#jermaine facts

[cementcornfield]

Jermaine's first snow day ❄️🩵

[offthewall1979]

i wish If I Don't Love You This Way was on Get It Together. with slightly different production

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

Can't believe I forgot all about Bryce and Jermaine

[mapleshmaple]

fir the love of god please helpme

[biologicalfandomhippo]

The fact that Finn from adventure Time is colorblind is really funny, mostly because people see that scene and are like "Wait but Jake's a dog, dogs are also red green color blind" and then you get to explain the fact that Jake is technically part alien shape-shifter, which is a really funny fact made funnier because canonically Jake does not know this. This implies that both of Finn and Jake's parents, being dogs, were color blind, and their brother Jermaine is also a dog, so is also color blind, and Finn is adopted but is also color blind, so from Jake's point of view he is inexplicably the only non-colorblind person in the family. Incredible.

[grasshopperdoingdogpaddle]

So we know Chase was only training Jermaine in a bid to get to Omi, but do you think he had any respect for Jermaine by the end of it?

Well, Jermaine's certainly lost the respect he used to have for Chase after all that, nor does he care if Chase respects him anymore. "Man, that guy is wiggin' out."

But as for Chase's end... Kinda?

He certainly had some acknowledgement for Jermaine's skills. He's willing to see Jermaine as a opponent that could fight Omi, when Chase otherwise views other monks and villains are far beneath himself and Omi. So he sees Jermaine as better than he sees all other villains besides himself and all other monks besides Omi and Guan.

He also saw that as worth the effort to actually devote quite a bit of time to training Jermaine to that level.

Compare the weeks/months he spent mentoring Jermaine, to to day-long fake "apprenticeship" he offered Jack and Katnappe because Chase never actually wanted to waste any time on them outside of sparking an argument that would teach Omi something new on that one day.

In Katnappe and Jack's case, it ended in them being discarded and ignored by Chase. And eventually tossed into a catapult and shot into a volcanic wasteland.

In Jermaine's case, it seemed he was being set up to be made into part of Chase Young's army. Chase holds his "fellow warriors" in his jungle cat army in very high esteem, and Jermaine's apparently got enough skill in Chase's eyes to qualify for that.

Chase acknowledges Jermaine as a good student who learns and grows well, and a capable warrior with real potential. He'd be more than willing to work together with Jermaine again if the need arises for him.

(Though that's not a sentiment Jermaine shares. Because, again, Jermaine's perspective on Chase has completely shifted.)

That said, I don't know if "respect" is quite the right word?

Chase is a very prideful character who sees most people as pretty far beneath him, so outright respect for another character is pretty rare.

He respects himself, Guan, Dashi, and Omi. And he's open about the fact that he does. He looked at Dashi and Guan with fondness and reverence, he's vocal in his praise of Omi.

He makes the effort to twist his statements with Omi into things that aren't technically lies, when he has no issue directly lying to other's faces in general. He presents more of his true self to them. Chase still maintained a false identity pretending to be on the side of good with Jermaine.

Guan and Omi also people Chase never gives up on (Hard to draw conclusions on Dashi)-- Chase still actively tries to get both Guan and Omi onto his side long after he's failed to recruit them before. Chase is extremely stubborn and rarely gives up on what he actually wants.

Because Chase sees both Guan and Omi as a personal attachment and a looming threat. That seems to be the form Chase's respect for others takes.

Chase always has some parting remark that signals he's still hung up on someone when it came to Guan or Omi. Because he wants to make it clear that he's never giving up on them.

But at Jermaine's defection, Chase still only had parting words for Omi.

So Jermaine was ultimately a means to an end. Chase's particular form of "respect" towards another isn't quite there.

[strdstwanderer]

I've seen so many fans cite the fact that Simon and Marcy's backstory was made just to explain how Ice King knew the fry song when he's never even interacted with Marceline.

Honestly I like that. But my most favorite one-off joke turned important story element has got to be Jermaine. Just Jermaine.

He started out as just a gag character, and then came back as his own character with his own pent up issues against their father, and Finn and Jake. But what's my most favorite part about him was the line "we're just dreaming at the same time." Which later got fleshed out as a brotherly psychic connection between him and Jake.

