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JackieShauna is the femslash ship between Jackie Taylor and Shauna Shipman from the Yellowjackets fandom.
Canon
Jackie and Shauna are best friends in high school, with Jackie as the confident, charismatic leader and Shauna as her quiet, more reserved best friend. Their relationship is foundational to both characters, shaping their actions and arcs throughout the series.
Season One
Jackie and Shauna’s dynamic is first introduced in their suburban New Jersey life, where Jackie is the dominant figure in their friendship. Jackie often takes the lead in their friendship, making decisions for both of them, such as encouraging Shauna to follow her to Rutgers. Despite their closeness, Shauna harbors secret resentment toward Jackie, which is exacerbated by the fact that she is secretly sleeping with Jackie’s boyfriend, Jeff.
After the plane crash, their relationship starts to shift. While Jackie struggles to adapt to survival in the wilderness, Shauna proves to be more capable, gaining independence and confidence. Their dynamic is further strained as Jackie begins to feel like an outsider within the group, while Shauna integrates more easily. The truth about Shauna’s betrayal is eventually revealed, leading to a devastating fight between them. Jackie isolates herself outside the cabin in a snowstorm, and by morning, she has frozen to death.
Shauna is horrified by Jackie’s death and deeply affected by guilt. She begins hallucinating Jackie’s presence, imagining full conversations with her as if she were still alive. This psychological attachment sets the stage for her continued obsession with Jackie.
Season Two
Shauna’s grief and guilt over Jackie’s death continue to consume her. She frequently hallucinates Jackie’s presence, engaging in conversations with her frozen corpse inside the meat shed. Shauna treats Jackie’s body as if she is still alive—fixing her hair, speaking to her, and ultimately eating a piece of her. This moment solidifies the disturbing depth of her connection to Jackie, as well as her inability to fully process her grief.
Jackie’s remains are eventually consumed by the rest of the group in an act of survival, but Shauna remains the most emotionally tied to her. Her fixation on Jackie continues to shape her psyche, even as the group moves forward.
In flashbacks, it’s evident how much Jackie meant to Shauna, even as their friendship was riddled with tension and hidden resentment. Despite everything, Jackie’s absence leaves a lasting wound in Shauna, influencing her actions well into adulthood.
Season Three
Shauna experiences an intense hallucination due to exposure to toxic gas in a cave. The visions culminate in a shared dream sequence set in a classroom, with an appearance of Jackie. This scene underscores the lingering impact of Jackie's memory on Shauna. In the season finale, Shauna hallucinates Jackie waking her up the morning of the first snow of the year. Later in the episode, Travis tells Shauna he can hear Jackie's thoughts, claiming these thoughts revolve around betrayal, jealousy and slumber party makeouts.
In the adult timeline, Shauna becomes trapped in a walk-in freezer while performing volunteer work. Isolated and desperate, she begins to hallucinate and envisions Jackie inside the freezer with her. In this vision, Jackie mocks Shauna for her predicament, highlighting the enduring psychological grip of their past traumas. This scene underscores how Shauna remains haunted by unresolved guilt and memories of Jackie, reflecting the profound impact of their shared history.
Fanon
JackieShauna is one of the most discussed ships in the Yellowjackets fandom, with many fans interpreting Shauna’s emotions toward Jackie as more than platonic. Some common themes in fanfiction and analysis include Shauna being in love with Jackie and acting out of jealousy when she sleeps with Jeff, Jackie secretly having feelings for Shauna but never realizing them before her death and Fix-it AUs where Jackie survives and the two reconcile, sometimes leading to romance.
Fans who ship JackieShauna romantically often highlight the way Shauna looks at Jackie with admiration and jealousy, suggesting unspoken feeling, Jackie’s possessiveness over Shauna, wanting to control where she goes to college and who she spends time with and the deeply emotional nature of their final argument, which feels like a romantic breakup in some interpretations.
Many fans point to Shauna’s intense guilt, her hallucinations, and her fixation on Jackie’s body as signs that their relationship was deeper than simple friendship.
Fandom
- FAN FICTION
- Shauna Shipman/Jackie Taylor tag on AO3
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