>>91623366I ended up writing a huge wall of text, eh. Here's a bit of it
Marco, not sure - his low self-esteem, definitely, and the hindering insecurity and possibly the mild cynical bitterness he seems to harbour. He spends a lot of energy on hating a bratty 8-year old for example.
He's a bit too safe, fearing risk while kinda wanting it - it took Star to get him to make a move on Jackie, after all those years. It seems he's afraid of being true to his desires and following them and pursuing what he wants because he dwells on and fears the possible consequences - while Star's a bit too good at following her desires, she immediately (& only) does what she wants, not caring about consequences. So there's def a lot they can teach the other and complement each other nicely.
Jackie is great for Marco, too, she's giving him confidence and is a very supportive, sweet character. It's good for him to have gotten his dream prize girl, to see he can attract girls and to build relationship skills. I feel starco is being built up so strongly it'll be endgame though, jarco currently is a bit unbalanced, Marco seems a bit undeserving of her.
I wish we knew more about Jackie - currently I'm not sure what her weaknesses and needs are. She's drawn to Marco for his perseverance and wanting to know and valuing her personality (etc), so she might want to be appreciated for who she is, not for being hot and cool. She seems very kind and cool, wholesome, steady, sporty, hot - too perfect, she must have a flaw somewhere.
I think she'll be developed and given character for max emotional breakup impact, to show that sometimes things just don't work even when everyone's great and nice people get hurt. Maybe Marco will end up hurting her as a result of his flaws (hesitating, stalling, insecurity), and that'll force him into facing his own mistakes. Maybe she'd need someone confident.
