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wackywatchdotcom · 2 months ago

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imo jax has no clue that hes miserable. like hes putting on a face for sure but i dont think he actually has the emotional awareness to know WHY hes doing that. he just wants to look cool and masculine and thats as far as he thinks on it. theres more to it but he doesnt know that. being sad isnt cool so he wouldnt even entertain the idea that hes secretly sad

#tadc #hes absolutely miserable but he doesnt. realize i dont think #i think he knows when hes Currently unhappy but i dont think he like #realizes that theres an underlying misery to his entire existence #hes trying to be cool and is forcing himself to have fun all the time #the man is desperate to be happy and laugh and has found a way to do it #its not viable and also its a bandaid on his problems but he doesnt realize #and also hes a piece of shit #i hope he one day recovers because its tragic and also bc for the others' sake he should stop being an asshole to them #hes more ok expressing negative emotions if theyre like. angry or frustrated. he just ignores sadness. its not cool of him #idk if im wrong or if i jsut interpret him differently but genuinely #to me he is a guy more obsessed w looking cool than almost everything else #a bold move when he doesnt respect anyone around him #then again he knows(?) thers an audience so . maybe its for them #or maybe he wants the illusion of superiority over the others #they all might be jumpy and mopey but hes above that and wants them all to know #its just one way to have control over literally anything in the circus #and i think thers struggles every chracter has in come way and like #i think i should look at how the charcters interact w the concept of their own autonomy #bc theres something there #esp given a lot of gangles actions in ep 4 revolve around her finally. finally having literally any control over how ppl treat her #even if its not actually 'real' control #and smth smth caine getting rid of zoobles option to not participate #pomni getting dragged places CONSTANTLY #ragatha trying to maintain the other characters emotional stability #which reads as a desperate desire to stop players from abstracting. to me. which is in itself #a desire for control in a bad situation #then theres kinger.... i cant think of much for him. in terms of control #he doesnt seem to have control of anything but he has a surprisingly large amnt of authority #circus discussion

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