Jax: *Acts mean in episode 1* Fans: I love him Jax: *Acts mean in episode 2* Fans: BOO, GET OFF THE STAGE

Why are these people just now starting to hate Jax? I already knew Jax was a horrible person, so I wasn't surprised when he was so much worse in episode 2. It's like people had an idealized image of the "hot bad boy, Jax" in their mind, and then when Jax started to legitimately be a real bad boy and not just a typical jerk then their illusion was shattered.

I can't believe so many people missed one of the clearest points of the show since the beginning. That Jax is an insane prick. I mean come on even in the pilot he steals the keys to the characters rooms, puts a centipede in ragatha's room (which is said to be one of her biggest fears), and pushes gangle next to an escalator. he was rude from the beginning.

Jax trolled his own fandom just like how he did with the circus members

people realizing he’s not the “hot bully” type character and is actually just mentally unwell and edgy

I recall Goose tweeted he was going to do something unforgivable later in the season so it's gonna be interesting to see how much worse he can get

Jax is supremely entertaining, so he's a great character in my book. He's not a *good* character, but this is a show about people under stress and some people become assholes when they're stressed out. It makes sense for Jax to be this way.

remember, kids. never listen to the internets opinions on anything ever. they're wrong 90% of the time.

I love how she’s not planning on changing the character. I wanna see him exactly how she intended him to be.

So, my thoughts on it are. The reason he seemed like less of a dick in the first episode was because, as he said "he just wants to see funny things happen to people". Since Kaufmo was causing havoc, Jax just had to sit back and watch the show. This made him come across as more reasonable and laid back since he didn't have to do anything. In the Second episode, he was actively trying to cause chaos again, but it kept backfiring on him, and since he was being denied the chaos he enjoys, he was getting angry, like a spoiled child who doesn't get his way. It seems, to me at least, Jax is taking full advantage of being in a world where he can indulge in destructive behavior without consequence. Most likely as a way to distance himself from the harsh reality of his current situation.

“I will make hat from you little bunny” -Heavy

People are weird. They don’t need to hate Jax because he’s an asshole, but at least realize that he IS an asshole. It’s okay to like assholes it has been done since forever.

If he wasn’t an asshole, then his character development will not hit as hard later on. It’s almost like it’s a FUCKING CHARACTER ARC.

Jax in episode 1 : Steals bedroom keys, leaves Ragatha and Pomni for dead, assaults Gangle and Kinger. Fans : What a cool guy Jax in Episode 2 : Hurts Pomni, insults Ragatha and Gangle, leaves Candy Kingdom for dead. Fans : What a not cool guy Anyways, I have a theory that Jax would take notice of Pomni's existentialism and use it to have her spill the beans on more NPCs. I doubt he's gonna stop at just violent murder.

I think alot people have gotten used to the idea of the asshole character getting retooled to be a more sympathetic character as a series develops when they become popular. For example Stolas from HB was completely deplorable in the original pilot, but the fandom still latched onto him and the Stolitz ship, and what we got in the series proper was way closer to the fandom version than the original pilot, whether that was by design or coincidence, I cant say. But I'm sure it gives some fans the impression that they can shape their comfort character into what they want them to be and the creator's will pick up on it and cater to it.

He literally pushed and broke the mask of the one ribbon character in the pilot, wtf did they expect from him 💀

Why can’t people just realize that fictional characters are fictional?

I honestly love how *evil* Jax is. Mostly happy he isn't the streotypical cool bad boy that secretly cares deeply about everyone. He does seem to care for *some* people *just a bit* as seen *before* the funeral, but definitely less than what a lot of people expected.

I feel like people don't understand that having a character thats a complete asshole is OKAY. Especially for shows or any public media, because it gives a lot more conflict to the story. There's nothing wrong with having a character like Jax because at the core of it all, he isn't real, and he isn't the creator.

I think the biggest reason why they dislike jax now but liked him in the start is honestly just his screentime and impact of his jokes. There's a rule in comedy where your joke can be as offensive as you want so long as it's equally as funny as it is offensive. Subjective rule, I know, but I believe this rule was at play here. Jax's screen presence and comedic relief just doesn't justify his offensiveness this episode. So his offensiveness comes off as grating because that's all that we see, we no longer see him as this charismatic trickster cuz he doesn't have much opportunities to show that here so we only see his mean side.

