#jackiecole

[alphinias]

#HAND PLACEMENT

[fatedxdestiny]

The way Cole Walter looks at Jackie Howard when she is not looking in his direction... His feelings for her are so strong already that he can't hide them from anyone even if he tries. He's too obvious.

[sweetlysilent]

no but it’s so clear jackie is so much more into cole than alex. all the flirting back n forth between them, them both opening up to each other, like jackie talking about her sister to cole and cole telling her how he feels broken when they’re having spicy hot chocolate together. not once did we ever see her open up like that with alex. not to mention cole also fixed her teapot that meant so much to her. PLUS, the kiss scene between her and cole??? THE CHEMISTRY??? her pulling him back in for another kiss???

i’m dead ! gone !

jackiecole is endgame 🫶🏻

[bscgirl99]

Whose fault is this, that I'm crazy about you? When there's nothing left except you and this... Champagne kisses...

[maddiesflame]

nikki rodriguez x my life with the walter boys

like/reblog if saved © maddiesflame

[klassturesmamma]

Yes! Happy! Happy! Happy!

[heyyyitsmegia]

My Life With The Walter Boys

Ok so. I watched My Life With The Walter Boys and I was wrong. I went into the show firmly Team Alex. But after watching the show, I can honestly say that I'm Team Cole. Alex was just so whiny the whole time and literally lost his shit every time Cole would even breathe the same air as Jackie. On top of that, the chemistry between Alex and Jackie was non existent and cringey. Cole and Jackie's kiss at the end was way better than any kiss Alex and Jackie shared. I wanted to be team Alex so bad but I just can't. TEAM COLE FOR THE WIN!

[amyzaaiman-blog]

On Grief & The Hard Time That People Are Giving Jackie Howard:

I just have to say that I lost my mom 3 years ago & have no relationship with my father, so I'm essentially an orphan. I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but everyone grieves differently. You don't know how you're going to respond until you're in that situation, so don't judge so hastily. My mom was the closest person in the world to me (besides my husband, who has been an amazing support) & losing her turned me into a complete mess. I didn't leave the house for about a year (that's not an exaggeration), I picked up about 17kgs and then proceeded to vomit everyday for the next year and lost all of the weight again. My hair fell out in clumps. I couldn't sleep. My period stopped for about 1.5 years. I did things I would NEVER have done beforehand, such as seeking escapism like smoking weed everyday. I couldn't function properly or work. I had permanent brain fog. Other people have different ways of responding to this type of situation. I was in such a confused, repressed haze for so long that I only feel as if I'm properly processing her passing now. For the first time in 3 years, I'm finally experiencing anger (which is one of the key phases of bereavement). You just never know.

If you read the book, it's clear that Jackie initially does have a very intense, emotional response after her family dies - she falls apart. She doesn't get out of bed for like a month. Then, one day, as a way of distracting herself & making her family proud, she gets out of bed & focuses solely on getting into Princeton. While they don't show all of this backstory in the show, it's very obvious to me that she's bottling up all of her emotions. Her worst nightmare is to be pitied. And honestly, as she says in the show, no one knows what to say to you in such circumstances. Everything sounds awkward/disingenuous/well-meaning but misplaced/alienating.

I'm really not surprised that she shies away from the deep connection that she has with Cole (who, let's be honest, is a fuckboy at the beginning of the show but who she clearly has a unique & immediate attachment to). She's so vulnerable that she latches onto the "safe" brother who makes her feel relatively normal again. He offers comfort & stability, which is exactly what you need when you feel lost, alone & untethered. She can't afford to be hurt again & that's what Cole represents/threatens - especially because of the way he treats other girls. When Cole asks her why she's with Alex, she doesn't say it's because she likes Alex more, but rather cites Cole's behaviour towards other women.

These boys are also forms of distraction from her grief. And to add to the mix, she's only 15 years old. What hormonal teenager hasn't been confused or made stupid, rash decisions that they regret? I'm 33 years old and I'm still making mistakes and cringing from things I said & did a month ago, a day ago, an hour ago. It's really obvious that her attraction to Cole continues percolating throughout the show until he does something so meaningful/thoughtful that she can't ignore her feelings any longer. And what he does for her is especially touching because it's so inherently related to her loss & the absence of her family. Throughout the show, Cole is the only one she really opens up to about her family; how much she misses them & her home. He understands her in a way that others don't because she won't let them in in the same way. He truly sees her. They challenge each other. And while these are beautiful parts about falling in love, they can also be extremely frightening because there's nowhere to hide.

