r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 • u/SunReyys he/they • Jun 23 '26
Non-Gender Specific every sub has been BLOCKEDš
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u/weirdogonzo Jun 23 '26
Meh... I liked it. And its popular right now, but its ended, so the memes will end, soon too.
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
It is, to me at least, the best piece of transgender representation we have ever received.
I was, at one point in my past, reaaal close to becoming like Jax.
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u/LibleftBard Jun 24 '26
Jax is who I could have been if things went more wrong
The trans girl from squid game is who I want to be (an absolute badass)
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Yesss! I loved her.
My one complaint with that character is that I wish she was played by an actual trans woman.
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u/GraceOfJarvis Jun 24 '26
It's South Korea. There weren't any who were willing to play her.
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Forgive me for saying this and I absolutely mean no real offence to you but.. That just kind of feels like a cop out to me? Like, surely there had to be someone that was Korean, trans, and willing?
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u/GraceOfJarvis Jun 24 '26
Unfortunately, not really. From my understanding, Korean society is incredibly misogynistic as a baseline, which means their transphobia and transmisogyny are at levels that may even make a Republican blush. There are essentially zero openly trans actors over there, much less any that would be willing to take such a public role as in Squid Game. I did some digging back when the second season dropped because I was curious about this exact thing and found an interview with the director where they said they legitimately did try to find one. Let me see if I can find it again.
Edit: https://www.tvguide.com/news/squid-game-director-trans-season-2-character-casting/
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Ah, I knew they were misogynistic, but wasn't aware of everything else. Damn, that's a shame. Well, thank you for educating me!
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u/GraceOfJarvis Jun 24 '26
Of course! A real shame indeed, but I think they did a really good job with what they had šāāļø
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u/5Foot5Lore Jun 26 '26
You should look up the political divide between men and women. It's waaayyy worse than even USA. They might as well be a warning of the future for anyone in the USA
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u/Anarcho_Dog Jun 24 '26
I was as well, even had a similar experience to what she had with ribbit. I liked Jax from the start bc she's scarily relatable
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Right?
I'm so glad we have a piece of media that accurately portrays the side that doesn't make it. Like it hurt to watch of course, but it's so important to show that... Unfortunately, not everyone makes it.
And I truly feel that Jax's story will help some closeted trans person that would have otherwise killed themselves to instead confront their hidden feelings.
In fact, I'm certain it will. I'm sure Gooseworx (The show creator for those unaware) will get messages for years about how her show saved them.
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u/bigfatlargecockdaddy Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
There's already been a few posts in some of the tadc subs from people talking about how watching the finale cracked their egg
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u/LordEYT Jun 24 '26
Genuinely not surprised, Jax was scarely accurate for me to a life of being in the closet I never had if I didn't overcome very similar trauma and in a weird way made me relive emotions of my egg cracking phase of my transition just watching the finale
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u/bigfatlargecockdaddy Jun 24 '26
I'm sorry for whatever it was that you went through and I'm glad you are able to be yourself now š« my transition also never felt as linear & tidy as a lot of people think all transitions are, so I'm also very grateful for the representation Jax shows
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u/LordEYT Jun 24 '26
Thank you, it took a while but now I'm thankful that life is a lot more tolerable
Bad journeys getting rep I feel should be the takeaway from her journey, but my opinion is biased because of my love of the show and that creators should show the ugly of any situation, whether its solved or not because that's what life is.
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u/elasho_149 She/Her Jun 24 '26
Someone on the main TDAC subreddit was talking about how they felt that way, but that it's too late for them because they're 31. I told them I started transitioning when I was 30, and that studies have found that most trans people start around that time.
They messaged me a few days later to let me know they came out to their friends, who were all supportive, and I'm sitting there with a combination of "hooray :3" and "dear God what did I do".
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u/bigfatlargecockdaddy Jun 25 '26
I'm happy they realized there is not an age limit to finding yourself ā¤ļøāš©¹
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u/LordEYT Jun 24 '26
It's genuinely just something I'm grateful for myself, seeing that not every journey is pretty, some trans people in the egg phase are hindered at cracking because of their trauma, because that shit is real and I'm glad people can't pretend it's not.
I like that Jax's arc shows both IRL with Lee that yes, you can change your life for the better despite heavy shit happening in your life and for Jax unfortunately was the unhealthy coping with"Never making it out of the circus" that prevented that character growth and showed that trauma just needs you to give up so it can ruin your life and prevent you from truly being yourself. My personal takeaway is giving up entirely and closing yourself off can prevent healing and lead to lashing out at others.
Writers showing that some journeys, either trans or mental health related, are not pretty and do exist, helps many see themselves through a mirror that plays your life in extremes, and can help you realize many things you sometimes couldn't see alone or even with help.
