#jaitlin

[jaitlin]

Loves Me, Loves Me Not (DJH - S3EP5)

[zayadriancas]

[seancamerons]

Let's talk about Caitlin Ryan!

When I watch Degrassi Junior High, I remember falling hopelessly for Rick and Caitlin. I know everyone loves jaitlin, myself included, arguably the stronger power couple that ended oddly. Most fans kind of forget about them who are short-lived Klareesque, but I'm not surprised. I saw some old jaitlin just a few minutes on my dash, and it got me thinking.

Would it be controversial to say that Clare with KC is the equivalent of Caitlin and Rick and Claudr, similar to Eli, I guess that would make Drew a bit of Joey? Not really the same but if I could I would say and suspect, now correct me if this is too hot of a take, but early Caitlin and Rick are espys for Sean and Emma, respectively apart and together perhaps their entire relationship is based on them retooled and tweaked for a "new generation" but the similarities are there.

It might be a stretch, but consider this! There was a throwaway line by adult!Lucy in 2.12 white wedding part 1, "when are you going to add a mini Spike and mini Snake to mini Caitlin over there?" Implying Emma is similar to Caitlin back in the day or coded Caitlin is intentional.

The facts are both are environmentally conscious, trope of granola girl, the girl has a big mouth and can't mind her own business or stay in her lane, crusades and causes, controversial editorial pieces that manage to ruffle feathers and a pechant for bad boy characters. Joey was more a funnyman musician type but he wasnt Mr. Academics had trouble in school, could fall into the bad boy category, and was held back a grade in high school.

For example of a similar thing, Caitlin fought for Spike to stay at Degrassi while she was ironically pregnant with Emma when the school was intending to expel her with added pressure from pta, angry parents, and school board. Who would've thought that Caitlin would be this influence on her years later. Emma was shown to know exactly who she was and even liked her and sought her (bad) advice. Emma similarly wrote that nak editorial, which offended Sean’s brother and let's not forget about the vicious rumor Emma accidentally started and then humiliated herself and Liberty. There is alot to unpack with that such as seeing Armstrong and Liberty could've triggered her trauma regarding Jordan (the pilot love interest who was a pedophile predator) she is suspect of an adult being close and hands on with a teenager no matter how preposterous it all manifested.

Sean is a similar character to Rick, but somewhat similar to Craig, too, with the whole childhood abuse thing. I do suspect that this was intentional. Joey, too , is so instrumental in the season 2 opener with this plot point, and Craig's introductory plot makes a lot of sense, such as the whole thing with Rick and Craig. It also makes a logical writing sense kind of way with Sean cut from similar cloth to both Craig in the universe and his espy Rick Munro.

Semma though similar or based on Rick and Caitlin, right down to the end of Caitlin and Rick's relationship when he took up smoking cigarettes implied deviant behavior, similarly in dtng Sean was hanging with the deviant, "gangsta", Candy Bandits became his new friends and it pretty much ended Sean and Emma’s relationship in the third season.

In degrassi junior high, after the split Rick was sent to the Bermuda black hole after making him a satelite love interest territory, and of course, we see Caitlin later was paired with Joey, who was arguably a leading man in comparison. They shared a lovely relationship after that with major build up and were upgraded to power couple status, and we know the rest. Caitlin also dated the mysterious, environmentally conscious dark horse Claude who is arguably a bit more Eli Goldsworthy coded for a host of reasons which of course ended badly in more ways than one, and Caitlin and Joey got back on track after their split and Claude's untimely death by suicide. Caitlin felt guilty for the entire thing if I remember correctly and was comforted by Joey. If I remember right, I think this is what Claude had wanted, to hurt Caitlin for hurting him for not accepting his affections after their break up and moving on from him. Remember when Eli manipulated Clare in the conclusion of season 10 when he famously hit the wall inside Morty for the sole purpose of destroying the car for Clsre spelled the end of their initial relationship as we know it, was essentially a near death experience. Eli survived and manipulated Clare, and she finally left him after distancing herself, and then Eli did what he did. But they kind of subverted that a little bit obviously, but I think that was perhaps an initial plan.

So obviously Cailin has main character energy, similar to Emma her closest espy, Clare Edwards and perhaps even Maya Matlin, who are similarly cut in the same or similar cloth if there were some venn diagram there'd be quite significant overlap. Drama always follows for better for worse with these ladies. No stranger to drama, both in romance and friendships across the board.

It's kind of weird, though. Adult Caitlin is certainly aside from her rekindled relationship with Joey, a big ol' mess, and there is a lot to unpack with that. At this point, pretty heavily, it's implied she'd been through the ringer romantically (1.01 Mother Child Reunion). She is successful in her career, and it is a barrier for her. lkve glr her and mayve shes not over the her high school sweetheart and their ill fated engagement to her former flame joey who now is a widower with a child at this point in tjme working as a used car salesmen with a taxky commercial. Caitlin, as we know, began the "rebooted revival" series engaged to be married to an awful director, Keith, who had a wandering eye (Allison) and was condensending toward pretty much all of Caitlin's friends.

