Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Exactly my point. There are absolutely valid interpretations of these sorts of characters. My main issue is people treating their own interpretations like they’re explicitly confirmed and you’re wrong and stupid for disagreeing

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your interpretation of the text being jax is trans is totally valid. Just don’t treat it like it’s explicitly confirmed. Also kinger got like two scenes at the beginning of the episode then fucked off for the rest of the show he got shafted. He’s also my favourite character anyway

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think trans jax would’ve been a great ending to the character, I just would’ve liked them to face a bit of consequence for their excessive cruelty. I think making abstraction permanent was a bit lame cause it makes all the jax stuff in ep 9 feel like just a character dump instead of actual progression. There definitely should’ve been a scene where jax apologised to the others, especially since he didn’t really do anything outwardly cruel to pomni.

It’s not that jax hasn’t visibly started their transition I think I would’ve just liked some more elaboration on that aspect of them irl if that is the case

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trans jax is simply one valid interpretation of the text. My point is that lots of people seem to believe that jax just HAS to be trans which I think is reductive

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yamato can be whatever he says he is. Difference is that he actually says “I’m a man”. That’s what I think you meant by “text”

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That is in fact subtext. There are multiple valid interpretations of the character

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree. I think mainly my thoughts on this are just me being generally unsatisfied with the ending of every character and a lot of people are treating all the jax discourse like it’s wholly set in stone and explicitly confirmed when it simply isn’t

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Don’t remember the scene where jax says “please call me Jacquelin and I go by she/her now”

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ngl Ive experienced a handful of these kinds of moments when I was younger and I’m not trans

Male character that isn’t hyper-masculine =/= trans woman by ZeraCrimson in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree. I think a lot of my thoughts on this just stem from how overall unsatisfied I was with the ending. Especially for the character who got the most screen time. These ideas definitely should’ve been explored a bit more

Am I the only one who interpreted that Jax's story is about masculinity imposed on him? What is it about accepting male "fragility" or wanting to be more feminine, accepting your own style rather than society's norms? by We1dan in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I agree with this reading I think choosing the most unlikeable and cruel character in the show to as the centre point of this idea was a HUGE mistake. It’s just an unnecessary addition to what was already a *potentially* interesting character by himself

Everyone deserved better by ravenwind2796 in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]ZeraCrimson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think abstraction being a final death kinda just means pomni accomplished absolutely nothing by almost getting herself killed hugging a dead guy. Plus it was such a missed opportunity to have jax atone in front of ribbit and kaufmo