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one person's "ugghh this trope is so overdone" is another person's "oooooohohohohohohohoho"
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Now that I've finished the available episodes of TADC I've been more freely browsing fan content about it and found that "Jax is a repressed/closeted trans woman or transfem" is a theory that's been floated around, with some people even saying that this could be made canon in the final episode and speculating that this is why the episode's theatrical release has been banned in certain countries. My thoughts on this below the cut (for spoilers):
There's a lot of stuff you can point to. Gooseworx, the show's creator, is a trans woman and has described Jax as her "self-insert." Jax's bedroom is pink and girly (the rooms are presumably generated based on things about the individual's psyche). At one point Jax accuses Pomni of trying to "crack" his "egg," and given Gooseworx's identity it seems unlikely that that specific terminology was an accident.
And of course there's Jax's intensely flustered reaction to being put in a French maid outfit, which initially struck me as a bit surprising and ooc. He's a character who's very committed to his don't-give-a-fuck facade, so you'd think he would have developed some psychological antibodies to this type of mockery, like just making a flippant remark and rolling with it. But you could argue that he reacts so negatively specifically because it hits so close to home that he can't keep his cool. In response to questions about his reaction, Goose said Jax is "not ready to have that conversation." (Hmm?) And of course, there is the hallucinatory torture scene where Jax gets "peeled" and everyone mocks and laughs at his true form.
All that said, if you set aside Goose's commentary and just look at the show itself, all of these details are also consistent with a (more obvious, more mainstream) reading that Jax is a cis or mostly cis man who is ashamed of and desperate to repress his emotions and vulnerability, his "girly" qualities, because he's internalized the idea that these things are bad. I mean, we're all accustomed to seeing male characters who have this specific neurosis, this performative masculinity and self-imposed alienation which function as armor around a soft and squishy core (Rick Sanchez comes to mind). There's no shortage of men who feel a lot of anxiety about their own masculinity, and who respond by just repressing this anxiety and committing harder to the act, even as they crumble inside. (Of course there are women and female characters like this too, but you more commonly see this archetype with men.)
All that said, this doesn't rule out the trans reading. But I would personally be very surprised if this was made canon in the final episode. Partly because I'd imagine Gooseworx having some reservations about such a...well, problematic character being the only transfem rep. Which is not to say that it's wrong to have problematic queer rep. God knows I've written plenty of it. But a reveal of this nature in the last episode would be the fandom discourse equivalent of throwing a wrench into a beehive and then setting the beehive on fire.
Jax spends the vast majority of the show bullying and terrorizing the rest of the cast. Whether he's doing that because he's terrified of being vulnerable and being hurt again or she's doing that because she's terrified of being seen as who she really is, I'm not sure if that changes much on a narrative/structural/thematic level. Either way you've got a character who is abusive due to a deep inner pain. And since there's not enough time left in the show to truly explore what an out trans Jax would be like and how that would affect their dynamic with the rest of the cast, how would this really affect the story's outcome?
And it's being hinted at in some of the trailers and promo material that now that Caine is gone, Jax could become the main villain. Trying to narratively meld that with such a reveal...like I'm not saying that's impossible to handle in a respectful and nuanced way but it's kind of hard to imagine that going over well. And I also suspect that a last-minute redemption arch which thematically tied itself to this revelation would feel cheap. So I think this particular thing is likely to remain as subtext or a fan theory.
But who knows! Looking forward to the finale, in any case.
Oh boy, I finally succumbed to curiosity and watched all of TADC in the past few days and now I have to wait a month for the finale's theatrical release. I'm going to gnaw off my limbs.
"biblical angels" you do realise there are angels in the old testament that are literally just regular looking guys, right? you do know that the hallucinogenic incoherent descriptions are in like. two books. and the rest of the time angels are just guys. you know that, right?
and I'm not saying don't have fun with weird angels. I'm saying, either the eldritch forms are for special occasions, or the society of the angels is Many-Eyed-Many-Winged-Interlocking-Circles, Four-Faces-Six-Wings, and Mike.
Literally Raphael is just a normal person!
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Oh no now I love the water cooler angel
Finally started watching The Amazing Digital Circus. I can see why people are obsessed with this show, it's a lot of fun.
Mild spoilers for ep5.
Not sure of this is a hot take or not but I think Sheline should have looked like an anthropomorphic cat.
In a world where a Supe can be pretty much anything, including a giant mound of rock, it is actually shocking that we haven't gotten a single furry.
Still thinking about how Grace was always treated as disposable. Kicked out of his passion field for his honesty—underpaid as a (very good) teacher, to the point he can’t afford a car—left alone in a room full of argon with a sample that might kill him, while all the indispensable guys who put him there stood on the other side of the glass and watched. Shoved screaming into a mission that would kill him. And then, then this bonkers little alien who just met him gladly trades years off his life (via extended return mission) to save him. Runs burning through deadly air to keep him from dying. Chooses finally to weave their lives together forever and recreate Grace’s best dreams of Earth to make him happy. No wonder Grace told Rocky he doesn’t have to get him a gift, he’s given him everything. To one little spider guy, Grace is irreplaceable. That’s love.
And of course Rocky, who flung himself into the impossible trusting his crew would be there, only to lose every single crewmate with no warning and no understanding — Rocky who spent endless days alone with no other voice, no one to watch him sleep, no way to even tell Adrian he’s sorry — Rocky found everything he needed in Grace too. Rocky needed a miracle desperately and he got one. He finally hears a voice, and it is kind. It apologizes instantly for frightening him. It laughs with him just for joy at having met. It belongs to this soft silly improbable creature who without knowing him at all meets his trust halfway and tries everything just to be able to speak to him, before they even know they can help each other. Rocky finally found one other soul and it’s wide open. Rocky may have saved Grace but Grace saved Rocky too. Over and over they (we) save each other.
get in the hail mary, grace
Finally saw Project Hail Mary. Recommended! Wrote a short hurt/comfort fic. Might add another chapter or two at some point.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/82804121
When you get down to it Facilier really is one of Disney’s most grounded and relatable villains. He’s broke. He hates the 1%. He’s doing most of his villainous activities to pay off his debt (to supernatural loan sharks.) In the early drafts he has a strained relationship with his mother. In the Descendants movies he is the only responsible villain parent in the entire franchise. His only successful kill is him stepping on a bug. What a guy.
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im MIND PREGNANT with DARK CONCEPTS
Au where Goncharov and Andrey survive everything, grow old together and sit on a street all day somewhere in the south of Europe
This is my favorite Goncharov post so far because:
1. The concept of an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE for a movie that DOESN'T EXIST is sending me into another dimension.
2. Despite appearing nonsensical, we of course are living in a world where the established Canon of Goncharov is that they do not survive everything and grow old together.
3. Of fucking course Tumblr would imagine a movie with two characters with intense homoerotic subtext, kill them violently with their love unfulfilled, and THEN create AU FAN ART WHERE THE LOVE IS FULFILLED.
And all of it fucking slaps I love this so much
I will never tire of Goncharov as sincere yet self-aware pantomime of fandom
Fanart Inspired by “Care and Keeping” by RovingOtter on Ao3! Citation from Chapter 5 specifically, and reference used from Pinterest !!
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This has got to be one of my favorite Boq centric fics, but also out of any fanfiction in general !! The collar specifically means so much, which js why I wanted to draw that part specifically :>