One thing that kind of irritates me about the tma fandom is the way Jon’s intelligence is treated. It’s like he makes a lot of decisions that seem dumb to us because we know the full context of the narrative he’s in, but he doesn’t. How’s he supposed to know what’s happening around him when he has no scope for how to handle it. He’s also not the most emotionally aware but I digress.
My point is that he’s not actually stupid, which is how I feel fans sometimes treat him. He’s intelligent, especially booksmart wise, so I get annoyed seeing posts acting like he’s some dumbass bumbling around making a fool of himself out of stupidity. He makes bad decisions but not because he’s dumb, it’s because he literally has NO idea what’s happening, how could anyone make a fully informed smart decision in those circumstances. Tma is a tragedy not because some guy is making bad choices knowing they’re stupid, it’s a tragedy because this person can’t make “smart” choices in the situation he’s been deliberately placed into to prey on his intelligence and curiosity.
Idk man I also enjoy the occasional “haha Jon makes stupid decisions,” but sometimes I feel like that “stupid” stuff gets turned into like an actual character trait when it’s not really. I also might be yelling at no one so 🤷