Talk:Jeff the Killer 2015/@comment-26228197-20171006163558/@comment-25052433-20171012035446

@Etherbot pretty much nailed it. I discussed in an interview with UK Horror that the driving theme here was that Jeff was simply a kid that was pushed too far too many times by events that he could not control.

Jeff didn't want to move, Jeff didn't want to fight Randy, Jeff didn't want his parents to treat him like a burden and Jeff certainly didn't want to be disfigured.

I wanted to emphasize that everyone, even the most sane suburban kid, has a limit. Sometimes that limit is so distant that no one ever hits it, other times it's closer than we think.

Jeff (in my version at least) didn't want to be a killer, he simply wanted to be. Be a son, be a brother, be a friend. Kudos to Etherbot for grabbing the nuance.