if i keep getting death threats for liking transmasc Jax I'm gonna start calling him a cis straight white man with the aesthetic of a high school jock and i don't think ANYONE wants that.
Edit: yeah im not gonna be replying to anyone anymore on this post bc its lowkey not helping my anxiety which was already high today.
i am also transmasc and what you are saying is just transphobic towards transfems specifically. transfem jax isn't headcanon. it is explicitly canon. headcanoning a transfem character as transmasculine is inherently transphobic even if you are trying to be woke about it. it is transfem erasure.
if someone headcanoned a canon transmasc character transfem, you would be pissed off too.
so if you look at the comments;
you'll also see that im going off what is stated in the show, yknow, if you look at the comments and replies.
but beyond that, just block me. if this opinion is harming your mental health or if you just don't like it, block me. i'd much rather you block me than either of our mental health declining purely over an internet argument.
it... is not headcanon if the CREATOR has confirmed that is what was intended. it is canon. jax does not say it EXPLICITLY because she is canonically repressed. she is not going to say "i am transgender" if she is actively HIDING that fact from the people around her and the audience.
and if we want to talk show evidence, we can! have some! it is in fact implied in the show. and it was NOT implied for shits and giggles. it was implied for a REASON.
^ a fully feminine jax is implied to be what is behind this door that is never opened. this is because jax is repressed.
^ if jax was transmasc, the "egg" would have already been cracked.
^ the bow scene where jax confesses to have told her mother something deeply personal and she was hit with personal, degrading insults. and ribbit allows jax to express her femininity and shows support by putting the bow on her. the trauma from her mother's transphobic reaction is what leads to her repressing everything deeply, ditching ribbit, and driving them to abstraction. if jax had told her mother she was transmasculine, the bow would have been dysphoria inducing and a transphobic action.
^ her phobia of being outed as transfem. she covers her flat chest and crotch specifically, implying those are parts of herself she hates. if she liked being flat, she would not be as bothered and would've only covered the crotch area.
^ jax hates her body. she does not like being masculine.
^ if jax was transmasc, implying she is not masculine would be transandrophobia.
^ jax is severely overreacting in this scene. this is because she does not like that she feels comfortable in this dress. you can see her body language change and she is genuinely good at wearing one, lifting the skirt when needed and becoming gradually more relaxed in it.
^ jax does not like her name. if she was transmasc, the name would be liked and a cause of joy.
AND ON TOP OF ALL THIS - we have "isn't she lovely?", which is a song about the birth of a baby girl recontextualised to be about the birth of her transgender identity. we also have her real world self having long hair, and she wears a hoodie. "dysphoria hoodies" are a part of transgender culture, and she wears the hoodie to try and cover her lack of chest. she goes by her deadname (leeroy mateo) because she is not out as transfem publically due to her mother's behaviour, and she frequents riley's bar — a space explicitly for queer people to feel comfortable as themselves. she is likely openly transfem when she is there.
it is never said explicitly because it is in the subtext of the show. you are media illiterate if you cannot see that.
again, this isn't an attack. it is more of a friendly debate, and talking about these topics is not something that effects my mental health. i am approaching you calmly and respectfully.
i am just trying to help you understand that jax being transfem is not headcanon and is in fact canon. and i am trying to explain that headcanoning a transfeminine character as transmasculine is transphobic.
there are other characters you can give transmasc headcanons too, by the way! i could see ragatha as transmasculine, with her mother potentially forcing a lot of her femininity onto her. her design is a doll, and that could be implying her mother dressed her and made her look feminine, causing ragatha to feel like a literal doll often with no choice over her own clothes. if you want another character to project transmasculinity onto, i would recommend ragatha.
okay lets go over your points and go over how each of those could also be transmasciline!
a fully feminine jax is implied to be what is behind this door that is never opened. this is because jax is repressed.
a fully feminine jax could easily just be a pre transitioned jax. alot of transmasc people come to terms with accepting their feminine side throughout transitioning. i know i was one.
2. if jax was transmasc, the "egg" would have already been cracked.
I have seen stealth or closeted transmasc people call themselves eggs. also, the egg comment doesnt have to be a trans allagory. it could simply be a way to explain that jax doesnt want people to break down they're walls.
3. the bow scene where jax confesses to have told her mother something deeply personal and she was hit with personal, degrading insults. and ribbit allows jax to express her femininity and shows support by putting the bow on her. the trauma from her mother's transphobic reaction is what leads to her repressing everything deeply, ditching ribbit, and driving them to abstraction. if jax had told her mother she was transmasculine, the bow would have been dysphoria inducing and a transphobic action.
many parents of transmasc individuals are told they're 'not manly enough' even after comming out. many people also hold masculinity over a transmascs head to take advantage of them. once again, many transmasc individuals have had or do accept their feminine side, ribbit giving jax a bow doesnt autimaticly make it transphobic.
4. her phobia of being outed as transfem. she covers her flat chest and crotch specifically, implying those are parts of herself she hates.
this could very easily be the same for opposite reasons. it could also simply mean SA, body dysmorphia (it isnt exclusive to trans people), ect.
5. jax hates her body. she does not like being masculine.
once again, could be the opposite. jax hates being percieved as 'feminine' or weak and vulnerable. bunnies and overalls are often seen as feminine or childish things
6. if jax was transmasc, implying she is not masculine would be transandrophobia.
it wouldnt. i myself am not very masculine, calling myself that wouldnt be transandrophobia. also, there is a term that is similar to phantom limbs calls trans phantoms, basically referring to the vivid, sensory, and sometimes erotic bodily sensations of gendered body parts that a transgender person was not born with
7. jax is severely overreacting in this scene. this is because she does not like that she feels comfortable in this dress. you can see her body language change and she is genuinely good at wearing one, lifting the skirt when needed and becoming gradually more relaxed in it.
jax overreacting could very well be gender dysphoria. lifting the skirt when needed may be muscle memory. and once again many trans men come to terms over time with being feminine, therefore jax being more relaxed in it would be them coming to terms with being masculine AND feminine
8. jax does not like her name. if she was transmasc, the name would be liked and a cause of joy.
names are not chosen in the circus. i doubt any of the characters like they're name. and jax wasnt liking the adventure anyway, jax prolly didnt care enough to write it down because they didnt care about the adventure at all.
9. we have "isn't she lovely?", which is a song about the birth of a baby girl recontextualised to be about the birth of her transgender identity.
songs do not apply to gender. many people use feminine songs for masculine characters
10. she goes by her deadname (leeroy mateo) because she is not out as transfem publically due to her mother's behaviour, and she frequents riley's bar — a space explicitly for queer people to feel comfortable as themselves. she is likely openly transfem when she is there.
at the end of the show we see that the characters in the circus are not the same as the characters out of the circus, with pomni choosing to go by pomni instead of Abigale. also, in no way did the show state this, and i havent seen gooseworx say it either.
Youre pretty thick, arent you?