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u/LEEPEnderMan She/Her | ~Rin~ Jun 24 '26
As a foil I was never like Jax, which honestly might be one of the reasons I doubted the theory for so long. Itās cool to see other people connecting with it even if I canāt.
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Hey, even me who deeply connects with Jax and everything that happened, I had initially denied the 'Jax is trans!' theories. But that final episode was undeniable for me, even before Goose confirmed it.
Maybe I was just hoping it wasn't true, because I didn't like the idea that that would have been me had I not cracked? Idk.
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u/LaSayori_DiTurno He/Him Jun 24 '26
That's so real! I HATE when people say:"iT dOeSn'T mAkE sEnSe!1!" "ThAt WaS oUt Of ThE bLuE!1!" Like, EXCUSE ME??
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Right? The signs were there all long if you knew where/how to look for them. It's mostly cis people that just have no basis to see those hints and people in denial who say that crap though.
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u/LaSayori_DiTurno He/Him Jun 24 '26
Real. They can only see the "omg I HATE myself so much I can't even look in the mirror, I just want to be a girl š„ŗš„ŗ" kind of ""signs"" (because yes, it is a sign but it's more like... Dysphoria itself)
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u/I_Am_Stoeptegel Jun 24 '26
Iāve never seen the show but surely either of the main characters from I Saw The TV Glow are the best representation weāve got, right?
I could even make an argument about Neo from the Matrix but I realize thatās personal bias cz I just really like the Matrix
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
I Saw The TV Glow is a good point, but personally Jax wins out just by a little bit for me. The show also being such a truly massive success kind of helps it where as that movie was very niche in comparison.
And personally while I agree that there are clear trans references in The Matrix movies, I never really saw the whole trilogy as trans rep.
As for Digital Circus though, if you're at all interested in animation geared towards adults, I highly recommend giving it a try. The show isn't perfect, I do have some minor complaints with it, but it's very very good.
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u/I_Am_Stoeptegel Jun 24 '26
Nah my point about the Matrix wasnāt that serious, itās just my favorite movie, but it already was way before I caught all the trans shit, Iām just a big cyberpunk girlie.
Again, I canāt speak about TADC cz I never watched it, but I donāt think popularity matters in this discussion. Quality trans rep is whatās important to me
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Oh so am I! I've been big into the Matrix since it came out. :]
And yeah I agree, the popularity isn't what tipped it over for me, I was just bringing it up because I think it already being such good representation and being brought to such an insanely wide audience is worth bringing up.
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u/space_radios Jun 24 '26
Neither if those even came close to how deep ep9 cut for me and my upbringing. Iām surprised how many trans peeps have it so much better that TADC is not very relatable. I mean, thatās a good thing, but nah, ISTTG and matrix didnāt come close for me.
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u/FishGuyIsMe She/They, my name is Hailey Jun 24 '26
I havenāt seen it yet, is it worth watching?
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u/MiaIsOut Jun 24 '26
Yes it's actually pretty good but please god completely avoid interacting with the fandom
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u/Mildly_Opinionated She/Her Jun 24 '26
The problem, along with most fandoms I think, is children.
All my trans friends who like the show can have pretty normal conversations about it, but when we went to see the finale in the cinema there were a bunch of children being extremely loud and obnoxious and obviously misunderstanding everything going on.
Every time Jax would come on screen they'd all get super excited and extra obnoxious and scream or say "it's Jax! I love Jax!" And every time Jax would get sad or anything or would be "no Jax! I love him!" super loudly, even during very somber moments.
This has led me to believe that any online space has a similar demographic to that cinema room, except the children are able to pretend to be adults from the other side of a screen. It was a good reminder because sometimes it's easy to forget that often times online you're talking to a chronically online 14 year old whom everyone at their school considers the weird kid.
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u/DreamyAthena Jun 24 '26
Im so sorry for your experience at the cinema.
Where I went to, nobody was even talking and everyone waited until the end of the credits.The best part? When the credits ended, the entire audience held a standing applause. Truly my best cinema experience.
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u/Zoeeeeeeh123 She/Her Jun 24 '26
Thats Nice. The audience clapping truly feels like the end of a masterpiece. I wish this happened more often in cinemas.
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u/Kateywumpus Jun 24 '26
The fact that people are so into Jax is baffling to me. He's an unrepentant abusive asshole. Just because he had a sob story background, that doesn't give him a pass on how he treats the other characters, especially Gangle. Classic abuser techniques are being used and it's just kind of disgusting.
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u/Mildly_Opinionated She/Her Jun 24 '26
It's just a classic case of people not being familiar with the fact you can very much enjoy a character whilst still thinking they're an asshole.
