Jack Shephard
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Jack Shephard |
| Occupation: | Doctor |
| Relationships: | |
| Fandom: | Lost |
| Other: | played by Matthew Fox |
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Jack Shephard is a fictional character from Lost, and was portrayed by Matthew Fox.
Canon
In the canon of the show, Jack is a spinal surgeon who becomes the de-facto leader of the survivors of Flight 815's fuselage. He is a primary protagonist.
Fandom
Jack can be a controversial and divisive character among fans of the show. While positioned as the protagonist, many fans consider him to be emotionally unstable, violent, and misogynistic. Other fans considered him heroic and self-sacrificing.
He is notable for his "beard of sorrow" (Jeard) as well as his habit of crying regularly in later seasons of the show, a phenomenon known among fans as 'Jears'. The term was created by Ack Attack[1], a BNF in LOST fandom, and was almost universally adopted. The term Jears was so notable that Urban Dictionary has a top definition as follows:
Short for "Jack's tears", an online joke about how often Jack Shephard cries on ABC's LOST television program. Fandom bloggers recap episodes according to a Jears-O-Meter and create macros about Jack's emotional instability.Ack-Attack: "Matthew Fox needs lessons from Jeffrey Dean Morgan on how to cry like a man! *jears*"
"It was like 80 degrees with a 100% chance of JEARSTORMS!!!!"
Painting big blue teardrops on Jack's photos with MS Paint. [2]
Additionally, Jears was a popular meme within and throughout the fandom. A Tumblr blog "fuckyeahjears" was created specifically to highlight instances of Jears throughout the show via edits, artwork, and gifsets. A Facebook page also existed for Jears.
Pairings
- James "Sawyer" Ford/Jack Shephard
- Juliet Burke/Jack Shephard
- Kate Austen/Jack Shephard - canonical
- Kate Austen/James "Sawyer" Ford/Jack Shephard
Fanworks
Fan Vids
- By the Way, a constructed reality vid by Di which pairs Jack Sheppard with House, M.D.'s Allison Cameron
Archives and Links
- Jack Shephard tag at Archive of Our Own
- Jack Shephard at FanFiction.net
- Jack Shephard at LOST fanfic
- Jack at Ficinabottle
- Jack Fans (Livejournal community)
- The Drowning Man (Livejournal fanfiction rec community)
Resources
- Jack Shephard at Lostpedia
- Wikipedia
References
- ^ Ack Attack's FAQ from her personal website, creation date unknown, accessed 2/16/21.
- ^ Definition for Jears on UrbanDictionary, written by Coelle CMU on August 29, 2007 (accessed Feb 16 2021)