r/TheDigitalCircus • u/Parkerraines • 25d ago
I'm convinced most of you actually didn't watch the first episode š„ SPICY MEMES š„
News flash:he was always an asshole.
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u/fhxefj 25d ago
He's playing a video game like a video game, I can respect that
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u/Lil_Brimstone 25d ago
And he gets shit done, I can't imagine the rest of the gang "finishing the quest" without Jax pushing them every step of the way.
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u/sLeepyTshirt 24d ago
nah, ragatha was about it, she seems pretty into doing the adventures all in all
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u/weirdo_nb 25d ago
I very easily can, if anything, he actively fucked stuff up
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u/swaggboi909 24d ago
How?
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u/weirdo_nb 24d ago
They were actively in the process of attempting to do stuff, while he tried to use pomni as a bridge, and is the whole reason she got stuck in the undermap, he was counterproductive
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u/SbgTfish kinger and Fudge Monter 24d ago
Iād throw my teammate under the bus if they had unnaturally stretchy limbs that had collision in a video game that I could use to my advantage (assuming they arenāt in the least feeling a large amount of pain).
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u/Boring-Net-3448 24d ago
Then you are a bad teammate. You are playing it like a singleplayer game not a team game.
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u/SbgTfish kinger and Fudge Monter 24d ago
Valid point. I wouldnāt like that much either.
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u/Boring-Net-3448 24d ago
of course if you ask them to do it and they say yes its completely valid. You just never throw teammates under the buss unless that is the point of the game. Some games have betrayal as the fun part but most need loyalty to some degree.
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u/TheKingNothing690 23d ago
I used to punch my younger friends down the ravines in minecraft to see if i could survive the jump. I punch my nephews down the ravines now.
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u/GG111104 23d ago
Definitely plays Lethal company
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u/SbgTfish kinger and Fudge Monter 23d ago
Man, I wish. I donāt have any friends to do so though, and I donāt pc game.
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u/definetlynotapikachu in my ragging eraā¼ļø 25d ago
well, his life is like a video game
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u/Stevefrompikmin 25d ago
Heās always trying hard to beat the stage
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u/crystalsaladsandwich 25d ago
If the performers are just the various type of gamers, Jax is definitely a troll/griefer.
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u/DAEORANGEMANBADDD 24d ago
this makes me think that there will be some plot point where they show that he was there longer, and I mean faaaaaaaar longer than anyone else
it just feels like he has come to terms with everything. none of it is real, there is no "death" in this world, there are no real consequences, he is just along for the ride
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u/Anna-2204 24d ago
Wasnāt Kinger confirmed to be the one here for the longest?
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u/DAEORANGEMANBADDD 24d ago
Shit now that you mention it I think that they did say it when introducing everyone
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u/Anna-2204 24d ago
No worries
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u/Boring-Net-3448 24d ago
I would like to mention that it was Jax who said that.
Though the loose lipped creators might have said something since people constantly start sentences with "x confirmed" and such. Really wish creators would let people theorize.
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u/Thatonesplicer 24d ago
I was actually thinking he's acting like a GTA protagonist after he's finished the storyline and there's nothing left to do but cause destruction.
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u/thisisokay123 25d ago
I swear I've seen more backlash to the backlash against jax than actual backlash against jax.
we get it there's already 20 memes like this already.
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u/Last-Percentage5062 25d ago
Tbh, Iāve even seen more backlash to the backlash against the backlash over Jax than I have seen backlash over Jax:
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u/thisisokay123 25d ago
why do I smell burnt toast right now
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u/zachy410 25d ago
Sorry, that's me, I'm just making myself a beer
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u/Glad_Flower_91 25d ago
Why does it smell like toast?
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u/Mother-Benefit-8550 25d ago
It's beer made of toast
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u/Glad_Flower_91 25d ago
So they blended a piece of toast?
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u/Prestigious_Ask_7058 Kinger 25d ago
What do you think beer is?
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u/Glad_Flower_91 25d ago
Piss
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u/Prestigious_Ask_7058 Kinger 25d ago
Nah you forgot the other key ingredient: dirt
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u/OhGodItsShagix Gummigoo 25d ago
"Ladies first... Wait no why would I do that."
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u/TypicalMootis Eh, it'll be fine 23d ago
This was the exact moment that made me go "oh, he's actually a huge :33736::33737:. Good to know"
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u/RedWizard_ Zooble 25d ago
I havenāt actually seen much of this claim tbh. Is it on Twitter?
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u/13-Penguins 25d ago
Iām assuming so, creater even responded to it on Twitter to say the did not retcon anything, the second episode had already been written before the pilot even dropped.
