I canāt stop thinking about this scene and when Jack says the following:
Like he always tends to do, he likes to rage bait the othersāpush their buttons. And the thing isā¦ theyāve told him things that heās tried to ignore. Like Ragathaās comment about having no friends likely being the worst of them all, but even other moments like in the guns episode with Pomni, or Zooble not taking any of his bs.
He is having a hard time accepting whatās happened, granted all the characters are going though it, but the way we see Jax experience the hyperventilating when heās away from the others or out of sightā¦ he tries so hard to not let others see heās in distress. He doesnāt mind when they see him be a jerk or get angry.
Iām not one to theorize often, and Iām certainly no psychologist, but I canāt help but think a lot about Jaxās emotions from the most recent episodes.
My guess is that after Ragatha entered the circus, it was Gangle, and then Jax, then Zooble and Pomni. And before Jax or around when Jax entered was when we had other characters like Kaufmo and Ribbit. I think he says this about Pomni and Zooble because they call him out on his bs the most, but with Pomni itās more vulnerable, and with Zooble I think itās more so that they have Gangleās attention, and we see in earlier episodes how Jax likes to poke at Gangle, and with Zooble around he doesnāt get to have his āplay thing.ā
So why is this scene so interesting to me? Well, heās not succeeding at riling up the others. They are so done with this place that they canāt be bothered to refute Jax. And the thing is, maybe itās not just because theyāre tired, maybe if we think about how Zooble threw him the āyouāre included in this tooā nod, that we the audience know gave him some comfort after nearly abstracting in the previous episode. I think they also just didnāt bother with indulging that conversation because they know this is just him lashing out. And he even sighs and for once doesnāt push things further.
Then we get to the torture scenes after the group successfully upsets Caine. Knowing that the character designs in the circus are a manifestation of their insecurities, I have found Jax as a bunny harder to understand (but full disclosure I started watching the episodes a little over a week ago thanks to my nail tech recommending the show).
I think Jax isnāt comfortable in his skin, and/or his skin represents a shield for a bigger insecurity he is burying deep (both things can be true). Which in my mind explains why heās desperately trying to cover back up.
Heās terrified of being laughed at, yet he claims to be the funny guy. Humor functions as his deflections and his coping mechanisms. Perhaps these are aspects of learned behavior for his own survival.
It was clear in the last episode that heās running away from something in the real world. The moments where he flashes back to driving fast down a dark road initially made me wonder if he had unalived a person and is dealing with the guilt and manage to escape into the game to avoid facing criminal charges. But now I think he could be a victim who was trying to get away from an abusive situation. Idk, again Iām just writing and thinking and want to hear what other people think because I am absolutely FLOORED by this episode.
But I think heās a rabbit because heās got the attitude of the hare (like tortoise and the hare) and tries to skedaddle from shit he doesnāt want to deal with. And like when you pull a rabbit out of a hat, the rabbit is complacent with being in that hat. Heās complacent with being stuck in this circus.
My thoughts on him going into the series finale is that if itās a happy? ending, heāll find strength in vulnerability. If itās an everything is effed endingā¦ it was nice knowing you all.
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