Why Jason Being Closeted Makes Sense

Kenough: Part Two

      - NOT PROOFREAD, LOTS OF YAPPING, APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE

The 5 Stages Of Grief

Denial (n):
The grieving person may refuse to believe that the loss has occurred. The bereaved person feels shocked and numb. As a defense mechanism, the mind tries to convince itself that nothing has changed.
Anger (n):
Loss comes with pain, and pain often expresses itself through anger. It's common for the bereaved person to feel anger towards the situation or even the person they lost.
Bargaining (v):
The bereaved person may attempt to undo or lessen the loss through negotiations.
Depression (n):
The bereaved person feels symptoms of depression, such as sadness, fatigue, and hopelessness. The grieving person may often break down crying or try to isolate themselves from friends and loved ones.
Acceptance (n):
Gradually, pain eases. The grieving person begins to accept the loss and move forward in life again. This does not mean that they are truly "over" the loss, but they are ready to find a new life and reality.
— Meridian Healthcare

The 5 stages of grief, as stated above, is the non-linear process in which a person experiences and deals with grief. Grief doesn't necessarily have to be about death, it could be anything, such as the end of a relationship, the loss of a job, or even major life transitions. In our case, we're focusing on major life transitions; such as, finding out you might not be the straight, Christ-loving man you thought you were. I can't be the only one that finds that so fascinating—and I never use the word fascinating!

As mentioned in part one, Jason is in complete denial of the fact that he might have even an inch of homosexuality in him. In my mind, this denial could be a manifestation of his attempts to conform to societal norms and a battle against his own Christian beliefs on what makes a person a sinner and what makes them a saint. This intense need to deny and rationalize his 'sinful' thoughts and feelings would eventually cause Jason to stress out. Built up stress can cause those affected by it to lash out on others, or, for lack of better words, become angry. For example, Jason physically assaulting Gareth when he refused to give up details about Eddie's whereabouts or sending the whole of Hawkins out on a manhunt against the Hellfire [manhunt mention 2/?].
Being born into Christianity, Jason would be no stranger to prayer and worship, and that's where bargaining comes in to play. Why would his one and true God allow him to think and imagine such blasphemous things if they were such as sin? Why would his God create him that way if he loved him and wanted him to live a sinless life?
Depression. The weight of all of these combined pressures would surely do a number on Jason; just like it would the rest of us. Everything feels so strange and confusing and he just doesn't know what to do about any of it nor where to start. He couldn't possibly tell his parents how he felt, they'd be so disappointed with him. His friends would probably ostracize him as he did to others in a blink of an eye if he were to tell them. And Chrissy... Chrissy, Chrissy, Chrissy... there is no way she'd ever be able understand what he'd been going through so was there really any point in telling her about his problems? Do you see the parallels between Chrissy and Jason?

Neither knows proper communication and don't believe the other would understand their troubles but of course, they'd never know if they never asked and *sighhh* It's just a complete mess.
Now, you may be wondering, where is acceptance? Acceptance is one of the 5 stages of grief, is it not? You wouldn't be wrong in saying that, but in case you forgot! This book is called "Rant: Jason Carver Is a Closeted Gay Man". There is no acceptance. Jason never gets his acceptance arc because it never happens. He's just stuck in some unhappy, dying beard relationship up until the events in season 4.
Jason doesn't get his happy ending because he's stuck repeating stages 1-4 on loop for every day until then and he's unable to escape and never will be able to due to his own ego.

Very dramatic but long story short: Jason dies a lonely closeted loser stuck in a never ending loop of forced facades and false happiness.

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WORD COUNT: 751 words

This was definitely shorter than the last one and that's, for the most part, on purpose. This was just a continuation of part one and wasn't really meant to bring new things to the table... for the most part.

I'll probably post a third part combining parts one and two together but other than that, I'll probably never touch this book again.

I don't have much else to say except rant over??? No silly hashtags, I'm tired and wanna take a nap so I'm off..