#I can say the same thing with Cole and motm or Kai and hot

[silkieluv]

All the trauma Jay has that I can think of on the top of my head go!

Being isolated from people (the junkyard is in the middle of nowhere)

Growing up in a junkyard?? Poverty. Lack of non-expired food, clean water, money. (at least not lack of resources)

Victim of child soldiers: Losing a nonbiological brother, watching the world end countless times, intensive training, etc…

Being the lamest and most insecure guy known to mankind

Turning into a snake

Losing his memories so he gets stuck at the most boring job ever that he joined an evil furry cult where he got manipulated and lied to that so long as he’ll win the tournament of elements (after very little training since I’m guessing he didn’t train in the administration) they’ll be there to protect him from a group of fruit-colored ninjas who want to manipulate him into living a fake, domestic life where he’ll have to be married to a woman he has never met and know nothing about (a woman, mind you, who is canonically stronger than him) then fighting that very same woman, being so desperate to shatter his goodness (knowing the consequences and risks), STILL LOSING not only the battle or his elemental power which we all know is hard for all of the ninjas, but also the only people he remembers that ever cared for him (he doesn’t know what care is or how is it supposed to be shown as, not remembering when he experienced any) then having to leave IMMEDIATELY, being given up on very very easily by the only people he thought knew who he was rather than is.

Screaming for help stuck inside a submarine, kicking and screaming until he had to take what he thought would be his last breath and gave in.

Watching the love of his life walk out the room to sacrifice herself yet being physically unable to stop her/call out to her.

After having to watch all of his brothers die one by one trying to save him whether it’s Kai or Cole that died sacrificing themselves for the race or Lloyd who before he died had to fight his evil ex-crush who brought back the evil side of his father, he had to watch Nya also die, sacrificing herself for him. With no time to mourn anybody (‘mourn’ because they, unlike us, don’t know when the end of the line is) he had to fight against a digital God right after losing his family (and if all that guilt isn’t enough, he was the one to get the game that killed them online again)

His ptsd being triggered left and right (the island and the bridge, turning into a slave in hunted)

Being reminded over and over about how weak he is (in hot where his mother got kidnapped right under his eyes, toe where he had to fight against his stronger best friend which he was frequently compared to by the media and close friends and lose to him publicly)

In toe where he literally got blown up??

Often his problems or complaints being treated as a joke or easily dismissed (toe when they escaped Chen’s snake forces, s11 when they were stranded and he was literally carving their names on a stone)

Again, watching his nonbiological brother die yet another time so he goes with the fam to save bro

Having a loving relationship only to find out Nya took a matching test despite already being with him, got his very best friend as a match, kept it hidden from him, flirted with his best friend not only behind his back but also right in front of him, finding out through Pixal instead of her (alongside being publicly shamed in front of not only his brother, but a woman he barely knows and both of his parents), his healthy relationship taking an unhealthy turn and they break up without even talking about it, having to fight his best friend meaning ruining 2 of his most important relationships at once, his ex-girlfriend not being able to choose between him, a guy who loves her since first sight, has never mistreated her (at the time), and was always there for her, and Cole, a guy who did showed affection but treated her like a sister, then still losing to him. He breaks contact with everyone and has to mourn the loss of his dead brother with the support of his parents only after getting used to having a big family for so long

A victim of bullying💔💔/j

After losing the validation of his family and all of his friends (again, at once) he retorted to the validation and cheers of love of strangers and the public, aka people that don’t give the first dang about his life or even know the slightest thing about him

AND I CAN GO ON ALL DAY ABOUT MOTO, CRYSTALIZED, AND RISE OF THE SNAKES BUT I think I should devote my writing skills to my fanfiction and not this

Guys honest question, what is Jay's trauma?

I see people talk about how traumatised he is and like all I can think of is Skybound