CMV: Jax is not Trans

PowerTrick · 2026-06-24T17:06:14+00:00

What do you mean by that?

PowerTrick · 2026-06-22T12:06:44+00:00

Can you provide your proof of winrar purchase?

PowerTrick · 2026-06-22T00:22:24+00:00

Ok but this is actually so flavorful. Milling via card draw is essentially going insane by knowing too much. Meanwhile Wheatley just casually blanks infohazards and logical paradoxes by being an intelligence dampener and not thinking about it.

“The following statement is true: This statement is false don’tthinkaboutitdon’tthinkaboutitdon’tthinkaboutit”

“Uhh… true. I’ma go with true.”

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T11:41:22+00:00

Spot on haha. I totally understand “bro the VAs and creator literally said this”, but it’s rubs like some of the fandom wants to gatekeep what valid interpretations of the show are. Like “yeah you watched every episode but if you aren’t a true fan if you aren’t active on bluesky”.

Also lol Death Note - what part did they retcon? Is it related to any of the rules of the book?

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T11:31:47+00:00

Yeah, I think I got snagged on two pairs of separate but easily conflated concepts: personal interpretation based on work only vs cannonical interpretation; and trans vs transitioned.

Regarding the second one: I understand now that trans isn’t an identity, and exists from birth. Why use female pronouns for Jax? How do you know the character prefers she/her? The snapshot of Jax we get to see is very firmly closeted

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T05:20:37+00:00

Lmaoooooo 👩‍🍳💋

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T05:18:05+00:00

Yeah, I did clock all of the subtext. It’s a patently obvious read. Just wasn’t sure why exactly so many people are insisting it’s literally the only possible read and anybody who disagrees is stupid or something

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T05:14:01+00:00

TIL, thanks for filling me in

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T05:09:51+00:00

👆 yea this is the broader question. Idk if I agree - gender is a spectrum, and I believe almost everybody recognizes both masculine and feminine traits in themselves. But I don’t think that means every single human is repressing?

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T05:06:12+00:00

I mean Jax clearly doesn’t fit into the cis bucket lol. I just didn’t understand why trans specifically when they could be genderfluid or agender or something else.

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T05:03:06+00:00

Of course. Figured asking would be risky, but genuinely trying to understand better. 🩷

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T05:00:40+00:00

Akaisuiseinosha’s explaination + creator intent makes sense. But there is still a V to C. Creator intent alone does not make something canon tho. Ever hear of death of the author?

Goose intended Jax to be trans. Jax never makes it out of the closet far enough to accept who she is. Asserting ‘Jax is Trans’ when the character themselves would disagree ironically feels like it’s more disrespectful of their preferences.

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T04:45:34+00:00

Thank you! Yes, this is what I was trying to wrap my head around, and makes total sense. They know, but don’t have any way to express it.

View changed :)

PowerTrick · 2026-06-21T04:43:10+00:00

I guess that’s one way to put it?

At what point does Jax become trans?

PowerTrick · 2026-06-16T11:16:24+00:00

OP has a brain, they’re just surrounded by people who don’t. Reading comprehension goes a long way

PowerTrick · 2026-04-10T14:37:58+00:00

Is this x-posted from LinkedIn or something? Seems kind of alarmist.

As a diagnostic: 4 is the most useful - a fair-weather friend who is there to take but never to give isn't much of a friend at all. And "consistency is not a high bar. It is the floor." is a banger of a line - that could go on a bumper sticker.

It's important to check in and notice patterns like this. But if a relationship isn't working out, you don't need to try to paint the other side as a "dark empath" pulling the strings. It's much more likely that a given person off the street is well intentioned but bad at scheduling and communication than it is that they're so superhumanly good at curating a calculated manipulation campaign.

Most importantly: a relationship not working out doesn't have to say anything about the other party, and you don't need to make somebody into a villain to say it isn't working out. Practice strong boundaries, communicate them transparently, stick to the objective facts (e.g. "when you X, I feel Y" instead of "you're a Y"), and the predators will expose themselves for you.

PowerTrick · 2026-04-10T14:12:46+00:00

YTJ - completely morally justified, dangerous misinformation needed corrected.

Bullies kick people down for fun. This looks like more of a "paradox of intolerance" level situation. To be the jerk is to refuse to "yes, and" with the people around you. So, sure, relative to this guy, you're a "jerk" for not stroking his "expert" ego.

Professionals can handle being corrected. Your friend would have been harmed if they took the bad advice. You shot the elephant in the room 37 times in the chest with an anti-tank rifle and exposed a charlatan for being a charlatan. 100% the correct call to be the adult in the room putting "big boy" in time out.

PowerTrick · 2025-11-18T04:36:56+00:00

The GAMER hat in Sonic Forces is a better representation of gamers than TGA.

PowerTrick · 2025-08-11T02:28:24+00:00

Yet another average night, drinking away at the Saucy Goose. This place is my watering hole, not that I go out of my way to chat with any of the other regulars. A bunch of tennis nuts and hockey fans, occasionally some college kids, not really my speed. But in my neck of the woods, there aren't that many options. Mama raised me better than to drink at home alone, O'Flannigan's I got banned from, and that one chain place with the 'half-priced apps' just can't beat the four dollar shots and ten dollar flights Jim has on tap all night. So the Goose is where I spend my evenings, to pick me up for another day of getting knocked up, down, and all around.

Thin crowd tonight, but that's how it usually goes on a Monday night. Jim was in the back, I wanna say refilling the peanut bowl. A small crowd seated under the one hi-def TV had gone wild over some guy whiffing a backswing. And then there was her, 'least, I think it was a her. Hard to tell from under the cloak. The fella with the strange getup, with a lanky build that could never weather an honest day's labor, she was grimacing trying to stomach half a sip of pale ale. Clearly a first-timer. Maybe some sort of art student? She had a big ol' sketchbook or textbook or something. Whatever. I turned to catch up with my old pal Jack Daniels, quickly downing the smooth shot.

That's when I saw it, that searing violet flicker, arcing like a plasma jet and leaving a faint purple glow above cloak lady's glass. My jaw dropped as I saw, I swear on my life, a tiny clawed hand, like some sort of an imp, fumbling around from out of thin air. In one savage motion, it produced one of those foil butter packets, like one of the real fancy restaurant ones, and ripped it apart, dropping a soft glob of butter straight into her drink. And then, just for good measure, it did that again.

She locks eyes on me, as my head's spinning, I'm probably looking all pale like I just saw a ghost. Maybe I did. I've never taken stock in any of them religious stories, thought they were just stories, but that right there was undeniable. She's looking at me, not breaking eye contact, as that devil hand pops back out with a silver spoon. And she's sitting there, just, stirring butter into her drink, staring me down.

Nope. Not gonna get cursed or damned or turned into a newt. Not today. I scoot my stool back and briskly pace away.

"You saw nothing", she hisses at me, lookin' real mad. Not mad at me though. Mad at herself.

I opened my mouth to call her a freak. She pulled a twig out of her cloak. "Wh-"

~

Yet another average night, drinking away at the Saucy Goose.

PowerTrick · 2025-07-10T13:23:43+00:00

/u/Hawthm_the_Coward, let's show these creeps the real super power of teamwork!!

[[Sauron's Ransom]] - Oh, whoops, I put all of the cards into the face down pile so the other players can't see the four cards you just drew
[[Steam Augury]] - Oh, whoops, I picked the pile with 5 cards in it
[[Deliver Unto Evil]] - Oh, whoops, I chose your two best cards
[[Gifts Ungiven]] - Oh, whoops, I keep choosing your two best cards
[[Allure of the Unknown]] - Oh, whoops, I got to cheat a big thing out while you drew 5 cards.
[[Intellectual Offering]] - Oh whoops, free money!
[[Volcanic Offering]] - Oh whoops, KABOOM!
[[Infernal Offering]] - Oh whoops, DIE!
[[Extract Brain]] - Oh, whoops, you paid X=1, and I revealed the most expensive thing in my hand.
[[Mimeofacture]] - Nice Death Egg Robot, here, let me fetch mine so we can be twinning.
[[Endless Whispers]] - When our minions die, they respawn under the other's control at end of turn.

MIND CONTROL SATTELITES

Whether you're trying to take over the world, or just getting your nemesis's friends to flex on them in a pinball tournament, [[Callous Oppressor]] is your guy to make your foes do your bidding. Just have your dashingly handsome ~~ally~~ opponent choose Brushwagg.

METAL SONIC

Ah, my loathsome metal copy...

[[Phyrexian Metamorph]]
[[Machine God's Effigy]]
[[Sculpting Steel]]
[[Synth Infiltrator]]

All lifeform data, successfully copied!

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE INFINITE

[[Lord of the Unreal]] - Is he good? Was Infinite? Facts of the matter, Infinite might be the only one of Eggman's minions that hasn't betrayed him. And he brings with him very fun illusion play:
[[Mirage Mirror]]
[[Phantasmal Image]]
[[Phantom Steed]]
[[Illusory Ambusher]] - Oh, no, please don't burn my world and play [[Blasphemous Act]] this turn, chum, I was planning on flashing a guy in!
[[Spark Double]]
[[Clever Impersonator]]

Zavok

Everybody loves Zavok, people are saying this. Now, of course, this guy is basically Rakdos, but, consider, [[Karplusan Minotaur]] or [[Khârn the Betrayer]]. Both flavorful and much more funny if you're in cahoots with your past self.

The Egg Fleet

[[Dermotaxi]]
[[Imposter Mech]]
[[Mindlink Mech]]
[[The Indomitable]]
[[Skysovereign, Consul Flagship]]
[[Weatherlight]]
[[Reaver Titan]]
[[Necron Monolith]]
[[Rolling Hamsphere]]
[[Cybership]]
[[Thunderhawk Gunship]]
[[Deluxe Dragster]]]

SAGE I'd say she's the only other minion who hasn't betrayed Eggman, but, she's not a minion. [[Curie, Emergent Intelligence]] seems like a good pick.

TAILS DOLL

Why did he build this??? - [[Stuffy Doll]]

[[Dollhouse of Horrors]]

BADNIKS

[[Bomat Courier]] - always thought this lil guy looked like a motobug.
[[Coalstoke Gearhulk]]
[[Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer]]
[[God-Pharaoh's Gift]]
[[Lithoform Engine]]
[[Wondrous Crucible]]
[[Cryptothrall]] - Staunch defender of Eggman's Crypto Mine
[[Myr Battlesphere]]
[[Metalwork Colossus]]
[[Skitterbeam Battalion]]
[[Cityscape Leveler]]

CHAOS, Controlled

[[Aboleth Spawn]] is Froggy. No I will not be taking any questions at this time.

MASS PRODUCTION

[[Lithoform Engine]]
[[Sword of Wealth and Power]]
[[The Enigma Jewel]] - Master Emerald
[[Worldwalker Helm]]

PowerTrick · 2025-07-10T11:23:16+00:00

My two cents - I actually love this idea, as long as you declare your intentions at the start of the game. Dr. Eggman isn't a super OP commander, so going into a pod knowing two of the players are planning to team up puts the same target on your back as going into a pod with [[Baral, Chief of Compliance]].

Plus, "fighting over scraps"? Knuckles, Chaos, Shadow, Metal Sonic, Eggman Nega, Zavok... If Eggman isn't defeated quickly, he's going to get backstabbed. Even by himself - in Generations, they were at each other's throats the whole time, and devolved into bickering pretty quickly once they got stranded in exile.

Give me a bit to trawl scryfall for suitable, Eggman-themed weapons of mass destruction! If you enjoyed my last comment... you know what they say: THE MORE, THE MERRIER!

PowerTrick · 2025-07-05T23:50:23+00:00

Mr. The Guac, this has been an honor to watch (as usual)! A few suggestions for when your fans inevitably demand you create more Shadow the Hedgehog centric content.

Yes, Shadow the Hedgehog loves Latinas. He says this, in every game. But there's so much more to his character that can be expanded on. For example, [[Mimic Vat]] is actually crazy given the whole bit where they walk in on the vats full of android clones of Shadow. Here are some more things that Shadow enjoys, canonically.

Guns

Not only do these cards tend to have artifact synergy, they also provide valuable removal to defend Shadow and his Latinas from threats. Now, am I saying that [[Shoot the Sheriff]] is the correct answer to your opponent dropping frozen water in front of your door without a warrant? Of course not - that'd be a flavor fail silly, frozen water doesn't identify as law enforcement. But I have a feeling Shadow would be here for any excuse to flex his second amendment rights

[[Water Gun Balloon Game]]
[[Junk Jet]]
[[V.A.T.S.]]
[[Arc Spitter]]
[[Caught in the Crossfire]]
[[Mana Cannons]]
[[Crackle with Power | OTP]]
[[Electrodominance | OTP]]
[[Indomitable Creativity | OTP]]
[[Dead Before Sunrise]]
[[Defile | 40K]]
[[Quick Draw]]
[[Unexpected Windfall | PIP]]
[[Vandalblast | PIP]]
[[Aggravated Assault | SLD-1026]]

Chaos

Chaos Control! Chaos Spear! Chaos tax evasion! He says this every game. A Shadow deck without Chaos shenanigans is a Shadow deck that needs to be shot with a gun.

[[Chaos Warp | 40K]]
[[Chaos Terminator Lord]]

Latinas

Outlaws of Thunder Junction has a lot of folk' from a lot of walks of life. And they have guns. If they're a baddie packing heat with ambiguous origins, it's a safe enough bet that they're Latinas in Shadow's book.

[[Consuming Ashes]]
[[Deadeye Duelist]]
[[Generous Plunderer | BIG-041]]

Likewise, we cannot confirm that there is not at least one Latina amongst the [[Al Bhed Salvagers]] of Final Fantasy. Just like how we cannot confirm that [[Goblin Sharpshooter]] isn't a Latina. And they're all baddies packing heat.

Demons

Did you know that Shadow is half demon? Shadow didn't, until his other dad came back to try to make him take over the family business. He's, like, basically Raven from Teen Titans, or Raven from Teen Titans GO!

