˙⋆✮ Human Jax Headcanons ˙⋆✮
This guy has really bad priorities, but he's fun to be around. Also, he's really anal. Like he'd never admit it, but he is.
˙⋆✮Here's my reasoning for his look/style:
I don't think he'd have long hair, it's too much work. He'd def just buzz it regularly... but he colors it sometimes to switch up his look. He'd have to be in a really dark place to keep his hair growing past his ears.
I'd like to believe that the circus avatars have some physical resemblance to their real life counterparts. Of course, it would be significantly less exaggerated in-person. But I do think Jax is really lanky. He just doesn't strike me as someone who's into fitness, he's totally just a stretch of a guy with very little coordination.
Listen, he might be pierced, but he'd never call himself alternative. It's more in a cookie monster pajamas way than in a true alt way. He thinks it's cool and masculine, like any other douchey guy would think.
His outfits honestly aren't anything to call home about, he just dresses in dark colors because they go with everything; he doesn't care much for fashion. He can rise to the occasion for some formal shit, but he only owns like one suit. Jax is a one-trick pony in this sense, yet he somehow always pulls it off.
˙⋆✮Fundamentals:
Yes the latino human Jax propaganda flooded my brain, but as a latina, it makes a lot of sense to me (I'm projecting). He has a sadness and insecurity in his eyes that only a semi-toxic machismo household could foster in him. I also headcanon him as mixed and no-sabo... cuz tbh he just like me..
My specs for him:
Age: 22
Height: 6'2
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican & Polish
Hair: brown (dyes it)
Eyes: brown
In terms of his identity, I think he's a cis male, mostly because this aligns with my narrative of him being raised as a young man who was expected to be strong and never show weakness. Regarding his sexuality, he is completely open to intimacy with whoever, as long as it's all in good fun and there's no attachments. He's totally kissed "dudes and broads" and everything outside and in-between. Just don't put him in a box, he hates labels.
˙⋆✮Personality-wise, I have some lukewarm takes:
Again, Jax is totally anal. He gives off the impression of someone who is secretly super uptight about certain things (i.e. trypophobia, being mischaracterized or mocked). To overcompensate, he's loud and boisterous, but deep down a lot of little things get under his skin and make him want to freak out. He takes himself pretty seriously... if he feels utterly humiliated or bothered, he'll storm out of the room to retain some control over the situation. When he absolutely must endure embarrassment, however, he gets pretty mean and deflective.
On that note, he's often characterized as messy or careless. I want to be a contrarian here and say that he's probably really... really clean. Like 'I get bi-weekly manicures on the DL' clean, 'I own three different bath soaps and each of them have specific purposes' clean. I don't want to necessarily call it OCD, but I do think he finds order and cleanliness to be important. His room in the circus is pristine, and I think that's how he feels some semblance of control in life. He needs to look and feel perfect.
Jax has a hard time asking for help/confiding in others, so he prefers to keep his interactions shallow. This is self-explanatory. He's *gotta* be the funniest person in the room. And if not the funniest, then the loudest. He loves attention, he revels in getting a reaction out of people, positive or negative... He definitely refers positive, but when he's in a bad place he'll go for low-blows, even if it makes him feel shitty deep down. He poses as an extrovert but gets really cranky and drab when his social battery is spent-- he needs isolation to recharge.
Getting big jack-of-all-trades energy from this guy. Like he's got a lot of broad knowledge and skillsets, but it's mostly in some random bullshit. He's the kind of person to take up a skill just to show it off, or to come in handy someday.
Big all-natural flirt. Again, this is so self-explanatory. He revels in attention, and flirting gets him exactly what he wants. When it comes to actual commitment and attachments, however, he falls pretty flat. He loves to chase that dopamine-high of impressing people, and commitment implies trading-in thrills for emotional labor. And why would he do all that?
˙⋆✮Interests/Hobbies:
Again, not a self-proclaimed alternative guy, but he does listen to a lot of alternative + rock music. I'd take him for someone with a broad interest in these sounds + their adjacent genres, as the harsher melodies resonate with him. But he's not too picky in terms of music, overall; he likes almost everything.
I wouldn't say he has any major hobbies. He's got commitment issues, he hops from one thing to the next. But I'd like to think the one hobby he always returns to is photography. It's something so casual and low-stakes, yet it allows him to channel his creative side + hold onto some personal memories. He favors disposable cameras & instant film.
He also strikes me as a decent cook. I think he'd want to switch up his meals all the time, and this would lead to him developing some pretty crazy cooking chops.
˙⋆✮Random:
Not much of a dancer, but he can whip out a mean karaoke routine after enough drinks.
Speaking of drinks, he secretly loves "girly" drinks... like please get this man a pornstar marg, immediately.
Loves party tricks and pranks, but only when he does them.
Slapstick comedy is his weak point, it's so immature, but he can't help it.
Also loves when people bomb their jokes; he often twists the scenario into his own joke to one-up the other person.
Doesn't do nic, but will occasionally indulge in weed. It makes him freak the hell out, though. He has to be in the perfect mindset for a "trip" to really go well.
Psychologically tormented his teachers as a child because he couldn't misbehave at home. Definitely was the class clown.
Can juggle really well for some reason. It's ridiculous.
Only-son energy and totally a middle child. He's got two sisters.
Can't drink boba because it scares him.
Tried piercing himself once and fucked up so bad that he fainted. Got blood everywhere and then woke up, saw it, and fainted again.
Has a super weak stomach, especially when he's anxious.
He's very easy to scare and it pisses him off so badly.
Loves mint chocolate chip flavored anything.
No phone case kind of guy. It's so fucked up. Yes the back is shattered, yes you can see the inner workings of the device where the glass fell out, no he won't cover it.
˙⋆✮Playlist:
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