Honestly, I love Jermaine. He's such a good older brother (at least through his vibes, I am told Jake is older) to Finn and Jake. I wish he and Finn had interacted more. Temple of Mars was such a good episode because of it.

I also wish he met Fern. I think Fern would have been better adjusted had he been with Jermaine.

[thefearedashantis]

Buttered Noodles 

Pairing: James Potter x reader

Summary: James is understanding of your food sensitivities

Warning:  food sensitivity/sensory issue

*I personally dislike my food touching and creamy textures. Plus this is short and horribly written but what can be done.

- jermaine (シ_ _)シ

“That bush looks like a head of broccoli”

You don't say it because the bush necessarily looks like broccoli. It's simply the urge to talk nipping at you. The need to Distract yourself. Foods all that's on your mind at the moment. The bushes lining the street are the only things in your field of vision where its fixed out the car window.

Besides, what other food could a bush possible resemble but one of many tasteless greens.

James doesn't respond with anything other than a concerned glance. Usually on drives you'd be lounged out in the passenger seat, playlist cued up, serenading him with raspy heavy metal. But there you sit, stiff as a plank. Quiet except for the occasional mumble. Hands knotted in your lap placing wrinkles into your pretty clothes. Mouth pinned into a thin wobbling line. 

You'd met his friends before. They were kind so that wasn't the source of your stress. The trouble arose around the fact that it had been in a pub setting, where the only requirement was drinking and nodding along.

But this would be different. This was big.

A birthday dinner. Where you'd have to sit up straight at a dining table and contribute to conversation, answer and ask questions, smile. All while eating your meal in the same timely manner as everybody else. Not too slow and not too quickly. Not itty bitty spoonful's and not gaping mouthfuls. You'd have to pause between bites, swallow, have a sip of your drink and repeat. Not staring at your plate, make eye contact occasionally.

You've always been very sensitive with food. You grew up in a clean plate household. Only by the grace of the universe were you able to find someone as understanding about it as James. Exactly why you don't want to embarrass him in front of his friends with your pickiness.

You would try your best to stomach whatever was placed before you but boy would it be hard. When certain textures or smells or mixtures made your mouth watery and your palms sweaty.

Food touching. Utensils scraping. The mushy sound of chewing and the wet gulp of a swallow.

However, You'd grind your teeth and bare with the horrors if it meant making a good impression.

“I made sure to tell Moonie you have trouble with certain foods.” James is talking lowly as if afraid to startle you. 

“Huh?”

“Oh, I told Remus some of the things you don't fair well with-

Your eyes grow to twice the size in alarm "You shouldn't have put him out that way Jamie!"

The slight wobble of his head is done in apology. All you'd get, because he wasn't actually sorry. The movement sends his glasses slipping down his nose. You reach out on instinct to adjust them for him. "Its no stress mouse, he was happy to make sure you'd be accommodated"

And how would that appear. Everyone enjoying a full homemade roast dinner while James’ girlfriend poked and prodded at some frozen chicken strips and potato wedges? 

"I can eat whatever he prepares" Could and Would.

"You can. But you don't have to. Remember that." The grounding weight of his hand finds its place on your thigh and your shoulders immediately slump with a release of tension. "Take a breath for me love"

You've squeezed your fingers so tightly your nails have dug bloody crescents into your palms. They burn. Your face warms in a rapid flush. Maybe it wasn't too late to throw yourself from the car. 

"Yeah"

"If you start to feel icky we can always find you a safe food alright? It puts nobody out to make sure you’re well fed"

Icky. James' word for what was, in your head, unreasonable upset and stubbornness. There was a time when more cruel terms were hurled at you. When you sat in the kitchen until the morning doves began to coo. A plate of pasta long cold on the table. You liked pasta. Would have eaten the pasta if only the sauce hadn't been pre added for you. White and thick and slimy. Buttered noodles by themselves were delicious. But you weren't allowed to get yourself a fresh plate until you ate the one already given to you. Even if that meant going to school the next day on an empty stomach and not a wink of sleep. 

