Jacob (Miss Annity)

> **"You don't have to be like this. You don't have to do this."**
> *-- Jacob, "Kiss and Make Up"*
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**Jacob** is the main character of the third episode of *Miss Annity*. A young man who likes to wear makeup, Jacob is bullied by his peers and repeatedly reprimanded by his father for his interest. His predicament attracted the attention of Miss Annity, but he was able to resist her illusions and best the monster at her own game.

He is portrayed by Michael J. Marchak.

## Physical Appearance

Jacob is a Caucasian boy in his late teens with blonde hair and blue eyes. He often wears eyeliner and eyeshadow, and sometimes the occasional blush.

## Characteristics

Jacob does not fit in with the traditional beliefs of masculinity. He likes to wear makeup and seems to be quite talented at what he does, and refused to give up his identity even though he was regularly beaten up for being different.

He is also quite sensitive, as he broke down when he heard his father berating him to his mother, and he refuses to use violence to solve a problem, as evidenced when he tried to hug out the fight with Miss Annity instead of succumbing to rage.

## History

At some point in his life, Jacob became fascinated with makeup and started to wear and experiment with it. His mother, Melissa, appeared to encourage his passions, but it deeply embarrassed his father Dan. Jacob soon began to get bullied and beaten up at school because of his interests in makeup, most notably by a fellow student named Billy.

## Miss Annity

### Season 1

#### Kiss and Make Up

After being beaten up once again by bullies at his school, Jacob's father Dan drags him home and Jacob retreats into his room. He hears his parents arguing about what happened to him, and hearing his father insult him causes him to have a breakdown and throw all of his makeup materials in the trash. In the process, he is bitten by Miss Annity. Later that night, he is laying in his bed when Miss Annity enters his bedroom. She starts to come after him while an illusion of Billy starts beating him up again and goading him into hitting back. While Jacob initially starts to throw some punches, he realizes that he's betraying himself by sinking to Billy's level, and instead gets up and hugs him. As he tells the illusion he doesn't have to do this, he starts to cry as it fades away.

Jacob then goes back downstairs to talk to his father, but he soon realizes that something has happened to him when he sees the blood on his neck. Suddenly, Miss Annity drags his father under the TV stand as Jacob runs after him and tries to get him out.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skillset

* **Makeup Artistry:** Jacob is moderately skilled at makeup application, given his fascination with makeup and the amount of materials in his room.

## Relationships

### Dan

Dan was Jacob's father. They appeared to have a strained relationship due to Dan's views on what a "real" man was and Jacob's passion for things that were not traditionally masculine. He appeared largely unsympathetic to Jacob getting bullied, but Jacob still cared for his father despite their differences and tried to talk things out after he was attacked by Miss Annity. When he realized his father had been killed in his stead, Jacob became visibly distressed and tried to chase after him.

### Billy

Billy is one of Jacob's bullies. He regularly beats him up because he chooses to wear makeup.

### Miss Annity

Jacob was targeted by Miss Annity because he did not fit in with the traditional stereotype of masculinity, and likes to wear makeup. She bit Jacob, appeared to him in his bedroom, and presented him with an illusion of his bully to goad him into fighting back. However, since Jacob fought back in a different way -- using nonviolence to deescalate the situation rather than using his fists -- Miss Annity was thwarted and was forced to retreat, taking Jacob's father Dan instead. Miss Annity's reaction to Jacob's nonviolent solution to her attack, and the sudden hiccups in the filming of her latest life lesson, imply that Jacob is the first and only target that has fought back against Miss Annity and succeeded.

## Trivia

* It is heavily implied that Jacob is the first and only person to have stood up to Miss Annity's illusions and survived.

## References

1. ↑  *Miss Annity,* Season 1, Episode 3, "Kiss and Make Up". Meguid, Halia and Stahmer, Landon (writers) & Stahmer, Landon (director) (November 1st, 2019)