#EAPSJAKE. OMG EAPSJAKE MY BABY. /motherly

[yourstrulynobody]

The one thing we dont talk about enough is why Jake likes school and/or doing homework

(thumbnail from EAPS newest ep ←That I admittedly did not watch all the way through since my internet when shitty somewhere in the beginning)

(I WILL be yapping under cut since this makes me sad :c —correct me if im wrong btw; my memory is horrible so Im rewatching eps)

If my memories serves me right, Jake was a make-a-wish kid due to him being diagnosed with stage four cancer. He was about 9-years-old when he died (which was somewhere 8 months ago) and continues to be as of currently since he mentioned it recently in this ep

(I actually dont know his bday... Did he ever celebrate it before or after he died? Did he even get to celebrate it)

Puppet said (in this ep) that Jake has had a brain tumor since he was 6-years-old and died at 9 aka his age now. (At least, book-wise, he had.)

So imagine just being in Jake's shoes.

Your mom is dead when youre about 5-years-old, then you get diagnosed with a life changing disease a while after your 6th bday, and then you finally cant feel the pain anymore when youre 9-years-old. No wonder Jake likes—maybe even loves—the idea of school since he wasnt given a normal childhood; he wasnt like the others kids. No, he was severely sick. (perhaps he envies how Andy, Andrew, and Charlie at least got some education? Does FC count in this section)

So no, Jake isnt the "golden child" (albeit he does give off the energy of being so, maybe even the "favorite child"—dont tell Andrew and Andy I said that...). Hes the child who is trying to be a kid again—to experience what he never got to; to stop being so strong and finally catch his breath, something that even felt like a chore.

So every single goddamn time Jake is mentioned to like school and/or doing homework, my heartstrings are VIOLENTLY pulled at.

If the writers decide to give Jake a fear of hospitals (nosocomephobia) or at least just doesnt like the idea of going back to a hospital or literally fearful of anything medical related since hes afraid he'll have to stay there again for years and longer.... oh my heart would NOT be able to take that.