I know it’s the transmisogyny, but part of me is still baffled by the reaction to transfem Jax being canon because like… if Jax wasn’t trans, she’d be a very boring character? Like, if Jax was cis, none of anything she says or does is new. Part of her conceit that is explicitly pointed out in the show directly is how basic and boring a character archetype “mean shitty man who’s mean and shitty because secretly he’s sooo sad and traumatized inside” is. I can’t imagine being so defensive over making sure that yet another one of those characters exists, because it’s such an overused and overdone archetype.
Nothing about Jax is new or original or (imo) very interesting unless you factor in the fact that she’s a closeted trans woman. She brings nothing new to the table if she’s a man that you couldn’t find in other media somewhere else. Frankly I feel like the reason anyone was even ever that invested in her before is because they're either addicted to that specific trope to the point they're always happy to see more of it, or are so new to media they don't know that it's everywhere, which given how young the fanbase of this show skews, is also a distinct possibility.
Her plotline in the show pre-reveal is done well enough, for an example of an extremely boring and overdone trope, but it really isn't anything new, unless you narrow down to the elements unique to the setting and claim them as inherent to her character in specific. And ultimately it doesn't really fit together or cohere into something unique and interesting without the realization that she is trans.