I thought it was pretty obvious that Jax was written to be a prick that enjoys the madness of the circus.🐱

Jax's personnality in Ep2 is literally the same as the Ep1... ...Why are people acting like he somehow changed personnalities ?

Well, Gooseworx *did* say that he’s going to get worse as the series continues. Honestly, I’m intrigued to see how they build from that.

I personally like Jax. Not because I can relate to him, but I like him as a character who stands out amongst other members of the circus

as someone who only watched the pilot very recently, and then watched it again directly before the second episode, I was really surprised to see people talking about how much his character changed. he's literally just like that lmao. I think they've got their fanon and canon mixed up.

The idea that media should not portray assholes is so strange to me. Even stranger is the idea that people are genuinely offended that an imaginary character is mean. It is fiction. It is not real. An asshole character is not an endorsement of asshole behavior. He exists to reveal a truth of human behavior; some people are assholes. That some people do not understand this is strange.

It’s nice to have a character who is a genuine asshole. Not evil, just an asshole. Jax is a perfect example of what some people would absolutely do if they were in a world where their actions had no real consequences.

Some day, maybe, people will realize that a character can do things that are objectively bad but still be entertaining because it's all fiction and nobody real is getting hurt.

Goose literally warned us in the beginning about jax, people are so unaware these days. I honestly just wanted more gummigoo! Still loving it

I think the simple truth, Jax didnt undergo any personality shift from episode 1-2 however! Episode 2 provided a lot more fuel and opportunities for Jax to be a prick In episode 1 thanks to Kaufmo, there was actual stakes and danger around so simply getting the hell out of dodge was the best option, followed by waiting things out till Caine got back. Buuuut in episode 2: with absolutely 0 consequences or danger around, he was more than ready to do what he does best.

In other words the community is like "I WANT JAX TO BE WHAT I WANT HIM TO BE AND NOT A NATURALLY FLOWING CHARACTER !!!" sorry but i think jax being the way he is its realistic to how he is portrayed after all they are all trying to cope with being stuck in this program and each have their own way of coping. Ragitha = Optimism (make the best out of a bad situation.) Jax = Cynicism (likes the chaotic nature of everything because if hes stuck in hell might as well enjoy it.) Zooble = Apathetic (does not care much for anything.) Gangle = Imposter syndrome. (due to the masks representing this.) Kingler = Dissociative amnesia (most likely lost someone close and his brain switches off and on resulting in memory loss to cope) These are all coping mechanisms and are core to all the character im starting to think the digital circus is a mental asylum using this program on patients to get them over there psychological devices believing it would cure them but if they go too far over the deep end they abstract aka lose their mind completely. Also it gives a hint to why there characters are designed that way because the program uses the data inputted by the mental asylum staff to depict there conditions into a physical form if we look closely at each character you can see they represent each condition. A doll that is beaten up represents ragitha being too optimistic and will allow herself to be hurt so much maybe she was suffering from domestic abuse hence why she's there. A mischievous bunny rabbit being up to no good represents jax being too chaotic that he might have seriously hurt someone hence why he's there. A mismatch of shapes not being able to form something of structure represents zooble feeling lost and depressed hence why she's there. A masked person most likely suffering from multiple personality syndrome resulting in imposter syndrome hence why gangle there. A king like person most likely suffering from the lose of someone close to him battling with the idea of ending it all hence why kinglers there.

I think that all of the characters already in the Circus when Pomni arrives have been broken by it in one way or another, and they're primary characteristics are a thin armor they keep around themselves as a natural defense to stay sane and prevent abstracting. Except for Kinger. He seems like a he's functionally insane, and I don't know if it's even possible for him to abstract. It would be neat to have another potential outcome for those trapped in the Circus. Either abstract like Kaufmo, or end up like Kinger.

gooseworx saying that jax is troubled and that the show will mostly focus on the characters, also hinting at a very jax-centric episode in the future is very exciting to me. the internet these days, especially the fandom side, cant handle an antagonist just... being an antagonist, without ALSO being either hot and flirty or an uwu sad boi type. yes, he's definitely hiding something, or compensating for something with his behaviour, but hes a villain and some people went too far with headcanons and are now upset that hes acting consistently. character arcs take time, and mark my words, he's gonna get a LOT worse before he gets better, IF he gets better.

