i think jack is being widely misinterpreted and i really want to ramble about it ok
the viewer is aware that jack didnât have ill intent when acting out against test tube. it was jack lashing out and his negligence almost caused her death. however, the contestants arenât aware of this. fan straight up calls it âattempted murderâ when that isnât the case. at most it would be involuntary manslaughter . murder is premeditated, meaning jack would have been planning to murder test tube all along when that clearly isnât the case . fan doesnât know that, though, only the viewers do. fan most likely told this from his perspective to the OSC that âjack attempted to murder test tubeâ and not âjack accidentally almost killed test tubeâ. the only one who seems to understand this is test tube, who says âhe acted upon aggressive tendenciesâ
jack acting out in episode 2 was a on purpose. but hurting test tube was a complete accident. i absolutely do not excuse what he did, but since jack seems to have the tendency to act out, he was clearly frustrated with more rules being added to the game after he thought he understood it completely. jack had a plan for how he wanted to play, and after he figures out it wonât work due to new twists added on fanâs accord, and not how he imagined, heâs reasonably upset. but that still doesnât make it okay how he behaved. heâs insecure, and doesnât want to make a fool of himself by already being eliminated
here is the part where i think heâs more wrong in. jack is excusing his actions by his personality. he says heâs impulsive and he let his temper get the best of him, but he never apologies . he is using his personality as an excuse from his actions. he is saying âhey, i need to learn and grow clearly! i was just being inept and the only way i can get better from this is playing the game like you said!â only because he wants to be in the game and win. not because he genuinely wants to better himself. his main goal is to win, he doesnât care about genuinely becoming better yet and is only saying this to appease fan and let him stay in !!
the problem is that people donât seem to understand jack is using âiâm unstable and aggressive!â as a shield for himself to keep on playing the game while having zero regard with how that affects the other contestants. the issue is that jack is playing the card pun not intended of âim unstable and the only thing that can fix me is the game!â and test tube freaking believes him!!!!!
she says herself that âthe game didnât break jack, on the contrary, itâs the only thing that can heal him!â when that is only jackâs words coming from her mouth. he has convinced them successfully that heâs this heartless monster and the game will surely help him heal and get better, when he quite literally says himself heâs only in it to win .
i think people donât know jack is manipulating people which is part of the issue. he is a mixed individual . jack offering to help team circumspect could definitely be taken as genuine or fallacious, because it would help him get back into the game again, but he would only do it to benefit himself . that is also why itâs a bit strange that suitcase immediately shuts him down like that isnât the whole point of the score board eliminations, to get back into the game. he even says it himself âthe fact i even bothered to sound nice means some growth right?â. he only wants the best for himself in this scenario, which is to sound better for fan and the safety committee (even though thatâs pretty much the whole point of the type of rejoining-elimination theyâre doing) .
part of this whole issue is definetely due to his coding by mephone. heâs an insecure individual, and itâs reflected by his design in itself. a jack playing card is the lowest of the âroyalsâ (or face cards) in a deck. this means heâs higher than a 10 but lower than a queen. heâs also just âlowerâ than suitcase, fan, and test tube, all individuals who play a higher role in the game than him, but believes he is âhigherâ than the contestants he plays with.
jack has amazing potential and i canât wait to see how his character develops, but i think itâs important to understand why he acts the way he does and that his character isnât simple in retrospect. thank u for reading
















