#jacob's bunker

[playitagainmyjohnny]

jacob’s armory

[pande-monty-um]

Something about Jacob lounging like a Jarl on a throne with his warprize hanging off his shoulder has me a lil feral ngl

[sledge-in-space]

John Seed is a comfort character for some people. Folks like to ship him with their deputies or craft redemption arcs for him.

There's nothing wrong with that, obviously.

But I just can't wrap my head around it.

There's nothing comforting about the way John Seed treated Joey Hudson. I don't understand why the ordeal she went through doesn't seem to matter to fans of his.

She was bait for the rookie deputy and nothing more, because she wasn't going to give in and join the cult.

He terrorized Joey and the rest of Fall's End, stooping to the lowest, most inhumane levels to get his way. Some even theorize that he hurt the "sinners" in his care just because he wanted to, for malicious, sadistic reasons that didn't have anything to do with the cult. At worst, some people go as far as to speculate that he raped Joey.

It's easy to see why someone might come to that conclusion. The way he acts is deplorable and he makes everything feel extremely personal, sometimes in ways that can be interpreted as sexually charged. He'll do anything in order to get his way because "no" is antithetical to him. He regularly flies off the handle, so much so that Joseph is threatening to cast him out. All the touching and getting right up in the player's face is so uncomfortable and obsessive (which is the point, but I digress).

So why does he get to be redeemed and venerated by fans? Don't his actions warrant consequences?

Are people willing to let him off the hook because he's attractive? Because he had a horrible, abusive childhood? Obviously he's got a lot more lore than most of the cast. Is that something people are interested in exploring for him over other characters?

I'm not trying to come after anyone personally. There's nothing wrong with liking villains and Jacob, Faith, and Joseph have also done terrible things to innocent people.

Which is like, fine. It's a video game.

And I know that John, like Joey, is a victim of Ubisoft's choppy, inconsistent writing and storytelling. Things got changed and swapped and cut during development that got us to where we are, with the story we have. Flaws and all, not like it was ever going to be perfect.

But in my opinion, I feel like the adoration for John does a huge disservice to Joey. People make thirsty edits of him while she's literally tied up behind him. It's tasteless and makes the optics of her situation look even creepier.

Her pain has largely been ignored for as long as the game has existed. I can't for the life of me figure out why.

[inthefallofasparrow]

Three Specific Kinds of Terror | Jacob Geller

[xx-crunchycavities-xx]

He’s not forgiving you because you won’t apologize.

[animasolascreenshots]

[drawfee-quot3s]

around the age of like... thirty, i became a big baby because i learned what mortality was

at thirTy you learnt what mortality was??????

- julia + jacob

[rookisaknight]

Not to discount the importance of mental health services but it is a little funny to me when people explain their no cult AUs as like "The Seeds went to therapy" like the only thing needed to interrupt that chain of events was some twice a month talk sessions. Maybe a little CBT thrown in for flavor. Damn guys you almost overreacted there :/

[trashcatsnark]

when the blorbo cultists don't adhere to the order I made up in my head for when they're supposed to kidnap me

[passinoutpieces]

with no clippers in his bunker jacob has no choice but to grow out his hair

[playitagainmyjohnny]

[teamhawkeye]

me anytime someone tells me that I don't have to fight and kill my way through every single enemy in the video game i'm playing:

[derelictheretic]

almost started rambling about my no cult au in a rb instead I will ramble about it in my own tags like a sane person

[turkeyinnovember]

technical difficulties ensues as i fucking dropped my stylus on the ground and the head broke and i ran out of replacements and i don't know when the shipment is arrive.

so, although i finally have the motivation to draw. i cannot.

as a result, i finally got around to editing the stuff i wrote for recreyover. the majority of them are terrible. i have two short chapters of girlboss R(onnie? owanda?)., lee crabtree, and roberto coming up that needs more work on.

do let me make clear that the only fucking parts of this fic i actually like are the bits i did for character study (the small snitbit of kristine and pretty much the entire chapter 5). i hate everything else. i am so sorry but if i wrote this shit, you'll have deal with it.

[chobit92]

John: Just say yes.

Me: I will say yes if you ask me on a date.

John: …Okay will you accompany me on a date?

Me: Yes.

John: Excellent I’m coming to pick you up.

Me: Where are we going?

John: To my bunker you are going to atone.

Me: That’s not a date John.

John: You won’t regret it. I promise.

Me: 😩 Even Jacob arranges better dates than this.

[cullherd]

so j/acob and e/li are lovers to enemies. that checks out.