Or maybe the producers approached him. Maybe they even intentionally waited to introduce Nick in the fourth week because they knew it would add to the drama. That would be so them.

Needless to say, right out of the gate, the other guys didn’t like Nick. They were extremely jealous of his previous connection with Kaitlyn, and annoyed that he had disrupted the show, just when they were all finally getting their legs under them. They got paranoid. (One guy, named Josh A, kind of slowly drove himself mad with jealousy.) They all created this narrative right away that Nick was a bad guy. And that he was—say it with me—here for the wrong reasons (HFTWR).

Their reasoning for determining that Nick was HFTWR? Because he’d already been on The Bachelorette. That, of course, made zero sense since Kaitlyn, the woman they were all already pining away for, had already been on The Bachelor. If Nick was HFTWR, so was Kaitlyn. If anything, an argument could be made that Nick was here for most traditional reasons: He already knew Kaitlyn and knew he liked her. That strikes me as a lot more the way actual romance works than The Bachelorette’s bizarre “25 guys all competing for the heart of one woman” construct.

Knowing that the guys were going to resent him, Nick played it cool. He was nice, polite, kept to himself, didn’t say much. He didn’t gloat about the fact that he and Kaitlyn had a previous connection or that they couldn’t keep their hands off each other.

He said, again and again, “I’m here for Kaitlyn.”

And when he finally did sleep with Kaitlyn—creating the most overblown and ridiculous controversy in the history of the show—he kept it to himself.

Okay, so let’s break down a couple more reasons I like Nick

He’s hella cute

I mean, different strokes, obviously. You may prefer that hunk of man-meat with the snap-on hair named Shawn. I think Nick is pretty dreamy. For starters, he has great personal style. He really knows how to rock a suit, which something of a lost art form in this country.

And, uh, he looks pretty damn good out of suit, too.

I will confess that my crush on him was slightly dampened when someone pointed out how much he resembled Spencer Pratt.

You can’t unsee that shit.

He’s a feminist!

Here’s what he tweeted after the whole ridiculous brouhaha of him sleeping with Kaitlyn:

“Both men and women have an equal right to have sex without judgement”

*Emoji heart eyes*

Now, this might seem to contradict the alleged “slut-shaming” he did of Andi, but I actually saw that as more “emotional shaming.” Like, Andi knew how deep his feelings for her were and he felt that by sleeping with him, she was leading him on. That’s actually kind of …sweet.

Okay, fine, so maybe Nick isn’t your type. I get that. But why is everyone so incredibly in love with Shawn? Help me understand, people. Without further ado, some reasons why I’m NOT Team Shawn

He’s Not That Good Looking

Look, he’s ripped and he has a deep voice and I guess he does look a little bit like Ryan Gosling on HGH. But that side-part the size of the Mississippi River and all that hair gel is so not working for me.

He’s One of Those Annoying Contestants Who Forgets The Way the Show Works

Shawn focused most of his ire on Nick, but he basically freaked out whenever Kaitlyn spent any time with a man not named Shawn. He seemed to think that Kaitlyn was going to kick all the other guys out and give him the final rose in week two.

He’s the Real “Slut Shamer”

When Kaitlyn finally told Shawn that she slept with Nick, he did the whole cave man bit, acting like she was his possession and had no right to have sex with any other man. He also threatened to leave the show several times, but finally decided to do Kaitlyn a huge favor and stay. What a guy.

He Refuses To Call Nick By His Name

He calls him “that guy” like Nick is Voldemort or something.

His Idea of Clearing the Air is Calling Nick an Asshole

Two episodes ago, Shawn had to get something off his chest. He needed to speak to Nick “man to man.” So he basically went to Nick’s room and told Nick he hated him. When Nick tried to protest, or find out why, Shawn just kept repeating, “You’re not here for the right reasons.” Nick was quick to point out that Shawn had made no effort to get to know him. “Because I don’t want to,” Shawn said. The thing that was so funny about this conversation was that Shawn clearly thought he was some sort of hero for saying all this stuff to Nick’s face. Yeah, pal, you deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.

In closing, Nick hasn’t done anything wrong this season. A bunch of jealous guys decided they hated him for no reason and collectively agreed he was HFTWR.

I don’t know who Kaitlyn is going to pick in 2 weeks—a Snapchat photo of her in bed with Shawn leaked, leading lots of viewers to assume he’s the winner—but I am unabashedly Team Nick. And you’re damn right it’s for all the right reasons