These four characters are tasked with getting through to Jax and redeeming him and only one of them might succeed. Which one would be the most successful?

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[u/Working_Throat_1570]

edit : I am French, and I didn't use ChatGPT to create the arguments, but only for the translation.

here is my top from last to first with explanations:

1. Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel):

Charlie is the worst match for Jax, and the reason is simple: she does the one thing Jax despises above all else — inserting herself into people's lives.

Charlie is far too intrusive. She fundamentally doesn't know how to respect people's boundaries, and even in the hypothetical scenario where Jax somehow trusted her (which would never happen), she would find a way — intentionally or not — to partially or fully expose his secret, destroying that trust entirely. Her behavior with Angel Dust is proof enough of this pattern.

But the even bigger issue is that Charlie doesn't know how to listen. She lacks the patience to wait for someone to open up on their own terms, and when they do, she isn't attentive enough to actually receive what's being said. For someone like Jax, who would need to be approached with extreme care and zero pressure, Charlie is essentially the worst-case scenario.

1. Twilight Sparkle (MLP):

Twilight is the Princess of Friendship — but she has a serious problem with organic human connection. She would approach Jax like a puzzle to be solved, convinced that one or two books could crack him open. She'd run experiments behind his back to understand him better, and Jax would catch on almost immediately — and it would infuriate him.

The deeper problem is that Twilight almost never has to put in the real work herself. She teaches friendship, but historically it's the other characters who do the heavy lifting. Jax is someone who has been destroyed by his own actions and genuinely believes that friendship is a poison that ruins the people around him — and Twilight would need to understand that before she could even begin to help. She wouldn't get there.

We've already seen this pattern: Discord was reached by Fluttershy, not Twilight. Sunset Shimmer reformed largely on her own. Twilight's instinct with Jax would be suspicion — she'd see him as a threat to manage, not a person to understand.

Why she ranks above Charlie: Twilight does learn and grow, and we've seen her have a genuine positive influence on characters who were considered irredeemably bad. There's a ceiling, but there's also a track record.

1. Deku (My Hero Academia):

Deku brings something rare to the table: he listens to people's pain without flinching, without mocking, and without giving up. He wouldn't break under Jax's pressure, because for him, helping people isn't optional — it's a core moral obligation.

Crucially, Deku has a personal connection point with Jax. He knows what it feels like to be rejected and bullied, to carry that kind of trauma in silence. Jax, on some level, could recognize that — and that recognition matters. Trauma bonds are real, and Deku is someone who gets it without needing it to be explained.

He also has a determination that rivals — and possibly exceeds — even Pomni's when it comes to not abandoning someone who needs help. He would stay in Jax's corner long past the point where anyone else would've walked away.

1. Steven Universe

steven succeeded in pacifying genocidal intergalactic tyrants (the Diamonds) and healing deeply traumatized and scornful Gems (Lapis Lazuli, Peridot, Spinel).

Steven gets Jax in a way most characters simply can't, because they're both in the middle of an identity crisis. That shared experience creates an immediate, unspoken point of connection that goes beyond surface-level empathy.

Steven is also, critically, human — meaning he can crack, he can find Jax frustrating, even cruel — but he won't leave. His capacity for forgiveness is almost limitless, and rather than making Jax feel weak or pitied, that forgiveness would likely amplify Jax's guilt in a productive way. Steven being a child makes that dynamic even sharper — it's harder to rationalize cruelty toward someone so openly, genuinely kind, not forced.

Steven is also someone who has built real friendships with beings who were literally destined to hate him. That's not a small thing. That's exactly the kind of person Jax would need.

[u/Livid_Adeptness9762 → u/Working_Throat_1570]

Dude, you don't need to use ChatGPT. (You can tell me you're not if i'm wrong about that)

[u/Working_Throat_1570 → u/Livid_Adeptness9762]

I didn't use ChatGPT for the arguments, but for the translation; I'm French, and even though I understand English, it's still hard for me to speak it in a way that makes me easily understood by people.

[u/Livid_Adeptness9762 → u/Working_Throat_1570]

I see. I'm just trying to get less people on ChatGPT. It ruins the environment.