LJ Idol Season 9 Week 1: Jayus
Despite his very best attempts, Jonas had never quite fitted in anywhere. At two years old it was discovered that he could channel magic effortlessly without study – he was a sorcerer in a guild of assassins. While his younger brother and the boys of his own age were learning how to pick locks and slip gold from the pockets of unsuspecting victims, he was trying to understand and control the dangerous power inside him. The power he had never asked for.
They teased him a lot; at least at first. But soon it was discovered that making him angry resulted in bad things happening. After one episode of bullying, Jonas lost control and burnt the eyebrows off of one boy. They left him alone after that. Completely alone. He spent most of his days in the library, and the rest ignored him.
Sometimes he would try to fit in. But he didn't have the confidence. His jokes - A man walks into a bar and says, "ouch" – always seemed to fall flat and trying to take part in pranks would only lead to him getting caught and punished.
As he got older and started growing interested in women, the problems increased. Somehow he was just never able to say quite the right thing. “Your dad must be a baker because you have a nice set of buns,” he said to one, in all seriousness. When she slapped his face, he was more than a little confused. “You have beautiful eyes,” he said to another, only to have her run away giggling. Reluctantly he concluded that women made absolutely no sense. It infuriated him that his rival, Kane, could get female interest with no effort at all.
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Eventually he just stopped being bothered. He was the way he was, and he had no time for people who could not appreciate that. His sarcasm tended to make people laugh – that it was sometimes at him was irrelevant. If he could not fit in, he would be an outsider and wear the label with pride.
Of course, to his half brother Cory, and Cory's best friend Phellan, his attitude was like waving a red flag at a bull. He might have been a bit of a joke, but they always found his sarcasm and behaviour to be hysterically funny.
And although Jonas complained about them, even shouted at them... in a strange way, he appreciated their attention. He knew that they weren't judging him, so much as just being playful and slightly immature. It was actually kind of nice after so many years of being shunned.
They teased him a lot; at least at first. But soon it was discovered that making him angry resulted in bad things happening. After one episode of bullying, Jonas lost control and burnt the eyebrows off of one boy. They left him alone after that. Completely alone. He spent most of his days in the library, and the rest ignored him.
Sometimes he would try to fit in. But he didn't have the confidence. His jokes - A man walks into a bar and says, "ouch" – always seemed to fall flat and trying to take part in pranks would only lead to him getting caught and punished.
As he got older and started growing interested in women, the problems increased. Somehow he was just never able to say quite the right thing. “Your dad must be a baker because you have a nice set of buns,” he said to one, in all seriousness. When she slapped his face, he was more than a little confused. “You have beautiful eyes,” he said to another, only to have her run away giggling. Reluctantly he concluded that women made absolutely no sense. It infuriated him that his rival, Kane, could get female interest with no effort at all.
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Eventually he just stopped being bothered. He was the way he was, and he had no time for people who could not appreciate that. His sarcasm tended to make people laugh – that it was sometimes at him was irrelevant. If he could not fit in, he would be an outsider and wear the label with pride.
Of course, to his half brother Cory, and Cory's best friend Phellan, his attitude was like waving a red flag at a bull. He might have been a bit of a joke, but they always found his sarcasm and behaviour to be hysterically funny.
And although Jonas complained about them, even shouted at them... in a strange way, he appreciated their attention. He knew that they weren't judging him, so much as just being playful and slightly immature. It was actually kind of nice after so many years of being shunned.