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Jade 2013 Appreciation thread

kitty1 said:
In the latest live feed video, 'relationship sabotage' http://www.bigbrother.com.au/video/livefeed/, Tim and Drew are discussing ways to break Jade and Ed up cause he wanted to take Jade to the 'Garden of Eden' in the BB house. Drew doesn't seem too pleased with the idea :P
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I don't like Jade and Ed together at all, and really wish she could see what is really going on. Having said that, this clip makes me dislike both Tim and Drew even more. Break them up by all means - but because you want her to be OK. Neither of them care about Jade, this is just out of nastiness and boredom.

When other HMs wanted to end Drew and Tully it was because the way those two were together did affect their interacts with the rest of the group, and the way Tully treated Drew did bother others (plus, yes, Tim was jealous that he had lost his playmate). Ed and Jade don't behave in the same way, and don't affect other HMs - this comes from a place of spite and meaness
 
No one in the house truly seems to care about Jade. I thought the sugar sisters did but when Jade asked Lucy how soon is too soon to say ily Lucy just told her 'there's no such thing as too soon.' Does it take a genius to know encouraging her is not such a good idea? I hope she clicks with one of the intruders. She has been a nut job with the Ed thing but she deserves a real friend in the house.
 
Tim and Drew have just stepped into arsehole territory. The things they are suggesting are just going to hurt Jade, not Ed. They're setting her up to be made fun of and I don't like that, not with anyone, not just Jade.
 
Tanal Lanat said:
"But if Ed was thoughtless with one person today, it wasn’t Ben – it was Jade. Not long after breakfast she had an emotional moment, bursting into sudden tears by the Pool. While plenty of Housemates came immediately to her comfort – including ex-fake-hubby Drew – Ed was not among them.

Jade later told Lucy that she and her hunky – if insensitive – bed mate had broached the topic of ‘waiting for each other’ when one is Evicted. She had told Ed she would wait for him to get out, rather than get involved with anyone else.“He just said, ‘I can’t promise you anything on the outside,’ and I just said, ‘Neither can I’,” Jade confided in the Sugar Sister."
http://www.bigbrother.com.au/news/dailywash/8730712/daily-wash-day-62-make-your-own-fun

It's said to hear that Jade cried because of him. He holds Jade's hands when they are sleeping? He continues leading on her or he starts to like her but dare not to admit because of family voting campagn. He told Tahan that he likes her accompany & might consider their relationship outside. I'm so confused.
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Well if you're confused imagine what Jade feels.I do feel sad for her because his mixed messages is just messing with her heart and mind.He's a cad/jerk who is so wrapped up with his self importance that he couldn't care less if she gets hurt.Also I think he left his balls with his awful family.Hope he goes home this week to retrieved them.
 
tilliii said:
No one in the house truly seems to care about Jade. I thought the sugar sisters did but when Jade asked Lucy how soon is too soon to say ily Lucy just told her 'there's no such thing as too soon.' Does it take a genius to know encouraging her is not such a good idea? I hope she clicks with one of the intruders. She has been a nut job with the Ed thing but she deserves a real friend in the house.
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In Lucy's defence I don't think she was deliberately trying to be a bad friend and give Jade poor advice. The whole "Ed is wonderful" thing doesn't just come from Jade but it seems to be a symptom of all the housemates bar Tim and Drew (and Justyyn but im not sure if he's even still there lol). Tim has said on numerous occasions that Ed is leading her on and is making it look like he's more into her than he really is...so I don't think it's out of the realms of possibility that Lucy might also see Ed as wonderful and into Jade (hence her advice). It's obviously poor advice from our perspective but I don't think Lucy sees it that way.
 
Hi. So, I like Jade a lot. She's a very sweet girl, and I feel really sorry for her regarding the Ed debacle. With that said, I'd just like to ask: it seems most of her fans want Ed to go, as her involvement with him has become somewhat detrimental to how she is being viewed, but... wouldn't Ed leaving also be detrimental? Maybe even more so than if he were to stay?

From what I can gather, the cornerstones of Jade's impact as a housemate are her romantic relationships: her dysfunctional romance with Ed, which gets her sympathy, and her relationship with Drew, which although people seem to hope for it to, looks unlikely to blossom into romance with Ed's departure. She's a very nice person and has plenty of other nice platonic relationships within the house, but it's really these two relationships which have defined her stay and her presence as a housemate (or that's how it seems to me, at least). So, with that in mind, surely the thing her fans seem to want most of all (Ed going) might actually be the worst thing for Jade--not as a person, but as a housemate? It would strip her of her most prominent (if not sole) storyline, and might even result in her spending the remainder of her time simply mourning his departure. (I'd hope not, but she does seem very besotted.) So, is that potential snuffing out of her narrative simply something people are willing to risk in the hopes she'll develop other, more positive 'story lines'?

I guess I'm just interested in your views! Personally, I can't decide whether Ed going would help or harm her more.
 
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Rom said:
Hi. So, I like Jade a lot. She's a very sweet girl, and I feel really sorry for her regarding the Ed debacle. With that said, I'd just like to ask: it seems most of her fans want Ed to go, as her involvement with him has become somewhat detrimental to how she is being viewed, but... wouldn't Ed leaving also be detrimental? Maybe even more so than if he were to stay?

