The Reason Behind JD's Drastic Transformation - Gears 5 

The fact that he would risk his life for lizzie carmine with the hammer of dawn coming right at him made me like him even more

I feel sorry for JD, he used the Hammer of Dawn in order to save the civilians, and unfortunately in doing so inadvertently cause Lizzie's death. If he hadn't done that the Swarm would have overrun their position. JD tried to do the right thing and tragedy struck. He blames himself and now tries to do things by the book. Feeling like he failed because he went on instinct.

My only hope for Gears 6 is to give JD some development and undergo some changes since I decided to save him for Marcus’s sake. Let alone a father tried to help him overcome the similar pain he has in the past games.

Idk if it’s just me, but Jd’s new look makes him look literally 15 years older than how old he actually is

JD looks at head and face. Jd: pulls hair off head and puts on face. Marcus: NICE!

They shouldn’t have even given the player an option to choose at the end of the game.. they essentially shot themselves in the foot from a story-telling standpoint for Gears 6.. they either have to make two very drastic story lines or choose a canonical story line and follow through with that.. there is so much more to JD’s character redemption arc that they can go into, and his relationship with Marcus.. without JD, Marcus literally has nothing/no one to fight for.. Seems like he’d be way too eager to self-sacrifice with JD being there.. I guess we will see what they end up doing.

I think the whole point of the drastic change is sinply to highlight the fact that as kait said "you two are more alike than youd care to admit" aside from looking very similar there are also parallels in the way they handle loss. If you choose to save jd marcus will try to consol jd only to have jd brush marcus off. And if you choose to save del. Kait tries to talk to marcus only to have marcus brush her off. They both just become bitter and shut themselves off from the world.

I like JD’s new look, it reminds of Adam Fenix

Somewhere in act 2 chapter 3 to 5 Kait asked del why jd changed and she said "was it the coma? Or the guilt" meaning jd most likely had a coma after lizzie died and had so much guilt that he couldn't save her

I think people that say he is a jerk. Dont understand what he went through. The reason he was trying to prove himself, because he had a guilty conscience.

never thought JD being bald and have a beard looks badass

James can't die Marcus life is already messed up already we don't need to make him more mad since the tomato incident

JD and Del* in a heated, serious, close conversation* Marcus: I... guess.... I shall talk to... Jack. (6:26)

5:54 JD and Kait arguing over the Campaign

JD is the best new character, prove me wrong

His dads words stuck with him after the hammer strikes he changed cause he took an unnecessary risk, so now he’s following the book an getting the job done like Marcus tells him, which changes JD cause he feels the hammer strike was unnecessary after loosing Lizzie an half the convoy.

I always thought JD was an arrogant douche, and that’s cuz he was. I really feel like the Lizzie situation changed him, as it should have. But it also made him a way more likeable character, plus he looks way more badass. Him running straight at Lizzie to save her proves that he’s not just some asshole who thinks he’s a hot shot. He’s got heart. I feel like he always saw himself as more of a celebrity rather than a soldier, and I think that really clicks with him at the end of this game. If he dies he goes out like a soldier and if he doesn’t, Dels death makes him realize this shit ain’t a game. Lizzies death really hammered that sentiment home first though (no pun intended) Del was just the icing on the cake for the to click with him. I like Del more cuz he has always just been a good guy and didn’t have to let people die for him to stop being a douche so I would’ve chose to save him on my first play through if not for Marcus. Bro has lost too much I couldn’t take away JD too. I mean bro, Dom, Anya, Adam, Tai, like bro has lost so much family and friends, I just can’t do that to him. Not again.

I still really dont understand why they dont show him in a medical ward or something. Like he just suddenly shows up bald and with a beard for seemingly no reason.

