Let’s talk about John Logan’s sibling
I can name a character from another popular Amazon Prime Video TV show who is also:
- Non-binary
- Not originally in the books
- Has bad acting, which translates to awkwardness among the group
Sounds familiar? That’s Skye from TSITP, iykyk. And Jules is basically them in Off Campus.
John Logan originally has an older brother called Jeff in the books. The brother manages the automobile workshop with their drunkard father, but this whole side plot has been changed in the TV show to a younger sister named Jules and they are in the same college as Logan. They also have a mother who has been in and out of rehab.
Logan and Jules look nothing alike lmao, they will never pass off as siblings. I also don’t understand how Logan and Jules are able to be in college at the same time because it was established that they are working class. So how are they both affording to pay their college education? Scholarships? I hope this gets somewhat addressed in S2.
The showrunner shared with PEOPLE that Jeff was changed to Jules because they needed a character who is “Gossip Girl”.
> Aside from being able to translate the hockey for viewers, Levy "wanted a character who had their finger to the pulse of the gossip on campus," she says. "That felt really fun to make it a sibling of one of our guys, and also someone who has access to these guys in a way that other people don't."
TBH, I don’t think they needed to add a non-binary character just to keep the gossip on campus alive. They could have created an anonymous campus gossip site and that would have sufficed. It just feels like this is a token genderqueer character added in the mix of straight characters. They know they can’t change the main male characters’ love interest to a queer relationship because it would affect future spinoff plot lines. I would be shocked if they were to change Tucker’s love interest (his scene partner is the only one who is not officially cast yet) because I would say it’s vital his love interest remains as is.