You ever wonder why it is in the movies, when the hero fails and goes into a slump, cutting off his ties to the people who once had faith in him, during that part of the movie is normally when beards grow and the disgruntled scruffy image of the hero is given to us? It's because thats what heroes do when they are down n out. Yah well JP has a beard now and I'm sorry to report that it tends to lend itself to this image.
I would say that JP's expectations are f***ing with his persona.