Jack dares people to approach him. He doesn't make direct offers, either verbally or with his body language.
He says "we could...." and then steps back, crosses his arms over his chest and waits. He says what he's up for, pretends to take the initiative and doesn't. I've seen (and done, when I was younger) this behavior over and over again from women who want to be 'one of the boys' and also shag the boys. Even when the boys have been girls (I'm queer too).
If a female character acted that way, it would read as totally typical of a certain type of female flirting. Because Jack is such a man's man, we see it as aggression, but it really, really isn't.
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Date: 2008-05-13 04:30 pm (UTC)He says "we could...." and then steps back, crosses his arms over his chest and waits. He says what he's up for, pretends to take the initiative and doesn't. I've seen (and done, when I was younger) this behavior over and over again from women who want to be 'one of the boys' and also shag the boys. Even when the boys have been girls (I'm queer too).
If a female character acted that way, it would read as totally typical of a certain type of female flirting. Because Jack is such a man's man, we see it as aggression, but it really, really isn't.