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yeah man

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The amount of emotion that Jax showed in this episode is crazy. So I wanted to showcase some of it

When his friend got brought up he looks so angry

He gets really annoyed with Ragatha and then follows it up with dumb insults and his regular expression

Also with the friend in the animation you can see him hesitant as he reaches for the door knob

During the scene where all the characters are talking about their backstory he is the only one who doesn’t mention anything and looks to be uncomfortable when he realizes everyone else is having fun and chatting about their lives. He also deflects with pointing out Kingers lack of a past to which Pomni reveals.

When they put him in the maid outfit he looks genuinely upset and embarrassed. He even gets the squiggly eyes

Jax seems to think that the other members of the digital circus don’t take his “bullying” seriously or hes doing it so he won’t get close to another person. Which doesn't seem to be working since he gets close with Pomni who starts to see through his act.

also some things to add is how horrified Jax looks to see he is without his tail. Which he did most likely have. Also the look he gets when trying to figure out how Cain turned him into a vegan. Like he's starting to realize Cain is more powerful then he let on

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I'm goinf fucking insane holy shit

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Nobody:

Jax at his evil self the second he got a chance:

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THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO FUCKING HARD YOU HAVE NO IDEA

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JAX HAD A FROG FRIEND :( AND THEYRE CARTOONY LIKE HIM :( AND THEYRE DEAD :( AND JAX GETS UPSET WHEN RAGATHA MENTIONED THE FROG :( ITS OVER FOR ME

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What everyone said during this scene!

Jax: I very much did not enjoy that one in the slightest. If we ever do anything even close to that again, I’m getting violent, and I’m doing to kill Ragatha.

Gangle: Uuhh… I don’t really think it brought out the best in me. Even if it was mostly because of my mask at the time.

Ragatha: Oh, I’d really rather not think back on… uh… what was said at the time. Apparently I said things that I would normally never say

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I like her tragic backstory

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FOUND A STRANGE COMPUTER!😱EXPLORING AN ABANDONED OFFICE PART 1!🤯

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“I’ve never seen you this upset about something.” - Zooble

Dysphoric rabbit?

+ this little trivia crumb

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"I thought Caine couldn't..."

THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE

I don't wanna jump the gun just yet and call this foreshadowing, this was clearly played off for the lolz, but I have a nagging feeling this is implying something much, much darker

It's clear that Jax said the part about the egg white* involuntarily, since he doesn't want to play this vegan bit whatsoever. But his sentence at the end; "I thought Caine couldn't..."

"... control us"??

Imagine that. They're trapped against their will, they can never go home, they're forced into stressful and scary adventures every day, but at the very least they still have free will. At least they can choose what they say and do (puppeteer employee re-evaluations aside)

Only, they can't. That can be taken away from them as well.

And Zooble knew it.

Remember this brief convo in the previous episode;

"The only thing holding Caine back is the fact that he likes us. I wouldn't push it."

ZOOBLE KNOWS SOMETHING.

Most likely they may just be wiser and/or more perceptive than most, fully comprehending the scope of Caine's powers in the circus and knowing that they're all hanging on by the threads that Caine is clutching. Or, possibly, they may have been witness to this "punishment" they mention. This may be the real reason they never go on adventures. Not cuz they just can't be fucked (tho probably true) but because they figure "If I don't do anything, I can't do anything wrong/worth punishing"

They know what Caine is capable of, and how it can be weaponized. In that sense, they were actually very forgiving to only ask for Jax to be vegan for the day as punishment for pretending to eat Gangle. I think between episode 4 & 5 we're seeing Jax come to that realization as well. It's clear that in his own way, he trusted Caine wouldn't hurt him or force him to do anything against his will, and was proven wrong twice.

Like I said, this might be foreshadowing for something later on, it might just be subtext you're meant to stew over as I have. Either way, its clear that Caine has greater capacity for evil, or at least immense harm, than most of them realize.

*also, since when do whiskey sours have egg whites?? I looked it up thinking it was a joke, but no, this is a cocktail with egg in it, wtf. Tho technically, according to google if it has an egg white it's a Boston sour, but same diff

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this month has been literally insane for media omg

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This is just my reading of this scene but I genuinely don't think Ragatha meant this in reference to Jax's abstracted friend.

I think this implies that Jax used to get on with the rest of the cast.

He probably was a pain in the ass and annoyed everyone, but on a more tolerable level, maybe as comedic relief, and not as openly and directly agonistic and mean. I think having his froggy friend helped him balance out.

After losing that friend he got nihilistic about their situation and just decided to be rude and hurtful because nothing mattered to him anymore.

And I think that Pomni is what will level him out again and keep him real. We saw it in this episode a lot. With Pomni he is more open and breaks his persona to share his actual thoughts and even feelings.

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ik that jax assumes ragatha is talking about ribbit (or whoever jax’s friend is who abstracted) but i think she was actually referring to how AFTER ribbit abstracted he started acting like a jerk (at least more of a jerk, since i can’t imagine him not being at least a little bit like this already) & pushing people away who were his friends and if he weren’t such an asshole, more people would be willing to try & be his friend. you know, considering they’re all stuck there possibly forever. especially considering ragatha & kinger were probably the only people around who would remember jax if/when he was a more amiable person.

plus it just doesn’t seem like ragatha to purposely bring up something she knows is so hurtful to him, and how she immediately began profusely apologizing once she realized what jax thought she was referring to.

idk episode 5 is making me feel things man.

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As soon as I saw the new episode the line from episode 4 popped into my head. I'm gonna cry-

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Gooseworx have you done!? Two twinks??? One that's an asshole loser and the other that's a cinnamon roll loser????? There will be wonderful consequences for this. Extreme consequences. We're about to have another oncler selfcest on our hands...