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I feel bad I don't really like how it was done since I'm trans so shouldn't I be glad for a trans character? Yet I feel unsatisfied with it and have a hard time seeing Jax as trans even now especially when some are now making it Jax's whole personality, are only now liking Jax for it, or acting condescending to people admitting they were wrong. I'm glad other people are happy about it but it sucks expressing a different opinion and criticism on it gets you grouped with the jerks

Hi Anon! Firstly, thank you for understand my point of view, it is really hard to express my own opinions these days without being shit on and I appreciate you actually taking the time to understand what I was trying to say about Jax's gender identity.

Secondly, unfortunately no matter what you do or say there will always be that one Krabby Kathy (Did you get the reference?) who is never satisfied or has some bullshit to spout just because they aren't happy with what they got. Sometimes, I just ignore them or block them because honestly, no point in starting conflict especially if the other person is a delusional idiot who can't comprehend what is right or wrong so just best to not interact with them sometimes.

Thirdly, I perfectly understand how you feel. I accept Jax being a closeted transfem but even I have to admit it didn't feel like it was being executed properly. I will admit as a cis woman I could tell there were subtle hints in episode 5 such as him losing his tail or that maid dress and the fact his room is quite literally the colors of the trans flag, but I always thought him wearing the maid dress was him being embarrassed that he was being forced to wear a girly costume and not him being a closeted trans woman. I always interpreted that Jax had a fragile masculinity especially when in the finale he stated that his dad made him think he was less of a man I thought it tied into him not being "masculine" enough which is why he would pick on the females in the circus to make him seem like a masculine man.

Like most people my main issue with Jax being a closeted trans woman is the fact that she is basically the stereotypical misogynistic man bully's woman but turns out she is actually acting like this because of her closeted transfem nature which let's be honest, is NOT a good representation for trans people. Which may be why you as a trans person may not be satisfied with this especially near the end Jax ends up abstracting because they never got to actually transition in the end and it just seems like Jax being trans was all it was to her character. Not only that, but this just further proves that Jax truly is Goose's self insert, he doesn't feel like his own character anymore and that made their entire character tasteless. Not to mention his irl self never transitioned either, so it just kinda feels idk, pointless.

Said it best, some people are never happy even when they get what they want. Really good point about how passive aggressive and snarky some transfem truthers turned out once it was comfirmed as canon instead of just being happy without putting others down including other trans people who aren't transfem.

1. there really isn't a reason for ribbit to put their bow on jax's head before saying "your secret's safe with me." those 2 actions are distinctly connected, and if it was about jax's mother, i don't imagine she'd be blushing and starry eyed about it. besides, ribbit had already comforted jax over the possibilty of her mother dying with sound logic. she HAS to be fine because the police would have chased jax down otherwise.

2. lots of people haven't seen the finale. promo material, at least until the 19th, kinda needs to refer to jax with he/him pronouns because doing anything else is an outright spoiler

3. goose relates to jax the most and said she's an incredibly personal character to her. plus, when asked why jax reacted poorly to the maid dress, she said that it's because jax isn't ready to confront certain things about herself.

4. her room is literally the trans flag colors

5. pomni uses he/him pronouns for jax because she is the only person who knows her identity. jax may be functionally comatose, but i doubt she would really appreciate being outed, regardless of the circumstances. and she's closeted in the real world, so pomni has even more reason to be respectful of that.

6. (promise this is the last one lol) if the deep, personal thing jax confessed to her mother wasn't that she's trans, then there is genuinely no way for us to glean what the secret may have been. which i'd say is pretty bad storytelling. however, there is actual evidence in the text we can point to for the secret being that she's transfem. we can assume pretty easily based on context clues based on the reaction her mother had (berating and degrading her, then turning around and hugging her), that it had something to do with her gender expression. especially given the importance jax places upon her mother putting her down for showing weakness/vulnerability

anyway tldr jax is transfem and that really isn't subtextual. it is as explicit as it could possibly be without her simply looking into the camera and saying "i'm girl"

Good points but they can also be easily debunked but since I have already received questions and tons of comments about Jax's gender I am really in no mood to start a fight.

My point is, if you headcanon Jax is a closeted transfem girl then that's fine but please don't force your headcanon onto me and other people who won't entirely agree with your statement alright?

I saw and frankly that is not worth getting upset over. I will say though now that it has been officially confirmed by Goose, I owe an apology to to the transfem Jax truthers because yall clocked it! At least now all of the pronoun's drama can be put to rest especially since Goose says it doesn't matter if you use he/him or she/her pronouns as long as you acknowledge Jax is a closeted trans woman. Here is proof below.

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And yes, I did hear that she made racist jokes in the past and people are calling out her racism out once it was revealed in the tadc finale Gangle is a black woman and Jax is a white man who has been bullying a black woman which let's be honest, unintentional or not, it makes Goose look really bad...

Yeah, I know Goose's answers on tumblr are meant to be funny, and it was at first, but it slowly just gets a little bit annoying when she keeps giving vague and cryptic answers that just throws us off guard and it becomes childish rather than funny.

Finding out about allegations of her grooming a 17-year-old definitely caught me off guard and I will say if she didn't actively do anything sexual to them then yes, it is necessarily not pedophilia, however she should've realized she may have made a mistake or even came on too strong and should've apologized and stop interacting with that kid even after they turned 18 because not only will it make her look bad it will give people the wrong idea. The fact she turned it into a joke is not a good thing because these kinds of situations can cost you if you do something out of place or say one wrong thing, it can become a big deal.

There are certain times and places where you need to read the room and understand what is serious and what isn't and that is something she needs to understand and take accountability for whenever she makes a mistake and acknowledge her mistake so that people won't get the wrong idea. I truly love Goose's show, and I wholeheartedly agree if she actually listened to genuine criticism and improved her character's and gave them more development her show would've been FANTASTIC!! However, she is unfortunately friends with Vivziepop which would explain why she is childish at times and can't take criticism.

That is to say, I am not defending terrible parents because some kids truly have it the worst when having an abusive parent, and some parents don't deserve to have children, but my point is Toji despite all of his flaws truly did love and care for Megumi deep down.

He even gave him the name "Megumi" which means "blessing" because he saw Megumi as a blessing in his life besides his wife. Don't forget both times Toji thought about Megumi before he died and indirectly asked Satoru to take care of Megumi and even went as far as to kill himself at Shibuya because he didn't want to hurt his son and was happy to learn Satoru kept his promise.

When I saw Amalia walking around the streets by herself, all the painful stuff from canon hit me again. I felt so sad… Even though she's already happily married to Nora in the game, I still can't stand seeing her all alone like that… 😭😭😭

BTW, I also made a Tree of Life version of Amalia. I love this possessed form of hers, it's so cute 💞 She's basically just another version of Amalia, so I made them sisters in my headcanon 🥰 Also, there's a leaf head accessory in the game that fits her so well!!!

She's even singing, it's so cute 😭💞

Also, the photo filters are great XD

1. Jax outside of the circus is still a man and has no hints of transitioning and it’s even mentioned that he’s the happiest he’s been

2. Glitch still uses he/him pronouns for official posts/merch after the finale

3. People claim ribbit putting the bow on jax was the biggest indication but ribbit literally says “your secret is safe with me” when his secret was about how he might’ve killed his mom

For instance, what one viewer sees as a dark, comedic joke about a character's backstory, another viewer might read as a coded narrative metaphor. What one person views as a funny, ironic audio contrast, another person might see as a subtle hint toward internal identity. Because creative choices in animation can be so abstract and layered, the text leaves an immense amount of room for ambiguity.