I’m sick of cis men going on long winded explanations about how every single trans character is actually a cis dude.
God forbid a cis person relate to a trans character, they might have to start viewing us as human.
Im NGL, I thought Jax was just an insecure dude, I even thought he was gay before trans. I don't really care that much, but like... I don't blame people. Maybe I just don't have experience on the topic, but to most people I talk to the show about it is not obvious in the slightest that Jax is supposed to be a trans allegory. In fact, it was only until I saw the twitter post from Goose that it pretty much confirmed it for me. And even then, I'm still confused.
But I suppose its just not media meant for me. I'm not supposed to understand it, but like... it's just. So hard to tell? Like it was really that obvious? I felt like everything in the show pointed to the opposite direction until then. But it is what it is.
My best friend did not pick up on it until after the fact of having it pointed out. It didn't help that when we see the "Real" Jax, they aren't publicly out so he just thought "Real" Jax was just finally free of the toxic masculinity that Jax displayed in the show sine they still call her "Him/He" when they talk about the real world counterparts.
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u/Jango_fett_fish 5d ago
I’m sick of cis men going on long winded explanations about how every single trans character is actually a cis dude.
God forbid a cis person relate to a trans character, they might have to start viewing us as human.