#litg jesse

[alitgblog]

meant to post this after last week's dumping where everyone turned on us for NO reason as if they ALL don't like Tristan

[veilvoyager]

LOVE ISLAND: winning hearts faceclaims (pt. 1)

gina. 24. athlete. from st ives. / hayden. 22. stunt performer. from devon.

lisbeth. 26. vintage seller. from liverpool. / ethan. 25. business owner/heir. from oxford.

nyah. 25. head of events. from london. / milo. 26. food journalist. from kent.

sofia. 23. trainee solicitor. from bath. / jesse. 23. aeronautical engineering phd student. from york.

franki. 22. model. from glastonbury. / tristan. 25. publisher. from warwick.

— Disclaimer:

I tried to find faceclaims that are close, doesn’t mean that they are perfect! This is for a bit of fun and maybe to imagine a real face to the characters. Enjoy!! 🎀

[24countcrayolacrayons]

oh mY GOD??!?!??!

[willkimurashat]

Country nerdy boyy I love youu ahh👁️👅👁️

[litgisabella]

no go ahead jesse, speak your mind

[crimswnred]

WHY ISN'T JESSE AN OPTION

[dub88dab44]

I finally caught up with season 10 and I have some thoughts. This might be an unpopular opinion, but.....

I really like this season! I originally stopped playing after the first volume cause I created a sweetheart of a character, and that just wasn't working. So for the first time since season 1 I decided to wait until I could binge the season (I got impatient, oops) and let me tell you

S10 works so much better when you're playing it as one big story, rather than having the same issues week after week. But as a whole, here are some more specific thoughts:

(under the cut cause this got looong)

First of all, design. I like MC's design. We've come a long way since whatever that s5/s6 MC mess was. I understand that Fusebox, in order to make this game work, has to prioritize. And keeping essentially the same MC sprite over multiple seasons for the sake of the other characters' designs seems reasonable to me

Speaking of: For the most part the other characters' designs look great! They actually look like real people to me the obvious exceptions being Sophia (why... just why?) and kinda Franki (idk, she looks odd to me) and sorry Hayden (why does he have a hamster mouth)

Moving on to plot: I actually like that we don't couple up with someone straightaway! This plot point is a big one where being aware of it ahead of time helped a lot. I was growing tired of every LI immediately being all in with MC. In past seasons, as soon as you couple up, every LI just turned into the same lovesick mush. Let us work for people's affections!

This also allows for actual character building. I feel like I actually know Ethan, Milo, Hayden, and all the others. Characters having their own consistent personality? Unheard of since s4! I refuse to acknowledge s5 You have to make the coding work somehow and I feel like this is a smart way of doing it and stopping the personalities from melting into each other without doing a forced couple à la Miles/Jasper from s1. If a season wants to draw me in, distinct personalities is one of the most important factors to me.

Jesse!!! That's all.

No but seriously. Jesse is (so far) what Nicky/Seb from s3 was supposed to be. I have been craving a character like Jesse!! A male best friend whom you can genuinely come to for what would otherwise be girl talks. With the option of a friends-to-lovers route but also the option to just hype each other up!

Jesse thinking MC was the cheater during the dirty laundry challenge bc Sophia was spreading lies? Yes please! This is the type of drama that is genuinely important to me. No character, even your faves, are without flaws. This was a genuine fuck up on Jesse's part but I think it's so good for character and relationship building. More drama like this please!

Speaking of characters I love: Lisbeth. First of all, her character design? A+, give whoever did that a raise! Her character? The whole witchy, wanting to live in a overgrown castle, plays in a band and smashed her guitar vibe? A++! Calling her partner a good boy, giving dom-mummy vibes, but also nervous around her crush? Please let me marry her!

Okay hear me out.... I like Sophia as a character. Shitty person! Good character. Because I feel like she makes sense? I've seen many people basically call her cartoonishly evil but I don't think that's true. I think she is just self-absorbed. She genuinely doesn't think about how her actions might affect other people. Not in a fuck-you type of way, it just genuinely doesn't occur to her that when she is happy other people won't be happy for her, or that they might be hurt by the chaos trail she leaves behind. I find that compelling as an antagonistic character, especially since you can choose how sassy or understanding MC is of Sophia's narcissism.

