So I came to this show because bluesky was flooded with “Jax is trans” memes and comments. That’s how I discovered the show (apparently I was living under a rock), so on some level I was waiting for that reveal the entire time.

I binged the show over the past few days, and there was never a big “look Jax is a woman now” reveal that I noticed. Sure there was the french maid outfit, but that felt like a gag to me.

Can someone hold my hand and explain what apparently went over my head about Jax being trans? I’m not arguing it didn’t happen, I’m saying I was apparently oblivious to it.

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    Sure there was the french maid outfit, but that felt like a gag to me.

    The maid outfit itself can be seen as just a gag, a troll by Gangle, but Jax’s reaction is the important part: “I have never seen you this upset about something.” That was one of the big things that had people suggesting Jax was either transmasc or closeted transfem. Not yet a guarantee, of course, but certainly a “🤨”

    Another big “if you know, you know” moment was Jax’s crashout in episode 6. Specifically: “I’m just a misunderstood little chicken feats in an egg that needs to be cracked open.” As @hopeofthegunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zone demonstrated, “egg” is a term in trans communities for someone who isn’t aware or out yet[1] (although importantly, forcibly “cracking” someone else’s egg is frowned upon; a chick will not survive if their egg is cracked from the outside, they have to be incubated and protected until they are ready to hatch on their own terms). This is also mirrored in the episode 8 torture sequence, where Jax’s skin gets forcefully peeled away, exposing the “yolk” while being laughed at


    1. Wiktionary entry: noun sense 3.4 ↩︎