#tiny! jax

Ribbit doesn't get much screen time or any development really, but my gosh I love the bedroom talk scene. I love love love love love love the moment where Ribbit gives Jax her bow tie I'm definitely mentally well about it. Also, it awoke my giant/tiny brain. I looked at it and thought, "MAKE EM TINY!".

Tiny! Jax x Ribbit headcannons:

Jax was far more afraid when he became trapped in the circus at only a few inches tall, taking a lot longer to warm up to everyone than if he was normal size. Jax and Ribbit's friendship began when she was the only one to not try and grab him.

When Ribbit says in ep 9 that she's "showing Jax around", she carries him on her shoulder while she showed him around.

Generally pretty gentle with him, especially when he had just arrived, but as they got closer I imagine her teasing him a little, perhaps tickling him to hear him laugh.

But what about the bedroom scene?

As Ribbit tries to get Jax to open up to her, he scoots away, refusing to look at her. As he explains his past, he slowly relaxes, sitting with his legs sprawled out in front of him and looking at Ribbit.

He slowly edged closer to her as he opened up until he was sitting next to her.

Instead of Ribbit giving him her bow tie, he finally trusts her enough to climb into her hand when she offers it. He finally relaxes, fully trusting someone for the first time since entering the circus. Maybe she even scritches behind his ears.

Jax resenting Ribbit after opening up:

The next day, when Ribbit goes to apologise for prying and offers him her hand to climb into, he, like in canon, pretends it wasn't real. He gives her an annoyed glare when she offers her hand.

It's much easier for tiny him to avoid her, able to evade her by just staying out of easy view.

During the argument scene, he accuses Ribbit of "making" him let her hold him.

This absolute menace would be terrible for anyone who has the displeasure of being in his general zone of sight. Even tiny, you’d think he’d be easier to deal with, but it just means he’s able to get into smaller spaces. 

Jax would climb up people to sit on shoulders, not accepting a giant hand for help or asking the person beforehand, just doing it himself when most convenient for ONLY him.

During adventures, he was told he always needs an ‘adventure buddy’ to watch him, but soon that annoyance became flipped as he applied the mentality of ‘I’m not stuck with you, you're stuck with me’. Now he takes pride in having one of the others be irritated from watching him.

The bunny bites. Canon. You saw those sharp teeth, he will bite hands if people get too close. He’d be a literal ankle biter just so he could laugh at the others hesitating to let their guards down when he’s hidden from view.

 He would purposefully get lost so much that the other members would get Caine to make a balloon to tie to him, like what some people do for turtles in the grass, to keep track of him. OR stick him in a hamster ball. He’d hate it.

I feel like he would still try bullying Gangle, she’d still be hurt by it, though he can’t really break her comedy mask as often. It would definitely lead to everyone being slightly less stressed and hostile by association. Zooble would antagonize him at any chance for revenge though.

He’d take any form of kindness/attempting connection as being seen as lesser. With his decreased size, he’s got increased insecurity issues. When forming a friendship with Pomni, he eventually convinces himself that she’s just a girl that likes cute things, and he’s a small cartoon bunny, so he’s a cute novelty. 

Who needs to collect keys when you could just crawl under the doors themselves? He’d still steal and hide keys from the others just in case, to make it more inconvenient for them of course.

Jax would hate being picked up. It would have to happen just to make sure he's not underfoot, whether purposefully trying to trip someone up or not. It makes him feel extra vulnerable, like a baby animal, so he’d squirm and be difficult to compensate for that.

He would appear randomly in places, like on shelves or tables, without people noticing. He’d act all cool and nonchalant, especially if that person got jumpscared from noticing him. However, behind the scenes, he’s actually extremely out of breath and struggling to climb up things without people noticing, he wants to feel cool for a moment.