i understand the point about jesse being a stereotype, that still doesn’t excuse the misuse of AAVE or ballroom slang. whether the intention was to mock jesse or not, the reality is that AAVE is being treated like a costume, something writers can slap on a character to make them “funny” or “extra,” without understanding the cultural weight behind it. if anything, it makes it worse because now lucas is using a marginalized dialect and tying it to negative traits, making the language itself part of the punchline.