one thing that bothers me a bit is how xefros is portrayed a bit but it's mostly in joxef
i personaly dont ship them anyway, but i see mtf xefros so commonly intertwined with that ship
i personaly dont like that hc either.. i've heard someone argue that "doc scrach goes for girls" (paraphrasing) but that could easily get disproved/debunked by Xefros simply being sheltered from a lot of things and therefore easier to manipulate. even with that thought in mind logically scratch has have had to try manipulating ONE boy at least before focusing solely on girls (also he has literally said that he's a boy so that hc goes against canon. which is another thing i don't like)
on to my main point. i don't like how two-dimensional he gets portrayed a lot.. like YES he is a sweetheart but NO joey wouldn't be a better moirail than dammek (i think she's be worse actually). moirails are supposed to push you into a better version of yourself and comfort you when you need them, i don't think joey is doing much for either qualification.. only thing she pushes is just her insistence that Xef should break up with dam without even trying to THINK about giving dam any sort second chance or trying to understand things from Xefs perspective!!!!!! my second hand (not moirail jfyi) that i talk to about this pointed out how Joey is bad at admitting fault and i really don't think xefros needs someone like that in his life. don't get me wrong XefMek is also a very flawed relationship and that shouldn't be swept under the rug but one thing dammek has is that he does his best to protect xefros and keep him safe. is he good at it??? depends on the situation, but we also need to keep in mind he's schizophrenic and so that blur of reality is clearly impacting his ability to be the best moirail he can. i believe he was better when he was younger and his symptoms hadn't kicked in yet!!!!
as for the comfort part of my moiraillegence simplification (yes i got side tracked) it's off screen but the whole stress crying scene...i feel like it should have been on screen.. cause troll tears are tinted by color unlike human tears, so logically that should freak joey out a little. but how does she react to such a moment with an alien she barely knows.. would she try to comfort him cause he's upset or is she just... letting it happen with no interference????? if she were to comfort him, would he let her????? cause he's still in a pale relationship with dammek so logically if he'd let her he's basically cheating and i don't think he would do that. Could have really explored somethings with that.
i have more i could say but im really tired, TYSM FOR READING!!!!!!!! see you later!!!!! sara out 😘
