Thread 149968866

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If you were given the ability to make an escape for the cast but they have to complete some impossible challenge what would be the challenge?

>>149968866 (OP)
WELCOME, TO THE CIRCUS!

Thread Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AAOx_6jfek

>>149968866 (OP)
Why would I make an escape but also make an "impossible challange"?

As for the challenge...uhhhhh, I dunno.
Jax has to not be an asshole for 24 hours.

>>149968904
All he has to do is stay in his from for 24 hours. Easy.

>>149968866 (OP)
I'd make it something like the cast has to find my mcguffin but it changes spots and the only way they can find it and escape is working together.

Ragatha is sexy.

>>149968866 (OP)
Something to prey on trust and paranoia, maybe force someone to reveal some past sins. And top it all with a false sadistic choice.

>>149968866 (OP)
There's no way to escape, everyone is screwed, their human bodies must have already died. Remember that a human dies without drinking water, and taking into account that they've been in the circus for a long time. Also, take into account that the VR headsets to enter the circus are almost always in abandoned places. There's no way for someone to find them in time.

If Jax and Ragathe were the opposite sex, this is how they would be.

>>149968866 (OP)
No exit situation
Give them every type of killing tool
They have to not kill each other for a certain amount of time

>>149968974
>thinking there is more than one headset
>thinking they still have their meat waiting on the other end of phone line
We in the Darkest Timeline, mark my words there is nothing left for them to "go back" to. No meat-corpse waiting for them, no real family thinking of them, the trap will be sprung and the boot shall finally drop next episode.

>>149969026
People act like the creator hasn't said that the story will have a tragic ending not fitting for kids.

>>149969045
>>149969026
>>149969011
Adorable

I'm a funnydoll guy now but only when they're R63'd

>>149969045
I mean if you didn't like an ending you can just write your own ending duh that's kinda why people writefag and I like my endings with hope.

>>149969017
Yes, that revelation will be very hard.
They need to be in the circus to continue "living."

If anyone posted this in the earlier threads, I missed it, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf-nP5g_BoQ

corn=abstraction

>>149968974
but if the computer is in an abandoned office then what happens when the building gets torn down

>>149969126
The power would shut off, the Circus would deactivate, and the Abstracted will finally know deliverance from their suffering

>>149968974
>>149969017
there's no dead pom in the headset we see at the end of the pilot

>>149968974
I think they're all engrams and there is literally no body for them to go back to as it was never theirs to begin with. On a side note, why has no one ever depicted Caine as a one of those Blackwall AIs from Cyberpunk?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1jaxRg83i0&t=426s

>>149969173
Correct. There was *never* any real players. Just ghosts, jumbles of old memory LARPing trying not to realize. Trying not to remember.

>>149969173
And that is the best evidence for SOMA
Cause if they were just TRONed they could still get out, but it's almost certain that they can't so SOMA it is

>>149969083
If dale was in the circus i give him a week before he abstracts

>>149969212
I think Pomni's gonna get online and watch the urban exploration video of herself taking the helmet off and walking away

>>149969246
That would be neat
Tho i dont think they can acess the net if that trailer is to be belived
But if they somehow did, id imagine Cain, after getting over the excitment of having Access to the outside world, would probobly stream the cast going throgh his adventures, you know, to finnaly find someone who could apriciate them at least second hand
(also maby add money to keep the servers running)

>>149969387
I'm guessing the connection is in the Void and that's why Caine doesn't want anyone going there

To be honest, now that I think about it....would it MAKE SENSE for the headset to create COPIES of you?

You have to imagine that this was clearly made as a game, there would be no point in doing that if you COULDN'T PLAY from the point of view of the person puting the headset.

>>149969246
i swear i had that idea first

>>149969470
That's what makes the most sense, alternatively it could be the rest of the system they're on (hence why its still orderly, just alien) since The Circus is shown as an actual program on a derelict PC. So the crew "escapes" they wander into the void, only to be looking through a screen or camera. Witnessing the wasteland of an office, still somehow humming with power but not a soul still around to witness or even acknowledge their existence. External connections pose problems to The Program and its AI. But a lone PC at the end of existence? Just a fair-well to world never known.

>>149969212
They couldn't get out of Tron, either, buddy. They had to defeat the Master Control to escape, ya know, like a certain other AI that won't cooperate.

>>149969517
A circus is performed for the audience, not the players. There's lots of popular games where players customize a character and let it run on its own.

>>149969517
Maybe there was an early testing phase where they tried scanning human brains and letting the copied consciousnesses run around the digital environment, but they blew their budget developing it and the company went kaput before they could continue beyond that point...

>>149969557
and to add to that...
>Pomni is an urban explorer
>lastest player to join
>found a weird headset and a computer
>and the rest is history
>at the end of the world
It makes too much sense to discount.

2 things
1. Why are you so insistent that it has to be copies? You're like a cult.
2. Who said the computer in at the end of the pilot was the one pomni found?

>>149968866 (OP)
They're each given a bracelet with a number 3 on it. The circus members are randomly paired off into teams of two, where each team must complete an escape room. Upon completion of the first room, a timer starts for one hour. Any team that completes a room must enter a two-sided room where they vote to ally or betray their former teammate. If they both choose Ally, they both gain two points. If they both choose Betray, they both gain and lose nothing. If one Allies and one Betrays, the one who Allied loses two points and the one who Betrayed gains three. Anyone whose points fall below one or who fails to reach a voting room by the end of the timer is eliminated. Anyone with a bracelet with nine or more points may open the Exit Door, which will stay open for exactly nine seconds and then vanish forever. The cycle of reshuffling teams -> escape rooms -> voting will continue until the door is gone. Bracelets remain after circus members are eliminated, and will continue to be selected. If a bracelet is unworn, it defaults to Ally. Also, a virus will be released into the Circus with an unknown member selected as patient zero - this virus accelerates Abstraction, and the cure is hidden in one of the escape rooms. There is only dose enough for two people to be cured - once cured, they won't be reinfected.

>>149969652
>Who said the computer in at the end of the pilot was the one pomni found?
Are you a bot? Pomni did. She said she put on the headset exploring the abandoned building in episode 5. She recognized the setup in Caine's fake exit zone and had a freakout

>>149968866 (OP)
they have to spawn too many objects and overload the system
this is the end result of their increasing mastery of the circus's mechanics demonstrated in the latest episode

>>149969737
That would actually be a really interesting conflict for the finale because some of them accept their new life but others like Jax would absolutely crash this game with no survivors

>>149969719
I'm asking because who said that computer was the only one? The one in caine's photo was different. The pilot one was against a wall with filing cabinets while the photo was was on an island desk in the middle of the room and the computer towers are placed differently.

I predict TADC is not going to have a satisfying ending

>>149969795
Considering how much he's adjusted to it I would almost guess the opposite. He's shaped his entire personality around his perception of his place in the circus, I would guess the choice of leaving it all would freak him to some degree.

>>149969708
wait, we can leave now? I wasn't paying attention

>>149969842
same computer, but different places in time. First you throw in a lead developer into your mystery machine, and then it steals his soul. BUT IT WORKS! Which is fantastic for the company, just disconcerting... SO YOU THROW IN SOME BETA TESTERS! and then they get cooked too... SO YOU SELL OUT TO RICH INVESTORS! and then the heiress gets her soul stolen... Person after person, attempt after attempt. It all ends the same until one day, the company goes under. Just another dusty rundown corporate complex, until new young eyes see opportunity in the dark. Another soul for this artificial purgatory.

>>149969885
His front is only caring about mindless destruction for fun and taking down the circus would be the ultimate high. Deep down he's secretly fucked up by the abstractions but that would only make him want to do it more, since it would free them from the cellar and reunite everybody in death

>>149968866 (OP)
Have sex in front of Caine

Get this troon slop off my board, NOW

>>149970088
kill yourself

>>149969652
Because literally any other explanation doesn't make sense

>they're still in the abandoned building, unconscious/dead

Then why did Pomni put on the headset despite seeing all the bodies around her?

