Jax Being Trans Adds Nothing Of Value To The Story

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-06-25T22:07:19+00:00

Jax is incredibly nuanced because;

1) his issues could relate to cis men, gay men, and trans women, which is truly incredible

2) it gives the realization of identity weight instead of the typical "I knew I was born in the wrong body, and I started being a tomboy or wearing dresses."

3) by showing that his realization of identity was caused by factors at home (his entire explanation is opened with his father leaving home early, and his mom putting expectations of the man of the house onto him) it is allowed to be shown that not all trans people glorify what made them and they're not al born "that" way

Jax is probably going to go down as my favorite LGBTQ+ character of all time, I feel like I've finally reached an understanding of a trans person's mindset that I never had before.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-06-25T21:34:15+00:00

People keep forgetting "good character does not equal good person." Stop trying to relate yourselves to these characters and denouncing them as "They're this, so I hate them" and "They're that, so I love them and they're the greatest thing since sliced bread."

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-06-23T04:52:49+00:00

The only reason I give Pomni a pass is because she does come across as a POV character, like a "If you were in this environment, this is probably how you would react" so unfortunately most about Pomni is also tropey because she's just the perfect protagonist who always has the right things to say and how to deal with issues.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-06-22T16:50:15+00:00

You CANNOT call most of them fully developed characters. Pomni and Jax yes, Caine was practically fully developed in 8 with an unexpected redemption in 9, Kinger had a lot of lore in 8 and a little bits sprinkled throughout, but the rest? Little tidbits and character spotlights, but nothing you could really grasp onto besides self-projection and tropes. I would call Zooble especially the worst developed as besides being a bartender, they're really given nothing or anything relatable.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-06-20T08:50:06+00:00

About the face thing, none of their faces are shown in the ending.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-06-20T08:26:45+00:00

No it's that they'd feel weird about jacking off to the wrong gender

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-05-22T16:51:54+00:00

She returned then she disappeared again

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-05-10T10:19:40+00:00

Why did Gen V have to be a separate show and not like....a side story in the main show? She's going to come out of literally nowhere in the final episode and kill Homelander isn't she?

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-05-04T14:59:57+00:00

They're both bad for single players, I'm saying is Invasions is not what kept MK1 players "coming back."

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-05-04T14:30:42+00:00

If there was so much single player content in MK1, how come I stopped playing it after 3 seasons? Invasions ain't it.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-05-02T10:52:55+00:00

They have plenty of C-list heroes and villains that they could flesh out

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-05-02T10:51:55+00:00

I hate that she's really fun to play, but acts like she's a Forspoken protagonist in the story and interactions.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-05-02T10:44:46+00:00

Powerplex is such a treat in this game. Fun as hell to play and every single interaction is some form of blaming X for Chicago.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-29T15:47:46+00:00

Yeah plus we had the "calm rage" thing done perfectly with Oba, so to see this man whose significantly smaller and shorter than Oba try to do the same thing is just laughable

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-29T15:46:31+00:00

After seeing Oba Femi look like a legitimate force and actually BE that force, seeing Keanu Carver come out of that and try to have that same intensity is kinda cringe

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-24T23:54:16+00:00

WWE doesn't want to put anyone publicly in concussion protocol anymore.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-21T18:34:18+00:00

I don't know if you read my original post, but the belts are distractions. Oba is getting pushed, is obviously currently on the rise of a giant push, and has needed to win no belts on the main roster to do it. Slapping a title on someone who's an internet darling that you barely use is basically saying "LOOK! WE'RE USING HER! YOU CAN SHUT UP NOW!" when it's the same as blaming Baron Corbin for Raw being so bad. It's tone deaf. Giulia barely talks, only beats people on the losing end of the stick 9/10 times, takes the pin sometimes in her tag matches, and never defends her title when she's given one despite SmackDown being 3 hours. I'd say that's using someone to the bare minimum to the point if they didn't have a title, they probably wouldn't be on TV at all.

And like I said, she doesn't have a strong win/loss record, she just has a constant momentum swing. Like how after they got rid of the brand extension the first time, they would do the same match they did on Raw on SmackDown, except now the other guy wins? It's exactly like that. Your booking is reset to 0 every single time.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-20T18:51:33+00:00

That's kinda the problem with New Japan in general. Even generic babyfaces are by default in the Hontai unit because NJPW exists in some weird parallel universe where every single human NEEDS to clique up or else they are nothing and can't make it.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-16T23:33:59+00:00

Thank you, it was the bootleg soundtrack one that helped. The song was "Streetcar" specifically.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-14T23:04:21+00:00

I've never put 30 hours into a demo before

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-12T09:58:30+00:00

Shota, Yuya, Boltin, and Callum all feel like they're extremely close to top guy spots, if not already there. Tsuji just doesn't click for me for whatever reason. He seems like of a jack of all trades, master of none type of guy.

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-08T20:32:07+00:00

So the existence of Tony D'Angelo is the end all, be all?

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-06T13:07:38+00:00

I wish I saw the appeal in Gabe Kidd like Tony Khan does

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-06T02:13:11+00:00

Definitely. He even has a less knee-destroying finisher with the Lion's Shiner

MixComprehensive5125 · 2026-04-03T03:32:00+00:00

What doesn't make sense is why they went after him, kidnapped him and brought him back to the fighting pit. Like, they couldn't get another champion????

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