I don't even blame the parents for not noticing what is truly going on (although I think Katherine has an idea). Teenagers are renowned for being secretive (not to mention that the adults are also dealing with much of their own stress). I actually really like the scenes that she has with Katherine. I think that they have an understanding. Katherine is still getting to know Jackie & there's no way that she'll ever come close to replacing her mother. It just doesn't work like that. People aren't interchangeable.

It's also important to note that Jackie's whole shtick & manner of coping is to have a veneer of being "fine". I think that she's worried that if she shatters the illusion, she'll just fall apart again. She's barely holding it together. Particularly at the start of the show, she's just going through the motions & existing. The messy but loving (albeit not in the very, very beginning) environment of the Walter household is what's keeping her afloat. By the end (she even says this), she finally feels like she belongs. She has meaningful relationships with the whole Walter family & extended clan, & the reason that she leaves is because she knows how royally she's fucked up. She's overwhelmed & scared - fearful of her own roiling emotions & how she's exacerbated the rift between Alex & Cole.

Yes, you could call her hypocritical because Cole "stealing" Paige (She's not an object, so let's check that language. She is a person & has agency) is one of the main things that Jackie repeatedly holds against him (& uses as an excuse for keeping him at a distance). But she definitely realises this, which is why she runs away. She knows that she's acted against her own morals.

This is a very long post, but my ultimate point is that people should have a little more compassion. Grief is not a linear process & life is not simply black & white - there are vast shades of grey in between. People can make "bad" choices & redeem themselves. Are we meant to define people by one ill-thought-out/passion-based/heat-of-the-moment decision that they made as a teenager when they were severely traumatised? I think that forgiveness is a better option & that people should be allowed to grow, change & learn from their mistakes. Season 2 is still on its way, remember?

[catoscloves]

y'all hear me out: jj and kiara as peeta and katniss, & cole and jackie as cato and clove

[throughthegardengate]

New Jackie and Cole video I made! ❤️

[red-erroring]

Cold + Jacket = 👍

Therefore, I am team Jackiecole

[alphinias]

pov: you are always team older brother

[sarah-cam]

I remember someone on Twitter saying that My Life With the Walter Boys is like The Summer I Turned Pretty but yee haw and honestly that is so true.

and i say yeE-FUCKING-HAW BITCHES 🤠

[oatmealspet]

Been listening to The Magnus Archives and I’m hooked; I like all the characters but I really like Martin ❤️

[klassturesmamma]

Christmas day and I sit here alone, heartbroken and oh so tired of this so called life I live. Spent chrismas eve with my family but I felt just as alone there as I do now. Watched My life with the Walter boys again and there is so much about that show that pulls at my darkest sorrows. My mother died when I was 13, dad was consumed in his own sorrow so I was the good girl that nobody saw. Music was my life but a few years later I hurt my hands and again I pulled my self through the trauma. I celebrated my 20th birthday with a smile but on the inside I was screaming and crying, broke up with my boyfriend and thought that would fix the itch. Started university to become a teacher but half way through I quit. Gut preggnant but it was a rough pregnansy and even worse delivery and before my daughter turned two I broke up with her father. Couple of years later I started university again and met a woman that made me realise that I'm queer. Never finished university because my mental health crashed and the diagnosis is fatigue and depressed with anxiety, that was 8 years ago and I can still not work due to fatigue. Therapy has helped a bit, made me see how I have not delt with the trauma I have been through and realised how much trauma I have been through. But also realised how alone I have been and how the coping mechanisms that pulled me through those traumas now makes me alone because I don't trust people to be there for me so I keep the pain to my self. I understand Coles pain and the feeling of beeing broken and lost. I wish I would have lashed out like Cole dose because maybe then somebodey would have seen me. Jackies coping mechanisms are the same as mine. Beeing a good girl that isn't a nusiance to anybody. Personal worth is measured by accomplishments and that smile, the never ending smile that works as a theatrical mask that shows everybody that you are fine. The smile that is your armor and keeps everybody at arms length and oblivius of your pain. I don't write this for sympathie but because I think it's important to try and speek more openly about mental helth and how trauma effects us all differently and remind people that trauma and grief isn't dangerous or difficult. When you meet somebody that is going through trauma remember that all you have to do is to show up, be there and listen when they are ready to talk. Just be there.

[alphinias]