Jensen clearly conned Jared but he set himself up to take the fall with Bobby didn't he? He handed over the money I think to protect Jared, but knew he'd have to pay the price with Bobby.
Yes, totally what I got from it as well, it was just that throughout the story I feared Jensen would go through with the con after all and in the end I was well, not happy, but at least a bit satisfied that he didn`t. Then I read so many comments how he did and was confused. For me the distinction of motive is critical. He started out a con-man, his sole object getting the money out of people.
In the end he did what he had to to protect Jared and he did it the only way his con-man self thought it would work so it was technically a con but to me not in the way I`d feared. If that makes any sense other than to my jumbled brains. :)
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Date: 2007-12-03 01:01 pm (UTC)Yes, totally what I got from it as well, it was just that throughout the story I feared Jensen would go through with the con after all and in the end I was well, not happy, but at least a bit satisfied that he didn`t. Then I read so many comments how he did and was confused. For me the distinction of motive is critical. He started out a con-man, his sole object getting the money out of people.
In the end he did what he had to to protect Jared and he did it the only way his con-man self thought it would work so it was technically a con but to me not in the way I`d feared. If that makes any sense other than to my jumbled brains. :)