I thought it was obvious Jax is a major jerk, but still find it strangely amusing. Why the sudden love to hate him now? Besides, Jax just wanted to treat the adventure like some kind of violent video game since he believed they weren't in any real danger. It's all fake to him. Plus, he did show a little sadness when the funeral was mentioned. Maybe there is a heart, but showing that is like a weakness to him.

Yeah the people complaining confuse me. Like, you realize that's just his dynamic right? Like when he pushed Gangle over in episode 1, or how he'll run off leaving others to deal with problems while also not warning others. He is, in every sense of the word, an asshole. Sometimes people are just assholes, maybe they think it's funny, or maybe they are selfish, or, and this is my theory, based on episode 2s ending, he likely is covering up his true feelings. (Think like a school yard bully who acts like a jerk because his home life is bad) Given the situation and what we've seen of Jax, especially at the end of episode 2, there's a lot more too him and people not to not hyper focus his bad actions. Use your eyes and study what's going on, theorize, that's half the fun of watching a show if you ask me

i love the part where people chipped Jax and Pomni only for she get grab by the throat, yeted whit 0 mercy, totally shattering the ship muahahahaha

Gooseworks: “there’s nothing heroic about Jax.” Those people: “I smell a redemption arc in the next episode…”

I mean I wouldn't mind it if Jax got beaten to death with hammers, but I do find it funny how people are getting upset because they expected him to be a funny little Sans-esque blorbo and got a legitimate asshole waste of space instead.

Were people expecting a Zuko situation where despite being the bad guy, we got to know his PoV and be sympathetic towards him even before he started his arc?

Subscribed to you back in 2016 and i’m pleasantly surprised you’re putting stuff out and getting more reach lately

Digital circus drama Me : “aw sh¡t, here we go again”

Micheal Kovach should not get hate for acting a character he voices so many characters like N from murder drones, Angledust from the hazbin piolet and Rocky from lackadaisey as well as many other characters from games like bendy, fnaf, poppyplaytime etc as they all have different personalities and Micheal doesn't make the script, he reads it. edit: my comment is not to bring hate to micheal Kovach im saying that he shouldn't get hate because of jax's characteristics and that he didn't make the character, he has also voiced many characters with all of them having very different personalities

Tbh when i heard about people going rouge about Jax being mean I was so surprised Like ?? what?? there is no difference, he was an ass in the first one and now he continues to do so what did they expect

Personally my own little theory is that Jax has had some kind of mental breakdown at some point, or just a general slow decline in sanity. Seeing as nothing you do seems to have long term consequences in this reality, and the NPCs aren't really people I think Jax has kind of dehumanized everyone around him. This along with the inevitable negative consequences of being in a never changing digital world means he can probably only cope by just messing with everyone around him, it's not like you can kill one of the human characters as seen with both Ragatha and Pomni being stabbed on a few occasions, along with Gangle's comedy mask that was broken in the pilot, fixed between episodes, then broken again. From what I can tell he's just as broken and insane as everyone else and is simply trying to cope. Like he said in the pilot he doesn't care about anything as long as he gets to see funny things happened to people. A second more meta thing is that yes Jax is a terrible person, but that isn't bad writing. You can totally write a good character who is a bad person, even if they're a main character.

