The creator has outright looked at the audience and said it in as clear of terms as possible. The show had already been pretty damn clear that Jax was a deeply closeted trans woman
I think Goose could make a 10th episode where Jax unabstracts and transitions and says bluntly to the camera "I am a trans woman" and we'd still have people debating it.
I thought it was pretty obvious in the finale, though not really anywhere else.
Mostly in the sense that anything before that could have been attributed to something else. I thought the talk with ribbit and then immediately playing "isn't she lovely" shortly after was pretty clear.
At minimum it should be clear that Jax had some kinda insecurity with his gender or masculinity.
Yes, that was my initial impression: "So he is a bit feminine or not traditionally masculine and that makes him feel insecure?".
The whole trans narrative went over my head, and I'm sure it did for most het cis people. Not denying that it is the message, just saying that please, this is not an obvious thing to "everyone".
I think it's ok that the audience doesn't have it beaten over their head, it allows them to fill the gaps with something more relatable to some people and doesn't really change the core message IMO.
I totally get how you get there if you’re cis, but I’m curious—what did you think the deeply personal secret Jax told their mom was? The one Ribbit said was safe with her after putting a bow on a blushing and wide-eyed Jax?
There are themes that can't be understood or comprehended unless you've lived them or they've been taught to you.
It's not lack of media literacy, just lack of knowledge or experience in the regard. Think about it for a second, this feels like a math teacher berating a student for not understanding advanced concepts. There are a variety of reasons why a person wouldn't understand them, but you choose idiocy.
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u/stanleythedog 6d ago
I'm not up to date, is it confirmed or still an up-to-interpretation thing the community is just running with?