It's saddening that they pushed him off to the side, he was the true protagonist and the coalition was like *HA, MORE KAIT FOR YOU MOAAAR KAIT*

Wow the gears universe looks much more civilised. I mean I haven’t played since gears 2 when it was dark, gritty and hopeless

I wonder how Clayton took the news of his niece :(

Clickbate: I was expecting an explanation video not just cutscenes I’ve already seen

Why does Lizzie Carmine try to open the door that's damaged and stuck? The driver's side door was perfectly fine.

It breaks my heart watching these clips knowing I was forced to make a difficult choice in *gears 5*

Though Lizzies death was Unfortunate and sad. The explosion and JD’s body rag dolling in slim motion was a pretty cool close to the first act.

This isn’t about you it’s about me-hero of this story for some reason

Am I the only one who thinks JD was in the right here?

The reason: @3:22

that look makes him look like a gears character!personally i really like it!

So I guess being burned by a hammer of dawn is the reason his head and chin swap hair?,

You gotta feel for JD he thought the Hammer of Dawn would help win that battle in Settlement 2 which it did but it had cost the life of Lizzie Carmine due to the malfunction since then he feels going by the book would make sure there would be less deaths to people he cares about

Marcus gave him good advice

I really hated the way JD looked before the transformation. Marcus always looked like a badass but JD looked like he was in a freakin 90's boyband. I was relieved when he turned up looking much better

Marcus fenix disobey an order: goes to jail for many years Kate Dias disobey a direct order: ok, you can go :)

i think the developers changed his look to be more intimidating and badass as the old gears squad. 🙂 They didnt want no pretty boy abercrombie and fitch model.

Personally I don't like Del's response to whem JD said "that's a locust symbol". Like bro the Locust have been murdering all of y'all and all you have to say is "yeah, so" to one of your own team members having a symbol of the enemy who has been killing y'all all along? He sounds dumb because that should be suspicious AF.

JD’s appearance changed because he changed. Plain and simple. A coma, accidentally killing your comrades, and losing your friends will definitely make you change and become a different person. He made the wrong decisions. I have a couple videos on Gears 5. Let me know what you think of them! :)

God i wish Marcus had Dom to keep him in check

Spoil...........I didnt find the trio very charismatic in Gears 4. Very generic look for JD Del and Kait and not interesting. Gears 5 on the other hand manage to make JD more human...he make mistakes and need to learn from them and his new look gave him a more charismatic look and an interesting personnality because he's not completely "good" Same goes for Kait now she's interesting and even if her connections with the locust seems to already be dealt with (i though it would have last until Gears 6) she certainly gain interest here. Del though.........Was an easy choice at the end lol

You make these videos longer than that need to be, and also have very misleading and ridiculous titles.

I kinda hate how it does seem like Marcus cared more about Kate or even del more than his own son 😕

I like JD because I got by that name and well I like him because he is a little better than the other characters

This game shouldvr ended at 3 when we killed the horde

Marcus was out of line, they went to Azura to secure a Hammer of Dawn and JD took a risk. If he hadn't who knows the Swarm probably would have killed more people attacking the settlement.

I need proof of JD's details of his chance, even though it's there, the comic book or guide book should really explain after JD when he received the stim healing device.

3:23 damn 😢

Cool cutscenes that I already saw! Yay!

The way I see it jd is a combo pack of Steve rogues and Bucky barns. The Steve part with his rank has captain and how does everything by the book and just fellow orders. The Bucky part the scars of his past like his arm and the memories of what did haunt him still.

kait thinks every thing is about her

Short answer : he was hit by the hammer of dawn and somehow survived.

I hope gears 6 focuses more on JD or at least Marcus. Also idk if it's me or not but I personally didn't care about Kait at all throughout gears 5. she was introduced in gears of war 4 and I never grew to her the same way I did with JD

they should make dels death the canonical one .

I personally think whoever just killed JD at the end felt like he changed into a dick due to the unneccessary hammer of dawn strike and the guilt cuz of said strike. And/or didn't play Gears 1-3

They need to make a DLC campaign on what happened in the four months.

