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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 337793" data-attributes="member: 46">Really? We&#039;re clearly shown why J.R. Ewing is the way he is. First, J.R. is the oldest of Jock Ewing&#039;s children. Jock took him out to the oil fields when he was a small child and J.R. felt right at home, but his daddy then went off to fight in WW2 and J.R. waited years for his return so he could learn more, which he did, and was taught how to be utterly ruthless in business. Jock said that he didn&#039;t teach J.R. the other side of it (i.e. when to stop) while Miss Ellie said that she had let J.R. go too soon, meaning not staying around him more with the kindness stuff. Also, Gary became a father before J.R. and had his very outsider&#039;s independent way of thinking, while Bobby was the most spoiled of the siblings and therefore had a better and less flawed personality (albeit with a short temper), so this feeds into J.R.&#039;s insecurities.Oh yes, it&#039;s very easy to see how J.R. Ewing became what he was. He wants to be the most ruthless, the biggest winner, the most vicious and successful of all of them, and rub their noses in it, either subtlely or with humiliation. Even in his personal life, J.R. has reduced things to &quot;business&quot; and wants control. Jock didn&#039;t have that problem anywhere near as much, and Miss Ellie is extremely proud and independent anyway. Why did J.R. get with Sue Ellen initially, I wonder? They do sometimes have a sizzling chemistry, but J.R. wants control of what goes on, and oil, business and power is the most important thing to him, never merely women for the sake of women. It bothers Sue Ellen that J.R. cares most about business, especially when he&#039;s too busy for her or simply not in any mood.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 337793, member: 46"] Really? We're clearly shown why J.R. Ewing is the way he is. First, J.R. is the oldest of Jock Ewing's children. Jock took him out to the oil fields when he was a small child and J.R. felt right at home, but his daddy then went off to fight in WW2 and J.R. waited years for his return so he could learn more, which he did, and was taught how to be utterly ruthless in business. Jock said that he didn't teach J.R. the other side of it (i.e. when to stop) while Miss Ellie said that she had let J.R. go too soon, meaning not staying around him more with the kindness stuff. Also, Gary became a father before J.R. and had his very outsider's independent way of thinking, while Bobby was the most spoiled of the siblings and therefore had a better and less flawed personality (albeit with a short temper), so this feeds into J.R.'s insecurities. Oh yes, it's very easy to see how J.R. Ewing became what he was. He wants to be the most ruthless, the biggest winner, the most vicious and successful of all of them, and rub their noses in it, either subtlely or with humiliation. Even in his personal life, J.R. has reduced things to "business" and wants control. Jock didn't have that problem anywhere near as much, and Miss Ellie is extremely proud and independent anyway. Why did J.R. get with Sue Ellen initially, I wonder? They do sometimes have a sizzling chemistry, but J.R. wants control of what goes on, and oil, business and power is the most important thing to him, never merely women for the sake of women. It bothers Sue Ellen that J.R. cares most about business, especially when he's too busy for her or simply not in any mood. [/QUOTE]

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