LJ Idol Season 9 Week 1: Jayus

[i_love_freddie]

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.

Comments

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor Jonas.

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

I know, I always feel kind of sorry for him.

[kajel.livejournal.com]

Nice to see the crew again!

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Thank you - the crew are happy yo be back!

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

hm. Made me think!

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

That's always good! :)

[i-17bingo.livejournal.com]

If I met a sorcerer at an assassin school, it wouldn't take singed eyebrows to convince me to leave him alone. But I have an acute sense of self-preservation.

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Heh, me too. But they were only kids and some of them gave a new meaning to the word 'arrogant'.

[elvagreenfield.livejournal.com]

Confession:
"A man walks into a bar and says, 'ouch'" makes me giggle.

Nice little piece here :)

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Heh, it made me giggle too. :)

Thank you.

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

Poor Jonas! Nicely done!

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[witchwife.livejournal.com]

Poor Jonas? No way. “Your dad must be a baker because you have a nice set of buns,” he said to one, in all seriousness.

Totally team Kane!

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Kane: "Of course, everybody is always on the best team!"

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

I've known people like Jonas, who can't quite get the hang of the social interaction game. Because it really is a game, until you get to know someone well enough that none of that crap matters.

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

I know... as an aspie, I find social interactions to be really complicated and confusing. All those different rules...

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're an aspie? I was wondering if Jonas might be one when I was reading, actually!

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Yep, I am an aspie. And while I didn't specifically set out to write Jonas as one...he does seem to have ended up with a lot of the traits. Funny how that works really. :)

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

Yup, you write what you know! :)

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

What a pick up line! LOL
AW

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

LOL I know. He's often coming out with stuff like that.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

He knew that they weren't judging him, so much as just being playful and slightly immature.

And what a difference that makes. Being teased as one of the crowd instead of BY the crowd.

Burning someone's eyebrows off in a fit of temper cracked me up, though. :D

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know! That would have been a sight to see!

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

I love the contrast between the trying to be funny line and the unintentionally funny one, when he's trying to meet girls.

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I liked that too. Poor Jonas will never get it right!

[heeroluva.livejournal.com]

If he could not fit in, he would be an outsider and wear the label with pride.

Sounds like a great plan.

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

I think so!

[snarkerdoodle.livejournal.com]

He was the way he was, and he had no time for people who could not appreciate that.

An excellent attitude for most people to have, I think. :)

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

It's an attitude I try to adopt too. :)

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

I like this crew. :)

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I love to hear that. :)