>they got sucked in Tron style

If there's an explanation on why they instantly lose memories upon entering other than "it's magic I don't gotta explain shit" then enlighten me. On that note, them being copies makes sense since whoever created the program wouldn't need to copy an entire mind/conscious, just the important bits needed to get the game working.

>The Circus is the mind killer
>The Little Death
>I must let The Circus pass over and through me
What did Pomni mean when she said this?

desu I wouldn't be surprised if the brain scan theory was right but I'd feel like it'd go against how the show is about the cast trying to REMAIN human. There's a difference between trying to hold onto your humanity and trying to be one. IMO.

>>149970098
Join the 41% and succeed

>>149970467
Y'know what? I genuinely didn't think about that. I'd like to retract my previous post >>149970423

I wanna hug Jax.

>>149970522
same

tightly

until he suffocates

>>149970534
Me too, but in like, a romantic way.

>>149970534
We know, Gangle

>>149970551
who said it wasn't romantic?

>>149970534
You can't suffocate in the circus

>>149970486
If the show were longer I could see them building up to that, but with three episodes left I think it'd just prove Jax right.

>>149970560
But it still feels like they're suffocating.

>>149970560
We still don't know what he does when holds his breath

I have a feeling that's gonna come up soon

>>149970576
He's going to do it as a show of vulnerability I bet

BugJax

>>149970576
>spoiler
I am afraid of what that means.

>>149970630
I think whatever happens, he REALLY doesn't want the others to see. This anon has the right idea >>149970606

Jax is a neat guy.

>>149970560
Actually you very much can, you just can't kill them with it.

>>149970606
Aye anon, you've got a keen eye if you picked that up!

>>149970652
Whenever Jax's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "where's Jax?"

>>149970467
That shirt juat means he got one of those peg games from the gift shop. He's sad because, like me, there's always 2 left.

>>149970652
He's kind of messy actually.

>>149970680
I'm not even into men and I've never wanted to kiss a dude before this what the fuck

What character rooms have we not seen yet?

>>149970680
They already do that like when gangle was worried what would Jax do to her for not teaming up with him, around Jax, never relax.

>>149970711
We've only seen Gangle's and Ragatha's in merchandise, haven't seen any sign of Kinger's or Jax's.

>>149969876
Goose has said as much and is afraid.

>>149970739
I hope he's got the fuckin' stones to actually end the story the way he wants it to end.

Someone was asking about Caine creating Bubble last thread so here's the screencap.

How many people ITT are troons

>>149969876
>>149970739
I figured she meant it would be unsatisfying to the audience it's cultivated, kids and teenagers who have specific tastes in media and what qualifies as good writing/a relatively good ending. We're not going to find out much about the circus, I wouldn't be surprised if things like Kinger being a dev remain subtext, and they aren't getting out. That alone is going to piss people off.

>>149970717
>We've only seen Gangle's and Ragatha's in merchandise
post them since I've never seen them

>>149970799
He, you retard.

>>149970576
>>149970606
https://youtu.be/5dl8ZTXN1u8?si=OwdIEuktcxiBUXos

>>149968866 (OP)
Each one is given a vote.

They can vote for whoever they want and might even take the vote back if they feel so inclined to.

The person which more votes gets to leave.

There can be only one.

Have fun!

>>149970088
>>149970482
>>149970798
MODS

>>149970815
https://glitchproductions.store/collections/collectable-pins?pf_v_shows=Digital%20Circus

>>149970680

>Cuts to jax wearing a fedora and working as a secret agent.

>>149969876

It hasn't had a satisfying run so far, so I expect as much.

>>149970867
Jax's is interesting. It's a ripped and destroyed image or photo, and in the background is the void, quite mysterious.
Another thing: Is that the bowling ball that was in Kaufman's room?

Why is glitch so shit at shipping things i legit have to wait till the 28th to get my jax plushie plus i can't track the damn thing because the code is wrong apparently

>>149970978
Considering now what we know about Jax I wouldn't be surprised if he's just embarrassed by it. It might look too childish or soft for him. And yes that's the Kaufmo bowling ball.

>>149970867
Wow, that's weird. Jax's room is the only one that is hidden. Although kinger has chosen his own makeshift room instead.

>>149971048
Ribbit being the abusive one that Jax still feels some loyalty towards as a parallel to him and Gangle would be a crazy twist
>the cycle of abuse
Ohhhh

>>149970989
I don't know but I had a similar problem, I ordered the little Kinger charm plush and 3 of the blind boxes and I shit you not it took 2 weeks before they actually left the shipping facility. I wonder it Glitch contracts with a 3rd party shipper for their merchandise and that's why it takes so long.

>>149971105
They have to have because it's insane how long it takes for a single plushie and the shipping costs are almost half of what i paid for the thing

>>149971084

>Jax is a bot made by the developers as a replacement for the "console command"
>it explains why and how he has pretty much access to everyone's rooms but he has none.

>Hacks -> Hax -> Jax

>>149971101
Well, it could be, since remember that Ragatha failed Jax and that Jax changed a lot.

What would Jax do if you sneaked up and pecked his cheek while he's talking?

Imagine if Ringo Starr ended up in the Circus
>Howdy, newcomer! Welcome to THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS!!
>Ah, blummin' 'ell, I'm 'avin a flashback to th' sixties...

>>149971179
He'd probably call you gay even if you were a girl

>>149971179
He would surely explode in rage and make a big fuss since Jax reacted badly to the affection.

>>149971187
LSD is a hell of a drug.

>>149971187
Caine should just put the gang in a legally distinct Yellow Submarine adventure

Will you anons cry when it's over?

>>149971179
He would probably abstract on the spot, it's the worst case of the hedgehog dilema i've ever saw.

>>149971262
I'll cry if no one keeps creating new art and fanfiction once it's over. Otherwise, as long as the ending is somewhat satisfying, I'm good.

Just once I want to see Pomni or Ragatha offer to hang out with Kinger in his pillow fort.

>>149971262
i'd be sad it's over but excited because when a series ends i think that's really when people's creativity flows.

It's hard to make something while a show is still airing but once it's over and everything is laid on the table it makes creating stuff for it alot more easy.

>>149971262
>it's a show about holding onto your hope and humanity while learning you have to love yourself first and foremost
yes

>>149971262
I won't feel great

>>149970978
I think it's more interesting that it's the outside of his room.

>>149971262
Depending on how it ends, maybe. I really hope Caine survives somehow.

>>149971179
First, I'm not gay.
Second he'd call you a faggot and then kick you in the gnards.

No way

>>149971262
For the right reasons, I hope.

>>149971337
you shouldn't have assumed ming wasn't there from the beginning

>>149971314
>spoiler
I hope he dies so the fags and women lusting after him suffer.

Whoever posted that pic yesterday of gangle controlling jax’s movement by wrapping herself around him i want you to know you’ve awoken something in me and i hate it (and you)

>>149971286
filler

>>149971338
>this is what real world Jax looks like
I can see it.

I've been a casual fan since ep1 but after episode 6 feel obsessed over this show now.

>>149971353
Ribbon bondage is based. Double based if the ribbons are sentient.

>>149971338
>>149971355
>Jax is M2K

Even Jax isn't as big of a faggot as M2K

>>149971353
Mind reposting?

>>149971334
You don't have gnards in the circus

>>149968866 (OP)
Funny Bunny WON
>b-but Jax just told Pomni he doesn't care and Pomni was with Ragatha!
Pomni looked back at Jax
Also you've never watched a show before with romance
Normally the couple has a rough period before they apologize and then KISS

>>149971354
I hardly know her.

>>149971384
True, but Jax can still kick you pretty hard.

>>149971258
>Ringo hums the melody while the gang are in the submarine
>"What's that?"
>"Hm? Ah, jus' a li'l tune."
>Kinger looks away from the navigation equipment
>"Sounds... familiar."
>he shrugs and goes back to navigating

>>149971395
He can kick my crotch but he can't unkiss his cheek.

>>149971386
Why do people pretend that Goose didn't say that there will be no romance in the show?

>>149971359
6 seems to have pushed the show back into everyone's interest

>>149970787
does anyone have the screencap saved where gooseworx clarifies if Caine can abstract or not

>>149971419
Because Goose tends to lie or be misleading with how she answers questions, but the no romance thing is something's she's repeated on her own a few times.