"Yes mum" You have to bite your cheek to keep from smiling at how thoughtful you actually found his actions, feigning upset by purposefully avoiding his gaze. He sees through this of course.

"There she is"

And you know by the crinkle at the corners of his eyes when he grins at you that James would gladly join in with any alternative option if it would make you feel more comfortable. Confident. All you had to do was ask and he'd do anything for you. 

[gravity-what]

Wait the fact that Jermaine never knew about Chase's dragon form means that he thought Chase just really liked this random soup he'd never heard of before enough to eat it every day just out of preference

For some reason that's so funny to me lol

Jermaine: man, that must be some really good soup since you have it every night. Maybe I can try to make it some time? I don’t mind helping in the kitchen, you know. I know that chores are, like, a thing with this whole deal. Omi tells me about his all the time.

Chase: …we’ll worry about your cooking skills after your martial arts skills have improved to the level I believe they should be… however I suppose I can teach you some other, less complex, recipes. Have you ever made tanghulu?

[offthewall1979]

it's crazy how ... well idk. i'm not justified in having this opinion bc i haven't listened to that much yet, BUT. it feels like stevie wonder's music as an adult was way way WAYY better than any of the stuff he did as a kid or teenager. maybe that's obvious or to be expected, but ofc i'm comparing him with mj. who did songs at age 10 that, imo, absolutely stand up with his best work as an adult. maybe it just has to do with the motown writers. and stevie was the first child prodigy at motown, so the writers and producers had learned a lot by the time the jackson 5 showed up

[beardedmrbean]

A New Orleans prison maintenance worker accused of helping 10 violent inmates break out last week was arrested late Monday, according to the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. 

Sterling Williams, 33, admitted to cutting off the water in the cells at the Orleans Parish Justice Center so the inmates could pull the toilet from the wall and escape.

Only four of the 10 prisoners have been captured as of Tuesday morning, with three other jail employees currently suspended as police investigate the escape.

Williams’ arrest comes after Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson revealed that jailbreak was likely an inside job.

“It’s almost impossible, not completely, but almost impossible for anybody to get out of this facility without help,” Hutson said of the Orleans Justice Center, a correctional facility where about 1,400 people are held.

Attorney General Liz Murrill is leading the probe into the breakout as she called on anyone with any information about the incident to reach out to her office.

“We will uncover all the facts eventually and anyone who aided and abetted will be prosecuted to the full extent the law allows,” Murrill said in a statement.  

Williams, who was initially processed at the Orleans Parish Jail before being relocated to another detention center, was charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office. 

Police identified convicts Jermaine Donald, 42; Antoine Massey, 33; Leo Tate, 31; Lenton Vanburen, 27; Derrick Groves, 27; and Corey Boyd, 19; as the suspects still on the loose. 

Inmate Gary Prince, 21 — who was convicted of attempted murder, domestic abuse and aggravated assault — was the latest escapee captured Monday evening. 

The fugitives have a plethora of crimes on their rap sheets, ranging from murder to domestic abuse to burglary, officials said. 

While those who have been arrested so far have been caught inside Orleans Parish, authorities have warned that some of the fugitives may have left the city or state of Louisiana. 

Video of the prisoner’s Friday night escape has gone viral, including the notes they left on the prison’s walls mocking the jail’s security, with one writing: “To Easy LOL.” 

The incident has also prompted several staffers at the District Attorney’s Office to flee the city out of fear of retribution from the prisoners. 

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said authorities allowed hours to pass before the inmates’ victims and witnesses were notified, putting their lives in danger. 

The FBI’s New Orleans office is currently offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of each of the prisoners. 

Crime Stoppers and the ATF are both offering an additional $5,000 each for tips.

[deer0skullz]

Does anyone else feel like Umbrella Academy, What We Do in the Shadows and Our Flag Means Death went down very similar paths or is that just me?

To preface, this is mostly based on how I felt as I watched the shows but also on some of the opinions I picked up from the fandoms.

Also, I’m not going to go back and rewatch all of these shows for the sake of a Tumblr post so I’m working from memory and if you feel like I’ve misremembered any of the plot/ characters let me know.

