@shinobuissm The point they're making is that the book version was less violent and forceful. I think probably because they aged her up in the show and wanted to establish that this relationship was still abusive and not something to cheer for
@Throwaw62791677 I think a lot of western military and "tactical" instructors or whatever are just used to very different circumstances than the ones in Ukraine. Most of them were trained for wars in the middle east or policing at home where civilians are everywhere.
Worse, they'll call you a transphobe if you have a read of the character that doesn't include them being trans. Despite it not being in the show and only know knowable to you if you have the misfortune of ending up on fandom twitter
This trend of writers and creators adding onto "canon" outside of the text through social media genuinely sucks the joy out if art.
I love art because I love analysis and discussion and interpretation and introspection.
All of that is killed when a writer just tweets about it
The discussion around Jax and his identity was the most interesting part of an otherwise (imo) shitty character. There are a lot of different meanings you can draw from what is established by the show.
All of that is dead now.
@jkfupacc People need to stop taking the addition of "canon" seriously when it comes from fucking tweets. I actually couldn't care less what the creator said on social media
@tavrium_ Jax isnt trans representation, because he was never trans in the story.
Put five people in a room, show them all the "hints" at the characters "transness" and you'll get 11 equally valid and textually supported reads thats do not include the character being trans
@WhitesTakinLs I think its important to point out (because people arnt getting it) that its not that white rich children where more likely to be abused, but that doctors expected working class and POC girls to be dirty and promiscuous and for working class men to be brutish rapists.