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Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus)
Problematic because: "He's canonically a selfish jerk who is mean/rude to everyone, goes out of his way to be hurtful and inflict pain on others, and almost ruined every circus members chance of escaping because he had a panic attack and freaked out."
Propaganda: 1. "I think that he's a deeper character than some give him credit for and there are aspects of him that resonate with people that have a hard time accepting reality for what it is and that have a hard time coming to terms with having trauma that affects people other than themselves. He exhibits a trauma response that is often stigmatized or not acknowledged."
2. "He's got layers to him and absolutely needs therapy; the (potential) root of all his behavior stems from trauma he's accumulated both in (and maybe outside) of the circus and he pushes people away so that they don't get too close to him or try to become his friend. No one can leave you behind if nobody wants you around anyway, right?? /sarcasm"
3. "he's FASCINATING. everything he does is motivated by overwhelming fear. he was hurt in the past and that got him SO bad he decided nothing matters because none of them are real people. highly trans-coded but terrified of facing that. scared of vulnerability in himself so he punishes it in others. you could vivisect him and there'd always be another layer."
vs. Timekeeper Cookie (Cookie Run)
Problematic because: "She exists as a sort of god between timelines and is left to destroy timelines that go awry, and to fulfill this role they have no sense of morality, and everything she does is just to stop their own boredom, which could be catastrophic, but they usually do so via not so morally correct means, ending up in borderline psychological torture a lot of the time."
Propaganda: "Even despite being morally grey, they do end up helping the protagonist every so often, and is by no means evil, and there are multiple versions of her across multiple timelines, and it is stated that she will go mad in every one, which leads to many scenarios. Also they use she/they pronouns in canon, so itâs canon queer rep :]"
Who should advance?
Voting ended onJul 11
(Disclaimer: All text above was sent in by submitters and not written by OP.)
tangentwithtanner
turnnoffyourmind
prguitarman
amandla
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