I also noticed that a lot of people started to hate him after episode 2 came out. I think there are 2 reasons for this. First, people didn't perceive him as an asshole in the pilot. They saw a fun and teasing character. Second, a lot of people, myself included, believed that Jax would be the focus of episode 2. There was an announcement that episode 2 would be about depression, and like in the trailer we saw Jax on the ground (looking "depressed"), we had thought the episode would be about Jax's depression. We were far from what we finally got in episode 2. Even I was surprised by how despicable Jax could be. Yet, despite that, I don't hate him. I can't hate him. I'm not excusing what he does, and the way he behaves, but I think he has insecurities. This is just my personal opinion. I don't see why we would be given a purely evil character in the main group. I think Jax doesn't like to deal with his emotions. I think he has insecurities, and puts others down to make himself feel better. He acts as if nothing affects him, and takes everything lightly, as if to forget, or not think about the fact that he has been locked for a long time against his will. Maybe it stops him from thinking too much and having an existential crisis. I think there is a reason for his actions. I hope that after showing us how horrible he can be, he will eventually question himself and change the way he acts. I don't want to believe he stays like that until the end. I think he has a lot of potential, that's why he's my favorite character. And even if I'm wrong, it doesn't matter. I like him anyway, he's interesting. (I love the way he's animated, it's very pleasant to watch)

As someone who does have to admit the fanbase changed my perception on the character for a temporary amount of time, I think the hate is honestly ridiculous. Jax was and is meant to be an impulsive a-hole that likes creating chaos, harming others, and doing whatever keeps him entertained and distracted. This was hinted not only in the pilot but in posts as well. He's described of having *"no heroic qualities", "doing something unforgivable later", "being a pathetic loser with no friends", "being an impulsive d-head" and "causing a divide in the fandom".* While no means a good person, he's still hinted to have more to him than just an impulsive and destructive loser that some of these same people don't take into account. Gooseworx has stated he has *reasons for why he does what he does and the show and other pieces of media has a small amount of hints that he does actually care about his situation and abstraction to an extent* (like his reaction to Kaufmo's funeral and Michael Kovach's response to how he would actually feel if Ragatha abstracted). This doesn't excuse his past or future actions obviously, but it creates a more nuanced character that can go various paths. Either he learns his lesson after he commits the unforgivable OR he continues to get worse until he faces his own demise. Anyways, either of these paths would be interesting to go towards and for people expecting any character development remember this: *it is barely the second episode after all.*

In my theory on why Jax is now the way he is acting it’s because on how long he’s been in the Digital Circus World. Like, once he realized that none of this even matters and everything is just fake with NPC’s, of course he’s gonna go careless over his surroundings. From what I’ve seen is that Jax knows that the adventure ends once they reached their objective. And once he realizes that nothing even matters on what you do on the adventures, of course he wanted things to be chaotic and interesting for his own fun, it’s not like anyone of the members from the Digital Circus can die (like from how Ragatha got pierced through the chest with a spike in episode two) he didn’t really care how much damage he makes, he just wants chaos to add more spice to the adventure. But overtime, he started to get bored, hungry for more spice and chaos in the adventures that he even would sulk and be disappointed the fact that nothing went on how he anticipated. Even on Cosmos funeral, we can see that Jax already witnessed this multiple times with other characters in the circus. He lost his care due to how long and repetitive with things while being trapped into a world where nothing matters nor is it even real, the only objective is to complete adventures given by Caine.

I'm excited to see what comes of this show in the future it's one of my favorite KZfaq animated series so far the first two episodes have not disappointed and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series

I had like a visceral reaction to Jax in episode 2, but when I went back and rewatched episode 1 it was the him putting a centipede in Ragatha's room that reminded me "Oh yeah, this man is a menace to society." lol

I like the idea/hypothesis that Jax is so used to Caine's antics he's kind of like 'why wait' also Murderhoboing cause well, the worlds they visit won't matter once they leave, it'll all be reset/forgotten, so it doesn't matter if he broke the dam or left the door open, all the NPCs to him are just doing what they are programmed to

I already know how jack was supposed to be even through many people just love him being a bad boy like a high schooler personality, i wasn't surprised how long it took to everyone realized how jax supposed to be in the full show

It's pretty simple, actually. I never liked Jax as a person (I do like him as a character). In the pilot he was just a jerk. In episode 2 he wasn't just a jerk, he was straigt up cruel, specially towards Gangle. I did not like Jax very much in the pilot and after the latest episode I straight up despise him, but that's the point of the character. People (because people are straight up f*cked up) literally sexualized and fetishized Jax and I don't even know why, and now their illusion of the "hot mean skinny bunny boy" has been completely shattered, which is pretty hilarious to see.