1. Started as well-received and highly acclaimed live-action fantasy shows with ensemble casts.

Based on my own opinions and what I remember from other fans, UA seasons 1-2 were fairly well received, as were WWDITS seasons 1-3/4 and OFMD season 1.

They’re all definitely different genres of fantasy but I’d say they still all fit under the label. And they obviously all have ensemble casts, with the Hargreeves in UA, the vampires (and Guillermo) in WWDITS and the pirates in OFMD. Even though the plots and characters can be quite different they all have similar vibes.

2. Noted for having open queer representation.

Klaus and Viktor in UA, pretty much the entire main cast of WWDITS, and multiple main characters in OFMD.

3. Tied to already established and respected creators.

UA is based on the comics written by Gerard Way who, of course, is also well known for My Chemical Romance. WWDITS is based on the film by Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi, who are both executive producers of the show. Taika was also involved in OFMD as the actor for Blackbeard and as an executive producer. He has his name tied to many acclaimed films like Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Thor Ragnorok and Jojo Rabbit.

These are obviously not the only famous people tied to these projects but it’s just a sample of the talent involved in these shows. I feel like the fact that there was so much talent working on these shows makes my next point more interesting.

4. Experienced drops in quality and/ or introduced problematic elements that caused fans to lose interest or respect.

Again, this is opinion based and if you still liked the shows during these seasons then more power to you.

My overall feeling about all of these shows is that they lost a lot of the joy from their initial season(s) as they went on. Like, they just got significantly less fun to watch. But they also had more specific individual issues that I would like to get into.

I stopped watching UA during season 3 and don’t plan on watching season 4. I feel like a lot of people will already know what I might be referring to with this but yeah, the scene where Allison *did that* to Luther made me so sick. I feel like that season absolutely destroyed her character, and as I said, it just wasn’t anywhere near as fun as seasons 1 or 2.

WWDITS is probably the most successful of the three in my eyes but I could still apply the same argument about loss of enjoyment. The “Guillermo wants to be a vampire” plot line got very stale for me, especially with how they “resolved” (?) it. Saying “oh he’s a vampire now oh nevermind he doesn’t actually like being a vampire and also can’t be one anyway so everything’s back to normal” felt like such a waste of time for me. I know a lot of people also criticised the show for queerbaiting because of the Nandermo plot lines and teases. I wouldn’t necessarily call it queerbaiting but I would agree that the “will they, won’t they” is very played out at this point. Another big criticism I have of the later seasons is how Marwa was treated. The fact that she had no autonomy and was being forcibly changed mentally and physically to appeal to Nandor was treated as like, a running joke and I just found it kind of disturbing. Dark humour is pretty common throughout the show, but given how often her character appeared it felt a lot more, significant than throwaway jokes about drinking human blood. I feel like they could have done so much better with her character.

OFMD is probably the most egregious example of the 3. Season 2 was just not good. I’m not saying it was the worst thing I’ve ever watched but it was incredibly disappointing. The pacing was off, the characters were off, the dynamics were off. It was all just very off. The huge cliffhanger ending with Evil Blackbeard felt like it was resolved way too quickly and everything else in the season felt equally rushed. A lot of the character dynamics, but especially Ed and Stede, just felt wrong to me. From what I understand there were production issues or something so I’m not saying the writers just woke up one day and decided to be bad at their jobs but I can only really judge a show by what I saw on my screen, and what I saw was so far removed from the quality of season 1.

5. Finished on a sour note.

UA ended after 4 seasons, with the fourth being released on Netflix today. I haven’t seen anything that indicates whether this was the intended endpoint or whether it was cancelled. WWDITS will end after season 6 which comes out in October. Again, I can’t find anything indicating whether this was the intended endpoint. OFMD was cancelled just a few months after the release of season 2 in October 2023.

I can’t tell other fans how they should feel but for me I’m incredibly disappointed that 3 shows I really enjoyed saw a gradual (or not so gradual for OFMD) drop in quality that ultimately culminated in them just… ending.

Like I said, I have no interest in US season 4, but I am still somewhat hopeful for WWDITS. I would be really happy if they could bring it back to what it was.