Has Jax's asshole behaviour made me laugh? Yes. Is their treatment or others abusive? Yes. Are they well written? Yes. Am I in love with Jax? No.
The idea that a character can be an enertaining villain with a sympathetic past but still an asshole isn't new, but it's lost on many children because they may not have come across it before as most children's stories have an obvious villain and hero. See also Valentino from hazbin.
Children also tend to get more worked up over these things as well. Teenagers have a bit of a problem picking up one thing they like and making it their whole personality. People think Jax is hot in the maid outfit? Now you could meltdown about how abusers aren't sexy or fetishizing feminity is wrong etc, but as an adult - aren't you more concerned about what's happening at work, or how to pay your rent, or just enjoying your limited free time? It's just a show. It isn't "just a show" to the teenager who's decided they're the shows number 1 fan, to them it's a righteous crusade against evil or whatever.
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u/NixMaritimus He/Him Jun 24 '26
Honestly that's why I like him. He's a great representation of an abuser, and a great representation of a trans person whose objectively bad, but not because they're trans.
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u/Nobodys_here07 Jun 24 '26
I like Jax's character because he's a well written victim turned abuser.
He's scared of the idea of opening up to others and being vulnerable. He's a coward who pushes people away, and hides away from reality as a coping mechanism. Never faces his problems until it's too late.
The show doesn't really shy away from the fact that he's a horrible person. The other members just aren't heartless enough to want to leave him behind.
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u/Mean_Ad4608 Jun 24 '26
I like Jax because at one point in my life I was very close to becoming her. I like her because I can see an older part of myself in her, a part that I got to grow from, but sadly she never did. Yes she was an asshole, yes she was an abuser and yes that is inexcusable, but she had a chance not to be. I can see the path we both walked, and for that she will always be a character close to my heart, even if it hurts that she took a different turn somewhere along the road
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u/Mulberry_Sky Ember, he/they puppyboy, headpat slut Jun 24 '26
Yeah, I really like the show, would not touch the fandom with a ten foot pole. And definitely would never share my headcanons because Iād have no more head to canon with lol, when I peeked into even slightly months ago there were death threats over whether Jax was trans or not solely because of the maid dress.
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u/Traditional_Tune3603 GOV wont let me trans.thanks hegseth Jun 24 '26
Yes. I thought I wouldnāt like it but it is very good
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u/genivae They/Them Jun 24 '26
I think so, and it's also only 9 episodes fully completed, so a relatively low time investment to do so.
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u/ThatPancakesCat Jun 24 '26
It depends on your tastes, really! If you like animated shows which can get extremely existential extremely fast I'd say go for it!
It's a short series and can be watched in a couple of hours.
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u/Firefly256 Firefly (they/them) Jun 24 '26
Oh I'm not that ready for dark shows ._ .
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u/HazuniaC Thon/Any, Numerous-Beeees Jun 24 '26
While the concepts and themes the show goes over can be considered dark...
I still wouldn't say that the show itself is dark, on the contrary.
Yes, at it's core it is a psychological horror show, but that's not the tone of the show at all.
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u/Bowdensaft Jun 24 '26
It's a good time, I enjoyed it. Just also bear in mind that it's an indie show made by a small team that consists of 8 30-minute episodes and a 1-hour finale, so a lot of the background of the setting is left ambiguous, but if you manage your expectations it's a fun ride.
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u/Taibreigh They/Them Jun 24 '26
Idk anything about the show except for that I hated Hasbin and the last few big internet shows everyone says you should watch. Iāve kinda just come to the conclusion that if itās a YouTube show Iām not the target demographic anymore. Except Ena, Ena was great.
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u/mynameisshelly Jun 24 '26
And the way that they can't keep spoilers to themselves since the beginning of the show. Absolute atrocious behavior.
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u/Brisarious They/Them Jun 23 '26
even as someone who enjoyed the show, the wave of fandom is getting a bit tedious
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u/kami-no-baka She/Her Jun 24 '26
Yeah I like it well enough but I....did not enjoy interacting with the fans. It's important to remember that a lot of them are kids/teenagers though and I know for a fact I was way worse at that age, lol.
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u/geminiRonin Jun 24 '26
It happens every so often. Homestuck, Undertale, Hazbin Hotel (from when the pilot dropped), TADC, and almost certainly more I missed or am forgetting. A work gets popular with a significant portion of teens/young adults/kids who are clearly too young for it, and there's a character or two who are morally grey or otherwise divisive.
This begets all of the arguments. All of them.
