I want to take a nice, long look at Jecht’s life prior to being taken away from Dream Zanarkand, and boy, is it gonna delve pretty far back. Buckle up, this one’s gonna be long.
So, I’ve thought a lot about Jecht’s marriage, and though we only see snippets of Tidus’s life with his parents, we can safely say it wasn’t a happy time for most involved. Tidus, we know, was the subject of at least emotional and mental abuse at the hands of his father (I loathe to think physical, but I’ll get to that later), but I don’t think his mother helped much.
Backing this up even further, I don’t think Jecht married for love. I think he and his wife got along, I think they had enough in common to carry a conversation, I think they definitely liked each other, but ultimately, I think he knocked her up and married her for fear his reputation might be on the line. Because, up to this point in his life, he was Jecht, famous Blitzball player, living a life of stardom and probably luxury. He could go out every night, he could party, drink (I believe he didn’t drink excessively at this point in his life), get laid, then go home and do it all again tomorrow. It wasn’t a life of hedonism, per se, but a life of a man growing to stardom young.
After all, Jecht was only about 22-23 when Tidus was born. He was so young and just starting to live his life, not even really knowing who he was as a person. And then he gets a girl pregnant, and that doesn’t always look good, so they Vegas-style get hitched and move in together. Probably play up the news like they’ve known each other for a long time or what have you, but it was probably very spur of the moment.
A few Tidus RPers have talked with me about how Tidus’s mom also feels like she was probably a fangirl of Jecht’s, and there’s a part of me that’s inclined to agree based on the way she treats her own child. (Granted, this could all go further in-depth into her having a shit home life and reveling in what she has with Jecht because abandonment issues, but lbr, nothing negates child neglect, okay).
I think at first, they were both really good parents, but I’d really like to focus on Jecht here mostly. I’ve always headcanoned that he was so happy to be a dad at first. He loves Tidus fiercely. He loves his fat feet and his belly and that little giggle and those incredibly blue eyes. He’s the most beautiful child, and he loves him so intensely, so dearly, and he just dotes on him so much. In-game, it’s stated that Jecht wanted to teach Tidus Blitzball and watch him grow up to follow in his footsteps (it follows suit with the arrogance that fame has brought him) and I think he wanted to really be a good part of his life.
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