this isnt much of a confession, but I honestly hate jess for the queerbaiting. theres so much wrong with it and like. i dont understand why it was never just like, we see a minor character who is queer. sure, we have Ivy, Teony, Guy & Nate, but each of those have problems?? like I dont remember seeing Ivy OR teony after theyre shown to be into women, and guy and nate are just there to be like, no dont worry! i actually DONT hate gay people look at these stereotypes!
And the worst part for me is that it would make MORE sense than what shes doing NOW (Now being ~Season six where we left off). Garroth and Laurance havent had an arc since. boom. put them together. then u dont have to write out Laurance AND it makes Garroth more than just majority comic relief (though i recognise she was on bad terms with sebastian). Also, how hard would it be to have Katelyn say in a later season like, "oh yeah, my ex girlfriend-". as soon as she gets with Travis shes suddenly only allowed to like men. Lucinda and Melissa could have literally said "Im in love with you" on screen and jess wouldve revealed they were actually cousins in a comment two years later.
TL:DR, Jess is homophobic because she refuses to recognise that writing relationships isnt the same as real relationships and that shes wrong sometimes, even though it would make more sense for the series.
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