needling

OOC: Hi, hello. You must have missed the post where I've claimed that I myself am not cis, and also headcanon Jax as trans outside of Tumblr. Anyways, as far as I'm aware, Gooseworx has never explicitly claimed that Jax is transgender, therefore it's not canon on this blog. If you could direct me to a source where she says it is outside of "context clues," I'd be happy to reconsider Jax's gender on this blog. Thanks for your understanding.

I noticed a lot of the other contestants using this app, so I decided to try it out for myself! Feel free to ask my any questions! All I have is one request, don’t call me needy.

(Ooc: hey! So, I’d like to leave a few notes.

This blog is run by https://www.tumblr.com/theoneandonlyneedling and mod does use he/him pronouns so please be aware of that when you are talking to me and not Needle.

I also have a few headcanons for Needle such as her being transfem and using she/they. I will go along with any of your headcanons however, including ships, unless they make me uncomfortable.

Please correct me if I go out of character, and this blog isn’t in any particular timeline so I will roleplay in any season, if that makes sense.

WINNERLOSER + FLAVOR FOLEY

they’re being spoken for and loser is looking at the lyrics of the song woo

1. Basic Chekhov's Gun. Introducing abstraction as a threat only to have it never pay off would be a terrible idea. A main cast member must abstract. And for all the teasing Glitch is doing with Jax's abstraction, they have to make it pay off. It's basic storytelling. Jax must abstract. Jax not abstracting is betraying the laws of writing and creates the narrative equivalent of feeling like you have to sneeze and then never sneezing.

2. The meaning of the show is to find purpose in a stagnant life, and it's evident that this is through the connections they all make. The alternative to finding this peace and meaning is to lose yourself to insanity and abstract. Jax is the only cast member who actively refuses any connection after experiencing loss. Jax would strengthen the message by showing what happens when you can't find purpose. How it can kill you inside. We don't know much about the other characters, but we know Kaufmo's abstraction was that he was always looking for a way out instead of finding any sort of meaning in his life in the circus. He became obsessed with it. I think Jax's stewing in his own despair and denying himself connection out of fear, and the shield of his own mask as an archetype breaking down is not only a reason for him to abstract, but would serve the narrative.

3. A lot about abstraction is still a mystery, and with only one episode left, having a main character abstract would be a way to potentially answer all the questions about abstraction. Like what it is, what it's like, are the characters dead or still in there somewhere or is it the true escape? And for the above reasons, Jax is the perfect candidate.

I like Jax as a character, and I think like with Caine and his crashout + deletion, I would only like him more if this happened. I guess I'm not so emotionally attached that I'd be greatly upset by bad things happening to him. But I would be happy with his writing and arc, how they showed the tragedy of someone who puts up the mask of an asshole, and how it can be an allegory for suicide. How even the most okay seeming people might be struggling, and they push people away more than they accept help (as opposed to Gangle, who was sad/depressed but allowed Zooble to really get to know her and help, so she's more stable now.) It would make him mean something. Idk I just really like the TADC characters from a writing standpoint. I want them to have character arcs that show us their true humanity beneath the archetype and feel narratively satisfying and I think "the rude funny one that seemed the most content was actually putting up walls, and when his unstable method of keeping himself okay broke, so did he" is the best one for Jax. Plus, he and Pomni are said to be the main characters. They would be perpendicular in their journey. Pomni starting unstable and ending okay, Jax doing the reverse. And it would open up a possibility for Pomni - does she go down the same path as Jax, consumed by guilt for being unable to save him and scared of being close to anyone again in case it sets off their spiral too? Or does she learn from his mistake and lean on the others around her for love and support to get through the loss of someone she was genuinely trying to reach out to and befriend?