Bryce first, maybe someone else later.
I think the relationship between J/B is the most complete and true relationship that Justin has portrayed. From how the two met when they were children, how they usually get along, the Hannah incident caused a rift, to the breakup at the end of the first season, the expression is very complete.
The relationship between Justin and Clay in the second season is just the opposite. From being hostile to each other to becoming brothers, it forms a contrast with J/B in two aspects: Bryce and Clay are the same in that they both take care of Justin, food and clothing, and housing; the difference is that The unique aspects of the J/B relationship will be discussed in detail later.
By the third season it was the other way around, with Justin moving in the direction of Bryce between the two. I think this part is very ooc, and the only feeling after watching it is that it is really difficult to quit drugs. The writer's portrayal of Bryce is weak. Therefore, I will focus on the first season when discussing the J/B relationship below.
J/B met when Bryce stood for Justin when they were children, and from then on Justin became Bryce's younger brother. Bryce will take care of him in every aspect of life, and there are many examples in the show - tuition, ties. The two are called brothers, which seems to be the same as the later J/C. But the relationship is actually one-way. What Bryce provided, whether it was money or housing, the usual hookups, and the status in the small campus group, were all trivial to him and could be given easily. He is not short of money, nor is he short of younger brothers. Zac can go to his house to live, and Monty will come out when he is short of money. All he wants is this kind of status as a person who is full of stars and compliments, and doesn't care who sets off. Justin probably didn't realize this at first, until Jessica had an accident. Who really cares that your "buddy" rapes your girlfriend?
In turn, Justin's reliance on Bryce is deep and irreplaceable. One episode clearly showed that after Justin was kicked out of the house by a drug dealer, his girlfriend Jessica didn't respond to him, and "best friend" Zac didn't respond to him either. Many people scolded Justin, why did his girlfriend cry when she was raped, didn't know how to resist Bryce, and cover up for him afterwards? Because he was afraid, afraid that he could not bear the consequences of losing Bryce. At this moment, the facts really proved that without Bryce's help, he would have to sleep on the street. Justin knew that leaving Bryce would lose everything he had. The family environment is not good, he can't make friends at school, and he is the object of ridicule by others; it is difficult to go to school without money, let alone join the basketball team, which is welcomed by the whole school. He was about to go back to that poor kid who was 10 years old. So even if Bryce does something he hates, Justin will try to endure it. Hannah's private photos were forcibly exposed, and Justin would only apologize to Hannah in private, instead of having a hard time with Bryce. The same goes for the Jessica incident. His fear of losing his life outweighed his sympathy for the two girls and his insistence on justice.
Other than that, I can understand the fear. If it weren't for Bryce, he'd be no less stressed and bullied than Hannah or Tyler. I never heard of someone who was bullied like Hannah for being "outrageous" when I was in middle school. But the "wild child" that the parents don't care about - dirty clothes, no money to buy other people's food, sleeping on the street at night - will definitely be isolated. When Justin apologized to Hannah in the second season, Hannah once said disdainfully, "The label on you is better than the one on me." But if Justin had ripped off the label and publicly stood up for Hannah by accusing Bryce, it might have been his turn to tape.
And, as we saw in the second half of the first season, Justin's inner balance was gradually tilted to the side of justice. We see him gradually moving away from Bryce, unwilling to go to his house, unwilling to see him. Before Jessica forced him to tell the truth about the rape, he had the fear of losing Bryce and the fear of losing Jessica. Two jump chains dragged his footsteps. After telling the truth, he completely cut his link with Bryce, and then Jessica cut his link with him. The chains were gone, and he also lost the two closest people at the same time. When the nightmare came true, he was in pain, panic, hysteria. But after knowing that it was irreversible, he calmed down. At this time, he really had nothing, and he couldn't lose anything. So when he finally saw Bryce, instead of getting angry, he had a bottle of wine with Bryce. Because at this time, he had clearly understood the relationship between the two people in the past, and calling him "brother" was just a lie. Bryce didn't really care about him. It's just that no matter whether he reprimands Bryce or flatters Bryce, he can't change the ending of his loneliness.
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