This is exactly what I meant when I said crash out
Let him be violent!! Yes, all of the ideas of doing pottery and biking are amazing, but those are sources of happiness, he still needs a rage outlet. I love the idea of him finding happiness in mundane things and I truly hope we get some of that, but I don't think he is going to be able to heal until he actually feels and processes his anger, because he truly is a raging inferno of hatred, let him burn things so something new can grow in the ashes.
"Jean considered biting the fingers that slipped pills between his lips" tsc p11
"Jean felt the tendrils of an old and ugly rage stir, and he knotted a bruised hand in the sheets like he could somehow hold it at bay through sheer force alone." p22-23
"'If you tell me to follow his lead, I will cut your throat open with my teeth', Jean said." p26
"The urge to tear Nathaniel's face open was so fierce he could barely breathe." p28
"It was the only way this worked: if Jean signed something that said he had to behave to be allowed to stay on the lineup, he could bite his tongue and stay his fists. It'd piss him off beyond the telling, but he could follow orders if it meant surviving another day. Without that black-and-white command his nature would get the better of him sooner or later, and then there'd be no saving him." p65-66
"Finding out he was little more than Riko's dog outside of practices had him lashing out with all the youthful rage he could muster." p79
"He was furious at Abby for implying he'd never tried to fight [...] 'Fuck you,' Jean said quietly, then louder: 'Fuck you.'" p79
"Jean couldn't explain that restless rage" p90
"'Yes,' he said, and if he didn't sound sure, he at least sounded angry. 'Let them all burn. I hope none of them survive.'" p142
"He wanted to throw Jeremy into a wall just to prove he could" p242
"Jean was a starving dog on a short chain who'd learned years ago not to bite back." p252