Conclusion

I don’t know what the point of writing this was other than the fact that I’ve always associated these shows as having the same vibes and I feel like it’s interesting that they have a lot of similarities and went down similar paths. Also I just like yapping.

[gritsandbrits]

Reposting from my reddit//

We all know by now cartoon reboots tend to suck, but I think the one that started it all had to be Xiaolin Chronicles. The narrative flip-flops between trying to be a Sequel and a reboot; random plot points that went nowhere; and most of the characters were bland at best and obnoxious at worst. But let's address the elephants in the room.

Shadow and Ping Pong are examples of what NOT to do with new characters.

Shadow was a Villain Sue who had none of the quirks the other villains had. She was there to be the sexy cunning villain but we already had Wuya. In fact Shadow's very presence made Wuya irrelevant. Nearly every word that came out of her mouth was a sexual innuendo (even towards little children like Omi) furthering the Evil is Sexy trope to an obnoxious degree. And I'm not even going to go into her relationship with Chase without hearing "Sweet Home Alabama" in my head. If he wasn't cackling like some lame anime villain then he was flirting with someone that's his own daughter.

Her subplot about her questioning her own existence and purpose went nowhere because she's back to being Chase's lapdog. I can't even call her a female Chase because even he is a shadow (pun not intended) of his former self.

Ping Pong isn't much better. Like Shadow, he doesn't have any interesting traits except being really hyper and having a long real name. Considering that the other monks are based off popular stereotypes, you'd think he'd be a guy who would flirt than fight, or a Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey who slowly becomes more courageous. But he's none of those things, even though he's supposedly French.

Also his design is one of the laziest I've seen. He's literally just Omi with normal clothes and glasses: expert martial artist, garnered the interest of Chase Young, Jack's new Cheeseball

But my biggest complaint with Ping Pong is that he can use the other elements with no problem.

Back in the old series when Omi tried it he was overwhelmed by the amount of chi and had to leave the temple because he almost destroyed it. But Ping Pong does it without no struggle or consequences. The stupidest thing about his powers is that he never uses his own, even in episodes that might call for his element. His Shen Gong Wu was a fucking peach for crying out loud!

Not only that but he erased any possibility of Jermaine or another girl joining the team. Adding Jermaine would be better as he already had a dynamic with the monks and adds diversity; another girl would improve the gender ratio and gives Kimiko another girl to talk to. But we don't get that with Ping Pong; He's basically this perfect Gary Stu. Even worse he barely hangs out with the other monks and solely revolves around being Omi's sidekick.

I have seen XS OCs that are waaayy better done than XC handles Ping Pong and Shadow!

[blenselche]

I downloaded Keep Yourself to reread during the ao3 downtime. Did you add some stuff? I feel like there was new stuff. Anyway you keep saying your requests are open so will you draw more genderqueer/fem Fern? I like how you make him taller when he's a girl because of the time difference between the worlds, I only caught that on my second read. Or am I overthinking it and you wanted to make a joke about Finn's thing for tall women? Maybe draw Jermaine's visit? I never really thought about Fern being a demon when Joshua was a demon hunter, if I wind up writing an angst drabble about that in fucking 2024 it's your fault.

I did add some stuff! Depends on when you last read it but I've added whole paragraphs since it was finished. I still go back in and fiddle with it when I'm like... the passenger in a car or whatever.

Yeah, you called it! That's why fem!Fern is taller. The wish not effecting him when he swaps between the two "Finn variant" vessels is supposed to be a hint at what's going on. I was hoping people would pick up that Fern's vessel takes on its actual age, or at least wonder why she's so much taller and let that fester in their heads until the reveal of Prismo slapping him into Fionna World Fern/Flora so that they can talk. Finn's hang up with tall women sort of just compliments everything/is a happy accident lol.

And dw. It didn't really occur to me for a few years after the show finished either, so you're not alone. The potential for drama there not being explored is a big loss imo. I hope you do in fact write a Fern fic in current year, it's good for you.

Thanks for being so attentive! and for enjoying my writing enough to go back and reread it~

[talibantears]

PART ONE: THE BASICS

༒︎

WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?

“ DEVONTE JERMAINE CHAMBERS ”

WHERE AND WHEN WERE YOU BORN?

“ SEP 27 of ‘02. ”

“ COMPTON, CALI FOR NI AYE. ”

WHO ARE/WERE YOUR PARENTS?

“ Cassius and Loretta Chambers. My father was an immigrant activist from South Africa, my mother a social worker based in Oakland. She met my pops after he had gotten arrested for peaceful protest, and it was love at first sight. I was born three summers after they met, relocating to Kelly Park for a fresh start. My father died in a shootout in ‘08, though my mom resides in the house I grew up in. ”

Many speculate that Cassius Chambers took a bullet for his brother, Avon Chambers.

Avon ‘Cap’ Chambers was a Kingpin during the early 90s, and a South African immigrant.

He spearheaded a militant movement that was involved in a major drug trafficking operation, finally surrendering to the CIA in ‘99.

SIBLINGS?

N/A.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?

“ I live alone in a single story townhome up on Sherman Oaks. Neighborhood’s quiet, the people are diverse. Better than crashing on my cousin’s couch, fasho. ”

WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION?

“ I’m an auto mechanic. I can fix a flat, take your engine apart, or install a new body kit on any car you want. If it’s got wheels and runs on gas, I know my way around it. ”

One of LA’s most sought after car tuner, Devonte Chambers was dubbed ‘A New Kind of Genius’ by Car and Driver’s Fall ‘24 issue.

As of February 2025, he’s been rumored to be working with BMW on a new project build.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:

— With tight, curly dark brown hair and matching eyes, Devonte stands at six foot one, cream toned skin decorated in ink.

— South African and French roots.

— Sports a buck fifty from a knife fight on his left torso.

— Usually dressed in all black, whether disguised by a hoodie or a plain tee, and never leaves the house without a Sig Sauer.

SOCIAL CLASS?

Middle.

ALLERGIES/DISEASES/PHYS WEAKNESS?

N/A.

RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED?

RIGHT

VOICE?

“ Depends. If we’re on the phone, my voice sounds a lot deeper than it is. ”

“ Face to face, it’s calm, very strong and articulate. ”

[ CRG - Central Cee for reference. ]

WORDS AND PHRASES USED MOST FREQ?

“ ALLAHI ”

“ the fuck..? ”

and

“ mind you.. ”

WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKETS?

“ An eighth, my car keys, a roll of hundreds and a full clip. ”

QUIRKS? HABITS?

“ I can fall asleep just about anywhere, I love a random fact, and one of my few hidden talents is knowing how to dunk so don’t get put on a poster out here. ”

PART TWO: GROWING UP

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR CHILDHOOD?

“ Fuck.. Saw a lot of things I shouldn’t have, that’s fasho.. ”

“ I don’t know, I always tried to stay outta trouble growing up in Compton, but it’s got a way of finding you. ”

“ Only things that kept a lot of us alive was music and sports, so I took that second route til it spit me back out with a fucked up rib cage. ”

“ Lost two of my friends the same summer.. ”

“ ..We made it work. That’s probably a better answer to that question. ”

WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY?

“ Airbrushed Tees at Del Amo. ”

HOW MUCH SCHOOLING HAVE YOU HAD?

“ Graduated class of ‘21, Compton High. ASE Certified with college credits, undetermined. ”

DID YOU ENJOY SCHOOL?

“ When I was there, yeah.. ”

WHERE DID YOU LEARN MOST OF YOUR SKILLS?

“ Long Beach Boulevard. Spend a day off Rosecrans and see if you ‘ont learn sumn. ”

ROLE MODELS?

“ Besides my Father? Nipsey Hussle. Ermias was and is a standing figure of what it means to be determined and successful in our culture. ”

FAMILY TIES?

“ I was the youngest of 12 cousins growing up, all of them scattered across the states. Still, I felt the love from both sides and to this day we keep in touch. ”

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?

“ Exactly who I am. I wanted to be content with what I had. For a long time, I wanted a lot more than I could handle. As a kid, you’re not really sensible to those typa things.. and I didn’t have the license to be wanting a ‘64 Impala. ”

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES AS A CHILD?

