#jean baker

[leaky-heart]

Nate and Jean around 1983

[quincyhorst]

Sorry to bother you quincy!! Can you please elaborate on Jean?? I mean if were being critical honestly i say more than half of big waves probably has tons of casual romance but specifically why Jean is the worst when it comes to it?

Hello! ~

Okay, at least on my setting, I think I'm mixed over who'd be casual over romances. Nice or Jean are the ones I'm 100% set in, maybe Clark (he REALLY wanted a gf back then), and finally there's Bruce -but only during his lifeguard job ig-.

Nonetheless, all these characters' romances shared something in common: The people they'd bring on these flings were mostly outsiders of their usual friend circle. Tourists, fans, acquaintances, just people that wouldn't affect any of their closest relationships (<- Doesn't make it any less fucked up, though). Since his first date, Jean's romances also fell on these categories, but the only exception to the rule was enough to almost break up his friend group.

As mentioned on this BW trio post, Jean and Reef always held a close relationship, specially after Hamilton found comfort on Mrs. Baker and her bakery. And given his constant visits to the place, their relationship deepened in a way different than Nice's, to the point they'd have their own exclusive secrets. For example, Reef was quick to notice how Jean would come to the bakery always next to a different person, and the two even had a talk about it. Although Reef was worried over how it could affect Jean's reputation (specially as he started to play for a professional juvenile soccer club), he still brushed things off as "just teen love".

However, as adulthood came it'd be the turn of Reef to become Jean's new person of interest. And let's just say... Hamilton was torn about it. Sure, Jean had similar interests as him, he was a funny guy, but knowing his past experiences made things rather unnerving. Nonetheless, Reef still accepted anyway, believing that "if we're already close, maybe things can be different instead".

As the popularity around Baker was gathering more and more the attention of the media, the idea at first was to date privately for a while, and later up share it with Mrs. Baker, at least till both agreed on it. However, that day never happened, as their relationship turned sour soon enough; with the straw that broke the camel's back being a date that ended in an uncomfortable night for both.

After that they decided to call it off and return to just being friends, but things just wouldn't be the same for neither. As much as they tried, any interaction between them would become awkward and short-lived, and it wouldn't last long for any 3rd party to notice it. Mrs. Baker was the person most affected by this, as she would find strange how Hamilton would come less and less to her bakery. Reef excused himself that he had changed his study spot, but something felt lackluster. And obviously, there was Nice. Being a teammate of Jean in the same soccer club, at some point he started to notice his best friend often acting dismissive whenever Reef was mentioned, or the two just avoiding each other whenever the three had a night out.

And well, since we've talked so much about Jean yet never got onto his viewpoint... Above of all things, Baker just felt pure guilt. Regardless of what he felt towards Reef, the fact that he had dragged him into his endless cycle of flings left him embarassed, specially by how things spiralled beyond his control. As much as he denied it, he felt Reef was on the right for setting his boundaries, and he decided to respect them till they were ready to properly reconnect as friends.

Now there comes a question... Do the *three* of them even get to talk about this? Well, at least until what I have, No. They unfortunately separate for a while, with Reef staying for his studies and Jean + Nice getting contracts to play in separate teams across the country. So for few years, they only method of communication is either online or just few calls. Nonetheless, I like to picture that after their lived experiences, the three feel more ready to reconnect again and maybe address some stuff later on.

[hakkasm]

[delfilopezdavio]

The Florida Project, 2017, Sean Baker

[belsasim]

Day 1 - Tuesday (3rd day of summer) - Pride Day

As it’s Pride Day, drinking is one of the traditions today. So the guests drink and celebrate :-)

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[cladlless-colletc]

I was doing Inktober but I gave up due to some shit :/

Day 3 & 4

[quincyhorst]

Big Waves' Character Moodboards

A long time ago, I stumbled upon a Pinterest challenge that pretty much was to search a character name + "core" (Pretty much like the aesthetic names everyone uses nowadays) and assemble a small moodboard with the results. So I've decided to do these with Big Waves.

Keep in mind these images are 2-3 years old, so the Pinterest results have changed greatly since then. Out of pure curiosity I've decided to experiment and re-do these boards with the up to date view I have of these characters, so feel free to compare results. Though I can testify that algorithm had gone downhill, because in more than one occassion I got a duplicate result :/

(Also... These are also based more on my adult/GO setting than OG, jsyk)

Quincycore

It doesn't matter if its 2023 or 2025, all the results I get will always be based on cottagecore or something soft. I don't mind Quincy being soft sometimes, but I do prefer him being more "grunge", if you get what I mean.

Also as I was researching, I stumbled upon this random picture of an anime character (I think it's from Bleach) and... Please don't tell me I'm the only one who thinks they look similar to Quin 😭

Jeancore

For some reason as I was doing the new version, at some point the Pinterest algorythm went "fuck you" and started to put EVERYTHING, from dumb comics to incredibly unrelated stuff. Still managed to find good material with enough luck.

I like the vibe of both moodboards overall, and I'm glad it didn't deviate much.

Brucecore

My only two notes for the 2nd version is that 1- This time around there was so little to actually work with, it's so dissappointing compared to when I was searching years ago 2- Yes, the beer cans are neccesary to this, I can explain (????)

...Gotta be sincere, the first version wins this round.

Shinecore

My biggest pet peeve with the 2025 version is that apparently "shinecore" got coined as an actual aesthetic (Or something), because every single image I found was mostly a cute thing with a vintage-like filter and covered with sparkles. I miss the diversity of the 2023 results :(

Nonetheless, I'm happy I've still managed to get something that fits Shine more. The pastel colors are cute, yes, but it's a color scheme that goes better with Reef. Speaking of him...

Reefcore

Another case where the older version wins. I feel like the 2025 results featured a lot of marine things (Which makes sense), but very little of other things or even anything that reminded on how I picture Reef. Plus I like the colors better on the 1st ver.

I think I have some moodboards left to do, so if anyone's interested I could share more.