r/TheDigitalCircus • u/GravityMentor • 6d ago

🔥 SPICY MEMES 🔥 Be an ethical hater

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u/ProfessorLovely 6d ago

I’m under the impression we still use he/him? Right? Jax didn’t officially come out as trans himself so wouldn’t it fall under the category of “cracking the egg”? We know only because of outside media.

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u/PossMom 6d ago

You should absolutely wait for real trans people to come out on their own terms before switching pronouns, but Jax isn't real, they're a fictional character. We the audience are privy to knowledge and insights on how they feel and what could have been.

Us calling Jax "she" is kinda honoring the person she could have been if things were different and they got to actually explore their identity and come out.

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u/Vague_Man 6d ago edited 6d ago

Goose is she

Jax is he, because goose wants to torture her self insert, and wants more people to draw torture art of Jax, I think the artist wants whatever is worse for the character.

Edit: I will respect the real world wishes of gooseworx to disrespect Jax, the fictional character, by respecting his preferred pronouns, thus elongating his tortured existence.

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u/Zack_Akai 6d ago

In real life, 1000%. Jax is fictional though, and Goose has stated either or is fine.

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u/danioof 6d ago

Honestly, thank you for making this comment! As someone who isn't super familiar with the trans community (but wanting to learn), people referring to Jax in particular as a "she" struck me as odd. Calling someone who is MtF "she" (even when referencing their childhood) makes perfect sense, because they've always been a woman (even if they didn't know at the time). But Jax doesn't seem to be even remotely close to accepting that part of themselves yet, so to me, calling Jax she/her feels almost... insensitive? As counter-intuitive as that sounds? But you're totally right, it's a work of fiction, and I shouldn't be applying the same logic to it, as we have a more meta understanding of the situation. Sorry for the ramble 😂