I think, now that we know Jax sees his role as being the funny one, it's worth taking another look at how he utterly can't handle the other half of his brand of being funny: being the butt of the joke. He likes to model himself as a Bugs Bunny, always getting one over as he antagonizes everyone else, but the thing is... Bugs Bunny isn't always the one in control. It completely changes based on the situation (i.e. on the cartoon, or even on the scene). There's plenty of Bugs cartoons where he's on the receiving end. Being Bugs Bunny doesn't mean never being at someone else's mercy, it just means being what the joke needs. Jax chafes under that. He visibly hates it when Ragatha makes his gun backfire on him. Because he's not Bugs Bunny. He's a real guy, desperately grasping for control over his life and the lives of everyone around him. He could handle it if he really was an unthinking cartoon automaton like he wishes he was, but he's not. If he doesn't have control, if he gets hurt, he gets upset. Real, human-style upset.

the man's a tragedy born of circumstance. i wanna see him consigned to the most painful fate i can imagine: surviving this ordeal, picking up the pieces of himself and learning how to be a person again