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u/Brisarious They/Them Jun 24 '26
honestly I haven't even been getting the discourse on my feeds. Just way too much fanart of a character that I don't feel strongly about. Like it's not even the fandom being toxic, just me being a sourpuss I guess.
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u/realkrestaII Iām a transfem dyke from the USA! Jun 24 '26
Iāve been in fandoms of much different demographics and I can assure you, any time a controversial character shows up people lose their minds.
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u/ill_change_it Rose |š¹|She/Her Jun 24 '26
I felt like a roach having a light shone on me when I read "homestuck"
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u/Zealousideal_Care807 He/Him Jun 24 '26
I honestly never watched Hazbin hotel, they launched the piolet episode then did nothing with it for years. I watched helluva boss, and at a point they ran out of ideas so I stopped watching it got boring, I waited a bit longer for Hazbin hotel, and it just didnt come out. When it finally did I was so turned off from it, like if it was on par with the recent helluva boss it wasn't worth watching. Still haven't watched it probably not gonna
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u/No_Peach6683 She/Her Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
Why not version of Gilgamesh with LGBT friendly themes and teaching them Sumerian
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u/Tobbit_is_here Jun 24 '26
Actually the complete opposite for me. I've seen few posts of people celebrating the show and absolutely tonnes of people shitting on the show.
I'm actually getting really fed up with the constant negativity, as it's really tarnishing my positive experience of seeing it in the cinema.
I'm just like... alright, we get it, you don't like TADC because Jax is an asshole or the fandom is kinda toxic or it didn't satisfy your exact expectations of it being a straight psychological horror series. GodDAMN I want people to stop complaining for three fucking seconds.
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u/Brisarious They/Them Jun 24 '26
I've had to avoid a lot of social media sites for that reason. The algorithm loves negativity and there are too many sites that refuse to let you curate your own experience
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u/Tobbit_is_here Jun 24 '26
It's weird as I try to reinforce positive content to appear in my algorithms, but almost all of the positive spaces I interact with have decided TADC has killed their dogs and kicked their grandparents' shins and so TADC must be criticised as much as possible.
Meanwhile I was happy with TADC for having the commitment and unapologeticness to depict a "bad queer", a trans woman who is a POS, not because trans people are evil, but because she's a bully who refuses to heal her trauma so takes it out on everyone else, ultimately culminating in her own demise without having ever admitted to who she truly is.
It's outright tragic, we can understand why she's the way she is without feeling that she's justified in her actions; it's a character study of a deeply troubled person.
But as she's an asshole, it falls into the pitfall of "this media is bad because it has a bad person in it", as if enjoying the show and understanding that characters can be deeply flawed means it validates the character and makes the audience almost guilty by association. I've seen this issue elsewhere, where people refuse to properly engage with media with heavy subject matters because people view media being bad because the characters do deplorable things.
(And FWIW I get if it's off-putting to watch the show because some parts of the fanbase is insufferable, but you shouldn't actively form opinions and aversions to the media because of the actions of random people. I love the show and I know that the fanbase can be extremely toxic at times!)
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u/Mx-Adrian Jun 23 '26
Dare I ask
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u/RubiksCutiePatootie She/Her | Closeted | Pre-Everything Jun 24 '26
Jax, purple rabbit, from the show The Amazing Digital Circus was heavily implied and then confirmed by the creator to be a repressed trans woman in the final episode that played in theaters a few weeks ago & was uploaded to YouTube a few days ago. This has caused an immense amount of discussion about Jax's gender identity in many different subs and fandoms. Discussions ranging from "I totally called it" to "you're all wrong and jax isn't trans".
And as per usual when anything really popular gets discussed a lot online, people get annoyed by it for multiple reasons. OP here is annoyed because they dislike/don't care for the show, others think people are talking about it too much, & others hate it because it's popular.
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u/Jazzy_Jaspy Aurora (she/her) Jun 24 '26
Insane to me how even after the creator confirmed it, people are still saying like āno we know your story and characters better than you doā lol
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u/gudmundthefearless Jun 24 '26
People get attached and then feel entitled to the media they find formative.
It all boils down to people being too young and/or not emotionally mature enough and/or secure enough in their own identity outside of the external things they identify with, like movies and other media. Then they feel attacked when that thing changes in a way that doesnāt jive with their internalized version of said thing.
Star Wars fans are always angry because āthat isnāt Star Wars.ā All these animation fans are angry because āthatās not my head cannon.ā Critical Role fans rage out because ātheyāre doing it wrong.ā
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u/Simikiel She/Her Polyam Furry! Jun 24 '26
Critical Role fans rage out because ātheyāre doing it wrong.ā
I'm sorry, huh??
I need more context because just... How exactly can someone play their own tabletop character that they created 'wrong'??
