Jack

endgame partner (along with Pat)

Originally her spontaneous companion seemed to Jack mostly odd and funny, to some extent. Travelling for the sake of...travelling? and collecting old rusty garbage was not a sort of motivation to hit the road Jack could personally understand. But except for all the quirky mechanic specifics, the girl was quite alright. She turned out to be rather helpful with her repair and first aid knowledge. And she was quite relatable to Jack, at some point (typical gnc girl to gnc girl communication).

So, getting quite attached to her and a little bit giving a fuck about Val not getting herself in trouble was a natural thing, as they traveled together quite a lot. Jack didn't notice the exact moment she began to perceive Val's scientific ramblings and her occasional gremlin-esque behavior as charming, but when she noticed it (probably when someone else jokingly poked at Jack's very obvious favoritism for Valerie in almost any situation), she panicked and tried to back off. She didn't want to ruin another person's life. So the best decision she came to was to become the avoidant jerk towards the person who considered her a best friend, and literally everyone around would feel. Confused. Why do you do the things you do, Jack. So she was Just Like That for some time, until few people hinted to her and Junko directly told her that she's acting embarrassingly dumb. Jack apologised to Valerie, with no proper explanations, still, and preferred to act like that odd episode just never happened.

So they get back to being best friends with messed up boundaries, and Jack was alright with keeping things that way. Until she was once giving Val a self-defence/melee combat lesson, and after successfully scoring a victory in the little sparring session they had, Jack's ✨best friend✨ kissed her impulsively. A turning point where it wasn't possible to keep ignoring the elephant in the room. So. They get together, eventually. Jack very awkwardly tries to figure out how normal functional relationships should work. She tries very hard to become a better person. From this plot point, she is absolutely unbearable in her Val's loyal lapdog-coded behavior.

endgame partner (along with Val)

Jack met her at Freeside, via Jeremy who Pat originally contacted. Both found each other quite cool but didn't really interact much, until Pat took her brother and Jack as his friend to go watch that midnight science fiction feature thing she picked up a signal of. Uh. The three of them ended up abducted by cyborg weirdos. And The Old World Blues dlc happened. Pat and Val have teamed up quite a lot and they've really bonded during that time. And although a lot of unresolved tension was also there, it was still best friends with fucked up boundaries (more acknowledged by both sides compared to patjack dynamic due to lack of the idealisation part. it's 'she's just like me fr' situation instead) thing, plus some extra still acknowledged freaky/teasing episodes. Something both of them would miss after their return to Mojave, but would rather prefer none of that ever happened. Because Val who both of them also obviously had feelings for it, like, there. And both of them would rather back off than have at least one (1) completely honest talk (vulnerability killed their grandmas + they're unfortunately two sides of the same coin). They end up being together as a disastrous throuple, eventually.

The main thing about their dynamics is feeling understood. Very euphoric and creating a very strong bond between the two of them, but not necessarily a good thing in their case. Being thick as thieves and not judging each other is great, unless it comes to indulging in bad habits, still together and enabling each other to get into stuff you should probably talk each other off, normally. Hm. I guess sometimes nobody can understand a fucked up depressed girlfailure better than Another fucked up depressed girlfailure? At the end of the day, Jack is extremely attached to Pat.

stupid fucking kid

Her annoying companion as he out of the blue decided to follow her on her way to Vegas with all his dumb endless ramblings and joking around, her best friend as he saved her life a few times and turned out less one-dimensional than she used to think of him, her sworn enemy as he betrayed her at the end for the greater goal of his, leaving no chance for her to ever reunite with NCR [for better or worse, but it felt like a punch in the gut in any case].

They had a brief and very bitter verbal fight soon after the battle ended, and never directly contacted each other again. Jack claims she hates the bastard's guts and that he's dead to her, although deep inside she only hates the fact none of this is true. She misses the one who once was her friend. And ough it damages her so much when he 'dies'.

«I owe you my life»

Of course local bartender is a good friend of hers. Who else could it be.

oldman (affectionately) / buddy

Jack was untrustful towards him at first, but Johnny turned out to be just fine! She loves playing card games with him; he was the first one who managed to Successfully explain her how to play the caravan, and she really gets into it thanks to the oldman! And she doesn't mind helping him with the physical aspects of his work, like, to drag something or to find some materials, or maybe to help with repairing stuff in his little house. Something he absolutely would not bother herself with for anyone else at the beginning of the plot, but for some reason Johnny just naturally has this authority in her eyes. So, yeah, he's allright.

late best friend; sniper partner

Vulture is her late best friend, they were inseparable since their teen years in NCR, and then both of them became snipers from the same sniper cell [Lewandowski was the spotter]. He was like a brother to her. She misses him so much though it's been years ago. His suicide not only left her completely heartbroken [and is like the main reason of her PTSD], but really pissed her off as she felt betrayed and deserted by her closest person who she perceived as a good example tm who /agreed/ with her that a suicide is fucking STUPID thing to do and then just? did it? because of the reason she barely saw valid enough? They’re my Roman empire

ex best friend

Jessey was her best friend since their early years in NCR, zero braincells duo always up to some dumb chaotic action. He was very much like a lil bro for her, although…She was not very kind to him sometimes. Especially when they grew older, especially after their mutual best friend died and Jessey let some very important legion spy escape because he's a gullible bleeding heart. She really did snap at him the last time, which ended up terrible, leading to Jessey faking his own death for everyone including Jack. They met each other later and it was very very awkward for both of them, but at least both of them had time to analyze what was wrong with their past friendship.

Jack actually apologizes to Jessey. They kind of reconnect and hang out together as buddies, but now they're finally able to acknowledge they're too different people. And some things are still hard to forget or completely forgive. So, they're more of buddies than best friends in the current timeline.

ex friend; Very strained relationships

Egh. Ex best friend from the same childhood/teen friend group with Jessey and Lewa, although the more time passes it gets more obvious that those two were less close to each other, if being compared. The voice of conscience Jack never really liked to hear. Their relationships were ruined completely when both of their common friends were gone and they’re…no longer on good terms.

..awkward silence | ex friend / messed up situashionship..thing.

no fucking way, Another person caring about her she hurt in her NCR arc. wow. were pathetic 'oh but i don't even remember about that' or 'uhhh im really sorry' mumbles ever capable of fixing all the damage done? surely not.

Should I mention Junko is very hostile towards her in FNV timeline? Although still not hostile enough if you ask me <з

«I fucking hope it hurts»

An episodic acquaintance who seemed to be her ally for some time [something something sierra madre dlc plot fan companion]. Who Jack may or may not developed a small and very stupid crush on. A ‘charming person who turns out to be a sleazy bastard in the end’ kind of story.