If I were to ever make one of those TikTok hear-me-out cakes, I would put Tristan on it. What can I say, I like a good ratboy! Visually he reminds me of an early Damiano David from Måneskin, and I think that man just fundamentally changed something in my brain chemistry

What I like about the dates is that they are more than I generic "I like you, and I see myself with you and only you, you changed my entire outlook on life, now kiss me". Cause after a while that just gets boring. I feel like we actually get to learn about the LIs on the dates (partially due to them being given actual distinct dialogue!). Please, yes, actually tell me something about yourself! And that boat/snorkeling date? That shit was good!

The challenges have also been really fun so far. I particularly loved the dirty laundry challenge and the fairground (can never go wrong with a blindfolded kissing challenge, and combining that with the tea from the rest of the challenge was a cool thing to do)

Speaking of, the drama is delicious! Genuinely reminds me of s2 (maybe too high of a compliment, but whatever). I feel like we get to be a part of the drama, like how Jesse confide in MC about his feelings and doubts about his couple. I also love the Ethan/Hayden rivalry. And getting to split up a couple? I thought that was a cool new twist although I agree it probably should have come later in the season. I love that as MC, you kind of get to decide how seriously you want to take everyone coming to you with their issues

This is a minor thing, but it makes such a difference to me: Whenever a Thing has happened (date, tea got spilled, announcement, etc.) it's often the boys (lead by Jesse, my heart) who say "let's go for a debrief" FIRST. In past seasons I have been a little frustrated by the constant girls chats, cause like... I might not trust the girls?? Why are you making me do this?? *cough* Amelia *cough* But seeing the boys leave to chat males it so that (a) well, they're busy, might as well go chat to the girls instead of it feeling do forced, and (b) implies an actual bond between the boys - which makes the characters and the world feel more real. Male characters having relationships with each other? Outside of rivalries? What a concept!

I think the gems are well spent. Season 10 still has a bit of an issue with interesting drama only being introduced to you if you spend gems. But that also means that spending gems actually gets you something worth your money. Be it drama, intimate scenes with your LI or an extended scene where you get to clap back - I much prefer this over the alternative aka gem scenes being essentially meaningless (so essentially s5-s7)

I partially created this list because I've grown exhausted with the negativity in this fandom. Sure, there is also a lot to criticise. But despite all I still love litg. We've had unplayable seasons (s5) we've had mid seasons (s6 & s7), but recently we've also had some really good, replayable material (s8 & s9) that rivals the early stuff. And I think that deserves acknowledgement. So I'm gonna be cautiously hopeful for the rest of s10 and the future of litg.

[girlsontourgirlsontour]

I HATE EVERYONE EXCEPT LISBETH AND HAYDEN THE REST ARE ALL DEAD TO ME ESPECIALLY FRANKI

Edit to add Jesse is cool too I forgot he existed for a min

[jeanniecrush]

LITG Jesse Moodboard

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Jesse，23，Aeronautical Engineer

Faceclaim：Malwyn Burkhalter

[oodelally3]

What the-- I'm a couple weeks behind, and just finished the snorkel date with Hayden. He asks if you'd rather have gone with someone else and Jesse isn't even an option?! He's the only one I want! I'm just tolerating Hayden for nowwwww. It gets worse, doesn't it? I bet it gets so much worse.

[qkooh]

fuck u tristan but thank u for making them mad they cause look so delicious rn 😋😋😋

[cherryrohan]

winning hearts (s10) naked boy sprites

[operationnope]

LITG S10 VOL IX

Let’s jump right in:

I did bits in the bedroom with Yash even though Hayden was in there. Awkward 😬😂 My MC is in her messy era 💁🏻‍♀️

Ava needs to shut up. Girl keeps running her mouth and I have to pay every time to sass her out. Annoying 🙄

lol we don’t even get to know the answers to the challenge quiz? Okayyyyy 🙃

Guess it was Isadora in the pool and Nyah in the shower. Poor Milo. I don’t know what those girls were thinking 🤢 Also, there was a bombshell named Leo while we were gone?

Being able to choose between Yash, Hayden and Jesse is fun. MC loves the attention, but it’s nice there are other couples that are more set 💕

Familiar faces? Blast from Villa past? Are we meeting dumped islanders or from a different season? Both are not great options 💀💀

[loverbobby]

y’know what… i miss jesse

[litgisabella]

FUCKING— EXCUSE ME??????

they really gagged my ass i cannot lie

[xa176]

Wow, I haven’t played love island in 3 weeks and they finally fixed the bugged lipstick?