Jack
- This article is about the blogging lonelygirl15 character. For the unseen lonelygirl15 character, see Jack (Secondary Character).
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Age | 17 | ||||
MySpace | watchyourjack | ||||
YouTube | watchyourjack | ||||
Portrayed by | Unknown | ||||
List of Jack's blogs Videos with Jack |
BREAKING NEWS: As revealed first on lg15today on January 7, 2008, it has been discovered that Watchyourjack is viral marketing for the upcoming movie "Jumper."
Jack is a YouTube user who created his account on November 10, and posted his first video (Me...Jack) on November 19, 2007. He appears to be a typical teen male, with his first subscription listed as Daxflame. He also has a silly channel description on youtube of "PAAAANCAAAAAKESSS!", which refers to an obscure comedy video on youtube (where he made the same comment).
Puberty, bullies, and... teleportation???
Jack's troubles began when his brother was arrested and kicked out of the school they both attend. Jack is prompted by his mother to see the school therapist, who in turn provides him medication to deal with his "depression." Jack then attracted the attention of a bully, who realized Jack's brother is no longer there to protect him. As Jack is being beat up, he blacks out and winds up in his bedroom with no knowledge of anything in between. Jack attributes this to a belief that he may have teleported. He quickly dismisses the idea. For a second time, Jack is assaulted by the bully and his friends. He explains that he closed his eyes and was suddenly back in his room, in I Need Help. He then decides to experiment with "teleportation exercises" found on the website, whatweird.com. Jack has since shown control over his newfound abilities and gets a "rush" sensation whenever he uses them. Jack's next vlog indicated that he was being stalked.
Jack has struggled with the morality behind his powers, such as whether or not to bust his brother out of jail or not. He has decided that while there are no official rules, he will never break the law with his teleportation.
Canon speculation and confirmation
Jack was suspected to have been introduced as an official character on Lonelygirl15 in November 2007. While his first videos make no reference to Lonelygirl15, his videos were accepted as responses to lonelygirl15 videos on YouTube, and he soon happened upon the Whatweird.com website and mentioned it in a vlog, which in turn acknowledged his "shout out."
On December 10, 2007, Daniel posted a bulletin on the lonelygirl15 account asking people to check on Jack's videos:
In the past, canonhood has been obtained when a character has been directly addressed in a video by a main character, as was the case for Gemma, Jonas, and Taylor. Taylor officially addressed Jack in the video Watch Me Balance.
It has been confirmed by Greg Goodfried that Jack is official and that the lg15 team are behind the watchyourjack videos, but his videos are not required to follow the lg15 plot.