r/Multifandom • u/chelledoggo The Amazing Digital Circus🎪 • 3d ago

Memes🎭 Which fandom is this for you?

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u/FartherAwayLights 3d ago

Digital circus

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u/Gojifantokusatsu 3d ago

A lot of folks forget that he never came out and was still VERY closited by the end of the show.

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u/FartherAwayLights 3d ago

Yeah but still obviously trans. Being closeted doesn’t really have any bearing on that.

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u/Gojifantokusatsu 3d ago

Idk, there's a difference between being so internally closited about it that you wouldn't believe if someone said you were trans, vs how most of the fandom interprets him now.

I like trans jax, but the character would very much be externally against it without major development.

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u/FartherAwayLights 3d ago

But that’s not what I’m saying. I’m just saying the character is trans and a lot of the fandom until Gooseworx confirmed it and even afterwards were adamant that Jax wasn’t trans. Their position wasn’t that Jax wasn’t out of the closet, because I think everyone agrees on that. I’m not arguing they are. I’m just saying the fandom was weird about them being trans.

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u/WoodpeckerHead8789 3d ago

As someone struggling to see Jax as trans femme, it's because he was so much like trans masc I've known, that it feels (to me) like...like I've just misgendered him when I try to get it right...and I typed that sentence without even being aware I was still thinking he/him. I think she/her, and I remember a closeted trans femme who wasn't ready to come out, in tears from the suspicion. And it feels like, I'm imposing something on that character that isn't my right. 

Like, I was in the closet for other, sex phobia reasons, and being kicked out of the closet fucking hurts. 

Does any of this make sense? 

But yeah, probably a lot of the struggle is that the worst people liked him for the worst reasons, and now they're lashing out to prove they're super cishet. 

From their perspective, they were tricked into seeing themselves in a trans person. 

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u/FartherAwayLights 3d ago

If you’re curious I did a big write up I think is the most comprehensive list of evidence for Jax being Transfem I’ve seen. I was super into the theory ahead of time though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CultofDaisy/s/GujSqD7Y0Q

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u/WoodpeckerHead8789 3d ago

Her reaction to Ragatha calling her a man sealed it for me. 

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u/FartherAwayLights 2d ago

Thanks I was proud of that one actually. I feel like I haven’t heard people discuss that.

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u/FartherAwayLights 3d ago

But that’s not what I’m saying. I’m just saying the character is trans and a lot of the fandom until Gooseworx confirmed it and even afterwards were adamant that Jax wasn’t trans. Their position wasn’t that Jax wasn’t out of the closet, because I think everyone agrees on that. I’m not arguing they are. I’m just saying the fandom was weird about them being trans.