Well JD looks like Adam Fenix now with a beard

It is James *Phoenix*

wait so are you telling me Marcus is still a Sergeant after everything?

I don't see the real reason in the video, I saw all that in game but it doesn't show or say why did he changed like that,so is there a way to find out what really happened within those 4 months when he changed?

Marcus had hair like jd When jd gets his full beard it looks like Marcus. Maybe he wants to look like his dad

i dont remember jd's head being shaved this early

All the hair from his head went to his mouth and chin

1:53 Love how you cut the clip into the chaos hence those words lol

I was thinking imagine if lizzie and jd were dating and jd was the cause of her death that would hit a lot harder than him and her being comrades I'm not saying it would make the story better but her death would be much more sad

Why the hell does JDs new look remind me of Oliver Queen during the season where he was in prison

You mean 5 reasons to why he’s actually likeable now 😂

So did the blast burn his hair too or did he just decide to buzz it off?

I like JD's new look but his old personality

Lizzie should’ve took her helmet off, if she had a face maybe then she wouldn’t have died

The reason he’s fucked up was because he refused an order thinking he could fix things on his own. Which got people killed. Now he’s trying to keep those he’s loves from encountering the same fate by using the same control he refused.

Watching this years later I don't understand why Lizzie didn't tried to open the door of the other side.

Some cut scenes from gears 5*

He actually looks badass

Hmmm why do the shepherds have to be on swarm side?

The thumbnail of the vid that I just noticed something. That James hair has redirected to his beard :v

Anybody know what’s up with JD’s arm dope as fuck

I think It's because of what kate Said,"You know, You two are More alike than any of you wanna admit." JD: Not yet We are. You just see!

First time in settlement 2 was his fault, second time wasn’t but he still held a grudge of innocence being killed because of his recklessness. In fact JD is the greatest among the crew because he can take the leap like Marcus. He has more character than both Del and Kait combined. What’s funny about Lizzie’s death is it’s kinda full circle for Marcus. Marcus still thinks about Anthony and Benjamin and felt like he failed Benjamin the most. I’m the gears 3 opening act we see them both in the dream of an event they were not supposed to be in and play as them. At the end we hear Marcus yell out for Carmine when his chopper caught on fire from myrrah. And just Like Lizzie, JD feels the same thing.

My man just went to Australia for a week, so what?

So the hammer of dawn blast changed him?

For me, canonically speaking JD is the one that likely dies in gears 5. It makes more sense for the story as a whole to keep Del alive and Kill JD

Tbh jd is right in a way

Ok… Sure, JD did do the hammer of dawn thing but I blame 50% on the civilians. Just saying that if they would’ve gone out of there just a little faster then maybe just maybe Lizzie would’ve probably lived.

Jd kind of like kratos form god of war

Hammer of Dawn.... C'mon man....

I don’t care what the reason was I like Del more so I saved him

Looks like randolphuk to me

Yeah, good thing rod Ferguson isn't working in the coalition anymore

He favored Anya before, but now he definitely looks like the son of Marcus Fenix. He looked a little too Hollywood before the change

I hate when every Carmine dies in each game, it's like they don't care about the story. They introduced a character & then they die.. What's the point if they don't improve story for the campaign. I'm not sure if Gary die, was it Clayton son that die, or was it Clayton Nephew that die, & they never reveal Clayton's fourth brother Carmine, if he was in the war? & if he is still alive? They should give the fourth brother Carmine a spinoff game when he's young & after. Don't kill him off, & reveal his name, too many Carmine's die.

It would have been better if JD ordered a court martial after kait disobeyed orders.

I begun to assume most people on Sera was on roids

0:59 I think Dave did that on purpose 😅

Damn

I know Baird is a scientist or whatever but does he really have to wear a white lab coat?

Make JD the bad guy and make Kate the hero

So what’s the reason?

lmao he looks like a call of duty character😆😆

so... where's the explanation?

What’s wrong with his arm?

They just wanted their own kratos looking character on Xbox.