When Jack was twirling his knife back and forth and Wen Hao looked at him, it was like two tigers seizing each other up.
OH MY GOD, YES, that is such a great way to put it. Two tigers, circling.
I really like they way they filmed those moments, because they're not too overt, but they plant enough of a seed in your head that you're not surprised when CWH calls Jack into a private meeting, and Jack hints that he's far too capable and competent for staying in a tiny little Taiwanese satellite operation.
if anything I'd liken him to fire. Burning anything in its wake without care.
OOOH, that is also a great metaphor for Jack. I haven't really been able to put it into words yet, but you have!
I think that with fire things also get consumed quickly? I see Jack as the type of person who keeps moving on ('easy come, easy go' as he puts it) precisely because he burns through things in a short period of time, and then there's nothing left and he's looking for the next thing.
I imagine he's the type of guy who has sexual flings before, and that he lets that desire burn hot and bright, but then it's over and done—that was that. And he hasn't really let anybody in, emotionally. Or perhaps nobody's been interested enough to want to go in, either.
Yeah, the fire metaphor works really well! <33
because I understand how he is but I don't understand why he is, what made him the way he is.
I'm actually really glad that they didn't delve too deep into Jack's character. I think I have had much more fun thinking or speculating on Jack's backstory and motivations, than if they actually gave me something in canon. Some characters also just are, you know?
The way that I write Jack (and this is just my own interpretation, and the fun of the character is that there can be so many interpretations that are different), he just has that innate desire to do dangerous things and put his life on the line. I don't write him as having suffered a particular trauma or event that made him the way he is. Jack just is that way. Doing dangerous stuff is what makes him feel alive.
And then he meets Zhao Zi, and Zhao Zi makes him feel alive in a new and different and better and interesting way, and I see Jack as willing to give up his old, dangerous life for this fresh, new, incredibly novel househusband thing. It's a completely different challenge than what he had before, and he finds that he likes it.
Anyways, that's my two cents on what I think makes Jack tick. (ノ*°▽°*)
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Date: 15 Feb 2020 20:45 (UTC)OH MY GOD, YES, that is such a great way to put it. Two tigers, circling.
I really like they way they filmed those moments, because they're not too overt, but they plant enough of a seed in your head that you're not surprised when CWH calls Jack into a private meeting, and Jack hints that he's far too capable and competent for staying in a tiny little Taiwanese satellite operation.
if anything I'd liken him to fire. Burning anything in its wake without care.
OOOH, that is also a great metaphor for Jack. I haven't really been able to put it into words yet, but you have!
I think that with fire things also get consumed quickly? I see Jack as the type of person who keeps moving on ('easy come, easy go' as he puts it) precisely because he burns through things in a short period of time, and then there's nothing left and he's looking for the next thing.
I imagine he's the type of guy who has sexual flings before, and that he lets that desire burn hot and bright, but then it's over and done—that was that. And he hasn't really let anybody in, emotionally. Or perhaps nobody's been interested enough to want to go in, either.
Yeah, the fire metaphor works really well! <33
because I understand how he is but I don't understand why he is, what made him the way he is.
I'm actually really glad that they didn't delve too deep into Jack's character. I think I have had much more fun thinking or speculating on Jack's backstory and motivations, than if they actually gave me something in canon. Some characters also just are, you know?
The way that I write Jack (and this is just my own interpretation, and the fun of the character is that there can be so many interpretations that are different), he just has that innate desire to do dangerous things and put his life on the line. I don't write him as having suffered a particular trauma or event that made him the way he is. Jack just is that way. Doing dangerous stuff is what makes him feel alive.
And then he meets Zhao Zi, and Zhao Zi makes him feel alive in a new and different and better and interesting way, and I see Jack as willing to give up his old, dangerous life for this fresh, new, incredibly novel househusband thing. It's a completely different challenge than what he had before, and he finds that he likes it.
Anyways, that's my two cents on what I think makes Jack tick. (ノ*°▽°*)