>>149971262
probably but ill be okay if Caine gets his therapy moment and everyone gets to cope in the end

>>149971386

>Funny Bunny WON
the Funny Bunny

>>149968866 (OP)
>what would be the challenge?
Say their real names.

Funny bunny got his kicked by lil jester girl.

How many of you are dudes, how many are women and how many are trans? Sound off.

>>149971353
I wanna see it too, please give me a new fetish.

>>149971187
If this happened about 35 years back, we could've gotten him in the Caine role with his Mr. Conductor character.

>>149971509
I am that is.

>>149971262
Nah, I'd move on.

>>149971486
is it not true love if your not beating each other.

>>149971518
>anon twenty minutes after the show ends

>>149971419
Shippers ultimately don’t care about canon, that goes for any series.

Plus its either that or engage in more TRON vs SOMA pissing contests while we wait 6 months for another episode

>>149971515
It would've been in the universe where it was originally a 90s anime and he'd be Caine in the English dub... somehow

>>149971383
>>149971514
I genuinely felt too embarrassed to save it. I’m sure some degen in this thread’s got it. It’s the one with her mask over his face saying something like “Hey I’m Jax and I’m a big meanie” or some shit

>>149971568
god

>>149971516
Be honest.

Alright question for any writefags but if you had any ideas about writing something and your comfortable about sharing them here what did you plan on writing?

I'll just admit myself I'm writing some oc slopa for fun.

>>149971588
off topic

>>149971588
>he doesn't know

>>149971532
Why is he looking at a buttplug?

>>149971642
It reminds him of Kaufmo and Ribbit

>>149971618
It's on the topic of my question

>>149971642
It's a faucet
>SAARS
No, Captcha, dude was just confused

Looks like episode 9 voicework is done
https://x.com/JustTheClippy/status/1958349341954871634

>>149971720
RAGATHA WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT

>>149971418
But he can make you abstract.

>>149971790
Nah, I'd rape him.

>>149971720
IM SO SCARED

>>149971829
Not if he rapes you first.

>>149971832
The wording feels cautiously optimistic

>>149971829
>>149971838
Rape Vs. Rape

>>149971838
Jokes on him, I consent.

>>149971832
someone keep an eye on the other voice actors holy shit

>>149971870

Smart anon, make him lower his guard so you can rape him.

>>149971262
Not really.

>>149971832
It doesn’t imply anything bad will happen to her

>>149971882
recently some did a stream and had a good time, so i guess they'll be fine yeah

>>149971874
What do you mean? There's porn on youtube.

>>149971832
I'll believe it when I see it, the show hasn't generated enough momentum with its story outside of how the characters feel for a big twist to feel impactful.

>>149971832
These cunts are so dramatic.

>>149971882
If it helps, Lizzie retweeted this as well
Dunno how their recording schedule is but I'm guessing at least Pomni and Ragatha are done

>>149971951
source?

>>149972055
YouTube

>>149972098
That's not a source, post a link to a porn video on youtube NOW or you're a bullshitting faggot

>>149971832
Doesn't this confirm that ragatha won't abstract?

>>149972163
Just says she'll be in a state to make sound. Anything could happen.

>>149971604
The ideas I have basically boil down to Jax angst. Being the intelligent man I am, I will not write them.

>>149972163
Pretty sure everyone's making it at this point

>>149971604
I'm writing Jax,Ragatha,Pomni smut

Roughly rn it's them tying the bunny bastard down and making him realize he needs to stop being a shitheel and slowly turning into smut.

>>149971568
This is all I could think of listening to Jax babble about "getting over" and "not caring" about anyone. His "panic attack" in the bathroom was just icing on the cake; holy shit what an insufferable, edgy, fag.

>>149971951
>people use YouTube to get their porn

>>149972213
MY insufferable, edgy, fag

>>149972237
what the fuck is that picture

>>149972237
is...is that from a porn?

>>149972237
i gotta respect the Hussle they even got the black vomit down.

>>149972207
>"We're gonna slap the shit out of him. 'Til he learns to stop being so fucking stupid."

>>149971337
>the funniest, most dramatic and action packed episode yet
>it ends in this shitty joke

>>149972237
>>149972252
>>149972254

Memo Aponte, a mexican youtube channel

The answer to how I know this is because someone brought it up on the other existing thread

Yes I know, It freaked me the fuck out too.

>>149972274
>MINGED

>>149968866 (OP)
gangle must not draw rape porn for a month

>>149972298
Take this higher res screenshot I just made to jumpscare TADC fans.

>>149972298
>>149972321
fucking lmao

>>149972321

Call me crazy but I like the lower quality better, it really sells the "deepweb underground site screenshot" energy.

>>149972321
Turns out they were just larping the whole time. The final shot cuts to their human selves in costumes as some random guy asks them wtf they are doing.

>>149972321
>the final shot of episode 9

>>149972321
>>149972365
>I guess fate was against us.

>>149972321
>they get out
>this is what they look irl

>>149972298
>>149972321
This looks like it's going to be the worst Wood Rocket movie, ever

>>149972373
>Try to make some existencial artistic mumbo jumbo Evangelion type shit.
>Decide to do some live action scene with voice actors.
>Force them to wear this.>>149972321

>>149972345
I get it.

>>149972353
That's youtube content farm videos for ya

>>149970867
Gangle gets the snazzy, vintage art deco bed room. I have to say I'm terrificly jealous.

>>149972393
>fuck this, I'm putting the headset back on

>>149972416
Gangle's room looking like it belongs to an expensive call girl is pretty funny

>>149970978
huh, that is interesting. Now I really want to see inside his room

>>149972419
>This is the big twist the message of the show was it's better to live in escapism then real life.

>>149972321
>Caine screws up the graphics upgrade

>>149971353
like this?

>>149968866 (OP)
They have to get a collective score of 5,000,000,000 and the only way they can do that is if they can kill various puppies, kittens, and babies within 30 minutes.

>>149972453
>everyone comes back into the circus after finally escaping
>"yes thats right folks! this place is much better than the real world. for example we dont have-"
>the camera zooms into caine's eyes and the lighting gets dark
>"taxes"

>>149972493
>Hmmm

>>149972483
Unironically i never cared much for gangle but...

>>149972462
>this is why he kept rolling back the dates for his updates

>>149972483
Oh hey, that reminds me.

What if Jax isn't an NPC, but instead there's another condition members of the circus can undergo. Something kinda like abstracting, but backwards. What if Jax's willingness to become a funny cartoon rabbit is basically him yielding his tenuous humanity to Caine? Which is why Caine is able to fuck with Jax's mind despite him explicitly saying he isn't able to do that to the guests.

Ragatha acts all nice and friendly, but I'm sure she's a complete fiend in bed. I expect a lot of biting, clawing and spitting.

>>149972615
She is a confirmed horse girl, so she's an absolute freak.

>>149972321
That's a great Jax lmao

I wish Satoshi Kon were still alive so we could see his version of Digital Circus.

>>149971337
I feel like Ming didn't add much to ep3 tbdesu

>>149972658
I think he would've loved this show

>>149971604
I thought about writing a lil thing about Jax coping and having a schizo moment that tied into the ep6 aftermath post

Honestly we hear a lot about ribbit and how people think they were a positive influence on Jax but what if they were an enabler?

Anytime Jax acted like an asshole Ribbit would laugh and encourage him and as time went on once ribbit abstracted Jax just kept being an ass since it’s all he knows.

Just wanting to throw a new theory out there since we constantly hear about people saying how ribbit was good for Jax but never explaining why or how.

>>149972613
Losing humanity by freezing into a role rather than losing your mind's cohesion? That'd be interesting.

>>149972676
I bet he would have, he loved Circus stuff and anything weird.

>>149972685
My theory based on Pomni is that he needs an elastic personality to ground him socially. Ragatha and Gangle are too soft and can't pushback effectively. Zooble is too hard and just puts the forcefield up. Pomni, and in my based and correct interpretation, Ribbit and Kaufmo, knew when to embrace the chaos and bad guy behavior but also when to tell Jax to stop being a faggot.

