Summary
- Jackie Taylor fought in the wilderness and was not cut out for that life. Despite her popular image, she did her best.
- Shauna cheated on Jackie by sleeping with her boyfriend several times, which led to feelings of guilt that haunted her.
- The girls ostracized Jackie, blaming her for a mushroom-caused disaster that nearly cost Travis his life.
There is an undeniable truth about one of the main characters of Yellow JacketsJackie Taylor – a girl who is often portrayed in the story as selfish, arrogant and mean. Yellow Jackets has a diverse cast of characters, with the girls on the soccer team bringing their own survival skills to the table when their plane inevitably crashes in the wilderness. Jackie Taylor, the team captain and the most popular girl in school, has a much harder time adapting to the wild. She finds it difficult to hunt and prepare food, carry heavy objects, and do physical work like the other girls do.
Jackie is the popular girl who gets everything she wants and thinks the whole world revolves around her. Her self-centered behavior meant that her death was only a matter of time. Although Shauna is devastated, most of the survivors of the plane crash in Yellow Jackets are not surprised by Jackie’s death. Jackie Taylor had a lot of trouble in the wild despite the beliefs of her fellow humans. They may consider Jackie a ruthless friend, but She did her best under the terrible circumstances. Not only was Jackie not a bad friend, but some of the girls treated her much worse than she deserved.
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Shauna was the bad friend in Yellowjackets, not Jackie
Shauna, Jackie’s best friend, was the girl Jeff cheated on Jackie with
The other members of the football team took Shauna’s side during the big fight between Shauna and Jackie because they thought Jackie was selfish and a terrible friend. Shauna was the one who slept with Jackie’s boyfriend– he had cheated on Jackie several times with her best friend. Jeff and Jackie had been together for three years and Jackie planned to lose their virginity together. Shauna also became pregnant by him behind Jackie’s back, her deception being a much bigger betrayal than anything Jackie did to her.
It is important to note that Jackie Taylor is not entirely innocent; she said some mean things to Shauna that night and she had nothing to do with sleeping with Travis. Although Natalie and Travis had already broken up, they still had feelings for each other and Jackie and Natalie were teammates. However, that Jackie was a bad friend to Natalie and even Shauna does not excuse Shauna’s behavior. Shauna cheated on Jackie and Jackie saying some mean things in response is no comparison. That’s why Shauna is still haunted by Jackie’s ghost months after her death – she still carries the guilt of having physically and emotionally betrayed her best friend.
The rest of the characters were horrible to Jackie before she died in Yellowjackets
The girls displaced Jackie in the wilderness
The truth is that Jackie Taylor struggled much more with adjusting to the wild. Laura Lee relied on her faith, Misty prided herself on her medical skills, Coach Ben was a good mediator, Shauna prepared food, Natalie hunted food, and the other girls helped where they could. The only other person who probably fought like Jackie was Lottie. Lottie had visions and dreams after her medications ran out, presumably to help her cope with the trauma. Jackie, however, had nothing. If ever there was a person who couldn’t survive in the wild, it was Jackie Taylor.
Yellow Jackets
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She just wasn’t made for this life. Although Jackie could have tried to contribute more and be more supportive, most of the time she did her best. Also, the other girls were mad at Jackie because she was the only one who could call her to account for her behavior when they were high on mushrooms. The events that happened during the full moon weren’t even Jackie’s fault – Misty was the one who found the mushrooms and wanted to use them on Ben, but they ended up in the broth that almost everyone drank.
Because Jackie was sober, she was the first person to see the descent into madness. Yet Jackie is blamed for what happened because she slept with Travis.
The effects of the mushrooms were nearly catastrophic – the girls almost killed Travis. Since Jackie was sober, she was the first person to witness the descent into madness. Yet Jackie is blamed for what happened because she slept with Travis. Jackie died because she thought her teammates hated her and her friendship with Shauna was a lie. But the end of Yellow Jackets Season 2 proved that Jackie was right. Yellow Jackets In season 3, the girls now voluntarily participate in cannibalism and even today most of them believe in the paranormal as an excuse for their actions.
Yellow Jackets
Yellowjackets is a thriller and drama series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. It stars Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress and Ella Purnell. The plot revolves around a New Jersey high school soccer team returning home from a national tournament in Seattle. On the way back by plane, an unfortunate crash occurs, leaving them stranded in the Canadian wilderness.
- Pour
- Juliette Lewis, Sophie Thatcher, Warren Kole, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Tawny Cypress, Steven Krueger, Christina Ricci, Ella Purnell, Sammi Hanratty, Sophie Nélisse, Melanie Lynskey
- Streaming service(s)
- Paramount+ with Showtime
- Authors
- Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson
