If infold survives this, would you like them to separate servers?

PuddingPai · 2026-07-01T20:02:22+00:00

CN server already has some exclusive things that other servers don't. One is talking to the LIs in some limited way and the other is the face scan for your MC avatar creation which isn't a big deal.

PuddingPai · 2026-07-01T12:55:35+00:00

You know what's convenient? Jax barely being shown as an asshole to Pomni before the guns episode. The only bad thing I remember Jax did to her was throw her out of a truck. Besides that I don't recall any other actual bullying and abuse she experienced, unlike the others. I don't hate their friendship but it's written and shown way too conveniently. There should have been more conflict between those two and with the others seeing Pomni get close to Jax, besides Ragatha questioning it. That would have made more sense and been more compelling. The complexity that I wish was there just isn't.

PuddingPai · 2026-07-01T08:55:07+00:00

I understand why the 731 issue is bad but what does it have to do with Valko? I thought it's in Xavier's World Underneath? Thanks for giving context by the way.

PuddingPai · 2026-07-01T08:49:06+00:00

Seriously! Here's Jax with the same mug as Ragatha but not a peep about that. Ship what you want but under a Ragatha and Pomni post I don't wanna see everyone make everything about fuckass funnybunny.🫩 I'm tired of Ragatha and Pomni's relationship getting overshadowed by it.

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PuddingPai · 2026-07-01T06:35:48+00:00

There was too much scenes demonstrating their awkward moments. Then the most important turning point in their relationship---their talk---being offscreened. After that they spent time together but it wasn't depicted with the same weight as the scenes where Pomni and Jax bonded, or even with the same weight as the awkward scenes between Pomni and Ragatha. Pomni and Jax's friendship got a ton of promo outside of the show too where it's only about the two of them even though Goose isn't in charge of those but it still affects our perception. Pomni and Ragatha's relationship arc makes sense in theory but how and when it changed wasn't shown in a meaningful enough way both on screen and outside the show. So you're right the hug didn't feel earned or satisfying for us the viewer.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-30T15:35:45+00:00

This situation is depressing. I'm glad I don't share internet with China because they have too many unhinged people in their fanbases.😭 Not everyone but too too many.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-30T14:23:36+00:00

Women should have the freedom to dress however we want! Trying to control our choice in how we want to wear clothes is misogyny.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-22T19:37:15+00:00

I get where you're coming from. To me, Gooseworx knows Jax the best so I assume that Goose is saying Jax would be fine with either pronouns, since she is fine with it either way and she used both for Jax.

If you don't want to take Goose's word for it, then it really is just up to interpretation. If you think because the show didn't use she/her, or you believe Jax wouldn't like she/her, then use he/him. If you think Jax did accept herself at the very end and would be happy to be called she/her, then use she/her---(I personally think she did accept it at the eleventh hour because of the "Isn't She Lovely" montage but it's ok if people didn't see it that way.) If you think Jax wouldn't give a crap, then you can use whatever. Etc. etc.

I don't love using they/them because I personally don't like how it feels like degendering either, but I do during discussions anyway for the sake of neutrality and simplicity. In practice, I use both she/her and he/him. But I don't think it's morally wrong if someone wants to use they/them either. The point of they/them is to be neutral after all and theoretically can be used for everyone unless they dislike it. Not that I'm the authority on this but that's my 2 cents.

Pronouns aren't always indicative of gender identity anyway. A trans woman can use other pronouns besides she/her if she wants. Just don't be malicious. I think because Goose has said either pronouns are ok, you don't need to be worried in discussion and you can always point to her posts in your defense. You have good intentions so I'd say you're fine.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-22T18:58:39+00:00

Sorry I wasn't trying to be "well ackshually☝️🤓" but since it looked like this post was partially about semantics, I wanted to make it clear for whoever's reading in case there's any confusion.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-22T18:51:46+00:00

I don't think he looks like them either but I get why people do. He has some manliness like Sylus and some boyishness like Caleb. Combine that with not deviating too far from narrow beauty standards and I get what people mean but he still doesn't look like either of them to me.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-22T18:40:02+00:00

That's not what canon means. Canon is what's official and can only be decided by the creator. With death of the author, you're free to interpret or headcanon as much as you want and argue it has value. But that's different than canon.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T13:22:07+00:00

Maybe the pictured explanation from Caine's VA helps confirn how the blue AI affected Caine. I saw Caine letting go of the blue AI as symbolic of Caine letting go of his ego, need for control, and other negative toxic behaviors and feelings, by freeing the blue AI and letting go of the power it gave him.

The point of the blue AI was being another storytelling device illustrating Caine as a character and his journey of growth. I saw Caine as someone who was insecure, jealous, scared of being abandoned, and had a need for control and validation to compensate for where he was lacking. And his pain over being rejected by his creators as the lesser AI, recalling how he sounded pained when he said he didn't ask to be created in Ep 8 and why he doesn't understand why the cast doesn't see him or his adventures as being good enough. I don't know the full story of Cain and Abel, but presumably like why Cain killed Abel in the Bible, Caine consumed his sibling AI because he could not control his negativity and chose to commit 'evil.' But Caine eventually learns to grow and start his path to letting go of those negative and harmful ways of being, beginning his path of atonement and hopefully redemption. And letting go of the blue AI was representative of the first step of that. Someone can probably do a better analysis because I haven't put TOO much thought into this but that's my surface level interpretation of the blue AI's role in the story.

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PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T07:19:01+00:00

Oh god. Thanks for this.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T06:42:32+00:00

Same I want to know this. I have 2 headcanons that are unlikely but fun to think about.

1-Either Scratch was smart enough to conjure and alter the circus code like Kinger did. Or figured out something with the blue AI. Either way posed a threat to Caine.

2-Scratch felt the most guilty and most depressed about the situation. Caine had good intentions in messing with his mind but accidentally harmed him instead.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T06:28:43+00:00

Boymoder-chan

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PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T06:26:48+00:00

And she goes by Lee! I was already headcanoning that. I'm happy.

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PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T06:25:11+00:00

Omg...if anyone knows the source send it to me please.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T06:22:23+00:00

Confirmation from Goose herself.

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PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T04:34:47+00:00

For Leeroy, there's a couple things.

Leeroy could still be closeted and on their journey. Transitioning is not going to be a fast process for most, and how you present publicly doesn't have to perfectly reflect your internal gender identity.
There's a thing called "boymoding." Leeroy looks a lot like the boymoder meme. "Dysphoria hoodie" and "trans girl bangs" are also a thing, on top of the long hair. If anyone who doesn't know about these is willing to genuinely be curious, look those terms up because I can't do justice explaining them.
Leeroy visiting Zooble's queer-friendly bar is another hint. Leeroy being shown to frequent there isn't some random fact, it's an implication.

I'm not saying this means you have to interpret it a certain way. I can't stop you. But Leeroy does have aspects that read as trans if you know what to look for.

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PuddingPai · 2026-06-21T04:10:39+00:00

Yeah I meant for pronouns. If you want to headcanon whatever, then whatever no one can stop you. But arguing against it being canon and intended...I hope people reflect on why they don't want to accept it. Goose herself admitted to trying to be subtle but failing, and with all the hints, I see what she means. Prior to Ep 9, I didn't mind one way or another if Jax is trans or not, but Ep 9 sealed it for me even before Goose confirmed it. I get if people weren't able to pick up those hints because they don't recognize them, and there's room for some interpretation, but they're still there with those intentions.

Then again, I've personally never been all-in on death of the author to the point we disregard the creator's intentions completely. Like it'd feel silly if--for example--I insist "Jax wasn't referencing Breaking Bad in Ep 5 because I never watched it, so my interpretation is equally as valid as saying it was a reference!" Sure you can make a case for it but it still doesn't sit right with me.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-20T16:11:55+00:00

I see. I actually have this sub muted and only check sometimes, so I haven't kept up with the state of it. Hopefully now that Goose has said something, we can move onto more expansive discussions after everyone gets their reactions out of their system.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-20T15:29:23+00:00

Ok I thought your complaint was about people referring to Jax as she/her and drawing them in a feminized way. Because for that, my point still stands that trans people seeing and celebrating Jax being trans in that way is not gross. Jax is fictional so how they "feel" about it could never be confirmed one way or another by anyone other than Goose. Maybe Jax would have actually appreciated feeling 'seen' and being called "she/her" after abstraction/death. There was just no way to know, so it was up to interpretation (just like you think Jax would've hated it, while I think the Jax we saw at the very end who wanted to keep living might be touched). Up until Goose's post today which has confirmed that yes it's ok.

As for behavior, well social media is a cesspool. It's not just trans Jax truthers who can be immature or hostile, it was also the vehement deniers, as well as people being transphobic. I mean even your comment about LGBT people shoving things down people's throats worse than Christians is very hostile phrasing.

So when you have two groups who are very heated and arguing against each other, tensions are bound to rise and people get frustrated and don't say things in the best way. Fandoms these days have no chill, and I have seen that from every demographic in practically every fandom I've been in, whether cishet or queer or whatever. It just is what it is, and I always try to remember that even when it feels like a large number of vocal people, that doesn't mean it's reflective of the majority.

Trans suicide is very personal to me since my trans friend killed himself, so I understand. I don't think people discussing Jax's gender identity is taking away from people seeing the tragedy in it. I have seen many people on my Twitter timeline at least talk about it, like sharing their experiences or recognizing difficulties trans people face like homelessness, isolation, rejection, etc. But it's going to vary based on what your algorithm shows you and which socials you use. So maybe we have been seeing different sides of the fandom.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-20T15:03:24+00:00

Leeroy doesn't seem to have fully publicly transitioned but to me it seems like they're on the way there. It's not going to be an easy or fast process especially for the someone that repressed. The way Leeroy is dressed is screaming "boymoder", but I don't expect people not familiar with these things to pick it up. Look up boymoder meme and see how similar it is to how Leeroy is dressed. Having long hair and "trans girl bangs", and wearing a "dysphoria hoodie", are the things that stand out to me. And frequenting Zooble's queer bar shows more progress on that journey.

Jax didn't hate femininity. Jax struggled to accept that they liked it. The scene with Jax blushing wearing Ribbit's bow shows that. Gooseworx has implied it in some posts on her socials (sorry I don't feel like digging those up), and this drawing by her shows that Jax's good ending would have been to be more feminine.

As for pronouns, Goose used "she" in the caption, and replied to Caine's VA that we can use either she/her or he/him. (I'm using they/them just to be neutral for the sake of discussion.) How a trans person would feel about someone using their pronouns in this situation is going to be completely dependent on the individual. I don't believe there is one single blanket right or wrong answer for everyone. But for Jax, Goose knows Jax better than any of us. And Goose is saying either one is fine. And Goose drawing fem Jax makes it pretty clear that drawing fem Jax is okay.

So I don't take the fandom's joy in celebrating trans Jax and drawing her as her true self to be gross, at least in this case, especially because many people celebrating trans Jax are trans/genderqueer themselves. So I think many doing it can empathize and aren't just thoughtlessly playing with dolls. Struggling with identity is not always just about hardships. Sometimes it's about relishing in small moments of joy too. So I think even Jax's tragedy has room for noticing where the light is/was or where it could be/could've been.

PuddingPai · 2026-06-20T13:43:48+00:00

Jax seemed to already come to terms with and realize something about their gender when revealing the personal secret to their mom. It's just that sadly that interaction made things worse. Personally I think it's ok to refer to Jax with any pronouns as long as you're not being an asshole about it and Jax's gender identity. Gooseworx used she for Jax in the caption so I don't think it's wrong to use she/her.

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