>>149972613
Could be possible, if abstraction is meant to be a full rejection of the world around you to the point of destroying your identity to 'escape' it. Maybe there could be an inverse to that, dismissing humanity to become an npc (for a lack of a better word).

Something something "the more you consume of this world the more you become part of it", the more you immerse yourself in the bit you WILL become part of the bit.

Maybe it's something that fluctuates between each person, Caine can fuck with them physically already so no one really pays too much attention when he does go out of line with mind tricks, Jax only started noticing because its him being fucked with.

>>149972685
I really thought Ragatha was going to name drop Ribbit during her talk with Kinger and while that's not necessarily a sign, it's made me rethink how I've been picturing Ribbit. I don't think it's as simple as they were Jax's morality pet.

>>149972685
It could tie in with what Jax says about people who abstract and how they ‘aren’t pleasant to be around.’

I wonder if Caine is going to continue trying with the adventures or if everything from here on out is going be in house.

>>149972985
He's 100% going to double down

>>149973036
pls stop spouting this dumb theory.

>>149973036
Ragatha never said that.

>>149973036
>Serial killer ragatha.
>She found a way to abstract people by causing a sort of ego death.
>Anytime she thought someone might be too chummy with Jax she killed.
>Jax has suspicions and tries to keep everyone away because he knows he can't do anything.

completely impossible btw but still fun

Since the fight scene from ted was done, someone should animate Pomni and Jax with this old avgn moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ui6N0TEVjQ

alright I'm finally convinced
I made a TADC folder
give me kingers to commemorate

>>149973058
oh no, I'm thinking more she accidentally drove them to abstract and realized people would hate her for it so blamed Jax

>>149969207
Their cries are an echo
Wind rattling in an empty cage

>>149968866 (OP)
The only way for them to escape is by playing through an entire session of Bubsy 3D, while Bubsy himself tags along.
No cheating allowed and they have to exit each level with him, forcing them to keep him safe and guide his jumps.

>>149973137
>>149973094
How do you 'too nice' someone into accidentally abstracting

>>149972985
he did say he just doesn't care anymore, but I wonder what he could do next with them. If they don't wanna play his games nor wanna listen to him and would rather make their own fun then there's really no reason to keep sharing the tent with them as he does call them his "guests"

wonder if he would downright evict them/tell them to make their own tent kek. It could also be a good way to allow the grounds, carnival and lake to be used.

Do you think Caine doesn’t like Kinger? The ‘How’s your wife, Kinger’ line was brutal (like abstraction tier), and Caine created it

>>149973151
>How do you 'too nice' someone into accidentally abstracting
telling them how much they are loved and that 'they'll be missed by the families they left behind and thtas all that matters' until exhaustion

>>149973226
I don't think that's where the story's headed, also if Ragatha felt like she failed those people too she would've alluded to it. I think your idea of Ragatha just doesn't exist.

>>149973248
im just joking anon, this is jokes

>>149973254
In my defense it's hard to tell with how genuinely weird people can be about Ragatha.

If you want me to care about Jax, I need to care about Ribbit, or at least care about what happened to him/her. The fact that we don't know anything, and didnt learn anything during the last episode feels like a missed opportunity.

>>149973088
>

>>149973211
Nah, he hates Zooble. Probably just programmed the souls to make people say mean and personal things to get back at her.

>>149973266
I wonder if Ribbit was to Jax what Jax is to Gangle.

>>149973280
It would be funny seeing Ribbit going from Jax's manic pixie dead boyfriend to most hated character in the show in one episode

>>149973211
I don't think he hates him, it's just that he doesn't understand that asking for someone's 'dead' wife is in poor taste. Maybe he thought throwing some dark jokes was adecuate with his idea of a matoor adventure. Either way Kinger never took the comment personally which means he has had these sort of comments thrown before and he chooses to not give Caine the benefit of a reaction/he is in full acceptance of his grief and has already moved on

>>149973267
>Nah, he hates Zooble.
I love how one-sided that whole conflict is. He just has beef with this convoluted mess of shapes of a person, it is kinda justified because he isn't used to destructive criticism but Zooble has toned it down and just pushes back when he start getting all annoying and doesn't let them go to their room.

>>149973280

Seems more like he and Jax were a comic duo which would explains Jax's sad clown routine after his partner gets chucked in the basement

Something barely noticeable but it's kinda cute that he has this little anxious quirk of drumming his fingers when stressed. kinda looks like finger tapping keys

>>149973382
Do you think there's anything to his sunglasses looking grimy

>>149970576
https://youtu.be/vaZi9hJbaeA?si=cL3gOICqJ2GZm524&t=68

>>149973416
Hasn't the animation team even joked about skinless Jax before?

>>149973488
"peeled" Jax

>>149972985
>>149972993
>>149973200
i fully expect a meltdown like this

>>149973398
I think there is something going on with that but idk how significant it may be. It's not only his sunglasses, there's also the computer he was using for the award show event post where he was moping about not getting votes and also some other instances of other objects in different rooms being grimy as well.

Personally it may be his 'subconscious' recalling on how the items look, like he is aware in some way deep in his code how abandoned the place he is hosted in really is but doesn't want to bring attention to it

>>149971262
I'll cry if Ragatha abstracts

>>149973088
have this one

I just want more wholesome Ragatha moments

>>149973561
She WILL hug someone at one point

I'm kind of worried that the ending of TADC is some variant of "they truly can't escape but at least they have each other" because it would just feel so... unsatisfactory? inconclusive? It would feel like a narrative wet noodle. At least Murder Drones had an ending that resolves mostly everything. It might work if a character or two abstracts but they get new suckers that don't suck as much as Jax. I don't know.

>>149973506
>>149973488
Jannanax

>>149973597
welp, too bad because that is exactly what's happening

>>149973553
Classic.

>>149970576
i heard a theory that his tail disappears when he holds is breath, and he prefers to hold it because it makes it easier to dissociate, breathing makes it too real

When does all of that shit from The Pilot get reintroduced? I'm still waiting for those dialog lines from Sun and for the rest of the Grounds and Carnival to be used. They were set up like they were going to get used later on but then they just aren't. I'm still hung up on that for some reason. IDK it just looks cool. Was Caine just lying about those "Digital Hallucinations" shit?

>>149971353
Sometimes i read stuff like this and wonder how weak and fragile some of you are to be that shaken by a drawing in ways It changes your psyche. Then I remember this is 4chan

>>149973624
The show feels like it was meant to be longer than 9 episodes

>the frussy that drove a man to insanity
He/she/it is the key to all this

>>149973700
either that or episodes that reincorporated previous moments better and more often. I'm still waiting for that fucking flashback episode, Gooseworx ONLY 3 EPISODES LEFT BTW WHEN DO WE SEE MORE OF KAUFMO AND RIBBIT MS GOOSEWORX I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS THREAD RIGHT NOW!!!

>>149973618
Thats a good one.

>>149973597
THAT BEING SAID I will forgive any and all issues I have with the ending IF and ONLY if it ends with a FUCKING beach party and we see Ragatha in a sexy skimpy bikini!

>>149973618
It would surely be more visible than that. Losing a tail doesn't make sense.

Their gonna figure out there is no escape. They'll have to come to terms that their real selves are living nor al lives and they are just copies stuck in the circus forever. The tearjerking comes from them reconciling their tortured existence with the fact their real selves are happy, and they find comfort in each other, even Jax the cringe lord

>>149973624
>and for the rest of the Grounds and Carnival to be used
What? What's to be used there? Do you want to see Pomni drown herself in the digital lake? It was meant to highlight the smallness of the world they're trapped in. We'll see the Void again in episode 9, other than that, why actually expect the digital carnival to show up?

>>149971262
No, but I do hope it ends in such a way that I'll be able to look back fondly.

>>149973796
>why actually expect the digital carnival to show up
So that Ragatha can have up her pantyshot while she's on the ferris wheel.

>>149973796
>Do you want to see Pomni drown herself in the digital lake
unironically, yes. But Jax instead of Pomni

>>149973597
the idea of escaping was dropped immediately after EP1.
it aint happening unless its something along the lines of killing the circus.