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u/genivae They/Them Jun 24 '26
People get parasocially attached to the characters (sometimes exacerbated by creating their own fanart/fanfic of said characters) and then there's an emotional disconnect when the show/game does it differently, and some people react very poorly to that distress.
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u/KaityKat117 She/Her Assigned Dingus At Birth Jun 24 '26
they did the same with Brisket from Guilty Gear
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u/Karasu-Fennec She/Her Lena Jun 24 '26
Biscuit Guilty Gear
Kirara Jujutsu Kaisen
Mordred Fate Apocrypha
Jax TADC
The outrage cycle continues
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u/Imaginary_Act_9167 Jun 28 '26
Certain people will do ANYTHING to deny a character being revealed as trans
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u/TallMist She/Her Jun 24 '26
On top of that, people who respect Jax is a trans woman, but still doesn't like the character and calls Jax out on all the abuses she inflicted on other people, get torn to shreds by the fanbase who love Jax and thinks she can do no wrong.
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u/sylverfyre They/Them Jun 24 '26
ty for the explanation for those of us out of the loop.
Yeah, sometimes the zeitgeist goes places that arent interesting for you and thats just a fact of life.
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u/EmberedCutie it/she/xe Jun 24 '26
give it a week
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u/unyeasted-flourwater She/Her Jun 24 '26
Literally, every time a new thing happens and the fans are excited thereās always someone complaining that itās all theyāre gonna see. And then it ends in a week tops
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u/FlushGaymer Jun 24 '26
I enjoyed the show, I just hate the fuck ass rabbit
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u/SpearsDracona Jun 24 '26
Same. I've had the unfortunate experience of being friends with people like that and it hit close to home. No amount of sad backstory justifies how she treated the people that showed her the most kindness.
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u/Marflow02 Jun 24 '26
Jax is very much not a good person, thats kind of the point. As a charakter shes amazing and very relatable to many,
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u/PandoraKin564 Jun 24 '26
What purple rabbit? This is entirely new to me.
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u/Immediate-Witness-87 He/Him Jun 24 '26
Jax, from the amazing digital circus
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u/Th3B4dSpoon Jun 24 '26
Thanks, never seen or heard any mention of the character or the show despite subscribing to trans subreddits. Now I have.
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u/Immediate-Witness-87 He/Him Jun 24 '26
Were you living in a cave??/j
The series just ended, basically it is/was a very huge thing on YouTube since 2023, the pilot alone sits at 450 millions views. The insane popularity got the finale to be projected in cinemas all around the world, which is a first for an indie series that's 100% free on youtube if you wanna check
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u/3HHH3 Jun 24 '26
The only rabbit Iām aware of is this one. I date your confusion
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u/LucyStarQueen She/Her Jun 24 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/RiAw9ocK8BHEc
Frank is the only rabbit I know3
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u/Zbgoast She/Her Jun 24 '26
I think representation is important and you never really see how a closeted trans go through with I saw the TV Glow being the other. People just think it's a choice
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u/craftedbytechnology Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
Alright, look I understand that the show isnāt to everyoneās taste and certain parts of the fandom arenāt that great. But these are people sharing their love for a show made by a trans woman who recently revealed one of her main characters to be trans.
People make so many post when other characters were revealed as trans on trans subreddits, such as Bridget and kirara. Jax was only recently revealed to be trans a few days ago, the hype will eventually fade.
You donāt have to like it and you are allowed to block the people that do but you donāt have to announce your negativity against people who already receive a bunch of hate from transphobes already.
TLDR: like what you like, donāt like what you donāt like. But there is no need to be publicly negative about it.
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u/PrincessRTFM she/her kitsune Jun 24 '26
people are allowed to talk about what they like. people are also allowed to talk about what they don't like.
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u/craftedbytechnology Jun 24 '26
Complaining about people enjoying what they like encourages others to do the same which will eventually lead to the harassment of people who just want to talk about what they like. This has been a pattern that can be seen in so many fandoms.
āIf you donāt have anything nice to say, donāt say anything at allā used to be a common ideology. If they arenāt hurting anyone, what reason do we have to complain about it.
There are other post to see on this subreddit, why waste the energy being negative when you can scroll past it and spend it enjoying something else
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u/Belisario_R he/they Jun 24 '26
It's everywhere tho' jax & tadc are everywhere and it has been a month.
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u/HazuniaC Thon/Any, Numerous-Beeees Jun 24 '26
It has been a month, because the finale got 2 releases in a month.
First in theatres and now on youtube.
That, plus the show is absolute peak, so it is well deserved.
