multi-fandom trash pile

like ok. Let’s just talk about the scene with Ribbit. Jax doesn’t just say she told her mom a secret that could have been anything, insert headcanon here. She says she told her mom something very personal about herself that she thought would get her off her back—and this was right after explaining that her mom was projecting all of her complicated feelings about Jax’s dad onto her and was constantly comparing her level of masculinity to his.

I can’t think of anything that plausibly fits both “very personal secret” and “might make mom stop thinking of me as an extension of my dad” save for “hey mom I’m actually not a man at all.” (And then also is something that would make her mom laugh, berate her—really viciously from the sounds of it—for an extended period, and then hug her, all in sequence.)

And then in response, Ribbit puts a bow on Jax’s head and says “Your secret is safe with me.” Which obviously on its face is about the story that Jax just shared—but combined with the action of gifting her a feminine accessory, it’s also a clear indication that Ribbit put 2 and 2 together about what Jax told her mom, and will keep that secret safe too. If the secret ISN’T that she’s trans, you lose the double meaning, and the pairing of those words and that action ceases to make sense.