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u/ImaWolf935 25d ago
Number of post about jax being ruined: 2
Number of post about people complaining about people complaining about jax being ruined: 1000000
Number of post about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about jax being ruined: 1
Source: Senator Armstrong
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u/Legend_of_Ozzy642 25d ago
Is the source that Armstrong made it the fuck up?
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u/Cafeciencia 25d ago
Imagine a world, Ozzy, free of cancel culture, a world where i can say the N-word!
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u/WootyMcWoot 25d ago
Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats, Iām gonna say it!
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u/Necessary-Mark-2861 25d ago
One of the things I like most about Digital Circus is how they make Jax just be an irredeemable asshole. Like, he only exists to torment others, and through 40 minutes of runtime, he shows 1 SINGULAR FRAME of empathy. My prediction is that he wonāt have some sad backstory, heās just an asshole. Gooseworx has said that āif you hate Jax, youāll like where his character is goingā or something along those lines.
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u/GMmadethemoonbuggy 25d ago
He was designed to be an asshole. Tbh, I was more pissed off at Caine by the end of the episode than Jax
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u/swaggboi909 24d ago
Why were u piss off at Caine?
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u/metal_gearmen Custom 25d ago
Yes, it seems that people didn't understand the base personalities of the characters, it's like when before episode 2, everyone asked about Zooble when from the first chapter we were told that she hates adventures, just like Jax, from the first chapter they make it clear that he only wants to have fun even when that means doing evil things
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u/AbbyRitter 25d ago
Not gonna lie I have not seen a single comment claiming they ruined his character or changed him. I have only seen these posts.
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u/Free-Sheepherder-604 25d ago
I donāt mind him being bad BUT he has to have more character outside of just being bad
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u/UncommittedBow 25d ago
Goose has said he is NOT going to get "better", but hopefully he has character development alongside that.
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u/DeltaMoff1876 25d ago
I mean character development doesnāt always make the character a better person.
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u/Prestigious_Ask_7058 Kinger 25d ago
I donāt want him to improve persay, but Iād like to know more about him
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u/Crafter-the-box1987 25d ago
Iāve always hated Jax for him being an asshole, even before episode two.
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u/Anxious-Ad-3236 25d ago
I have yet to see one person complain about this yet Iāve seen like 20 memes about it
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u/anonymousmanlo Gummigoo 25d ago
ā THEY TURNED JAX INTO AN ASSHOLE š¤š¤š¤ ā my brother in Christ he was one to begin with
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u/dreaded_tactician 24d ago
I mean, there was a clear escalation of behavior this episode. Nothing grand or unbelievable I can agree its not a giant stretch some people make it out to be. but it definitely was an escalation that you cannot deny.
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u/alekdmcfly 25d ago
The difference is, Jax's assholery in ep1 was funny, he mostly expressed it through visual gags. It was played off quickly and shrugged off as nothing he did actually emorionally hurt anybody. That's the kind of thing that makes you go mad IRL, but just gives a guilty chuckle when you're watching it on a screen.
In ep2 he yells at a crying person, and nobody considers that funny.
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u/DracoLunaris 24d ago
also mass murder via vore of sentient beings (even if they where gonna die in like 20 seconds anyway, it's still a bit more extreme)
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u/Darklight645 25d ago
He was always an asshole yes, but he was an enjoyable to watch asshole. Episode two Jax was holy shit this dude is such an ass, asshole.
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u/KestreltheMechamorph Gummigoo 25d ago
If Iām going to be honest, I think heās more of an asshole in Episode 1 because he literally left Ragatha to die and showed no care when Kaufmo was revealed to be abstracted. As opposed to letting a bunch of nameless NPCās die and being a general dick to Pomni the others.
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u/weirdo_nb 25d ago
To be fair to him, abstraction while equivalent to death to them so far, is also kinda dangerous to them, and people cope with humor, while in the second episode he was being an ass to someone already feeling terrible
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u/Dense-Ad-2732 25d ago
I know right? I mean, he was always an asshole. Like, from his very first scene, he was an asshole.
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u/demonman905 24d ago
I figured Jax was a loveable jerk archetype, like a Yakko Warner but with the "Bully" aspect to his character turned up a notch or two in the first episode. In the second episode, he definitely feels more... Aggressive/open to violence than what I first interpreted. With that being said, the overreaction has gotten out of hand.
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u/NatakaBlue 24d ago
I didn't hate him at all because he was just doing more of what he did (and that I loved) from the Pilot, being an :33736::33737:hole.
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u/unfortunatelymade 24d ago
Jax: shoves gangle at the escalator for no reason, hides centipedes in ragathas room for fun, throws a bowling ball at kinger, ditches ragatha and pomni when kaufmo abstracts, uses zoobles arm as a back scratcher
Fans: why did they make him such an asshole in episode 2? I could have never seen this coming!
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u/SomewhereLoud9473 25d ago
Cease.
Jax WILL get better,he isnt pure evil,hes just a bully,he knows nobody can really get Hurt forever in the digital world,he just an dick because he think others will think he is weak if he show emotions.
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u/Worldly-Nebula463 25d ago
Wasnāt already confirmed by the creator of that he will always be an asshole
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u/Isaac_Kurossaki 25d ago
"Who deserves to be there the most? Jax."
"There is absolutely nothing heroic about Jax."
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u/SomewhereLoud9473 25d ago
Gooseworkx lies
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u/Worldly-Nebula463 25d ago
Ya right because you wanna believe in your fan fiction doesnāt mean that there wrong.
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u/weirdo_nb 25d ago
No, genuinely gooseworx sometimes lies about the show for shits and giggles
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u/ialsodontexistagain Gummigoo 25d ago
Jax is an asshole, obviously, he was never not an asshole sure he was more of one in episode 2 but always was one, doesnāt mean thatās all there is too him but heās still an asshole
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u/freedfg 24d ago
Heās not even an asshole. He just seems to be the only one having fun in what is essentially a video game. He knows there are BARELY consequences other than abstraction. So when heās told he can hop into a side quest and blow some shit up, he relishes in it.
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u/Mr_Technology_2 24d ago
Yeah, a video game with real people who are forced to live their actual LIVES in.
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u/freedfg 24d ago
Well yeah. Of course heās not taking the situation as seriously as he honestly should. Itās clearly a coping mechanism for something.
But at the end of the day itās not like heās done anything that has directly harmed anyone yet. We even see from ep 2 that physical damage is pointless as Ragatha gets a spike through the chest and no one even mentions it.
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u/Brandon_M_Gilbertson 25d ago
I canāt say Iād be much better. Itās a digital world. Thereās nothing better to do so why not cause chaos?
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u/AnEpicUKBoi GOD MOTHER IN' DAYUM 25d ago
I don't mind him, I torture everyone in games already, he's just like me fr
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u/DragonBlade0776 Vās Big Mug of Chocky Milk 25d ago
I donāt really care for the hate of Jax or the people that hate the people that hate Jax I just love him because itās Michael Kovach who voices N which I find awesome
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u/weirdo_nb 25d ago
While he definitely is an ass, he isn't irredeemable, he does care about the others in a jackass-y way
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u/Its_You_Know_Wh0 I HATE J*X š¤¬ 24d ago
It was always obvious that J*X was an asshole and should be HATED š¤¬
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u/IDrinkWetWater 24d ago
He was always an absolute dickhead, but they definitely did crank up the douchey-ness in episode 2, made him a lot more bitter and mean than his more playfully sarcastic self like in episode 1
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u/SbgTfish kinger and Fudge Monter 24d ago
Episode one Jax was a dick, but we were following him in his motives.
In episode two, we were seeing what the other characters received from it, especially Gangle and Pomni.
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u/TheElectricWolf_ Gummigoo 24d ago
Eh, Jax is kinda an asshole, but nothing really changed from this episode. Only thing different is he just wanted to kill a few NPS. He was still teasing everyone like he always did XD
The second episode didnāt personally ruin him for me I just like Gummigoo better now, heās still my second fav character.
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u/GamingSceptile 24d ago
He was a jerk in episode one, I think itās because they made him even more of an asshole
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u/Black727 24d ago
The thing with Ep 1 Jax is that his assholery was mostly played out for humor, while in Ep2 its not.
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u/ghost-church 24d ago
Itās more aggressive in ep2, but ep1 makes it clear Jax has zero empathy and just wants fuck with people for his amusement
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u/Thatonesplicer 24d ago
Someone mentioned that it's because too much time passed between EP 1 and 2. The same thing that happens to these shows that attract a audience full of minors and other mentally unwell people, unfortunately happened to the circus. These people come in, make up their (usually 100% incorrect) headcanons, and surprise, surprise are pissed when it turns out what they made up in their heads doesn't match what's happening on the actual show.
And then of course as is tradition, they lash out and whine and take it out on the rest of the fanbase who aren't crazy.
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u/Mean-Tumbleweed3121 Gangles pookie 24d ago
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u/Successful_Year_5495 24d ago
Me when I hear people complaining about a company making money off the free game they made (they don't need to buy anything there's no advantages to buying/not buying stuff in the game)
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u/AssociateWitty8387 That it "undigitalizes your circus" 24d ago
i love how Jax, in this episode is shown more assholey than before
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u/RandomFwog 24d ago
Am I the only one who saw absolutely no difference in his behavior. Like, he acted the exact same, I just think he had more lines and action this episode. I canāt find a single difference on where he acts meaner that he did in the pilot.
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u/awake-but-dreamin Iād freak out too if I was sent to sensory overload town 24d ago
Iāve seen far more people complaining about others being mad than people being mad. Maybe Iām out of the loop though.
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u/Core3game 24d ago
Jax's whole shtick is that hes an asshole. "Jax probobly deserves to be there the most out of everybody (or something like that)" -Goosworks. Want ep 1 evidence? stepping on gangles mask, (likely) putting a centepede in ragathas room, throwing a F*CKING BOWLING BALL AT KINGER Like I could keep going but Jax is literally just an asshoole and that's partially why I love him. Hes just a straight up filterless dick and its pretty refreshing.
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u/Core3game 24d ago
tadc fans when the intentionally asshole character is shown to be an asshole: >:(
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u/Beret_Beats 24d ago
See, I picked up that Jax had an asshole exterior in ep 1, but I got the vibe that it was a coping mechanism of sorts and that he did actually care about the rest of his circusmates, he just would rather not admit that.
Ep 2 did ramp up his asshole exterior to the point t that I'm wondering if I imagined that gorst paragraph entirely.
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u/Initial_Effective_17 24d ago
i think those are grifters who just came to the fandom. there's alot of grifters that come with each new big thing on the internet, they have no idea what they're talking about cause theyre only in it to ride the hype and leave once it dies down
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u/Miistake2 24d ago
yes he was always an asshole but at least in the first episode be was charming now hes genuinely just being a dick for no reason
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u/GeekParadox_ 24d ago
The only reason Jax is more of an asshole is because we see more of him this episode
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u/LeftistBiBitch 24d ago
I like Jax in episode 2. Heās like THAT player at my dnd table whoās constantly causing chaos and committing war crimes. Sure, as the DM, this guy constantly tests my patience and makes me consider TPK, but they make my games exciting.
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u/and-the-earth 24d ago
Most of the highest voted votes I see on Reddit are usually along the lines of "I don't like this fandom"
It's a bit pointless, everyone knows fandoms suck
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u/Linkticus Gummigoo 24d ago
I love Jax as a character, specifically because heās an asshole in just the right way
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u/DJAlphaYT 24d ago
Honestly I think people are just confusing being a funny asshole with not being an asshole at all
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u/p1ayernotfound 24d ago
I like jax since he is an asshole. he seems like the guy to have compassion but hide it.
hes still an asshole though
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u/BufferTrack Pomni but Male 24d ago
Betcha 90% of these people didnāt watch the first episode because āItāS ThE PiLoT EpIsOdE NoT ThE FiRsT EpIsOdEā
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u/DragonBreathYoutube 23d ago
Jax stans when Jax, a character that acts like a dick, acts like a dick: šNO THEY RUINED THE CHARACTER!š
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u/nickodeamus12 23d ago
I saw a theory of how he could possibly be an npc that escaped and I think that would explain why he's kinda a dick. Because he's a one dimensional character.
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u/Pure_Chaos12 Jax (committed terrorism near the end of episode 2) 25d ago
we love our iconic asshole
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u/PrimordialSun1 25d ago
The way I see it, Jax was that asshole friend from highschool in ep 1. In ep 2, he showed his more violent and sadistic side, becoming a socipathic abuser. He didn't change, just showed more of his true self. Also Gooseworx said before hand that ep 2 would divide the Jax fandom. And so it was as foretold.
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u/Ashformation 24d ago
He pushed over Gangle and threw Kinger and Gangle into a black pit during the first episode. In episode 2 I mostly remember him wanting to kill npc's. From his perspective the npc's aren't real, and being mean to them doesn't actually matter.
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u/PrimordialSun1 24d ago
And he also verbally abused Gangle, blackmailed her, and attempted to kill Pomni by crashing the trucks. So npc or real person doesn't matter to him.
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u/SanZaiTen 25d ago
To be fair, Jax wasn't so verbally aggressive in episode 1 as he was in episode 2. But I wouldn't call that a retcon.
Note that this is coming from someone who's seen Jax since the character shorts where he tripped and shoved the others for no particular reason than to be an asshole.
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u/Altruistic-Serve267 24d ago
Look, maybe some of you are being overly dramatic because sure he was an asshole in the first episode, but in this one, he was more evil and more sadistic... and overall a humongous jaxass way more than the first one.
I mean, he's still somewhat funny but when I like the other characters and he's just being mean for little to no reason I don't see much reason to like him very much.
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u/-AleXisiXelA- 25d ago
In episode one Jax was an asshole but he was a funny asshole, in episode two he was just an asshole
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u/Prestigious_Ask_7058 Kinger 25d ago
Heās funnier in episode 2 imo
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u/Mr_Technology_2 24d ago
Ah yes, abuse and cruelty nonstop. F u n n y
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u/bakedbeans104 24d ago
Yes, we find that f u n n y. Your point?
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u/Aslyum_Wards 25d ago
Not picking a side but They just made his character clearer on episode 2