Was Jake Preppy?

[Chad32]

Just because she thinks looks don't matter to how you feel about someone doesn't mean she doesn't think they matter at all. Wanting to look good and wanting to help your friends look good doesn't mean you care more about the looks than the person. She was best friends with Cassie even though she wore crappy clothes and didn't care about her looks.

There's a difference between not caring about how you look and not letting it affect how you treat people.

Yeah, you're probably right.

[Azguard]

Rachel is the epitome of hot. haha

[Phoenix004]

Jake was definitely not preppy. I wouldn't say any of the Animorphs were at all preppy. Rachel may have appeared to be preppy in the same way that she could have been mistaken for a dumb blonde; if you talked to her you'd realise how wrong you were.

[esplin]

Well all this being said, I pose another question if it wasn't for the war, do you think Jake would have ended up not preppy?

Because my train of thought is that he would have ended up as the jock bball star if it wasn't for the yeerks taking Tom and everything else that followed.

[Chad32]

Jake wanted to be like Tom. That much is certain. When he got older, he may have wanted to be a bit different from Tom because teenagers typically strive to create individual identities. But we do know that he really cares for Tom, and he wanted to play basketball because of his big brother.

[Azguard]

yeah, but that's really not enough to make you a star like Tom. who knows, maybe he really could have gone even furrther than tom.

[Phoenix004]

I think Jake's the type of guy that would have outgrown basketball, or at least not become a ****y jock because of it. One of the reason's that Jake lost interest in it was because Tom did. Admittedly that was because of The Sharing, but a million other things (like getting a girlfriend) could have done the same thing.

[Azguard]

 hey, do you think Jake would have ended up with Cassie if the invasion didn't happen?

[Phoenix004]

hey, do you think Jake would have ended up with Cassie if the invasion didn't happen?

Might have taken a while, but I think he would have.

[Chad32]

hey, do you think Jake would have ended up with Cassie if the invasion didn't happen?

What do you mean? He was already with Cassie before the invasion happened.

[esplin]

you guys are basing these assumptions that Jake is over the whole preppy thing based on him during and after the invasion.  Think of chapter one of the invasion.  He was basically like, didn't make the basket ball team, no big deal.  Saying it like that makes it understood it was a HUGE deal. 

[Azguard]

hey, do you think Jake would have ended up with Cassie if the invasion didn't happen?

What do you mean? He was already with Cassie before the invasion happened.

but if Jake took a different path...maybe they wouldn't hang around each other as much or bond as much...

[Phoenix004]

Jake wasn't with Cassie before the invasion, he just knew her as Rachel's friend.

As for not making the basketball team, of course it was a big deal for a 13 year old guy who looked up to his brother, but time heals most wounds. As life went on, I don't think it would bother him as much even without the invasion around.

[Chad32]

Jake wasn't with Cassie before the invasion, he just knew her as Rachel's friend.

That isn't the impression I got. Either way, I do think they would have been together without the war. The war, towards the end at least, is what drove them apart. Jake became a different person, and Cassie betrayed Jake.

Of course, people change regardless of the stresses of war. I suppose it was just too much change for Cassie to handle.

[Terenia]

I don't think that Jake would have turned out preppy without the war. If nothing else, Marco would have prevented that. Marco is his best friend and doesn't fit into the preppy mold. Not only that, but NOT being on the bball team is discouraging and he is less likely to try out again. Not being within a sports circle makes it less likely that he'll be preppy (not that all preps are sporty, but still).



Then again, to completely contradict myself, I've known people with all 5 of the Ani's personalities within all types of social groups. Preps, nerds, jocks, punks, burnouts, etc. etc. So maybe Marco could have become preppy and still been Marco.