>>149220340
It wasn't just one fight, though. You have to consider the larger context: plays, like any kind of large-scale product, take months of lead time and dozens of people. Even for a small school play, the amount of effort and time spent is considerable.

Which means Jess spent weeks writing and directing a dozen-odd cast and crew to produce a play that makes her entire social circle look like dumb assholes, while notJess single-handedly saves the town from the evil grip of notTess. After the real Tess apologized for everything and graduated last year. The level of investment, the fact that she (and everyone else involved) kept it a secret until the actual play, and her ridiculously obvious attempts to gaslight and bribe her way out of trouble, all make it way worse than just a single slight or argument.