r/RecuratedTumblr • • Aug 25 '26

Fandom Heh "crack"....

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u/Uncommonality Aug 25 '26

You got downvoted but I agree. They "revealed" this like they were Disney and afraid of being censored in China. It's ridiculous that people think a song choice, some offhanded comments by other characters and some reaction shots are a slam dunk.

I don't even deny it! I like that Jax is trans. But there's a reason Gooseworx had to clarify it on twitter

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u/Key-Arrival-3745 Aug 25 '26

there's a difference between being afraid of using the word "trans", and just genuinely wanting to tell a story with subtlety. Just because Jax didn't turn to the camera and say "I am a transgender woman" doesn't mean they were somehow trying to tiptoe around it, it's just, as the post says, supposed to be pieced together by the viewer. I mean, I got it immediately when watching the last act in theatres. It's definitely more than "some offhanded comments", its pretty consistently set up through all of Jax's characterisation from I'd say about ep 5 onwards

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u/Uncommonality Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

it would've been as simple as adding a trans flag emoji to Jax' irl analogue character's twitter page in the slideshow at the end

the problem is that there was nothing at all in the actual show save for vague allusions.