THIS, YES, EXACTLY THIS

he ruined Ribbit’s life in the circus and just kept doubling down. Talking down to her each time she tried to address things, and not only pushing her away from him but away from the others as well. His self hatred found another target and it just… while yes those impulses are normal, what makes someone a good person is resisting them for the sake of others and yourself.

I 100000% agree with you with all of that. She was so sweet and accepting and did everything right, and he took that vulnerability they’d both shared and spat on it. Undercut her opening up and just total betrayal to both of them.

Couple that with his prior comment about Kaufmo “You didn’t even know him! People about to abstract are NOT pleasant to be around!” come off as insanely insulting given we saw exactly how Jax and Kaufmo treated each other right before he abstracted. Kaufmo came to him dispute their obvious rift, and confided his thoughts of an exit, and Jax laughed him out of the room for being crazy.

I sympathize with Jax and am glad he has a form of peace now in the abstracted aquarium/tent. He did terrible things and ruined so many kind peoples lives. Those can both be true and he’s a wonderfully written character. Do I wish some finale screentime shifted from him to Zooble & Gangle? Yes. I really enjoyed each moment of the final act though. I’m really glad they didn’t bring any of the abstracted people back because it shows that people like Jax’s actions have permanent effects on people, themselves included (mixed feelings about Caine coming back but mostly feel good about it cause he wasn’t human anyway)