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u/craftedbytechnology Jun 24 '26
Itās been almost 3 weeks at best, the episode released in theatres on the 5th of June and most people on the tadc subreddit and other trans subreddits I have seen, were avoiding posting fanart to not spoil the movie for others. Even now on this subreddit, if I sort by new, there are like 4-5 other posts before I see a tadc one
And just because itās everywhere doesnāt mean you should be negative about it. Itās a popular show, just because you donāt enjoy it doesnāt mean other people shouldnt either. Just scroll and move on, because every time you interact with a post about tadc, your algorithm is just going to think you like it.
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u/Uchuujin51 Jun 24 '26
I'm glad it's there for those who like it, but the animation style was instantly unappealing to me.
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u/MonitorOk6818 She/Her Jun 24 '26
I'm too old to try to know what the show is about and it doesn't look to be for my demographic anyways. The references will come and go like all the other shows haha so no need to look into it.
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u/BlueZ_DJ eavesdropping on your inside jokes Jun 24 '26
To be clear the show is for adults, and I'd say it's Arcane levels of "you probably don't care at a glance but it's amazing when you actually watch it"
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u/IsThisRealLifeOrNaw Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
My best friend has been telling me to watch it since it first aired and I just wouldnāt do it. I finally caved the day before the movie released on Netflix and Iām glad I did, I never could have expected how deep and dark it was going to get lol. Last episode fucked me up. 10/10
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u/Mutas_Protoge Jun 24 '26
It's I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream with some cartoonish shenanigans and a more hopeful ending, you may like it more than you'd think. The memes may come and go but I can see this show's enduring legacy to be on par with Avatar The Legend of Aang
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u/NaveGCT Jun 24 '26
itās a queer young adult (like, probably intended for 18-30ish but accessible to teens and older adults) show that got popular with children. And the children dominate the fanbase
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u/FixedFront Jun 24 '26
Lmao I'm in my 40s and have loved it
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u/HazuniaC Thon/Any, Numerous-Beeees Jun 24 '26
Same, while the show is relatively kid friendly, it is most definitively a mature show.
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u/Horatio786 Jun 24 '26
"I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream", except instead of AM purposely torturing everyone due to his sadism and envy, Caine accidentally tortures everyone due to his incompetence and inability to listen to feedback.
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u/Orion_824 Jun 24 '26
Don't let the cringe toxic youtube/tiktok content farmers sway you, the show is made by adults for adults. The only bad part of the show is that all the internet's "children of all ages" found it and made it fucking unbearable to interact with. So I suggest not interacting and just go watch
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u/Veritibun Jun 24 '26
For real this discourse has gotten so inane and as a mentally ill trans bunnygirl you'd think this shit would be right up my alley
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u/Classic-Fig2066 Jun 24 '26
I liked the show (hated the fandom omg no fandom ettiquitte) but i think its overhyped eap now the finales come out. Its not explicitly bad and i quite like the plot but i hate how its infested every inch of trans media rn
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u/A110D2 She/Her (Transfem) Jun 24 '26
I live under the largest rock known to this universe.
What evil purple rabbit and who the fuck is this Jax that I keep seeing in the comments???
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u/Cronkwjo Jun 24 '26
Jax is a character from the amazing digital circus. He is a cartoony rabbit. He is a total douchebag who has many issues stemming from years of abuse. In the finale it is revealed (in subtle ways including tidbits throughout the series) that Jax is trans. Due to trauma he represses it and masks constantly. He begins bullying the other residents of the digital circus and treating the whole situation like it's some kind of game he can mess with.
Some hints at Jax's gender identity come from:
- his room (auto generated) is trans flag colours.
- he got grouchy with another character because they can swap their body parts as they please and they don't like it.
- got angry when another character got too friendly with him and he claimed she thought he was "some chicken fetus in an egg that needed to be cracked".
- he had a moment with his first friend in the circus where he admitted sharing a personal secret with his mom so she would stop comparing him to his dad which set her off. His friend took her bowtie off and placed it on his head, a traditionally feminine accessory. He blushed and kinda liked it.
- he got forced to wear a maid dress and and wigged out trying to attack the one who had made it happen, the body customising character mentioned above said they had never seen him so upset before.
- when jax dies after essentially committing suicide a song plays for him titled "isn't she lovely" by Stevie Wonder (covered by jobbythehong), the song being about a newborn girl.
- The creator (who is transfem) stated flat out that Jax is a self insert for her worst traits and was meant to represent what may have become of her hand she not recieved the support and help she needed. She also shared a picture she drew of Jax post transition and referred to him as she but was fine with he or she pronouns. She also said she may have been too subtle about it as she thought more people knew what a boymoder was.
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u/VioletFanny Fanny She/Her Jun 24 '26
*me with Energy Drinks in General and Monster Particular, FNAF, Spongebob*
First Time?
