. . Jax || you are the abstracting one...

APPEARANCE:

In the Circus, Jax was a tall, purple anthropomorphic rabbit with a lanky build, long ears, yellow eyes with black pupils, and a permanent grin that showed her yellow teeth. She wore pink overalls fastened with yellow buttons and yellow gloves, giving her the look of a classic cartoon character. Her relaxed posture and smug facial expressions made her stand out as one of the most confident-looking members of the cast.

She was sometimes depicted wearing a maid outfit. She initially acted repulsed by the outfit, but it eventually becomes clear that she actually liked wearing it and was in denial.

After she abstracted, Jax turned into a monstrous black mass of jagged, iridescent, polygonal spikes. She was covered all over in countless glowing, multicolored, unblinking eyes that shift wildly.

Jax's real-life counterpart, Leeroy, was modeled after a "boymoder",[1] slang for a transgender woman or transfeminine person who presents in a masculine way in daily life. This is usually a temporary for personal safety, to avoid discrimination, or because they are in the early stages of transition. This is why Leeroy has shaggy long hair and a baggy hoodie as they are associated with the look.

PERSONALITY:

Jax was a very deeply troubled, disturbed, and misunderstood young adult. Jax was mischievous, sarcastic, and self-serving. Jax often acted as though nothing bothered her. She rarely took situations seriously and usually responded to danger or drama with a joke, a prank, or a sarcastic comment. She enjoyed teasing the other Circus members, making jokes at their expense, and stirring up trouble; while one could imagine Jax was simply a bully for her own amusement, Jax likely wanted to feel a sense of power and control as a form of psychological relief as a Circus victim, wishing to be the second most powerful after Caine. Jax often bullied Gangle, although the intrusive thoughts rooms in the finale suggested Jax may have a crush on her (even apparently trying to imagine how Gangle would react if Jax made a move on her). Jax once said, "She likes it when I'm mean to her!" suggesting Jax was tone-deaf and actually genuinely thought Gangle loved being bullied.

Jax was bothered by many things, but masked her insecurities and anxieties with a constant grin. Jax was more normal upon initially entering the Circus. However, Jax was traumatized by Ribbit and Kaufmo abstracting, changing her personality to become more antagonistic, not wanting to befriend anyone again because she didn't want to suffer the hurt of losing them to abstraction. To help her cope with being trapped in the Circus, she resorted to depersonalization and detachment, preferring to believe everyone else are NPCs (explaining why Jax calls Pomni a "new character"), and presumably tried to imagine Ribbit and Kaufmo may have also been NPCs all along. Jax did not want to believe she accidentally killed her two friends and her mother.

When Jax believed she had an opportunity to leave the Circus, she had a panic attack, afraid of being resurrected in reality where she may have to face the consequences and guilt of possibly killing her mother, resulting in the button press. After learning from Kinger the truth of the Circus, Jax said "Oh my god... this is real...", implying Jax never really believed she was hurting and bullying any sentient human beings all along, and that she believed the Digital Circus (and the other circus members) was some sort of dream, coma or interactive video game as a form of coping.

While Jax was a bully, Jax was far from being pure evil and malevolent, and occasionally showed signs of empathy and protectiveness towards the other members. For example, Jax almost knocked on Ribbit's door due to concern about Ribbit's well-being (but did not commit due to insecurity). Jax asked Pomni if she was doing alright after her work shift, tried to teach Pomni how to cope in the Circus, and also let Pomni shoot her to win their gun game. Jax put her life on the line to get the key from inside Caine despite thinking Abel was lying. After realizing the Circus is real from Kinger, Jax put her life on the line again by volunteering to distract Caine.

Due to her horrific situation of being trapped in a virtual world, and learning that she was a brain scan and permanently in the Circus, her mental health degraded drastically, causing her to briefly lash out and later abstract off-screen, although she did achieve some semblance of closure with her friend Pomni. It was revealed Jax never truly wanted to die or be a bully, but wanted love, peace, friendship, freedom, validation, acceptance, and an escape from the Amazing Digital Circus. Although Jax was suicidal for a time being, Jax's final words to Pomni, "I don't want to go..." mean that she came to ultimately prefer her life in the Circus over non-existence, revealing she found some semblance of meaning in a stagnant life.