transfem jax rant because i hate tiktok
i think one of the main reasons so many people (specifically on tiktok) are so against jax being a trans woman really comes down to the fact that people aren't used to trans characters like her.
When people hear the words "trans character" the first thing that almost always comes to mind is a character who is either in a glass closet or one that's already socially/visibly transitioned.
Jax isn't either of these, she's someone deep enough in the closet that it affects her in ways we don't see in media a lot. Something that many people fail to realize is that Jax's personality doesn't come from just misogyny and hatred, Jax is a victim of emotional incest and parental abuse. She's a flawed, tragic character who took out her pain on others and never got to accept herself for who she was. People aren't used to that.
I think I really just hate people calling jax a poorly written character because they don't understand the impact she's supposed to have. If you can't accept yourself, it can ruin you. Jax's character shows us this firsthand.