#jackson smith

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Jackson's Diary things I've made today because Season 3 has been released

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This fandom seriously just… frustrates me to the point where I’m writing this rant. 

This fandom does not understand flawed and complex characters. 

And, uh. Let’s talk about that. 

How they treat David and Exer:

The amount of bias this fandom holds for Exer and David is astounding. “Oh, the gay boys! They’re so sweet and wouldn’t hurt anyone!” (Paraphrasing, obviously, but this fandom does seriously put them on a pedestal)

When David and Exer were introduced, from very early on, they were shown to be heavily flawed characters. 

Exer is responsible for the entire story. He tricked Jackson to going to the girl’s changing room, which is what kicked off everything. Jackson getting bullied and harassed, Jackson eventually having his name cleared, Jackson not trusting the REDs, Jackson eventually learning about Exer’s powers, Exer having his powers found out, etc. This all started because Exer fucked with Jackson. He gaslit him to hell and back, he harassed him, he was jealous that Jackson was getting close with Brenda, his ex who he felt very possessive over. 

And David? David is a follower. He hears people saying “Jackson did something bad” and he immediately turned on Jackson, not hearing him out. Gossiping about him, talking shit to his face, letting people bully and harass him. And I understand that it was his sister, so he’s bound to feel more protective. But what happens when he learns it was actually Pamela who was ‘harassed’ by Jackson? He doesn’t care. 

And that moves me to David and Exer’s treatment of Pamela. Exer, like with Jackson, gaslit the shit out of her. He bullied her, called her a witch, called her creepy and a stalker and a liar. And he did this even though he knew she was right. He let people bully this poor girl to the point where she’s a loner with no friends and is picked on every day. 

I’m not saying Exer isn’t a good character. He actually has one of my favorite character arcs! But quit putting David and Exer on pedestals. Quit acting like they didn’t have any of the bad shit Jackson’s did to them coming. 

Speaking of Jackson…:

 Holy shit. This fandom is ruthless to Jackson Smith. And for no gosh damn reason. 

“He’s mean to Exer and David!”

Did you miss the whole ‘Exer and David harassing him in the same way they did to Pamela’ thing? They literally ruined all of his friendships and his social status. Jackson was just the new kid trying to fit in and they never gave him that chance. 

“He’s so emo and cringe!”

He is literally so depressed that he has to go to therapy. Exer and David bullied him so he is constantly guarded and has serious trust issues since they were his friends. 

“He’s using the diary to control Exer’s life and ruin it!”

Season 3 premier shows otherwise. He’s only testing out the diary to see what it can do. You telling me that if you didn’t have a magical diary that can control the universe centered around someone, you wouldn’t test it out? Don’t you lie to me. And he hasn’t even done anything horrible. In fact, he uses the diary as a way to try and help Exer and David after William kicked David out of the house. He may not like Exer, but he has good morals. He’s not going to let someone who is suffering be open to any harm. That’s why he used the diary to try and protect them both. And when it backfired, he decided to stop using the diary. He didn’t want anyone to get hurt or for anything bad to happen. 

“He beat up David!”

There we go again, putting Exer and David on pedestals. Guys, you’re blowing it way outta proportion. Jackson was in a fist fight with Exer, David tried to intervene and got kicked in the face. You know how people tell you don’t try to stop two dogs fighting unless you want to get bit? That’s what happened here. 

Jackson is literally just a traumatized kid. He lost his mom at a young age g age and moved to a new place and was hoping to make some new friends. His ‘friends’ immediately turn their backs on him and harass him. He learns one of them is behind everything that caused this? Ya, don’t tell me you wouldn’t be fucking pissed either. 

We are the audience. We have more insight to these character’s mind and situations than Jackson does. Put yourself into his perspective. 

Anyways, thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Make sure to pet Lucy-furr on your way out. 

