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Originally Posted by BlondieLeigh (Post 90616823)

:lmao: The idea that he would is just a bad joke. The second Jess has something, he loses interest fast, always has, always will.

Yup. I've met people like him in real life, and they're always bad news.

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Originally Posted by huntzmore (Post 90609700)

Right now I'm so over the Oh Jess will be there for Rory's baby. I'm like yeah right. Jess can't even stay around to have pizza and conversation. He never stays around.

No kidding. Preach. And if you read anything you feel is inappropriate or offensive towards an actor vs. the character in that thread, please let either myself or Lindsay know about it and we can edit it and make the poster aware that that stuff is not allowed on FF. ;) I avoid that thread like the plague so I trust Lindsay is moderating it, but she can miss things just as I can here, so please make us aware next time. Thanks! :kiss:

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Originally Posted by BlondieLeigh (Post 90616823)

:lmao: The idea that he would is just a bad joke. The second Jess has something, he loses interest fast, always has, always will.

:nod: Yep, he sure does.

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Originally Posted by newmanium (Post 90617524)

Yup. I've met people like him in real life, and they're always bad news.

Me too, red flags everywhere for me!

Idg where people got this false impression of Jess from. He's inconsistent, inconsiderate and just overall a bad person. It's not even difficult to see.

It's because of their shared interest in literature, otherwise, I really can't see the appeal. :shrug: He was by far her unhealthiest relationship on the show.

Being able to read doesn't make you a decent person :lol: He's definitely her unhealthiest relationship :nod:

No, it doesn't. And maybe it has something to do with this romanticized notion of the good girl saving the damaged bad boy? I can handle that SL to a certain extent, but the fact that he never really outgrew his rudeness and temper and was so darn possessive, even in the latter season cameos, that bugged the hell out of me.

That whole dynamic is toxic. The idea that it is a woman's job to save a man is incredibly disgusting. Seriously damaging.

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Originally Posted by BlondieLeigh (Post 90685457)

That whole dynamic is toxic. The idea that it is a woman's job to save a man is incredibly disgusting. Seriously damaging.

I agree, that idea is a bit archaic, and has been done ad nauseam in films/books, granted it usually is done the other way around. :rolleyes:

Yeah people shouldn't be in the position of saving people

Helping and supporting, sure, but saving? :rolleyes::yawn:

Saving is a disgusting potentially abusive dynamic.

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Originally Posted by BlondieLeigh (Post 90900929)

Saving is a disgusting potentially abusive dynamic.

:nod: Yep, I'd have to agree with you on that.

Although lbr, if any character had the potential to be abusive on this show, it's Jess.

I dunno I think he cared for Rory in his own way. Jess is a very interesting character in how he acts towards things and people. I'm still in the process of watching more.

He cared for her as a possession and someone he could control by yelling at, that's all the "caring" I saw in the original series. He was never there for her when it counted.