I dont understand how people can hate a character and blame the creator recently i feel people these day care more about fantasy that they hurt real people in the process. Which is an issue that these people need help.

People have got to seriously stop treating their headcanons as canon, especially considering this show just started. People nowadays think a character having any kind of nuance makes them "out of character"

thank you for such a high-quality review of the topic on Jax

NGL, Jax is my favorite main character. Goat VA, character design is cool, and his snark remarks are just great. He's not a hateable A hole, he's a fun A hole

So far I've seen Jax as a driving force behind pushing the plot along. His antagonism is what has been making things happen. He opens the door to release Kofmo, pushes the duo down the hole to pursue the gloinks, forces Gangle to pursue the bandits, and entices Fudge to help bring them in. Cooler heads might take a step back and solve the issues differently, but so far, Jax takes charge and everyone usually just lets him without much fuss.

Gooseworx said that Jax is supposed to be a hated character and everyone’s backlash against him shouldn’t be a surprise to her since she wanted him to be hated in the first place.

I think it is more of a case in episode 1. Jax was involved in a lot more chaos. So he was having a fun time dealing with it and experiencing it. Episode 2 still had chaos, but Jax wasn't involved with it. Meaning he was a lot more miserable within it. Also, I'm just adding this here. I think Cane does adapt his adventures to suite the cast better over time. We may see more empathetic npc characters since Pomni engaged with one this episode. Jax loves destruction.......so hence the reason the goo monster existed.

Jax to me is never someone TO BE LOVED or sympathized. He's the guy that you should love to HATE. That's his job. He wants you to HATE HIS GUTS. But at the same time, he entertains you while he does it. He'll love every second of it. But of course, Twitter or Tumblr, they love making things for their lewd imaginations or make him into something he's NOT.

To be honest, no matter what will happen, Jax will be my favourite character forever

It seems people didn't like Jax turning into a tantrum throwing manchild when things didn't go his way and that killed off the Tumblr Sexyman image people had of him. Though it was always pretty obvious he was an imature and self centered prick with how he'd just push gangle out of the way for no reason and whatnot

I think it's a problem with people obsessing over a pilot of a promising new show, then diving headfirst into theories, fanfiction, and overspeculation with just an episode's worth of info. Too many people attach themselves to all these preconcieved ideas about a story that has only just begun. That's why I like to stay open-minded with things like headcannons and stuff since 1) I could very well end up being wrong and 2) my ideas aren't any more valid than those of the creator. People need to calm down and just see where the story takes them. If it ends up not being your cup of tea, fine. But give creators breathing room to just do their work. It's sad that toxic fans treat storytellers like a restaurant: give me what I want cooked the way I want it; not like artists that choose to tell their own story. It's not that audiences can't offer important criticisms or ideas, of course. It's just that "controversies" like these seem to come more from selfishness than anything else.

Everyone thought he was gonna be another "pretends to be mean but is actually caring" character and immeadiately assumed they were 100% right instead of using their brains and realising that this doesn't have to be the case.

digital circus fan when a mean character do MEAN things 😱

what i liked especially about him in episode 2 is how he is in a world where death isnt really a thing and most new people he meets are NPCs, so he can be as destructive as he wants to be. he's not necessarily in the right since he hurts his friends, and we see that the NPCs have personalities and feelings. None of that matters to Jax, and honestly I could delve deeper into why I think he is the way he is. He's also kind of a foil to Pomni in that episode. Pomni befriends an NPC, they open up to each other, she sees him as just as real as she is. Jax, on the other hand, uses the NPCs as a means to be needlessly destructive just because he can. I'm really looking forward to seeing the dynamic between Jax and Pomni develop

This is honestly a perfect example of why people obsessing over “Tumblr Sexymen” are completely missing the mark because they constantly show off these characters as charming and devilishly handsome guys when they’re actually just psychopaths or assholes, sometimes even both.

It's crazy to me that y'all thought he was actually a good person. It's like people are unable to comprehend the fact that yes, this character is an actual bully, not "oh look at this silly guy he's a hot bad boy character." I knew he was an absolute menace to begin with, so I have absolutely no complaints about his character/personality "changing" or whatever because it didn't, he's just actually causing problems now.

My opinion of Jax actually went up in episode 2 thanks to the funeral moment, where he does the typical "prevent myself from crying by blinking and hide my true emotions by walking away from the situation" showing that while he is a huge jerk, there is a very small and hidden soft side. And gooseworks even mentioned that he's a "troubled individual" This is only episode 2 of 8, so give him time. And if he's truely meant to just be a jerk, at least he's an incredibly entertaining one.

They all developed very different coping mechanisms, Jax's seems to just be hedonistic nihilism fuelled by the knowledge that nothing he does holds any form of real long term consequence. The stakes were high on the first episode with Kaufmo running around being an actual threat, so his dickery comes off as small annoyances in the spurt of the moment, giving off this "Trickster" vibe. Episode 2 is an adventure where Jax gets to have full autonomy to face the situation at hand in any way he pleases, this is the result of that. This is the purest Jax in his natural element.

The one thing I’m going to say with all this is I only just recently learned about this show. I watched episode 1 and then immediately watched episode 2. Jax seemed pretty much the exact same.

It really feels like the main difference between ep1 and ep2 with his portrayal is just that his antisocial behavior isn't played as much for laughs this time around, and is more explicitly aimed at Pomni instead of just kind of going on in the B plot in parallel to a bunch of characters we are also primed to find funny. Count that with the emotional investment we have in Gummigoo compared to never meeting Kaufmo and having his attitude retain the same level of active malice for people we have just been shown are real enough to be morally relevant, and the sting of the dark ramifications of his behavior is shown undeniably without any benefit of the doubt. We are a little more familiar with this place now than in ep1, and we know that it doesn't matter to Jax how real anyone is, he gets off on watching them suffer, and that's really fucked up.

Jax has looked at the camera twice now, first time was passed off as looking at another character, but the second time he was just looking at a wall, so it's likely that our perspective may be something canonical, or else he's more aware of their actual situation. If Jax does something unforgivable, it could be related to the ending of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, where one character kills all the others to spare them from endless torture at the cost of their own torture. Maybe he attempts to force the others to undergo abstraction?

People when a character has to have problems to overcome to have character development

i hope in episode 3 they do a recap of what we didn't get to see towards the end in episode 2.

The way I interpret Jax’s character is that he’s taken the approach of “nothing truly matters here so I’m just gonna do whatever I want.” In order to keep himself somewhat sane. It’s like how a lot of us play the most chaotic route in a video game since there aren’t any real consequences and no one is actually getting hurt. I doubt any of the main squad can truly die so Pomni probably wasn’t in any real danger in that way. He seems to also secretly care about the other members based off his reaction to the discussion of Kaufmos funeral at the end. I just think there’s a lot more left to learn about his character before we make judgements about how bad of a person he is.

tbh the whole drama about jax going from the most liked chracter/the next tumblr sexyman to most despised guy is kinda funny lmao i can understand ppl would be weirded out since jax wasn't that bad in the pilot but gooseworx warned ppl that he would get bad personally i like em because he just causes and chaos and does stupid things and its gonna be cool to learn abt em more :D

I prefer this honestly, less simps is better

I think it's freaking hilarious how just one episode after the pilot has already torn the crazy Jax fans apart, especially when it comes to the simps. I was honestly expecting this to happen immediately after watching the 2nd episode through.

Jax in the pilot: Me: I love him Jax in episode 2: Me: I love him even more!

What ever happened to people simping over Jax and putting him in a high pedestal for the Tumbler man type only for the the Jax simps to unsimp for Jax and remove his Tumbler men pass away from him 😂, thankfully I never was a Jax simp/fan but I always viewed him as just average character pretty much.

I like that they gave us a truly despicable character and not the typical "bad boy", it's refreshing to see an idiot with almost no redeemable qualities, but at the same time chaotic, I think he will still be my favorite character even if they don't give him any character arc

Solid breakdown! Just a side note, when you're reading a tweet/post from someone it's generally a good idea to read it verbatim. For a few of the tweets you put on screen, you moved a couple words around or changed/inserted them; it was nothing that altered the meaning of the original post, which is the most important part, but it's still a little jarring when you're reading along and the narration says something different than what you're seeing on the screen.

I stand by: "He should be worse, actually." I enjoy these types of characters. Let Jax be a murder hobo. He's in a videogame world where death doesn't apply to him (not counting abstraction), his actions don't have consequences. What are you gonna do? Put him in prison? I also really like the "Everyone is a different type of gamer" theory. I also thought the same thing that Jax responded with to the Chocolate river monster: "Is it really bad if they're delicious? You've got a point." But I'm not gonna get into morality of cannibalism where everything and everyone is made out of the same material. (sugar) Anyways. Jax is my favourite, but I'm actually most interested in finding out what the deal is with Kinger.

Jax’s character outside game: mischievous inside game: devilish

With developed brains?Dear,I think like 85% who watching this show are kids or teenagers.And they get mad when something doesnt go their way and write it on twitter,cuz kids are brutal.We saw that in Undertale,Naruto and so...Most wholesome shows get always most toxic fandom.And most toxic shows get most wholesome fandom.I know,I was in both.Thats life.

People totally glossed over the fact that in episode 1, he immediately joked around about Kaufmo being abstracted & one of the first things he did after Gangle found out about it was push her down for fun.

I’m excited to see what direction they’re gonna go with Jax.

Although, my favourite characters are Zooble and Gangle, the way Jax acted in episode to actually piqued my curiosity for this periwinkle rabbit...

Of course Gooseworx ain't gonna give a shxt, that's why I love her as she knows there will be hate but couldn't give a shxt, unlike Viv who will be fixated on hate and create more trouble than was done already rather than just accept it will happen and move on.

I don’t get why people hate him due to knowing he was a jerk before, but, i still love him 😭😭

If Jax were nice, he likely wouldn’t stand out as much from the rest of the humans in the circus. And his motivation makes sense; he feels so detached from reality in the digital circus that he also detached himself from worrying about the consequences of his actions

The only difference between Jax in the 2 episodes I can see is he seems alot more active in the problems he creates. In the pilot he tries to makes existing problems worse but in episode he creates problems that weren't there before. Not really out of character, just kinda surprising seeing him that much effort into his schemes.

I think his prickness is what makes him an entertaining character xD

Jax doesn't deserve hate, he like everyone else is a kidnapped prisoner, he is resisting in his own way to be released

It's not even that he's a "Tumblr Sexyman" I just saw Jax as the cool asshole, like Ethan from Ctrl+Alt+Del, or Muscle Man from Regular Show's earlier seasons, or Angel Dust in the Hazbin Hotel pilot. Yes, I know he left Ragatha and Pomni behind to get killed by abstracted Kaufmo, but he was cool whilst doing it. The new episode portrayed him as a whiny crybaby instead of him simply being laidback snark.

Gooseworx: *Introduces and fleshes out a character* Also Gooseworx: *Kills him immediately after*

"I'm so unbelievably disappointed right now..." - Jax

People say he’s just a plain jerk, and he is. BUT, if you pay attention to detail, you can actually see how he actually lets some of his real emotions slip out sometimes. For example, when they mentioned kaufmo’s funeral at the end of the episode, you can see him looking sad for a split second and immediately changing the emotion to appear as anger. So I personally think he’s only rude as a coping mechanism or as a way to protect himself from getting too close to anyone. You also have to keep in mind that he’s the youngest of the characters. In the first episode, he says: “We’ve been stuck here for years.” Implying that not only everyone else has been stuck here for years, but he has too. So it’s possible that he was trapped in the circus at an extremely young age. So of course he wouldn’t be all sunshine and rainbows. He would probably be rude, and if you think about it, you probably would be too.

Glitch fans trying not to pull the most bullshit excuse out of their ass for hating on TADC for 0.00001 milliseconds: