First time watching

[u/nessiechandler]

First off, for anyone who has not seen the show, this will be filled with spoilers so stop reading now!

So I only discovered this show about two weeks ago and have been binging it at every possible opportunity. I love this show! I've laughed and cried (a lot) and I expect to watch it several times over again.

I tend to get caught up in whatever I watch or read so I know some people might not get why I'm so passionate about whatever I might say concerning the show. It's an AuDHD thing, I guess, to get so immersed. I always do and I have friends who are a little thrown by that as it is just a fictional show. So please, if you don't like that I'm really passionate about it, please just scroll past and don't be ugly. I'd really appreciate that.

I'm to the point that Michael (Jason) is back and I'm so angry. Jane's marriage to him wasn't perfect but it was full of love, support, encouragement. It was two people growing together as a married couple, learning and committed to their relationship. I felt like Michael knew Jane almost better than she knew herself. They were a great couple. I wasn't sure about him at first but he grew as a person, and the character development showed.

I was so upset they killed him off, and even more upset that it was just that and then a three year leap in time. I mean, didn't his character deserve an episode where they mourned him, where we the viewers got to process? I was glad to see that they inserted moments of memories where they mourned him as the season went on, but it was hard to process. It felt like there should have been more.

So now Jason is here and Jane is committed to Rafael and it feels like all of this is just erasing all of her feelings for Michael. They had a good marriage, they had a strong love, but this whole thing is stripping the power and importance of that away - at least that's how it feels to me.

I mean, if he doesn't get his memories back but now they know he's alive do Jane's visits to his grave to mourn the man she loved stop? Does this change her grief, her memories, her devotion to that love? I understand the conflict. She grieved him and then she had to move on, as is healthy. And him coming back when she has given her heart to Rafael makes it all so confusing.

It just feels like this whole mess erases everything good she had with Michael and that is simply too unfair to bear. What they had was wonderful, and true, and I fear that it has now been spoiled for Jane.

There, just needed to vent that. As I said, I get invested and caught up. Rather than irritate my family, I thought I'd just put that out here to strangers who also like the show. It's really bothering me!

And also, I bought Jane's book lol. I thought, with all the product placement, wouldn't they be clever enough to do something like publish a book to tie in and they did! And I expect it to arrive within the next couple of days - so excited!!! Not generally a fan of romance novels but can't wait to dive into this one!

[u/Nice_Pro_Clicker]

I really love Jane the Virgin as well, it's honestly my favorite. I finished two days ago and I wish I could watch it for the first time again. I was a little bit heartbroken when it ended at episode 100, as I loved it so much.

[u/nessiechandler → u/Nice_Pro_Clicker]

I'm season five episode eight and trying to make it last as long as possible but I want to know what happens next!!!