“ It was always basketball at the park. Or racing big wheels down the block. ”

AS A CHILD, WHAT KIND OF PERSONALITY TRAITS DID YOU PORTRAY?

“ I’ve always been a certain level of reserved, I feel like. I was a calm-natured kid, down to earth. Never spoke unless spoken to, that kinda thing. ”

WERE YOU POPULAR?

“ As in everybody liked me? Naw.. A lotta people knew me.. cause of my family. Not all of them liked me, though. ”

FIRST KISS?

“ Destiny Carmichael, seventh grade. She wasn’t even my girlfriend, we were playing spin the bottle up on Cherry Hill. It sucked. ”

ARE YOU A VIRGIN?

“ I am not. I plead the fifth on any further questioning towards the subject. ”

PART THREE: PAST

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF YOUR LIFE SO FAR?

“ I recently beat a felony charge for aggravated assault, re-evaluated as self-defense. Being in that position gave me perspective. ”

WHO HAS HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON YOU?

“ My mother. She’s the strongest person I know. ”

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?

“ Investing in myself. ”

GREATEST REGRET?

“ I believe everything happens for a reason, so I guess my biggest regret would be neglecting that belief. ”

MOST EVIL THING YOU’VE DONE?

“ For legal purposes, I plead the fifth. ”

DO YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD?

“ I do. ”

TIME YOU WERE MOST FRIGHTENED?

“ First time I watched someone get shot. Out of body. ”

MOST EMBARRASSING THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU?

“ Got hit by a back fender at a sideshow once. Never let that happen ever again. ”

CHANGE ONE THING FROM YOUR PAST, AND WHY?

“ I wouldn’t change a thing. ”

BEST MEMORY?

“ Summer ‘16. ”

WORST MEMORY?

“ Losing my dad. ”

———

[grasshopperdoingdogpaddle]

Do you like Jermaine? What do you think of his relationship with Omi?

Jermaine's a very fascinating character!

He has a certain heroism to him that no one else in the series even can. He steps in and runs against the odds to help people in need completely by choice. There's no prophecy, no chosen one moment, this is just a kid in the city who goes out of his way to help complete strangers because he's that deeply altruistic.

There's a whole lot you can glean, even just from his two episodes. Forgive the unorganized ramblings that follow.

Jermaine got one of the strongest introductions of any character in the show.

A kid he doesn't know is about to be jumped by three burly men, and Jermaine immediately picks a fight and goads them into attacking him instead. And from their reaction, you can tell this is something Jermaine does a lot. He's cocky and heroic and a regular at this.

He knows exactly how to rile them up, and he knows how to bait them into charging recklessly. Even before Jermaine has any martial arts training, he has skill in reading people and controlling the flow of battle to cleverly create openings that he can exploit.

And Jermaine doesn't win.

They gang up on him and he's caught. He can take any single one of the guys alone, he can even take out two of them if he gets the element of surprise, but he can't overwhelm all three of them at this point, and he knew he couldn't.

It's not even clear if he usually wins these fights. In fact, he's probably beaten them all one-on-one or two-on-one, but he's probably never managed to take down all three of them together. And at first, he probably couldn't even take a single one of them. Jermaine willingly ran into a fight he knew he would lose, a fight he always loses.

Jermaine's usually successful in getting the heat off of the other poor kid or giving the other kid a chance to run away, but that might usually end in him getting beaten up like he was about to. He probably goes home beaten black and blue a lot.

He's willing to go through all that for kids he's never met before. He clearly expected Omi to run and save himself at this point now that Jermaine was the distraction. He's resigned to it, and at least glares them down. He refuses to whimper or flinch at it.

He lights up with surprised joy when Omi intervenes for him.

That shock and awe suggests that even though Jermaine runs in and saves people like this a lot, he's never had anyone turn around and rescue him right back. And he's definitely never seen anyone dogwalk them 3-against-1 the way Omi does.

Jermaine gushes about it with these sparkling eyes.

He's never seen someone fight like that. And he's especially never seen anyone fight like that for him. You can tell how huge of those things were in Jermaine's eyes.

