I am a bad writer, but I will try to write out my thoughts. This is all speculation and currently I have no idea what to believe or what is going on.
My theory that Jace is Jay, and Jay is mentally ill:
- Jay's father leaves, Gail turns to god.
- The guys at MDE knew Jay/Rob from school and sympathetically let Jay help them out. Put up with / were inspired by his writings and antics.
- MDE and Jay split later on.
- Jay makes friends with a bunch of stoners.
- Jay begins doing more stuff online.
- Rob makes Jay use fake names for safety. (Remember Rob also supposedly helped him secure his PC).
- Gail becomes more and more religious and crazy. May be indoctrinated into some cult.
- Jace is born.
- Jace continues going downhill from druge use, and his dumb friends, mental illness.
Jace feels mostly genuine to me.
I believe he is mentally ill, though I feel he plays up some things for attention (like he is semi-aware of some of his antics).
Lots of people online have probably called the police department in the area about a Jace. The police may have just let Jamie Walton know they had heard about the situation of a Jace. If Jay and Jace were the same person they might even know Jay uses the online handle of Jace.
I do feel the connection between Jay and Jace is worth investigating deeper. I do not necessarily feel Jace is a complete ruse. But I feel there are a lot of connections between Jay and Jace.
Heck remember Jace yelling about a Charles?
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/mental/articles/2004/06/28/he_cant_play/
His parents, Charles A. Rankowski and Gayle Fitzpatrick
EDIT:
Hasn't Jace got a DUI? Just look that up, and you'll know definitively whether or not Jan is Jace. It'd save you a decent bit of time and frustration.
If this can be looked up it would be great!
I have no idea how to look this up, if someone else does find out please post what you find.
