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Sooo, is it just me, or has there been a growing hatred towards rujinu and Jinu?
It might be a bubble thing, but I've only seen one rujinu fan being toxic to other ships or Mira and Zoey, but every day a different toxic p*lytrix fan appears to hate rujinu or Jinu.
polysaja week, day 2: mythological
i was so stumped with what to do for this one that i just made them all wereworlfs. wereworlf boyfrans! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Coiled in Affection
The room had gone unusually quiet only the soft rustle of scales breaking the silence as four serpentine bodies slowly settled around the one human in the center.
“You all are staring” Jinu mumbled, cheeks already warm.
“No” Abby replied, resting his chin against the man’s hand with an innocent smile. “We’re admiring”
“That’s worse”
A quiet laugh came from above. Romance draped himself comfortably over the back of the couch, long tail curling around everyone like a protective wall. “He’s blushing again”
“I am not”
“You are” Baby whispered, pressing his forehead lightly against the human’s temple. His cool scales contrasted with warm skin, and the simple touch was enough to earn another flustered look.
Mystery, half-hidden beneath the gentle coils of his own tail, peeked up with sleepy eyes. “Can we keep him here tonight?”
Jinu blinked. “Keep me?”
“As in…” Mystery yawned, “…don’t let you wander off”
Abby hummed in agreement. “You’re warm.”
“So are heated blankets”
“They don’t blush when we compliment them”
The room erupted into quiet laughter. Jinu his face with one hand. “You four planned this”
“We absolutely did” Romance admitted without an ounce of shame. Baby reached over, carefully intertwining their fingers. “You work too hard”
“So tonight,” Abby, gently brushing a thumb beneath Jinu’s chin, “you don’t have to think”
Mystery shifted until his head rested comfortably against Jinu’s lap, already looking half-asleep.
“You just stay here…and let us spoil you”
Jinu looked around at the four expectant faces surrounding him. Every pair of eyes held the same quiet affection no teasing now, just warmth. His shoulders finally relaxed “…Fine” he sighed, unable to hide the smile tugging at his lips.
“I’ll stay”
Another art piece by Ami Thompson, the art director of KPDH!
I just came here to say two things that randomly popped into my mind: post-canon Jinu with burn scars on his back and the idea that Rumi's father was an original jeongsaja and that he was someone without a defined form/gender/sex (he could assume any form). 🤔
What do you think?
I'm sorry this took a completely different turn but I had to draw what my mind conjured up when you said post canon jinu.
this was funnier in my head.
My thoughts on the Polytrix versus Rujinu war: (edits made)
It's stupid. It's not about the ships anymore. It's about gay versus straight, and if you read a little too much into it, it's about human (good") versus demon ("evil.")
But come onnnn, people. This is a movie. We are playing toys. This shouldn't be "F/F/F is more moral than an M/F couple." This shouldn't be "Rumi needs to choose between her demon and human halves and that means deciding whether to kiss Jinu or kiss Mira and Zoey." I ask you, why can't she have both? Or NEITHER? Why can't she be aromantic, or in love with Mystery, or Abby, or anyone else besides Zoey and Mira OR Jinu.
Sorry if my thoughts seem messy but this fight needs to die right now and you people need to stop sending each other death threats and throwing around words like "problematic" and "incest" over a MOTHERFUCKING ART PIECE. Jinu isn't Rumi's dad. Mira and Zoey aren't Rumi's sisters (at least not biologically, which is the important part, if you wanna call them found family you can do that.) STOP IT.
While talking with a friend today, we came to the following conclusion about the mindset of demons and huntresses:
In short: demons don't have the free will to choose not to collect souls or not to fight the Huntrix, and the film itself shows this.
(In fact, the only two demons who tried to go against this were killed, one probably by Celine (a hunter) and the other by Gwima's fire.)
The truth is, from what I understand, demons and hunters can't avoid fighting each other because there's a system that has created and internalized distrust of the other in both. Demons have no reason to risk stopping soul collection or refusing to attack the hunters and try to change. And the hunters have no convincing reasons to spare a demon. Both sides assume the other won't listen and that not attacking is an opening to be attacked.
For both, it's kill or be killed.
(And the worst part is that the film kind of reverts to the status quo at the end.)
First image was me finding out about it via Insta. Second image is me confirming it from the store itself.
I can't even say anything anymore what the fuck
Damn girl, it's too late ✌🏾 even as someone who feels that Jax is trans this confirmation makes me feel fucking nothing ✌🏾
Somethign I've been thinking about a lot are the comparrisions between Jax and I saw the tv glow. But honestly, one is a lot better than the other. Both deal with the theme of hiding something within yourself, until its too late, and then regretting it. But I think I saw the tv glow did a much better job of that message.
