We have to talk about Nate Jacobs, the character who scares us the most in Euphoria

Do you like Euphoria but are afraid of Nate Jacobs’ character? Congratulations! Apparently you are a healthy woman (man or person) who knows how to recognize the violent masculinities.

Euphoria It is the most watched series of HBO so far this year, because they address all types of problems that distress youth and society, from a perspective that completely distances itself from clichés and on the contrary tries to understand the origin of these archetypes of North American society. .

In accordance with Carl Jungarchetypes are recurring patterns or symbols that appear in different forms in all cultures and have an aspect that is inherited from generation to generation.

It is for this reason that in cinema and literature we see figures (images or characters) that seem to repeat themselves over and over again: the athlete, the dumb blonde, the slut, the party animal, the drug addict, the nerd, the fat girl… .

Euphoria It tries to unravel the origin of each of these characters, having childhood, family and parental upbringing as its main thesis.

Nate Jacobs is the typical coreback high school: muscular, attractive and popular; but he is also a heartless madman who could hurt any woman (or person) because since he was little he grew up with a very twisted idea of ​​sex and masculinity (because of his father).

However, Nate Jacobs (the character) has an entourage of fans (in real life) who love him irrationally, no matter how abusive he is and what he represents (according to the writers of this film themselves). HBO series) all the evils of our society.

Nate Jacobs’ character should scare you and if not, see a psychologist

It is for this reason that Jacob Elordithe actor who plays Jacobs in the series, he did not overlook how much he is terrified that his character is loved when in fact he is “an emotional terrorist”.

‘It’s very scary when you read those things. I think Nate should not have fans, he is bad, he is very bad and him being “attractive” should not be enough to justify his behavior. The guy is an emotional terrorist, a narcissist, a sociopath, a freak. All the bad things that can exist in a person’, express Elordi in an interview for W Magazine.

And although the actor recognizes that his character has a deeper dimension than a “university male bastard” that “he abused, baby and he yells at people”, he has no justification for treating others the way he does, because it is like applauding a sadist for his lack of empathy.

For their part, the writers believe that people who watch the series and are afraid of Nate Jacobs are understanding everything because even though the character is initially a victim of his father’s lies and physical and emotional abuse, he has no no desire to change (for now) to be a “functional human”.

Besides Nate Jacobslike many other straight white men, does not care to dismantle the power relations, privileges, sexism and homophobia that exist within him and do so much harm to him and those around him.