She could be one of my least favorite characters on the show. She's just so annoying. I don't know if I'm alone at this, but it's just the way they wrote the character. It's that one you either love or hate.
shareI find her a little judgy. More in some episodes than others. She's a little goody angel and is a saint and that can wear on a person
shareI find her to be one of the most relatable tv characters I've ever come across.
shareI don't dislike her but she can be unlikable at times. Also, everyone tends to put her on a pedestal - I really hated when they praised Jane at Petra's Mother's Day get together. Sure, Jane is a good mom and it is her first Mother's Day but it wasn't just "HER" day.
"Be a good little monkey, George." - The Man with the Yellow Hat
The mother's day get together was a complete misfire. I thought it was incredibly rude to show the "Jane is wonderful!" movie at Petra's mother's day lunch. Insensitive and horrible. Besides, Jane is a good mother but also has a support system that most mothers, let alone single mothers, could only dream of, including a rich baby daddy who wants nothing more than MORE time with his kid, and a step-baby daddy. So she's good, but nothing to put on a pedestal.
Most of the unlikeable stuff with Jane was around her interaction with Petra after Petra had the twins. Jane became too arrogant and opinionated about stuff that wasn't her business. Petra is entitled to give Rafael her opinion. Jane shouldn't police that. It made everyone look stupid.
I like Jane, but I agree. They could have saved the gushing tribute to Jane for after the lunch was over. If Anezka hadn't been there would anyone have even said anything for Petra? No, she's not that hands-on, but like you said, Petra doesn't have the support system Jane does and she had a horrible wench of a mother herself for an example (a mother who also told her she should just give her babies up, btw). I really felt for Petra in that scene.
What the hell is a Stiles?
I don't dislike Jane, though. I just thought some stuff was poor writing - the Petra/Jane competition over Rafael, and Mother's day - which I think everyone agreed was terrible. I kind of know what they were trying to do. Petra and Jane had gotten closer, so the show was re-setting to create tension again. BUT it didn't work and made Jane look smug and insensitive - her family too.
BUT, the day Petra gave birth was great. I really enjoyed the scene when Petra was screaming over contraction pain and Jane was reading from Jane's novel (yelling from her novel) while wincing at Petra's screaming at the same time. It was so funny. But she was really game about it and kept on going no matter what.
Sometimes when there is a really bad patch of writing that makes a character annoying, it's easy to let that swamp the good stuff. Some stuff in S2 got out of hand and made Jane irritating. But, there's good stuff. Gina Rodriguez was hilarious trying to give Angelique a massage. Jane took it really well when Michael wasn't excited by her novel and admitted she wasn't yet as good as Angelique. That was believable. Her relationship with her dad developed well, and became extremely touching with a great vibe by the end. And, while it stretched believability, I did appreciate that she raced to give her new pitch to the committee, and I liked how they portrayed her adviser. That portrayal kept verging on "frustrated spinster who only pretends to be an intellectual because she's a frustrated spinster" but didn't. Jane respected her. It was a really great twist when Jane expected one admin (the guy) to support her, and her adviser not to, but her adviser did.
Anyhow, I do enjoy Jane. It's just when there's too much of the OTT stuff, it can make you overlook the better things.
Thank you! You are not the only. I dislike her too, and obviously so many other people. The thing with Jane (and girls/women similar to her) is that the fact they never did anything irresponsible or stupid makes them think they are above all the others. They act like, 'I'm little miss perfect'. Jane is a good person with so many qualities; she is smart, driven, ambitious, she is a good mother; yes, the person who wrote above said she has all the support, but trust me, that has nothing to do with 'being a good mother'. Those things only make things and taking care of the baby easier, but they do not make her a good mother. She shows genuine care and love for her baby throughout the show, we can see how devoted she is from bunch of details.
BUT... Jane and people similar to Jane are not people I like to be around in real life. She is tooooo goody-goody. Yes, really judgmental and really close minded. She sees life through her own eyes and can't see it from anyone else's point of view.
Examples:
- Judging Petra all the time; I can assure you Petra likes Jane more than Jane likes Petra. I am actually huge fan of their relationship but I'm sick and tired of everyone bad mouthing Petra. Like when she called Jane for a date for the first time. It was a big deal for her and she was like a scared child, frightened to open herself to a new friendship. Jane said yes and started laughing and mocking her with her family the second she was off the phone. The scene on Mother's Day really pissed me off. Especially Rafael, because that was Petra's first Mother's Day too. If two women gave you children in the past year, eather gave them both compliments or shut up. They made Jane some sort of a queen and I felt awful for Petra. I also felt awful how after Anetzka's speech Jane was quiet, I expected at least from her to give Petra some good words. Petra put so much into that day and received nothing in return.
- Judging Xiomara on various occasions, not hiding the fact she doesn't want to be anything like her mother, the fact she thinks she's a slut. She didn't say it but we can all read between the lines. Just because you want to be married and then have sex afterwards, doesn't mean people who are open to it are doing it wrong. Bachelorette party was awful. I was mad at Jane, not Xiomara. Jane was the one who was suppost to apologize. Xiomara is different, child at heart, energetic, not all of us have to be grandma at 23. And Xiomara is the best mother there is. So her attitude towards her mother pisses me off really hard.
- Desperate need to be liked by all. Michael's mother had the point, she broke off the engagement and got together with another guy the same night, then when she played with both guys for a while not knowing who she wants and expecting them to just be there and wait for her, then she got back together with Michael and expected same treatment as before. Very selfish. The teacher thing too.
