As a straight man, I tend to stay out of shipping, with Funnybunny being pretty much the only ship I've been interested in in my entire life. Weirdly enough, I'm not alone in this - whenever I check the reposts / likes of related fics and fanart out, the list of accounts seems to be about evenly split between male and female, which is just extraordinary in shipping. The entire scene is about 90% female, and whenever a different ship floats on top of my timeline (rarely happens), the associated account is always female.
For a while, I wondered what could have triggered this. Then, it hit me.
Jax x Pomni is a very obviously male written romance.
Jax is somewhat of a loser who doesn't have much going on for him. People don't like or respect him, he never accomplished anything of note, and generally is insufferable to be around. Pomni unconditionally loves him, and despite Jax pushing her away, she never stops chasing him and caring for him.
Isn't that the plot to like half of all male target group romance series (mostly anime/manga) ever? You get the depressed loser (average romance consumer self inset), and then you get the upbeat cute girl who's really in love with him for basically no reason at all. They form a special bond (whilst literally playing what is effectively a first person shooter, I might add), he shares his tragic past, she hugs him, forgives him for everything, and tells him it's okay. It's almost formulaic, really.
Gooseworx isn't writing like a woman, and he isn't even writing like an AGP or a HSTS. The Amazing Digital Circus is a show written by a straight man, with the whole transgender aspect awkwardly tacked on. Of course you guys like it so much!