Why Jake and Amy have a truly beautiful relationship
I like how in b99, whenever a character says something really personal about another character, like in a really evident way at the beginning of the episode, this personality trait eventually appears at the end of the episode, in a really discreet way this time. I think the best examples we can find are in Jake and Amy’s relationship. For instance, during their cruise with Doug Judy in season 3, DJ and Amy both speak about Jake’s tendency to close up whenever he gets too emotional, and Amy complains about the fact that he always says stupid things such as “noice, smort” or wathever. Although she says it in a really light tone, as if it was nothing and the spectator shouldn’t give it a second thought, we get to see an example of this fact at the very end of the episode, when they first admit to each other that they love each other. Here, even though Jake often acts a little stupidly (idk if the words exists but whatever)in front of Amy, we get to truly understand that he gets emotional when she says she loves him! He’s embarrassed because he feels too many emotions! Which shows he truly loves her back! I don’t know if I’m clear and y’all understand me, but I really find it beautiful as hell. In a fanfic I’ve read (which title I don’t remember but which was awesome), the author made Amy say to Jake it was okay if he didn’t feel the same for her right now, because she thought he said it back because he felt forced to. But no, it’s the total opposite! He acted silly when she said she loved him because he wasn’t excepting it, he wasn’t expecting all these feelings and he didn’t know how to handle them. He was AFRAID. And in my opinion, I think this is one of the best proof of love I’ve ever seen in my fandom life. Even though it sounded awkward and emotionless, it was a real declaration. And it doesn’t stop here. At the very beginning of their relationship, when Amy tells Jake she doesn’t want to go out with cops anymore because she’s afraid it will end badly, it is said about her that when she has a crush on someone, she has the tendency to put back her hair behind her ears. It’s said at the beginning of the episode, and at the end, she shows Jake a video of a bleating sheep (just to make him laugh btw, which is the very first evidence of her love for him). At that, Jake laughs out loud, just to mask his disappointment about her not wanting to go out with him. He laughs, and then leaves her alone, as if nothing had happened. He closes up, and becomes once again the usual Jacob Peralta we all know. At the same time, the background music disappears, and we have a close-up shot on Amy, (as if nothing else mattered) who smiles a little, quite evidently sad and lost, and who eventually puts back her hair behind her ears. If this is not magic, then I don’t know what is. This is my Favourite scene in B99 so far. Change my mind.
