You're entirely right in your first point. Yes, most people are going to see things pretty much as they are, and, even if they think there's something going on between Megatron and Starscream, they're going to have absolutely no problem with Starscream getting thumped through a building. But that's *most* people. There are always people who're going to have a slightly skewed perspective on things, be it because they don't have all the information [because they don't watch the TV, or don't trust the newspapers], or because they don't want to believe [because the truth is too terrible, because they want to see the best in everyone], or because they care a bit too much and it's hard for them to see *anyone* in pain, or because domestic violence and abusive relationships are what concern them so much that they see it wherever they can.

Is a few people from one small charity mistakenly seeing someone as suffering from something that concerns them on an every-day basis really that improbable?

Certainly you're the only person so far to really not like the story [Dun agrees with you in the improbability side, but mostly concerning Jazz's actions]. There are two or maybe three points to this story and the biggest one is that it *isn't* funny. The second biggest is that Jazz fucked up by not taking things seriously enough.

Someone summed the whole thing up as "Ha ha, oh fuck!" Yes, the first scene sets you up for the sucker-punch that is the third through fifth scenes. Yes, it's Laugh With Jazz up until the ceiling falls on him, but that's kinda the point. Laughing is the *wrong* thing to do with the situation ... so possibly you're the only person who's reading the story *right* :)