Jackson Is Better Than Death
Death. Let me count the ways. He is calculating. He pretty much told Jackson he was worthless. That Jack was no comparison to his wonderful, wealthy self. I have a castle with every luxury for Evie. What do you have? Nothing. He knew Jack would always put Evie first. He has always put Evie first. He breathed for her. Starved for her. Killed for her. Protected her. Walked into a hail of bullets for her. Taught her how to survive. He never put his hands on her to cause her harm. Death though. He let her fall face first onto a concrete curb. He let her walk in freezing rain barefooted with no coat. And her hands tied behind her back. And don’t even get me started on the cilice. He implied that Jack, Matthew, Selena, and Lark were dead. Evie. Thinking she was totally alone in the world. Except for her grandmother. No one alive to help her. Totally alone. She liked Lark. She loved Matthew. Selena, not so much, but they were growing close. And Jackson. The boy she loved. Dead. He let her believe, deep down in her soul, that she was alone. She was a girl. A very young. Sheltered. Kind and sweet. Girl. He may not lie, but he is very, very, very deceptive. And I know she’s The Empress. However.
Death had unlimited access to her mind. He could hear every thought. And he didn’t notice she was innocent? Kind? Caring? Not the evil Red Witch he has known in the past? He didn’t notice that among the banality? That right there is unforgivable. The only time he actually paid attention was when she was going to have sex with Jack? Really? A little bit late there, Death.
And sex. Death tried to coerce her into having sex. And if that had happened? That is rape. And if you disagree, google is your friend. He apologized. Due to his nobility? Or because he knew Evie would eviscerate him the first chance she got. He played her the entire time she was at the castle. A 16-year-old girl alone. Devastated. Her home, gone. Her mother, gone. Everyone, gone. She had to turn to someone. Human nature. Death is thousands of years old. He’s read. He’s studied. I do believe he has picked up a few tricks over that amount of time. Sneaky. Deceptive. Calculating. And of course. Death is beautiful. He’s tempting. Do we know if he has the power of seduction? Hasn’t Death been seductive in one way or another throughout history? Evie’s call might be, “Come. Touch. But you’ll pay a price.”, but so is Death’s. The most beautiful boy she’d ever seen. That is extremely tempting. Displaying his hotness in every possible way. Teasing.
Death knew how Jack felt about Evie. And he played his hand. He told Jackson Evie would be warm, dry, safe, with her dance studio, her art studio, a library, heat, lights, food, everything she would need or want. Compared to life on the road. Sleeping in a tent. Eating whatever. He played on the one thing he knew Jack always took to heart. Evie. Again. Deceptive. Got rid of Jack before Evie even made a decision. So yes. Sneaky Death. He played Jack right on out of Ft. Arcana and away from Evie. Saving Evie from having to tell him she chose Death. To save her the pain, he knew it would cause her. Always. Putting Evie first. Evie though. She picked the right one. Jack. Not Death.
On the forum, one of the members (thank you, Deb! All credit to her for this.) brought up the fact that Death was supposed to have left Ft. Arcana, heading home. Evie in the other direction. Should have been two hours apart? At least? Death was outraged. He loved Evie. But he wanted to possess her. Was he upset that he lost her? Or the fact he not only lost her but that he lost her to an uncouth, rough around the edges Cajun boy, that had nothing. Except an undying love for Evie, a desire to rebuild Haven for her, and build a better world. Not Death though. Go hide out in his castle. Let the humans rot. Did he in his anger, the one Major Arcana, that could talk to everyone, tell Richter where Selena was? The one that killed him in the past? So he could kill her? Kill Jack?Plus the added bonus of all those humans? How did he travel two hours back to Evie so fast? To be able to grab her? To keep her from going into the lava after Jack? Just how fast is Thanatos? Or was Death following her? Knowing Richter was going to strike? Get rid of Jack. Another Arcana. And save Evie. Pretty good trick if you can do it. And Death could.
Since day one at school, Evie treated Jack like dirt. Like scum. Like he wasn’t good enough to even speak to her. Even after he saved her life. She kept secrets. He thought she hated him. She didn’t do much to change that perception. And since when would a boy that was dirt poor, ever think he could ever be good enough for a super wealthy spoiled princess? In what world? She made life on the road so much harder. All she had to do was open her mouth and talk to him. But nope. She kept quiet. Which hurt him. Daily. All day. As if he wasn’t even good enough to talk to. How would you feel? As for him bossing her on the road? Well. He could have let her die. Multiple times. It was Jack’s nature to protect. To do for. He had been caring for his mother since he was a child. He did what he could to take care of Clotilde. It was what he knew. Protect. Feed. Care for. I mean. What an awful thing for a guy to do for you. And remember. He didn’t know she was The Empress. Silver bells and cockle shells.
I got to thinking about The Hanged Man, Jackson, Evie drawing him in class, and the possible past connection with The Empress, The Hanged Man, and The Moon. I won’t go into it here. We discussed it on the forum. And actually, Jasmine posted about it on another forum in 2015. Plus other theories about The Hanged Man. All makes sense. We also discussed Evie attempting to apologize to the other Arcana for her duplicity in past games. For example, saving Jackson’s eyes after squishing them out in the past. Theories. So many theories.
Counting the days until The Dark Calling comes out.
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