a rabbit looked up at the moon with no sign of itself

pfp: Lonepi

[thedreamthieves]

i think one of the worst things the left wing internet ever did was push the idea that oppression is basically a virtue, and being oppressed is a sign of your morality. it has made it like…impossible for some of you to hold the idea that most people are privileged in some ways and oppressed in others. AND a lot of you seem to have it in your mind that terrible people cannot be oppressed, and that oppressed people cannot do terrible things, which is a dangerous rhetoric to hold imo.

[void-drifter]

digital circus finale is utena-esque to me. you can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved. but you can be there for them. you can stay by their side, and maybe, one day, they will have the courage to leave their coffin.

[bearloonz]

anyways. jax and gangle's relationship is such a palpably clear example of abuse and im fascinated on how little that is touched on by the audience. the way jax despises gangle and her presentation. the way gangle gets to jax in a way that threatens her so badly. the way jax felt so targeted after his discussion with ribbit that he likely feels anyone could be looking at him and connecting dots he doesnt want connected at any moment. gangle being the most vulnerable woman in the circus at the time that jax can let his pent up frustration and internalized misogyny onto. the way jax named her. the way gangle cant get herself to cry when he abstracts. the heartbreak of seeing someone destroy themself so much that you can SEE the ripple effects. he self destructs so badly that the shrapnel from the blast just tears into gangle one million times over. the way that Jax denying her own truth led to her attacking what she saw of herself in others.

[sout999]

witch's flock

[liro-art]

Yeah the entire TADC fandom is gonna end up like this when the finale drops 😭

[thepineapplepanda]

Isn't she lovely?

Instagram | Bluesky | X

[angiedust]

(TADC: the last act fanart)

AAAAH okay wow yeah as i mentioned i was there for the og transfem jax theories and im just so pleasantly shocked so i had to do a quick doodle of them all at zooble’s bar

[blackwellselfieho]

I kinda like the idea of jax becoming a cautionary tale of what happens when you let dysphoria and self hatred eat you alive. I've met so many of him IRL in my own circles. I think people need to hear it. I need more characters who eat themselves alive and actually have to suffer the consequences of not choosing to be better. It's pretty refreshing to see a different and nuanced take on dysphoria and how it doesn't always manifest the way you would expect.

[infizero]

i definitely think it's possible that jax could come back somehow, i know that's mainly cope speaking but like they're able to do a lot more stuff now than before, caine asked if they needed "help with that" (in relation to jax), caine isnt all-knowing so it's entirely possible there's a way to fix abstracted people that he didn't know about, etc. etc. i know abstraction is a suicide metaphor but also in a literal sense the people who have abstracted ARENT actually dead and seem to be in a much happier place by the end than they were at the beginning of the series trapped in the cellar, able to enjoy themselves and be at peace despite their condition. so i think it'd also work well as a metaphor for someone who's struggling incredibly hard to the point that others may consider them a lost cause, but who still have the potential with enough time and effort to keep living.

esp since there's so much emphasis placed on pomni and the others making the fort and making sure everything is as good as it can be for her. she is still there, just sort of separated from everyone, which doesnt really feel like she's died. again, it feels more akin to her being in a really dark place and everyone doing what they can for her until she's well again. (but there being a limit to that and at the end of the day the only person who can "bring her back" is herself) and maybe that will never happen. but it's possible. ik im prioritizing metaphor here over literal canon and its much safer to assume that she's just gone forever but idk i think there's a decent argument for the idea that there's still hope for her

[infizero]

yuppppppppp. jax completely pulling away from ribbit and assuming the worst of them despite them clearly genuinely trying to be there for her ("if ribbit says anything about me, it's not true") hurts like a mf but it makes complete sense with what happened last time she tried to open up about that part of herself. doesnt make it any harder to watch though T_T

[infizero]

the way she's literally this image im gonna be sick

[nemoine]

if anybody's avoiding TADC finale spoilers please block " #tadc spoilers " now

[jaykushman]

~ Jax's Fear ~

"I'll see you at the movies!"

[hymnism]

[boobookittenartblog]

Nishiyama Hoen, Insect Procession,

detail, ink and color on silk, 1851

[tranthony]

youve been a bad *remembers youre plural* people

[starhoodies]