a lot of ppl are so obsessed w their ship being canon that they act dense to jjs emotional depth cuz in what world was he occ this season. the show finally tackle (although poorly) the consequences of his abuse and how it affects to physical and emotional intimacy.
This is a common fandom thing. Is it really occ or you just don’t like that it doesn’t favor your way? Most of the time the answer is the later. Fandoms are often very hypocrite because they would be salivating if the tables were turned to their direction. The main thing I am seeing is "he was too obsessed with Kie" but JJ is always the first one willing to do what it takes to save his best friends. We have seen him made up crazy plans to save them and overall freak out because JJ is very volatile and intense.
Are we watching the same show? JJ firing a freaking gun in front of everybody to save John B. Trying to break him out of jail with such a misconducted plan and failing miserably. Taking the blame for Pope with the Rafe issue. JJ willing to offer himself to give the group a chance. Stealing the money from Barry out of a spur of anger and desperation. JJ is reckless when put into a corner or faced with what he considers is injustice. JJ going off at the club because they were talking about John B. He reacted just as bad when they had to leave John B just after getting Kiara back. JJ loves his friends more than anything in this world.
It’s easy to scream OCC when you don’t like the direction a character is taking and because you don’t want to analyze why it makes sense. 301 was very clear about how much JJ didn’t want to leave the island because he thought it was a bad idea. He saw the island as an scape from the problems. Things went to shit the moment they were rescued. He was acting out of anger.
Now there’s another layer. JJ is already a ride or die for his friends. If you add a romantic layer it’s expected that he'll get more intense. Kie is not some random person. He has feelings for her and he was able to bond with her over their shared dream in the island. It’s romantic when John B goes mad for Sarah but it’s OCC from JJ when Kiara has been his best friend since kindergarten, might you. He would’ve reacted just as bad without the added feelings. It stands out now even more because he is finally exploring and addressing his romantic feelings.
As I explained here, JJ is dealing with those feelings and he is coping with it the best way he can. He isn’t used to this level of romantic intimacy, let along Kiara being so vocal about it. Eventually, the abuse his dad put him through + his mom leaving would catch up to him. It’s also not the first time he had questioned Kiara’s intentions because she’s rich so the conflict of classes existed in his mind. Rudy did a fantastic job portraying that level of vulnerability and you could just see how his body would tense and go into self defense mode. It is really on brand with JJ and I wished they had expanded on it.