From what I can gather, the cornerstones of Jade's impact as a housemate are her romantic relationships: her dysfunctional romance with Ed, which gets her sympathy, and her relationship with Drew, which although people seem to hope for it to, looks unlikely to blossom into romance with Ed's departure. She's a very nice person and has plenty of other nice platonic relationships within the house, but it's really these two relationships which have defined her stay and her presence as a housemate (or that's how it seems to me, at least). So, with that in mind, surely the thing her fans seem to want most of all (Ed going) might actually be the worst thing for Jade--not as a person, but as a housemate? It would strip her of her most prominent (if not sole) storyline, and might even result in her spending the remainder of her time simply mourning his departure. (I'd hope not, but she does seem very besotted.) So, is that potential snuffing out of her narrative simply something people are willing to risk in the hopes she'll develop other, more positive 'story lines'?

I guess I'm just interested in your views! Personally, I can't decide whether Ed going would hurt or harm her more.
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You raise a valid point - but from my perspective I don't think that it would have a detrimental impact on how she is perceived. From some live feed videos and snippets on Confidential, we know that she is a lot more multi-layered and amusing than the 'romantic' based edits have shown. This is what people are wanting to see more of, as well as her general personality. Mik has said how funny she is, Drew (in earlier days) also commented on that and that she is intelligent, and she has managed to form good relationships with most HMs. The reasons given for nominating her are mostly strategic ones, which indicates that that other HMs see more to her as well.

There is a risk that she could be seen to lose relevance if Ed goes, but I tend to think the focus on her 'unrequited' love for Ed also does her no favours and is just as much of a risk.
 
I don't think Ed makes her relevant, I think she makes HIM relevant. Most people in my opinion like her in spite of him, not because of.
 
Insomniac said:
Tim and Drew have just stepped into arsehole territory. The things they are suggesting are just going to hurt Jade, not Ed. They're setting her up to be made fun of and I don't like that, not with anyone, not just Jade.
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Exactly right!Jade is already in a fragile state of mind,this stupid prank will mess with her emotions even more.Drew and Tim have officially joined the Stupid Idiot Jerk Club of which Ed is the president.
 
Thanks for the replies. Yes, I agree that they're so focused on presenting the romance angle that we're not really getting to see any of her other sides, especially as everything we see is so biased and so heavily controlled.

As to who makes who relevant, I think it's a mutual thing more so than one or the other: neither would have had the impact or prominence had the other not been there. Without Ed, though, I feel like Jade could have been quite Sugar Sister-esque in her impact: very nice, with sweet moments, but ultimately not as memorable as a character. She's shown some interesting qualities (quirkiness, insecurities, open-heartedness) but I question whether they have only shown because of the context they hold within the relationship—i.e. would the editors have bothered showing her quirkiness and insecurities had they not been relevant to the romance, especially when they have more explosive things to showcase? It seems the show is not so much about the quiet characterisation any more. I'm not sure. I'm happy to be proved wrong, though (if/when Ed goes).

I suppose it's ultimately a question of whether the large amount of partially negative screen-time she's guaranteed by Ed's survival is more or less desirable than the lower amount of potentially more positive screen-time she might get with his departure. It's hard to say. What is rather interesting is that, in a weird way, Jade's future as a HM is very much in the hands of Ed fans... it will be interesting to see what happens either way.
 
I agree that people like Jade DESPITE her Ed obsession. If he goes away she'll only improve. I love Jade, but I get soooo turned off by the Ed stuff. She had so much chemistry with Drew and even Tim .... but watching her and Ed just makes my skin crawl. There is nothing there. I really don't know what she's thinking. Too bad Drew turned out to be a prick. Hopefully Ed goes home next. The longer he stays the worse it'll be for Jade ... because he leads her on and because the housemates don't understand them together either so they'll just keep messing with them.
 
I think Tim and Drew are a little annoyed that they BOTH like Jade ... but she goes for the guy who does NOT really like her.
 
I'm not saying her popularity is due to Ed, I'm suggesting much of her screen time and prominence is—for better or worse.
 
smurfette said:
I don't like Jade and Ed together at all, and really wish she could see what is really going on. Having said that, this clip makes me dislike both Tim and Drew even more. Break them up by all means - but because you want her to be OK. Neither of them care about Jade, this is just out of nastiness and boredom.

When other HMs wanted to end Drew and Tully it was because the way those two were together did affect their interacts with the rest of the group, and the way Tully treated Drew did bother others (plus, yes, Tim was jealous that he had lost his playmate). Ed and Jade don't behave in the same way, and don't affect other HMs - this comes from a place of spite and meaness
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I agree but at the same time I want them to break these two up. I can only foresee Jade being heart broken and I would rather she sees the true Ed now than later. I don't like what they are planning to do but I also want it to kind of happen but maybe not in a cruel way that will upset Jade.
 
Drade 2013 said:
I agree but at the same time I want them to break these two up. I can only foresee Jade being heart broken and I would rather she sees the true Ed now than later. I don't like what they are planning to do but I also want it to kind of happen but maybe not in a cruel way that will upset Jade.
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I agree with you - but I think it will be in a cruel way and neither of them will support her through it. They'll be too busy laughing about her with Tahan to provide any comfort
 
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