ultimate giggleboner

okay first of obviously transfem Jax. I win I win I win, episodes 1-8 it was a very logical reading of her character that I really liked but now it's basically canon. yeah they don't spell it out and say "Jax is a transgender woman" but like. they don't need to. they didn't need to say Owen is a trans woman in I Saw the TV Glow either it's the same thing. that's the text of the story there's so much in this that just isn't explainable with other readings that rabbit is a repressed trans woman.

and she's dead oopsie. I saw the leaks so I knew that would happen but I think it works, it's a warning and a story of repression that's again like isttvg and Owen. I was kinda conflicted on this at first because I wanted her to have a happy ending and start transitioning but she's off and abstracted. I do think it's kinda interesting how abstraction seems less permanent than it did before? like I can't say for sure it's possible to come back from but it wouldn't upset me if it could happen in the same way it probably would have if someone came back earlier. still though thematically having Jax refuse to find meaning and break gets more compelling the more I think about it and also holy shit Michael Kovach crushed it here what a performance. all the cast did great but him especially.

Pomni is also great here, I've never been a huge Pomni fan but this was her best yet imo I loved her here. she's such a great emotional core for the story and this makes it the clearest

couple complaints but I wish Ragatha had at least a little more to do. I'm not too upset about Kinger, Zooble, or Gangle being side characters here because they haven't been the focus but I just rewatched the rest of the show before this and it really feels like Ragatha is done dirty a few times with things happening off screen when they really shouldn't have. I think episode 9 is a victim of that because her talk with Pomni just doesn't hit as hard as it could have if they actually showed them talk between 6 and 7. Caine's redemption also felt a bit rushed. it makes sense for his character, but it just felt rushed and like a weird leap going from episode 8 to 9. idk it's not a bad idea just needed more time to actually work for me