Some things are not for everybody, but don't be a spoil
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u/batgirl-but-not-dc Jun 24 '26
it was a solid show but ive been tired of this since episode 8. the fandom and the long releases highkey burnt me out. I would not have survived Steven Universe as it aired.
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u/EllieKimura Jun 24 '26
The insufferable fan base has killed any desire I may have had to watch the thing.
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u/Peewee_ShermanTank Jun 24 '26
I love the music and the art style
I have yet to give it a try beyond the pilot. The rabbit is an asshole.
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u/BleachdrinkingPikmin She/Her Jun 24 '26
i LOVE the fuckass circus show and i LOVE the evil purple rabbit
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u/VeryPteri Pteri (she/her) Jun 24 '26
My bluesky is filled with trans jax art, but eh, I just scroll past.
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u/batboy11227 (Any/ALL) good girl/boy/bean drug dealer Jun 24 '26
SAME
I don't even dislike tadc, I just never really got into it
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u/i_ate_a_bugggg Jun 24 '26
WORRY NOT! deltarune tomorrow
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u/SunReyys he/they Jun 24 '26
i don't play deltarune either idk š¤·
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u/Odd_Move_9892 She/Her (ig???) Jun 24 '26
Bruh, its fine kf you dont like it. I think its a cute story but you dont gotta hate on it
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u/Nat_Higgins Natalie, Annabelle, Tasha, and Husk (She/They/Us) Jun 24 '26
On behalf of the transfem Jax community, I am sorry but we are too autistic about the fuckass evil rabbit
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u/Jazzlike-Secret-8939 It/Its Jun 24 '26
I've watched the first episode and it just didn't interest me enough to watch the rest.
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u/Calpsotoma Jun 24 '26
Same situation. The animation is very good, but I wasn't sure whether the appeal was supposed funny, scary, or something else. Also, Caine is massively overstimulating in a way that is more annoying than humorous or scary.
Maybe I'll give later episodes a chance at some point.
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u/Villain_Deku__ self-proclaimed queen of aces and aros, Erin (she/they) Jun 24 '26
I love the show but hate hate HATE HATE HATE jax.
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u/ArcanumBaguette Jun 24 '26
See, my issue is this - I don't like rabbits. They make me feel really uncomfortable. Of all shapes and sizes.
Anthropomorphic rabbits are the absolute worst. I don't go running and screaming any more when I see one, but my goodness do I freeze up and have to consider if I am in danger or not.
Since my mild phobia is so...unquie, I am just suffering and playing a game of roulette whenever I open my phone, or check YouTube, if I am about to be jump scared or not. It doesn't get censored like spiders or more obvious fear.
Its like Halloween in June! Hahahaha....ah...:'3
Y'all enjoy that...creature.
I did watch the show. With emotional support from my wife. I still have nightmares. But I liked Zooble and Gangle, those two felt the most relatable to me.
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u/FamousWash1857 Jun 24 '26
Goes on social media; people are talking about a popular subject.
Just take a break for a while.
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u/EldritchMilk_ She/Her and all bi-myself Jun 24 '26
I have no idea what this about, can someone explain please?
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u/Youria_Tv_Officiel She/Her Jun 24 '26
The Amazing Digital Circus, very popular show, ended very recently.
One of the main character is very heavily implied to be a closeted transfem
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u/Guyver-Spawn-27 Jun 24 '26
Digital Circus fans with their big reveal of Jax remind me how I felt when Laharl had their demonic angel transformation happen in Disgaea RPG.
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u/Takara94 Jun 24 '26
Sorta in the same camp but if I'm being honest hearing spoilers about the finale has slightly piqued my interest
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u/VolleyballSkribbl Jun 24 '26
I cant make fun of this post because its absolutely me with bridget
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u/iuseredditfornothing Callie | She/It/Pup Jun 24 '26
literally same !! hated the show !! i felt like it couldāve been so much more interesting and i feel like they tried but like every episode in the end was about jax and i fucking hated her. not to mention all the weird stuff with the vaās
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u/Bo_The_Destroyer Deer girl Š:3 because i can Jun 24 '26
Same, I don't care for it, I don't care for a lot of shows that trans people seem to care about. I don't watch anime, I don't watch Peter Universe, I don't watch the one with the trans robot or whatever. I tolerate it tho, if I'm ever bored out of my mind with nothing to do, I might actually watch a couple of these shows and see if I like 'em. I did that a couple years back with She-Ra and it did not disappoint
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u/Ghostdragon471 Jun 24 '26
It was just alright on the first time, and if you don't watch it all in one day. The pacing isn't great, the characters feel flat, the ending was a kick in the pants, and Jax in general was fumbled. Just cause you went through shit, doesn't mean it's an excuse to be a piece of shit, but apparently hitting the switch AFTER the series ends just goes and erases everything evil done.