(although I am not a trans woman, I'm trans masc) I relate more to Owen in I saw the Tv Glow than Jax. Because while Owen is also hurting and repressed, she doesn't take it out on others.
And I'm not saying that Jax's story isn't something that trans women can go through, the narative makes it feel like we should just forgive her because of that pain. While in I saw the Tv Glow Maddy also snaps at Owen, in a very similar way, but Maddy after they get better realizes what they did.
Back to Owen, she goes through the same thing Jax did, by making it to the end of her life without transitioning, hiding in the closet, while time moves around her. they were both deeply unhappy, but I think I saw the Tv glow did it better by showing the monotony of life, and how you just get stuck in the movie theater or how she slowly ages through the film. And the constant reminders that its not too late, she can still save herself. But she doesn't because she's grown used to this life.
Jax feels like she's just taking out her pain onto others. And the narrative never really punishes her for it. She's literally the reason Ribbit abstracted but its okay, because she's trans.
It feels like the narrative is trying to excuse her actions because of her home life and gender, while in I saw the Tv Glow you know Owen is running out of time and if she took that step she could be happy. She also didn't have the greatest home life, which probably attributes to why she couldn't accept herself, but Owen is still viewed as the problem.
In Jax's story it feels almost as if we're placing the blame onto Jax's mom, when its really up to you if you never come out of the closet. (I know its more difficult than that, and I don't want anyone to put themselves in dangerous situations. But I'm saying in Jax's case it isn't anyone's fault but her own.)
Also it feels as if Owen doesn't come out more for others than herself. Yes she's afraid, but she's more afraid of how others will feel about her. And by the time she's old, she has a wife and kids and she can't escape the cage she trapped herself in.
While Jax feels more that she's afraid of her own self. She is deeply insecure but the hiding her feelings doesn't come out of a place of love, but rather of pain and envy.
I also feel that I saw the Tv glow did a better job at showing what not being yourself does to a person over time. Like the lines on the road, the ending scene where she's in the bathroom, and rips her own skin out, that scared the living shit out of me. Although I was already out at the time, I understood that if I had never come out, I would've been stifled.
While Jax's stuff mostly comes in the form of her bullying others, and the flashback. And I feel that it was just rushed towards the end with how much time was focused on Jax when this was the last time we would be seeing these characters. Honestly I would've perfered that Jax's backstory stuff be it's own ep and in the end of the ep she dies.
I know I saw the tv glow came out in 2024 and Goose 'apparently' had the whole story written by 2023, but it really does feel like she watched ISTTG and said "what if I made this white and worse."
don't worry about it Ribbit.... (in ref to the post Goose made!)
So if Caine and Kinger finally have a father-son relationship… does that mean Kinger calls him by his first name, all three middle names, and last name when he’s about to unleash the full force of his parental wrath
people being more upset with me that i said Jax was confirmed to be a trans woman thru Twitter instead of the show than me saying that Jax is a misogynistic abuser that's confirmed to be a trans caricature tells me a lot about how much "representation" people will take at the cost of innocents, including people the writers are trying to represent.
and i received a question asking if i'm trans on the same post, which. while i do think my tranness helps my voice on this matter, being cis wouldn't take away from the fact that Jax is a caricature that's been used, repeatedly, to harm and kill actual trans and cis people. including children who haven't even hit puberty yet.
priorities, i guess.
i have no doubt there's trans people out there in the world who discovered how much happier and healthier they were for themselves and everyone involved in their lives once discovering themselves.
however, people pushing this "this person was mean bc they're trans and weren't out yet // didn't discover it yet" hc or trope ( esp amongst trans women? ), esp with no focus on the victims and only on the character and their happiness, it...
you guys do realize what you're saying, right?
people seem to love that she's a "messy trans character" instead of a "perfect trans character" ( wtv that means ), but that's not what Jax is. she's a caricature. she's a trans woman that preys on other women. that's not "messy", that's abhorrent and means she's a predator.
there's plenty of other ways to have a messy character who happens to be trans than perpetrating stereotypes and being part of the problem you claim to hate.
stolen from @tadcsalt but i don't think people are talking about this enough
the implications that Jax is fully aware that he pushed Ribbit to suicide which means he knows he was doing the same to Pomni and did not care (then got mad that she didn't kill herself??? something something "you make this so hard for me" or whatever the line is that he says)
the further proof that jax is a self-insert through and through (i feel like i have to spell out that it is BAD because he becomes the complete focus on the show, ruining the story of every other character and the rest of the show)
and the weird comment about Pomni and Ribbit?? they never interacted?? either this is complete bait for the fandom (which is not surprising), or Goose has a completely different story written in her head. which. give us that one. make an actual 18+ animated show where you show a sapphic couple and a troubled transfem character ON SCREEN
and yes, I refer to Jax by he/him. if Goose was going to make him transfem, then she should've committed instead of being a coward. i also don't like the idea of Jax is either trasnfem or an abuser, which Goose clearly believes. he's transfem in my eyes but as a headcanon, not as true canon. so, when talking about canon Jax, i'll use his canon pronouns
anyway, Goose is slowly turning into Vivzie and i'm starting to feel the same way about her that i do about Vivzie. i never want to see her or any of her work ever again.
Ah, I understand, sorry. I mixed up that anonymous question and your text.
Now, regarding the point: I don't think Jinu's actions are "glazed." The whole issue of Rumi no longer antagonizing Jinu because he helped Gwima could be quite interesting in the plot (but I'll wait for the second movie before making a final decision). Now, about Rumi's side at the Idol Awards, I agree with you. Rumi should be able to get satisfaction for what happened (and that's exactly why I hope he comes back, not only because death gives me a horrible "let's kill the suicidal character" feeling, but also because I want them to TALK), still, I don't think Jinu got away completely unscathed for what he did (the whole scene of their argument after Takedown, how he's completely frozen during the final battle and then decides to sacrifice himself for Rumi), but of course, I understand your point. However, the part where Rumi, in the end, still wants to save Jinu doesn't seem "unrealistic" or "glazing" to me. Like, when the scene focuses on Jinu's incredulous face, I understand that it's like saying to him, "Even after everything, she's here with her head held high." It's as if she's expecting a reaction from him to Rumi's behavior. Consciously or not, Jinu was the first person in Rumi's life who provided an environment where Rumi's demonic nature wasn't judged, and that may have been something that weighed on her decision to give him a second chance. Victims aren't a monolith, and their reactions and decisions depend on the entire context. We don't know what Rumi's reaction would have been if Jinu were alive, so I don't know if we can judge that part. But yes, the final minutes make it somewhat clear how the production thought the film would be a flop. Since we're back to the status quo, with the only difference being that Rumi's patterns are on display, but the Huntrix's relationship doesn't seem affected by the discovery that their friendship was founded on lies, or by the fact that the mocking behavior before the final song kind of implies that, for them, Honmoon is more important than Rumi, or all the impact that the Saja boys' performance should have had, Rumi doesn't seem affected by Jinu's tradition and subsequent sacrifice, she doesn't seem affected by the fact that she asked her adoptive mother to kill her, etc. I don't think it's the worst ending in the world, nor is it a horrible thing, but it's flawed and, in its need to deliver the basic happy ending of a children's movie, it left a lot out.
I hope I managed to express myself well.
Yes, dw you expressed yourself perfectly!
You made a good point with this "Like, when the scene focuses on Jinu's incredulous face, I understand that it's like saying to him, "Even after everything, she's here with her head held high."". I like your view on it.
I think most of us can agree that the main problem is the rushed writing; to be able to compress everything into the runtime, which led to many characters not being fleshed out and many moments feel rushed
idk. a character wearing a bow?
i can't say i don't believe that Jax is trans. what i can say however is that if that was the intention, the creators failed at portraying it.
like.. are we really back to gendering inanimate objects? are bows and pink stuff and dresses only for women? is this really where we're headed?
and like i said, i don't understand why they wouldn't just confirm Jax as trans, considering this is an indie show that aren't under any insane restrictions.
we even see their real versions at the end of the episode and guess what? Jax's human counterpart is still referred to and portrayed as a man. if they were really supposed to be a trans woman, the creators could have shown the irl Jax in the end as a woman. that would have been the easiest way of confirming Jax as a trans woman.
i feel like we're doing a full 360 on gender norms and coming right back to the conservative idea of "blue is for boys and pink is for girls". instead of giving us good trans representation, they give us a character who just likes some traditionally feminine stuff, and says "go figure".
so yeah, i'm not against the idea of Jax being trans at all. i just don't think the creator did a good job of confirming it. yes, Gooseworx is also a trans woman but that doesn't mean she's good at writing trans characters. you can write from experience and still drop the ball at actually making it effective.
also Zoey after coming up w the tonics idea:
