Why Jax’s Breakdown in The Amazing Digital Circus Hurt So Much

Spoiler warning for the end of The Amazing Digital Circus Jax spends most of The Amazing Digital Circus acting like sincerity is beneath her She mocks people for caring, makes jokes when something is serious and tries to minimise anything honest that slips out. Even when it is obvious that something has affected her she needs to act like it did not really matter Then at the end her defences finally crack and someone stays beside her and hugs her She is visibly not okay and they still want her close I felt grief watching it I wished that if I was ever in a crisis someone could find me and comfort me like that. That they could see what was happening without me having to explain everything correctly and still want to sit beside me But I also knew that I would do everything possible to stop that from happening I would hide that I was in crisis. If they noticed I would minimise it. If they offered to help I would probably become anxious about making them uncomfortable or responsible for me…