The whole ironybro/AF circle has always been inseparably intertwined with an openly (though often post-ironically) pederastic subculture of anime homosexuals. If you honestly believe that Jaden's reference to Nick's "sick" tastes ends at simple pedophilia and tranny porn then I honestly envy your naiveté. In the context of the backdoors AF sphere that stuff is borderline vanilla. I'd be surprised if any of them would even raise an eyebrow for anything less than nonconsent (other than statutory rape, obviously).
Think about what "catboys" etc actually are from the artwork, physiologically. They're drawn with the proportions of someone in early high school at the very oldest. Sometimes, the "it's just a drawing" defense kind of half-works. It's pedo-adjacent but maybe not full pedo, in the same way that some guys who masturbate to gay furry porn aren't into men IRL. There's an extra leap to be made that some never go for. That doesn't apply here, though, when you've got guys in these circles under 16 that openly call themselves "catamites" and other similar things. I'm just gonna post a random example I had lying around of the sort of thing I'm talking about, and I'm sure any of you can find more just by looking at any argument on twitter pertaining to Nick:
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When you've had 14 year olds with trans flags catgaurding this guy since last decade, we should really be past this point in the conversation.