tadc finale spoilers. i'm not done talking about the circus show.
another thing that deeply frustrates me is the claim that gooseworx took other character's arcs and struggles, ditched them in the finale and gave them to jax... such as zooble's own gender dysphoria, and ragatha having an abusive mother.
my response is that the twist implementation of these traits into jax's characterization does not take it away from the other two-- instead, it serves to emphasize that jax always had people by her side that would've understood her if she just opened up.
all this time jax spent feeling alone when there were other people with the EXACT same struggles she had that she could've relied on but she didn't because she was too afraid to be vulnerable. worst part is that jax KNEW these things about people and chose to use it against them. instead of opening up about having weird Gender Feelings with zooble, an out trans person in the circus, she mocks their dysphoria (ie the "aren't you supposed to be complaining about your ability to change your own body or something?" line). instead of opening up to ragatha about her mom, she mocks her for it (immediately telling her her irl self probably still lives with her mom when they find out they're brain scans).
tldr gooseworx didnt reveal jax is trans + had an abusive mother in the finale bc she didnt feel like exploring those themes with zooble and ragatha anymore oh my god, she did it to drive the point home that jax's self-isolation never made sense. "trying to cope with your struggles by projecting on and lashing out on people with the same struggles is the path towards self-destruction"
