i don’t deny nash’s death was misogynistic, in the sense she was fridged. but it does hold up the broader narrative of sexual violence, and it especially reveals jim’s fatal flaws. he keeps trying to play into the rules of morality despite being mistreated/violated by the people he believes will ultimately protect him.
he can’t accept that he’s been assaulted and this reflects how he treats nash. he involves her in his situation because he must be validated in a time of desperation. then he’s surprised when she doesn’t realize what she’d gotten into.
jim to some extent set her up to be killed because her primary role stayed as someone who could have faith in him, trust that what happened to him DID happen. but he never returned the favor, he keeps her in the dark when she questioned his relationship with john (a sense of shame, she must know he’s innocent but not that he’s a victim).
and so he overlooks her as a potential victim.
when it inevitably happens, when he is given the power to influence whether nash dies or not… he can sooner imagine her dead, than ever facing his aggressor.