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actually yeah the way certain fans treat the character with deep rooted mental illness and interpersonal issues most likely caused by parental abuse and being in denial about his (her) trans identity makes me sick actually. The fact so many think Jax didn't deserve a chance to grow and heal just reinforces the fact that people only support Good Victims/Mentally ill people. Jax is very clearly a rotten egg/so far up her own ass in denial and trying to push away anybody due to the fear of being seen and understood. People just hate trans women or anybody that isn't clearly performing femininity or queerness "correctly"

You know that whatever character did those problematic things isn't like. Real, right?

You are aware that a fictional character is just a rhetorical construct designed to fulfill a narrative/thematic purpose right? That their actions are written by an author who wants to use them to explore complex ideas and moral gray areas within the safe confines of fiction right? That they aren't a real person who has killed real people right?

All the Trans Jax discourse has made me realise how many people don't view representation as something that exists to represent people to themselves and make them feel seen or validated but rather to represent us to non queers as a palatable sales pitch for why they should tolerate our existence.