@KatfishComsfw@blightedomen They unfortunately have the opposite trauma cope and more than likely prob trigger each other: Jax thinking emotion and being overly affectionate is manipulative, Ragatha thinking being happy and people pleasing will get others to love her. It's tragic but interesting.
@SparkleMuffin21@CishetJax Problem is we see very little of him being strong, its just constant humiliation rituals. We see glimmers of potential, but the narrative refuses to let him grow past his trauma and irredeemable status, Goose's end goal was him dying and in the most cowardly and pathetic way.
@CishetJax Yes yes, get the guy who has an addiction to escaping from reality to cope with his shortcomings & self loathing and conclude that he'll be happier devoting himself in an ideology that is yet another escape from reality to cope with his shortcomings & self loathing. Genius!
@LittleTr0lling@CishetRagatha@quackinburg eh, maid jax merch kinda goes against that theory but it is telling that jax is always portrayed as upset and cranky, making it more comedic than affirming
@RoseTheSkeleton@LittleTr0lling@CishetRagatha@quackinburg Clearly not enough gatekeeping given how much merch was devoted to maid jax but it does tickle the funny bone seeing just how little people care about Zooble when it comes to merch.
@davis115107 I think its this weird disconnect for Goose, unable to comprehend or in denial that the most loyal supporters of their fetishes are also mentally ill and rabidly consumed by lust and affirmation themselves. It's why they hound Goose for demands of canon to lord over everyone.
@davis115107 Tbh, I think goose liked the attention and affirmation and that led to being more open about the slop and fetish, esp given that Jax is Goose's admitted self insert and the fandom pounced on fetishizing Jax from the jump. Though I do agree, Goose does seem sick of the fandom.
@davis115107@MangakaJ96 I saw it as Jax traumatized by manager Gangle tying him up against his will in a dark backroom, trying to get ahead of future abuse and "appeasing" her with the maid dress while brushing it off as irony and being a manwhore on his own terms. He reads as a victim of sexual abuse.
@CishetGangle@dromonal6241 Too much Gangle is a wholesome bean whos never done anything wrong ever and not enough Gangle is a messy freak and a little mentally unstable who can and will be a megalomaniacal dictator if allowed to be.
@kingslim445@CishetGangle It's also the fact that Zooble is blind to Gangle's genuine flaws, given how they didn't see Gangle being a megalomaniacal bitch when she's in a position of authority. No one but Jax is allowed to be messy and flawed and actually learn from them, theyre all just hapless victims.
@davis115107 That's prob what ticks me off most, the denial of Jax learning positive masculinity and healing from trauma of being emasculated by his parents. Of course he'd be confused, if all he's known is being forced to be the copy of a toxic father by an emotionally incestuous mother.