he is extremely intelligent, controlling, and judgmental of others, but far more insecure of himself deep down. Despite his intense and aggressive exterior, Nate Jacobs struggles with fears that he'll become like his father, and that he is unassertive and insecure. That he doesn't fit heteronormative view of masculinity, which drives him to maintain control for validation. Fueled by testosterone and shame, and this shame is rooted the fact Nate knows of his father’s fetishes since he was 11