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babydracoJack tells his driver, Stu, “It's good to have someone I can trust”, just before they go have sex. Later, Jack will say something very similar to David before lovingly adjusting his tie and hugging him (Jack doesn't initiate hugs with any other character). Lucinda walks in on Stu and Jack being flirty. Stu is playing with the end of Jack's tie, and lovingly adjusting/playing with someone's clothing is repeatedly used on this show to denote a sexual relationship or the desire to have one with a person. Toward the end of the series, Lucinda attempts to fix Jack's collar and he angrily rejects her efforts.
Probably not coincidentally, Stu physically resembles some sort of David stand in (only way taller and that's a little hot and where is this fic?).
Jack is always touching David when he doesn't have to, while Michelle, who is supposed to be openly and canonically in love with him, rarely employs the same sorts of random displays of affection. In Biblical culture, unmarried, unrelated men and women were forbidden from unnecessary touching, yet were free to be as physically demonstrative as they wanted with their own gender, but I can't believe that convention remains in a modern adaptation. Unrelated men and women touch each other all the time on this show. I doubt it's because Jack's just naturally a more physically affectionate person (see above). Jack's all over him in exactly the way a closeted gay person is with someone they have a thing for. The head tilts, the tone of voice, the side eyes, the adorable charming grin-
The only woman Jack shows any genuine flicker of sexual attraction to is Katrina Ghent, a tall, strong looking blue eyed blonde.
Joseph thinks Jack is cheating on him with David when he sees Jack watching David at the club. In fact, Jack begins to reject, ignore and abuse, his actual boyfriend the minute David comes into his life.
He is, blatantly, trying to seduce David in a way, he's trying to find out if David has vices he can exploit, but after "Brotherhood" they become real friends, sort of. And David, he's been seducing Jack all along, but in his own Davidish way, which means he's doing it without even realizing he is.
By the way, in that scene at the end of "Brotherhood" when they're standing in front of the altar, they really do totally look like they're getting married.
"He did come to you. Offered himself behind my back. Yours for the taking. Shameful, the two of you laughing at me." And then Silas is yelling "backstabbing, cheating whore!" as he's choking David. He's talking about God choosing David over him, but geez. I'm pretty sure I actually wrote that in a B!David slash fic and then I wrote it again in an AU story project... And Silas seems to believe that Jack is kind of...that he lacks sexual integrity... and is still angry that he defended David in public, and Jack just tried to steal the throne and...
Because Jack's dad outs him in public immediately after Jack jumps up to defend David in court, the people watching are bound to make certain connections that neither Jack nor David are necessarily aware of themselves yet. But I can see the people of Shiloh automatically starting to frame this as a tragic "gay star crossed lovers" scandal. And they'd be supportive.
Because despite his possible inability to produce a biological heir by directly having sex with a woman, and the fact that he might not have turned out to be a very good king (even without Cross's bullying), the people seem to love Jack. And they *certainly* love David, they'll love whoever David loves.
It's like the incident where Jonathan broke the fast, and Saul wanted to have him put to death because he felt it wouldn't be fair to treat his own son different.
Saul: Well, this is wrenching and tragic but I have to kill my son for screwing up.
The People: Nooooo, leave him alone!
Saul: I really wish it didn't have to be this way, son.
The People: It's okay, we promise, we won't be mad if you just forget he did whatever it is you think he did!
Probably not coincidentally, Stu physically resembles some sort of David stand in (only way taller and that's a little hot and where is this fic?).
Jack is always touching David when he doesn't have to, while Michelle, who is supposed to be openly and canonically in love with him, rarely employs the same sorts of random displays of affection. In Biblical culture, unmarried, unrelated men and women were forbidden from unnecessary touching, yet were free to be as physically demonstrative as they wanted with their own gender, but I can't believe that convention remains in a modern adaptation. Unrelated men and women touch each other all the time on this show. I doubt it's because Jack's just naturally a more physically affectionate person (see above). Jack's all over him in exactly the way a closeted gay person is with someone they have a thing for. The head tilts, the tone of voice, the side eyes, the adorable charming grin-
The only woman Jack shows any genuine flicker of sexual attraction to is Katrina Ghent, a tall, strong looking blue eyed blonde.
Joseph thinks Jack is cheating on him with David when he sees Jack watching David at the club. In fact, Jack begins to reject, ignore and abuse, his actual boyfriend the minute David comes into his life.
He is, blatantly, trying to seduce David in a way, he's trying to find out if David has vices he can exploit, but after "Brotherhood" they become real friends, sort of. And David, he's been seducing Jack all along, but in his own Davidish way, which means he's doing it without even realizing he is.
By the way, in that scene at the end of "Brotherhood" when they're standing in front of the altar, they really do totally look like they're getting married.
"He did come to you. Offered himself behind my back. Yours for the taking. Shameful, the two of you laughing at me." And then Silas is yelling "backstabbing, cheating whore!" as he's choking David. He's talking about God choosing David over him, but geez. I'm pretty sure I actually wrote that in a B!David slash fic and then I wrote it again in an AU story project... And Silas seems to believe that Jack is kind of...that he lacks sexual integrity... and is still angry that he defended David in public, and Jack just tried to steal the throne and...
Because Jack's dad outs him in public immediately after Jack jumps up to defend David in court, the people watching are bound to make certain connections that neither Jack nor David are necessarily aware of themselves yet. But I can see the people of Shiloh automatically starting to frame this as a tragic "gay star crossed lovers" scandal. And they'd be supportive.
Because despite his possible inability to produce a biological heir by directly having sex with a woman, and the fact that he might not have turned out to be a very good king (even without Cross's bullying), the people seem to love Jack. And they *certainly* love David, they'll love whoever David loves.
It's like the incident where Jonathan broke the fast, and Saul wanted to have him put to death because he felt it wouldn't be fair to treat his own son different.
Saul: Well, this is wrenching and tragic but I have to kill my son for screwing up.
The People: Nooooo, leave him alone!
Saul: I really wish it didn't have to be this way, son.
The People: It's okay, we promise, we won't be mad if you just forget he did whatever it is you think he did!
