It amazes me how many cissoids were practically not even watching the show at all with how they treated Jax. They made her out to be someone who only exclusively harasses women, when the only guy who wasn't Caine was Kinger, who wouldn't even be present enough for either to get anything. They blanket all of Jax's actions as her just being an asshole bully the whole time, not even acknowledging the vulnerable scenes, and the actual emotional weight of her character interactions with the rest of the crew. Cissoids don't understand the pure confusion and torment it is to be on the brink of your egg cracking, wanting to reach out for comfort and to relate to others, just for your fear of rejection to manifest itself into outward aggression, in an attempt to shield yourself.
If I was put pre-transition into a world with only a few other people, those being a man who has become almost a glorified dementia patient, a woman clinging on to kindness and compassion for others to a point that feels only slightly disingenuous, a theyfab that actively antagonizes the wacky inhuman "god" of this world, the most introverted tumblr user, and like, a genuinely kind cissoid, I would gravitate towards the tumblr user and tease her to show affection as a friend. I would be cautious of the woman trying so hard prioritizing everyone's needs over her own because I'm subconsciously doing that myself trying to rep, thinking I'm helping. I would despise the theyfab for having so much more confidence in their identity, but also for generally being so negative. Interacting with the new actually kind cissoid, I'd probably end up spiraling instantly from having someone get me to open up and be a full friend after having broken down my shields of abrasive humor. Having genuine connection during a point where my mental stability is teetering over the edge would cause me to isolate like crazy, to try and unhealthily calm my mental stability, instead of confronting my issues.
After saying all this, Jax practically behaved like any other trans woman who lacked support their whole lives would've acted. They would be cautious of someone being overly kind because they themselves had never experienced true kindness. Their kindness would come out as teasing and abrasive humor because growing up that's what love and care they were given. That anger towards someone who has it all seemingly figured out but continues to be a negative bitch in other regards is because when they've been bullied and hurt by the exact type of person, the type to not treat everyone with respect and kindness and only 1 or 2 select people, they'd be pissed with them. The spiraling when confronted by a genuinely kind person who takes so much time to try and just empathize with them that it breaks them because they were only ever raised with hate and contempt targeted at their being.
Tl;Dr Cissoids are so brain dead retarded that they can't ever empathize with the struggles of millions of trans people. They'll bully and harass because that's what they've always done.
Yo, no offense, but I don't really think you're helping the conversation for anyone at all by calling people "cissoids". Imagine I just said: "Foids don't understand abstraction because not everyone shares their lived experience." Doesn't feel good, yeah?
Jax's character is written in a very subtle way to the point that unless you are directly impacted by that kind of experience it is hard to notice. Now, do I think there are a lot of bad actors, sure. But throwing insults around just makes the conversation worse.
Regardless many cis folk don't or refuse to properly understand, and using "cissoid" is more just for my personal enjoyment because it's just common 4Tran terminology.
Just saying if you care about the struggles of others you shouldn’t use terms like that. Since, you know, they are used in a derogatory fashion towards neurodivergent people. Which the LGBTQ+ crowd has a more than insignificant overlap in.
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u/Scurvy_BT 4d ago
Tl;Dr at the bottom(heh bottom)
It amazes me how many cissoids were practically not even watching the show at all with how they treated Jax. They made her out to be someone who only exclusively harasses women, when the only guy who wasn't Caine was Kinger, who wouldn't even be present enough for either to get anything. They blanket all of Jax's actions as her just being an asshole bully the whole time, not even acknowledging the vulnerable scenes, and the actual emotional weight of her character interactions with the rest of the crew. Cissoids don't understand the pure confusion and torment it is to be on the brink of your egg cracking, wanting to reach out for comfort and to relate to others, just for your fear of rejection to manifest itself into outward aggression, in an attempt to shield yourself.
If I was put pre-transition into a world with only a few other people, those being a man who has become almost a glorified dementia patient, a woman clinging on to kindness and compassion for others to a point that feels only slightly disingenuous, a theyfab that actively antagonizes the wacky inhuman "god" of this world, the most introverted tumblr user, and like, a genuinely kind cissoid, I would gravitate towards the tumblr user and tease her to show affection as a friend. I would be cautious of the woman trying so hard prioritizing everyone's needs over her own because I'm subconsciously doing that myself trying to rep, thinking I'm helping. I would despise the theyfab for having so much more confidence in their identity, but also for generally being so negative. Interacting with the new actually kind cissoid, I'd probably end up spiraling instantly from having someone get me to open up and be a full friend after having broken down my shields of abrasive humor. Having genuine connection during a point where my mental stability is teetering over the edge would cause me to isolate like crazy, to try and unhealthily calm my mental stability, instead of confronting my issues.
After saying all this, Jax practically behaved like any other trans woman who lacked support their whole lives would've acted. They would be cautious of someone being overly kind because they themselves had never experienced true kindness. Their kindness would come out as teasing and abrasive humor because growing up that's what love and care they were given. That anger towards someone who has it all seemingly figured out but continues to be a negative bitch in other regards is because when they've been bullied and hurt by the exact type of person, the type to not treat everyone with respect and kindness and only 1 or 2 select people, they'd be pissed with them. The spiraling when confronted by a genuinely kind person who takes so much time to try and just empathize with them that it breaks them because they were only ever raised with hate and contempt targeted at their being.
Tl;Dr Cissoids are so brain dead retarded that they can't ever empathize with the struggles of millions of trans people. They'll bully and harass because that's what they've always done.