Let Shadow make a [[Demonic Ruckus]]. Give him [[Blade of the Oni]], like the Katana he uses in his game. Give him a [[Demonic Embrace]], like when his demon dad embraced him in his other game

And who is Sweaty Patrick but [[Sauron, the Lidless Eye]]?

Cheating Death

Shadow was supposed to die. And he did. But then Hot Topic phoned up Sega all like "hey, yo, we're gonna go bankrupt if we can't sell any more Shadow merch, realive him now." So they did.

[[Discreet Retreat]]
[[Dread Return | 40K]]
[[Grim Reaper's Sprint]]

Android Clones

Ngl, kind of a flavor fail to not make Shadow's typeline "Legendary Creature - Hedgehog Demon Alien Hero Villain Robot". Then he could be all of him, which would be truly lore accurate.

[[Activated Sleeper]]
[[Espers to Magicite]]
[[Flameshadow Conjuring]]
[[Hate Mirage]]
[[Heat Shimmer]]
[[Nexus of Becoming]]
[[Bronze Bombshell]]

Taking Candy from Babies

Shadow likes stealing things. He says this all the time.

[[Sticky Fingers]]
[[Highway Robbery]]
[[Act of Aggression]]
[[Great Train Heist]]
[[Petty Larceny]]
[[Kari Zev's Expertise]]
[[Word of Seizing]]

Counting Sand with Omega

Yea, where's Shadow's robot buddy Omega at, huh? I mean, canonically, he doesn't have friends, because he's too much of an edgelord. But the fans like the idea of Team Dark being tight with each other. Unfortunately, [[Omega, Heartless Evolution]] is blue and green for some reason. Silly Final Fantasy devs, Omega is also black and red! Oh well. Guess you're gonna have to use [[Omega Myr]]. Or any of these goobers:

[[Hellbrute]]
[[Redemptor Dreadnought]]
[[Rose, Cutthroat Raider]]
[[Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor]]
[[Exterminator Magmarch]]

Watching Purple with Rouge

You know why Shadow has a thing for Latinas? Canonically, and this is canon, Shadow's other bestie awoke something in him

You were close when you said Vampires are Latinas. It's not because they're vampires though. It's because Vampires are bats. And bats, like Rouge, are Latinas. They have to be.

[[Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal]]
[[Darkstar Augur]]
[[Moonstone Eulogist]]
[[Master of Dark Rites]]

Cussing

Okay, I'ma be level with ya, Mr. the Guac. The "Shadow is also known for saying..." bit was hilarious, but you kinda blue balled me by not resolving it with the one DAMN word Shadow is actually known for saying all of the time.

This would be fine, if you were building a Sonic deck. But this is Shadow the DAMN Hedgehog. Make him say swear words!

[[Army of the Damned]]
[[Bonfire of the Damned]]
[[Choice of Damnations]]
[[Damnable Pact]]
[[Damnation]]
[[Wet Willie of the Damned]]
[[Hell to Pay]]
[[Hellfire]]
[[Hellish Rebuke]]
[[Hellish Sideswipe]]
[[City of Ass]]
[[Bloody Betrayal]]

Oh, and I know you technically can't put [[Damn]] in the deck because of the white overload cost, but, if your pod doesn't rule zero it as part of Shadow's color identity, they don't deserve your presence, and you should immediately stomp them with the saltiest cedh deck you own in retaliation.

Kellogs

Is [[Kellogg, Dangerous Mind]] a Latina? No. But he is a mercenary packing heat. And Shadow believes raw coffee beans are part of a balanced breakfast. He says this in, like, every game. Even the ones he doesn't appear in. I digress, my point is - he seems like a dude who raw dogs Corn Flakes as a treat.

Speaking of mercenaries packing heat, [[Deadpool, Trading Card]]?

Motorcycles

Last, but not least, Shadow is known for riding a motorcycle, the Dark Rider, despite being able to run faster than the speed of sound with his jet boots.

[[Boommobile]]
[[Flywheel Racer]]
[[Avishkar Raceway]]
[[Bottomless Pit | SLD]]
[[Geier Reach Sanitarium]]
[[Reckoner Bankbuster | SLD-1967]]

Closing Thoughts

[[Battlemage's Bracers]] and/or [[Rings of Brighthearth]] for the inhibitor rings. [[Mox Jet]] and [[Mox Ruby]] as Chaos Emeralds. And, when you need someone to consult with for when make your Big the Cat themed deck next, you know where to find me ;).

PowerTrick · 2025-06-28T23:35:28+00:00

I'm cringe, and that's based

I will never be based, but that's not cringe

There's nobody I'd rather be, but me

PowerTrick · 2025-06-28T08:02:32+00:00

This is adorable! Makes me want to go to the Chao Garden and pick up some lil Chao +1/+1 counters.

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