While Caitlin and Joey ended in a bittersweet fashion, (thanks alot Kevin Smith! </sarcasm) Caitlin resumed her career and ultimately left the series. When Caitlin eventually resurfaces in season 7's Jesse's Girl, where she hooked up with her mentees boyfriend, who is ironically named Jesse. Honestly, awful decision by the writers, and a disservice to her character who'd been around since the 1980's.

I can't believe Caitlin is the kind of woman who would get pissed at a boyfriend over cigarettes or vices when she was written to do something like that. Jesse was, at the very least, 10 or so years her junior. Cougar!Caitlin on the prowl isn't exactly what I expected to see for her future, and not really a flex for her character, a huge nosedive if you want to talk a fall from grace.

So there you have it. That's how I see it anyway.

[bosesmikas]

Top 3-5 Degrassi couples?! There are no wrong answers here :)

Only 3-5??? Well, I’ll try my best.

1. Jaitlin

2. Snake/Spike

3. Jiberty

4. Sellie

5. Shiny

[degrassi-ship-war]

Degrassi Ship War: Round 3

[saveme-storybrooke-potc]

how dare Degrassi next gen break up Caitlin and Joey AGAIN

[degrassi-fandom-confessions]

Joey and Caitlin were tragic for so many reasons. And this isn't pro J*itlin and wishing for an endgame.

[bosesmikas]

So happy to hear Fimogen is endgame <3

I love them sm 🥰

And eww, I thought Diane was in her 30s or smth. Like close in age to him.

Two questions: Fimogen was confirmed endgame?

And Joey’s gf in s5 is 22?

Sort of? I remember seeing something on the writers' official Twitter account that "confirmed" it in a backwards way. This was hard to track down since the original person that asked the question deleted the post and as it turns out, the picture I was looking for came from one of their stories, not their official Instagram accounts. Anyways:

The best I could do was a crappy screenshot from Pinterest. It obviously says "she married Fiona"

And someone tweeted that to the writers, suggesting Fimogen was endgame and they responded:

And yes, Joey's old ass was dating probably a recent college graduate.

[belowthedot]

DJH 2x10 | I wonder if this is the moment Joey started catching feelings 🤔

[degrassi-daily]

[natlover4ever]

Caitlin & Joey reunited 10 years later and broke up over Kevin Smith.

Michael came back from the dead, had amnesia and got his memories back, and Jane chose Rafael.

I swear to god if Jude and Connor don’t end up together I’m suing 😂😭

[jaitlin]

Pat Mastroianni & Stacie Mistysyn (1990)

[zayadriancas]

[seancamerons]

also for the favorites ask: favorite degrassi ship (besides semma), favorite show (besides degrassi), favorite song, favorite band, favorite food, favorite color, favorite Disney character, favorite book, favorite movie? <3

Thanks!💖 I have a lot of faves, and tbh I find it super hard narrowing things down to one here goes! Thanks for the ask!💌

Degrassi ships - djh or high era: jaitlin dtng era: sparcy, janny degrassi era: zaya and drianca

Shows - stranger things, the oc, breaking bad, one tree hill, mad men, never have I ever, ginny and georgia, queen charlotte, bridgerton, beverly hills 90210, julie and the phantoms, veronica mars, tim and eric awesome show great job, twin peaks, black mirror, euphoria, glee, on my block, freaks and geeks, cold case, full house/fuller house, skins, that 70s show, orange us the new black, this is us, dexter, parks and rec, true blood and sons of anarchy

Song - I don't think I have a single fave song. If I had to choose it would have to be something by britney spears I guess at the moment born to make you happy from baby one more time (1999) comes to mind. Always a comfort. 💕

Bands - I love boy bands backstreet boys, big time rush, nsync, boyz 2 men, Hanson. I used to love maroon 5 as a teen but I'm not so much a fan of their newer material. I like my chemical romance, the killers, blink 182, no doubt, fall out boy, and i used to listen to panic at the disco in their early years. I really love classic rock bands such as journey, guns and roses, and queen. I love a variety. Just don't talk about country I don't listen to it period.

Color - pink

Book - the great gatsby, the hunger games trilogy, currently getting into reading and of course fanfictions (if that counts) for degrassi which I write sometimes.

Movie - titanic (1997), crossroads (2002), et (1982), national lampoons vacation (1983), billy madison (1995), casper (1995), stepbrothers (2008), the breakfast club (1985), pretty in pink (1986), 10 things i hate about you (1999), the hunger games (2012), rent (2005), mean girls (2004), and grease (1978) probably forgetting something but here's some.

Disney character: male: dopey from snow white and the beast from beauty and the beast female: ariel from the little mermaid and cinderella

Feel free to ask me whatever, and I'll return the favor.

😊😊😊

[bosesmikas]

The fact that Jaitlin was still on a double date with Snike in the s5 intro yet they weren’t endgame? Criminal I say.

[degrassi-ship-war]

Degrassi Ship War: Round 2A