to be honest i think the reason jujus affect the alpha kids differently than the cherubs is just because the cherubs have the concept of a nuclear family intertwined with their very existence, whereas its not as necessary with humans. like, a family forces you to live with and interact with your family members, but the cherub species seems to take that to an extreme. you have someone who you are forced to not only live with, but you also share a body, and one of you is supposedly destined to kill the other. (of course, i doubt this like, a natural thing that just Happens, but given one's situation and exposure to prior knowledge, it may feel like it comes naturally.)(i gotta brush up on my cherub species lore tho.) and to destroy the weaker counterpart, while freeing yourself, just continues the cycle. so callie discovers that this isn't the only possibility, but as a result, she is killed by caliborn. cycle continues, yada yada. callie *is* revived, but she needs to wear a ring (marriage!) + the creation of a new universe = continuation of the family tree
now while this is obviously reflected in humans, it is not so extreme, which is why their behavior changes so drastically. something i find interesting is that roxy in particular has a spiral in her hair, similar to the ones that represent the cherubs. while she wasn't raised with "family values" or the expectation of being a sort of housewife like jane was, her earlier appearances show her acting the most like one of these stereotypical housewives. as they play sburb, though, along with quitting drinking, roxy manages to cut back on her other behaviors like flirting with dirk. for her, this makes trickster mode more of a relapse. while jane and jake never spoke about getting married and having tons of kids before trickster mode, roxy did! she even decided to start drinking again during it.
going back to the whole housewife thing (i'm unfortunately obsessed with usamerican 1950's imagery/symbolism), trickster mode sort of reminds me of the "american dream". all of your problems are solved, you can live happily and be married and have kids, the end. it's that easy!
anyway i think the spirals represent, like. nuclear family, family unit, cycle of abuse, whatever you wanna call it. :p
