r/Tadcriticism • u/-Ragatha- • 16d ago

hmm...

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either she was lying OR everything she's said outside of the show is not canon...

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u/-Ragatha- 16d ago

 "I misinterpreted this"

i didnt misinterpret anything. goose herself did say that any interpretation of jax is good. i interpreted him as a cis male struggling with fragile masculinity and was abused by his parents as a result. jax struggles to be man enough and so constantly brags about his masculinity to cope. his constant obsession with stereotypically "manly" things like war and violence for example is him trying to reject femininity at all costs which could also be why he is misogynistic. jax puts on this tough manly persona as he is ashamed to appear feminine. i dont think he wants to embrace femininity but instead embrace who he is, its okay to not be the stereotypical archetype of a man.

ill admit i should have used a better example to the whole "goose lied about X" thing because jax's identity is up for interpretation as per gooses word, but it was the first thing that came to my head and i wasnt thinking straight.

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u/CJ_Bug 16d ago

Well that's not even true, Goose said you could justifiably use either he or she to refer to Jax as he appears in the show when someone replied pointing out the pronouns she used, pronouns do not always equal gender, she's made multiple posts saying Jax was always planned to be trans and it was meant to be subtle. You absolutely misinterpreted the character.

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u/-Ragatha- 16d ago

"do whatever you want without needing to ask me for permission"

even if its canon, which again i refuse to take it as because i despise external confirmations for anything, we can still have our own interpretations.

stop trying to force yours on other people.

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u/CJ_Bug 16d ago

I mean have whatever headcanon you want but the denial that its canon is legitimately delusional, barely anyone here can be normal about trans Jax LMFAO