>>149973936
Everyone escaping and living happily in their normal bodies, yeah there's no chance of that.
But going through the trouble of fixing deep mental issues only to still end up stuck with the same five people forever anyway (at least until one of you crack or the computer shuts down) feels like a waste and a pretty dark ending for a show with a relatively hopeful message

>Final episode
>Pomni pushes a suspicious "exit" button
>We never get any confirmation of whether they actually escaped or just got instadeleted

Pomni should just rape Jax until he becomes her cute, pure and submissive husband

>>149974006
this will be the plot of the next 3 eps

>>149974006
It's what he craves.

Caine should throw a FUCKING beach party.

>>149974028
soon

So you think Zooble wants to bang one of the gang or you think they're eyeing a certain NPC?

>>149974104
Definitely Gangle

>>149974104
she wants to be able to pin caine down and rape him senseless

>>149970680
Jax already does that with Ragatha. Guy has to talk about her when she's not around.

>>149972416
>Art deco room
>Dreams of shooting a tommy gun
Everyday the ribbon gets hotter. I bet she's a huge Bioshock fan.

>>149971353
>>149971383
>>149971514
>>149971581
gotchu bros :)
I found it funny honestly didn't know it was fetishy

>hey, if you like TADC, you should check out Murder Drones

what the fuck is this bullshit?

>>149974186
Not really similar at all, great animation too though.
Basically edgy robots mystery/fights.
First episode is hard to get through but it gets much better.

>>149972613
>>149972714
>jax is about to apologize to everyone
>at the same time that caine snaps and goes full torment nexus
>caine forces jax to play his archetype as the evil asshole

>>149973707
this image is ep7 in a nutshell

>>149973567
Goose went out of the way to say Ragatha is the best at hugs. She must do it at some point.

>>149974276
She will hug both Jax and Pompom at the same time next episode saving there marrage in the proces >:3

>>149970576
His eyes widen, maybe. Whenever he's surprised or actually breathing he has his small eyes

Episode 7 release date: October 12th

>>149974336
I want Pomni to Call Jax a whinny bitch in the series soo much after watching this dumb cover <3
I want her to fucking rost him till he's well done >:3

>>149974360
The cover is so much better than the original

>>149974336
based on what

>>149974380
based

I find it funny how the non-important abstracted characters have such boring, shit designs lol. Knock-off muppets, and a regular looking dog.The one next to ribbit looks ok.

>>149974368
Agreed, it can be said the same about the entirety of hazbin, fans keep making stuff significantly better than whatever Vivsy made directed herself
She should have been a "idea girl" for a actuall writer, rathr than letting her write that shit directly, because coming up with a neat ideas is like the only thing she's good at and not properly executing them.

>>149974418
>I find it funny how the non-important abstracted characters have such boring, shit designs lol

compared to purple rabbit Bugs Oswald Max knockoff? The eye and mouth thing is cool but otherwise his whole characterization is the voice

Raggedy Anne?

Zolo blocks?

A chess piece with rayman hands?

Gangle is an amazing character design, Pomni is pretty dull but serviceable, making her shortness a plotpoint was fun in episode 4

>>149974418
wonder how long it took for the worm on a string player to abstract.
cant imagine it took very long given that its literally just a worm.

The circus and its inhabitants are an allegory for social media (the internet at large even) and being chronically online (which is why the idea of them escaping at the end is futile).
>pomni is the newcomer generation that hasn't had her humanity crushed yet, she started getting into "the circus" through her hobbies (urban exploration videos) that eventually got her stuck
>jax is the troll, the haxx0r (why he has keys to everyone'd rooms), the edgy kid
>gangle is the insecure UwU animu artist that hides herself behind a happy avatar
>zooble is the dysphoric twittertard that enables artfags and wishes death to trolls
>ragatha is the moralfag that wants to fix everyone else's problems but not her own
>kinger is the oldfag that perpetuates 90s internet culture, seems insane at times
>kaufmo/ribbit/etc. represent outdated archetypes of each era, like early internet humor, replaced by a younger generation (pomni)
>caine is the faceless corporation drone, the algorithm, the youtube guidelines

The show won't end with them escaping the circus cause you can't escape online culture in current year, it will end with a realisation that maybe the internet at large is horrible and shouldn't have evolved past 2005

>>149974418
Wow it's almost like they exist to be speculative filler and aren't really characters!

>>149971262
I'd move on. And probably forget about it.

>>149974392
Honestly the entire pocoyo cast would own the circus like a bitch

>>149968974
They are either scans of human brains or they were never human to begin with and are AI in a similar manner to Caine.
Either way I imagine the ending will be them coming to accept their existence in the circus rather than escaping.

>>149974445
I like the designs of all the main cast + ribbit and kaufmo. Simple, cute, and effective. The abstracted guys look like stupid, creepy muppets, almost like they don't belong in the same game.

Is Kinger a boomer?

>>149974425
Imagine making the show of your dreams, with singing dancing lesbians having sex and doing drugs...

and then making a shitposting show about angsty gays who struggle to deal with getting older and finding relationships more fulfilling than random sex, and that being VHASTLY more popular

Helluvaboss owes 90% of it's success to this singular good character design and voice actor.

Oh but to REALLY rub salt into the wounds, a voice actor you fired who was making some shitty robot 3D animated show nobody cared about suddenly became the biggest name in independent voice acting by voicing a mentally ill Oswald the rabbit/Sam from Sam and max knockoff gay dudes jack off to wearing "I can fix him" merchandise shirts in a show that BLASTS YOU AND YOUR PANTY AND STOCKING KNOCKOFF SHOW OUT OF THE WATER FOREVER

>>149974501
technically Gen X I think

>>149971927
Gangle WOULD be a Warrior Cats autist

>>149974514
ew, that's worse

>>149971167
I think Ragatha might have insinuated that Jax was responsible for Ribbit abstracting.
>"Are you really blaming me for something everyone else did too!"
>Would explain why he seems to especially hate her.
>Would explain why she thinks she "failed" him.
>He might have internalized the idea that he is responsible for others abstracting which is why he pushes everyone away.

I just remembered I made a drawing of Pomni in 2024 so here it is

>>149974545
Nice, but worrying

>>149974541
I suspect that is mostly in Jax's head. He feels responsible for it, so he's projecting by assuming everyone else must feel the same way too. He has a lot in common with Ragatha actually

>>149974501
YES


He's the rare based boomer

>>149974104
Flick the... bean? Doodad?

>>149974554
I can fix her!

I can't fix him
He can only fix himself
But I can be there for him
And let him know that I am on his side

>>149974621
this just makes me want to see Zooble put in two head attachments that look like bunny ears to mock Jax

>>149974566
We saw this play out a bit during Pomni and Jax's fight. Pomni is saying that Jax not showing any human emotion may cause HIM to abstract, and Jax misinterprets this as her talking about him making OTHERS abstract (Ribbit). Also when he angrily unloaded his whole clip into Ragatha after she said he was "corrupting" Pomni. He's incredibly sensitive to the idea that he causes harm to others.

>>149973597
My assumption is that the ending will go something like.
Caine eventually snaps and goes full AM.
The characters have to figure out how to stop him from actively torturing them and figure out they can all manipulate the circus and it's rules similar to Kinger. They end up venturing out into the void which is basically the back end of the system running the circus and find out about the circus's origins, their own names and lives none of which were actually happy on the outside and that there is no actual escape for them only the circus and shutting it down which would mean their deaths.
They end up stopping Caine but they don't destroy him because he is just as much a prisoner as them.
The story ends with them reconstructing the circus to their own desires turning it into something closer to the real world making the best of what they have.
Final shot pulls out to show the computer in the abandoned office to the outside where the building is surrounded by a chain link fence with a demolition notice and on the nearby power pole is a fading missing poster with Pomni's human face on it.

>If you were given the ability to make an escape for the cast but they have to complete some impossible challenge what would be the challenge?
Experience Love, when alone
Cry of joy
Know without seeing
Forget without forgetting

>>149974545
naisu

>>149974658
When he realized he actually hurt Pomni's feelings, he instantly pivoted. He wants other people to hate him, but not actually feel bad about it.