[sharkbytes662]

detention kids‼️‼️

[grumpchump]

i know he's not actually homophobic but this is how i imagine they'd be if he was

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

BABE WAKE UP TODAY IS THE DAY

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I love this scene so here is a redraw :]

(I’m not very good at lighting and backgrounds so sorry it’s not the best)

[jacsukz11037]

HOLY FUCKKKKK

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my heart goes out to the random background gay who started crushing on jackson

ft him calling exer a hunk

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Jackson’s Diary is back (yay!). I agree with this comment. Idk how people read the webtoon and their takeaway is that Jackson is this antagonistic jerk. The amount of comments I’ve read through from people genuinely thinking Jackson is out to sabotage and hurt David and Exer’s relationship confuses me. What about this plot or what you saw Jackson go through gives that? Are people so focused on their ship they forgot the main plot line of the story?

Jackson isn’t the antagonist, he never has been. Exer used to be but now isn’t. I’d argue that in the end he was never supposed to be. Both him and Jackson did things that were bad but the fandom seems committed to punishing Jackson for it. Even though Jackson did it in reaction to Exer. The magic shit guys is the main plot line. It’s the “big bad villain” and the one we should be keeping a close eye on. Not “omg Jackson is gonna sabotag-“ NO. Jackson is a teenage boy who had to deal with the fact he was bullied and seeing things and now has no form of therapy but the diary that’s causing the problem to lay out his problems.

[agrebel18]

if I had a dime for every time I got into a piece of media in which I LOVE the protagonist but they happen to be underrated as heck, I’d have countless dimes because this happens a lot 

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"I just want Exer to go through the same pain I did." Imagine harry dies

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ron: jackson and exer are fighting again.

david: i thought i told you to STOP making then fight eachother.

ron: ...i like drama.

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Do fandoms simplify queer characters? (Dexer from JD, TUA, just fandoms in general

Someone mentioned this in the comments of my last post about how the JD fandom has become so obsessed with Dexer that its akin to fetishization. I think that's probably true- nowadays most of what you see regarding the characters of David and Exer is ALL about their sexualities and their relationship. It's like they're barely seperate characters anymore and lost all of their individual charm and edge from season 1. Read about this in my earlier post too.

But since when was Jackson this evil villain and David and Exer are these poor sweet wholesome gay boys?

May i remind you, Jackson has been lovely to Pamela and respectful and good to all the female characters since season 1. Despite this, he has still been villified by the fandom which leads me to believe that it is explicitly the queerness of David and Exer's relationship that gets them this special treatment from the fandom.

It seems like since David and Exer have entered their relationship, the fandom doesn't see them as three dimensional people anymore. Before Dexer, they used to hold Exer accountable. Now, they've decided it's all in the past and actually Jackson is at fault for being upset about it. David and Exer, because they're gay, are just no longer capable of wrongdoing anymore? They are victims in this scenario? And as i said before, i mainly see posts just about them as a couple.

Its paradoxical how, simultaneously, the fandom are clearly allies and support and uplift queer characters, while also reducing the characters to that one trait- their queerness. Its lovely if you have a favourite ship and find couples cute, but at this point David and Exer are no longer viewed as characters of their own, and that's indicative of some kind of widespread bias.

Another relevant example of this would be Klaus from the Umbrella Academy. His actor, Robert Sheehan, was worried playing the character that fans would view as "the queer one".

"Speaking to Digital Spy, Sheehan hopes that his Umbrella Academy character won’t be seen as “the gay one” on the show. "Like it or not, if your character is labelled as a 'gay character', then that label becomes defining and it kind of reduces all else about the character…” he said. "Oversimplification if you just say, ‘Oh, well he’s the gay one’. So it doesn’t matter, basically, is the point. It doesn’t matter who he’s attracted to." [Netflix]"

And thats exactly what happened, in many parts of the fandom. I think people get excited about minorities being represented, so they focus in and obsess over that one trait of the character, when actually thats the opposite of what we want. We want Queer characters and couples to be viewed equally, not just as victims and/or wholesome daydream couples, but as flawed, three dimensional people.

I have more issues with Dexer so go to my previous post to read about that.

Anyway, that's about all i have to say about it. In summary, its great to feel represented and its great to enjoy a cute couple, but to reduce those characters to their queerness or the fact they are a couple is probably the opposite of what we want from this representation.

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Jackson beating the homophobic allegations love to see it