#adminjadenep

the canon jadenep crumb we're stuck with is that one mention of jade being nepeta's favorite kid, and her futile efforts to chat with her (but nepeta will purrserve, she says!!) but that already left me with lots of headcanon material honestly. and makes me think that in the long run it's nepeta that fell for jade first, so she initiates a lot of stuff. conversations, making friends

i think if nepeta stayed true to her words, she'd eventually find a way to get jade to actually talk to her and not just shoo her away immediately. maybe nepeta would be a little desperate with it, being like 'see that im dropping my rolepurray shtick just so you know im not joking!'

if jade only gave her a chance, then things would go super smooth... jade seems to be way more nice and patient with the trolls that don't go out of their way to make her mad. nepeta never intended to make her mad but i believe jade was just so fed up with everyone else at some point (karkaaaattt) she dismissed every other troll thinking everyone was trying to bully or distract her...

okay, and if they did not get along via pesterchum, if nepeta stayed alive throughout the entirety of meteorstuck and then everything that happened afterwards, i think it could be a bit more awkward for them to get along, but definitely possible!! i think nepeta would still try to go for it and make friends with jade and jade wouldn't be opposed, but i actually don't think she'd go out of her way to befriend nepeta at first herself :o

like yeah they share interests but i think it'd be awkward if someone introduced them just because they both have a furry thing going on and they were to be like 'oh yeah i really like furries' 'me too lets talk about it' 😭😭😭 instead i think they initially would grow closer by hanging out with their mutual friends. my first thought was karkat and dave? the two possibly making jade and nepeta both thirdwheel.. because as much as fun it gets, these guys eventually go on those incomprehensible for everyone around them ramblings. so yeah that's when jade and nepeta both help themselves to each others company and tune out the davekats!

tldr i think in general it would take jadenep some time to just befriend each other. the next step after being friends would take them even longer i fear😭 nepeta never intents to confront her redrom feelings, convincing herself it's fine, that she will just keep them to herself and maybe they'll go away eventually. and jade most likely is unsure what she feels towards nepeta, brushing them off as being just close friends, not knowing the boundary between platonic and romantic affection, as well as not knowing social cues very much (which makes nepeta's crush a little tougher to endure LOL). and whether jade is interested participating in troll romance is something i haven't really figured out. but i definitely can see jadenep in a red or pale quadrant. blackrom jadenep sounds interesting as well, but i wonder what would make nepeta all spades for jade :o