General Hospital - MESSAGE BOARDS

I was just wondering why Jason hates Kate so much. At least it seems that way to me. Now I know that he might be mad at her for the Devlin thing but he didn't like her before that happened...and he may also be upset that Sonny protected Kate instead of Michael but that's not Kate's fault. I just don't understand why he doesn't like her. Is he not liking her on Carly's behalf...because if that's the case...that's not like him...he usually makes his own judgements about people regardless of what others think...especially Carly. Did anyone else pick up on his dislike for Kate....it's not blatantly obvious...he never actually said it I don't think...it's just clear to me that he doesn't care for her too much and that comment he made to Carly about wishing she had done whatever Carly wanted to do to her confirmed it. As far as I know she never did anything to Jason so I just don't get it...and again this was before the whole Devlin thing so I don't think that's the reason...he has said things before that happened that led me to believe this. It's just that Jason doesn't usually judge people or dislike them IMO unless he has a really good reason so I really don't understand it...I guess she can be snobby but he's not the type to just not like people for reasons like that...he might not go out of his way to like them but he wouldn't dislike them...he would be more neutral IMO.

Anyone have any ideas why he does't like her? It just seems out of character to me.

Here's the reasons I think Jason cannot stand Kate ...

1. Sonny hasn't shared his history with Kate with Jason so her insistence that she knows Sonny so well probably seems presumptuous to Jason.
2. She took Michael to the warehouse without Carly's permission. Jason holds Sonny responsible for this too, and himself for telling Carly to not to get Michael when she wanted to.
3. Kate got into Carly's face at the hospital. Jason's not mad because Carly's mad about this. He's mad because Kate disrespected his best friend, and hurt his best friend in the process as well.
4. Kate continues to get into Carly's face. Carly has repeatedly asked her to back off, and she hasn't. Again this is disrespect against his best friend that he won't tolerate.

To touch on two of your comments-

1. I actually don't think he's mad at her about the Devlin thing. He gets that she was trying to protect Sonny, and that she wasn't being malicious. He accepts her motives so I think he could actually be neutral on this.

2. You say, "Is he not liking her on Carly's behalf...because if that's the case...that's not like him...he usually makes his own judgements about people regardless of what others think...especially Carly." I disagree in part. Yes, Jason does typically make his own judgment about people regardless of what others think, however, there are two (now 3 ) people in his life that must be treated in the highest regard or he will instantaneously hate the offender. These 3 people are Carly, Elizabeth, and Jake. If someone is unkind (as Kate has been to Carly , and as Carly was to Elizabeth ), or hurtful to them (Sam to Elizabeth & Jake ) he will not only call the offending person on it , he may promise to kill the person if they bother them again .

IMHO Kate is just overstepping her bounds. Jason will not personally thump her , nor will he deter Carly from thumping her ...so that may be his degree of neutrality. If she continues though, Jason will step in on behalf of Carly and Kate will likely never forget being schooled (verbally only) by Mr. Jason Morgan. ~MorWeb/Diane

Gosh
I didn't realize Jason disliked Kate so much. I thought he was just indifferent like he is to most people.

He really should just be disgusted with Sonny. Sonny is the one who has been foolishly mooning over Kate from day one and letting the ball drop for the longest time because of it.

I don't get the feeling that Jason dislikes Kate. I think that he is indifferent and could careless about her (not in a good or bad way). As for his comment to Carly that he kinda wished that she had thrown her out (or whatever it was) I think that was more that Jason knows that that would make Carly feel better and calm her down a bit and I think that was what he would be happy about.

To play devils advocate, Jason could be upset at Kate because she wanted Sonny to leave the "business", told him that everything would be ok if he did and now doesn't want Sonny to sign over his rights as a part as an extra measure of protection.

I agree that what Jason has for Kate is indifference. However, I think he told Carly that he wished that she had kicked Kate out of the hotel, because he wants Carly to get back her spunk and doing something to Kate, would do that.
Also, Kate is not a parent, she sould NOT be interfereing with whatever goes on between Sonny and Carly, even if her intentions are good.

I think Jason also may resent Kate because ever since Sonny and Kate got together, Sonny had become more irrespoinsible, irrational, and was losint his focus when it came to business. Sonny also was becoming more demanding of Jason during this time. It was the begining of the end of Sason. Anyone is bond to resent the person who they think is responsible for creating a rift between them and thier best friend. Sonny was like a surrogate father to Jason and that kind of ended when Sonny started to see Kate, and then failed to intervene when he told him that Michael bought a gun or was trying to steal the gun from the desk. Sonny tried to distance himself from the gaurds in the guise of it being better for the boys, but in truth, it is Kate who was the guiding force behind that.

Kate has made it very clear that she could not be with Sonny if he continued this life style, and I think Sonny may have wanted Kate more than he wanted that life. It may have also irked Jason that Sonny would change for a woman who for all Jason knows, he just meant. As apposed to leaving this life for Carly and the boys. That, and Jason will never forgive Sonny for not taking his advie and take the gaurds with him to the warehouse the night Michael got shot. That, and Jason I think is mad that Sonny called a truce that was never gonna work.

In short Sonny's desire to be with Kate, has left a BIG mess for Jason, and that mess ultimately, caused Jason to have to give up his son and the woman he loves, and take over the business so Sonny would for once do the right, thing and give up Morgan. I aslo think Jason knows that this retirement is temporary, and Sonny will always think that he can tell Jason what to do. Jason is always gonna view Kate as the catylist of all of this. So, yeah, Jason resents, Kate and Sonny. She set in motion, stuff that can not be taken back, and in alot of ways, she caused Jason to loose one of the people he thought would never betray him.

If you ask, for Jason, resentment, and indifference, is mild considering all the other ways he could have reacted. That's the difference between Sonny, Carly and Jason. Jason, is capable of not acting on his anger and resentment, and he is able to keep things in check and react in more effective ways. These are things that Carly and Sonny will never be capable of.

I don't think there's any hate there. To Jason, she's just another of Sonny's women. He has been like that with all of Sonny's woman aside from Carly as him and Carly have a past of their own. I don't think cares either way for Kate, she's just another notch on Sonny's bedpost to him.

Alrighty then...I never got the feeling that Jason "hated" Kate what so ever...in fact Jason has actually stuck up for Sonny and Kate's relationship when Carly stuck her nose in the middle of it.

Right now Jason isn't a huge fan of hers, but I still don't think he hates her...she is in his indifference category...if anything Kate always treated Jason like something she didn't like.