Jax didn't change. At all. He is still the same arsehole from the first time we saw him.

From what I remember; he was dismissive of Ragatha, manipulated an emotionally vulnerable Kinger, pushed Gangle to her potential death and didn't give two fucks that Kaufmo died of dismay. All in episode 1

What changed, is that the audience saw what happens we Jax doesn't get his way.

Jax doesn't just seem "disappointed" here. He seems seething, like a child, and we get a good wide close up of his face just to make it's clear he's absolutely not happy in any way.

Episode 2 seems to be setting up how different people react to being in a seemingly inescapable scenario, a la time loop nihilism.

You have Pomni and Ragatha who try to reach out to others, trying to build a supportive collective. There's Kinger and Gangle, who are stuck in survival mode and need that support assistance. Not everyone is in the mental position to help out as they want to be. With enough time and reassurance, Gangle may be able to break out of her insecurities. Kinger... I'm saying this as someone who relates to Kinger the most out of the cast: I think my king is stuck with his chronic anxiety and neurodivergencies. Someone give him a Lexam and Intuitive. So with Jax...

Jax is playing a video game. To him, this is just Undertale with multiplayer and he wants to see what happens on the genocide route. He's so under stimulated for meaning that he wants to fuck around and find out. If you want to find out what happens in a boring co-op game, what's funnier? Jumping into the enemy pit yourself, or getting your buddy to jump in instead. He may not even see the main cast as other players. What separates Gumigoo from Ragatha? The princess? The goop monsters? ... Kaufmo? Jax just might have lost his sense of humanity in everything but himself. Cogito ergo sum. I think Jax is meant to be a criticism of people who unironically think everyone is varying degrees of those NPC roleplay videos.

So yeah, I never saw Jax as Bugs Bunny. He was always a toxic League of Legends player stuck in VR coop game to me. We're just thankfully spared of his gamer words. Maybe when we see more of Zooble, we'll see someone stand up to him. No promises.

hbomb: i thought you were gonna mention how bad antfrost was that round

iskall: i don't know who that is

You need to Uninstall cuz you suck

Oh yeah, maybe you're just a sore loser, maybe you should uninstall cuz you're an asshole. Dying is part of the game dipshit. Everyone makes mistakes. Go take a walk or something

kacchan: why did you want me to play this

deku: it’s a fun game! i really thought you’d like it, video games can be so relaxing if you— FUCK YOU, DIE, DIE, DIE!! KNOCKED HIM. thought you could kill me, bitch? NAH. i’ll drop you in your fucking GRAVE before your slow ass even knew i was there. probably thought you were good, huh? kacchan, come here, i want to play catch with his body until his sorry excuse of a teammate shows up

kacchan:

kacchan: i raised him right :,)

I’m still. Hung up on the fact that people think Idia is an incel. I think what’s fundamentally important to remember about him is that he is the biggest proponent of his own isolation. Incels believe they are unfairly ignored by/passed over by possible romantic partners, but Idia doesn’t really think that way. Like yes on his deepest levels he does want to connect with someone (I mean look at the media he consumes- he’s a massive romance and slice of life junkie) and have a normal life. But he’s firmly convinced that he can’t. He can’t cultivate face to face relationships because he thinks that ultimately it will be pointless; he can’t give somebody a life worth living because yk, he’s literally bound by blood to a life of isolation w this whole generational curse thing. Either that or they’ll just be generally put off by him and see him the way he sees himself. Whether it’s because he can’t or he shouldn’t, ultimately Idia is the one perpetuating his own isolation. He’s horrifically depressed and lonely, but he’s also agoraphobic. He finds himself gross and just generally considers himself a bad choice in partner. whether or not others agree is trivial. He doesn’t feel like anyone owes him a relationship because he doesn’t think he’s worth that trouble. And like yes he does think he’s smarter than everyone in a given room, but he doesn’t think he’s a better person. Like he literally all but states that numerous times. Idia knows he’s terrible, and tbh part of his problems come from his fear that he can’t change that and nihilistic complacency in his own misery. It’s like his internship offers kind of. He just deletes them because there’s no point in pursuing something that he just isn’t “made for”. He’s had enough bad luck as is, why try and defy fate. It’s actually really sad because he does seem to resent that part of himself even in his complacency, and he does think the whole thing is unfair, but like. He’s definitely not an incel ???

my girlfriend just beat balteus so proud of her 🥳

Im having thoughts about Stormbringer again, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!

Stormbringer Sillies to cope with the horrors!!!

i want to be perfect

I don't understand ship wars. Like, I get why people have these disagreements, everyone has different tastes and preferences, but I just saw a post where someone was talking about how they hope everyone who ships [insert ship here] has a shit day, and it's like... Girl. Why do we STILL care about this stuff so much? 

I know this is minuscule and silly for me to post about, but the ship in question has garnered so much negative attention that I, someone who doesn't like it and only wants to engage with the general fandom, can't go one minute in the fandom's tag without being hit with a barrage of angry posts condemning it like it's some moral atrocity.

Some of these people are acting like the Steven Universe fandom circa 2016 and it's just like... Girl. Respect other people's interests and move on, it shouldn't be this hard. If you start shit with people because of something as insignificant as a ship, that's embarrassing for YOU.

when your gay ass finally gets to demoralize 9 biblically accurate angels as a full round action

i bet the first thing tomura got with MLA money was gamer gear

Basically how I spent my night

please transition cody. please. i need this.

Galladrabbles

late a week to @galladrabbles but still wanna submit something 🥶🥶 thanks @crossmydna for the challenging prompt, trapeze

“I swear if you don’t jump on the trapeze bar right now—”

“I fucking can’t, Mick, without tilting it—” He throws the controller down, head in his hands.

He led his character to death, so the game restarts.

“Well, going idle sure isn’t gonna make it better.” Mickey inhales. “Okay, let’s try again. Jump with me.”

He nods.

“‘Kay, jump down, then use the air to propel yourself to get the gem.”

He does as he’s told, and soon they arrive at the end.

“Retried a bunch, but our final time is sweet. Maybe we do make a good team, Gallagher.”

Me trying to be hype for Harry having a big role in Spider-Man PS4 sequel even though I'm 97% sure the game will have zero investment in reflecting the themes and intricacies of his character just like almost every adaptation that came before it, despite having accidentally created the perfect set up to do so