oh jax they could never make me fucking like you, genuinely insufferable character
i understand jax's character completely i just don't fucking like jax at all
Y'all just like playing devil's advocate huh ??? He could've actually stopped at any point of his trauma dump if he was so goddamn unwilling to share it !!! Oh my godddd
Hot take: This is the moment I lost favor with Ribbit.
She told Jax something personal, then said it was her way of showing she trusted him. Then she asked if he trusted her.
That put him in an awkward, pressured position to open up before he was ready. He had already told her he was homeless, so clearly he was willing to share some things, just not everything.
The vibe is almost like someone undressing in front of you, saying, “This is me showing I trust you,” and then asking, “Do you trust me?” It creates this uncomfortable pressure for the other person to undress too, even if they weren’t ready for that kind of intimacy.
And then afterward, if they feel exposed, embarrassed, or ashamed, they might not want anyone else knowing that moment happened. Not because the intimacy meant nothing, but because they weren’t ready to be that vulnerable in the first place.
I’m not excusing Jax, but it does make it more understandable why he avoided Ribbit afterward, or why he thought she was prying to hold something over his head, just like his mother did. Just like his father did.
Not saying it’s all Ribbit’s fault, but if she wanted to share something personal with him, it shouldn’t have been used to get something personal from him in return.
When Jax asked, “What more do you need to know?” Ribbit should have left it there, or said something like, “Nothing. I trust you. That’s all you need to know.”
“Do you trust me?” creates an uncomfortable unspoken obligation for him to share something back. No wonder he freaked out afterward.
@kkeiraray I mean it's a matter of taste in the end, but compared to Among Us yes, I think it's objectively worse in terms of writing (though I suppose Among Us show is more comedic and self-aware of it's absurdity)
i hate tadc's "forgive and forget" mindset with abusers like jax essentially killed two people with abuse and gaslighting, gets multiple episodes and the finale focused on her, arguably the character w the most flushed out story, and is forgiven with zero repentance
"no guys, you need to feel sorry about the dude who continuously bullied & harassed a girl, who he even has sexual fantasies about, & will never say sorry. you need to feel sorry for him because he has shitty parents and hates himself. Guys come on! We licensed a song for this!!"
While i respect whoever HCs this and all, this simply doesn't work
NOT JUST bcuz of BF and GF obviously having sex
But rather because it's been shown GF DOES desire BF in that kind of way, and, in fact, has been shown to be the one to initialize those types of advances in cases
According to your ideology, a woman is nothing more than a desire to wear a skirt, use makeup, and be feminine.
According to my "ideology", a woman is NOT a concept of femininity, but my biological reality and experience, rooted in thousands of years of sex-based oppression.