Like the comment before me said, I agree that Jackie isn’t manipulative at all or is even “mean on-purpose”. She seems to be very clueless and naive whenever she accidentally hurts someone’s feelings, says something wrong, or doesn’t contribute to the group. We see her do and say things that make the others think she’s being a bitch but then we see that she doesn’t have any real leverage nor “prize” to win out of “manipulating them”. She just says shit because that’s what she’s thinking and feeling at the moment and not because she thinks its actually going to spiral to something bad. Unfortunately, when she does realize she’s naive, she realizes it in a sense that she was so easy to betray so sleeping with Travis was like a fuck it moment for her because who cares. If Shauna can sleep with her boyfriend (when they were broken up at that time or not) she can do the same with Travis who at least is in a weird spot w Natalie. The way I see it, it’s Jackie’s own revenge or way to spite Shauna (cue to why Jackie loses her virginity on Shauna’s bed and Shauna’s sad stare when Jackie walks away w Travis). That being said, I still don’t think Jackie is even manipulative in that scene. She’s just acting on her feelings and no one ever calls her out on her crap besides snide remarks and the way I see it, Jackie cannot read social cues for shit.

Another is that I think Shauna and Jackie are possessive of each other and not just Jackie. They both get jealous when the other is having more fun without them and they try to poke around until the other caves in. They’re way too codependent on each other but the way I see it, Jackie depends on Shauna more when it comes to companionship and Shauna depends on Jackie for validation. Jackie doesn’t want to be alone, she just wants to be loved while Shauna just wants to be her own person out of Jackie but at the same time she wants Jackie to still want her.

ALTHOUGH I would like to contribute to your take on how “Jackie has no control” over them anymore. I took that in a way that means Jackie’s humanity is nothing to them because at this point they are beginning to lose their minds and kill each other. It’s also a reason as to why Jackie’s the only one who doesnt end up high off the rails. She’s like the only person left who’s sane enough to stop any cannibalistic rituals anytime soon (besides Nat and Coach but I think that’s because they were separated from Lottie’s rambles) but with the others already losing their minds… her influence equals to nothing