harvatious

i dunno if people have talked about this before, but i do think jackie’s habit of not being able to compliment someone she’s close to (shauna), without insulting them first does come from her mom. with what little we saw of mrs. taylor we know she was veryyy comfortable giving backhanded compliments, even to those she should have supportive relationships with (shauna & jeff). and the logical step forward that mrs. taylor would employ similar tactics to get jackie to do/appear like she wanted wouldn't surprise me. anyway, i think jackie learned that freely uplifting someone you intimately know is too vulnerable (if it wasn’t, why can’t her mom do it?), so she’s stuck in this limbo of wanting to have pure loving relationships (with shauna especially) but not having the tools to facilitate them.

HOLD the fucking line NO christmas until dember