- Moral crap - You desperately need money and you are payed to write the essay to a high school boy. So what? Do it and shut up. I don't see a big deal. Another goody-goody example here.
- Crying over not spending few days with Mateo because she had to write that essay. So? There are thousands of mothers out there who raise their kids and have to work 8 hours a day, maybe more. This was just spoiled behaviour.
- Crying in general over ANYTHING. She cries non stop. In every episode. Goes beyond 'She's emotional and good person' statement. She is, but I'm annoyed with this.
- Putting Rohelio aside and choosing Xiomara over him at that event he had. He had a point there. She could have comfort Xiomara AND get there in time for his big moment.
This was long and I'm sure there are other things I'm annoyed with, but this was enough said. I don't like this type of people. We are all human, we all make mistakes, and if someone is trying to redeem themselves (like Petra) and start over and is trying very hard, give this person support, don't judge her and expect her and everyone to act the way you would have in their shoes, because the point is, you are not in their shoes. I liked Jane in first season but I started to dislike her after she turned down Rafael's proposal. Also (let's imagine she's a real person, not a TV character) she is nothing special to be praised. I personally don't think saving your virginity is something to be proud of. Just my point of view. And having guys every one of them just randomly accept that like it's nothing is not likely to happen in real life, but this is a soap so I get it. When it comes to looks we all have our taste so it's unnecessary to talk about this, even though she looks random to me, but even if she was the prettiest girl in the world I would still never want to be her friend (or to be with her, if I were a guy), because of her personality. I still like parts of her and enjoy many scenes with her but in general I don't like her anymore as I did before, at least not like Petra, whom I adore even though she also has some crappy moments.
Crying in general over ANYTHING. She cries non stop. In every episode.
She's too judgey. I love Petra. She's real and imperfect but she doesn't act holier than thou. She's hilarious too.
Jane acts as though she doesn't make mistakes. She's stringing Michael along too. I hate that.
yah, i am starting to dislike her because she is so holier than thou (like many religious people i knw)
shareI cannot stand her and all of her whining I liked her in the first few episodes. She was attractive in Season 1. By the end of season 1 and in season 2 she has become INSUFFERABLE! All her scenes are *beep* ridiculous and whoever is writing the baby stuff just had a baby and is obsessed with these stupid baby storylines (cry it out, tummy time, flat head, pump and dump, amniocentesis) we really do not care at all on the writers opinion on these droll baby care issues that you only give a *beep* about when you have a newborn- the rest of the world doesn't give a *beep* It's obvious that 2 or 3 of the writers just had babies and find it all fascinating but it ruins the show.
I only watch for Rogelio now
I only watch for Rogelio now
whoever is writing the baby stuff just had a baby and is obsessed with these stupid baby storylines (cry it out, tummy time, flat head, pump and dump, amniocentesis) we really do not care at all on the writers opinion on these droll baby care issues that you only give a *beep* about when you have a newborn- the rest of the world doesn't give a *beep* It's obvious that 2 or 3 of the writers just had babies and find it all fascinating but it ruins the show.
She really has become annoying during season 2. I don't feel she was this bad during season 1, they just keep writing her worse and worse. The constant crying and holier-than-thou attitude is BEYOND irritating. Maybe if Michael dies she will come back down to earth...or she'll just cry for every episode of season 3.
shareThey just wrote her renewed rivalry with Petra wrong. She was unbearably smug.
However, I enjoyed Jane screaming out her novel while Petra was in labor - that was hilarious. I like how Jane can just roll with stuff, like when she was racing to make her wedding on time, her father whips out a blotting paper and blots his own face first, she just goes with the flow. Same as when Mateo was kidnapped, she insisted on coming along and said "And uh, bring some of those adult diapers." She can handle embarrassing and awkward situations pretty well. I also like her relationship with her mentor, played by Melanie Myron. I think Marlene Donaldson is actually teaching Jane to be better.
I quite like Jane in season one, she was niave but refreshing and I could cut her some slack as I thought the whole pregnancy was a great shock to her. But in season 2, WOW, "holier-than-thou" is right! Rafael could do nothing right and Michael nothing wrong. Frankly, at times she was a complete b**ch towards Rafael. I know he made some stupid mistakes but so did Michael and she never used them against him like she did Rafael. One thing that I really struggled to get past and the fact that nobody seemed to think it was a big deal at the time or after, was the fact that Jane just 'forgot' that Rafael's father was murdered. Who forgets someone's father was murdered??! It doesn't matter if they were close or not, something like that affects a person! How self-involved can you be?!! Something needs to change in season 3, be it Michael dying or leaving her for some reason, I don't know but something needs to change.
shareThe main six characters will never die unless the actors demand undeserved raises.
"'Extremely High Voltage.' Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Simpszzzz--" - Frank Grimes
I haven't posted on IMDB in a billion years, so hopefully I am replying to the whole thread. I LOVE this show and just caught up with season 2 last weekend.
My only complaint about her character was her leading on both Raphael and Michael in both seasons 1 and 2. I often felt like if one would reject her, she would go running back to the other one without thinking about their long-term feelings. It wasn't fair to either of them to be stuck in that triangle.
However, I'm excited to see the developments in season 3! Time will tell!
P.s - Baby Mateo is one of the cutest babies I've ever seen!