Jenny and Ryan

Jenny and Ryan is a sibling friendship seen in Carter Corp.

## Overview

Jenny and Ryan is the recurring sibling relationship between Jenny Blake and Ryan Carter.
Their relationship is first seen in season 1 of Ryan's route where Jenny was first seen at an art expedition, the two displayed their loving relationship and that they love to joke around with each other and use nicknames. Ryan and Jenny are half-siblings though, and have different fathers which is why they have different surnames.

Ryan and Jenny were mostly raised by Ryan's grandparents (Ryan's father's parents) which meant that Jenny wasn't actually their granddaughter at all and only helped raise her because she was Ryan's little sister. They never showed an ounce of love or care for Jenny whom they never really accepted because they believed that her and Ryan's mother was a gold digger who had trapped their son in her clutches, and they didn't even spend a dime on her or Jenny and shunned Jenny and Ryan's mother entirely when she had developed Cancer & couldn't cover the medical costs as she was struggling to raise Ryan & Jenny who were her priority. Only after she died, did the grandmother feel some sort of emotion & convinced her husband to take them in. Jenny was treated far more horribly than Ryan was due to her not being their biological granddaughter and it also meant that when they died, only Ryan got their fortune (as his grandfather so crassly worded was a display of his kindness or favor) and Jenny got nothing. Because of this, Ryan developed a caring and nurturing soft spot for Jenny since she was treated even more badly and helped her in her time of need, which is why they are protective of each other. But he also resented his grandfather for it as well.

Because of their tragic past & what they had to go through, Jenny also developed a defense mechanism to shield Ryan (what with him getting all throughout his past because of his grandparents) from any woman who tried to get close to Ryan. She believed most women were gold diggers & are only after her brother's money due to which she didn't want Ryan to have his heart broken if he ever falls for one. For Ryan's part, he too developed a sort of defensive mechanism & never really opened up to anyone & let any women get closer to him than necessary, he never felt anything or got attached to anyone. It was with the player, that he had his first real relationship with, he couldn't help but break down all his barriers for her. Jenny, however did her best & tried her hardest to get anyone who attempts to get with her brother to back off & never trusts a single woman in his circle which is what sparked the hate she had for the player. She thought the player was another gold-digger that wanted Ryan for his money and would even try to use her in the process like all the others did, and Jenny did everything she could to break them up because of her over protectiveness. In the bad ending, Ryan defends her behavior and doesn't believe the player, showing that he trusts his sister over his girlfriend which ended their relationship. But in the good ending, he corrected Jenny and put her place saying that she has no right to intrude in his love life, showing that he's close enough to her to correct her morals and attitude. Ryan and Jenny hardly ever argue but when they do, it's resolved rather quickly like the example showed before.

Ryan was shown to be angry and upset when he learned that Jenny (and the player) were receiving threatening letters in season 2, the two are shown to get scared if the other is in a life threatening situation, like how Jenny was when Ryan got into a boat accident in season 3 which caused him to lose his memory and be put in the hospital. They are also protective of each other when the other gets into a relationship, out of fear of them getting hurt. Ryan and Jenny clearly don't like the other dating a person at first, as Jenny doesn't like the player for a while, and Ryan doesn't like Jenny being with guys either, like Zayne or Jake Stewart which annoyed Jenny. Ryan hated the fact the two were dating at first but would eventually go on to accept the relationship between Jenny and Jake while being happy for his sister, like she did for him.

Jenny attended Ryan's wedding and was very happy for him and was also present when his son was born. Jenny helps take care of his child as not only his aunt, but his godmother too, which means that if anything were to happen to Ryan and the player, Jenny and Jake would become his new legal guardians. This shows that Ryan trusts Jenny with the life of his child and that she'd raise him properly like her own child. Ryan trusts Jenny very much, as when he lost his memory and couldn't remember that the player was his wife or that he was married and had a child, he looked to Jenny for help and seemed to have taken her word for it after she made him realize that the player wasn't joking about them being married.

In Gabriel Simons' story route, the two are instead step-siblings rather than half-siblings which means they have a different backstory which is never explained (this could just be a writing error though). Ryan allowed Jenny to work at Carter Corp and they both agreed that they would keep their sibling relationship a secret from the other employees, and only Jake Stewart knew about it. Ryan assigned Jake to be Jenny's bodyguard for her protection which annoyed Jenny since she believed that Ryan didn't think she could handle her own. Ryan though was just worried for Jenny and wanted to make sure that she was always safe.

Their relationship has mixed reactions from fans however, as some love it and their dynamic, while others think they're too over the top and creepy. An example of this being that Jenny has a very big picture in her house of her and Ryan, which Lisa Parker has said that they look very in love in the picture, but the picture shows that Jenny loves to put her and her brother's dynamic on display. But it's evident that Ryan and Jenny love each other very much, as they only had each other for a while, especially Jenny with Ryan.

## Gallery

Jenny watching Ryan propose to the playerJenny attending Ryan and the player's wedding
## Trivia

* They were the second sibling duo seen on screen in the Is it Love? franchise, but the first brother-sister pairing seen.
	+ Ryan was also the first character to have a sister.
* They both become parents at the end of one of Ryan's seasons.
* Ryan is probably Jenny's twin daughters godfather, as she is his child's godmother, as they are the aunt and uncle to each other's children.
* They both used to be on the cover of Ryan's story route (until it was updated).
* They are both playable characters.