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@YoShockwave @OrehCursor @doomarachi @Nat_L88 That would've been much better. I don't think I automatically assumed that two jobs mentioned meant they moved jobs / places a lot, but it's definitely one way they could've created an arc for Zooble even if a short one.

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@spyrosbf @CaptsuneMiku Completely ignoring that Jax immediately said "No, why would I do that?" before pushing Gangle.

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@OrehCursor @doomarachi @Nat_L88 I don't want to know something specific and keep it without relation to the story, I want the creator to tell me something in order to advance the story.

The body disphoria was something, but it didn't really resolve to anything.

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@OrehCursor @doomarachi @Nat_L88 No, I was hoping they'd get an actual backstory and an arc that tied to it.

[Punished Mizutamari @MizusPuddle]

I feel like this was done to stop the online hate cause the only thing in the entire finale that paints him a anything other than a straight male is someone else's action towards him.

If this was a genuine intention and not cope to appease an online mob, it's actually extremely poorly written. Or maybe they genuinely didn't realize that a theme like "opening up and showing insecurity" is a pretty all-encompassing male experience and doesn't read as "obviously trans" on any level.

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@doomarachi @Nat_L88 I know, right? Their big resolution in the real world was... opening a bar because they once mentioned they worked in a bar.

[zanier @zanier84018321]

@loonassembles @dulldollhouse Homophobes on the far right: lesbians just haven't had the right dick yet

Homophobes on the far left: actually lesbians should like dick too otherwise they're weird

[Sarah Sketches (C0MMS CLOSED) @sarahrsketches]

Now that the show is done I feel like I can safely say that the digital circus fandom is probably one of the most insufferable fandoms Ive ever seen.

[Nic with no 'K' ✝️ @NerdiestNic]

Something I’ve noticed a lot in recent online discourse is what I’ll call “selective literacy”, allow me to explain:

There’s a group of people online who take things like Jax from Digital Circus and insist that he’s trans because of the context of scenes, themes, and undertones present in the final episode, with no word from the creator whatsoever (I know there’s been a post now but my point still stands). If you dare suggest the contrary, or admit that these things are not as obvious to the general audience or put together well, you’re simply deemed as wrong and ostracized from the online space.

Then on the flip side that same group of people will tell you that IzuOcha isn’t canon, despite the same type of context and theme usage being present in the final episode of MHA. They do so many mental gymnastics to prove their point that you kinda have to wonder if they need to touch some grass.

“IzuOcha can’t be canon because it wasn’t explicitly romantic!” Yet, Jax can be trans without it being explicitly stated in the episode. Do you see what I’m getting at here? Terminally online twt users are so far into their own delusions that they can’t seem to pick up on their own double standards, or admit that their “interpretation” of a series is contradictory to what’s stated in the canon.

I firmly believe media literacy is dead and we killed it. In a world where truth is subjective, everyone has to be correct, and my feelings are always valid, there’s no room to properly discuss things that are objectively true anymore.

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@HignightTr61734 @theKrabs_11 @VLSupport1 It's as simple as this: do you have enough hints of Jax being trans? Yes? Cool.

Do you have enough to say it's not about anything else? I don't think so. Everything you mentioned (in-episode) *can* be applied to a lot more, so why deny it?

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@HignightTr61734 @theKrabs_11 @VLSupport1 Did I ever say I don't like the idea or I don't think that Jax is trans? No. I said that it can be interpreted in multiple ways, and it's almost obviously meant to be so.

Saying it has "a single correct meaning" is laughable.

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@quichexqueen @kastki @Tina_RDG05 Cool. Does that change anything? Did this person have a future sight and see a completely unrelated outside confirmation to interpret this scene?

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@HignightTr61734 @egorebel214 @theKrabs_11 @VLSupport1 Good thing I never debated what she said or didn't say

[♧◇♡♤Caitty♤♡◇♧ @droogettegal]

The only thing worse than a sore loser is a sore winner

"Jax being trans was SOOOOOO obvious! You're just an illiterate chuddddd!"

Or maybe normal people don't automatically associate gender non conformity with being trans?

Goose herself said she intended for it to be vague

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@HignightTr61734 @theKrabs_11 @VLSupport1 That's great. That still doesn't change that your arguments were BS from the start and erase the experience of other people who empathize with what is obviously a very open-ended story.

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@egorebel214 @HignightTr61734 @theKrabs_11 @VLSupport1 So now trans women can't ever think about the experience of someone who isn't a trans woman. I hope you realize that your arguments are so incredibly regressive.

[vamp @coffindwellers]

my main issue with the tadc finale isn’t that it didn’t answer every single question but actually HOW it answered questions

we spend the whole series building to these huge reveals and both times it was just explained via infodump

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@HignightTr61734 @theKrabs_11 @VLSupport1 Again, the only secret a person can have relating to insecureness and masculinity is being trans. Definitely not an enormous variety of identity, preferences or sexual orientation issues that could lead to people telling you you're less of a man. None at all.

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@HignightTr61734 @theKrabs_11 @VLSupport1 Yes, the only secret a person can have is being trans, and the only men that would wear women's clothes must really be women.

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@wzrdnx @Necrofamicon Do we know if they worked? Everyone got one, but did everyone really want one?