something worthwhile to ruin

"oh so the trans character kills herself??? this show is transphobic" JESUS CHRIST YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE. Jax repressed himself to the point of abstraction, then Pomni finds a way to reach him even through his broken mental state, and the gang puts him in a safe and comfortable blanket fort where s/he can relax and get his senses back in order without hurting himself or others. The other abstractions get to be seen being happy and at peace. No it's not IDEAL but it's basically like having a mental break that just needs some care and attention instead of Cellar. We do not see any Abstractions get fixed but the episode does leave it open-ended as to how much they will one day be able to be reached, and the characters have eternity to figure it out. Jax finally opens up to Pomni in that headspace and it's far from impossible she can still talk to him in this state.

it's also not like Jax is the only trans/queer character. Zooble is nonbinary/genderqueer and makes it through the entire show, is given emotional depth and weight to their own dysphoria and character struggles, and then gets to end the show with their human self opening a successful (implied) queer bar and their digital self having epic gay sex!! (entire theater cheered and clapped at that btw)

like. look me in the eyes. do you think that a trans woman show creator would write a trans woman character just to kill her out of malice?? like do you think she was maybe trying to say something with the abstractions and Jax's repression and the fact there is still hope and time for him and his human self?? are we operating on this level of media literacy or are we just looking for things to get mad at

Grace is on his way home when the quiet rapture happens. He gets picked up by the COI who quickly realize that Grace and his research can be incredibly valuable to them. Grace earns higher and higher clearance, eventually learning about the conviction realization program. Obviously, the idea of forcibly sending convicts on suicide missions doesn't sit well with him, and he demands to know if there are any missions currently ongoing. They tell him that there is a mission currently (Simon's), but they refuse to abort mission and bring Simon back to the surface. They do, however, give Grace access to the comms, and Grace spends hours just talking to Simon, learning about his past, trying to comfort him as best he can. Until the comms disconnect.

Meanwhile, Simon doesn't trust Grace initially. But he is so isolated and desperate for any kind of human connection, any evidence that the world can be good, and he can't help but connect with Grace, especially when he explains his own story of being sent on a suicide mission and making it out alive. And Grace asks his name. For the first time in a very long time, someone cares about who he is as a person, not just what he can do for them. And then the comms disconnect.

June 4th till June 19th The Fake Spoilerning Will Commence

go forth and fake spoil

All leading to the moment where Ben sees Sam and like someone truly under a curse ands know they are but can't go against it stares, directly into Sam's soul before having to leave.