shazba
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You hear that, boys?
I HAVE ATTAINED THE (virtually) IMPOSSIBLE!
Jill is only interested in what Jill wants. Jill wants to feel better. Jill wants to feel like she's making a difference. Jill wants to sleep-hump your hand without consent. Jill, in fact, ignores almost everything the MC says he wants, violates his trust and boundaries repeatedly, and then dumps him for being compassionate enough to take care of a sick friend (Sage) rather than go on a self-indulgent picnic. Why? BECAUSE JILL WANTS A PICNIC. What the MC wants doesn't matter.
It's very easy to dislike that selfish, ignorant (semi-little) goblinoid.
There have been a lot of very terrible people in the world who do things because they "know what's best for you", just like Jill. Book burners. Witch burners. Maybe even an axe murderer or two. (looking around nervously for Bella) .. but probably not.
Although I'm not averse to a bit of Jill Character Assassination, and Jill Face Hate for that matter, I don't really think she dumped the mc simply because he didn't go on the picnic.What you say is more or less true but I feel that all of what you say can be easily explained by Jill's insecurity, she's also not the most mature person when it comes to relationships since her experience with that is "zero". Of course any compassionate and would understand when you have prior commitments and want to take care of a sick friend who feels really bad. It's easy to postpone picnics or dates, there's always tomorrow, you can't cancel a cold/sickness though and to demand that you cancel your meeting with the sick friend so you can instead have a picnic now and not tomorrow or any other day is immature and selfish. That, to me, was easily the silliest plot point in Jill's arc. That alone could be reason enough for the MC to ditch her entirely, you don't want to date narcissists or extremely immature people who don't understand the concept of compassion and commitment to other people who need help.
However, overall Jill is a sweet character, but she has her serious flaws, she's far from perfect but she's ultimately likable. She needs to learn quite a few things about life, she needs to become more self-assured and understand that even though she may be the MC's girlfriend or potential girlfriend she cannot demand that he lets his friends down when they need help - just so she can spend some time with him. She wouldn't want a boyfriend who is like that, would she?
I feel this is part of Jill's arc. Ultimately I feel you judge too harshly here. Now, she's nowhere near my favorite character, there are probably half a dozen or so that I like a lot more (Maya, Josy, Riona, Sage, even Nicole) but Jill is not a bad person, just terrible immature and insecure about certain things, probably due to a very sheltered life with few experiences. The MC is the one who will help her mature into an adult, at least I hope so... when you are on the Jill path, that is. I am not really, I played her route to see what it's like and it can be sweet and touching (the recital etc), but I find the aforementioned Maya, Josy, Riona, Sage etc much more compelling and fun overall and they are my #1 choices. They also look better than Jill who still looks like some kind of alien to me![]()
Even if not going on the picnic is the initial variable that ultimately destroys the relationship, I don't think she was like, "That took me an hour to prepare that picnic basket! Fuck you Fuckface, I will dump you soon, not now, not next episode, but soon!"
It was more of a case that after not going on the picnic, one thing lead to another and their relationship didn't evolve to a point that she wanted to commit.
I think it's actually acceptable.
And regarding the "understanding potential/wannabe gf"...
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