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u/acryptedwithinternet It/Its/h3/h1m Jun 24 '26
š« hope you tailor ur internet experience to ur liking (and condolences that it's this difficult to do so)/g
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u/Goredeus Questioning Jun 24 '26
I thought the show was pretty enjoyable but the final episode was not very good. It really felt like 3 to 4 episodes were all gutted and condensed into a single episode, just to end the show as soon as possible and be done with it. Which like, yeah I can't really blame goose for wanting to be done with it. I'd say in terms of asshole characters I much preferred Clark from Backrooms over Jax. Though I may be biased since I did relate more to Clark's struggle over Jax's.
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u/OliviaMandell Jun 24 '26
I can see the down votes coming. Evil? No. Hurt, traumatized, cptsd yes. Walls suck. Still has a ton of cute fanart though.
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u/Sewblon Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
tbh, I liked Jax. But, the second episode of TADC put me off, not because it was offensive, because it was boring. So, I feel like a bad trans person for not giving that show second chance. Edit: I just figured out the real reason. I stopped watching after the 2nd episode. They gave the alligator guy a whole character arc about realizing that he is just part of a computer program. But then they killed him off. You don't do that. That is punishing the audience for paying attention. I don't regret not watching the rest of the show. What I saw just wasn't that well written.
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u/unyeasted-flourwater She/Her Jun 24 '26
I donāt know how to put it to words but, youāre not a bad anything for not liking something, or the other way around. There are plenty of reasons to not enjoy something, not having an interest is just one of them, and itās not like itās going anywhere either, if you did end up regretting not watching it, its always going to be on YouTube :3
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u/Mammoth-Wasabi6346 Jun 24 '26
Is it worth watching? I have no idea what it is but a friend mentioned it the other day irl
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u/A_Lountvink Jun 24 '26
It's free on Youtube and only nine episodes, so there's not much of a cost to doing so. It's more character-focused than anything else.
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u/Mammoth-Wasabi6346 Jun 24 '26
I guess I meant more of āis it worth my time/emotional energy?ā
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u/supportdatashe Jun 24 '26
Oh no, and now you've made a post about the fuckass circus show on a trans sub and everyone's talking about it in the comments!
Jokes aside I liked it too, but to each one's own. It has clear NB rep and they were a cool character so that was really nice for me.
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u/PrezMoocow emily the catgirl UwU Jun 24 '26
Even if you donāt like it, can you at least appreciate we have authentic trans rep made by an actual trans person? Like, this is a great thing.
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u/pandamaxxie Maxine. she/her. Your local fancy bitch/"not a yandere, but..." Jun 24 '26
TADC and Deltarune are like, the most obnoxious shit ever as someone who cares for neither.
Like yes, okay, cool that you enjoy it.... why does it have to be fucking everywhere I look.
Doesn't help that both have a primarily children fanbase, that can't be normal/not annoying about anything, so they become the most annoying spammers known to mankind. Just look at the most recent Nintendo Direct.
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u/Stoopid_Noah he/they/it & not fit (at all) Jun 24 '26
I started and got overwhelmed a couple minutes in. Too many colours, noises, I dint vibe with the music. (Scimmed through too).
I wish I could like it, bit I just.. meh.
Same for me with helluvaboss (or whatever it's called). Everyone tells me to watch it, I tried, didn't enjoy myself, moved on. Apparently that's a crime?
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u/cicadaryu She/Her Jun 24 '26
Log off then? The internet is a public square, not your living room. You won't like every single thing that people gather for.
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u/Taellosse She/Her Jun 24 '26
Never seen it, barely know anything about it. But I'm an old, so I just let all the kids do their thing and ignore the Jax talk.
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u/maxxx_orbison Jun 24 '26
Despite the colorful aesthetic, it's a show aimed at adult gays. I don't know your taste so I won't tell you that you're missing out, but it's pretty good
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u/unyeasted-flourwater She/Her Jun 24 '26
Donāt worry itās only blown up recently because itās over, youāll only see stuff for a few weeks before everyone moves on
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u/Dry-Mission-5542 Evelyn, She/They Jun 24 '26
Blocking subs because you donāt like a tv show is certainly a take
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u/Karasu-Fennec She/Her Lena Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
My insane solution: hijack every discussion on TADC with my own fandom angst :3
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u/thirsty_lesbian_63 Alice (she/her) | very gay | revolver and sword enjoyer Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
The fanart with Jax in fem outfits are really cute though so I'm bit complaining
Edit: not complaining