Jermaine's a realist, but he does what he can when he can. But when he meets Omi (and later, Chase), he's the type to make Jermaine think that maybe anything and everything is really possible. He gets so starry-eyed.

Jermaine's friendly and amicable and easy to get along with, so he probably has a lot of casual acquaintances and clicks pretty well with his peers, but he also probably doesn't have a close clique of his own or very close friends because Jermaine jumps into trouble like this a lot to help people, which is a target on his back that keeps most people from sticking too close to him. You can tell he gets in these fights very frequently.

But he's still so generous and so willing to make new friends with a stranger that he's lending the clothes off his back already.

And even when the stakes raise past anything Jermaine (who thought of himself as a world-weary and seen-it-all type) could have ever imagined, Jermaine is still doing what he did at his introduction and jumping in to help regardless of his odds.

He goes from being floored at the existence of dragons and magic and giant evil robots, to jumping to Omi's assistance and provoking the larger, stronger opponent's anger towards him again to that goal.

Jack had a death laser pointed at Jermaine a couple minutes ago, and Jermaine was absolutely terrified. And now Jermaine is egging Jack into getting angry enough to let Jermaine in on the fight to make sure Omi's not fighting him alone in a match he doesn't even know the rules of. It's exactly the same tactic Jermaine used against those bigger guys when he was first introduced.

He's transported to an alternate dimension and absolutely freaks out, but still jumps in fighting and wins.

He's definitely not a thrill seeker (unlike Omi), and he's far from fearless (he's actually surprisingly skittish). He just doesn't let fear or danger stop him from acting in the moment.

He hits it off with Omi really well, they're blushing and fidgeting by the time they have to part ways. But they ultimately do part, even if they keep in touch afterwards.

Jermaine's not really aching for some huge adventure for the sake of it; and although he does want to get stronger and he does want to be with Omi and with others who'll hang out with him despite the fact that Jermaine's got so many enemies, his skittishness of those big unknown horizons wins out. Jermaine is good at acting in the moment when it calls for it immediately, but this is different. When that threat or that goal is not right in front of him, he can sorta get cold feet. He's not some aspiring legendary warrior or chosen one; he's just a kind, couragous kid with a strong sense of justice.

Jermaine's strong and good-hearted, but he's also just had a glimpse into this magic world he's never known. And he's not ready to say goodbye to everything he's ever known and a home he's very attached to just to jump into it.

At least, he wasn't at that time.

And then, he met Chase Young at some point.

And even though Jermaine was too nervous to leave New York behind back when Omi asked, Chase Young somehow convinces him. Chase Young and his lair are a bunch of walking red flags, but if Jermaine learned anything from his previous encounter with Omi, it's not to judge a book by its cover.

Jermaine trusts and respects Chase, but he's operating on a huge dearth of information that makes it different from Omi's feelings towards Chase. Chase has kept his alignment and goals and true self a secret from Jermaine in a way he hasn't and can't with Omi. Jermaine sees Chase as an eccentric but good teacher. A mysterious, but good person.

Chase was the one who got Jermaine to step out of his comfort zone and leave his home and expand his horizons for something bigger that Jermaine was scared to consider before. Under false prentences, but still, it makes you wonder how exactly he did it. You can sort of see it with their dynamics though.

Like I said, even though Jermaine's willing to fight against impossible odds and risk immense danger to himself in order to protect someone or do what he thinks is right, he's actually not ever looking for trouble or thrills. He's confident and he's altruistic, but he's not ambitious, and he's not competitive unless provoked into defending his own standing already (like when Omi gets jealous).

Types like Omi or pre-reveal Chase who contrasts Jermaine as bloodknights who want these huge things are good at getting Jermaine to try and want new things that he's sort of skittish of venturing into on his own and isn't really inclined to imagine those great heights on his own. Jermaine enjoys the push he feels being together with them. It's why Jermaine has fun with and admires them so strongly, but also chafes against it at times.

And that initial push and exploration outside of his usual sphere being so bumpy does definitely give Jermaine pause, so you can see why he had to go back and rethink some things. But he also got to experience a lot more of the world and was intrigued by it, so it feels like he'll be up to try again, after he recollects his thoughts.