#jax criticism

[onemore2morrow]

The last thing I’ll say on this is the confirmation that abstraction = suicide means that Ragatha watched Jax engage in a predatory cycle of getting close to people and then driving them to suicide, rightly assumed Jax was trying to do the same to Pomni (because Ragatha had no context for ANYTHING because Jax WOULDN’T TALK TO HER),

And when she called Jax out on it and said “I know what you’re trying to do!” both Jax and THE SHOW tried to gaslight us into thinking RAGATHA is the crazy, overbearing one

And you still have fans claiming RAGATHA is the problem

[the-multifandom-detractor]

Jax has keys everywhere, including other people's rooms. There's no way to lock him out. Jax wanted Gangle to be "submissive and agreeable". Jax sexually blackmailed Gangle (basically sextortion) by threatening to reveal the "figurine thing".

Yeah, now that I think about it, this was kinda obvious...

[missongbird]

You know, why did no one in the circus genuinely want to defend gangle? Like you see someone being constantly bullied and yet you just....kind of say "fuck off" every so often but allow her to continue. Why do they care so much about that purple bunny opinion and how she feels instead of wanting to check on the actual victim. Like imagine someone making your life hell and so your friends go to the abuser like "Hey I know your life is hard and maybe one day you can stop abusing my friend but I will be with you regardless because you're so traumatized :')" like jfc

[carto0ncritter]

When Ribbit opens up to Jax and tells her about their Mormon parents, Jax doesn't react at all. She doesn't say "I'm sorry" or even "That sucks" or anything like that. Instead the scene plays out like this:

Girl, not everything is about you, have some empathy. And even if Jax did feel bad for Ribbit, we don't get to see her face so... we can just assume

[bunnymelk]

i really hope someday someone else can do the "tumblr sexyman is actually a trans girl" bait and switch in the future, and do it in a better show. because the idea on its own, divorced from jax and gooseworx, is fucking genius.

[vampirekirintaur]

“Isn’t She Lovely?” being used for a Jax montage is so hilariously inappropriate.

Jax spent the entire show abusing everyone, has no redeeming qualities, and never once apologizes or changes, even at the very end! What is so "lovely" about that?

If they wanted a much more appropriate song, I recommend “Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead.”

[k1ttygam3r]

Honestly downplaying Jax’s abusive actions because she’s a traumatized repressed trans woman implies you don’t believe trans woman and transfems (or honestly women in general) are capable of any harm or bigotry. Which could mean nothing

[last-stop-evarrrr]

i hate how some ppl act like disliking an asshole character is wrong or makes you stupid, esp when said character is shown to be abusive. no you are NOT "unable to handle complex female characters" bc you dont like someone toxic. ppl see someone toxic they wont like them. looking at you awesome virtual carnival fandom