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- Note: For this page, we will only be talking about his villainous depiction in the fourth season (which mainly revolves around his "Percy" persona).
| “ | It has to get better. The way we treat each other... and... look out for each other. It has to get better somehow. | „ |
| ~ Clay Jensen to Mr. Porter. |
Clayton Jason "Clay" Jensen is the main protagonist of the 2007 novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, as well as its Netflix adaptation of the same name.
He was portrayed by Dylan Minnette, who also played Kenny in Let Me In and Blizzard in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Novel[]
Not much is told throughout the Novel with him as Percy. But similarly like in the show he would want to try to get some justice against Bryce Walker. However, unlike in the live action film, it is presumably unknown if Percy in the novel takes the role of what Clay does.
History[]
Season 1-3[]
Clay is not a villain in the first three seasons. Instead, he spends those seasons trying to get justice for his friend and crush Hannah Baker (who killed herself as a result of Bryce Walker's actions). However, he does have a few villainous acts such as sending a photo of Tyler's nude butt around the school and almost murdering Bryce when he feels as though he won't come to justice for his crimes. While he fails to get legal justice for Hannah, Bryce is eventually beaten up by Zach Dempsey on the town's navy pier and is then thrown into the river by Alex Standall.
Season 4[]
Due to growing paranoia and depression linked to Hannah's death and the guilt of framing Monty de la Cruz for Bryce's murder, Clay begins to grow more hostile and destructive throughout the season, constantly starting fights and insulting friends and family members.
This leads to him developing an alternate personality called "Percy". Under his Percy persona, Clay spends the season vandalizing school property and attacking peers. He first spray paints the words "Monty was framed" at his school. He also went on a college tour and went to a dorm with a drunk, passed-out girl only to get caught and get into trouble. And he says to his therapist that he felt hard and thought about sex. He then smashes security cameras during the evening, and he sends an email to his friends demanding them to spill the beans about Bryce's true murderer and the incrimination of Monty. On a camping trip, he presumably beats up Justin and incapacitates and ties up one of the jocks from his school, and when his friends gather in a cabin, he begins to terrorize them by scratching and knocking on the door with a knife, simulating a break-in scenario.
After "Percy" destroys Principal Bolan's car during a school riot, Clay's therapist Dr. Ellman deduces that Clay is the one who has been causing trouble, and Clay comes to realize this too. After he lets out his dark secrets and confesses his crimes, his "Percy" persona subsides, and Clay starts to go back to his normal self.
Personality[]
Clay eventually tries to take the role of "Percy" for his favorite story Alien Killer Robots to a whole new level later in the fourth season and envisions himself as such. Throughout the fourth season as Percy, he seems emotionless and seems to not care at all. At some point, he was staring at Clay in the Mirror, smiling and taunting him, leading Clay to be scared and confused. As Percy, he likes to intimidate and scare others, even himself, such as blackmailing the others under his email account and accusing everyone else as Clay, terrorizing the jocks, and spray painting "MONTY WAS FRAMED", as well as drawing and writing on the Yearbook "I KNOW YOU FRAMED MONTY" as "Percy".
Clay has felt a lot of guilt throughout his dreams for framing Monty for murdering Bryce Walker. This is probably what caused his "Percy" persona to start manifesting in the first place, with it becoming more and more vigilant as the episodes throughout the seasons progress, leading to him even turning against his friends at some point.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Clay is one of the main characters to end up having a more impactful villainous role in the fourth season through the plot twist.
- Percy has been a character that was a fictional character existing within the fictional world, making Percy technically fictional fictional.
- As stated earlier on the Personality Clay would eventually take the role of "Percy" to a whole new level through his actions which are the reasons for being on this Wikipedia Page.
- In the novel, there was no dissociative disorder in Clay, and wasn’t villainous (due to the expanded storyline), and had no intentions on attempting to murder.
External Links[]
- Clay Jensen on the Heroes Wiki
- Clay Jensen on the 13 Reasons Why Wiki
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