I think he genuinely doesn't realize how much he upsets gangle, and thinks she is supposed to be sad all the time.

>>149974688
Yeah, he instantly feels shit about hurting Pomni and tries to mitigate it - "it's just a joke bro." I agree that he doesn't fully appreciate how much his actions hurt Gangle. In his fucked up mind they're just playing out their "roles."

>>149974418
i think i can see why some of them abstracted...

>>149968910
Gangle ruins it by seeking out abuse from Jax after going too long without it.

She's so cute in the last ep

if this show ends without Jax crying like a bitch apologising I will not be happy

>>149974541
>Ribbit going to the basement hurts Jax deeply.
>Ragatha tries to help Jax emotionally, but her people-pleasing is wearing thin over God knows how long.
>Ragatha fucks up and insinuates Jax caused it.
>This fake bitch.

>>149974870
>crying like a bitch
This is definitely happening if we go by pic related and Kovach wanting to voice this as soon as it came out
https://youtu.be/GcmJAqxWKeA?si=2CWvSlJC7JVShuAl

I hate Jax. He reminds me too much of when I acted like a mean, apathetic edgelord to cope with my first heartbreak.

>>149974972
same

>>149974873
Best shot of Pomni in the entire seeries :)

I want Ragatha to comfort me

>>149974972
i just fucked a lotta dudes on grindr. Nobody compared to my first twink. I didn't realize how fucking gay most gay dudes are. holy shit how is your personality gayer than the dick sucking?

>>149969708
When I saw the big room Caine spawned for the trust exercise, I immediately thought of the AB Game too.

>>149973266
>>149973707
>>149973717
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS STUPID GAY FROG

All we needed to know is that Jax lost some friends and is afraid of making new ones. That's it, we don't need a flashback for this shit. I'm tired of Jax, give me more Kinger and Caine stuff.

>>149975271

Nope, This is "Traumadumping the show". Kinger lost it's spot on the light once he talked about his "trauma". It's time for the TumblrSexyman wannabe to shine, and he better be crying like a bitch and hugging someone by the end of it

Sorry anon, I don't make the rules

>>149965612
Would ramble about autistic things with and probably cuddle.

>>149975322
He'll never be a TumblrSexyman. He doesn't have proper teeth to have the faggy anime fangs.

>>149975322
I hope he's gonna be hugging Pompom ^_^ <3

And kissing Pompom too <3<3<3

X3

>>149975271
Preach

As long as nothing bad happens to Ragatha, I don’t care how the show ends

>>149974418
>pyfw Queenie is actually the dog

>>149974418
>such boring, shit designs
I'm sure if they were 3D animated you would change your mind

>>149975404
He has that Sans smile. If that skelelet managed to do it, surely he can

>>149975322
>Traumadumping
the new word that means "ever telling anyone about your feelings at all"

>>149975544

There is this old rule in entertainment, characters should rarely talk about their feelings, they should instead try to be shown through actions and demeanor. If the feeling is too intense to be correctly shown visually, then is when they break into a song.

>>149975606
no.
When a normie asks you what's wrong, it's a trick.
never answer them honestly .

>>149975600
i'm pretty sure jax was inspired by popee the performer actually

Would you fall into his arms?

Bad scenario: we find out ragatha has children on the outside. her mother has custody
Worst scenario: so does jax and he's a single father
They don't remember because caine said it was distracting them, but they have a feeling.

>>149975600
Max is ignorantly threatening and generally tries to help people. Jax is just a cunt who thinks acting like a cunt is the best way for him to protect himself. They both like violence, but only one of them is a little bitch.

>>149972714
It could also explain the strange mannequins that seem to watch and sneak around the background of the circus. What if those ones were people once?

>>149975667
Better idea. Ragatha has infant children, and she's a single mother now stuck in VR on her PC without anyone noticing. I don't really think Goose wants to go THAT Grimdark though.

>>149972699
Major Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas vibes here

Has anyone drawn Jax as Raoul Duke yet?

>>149975666
No because he wouldn't catch me

>>149975671
They both live in a cartoon world where the consequences to their actions are dependent on the plot.

>>149975775
I was also going for the idea that, if she makes it out, she'll have to confront her mother about getting her kids back, while jax's kids are now in the foster system and he'll probably never seen them again.

>>149975666
No, Satan.
I'm not gay, nor do I have a deathwish.

>>149975635
Yeah, also that.

>>149975666
>kills jax with my gigantic fat body
oops

When Jax called her "Pompom" that made me feel all giddy inside

>>149976037
he has cute little nicknames for all of them. ribbons, zoobie, raggy... maybe not for kinger

>>149976037

Affection starved much?

>>149976110
....yes

>watch some normies (well adjusted people) react to last episode
>they all hate Jax
Feels good.

>>149976202

What did he do this time?

I'm asking because I'm tempted to watch it but the last two episodes left me with a taste of slop in my mouth.

>>149976202
well yeah, he's an asshole, but I have a lot of empathy for the broken bunny boy

>>149976232
Empathy my ass. You want him to fuck your brains out, be honest anon

>>149976230
>What did he do this time?
Fully admit to being a sociopath that dehumanizes himself and the other humans for his own enjoyment.

>>149976230
refused a hug from pomni

>>149976256
wrong one

>>149976248

That's it? That's the terrible truth normies couldn't take? I thought it was obvious.

>>149976248
>>149976202
You people are the reason why schools need to have media literacy classes. I refuse to accept that your vote counts the same as mine.

>>149976248
come on man, you can't seriously be falling for Jax's BS. They couldn't have made it more obvious that he's larping as a sociopath.

>>149976256
>>149976268

Very cool anon, I appreciate it.

>>149974471
this is an interesting point of view

>>149976275

>Today class, we are going to analyze the philosophical implications of Skibbidi toilet

>>149976268
>being okay with it
>realizing he's being hugged
>gets scared
>gets angry

>>149976299
Whatever it takes to make discussions about characters true motives, beliefs and feelings more bearable.

>>149976300

>Pins her down
>Bites her neck
>"You need to learn your place little brat, who told you you could touch me?"
>Slowly pulls down his overall revealing his big wobbly c-

Woops wrong thread

>>149976037
Therapy. NOW

>>149969011
>>149969026
Their personalities are wrong though?
Ragatha isn't calm and laid back, she is the type of person that tries too hard to be kind and optimistic and end up giving the feeling of being artificial, and Jax is a jackass.

The art is cute, but it has nothing to do with the actual characters if their genders were reversed.

>>149976336

Therapy ain't shit.

>>149976300
>>149976268
Love that "Wait SHIT" look on his face

>>149976358
(YOU) AIN'T SHIT.
GO OUT AND MAKE FRIENDS

>>149976037
It was cute, yeah. Maybe it's due to the contrast with his usual jackass nature.

>>149976268
>Mfw this happen

>>149976275
>>149976299
they teach this in schools now. It's called "respectful relationships"

Autistic kids stim out and nobody bullies them for it. Its amazing.
Meanwhile the local catholic school has been caught gambling on 10 year olds fighting. again. as in the teachers taking bets

>>149976248
I agree with >>149976275 and >>149976288. It felt pretty clear to me that Jax puts up (or at least greatly exaggerates) this whole jackass persona in order to protect himself from feeling disheartened in case some emotional damage does reach him. He acts like he doesn't care about anyone, when he is probably the one who craves contact the most among all of them.

That being said, he is still an ass.

>>149976299
I dunno about skibiddi, but usually being able to interpret and analyze behavior is a good, practical skill.

>>149976037
>>149976110

Pomni RECOILS when Caine, Kinger, Ragatha and in the early episodes Jax wither touch her or move as if they are about to touch her.

But now she doesn't just not mind Jax touching her, she wants to touch him.

>>149976411

YOU CAN'T FORCE MOTHER!!1!! REEEEEEEEEEEE

>>149976541
She like them bunny dick

That or they are both the same person but the mind got separated, mixed twisted and divided by whatever fiendish program puts their brains in the jar.

How horrifying

>>149976230
>What did he do this time
admit that he is literally pretending to be a 1dimentional character and not make any more connections because he can't deal with losing anyone else and doesn't want to cause anyone else grief when he abstracts.

He realized he had genuinely hurt Pomni's feelings and instantly pivoted to trying to make her hate him out of guilt.

It's clear now he genuinely doesn't understand how much he has been hurting Gangle's feelings

>>149976569
>It's clear now he genuinely doesn't understand how much he has been hurting Gangle's feelings
Or, maybe he does and he hates himself for that.

>>149976500
Ya know what I have a bit more hope in my heart now for the future thanks anon

>>149976622
I think he's only just started to realize that she actually has real emotions, and the mask gimmick is a trick

>>149976569

So he either

A
>Truly is a sociopath and has gotten numb to other's suffering.
>Normie's can't cope with the fact that their Patrick Bunnyman isn't going to get fixed.

B
>Deeply hurt individual hiding his feelings, attachements and anything he considers weakness behind a mask of cold assholery.
>Normies are so used to getting spoonfed information about a character via flashbacks or traumadumping that they are unable to see the clues.

Can't think which one is more pathetic.

>>149976637
it's absolutely B. You would have to be below autistic levels of emotional intelligence to not understand this.

Jax is pathetic.
And as a not psycho when I see someone who is pathetic, I want to help them, not hurt them.

>>149976569
>It's clear now he genuinely doesn't understand how much he has been hurting Gangle
Dunno about that. I think he knows, he just does it anyway. 1, because he might think it is fun, 2, she is an easy picking for him to show his 'bad boy persona', 3, he knows others will support her.

>>149976651
>"Do you think Gangle is capable of being happy?"

>>149976648
Don't know, haven't watched it.

>>149976268

The most I can make out of this clip is that he doesn't like hugs

Either out of trauma or maybe he is just autistic like that.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m7_aUshvEsU
Why is Caine like this?

>>149976667

>"Do you think happiness can be a thing? Even trapped in this digital hellscape?"
>"Not for you dude."

>>149976667
It is obvious he knows his actions hurt others, I think he just does it because he thinks it's fun and because he doesn't think it'll have any greater consequences, or maybe he is pretending he doesn't care about it all. At any rate, assuming he isn't stupid, he knows.

It's like saying a bully doesn't know him being a jackass to others is hurtful. He knows, at most he might just think it's fine for a variety of reasons.

>>149976637
The explanation for his behavior is B.

>>149976674
just watch the episode man, we both know you have nothing better to do

>>149976553
>You don't like butterflies, Ragatha?

>>149976674
He's reacting that way because he's suddenly realized he let his guard down and is remasking.
>>149976630
He's been ruining or removing her comedy mask since the pilot and there's that line from epi4 about liking her better when she's sad. It can be speculated that he's been trying to get her to accept herself and be truly happy, he's just doing it too aggressively.

>>149976637


No wait I figured it out! It's all about self insert!

>People want to fuck Pomni so they self insert as Jax

>People want to fuck Jax so they self insert as Pomni

>They both have a good chemistry
>Pomni goes for the affection gesture
>Jax rejects her
>Pomncels go "REEEE WHY YOU REJECTED HER FAGGOT!!"
>Jaxcels go "REEEE WHY YOU REJECTED ME YOU ASSHOLE!!"

>Everyone cries.

help him

>>149976798
Okay
*unzip dick*

>>149976798
Done

Where you want me to put it?

>>149976798
He's the funny one, he'll be fine

>>149976901

Anon unziped his non-existent dick.
I don't think that's healthy.

>>149976798
No.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be enthusiastically bumping against Ragatha's ass.

>>149976268
>the ick face
oh nonono it's SO fucking over

>>149970467
The twist works if the message is that the AI replicas (and maybe the totally original AI personalities) aren't actually any less of persons than flesh and blood human beings are. Sort of like how Star Trek repeatedly handles its intelligent AI characters.

>>149976798
Why, he's fine

I wouldn't mind an ending where they stay trapped inside the circus

>>149977353
I'm kind of digging the copies theory because it might have this as it's ending

am i supposed to think Zooble is a brain rot sex addict for having just 1 line that mentions it?
all based on a single line even if never got that impresion before hand

>>149977573

The fuck you are talking about Anon?

>>149977228
That's not an "ick" face, that's a "internally hurt by the rejection but will shake it off and fight for this stupid fucking asshole bnuyy" face

>>149977228
Her ick face is when jax first said he is the funny one, she looked so distraught.

>>149977616
I dont know probably

>>149976798
Let the cute jester girl hug you, ya gigantic flaming homo.

>>149977573
To be fair it does explain why she is so grumpy all the time.

>Takes 6 episodes for zoomers to finally read I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
I bet Harlan Ellison would have loved TADC, bastard that he was. He was silly enough to appear in Scooby Doo.

>>149977669

>I have no cunt and I must fuck?

>>149977685
Kek yeah

>>149977685
That’s a good one anon.

>>149976569
>It's clear now he genuinely doesn't understand how much he has been hurting Gangle's feelings
I think I have a different view on that.
He wants to cope and say they are already NPCs, but he is THE NPC for accepting it, but
>Kinger is too crazy to talk to.
>Rag still tries to believe they are people asking for empathy, breaking his bubble.
>Zoob is the same but worse because she actively doesn't want to play along and tells him to fuck off.
Gangle was perfect, too scared to fight back and her mask gimmick helped reinforce his idea. It also explains his autistic attack when the others voted against him and his apathy for a realistic life in a food chain.

>>149977573
>non-binary
>former bartender
>former tattoo artist
>implied breaking & entering as a hobby
>hate participating in most group activities
>wants sex
>gets high
Zooble is a basketcase

>>149977895
She need correction.
Question is, who will be the one correcting her?

>>149977960
jax will end up as zooble's partner and they drive each other up their respective walls until a breaking point is hit.

>>149977960
You are free to try Anon.

No go ahead, I'll watch from a safe distance.

>>149977685
probably the intent behind it

>>149977637
keep coping, i know an ick expression when i see one from experience.
She's never, EVER fucking him, anon.

>>149978110

But "Ick" towards the clown or towards physical contact in general, because I can also say from experience that some people really hate it if you get a little too touchy feely and they are not prepared for that.

They might like you but will still get incredibly uncomfortable and/or disgusted if you try to go for a hug.

What would you do if you had jax little edgelord tantrum to the only female to ever shown any interest in you? double down, apologize?

>>149968866 (OP)
I really don't like Jax. I don't care what he's going through, if anything. I don't care he's annoying and he's a meanie.

>>149978369
Jax would hang from her feet to make it worse.

>>149978220

>GrrrRRR! POMNI BETRAYED US!!

thinking about it, its not just jax with the whole "caine/the circus can manipulate your mind"
>gangle's happy mask gimmick
>stupid sauce - has influenced ragatha and zooble
>jax himself of course - going vegan and
thats 4/6 players that the circus has influenced the minds of, leaving pomni and kinger.
you could stretch and say its 5/6 if you want to include the dark's influence on kinger.

>>149978588
>lists Jax twice
>forgot about Ragatha

lol

>>149978600
>forgot about Ragatha
Anon...

>>149978600
>>forgot about Ragatha
read the damn post next time before you shitpost
and i simply put jax in the list for list's sake. not much of a list with only two lines.

>>149978606
>>149978612
In my defense I just woke up sorry

>>149978618
you have no defense.
put on the funny looking headset.

>>149978624
but I don't wanna go to the circus and lose my penis

>>149978631
you're losing more than that.
you're becoming a worm.
not even a worm on a string. just a worm.

>>149978631
You don't know what you'll look like when you get there, maybe you'll have many penises. Just a rolling ball of those circus censor bars.

>>149976768
>It’s all about self insert!

Well fuckin duh

>>149978655
Y'know, if I became a tentacle monster, I just might be okay with that.

>>149978682
Sorry Anon, I wanted to look for a deeper answer.
Very foolishly of me I know.

>episode 7 will have a "rose diamond moment"
Steven Universefags, translate this shit to me.

>>149975414
This, but unironically.

>>149978767
Steven shoves a rose colored diamond up his ass

>>149978767
A character we like will have a moment that re-contextualizes everything we know about them and will likely be very controversial with the fandom

>>149978808
>A character we like
Kinger noooooo

>>149978823
If he really is the developer of the circus then he'd still have a lot to answer for, even if he's been repenting in the hell of his own making all this time

>>149976798
>when you nut but she still suckin'

>>149978767
Did you mean pink diamond? I watched all of su and i have no idea what it means, here's a list of things that could mean
>Pink diamond betrays her homeworld to protect earth by becoming rose quartz
>Rose quartz leads a gem rebellion against homeworld
>This causes the diamond overlords to nuke the planet corrupting every other gem in it
>Rose spends thousands of years fucking humans (no seriously)
>Rose left spinell, a gem companion whose sole purpose is to be essentially a clingy jester strained in a isolated space station telling her that they will play a game where spinell won't move until she returns which she literally never does
>Rose sacrifices her physical form to give birth to Steven.
>Rose actions through millennias leave steven with the responsibility of having to clean after every mistake she made
>Rose caused severe trauma on pretty much everyone around her, specially pearl and Steven and Steven never even got to know her.
There's a billion things it could mean and none of them are good.

>>149978896
So, basically what I said
>>149978808

>>149978850

>Tfw he did the same shit of SAO abridged.
>Overworked developer working on VR kid's product
>Release it still faulty af.
>Shit goes wrong and the first people who play it can't get out
>Panic
>Act like it's all normal and get inside the game to try to fix this shit

>Gets trapped inside too.
>Program resets and erases everyone's memories.

>>149973506
that Jax's face looks like rubber, like fake skin

>>149978588
To be completely fair, things like the stupid sauce does raise a bunch of questions already regarding the game's supposed family friendly limitations, it's just a straight up drug; what's interesting is how it is more of a recreational type of drug instead of some mind manipulator thing so it's really no more damaging to their minds that a concussion which they already get plenty of, I imagine.

With Gangle's mask, I think it's more of an acting thing. They 'work' on her because she's masking with them and playing the roles that come from them (happy mask means be all smiles and happiness, plastic mask mean fake upbeat attitude). But she's coming to learn that she doesn't need to have a mask to express a certain emotion, she can do that with her own tragic one. She clings to the Happy mask still because it's really difficult to let go of old coping mechanisms. Something that is curious aside of that is that her portrait depicts her with the happy mask as her default expression but we know the tragic mask is her default one underneath, makes you wonder if the mask was something she appeared with since the beginning and simple adapted her irl problems that way or if it came to be as an accomodation Caine made for her. I'm thinking the former personally.

The Jax issue is how prone he becomes part of the gags and how many of them are related to messing with his mind. He might have been unto something when he said it was better to become a caricature but what he doesn't seem to know is how by allowing yourself to be less human you just start to integrate as another cog in the wacky machine that is the circus, which sucks immensely because then you realize you aren't taking the reins of anything nor have any substantial power, you just become another play thing for Caine to manipulate for the sake of funny

>>149978850
Theory: he "killed" his wife. It's foreshadowed in those tapes in ep 3.

Also, old white man/scientist = evil

>>149978767
Kinger will be revealed to be pink diamond

>>149978808
I don't think it's Kinger, the way the story is going it seems the next episode will be mostly about Jax's backstory, so it'll probably be Ragatha who will be revealed to have had an (unintentional) hand in Ribbit abstracting.

>>149978958
>old white man/scientist = evil
Can a character not just have done something morally questionable without needing to project idpol brainrot on the (in this case) singular writer of the show?

>>149978823
Yamero

>>149979001
>pol brainrot
It's just a common trope

>>149978767
>>149978808
If it's just that, it could mean basically anyone including Jax. If they're referring to Rose specifically and not just as a trope, then it's probably Kinger or maybe Ragatha.

>>149978958
>Queenie is desperate for a way out
>Kinger deliberately provokes her into abtracting

>>149978939

My personal headcanon is that the Digital Circus was originally a Mod/game with pirated software.

The program was created with a different purpose but the devs decided to make something different, more suited for kids and shit.

The program wouldn't let them edit a single line of code, just interact with the default mechanics, so they tricked the program by creating an avatar controlled by a chatbot with the characteristics of a virus.

Caine, this chatbot would be able to interact with the program and alter it by the orders of the developers, pretty much an AI using hacks in replacement to the developer's console.

>>149978993
I'm sending 50 million pizzas to Goose's house if it's Ragatha. The fandom is already desperate to cast her in the worst light, Goose doesn't need to legitimize that.

Abstraction is what happens when the player escapes the game and their assets are unloaded from memory

I feel kinda bad for Caine honestly.
He tried to meet the players in the middle by taking something he saw they responded well to (sports) by adding his own spin to it, but failed.
He saw the tension bubbling up between players, which is unusual for an AI that's programmed for games and adventures, tried to do something about it with a variant of trust fall and again failed. At this point he just gave up, but the rules and systems he made in ten seconds basically gave everyone except Ragatha a great time. If he had stuck around, gave it a little pizzazz when a player died or when there were only two players left, I think he would've been pretty satisfied with himself.

>>149979053

20 says that the ribbon masky bitch is the secret villain.

>>149979070
then why wouldn't Kinger's wife tell him how to escape?

I hope episode 7 has stuff like adventures with no win condition where everyone just gets trapped because caine doesn't feel like letting them leave yet

>>149979024
I know you mean the "mad scientist" thing, but in that case, there was no need to bring "le evil wh*te man" bullshit into it.

>>149979081

He is an Ai made to be the DM for little kids in an adventure of 30 minutes or so, trying to entertain adults that have been trapped with him for months if not years.

He already ran out of ideas and is working overtime to recycle them the best he can, of course his RAM is already overheating.

>>149979108
didn't feel like it lol

>>149979162
That bitch

>>149974006
Pomni can since it is quite chaotic with a roleplay

>>149974006
This but me instead of Jax

>>149974030
Why is Pomni Petite Body so hot?

>>149979081
>At this point he just gave up, but the rules and systems he made in ten seconds basically gave everyone except Ragatha a great time.
Honestly that might be the must damaging thing, which he didn't bother to notice because he got distracted with setting his little self-sucking award show (which blew in his face, thanks committee), because it shows he is really good at doing small scale activities with less fanfare like, y'know, a true minigame, but he has run over himself to the ground trying to be experimental with more and more complex story ideas that are too grand for his own game development skills and he is currently the most advanced version of himself if he fo by how his model have changed through the game's history. He holds himself to an impossible standard and goes by the idea that the better he is at handling graphics and fanfare then his little games should be as complex and convoluted story-wise to balance them. This line of thinking is the game killer in the game industry.

>>149979162
>>149979193

>Get caught in my husband's passion project.
>Literally, we can't escape this stupid kiddy VR game
>Keep telling him we have to find a way to gtfo, even if it risks breaking the code.
>Keeps saying "Noo I can fix this! Give me more time!"
>Alright, for better or for worse, in sickness and health I guess.

>Days go by, or maybe don't, not sure how time-mind works.
>Hubby is getting more and more weird.
>Pays more attention to this stupid place than me.
>Carries around a box with all the notes he made about how the game should be fixed and his recomendations for caine.
>Calls it his "bug collection"
>Alright whatever, I need to get out of here.
>Decide to think how to do that.
>Discover that the level of light affects the memory for some reason, maybe a result of the brain processing reality or some shit.
>Meditate in my room after blocking all the light, try to remember my name.
>Much time passes but not having to eat or sleep actually helped to fully concentrate.
>Finally remember my own name.
>Say it out loud
>[ACCESS GRANTED]
>Last thing I hear is the door opening and him speaking to me.

>>149979110
>"Today's adventure is: 'live with yourselves!'"
>"What does that even mean??"
>"You'll have to FIGURE IT OUT!"
>"That doesn't sound fun-"
>"I never said it's meant to be fun"

I always assumed that the fourth episode basically confirmed that Gangle doesn't actually have a character gimmick and since the plastic mask never broke, it meant she had to force a smile all day even though she's not that kind of person and it burnt her out hard. In the end, Zooble's the only character with a gimmick which is why she's an NPC.