Gooseworx unintentionally made Jax the most relatable straight male ever. Digital Circus is about caring about one man’s mental health.
Jax is a normal guy forced to co-exist in an environment with no other normal guys. A typical snarky wise-cracking dude that no one else gets. As time goes on, the less normal guys remain in the circus, the less stable his mental facilities get.
In the end, he’s surrounded by neurotic, mentally damaged women and the only other guy is an introverted dementia patient. No wonder he abstracts, he has no one to relate to. His only failure was not seeing this as an opportunity to step up and be a decisive leader.
He almost has a solid girl in Ribbit but as soon as he opens up, she tries to groom him so he rightfully shuts her out. It makes him paranoid. So when Pomni tries to get close later he’s too cautious to let her. And most guys don’t appreciate women trying to psycho-analyze them like a science project.
Pomni did the one thing women in media almost never do: cared about him despite his reflexive avoidance. If Jax had a rock solid guy to talk to, someone on his level, or had a little more real life experience with girls, he’d have understood Pomni’s intentions better, but losing a dad early means he lost that source of wisdom.
Jax is the new Rorscach: a character understood on one level by the creator but perceived entirely different by the audience. Even much of the audience doesn’t get Jax. The cope by the gender-obsessed midwits is Jax is trans but that couldn’t be further from the truth and they just don’t get it. Not surprising.
Jax didn’t have a happy ending. A lot of guys don’t. But he was the closest we’ve ever seen to a normal straight male in modern media than we’ve seen in a generation. He deserved better.
was talking about posers earlier, and someone talked about how they couldn’t afford to play a single game in the persona series??? Like hello?? These games literally drop on sale so often, especially under $20, and they told me it was a privilege to own a single console????
I think it's nice to have some depictions of asexuality & aromanticism where the individual isn't part of a couple. That's an experience a lot of us have. We don't have to convince the allos we're just like them ("love is love!") by always focusing on 2 person partnerships.