i keep on seeing slightly older posts about people ranting about the transmisoginy in the tadc fandom so now I wanna talk about it a lil
"but the hints of Jax being trans in earlier episodes leans more towards being transmasc"
I thought that way too! I saw Jax, a guy who wanted to hypermasculinize himself, get uncomfortable in a maid dress, something feminine, and thought "oh, maybe he's transmasc? cool, I am too! I'm gonna headcanon that cus it makes his character more relatable to me! :)"
But then I saw the transfemme theories, and then I saw Jax, a guy who has fragile masculinity, get uncomfortable in a maid dress, something feminine, heard Zooble say "I thought you'd be into this", and it clicked.
The rooms and their avatars are basically embodiments of their insecurities. Jax is a tall, lanky, light purple rabbit with pink overalls, and his room is the definition of a little girls room. IF Jax was transmasc and that convinced in his masculinity, his avatar and his room would probably be WAY different.
Once I saw all of the transfemme headcanons and theories (around when ep 6 came out), I started seeing all these hints in a transfemme light, not transmasc.
Plus, if Jax was transmasc, he probably wouldn't have done the whole "I'm just a misunderstood little chicken fetus in an egg that needs to be cracked open" thing, especially since he'd be fully transitioned and OUT of that egg period, why would he suddenly bring it up then if he was already fully transitioned?
Tldr; everything about trans Jax makes so much more sense in a transfemme light.
and yes, this means that I can't really relate to her as much as I would be able to if she was actually transmasc, but that doesn't fucking matter because she's still transgender and I can relate to her on that front, and I can relate to her in many other ways other than her transness anyway, so it DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER
^ I saw a screenshot of a transmasc on tumblr screaming that Jax is transmasc and that he'll believe nothing else, and that lowkey bothered me so bad. that bunny is transfemme (obviously) and the fact that people deny it is disgusting enough, but a TRANS PERSON denying it feels so much more disgusting. every time there's possible transmasc rep people flock to it, but as soon as it's transfemme rep suddenly it doesn't exist or it's twisted into some other trans identity
the queer & trans community is supposed to work together, not fight over what flavor of trans a confirmed transfem fictional character is :/