Ouf! What I was trying to say in that ask before I ran out of space, is that thinking of Jack's way of seeing things makes up for interesting ways of building a ship with him. It could go so many ways from the nice and sweet to the unnervingly tough.
I only got this one ask, so I haven’t seen what else you shared with me (Sorry!)
And yes, absolutely! Reminds me of that analysis post that I’ve made (It’s here if you’re interested).
Handsome Jack/Rhys is interesting in itself, and the whole shipping them thing is just a bonus to their already fascinating dynamic. (I can write a paper about them. Literally.)
Jack is a multi-faceted, well-developed character with unknown mysteries. And I think because he’s a whole person on his own, the outcome with any relationship with him is unpredictable. We have canon guidance, but otherwise, it’s a lot of fun speculation and what-if scenarios.
And Rhys being a fan of Jack who still aligns himself in the middle between Pandora and Helios provides more story-direction choices to the player/writer/artist. Adding more unpredictability to the outcome. (That’s what tftbl is all about, making Rhys choose which side to take in the end…until they forced one outcome only, but that’s another story).
And him being an AI in tftbl, gives insight into both Rhys and Jack in a way that would not have been possible if they just met as humans. And there’s the question of AI technology, Jack’s private personality, trust, changing /challenging perspectives…. it’s all so fascinating.