Thread 150266822

Thread Question

What would be the worst ending possible for the show?

>>150246324
>>150246324
>>150246324

>>150266822 (OP)
Raggy :')

>>150266822 (OP)
>>150266841
Ragatha abstracting

>>150266822 (OP)
>Everyone escapes.
>They all wake up with no memory of the Circus.
>Everyone moves on with their lives.
>The experiences and friendships formed over the last X amount of years have meant nothing.

>>150266841
Wife

Her thread. Her show.

>>150266822 (OP)
>>150264479
this for being uninspired

I want an ending that is so obtuse, so esoteric, so bizarre and incomprehensible, that it causes people to argue over it for decades.

>>150266822 (OP)
The last 3 episodes are about jax baggage, the reconcilation with him and idk zooble and the thing about caine gets solved by saying they like his adventures.

I wonder how much more popular FunnyBunny as a ship would've been if Pomni was male and Jax was Female.

>>150266990
Her tournament too

>>150267244
>/ss/ people flock to it
>community cares less because Pomni is a guy
I feel like it wouldn’t be as popular, but the fans of it would be just as dedicated.

>>150266841
Indeed anon, Ragatha's existence is the worst possible ending

What we were talking about?

>>150267244
The series as a whole would be majorly less popular, it would've definitely been the wrong choice.

>>150267048
>pomni is left as the only one still in the circus, everyone else having abstracted
>this is the final scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FY0Pt9fyxY

>>150266901
you are joking but this is literally what happens most of the times with shitty jobs or military experiences.
If you are lucky enough you will never think about it for the rest of your life.

The 4chan bunny

>>150267301
how does she even cry? Can the models do that? (leaving out gangle because that's her whole shtick)

>>150267298
I'm not a fag but the idea of a male pomni makes me feel funny

>>150267322
she's literally teary-eyed in episode 6.

>>150267086
There's like a 40% chance that is how the show is gonna end.

>>150267322
>Can the models do that?
yeah

>>150267354
oh right....

What do you think her tears taste like? Would they still be salty or just water? Maybe like nothing since they are just renders?

>>150267258
Need... more stripper ragatha...

>>150267052
I can't really think of a way that wouldn't ruin the aesthetic of Ragatha's bouncing hair. I think the ribbons are enough to get the point across.

I wanna fuck and kill Ragatha

>>150267401
In that exact order?

Kinger got too much game Caine disabled sex for everyone

>>150267406
It's not like you can't add another "fuck" after "kill" if she's hot enough

>>150267422
>DisABLEd~

>>150267244
Not as popular because pomni is the sole reason this show got so big in the first place.

>>150267258
Are those gangle’s ribbons

>>150267301
This image makes me really sad.

>>150267428
You lack vision anon, you could fuck her to death.

>>150267467
I couldn't possibly, I have a below average dick

>>150267457
Why? You also feel like an unwanted ragdoll?

>>150267485
It's the digital circus anon, I'm sure Caine would give you supersized package if you convinced him it would spice up the adventures.

>>150266841
I don’t want her to abstract

>>150267566
God he's so cringe.

>>150267566
God, he's just like me

>>150267301
I don't care if it's a day early. She remembered.

this aged poorly

>>150267760
I too, do this.
I don't really know why.

So, why were they even doing a “theme song” in the pilot? If Pomni hadn’t appeared, was THAT the adventure for the day? Do they just do that every now and then? Or do they do the theme song every single day off screen?

>>150267840
The artist did say this was a joke but it was funny seeing so much of the fandom convinced Pomni didn't like Ragatha lol

>>150267910
Because you are an sperg anon, throwing tantrums like that is a sign of stunted growth and unresolved childhood issues.

>>150268005
>unresolved childhood issues.
Such as?

>>150267998
Because they need to hook the audience with a catchy song for the pilot.

>>150267998
It's how they start each day. It's like their version of the walmart wagie dance.

>>150267910
??? Bro grow tf up holy shit, seriously what are you? In highschool?

>>150267998
>>150268025
>being forced to do a wagie dance to start your day.

Yeah just abstract me already.

>>150268025
>Is this an humilliation ritual?

>>150268061
I'm a widdle baby :>

Pomni goes back to the real world, and she hates it to the point she seriously considers going back to the Digital Circus, then one day a Billionaire offers her money to go back to save his son who is in the Digital Circus, Pomni goes back, so Caine's unseen crazy sister uses a previously saved backup of Pomni to get rid of her, backup Pomni kills Pomni like in pic and becomes the new main character, resetting the series back to the status quo.

>>150268025
I didn’t work at Walmart, but my job had us do this shit. Annoying.

>>150268108
Yeah, and babies are cute because they are small and can't do any more damage than bite you or hit you with a toy.

A baby the size of a grown man is an abomination.

>>150268149
That right?

>>150266822 (OP)
>the setup with bubble carrying the camera around is introduced
>they even brought attention to it during the ragatha-kinger scene, with bubble recording kinger's speech and even stating the committee would love it
>think to myself the award show will have selected scenes of each character, and that there'd be a clip of jax being unawarely recorded crying or something right after his fight with pomni, which is what would trigger his anxiety attack as his vulnerability gets exposed to the whole cast
>when the moment finally comes, only zooble is mentioned to receive the sailor mouth award, jax just gets the anxiety attack on his own and runs to the bathroom
Was I the only one that was expecting something like this? Dunno it felt like a natural way to tie the camera gimmick to the main plot of the episode. Maybe because the episode was already too long?

>>150267910
You will never have a cute girl trying to save you from yourself, Man Tf up, lift some weights, do some push ups, and importantly Grow Up.

>>150268025
haha I remember having to do those at my old job

>>150268208
I think the idea is that most of the cast already knows Jax is like that because of RIBBIT and the idea for the next episode is pomni asking bout why that is etc...

>>150268208
I think the committee being NPCs and seeing the footage and then not voting for Caine is supposed to be a hint about something

Pomni is supposed to be the mc, why is jax the one having cringe meltdowns, i literally couldn't care less about him, i want to see pomni suffer.

>>150268231
Nah

>>150268345
Pomni's the protagonist but Jax is the main character

We haven’t really seen any locations at the circus itself (outside the tent, that basement the gloinks were in, the void, the amusement park) at all since the pilot. Every episode has been either the generic circus interior or an outside adventure. I kind of hope we get to see more of those places. I guess we saw the outside again during the stargazing adventure in episode 5, but nothing else aside from that.

>>150268208
Honestly I was thinking that with bubble recording everyone I expected that during the award show them to show the thing between Pomni and Jax and expected him to get shoved up to the front for 'best actor.' since he did win the favorite character award glitch put up.

>>150268373
I get the feeling that we'll see the amusement park really soon.

>>150268350
Well all I've got to say to you anon is that you're a boy, in a man's world

>>150268543
TWO CHARACTERS WILL RIDE THE FERRIS WHEEL TRUST

>>150268585
>Well all I've got to say to you anon is that you're a boy, in a man's world
-some faggot on fourchins

>>150268585
You know the numbers don't lie and they spell disaster for you at sacrifice, kurt angle.

>>150268585
And what do you like to do to em?

>>150268673
Faggot didn't continue the joke baka

>>150268585
>AND IM A MAN WHO LOVES TO PLAY WITH BOYS... NO WAIT

>>150266822 (OP)
Everyone has sex.
Like that movie with the talking food

>>150266822 (OP)
>worst ending possible
If they somehow 'time travel fix' everything wrong like the abstractions, the game glitches, Caine and whatever eerie business the void has going on, some weird "now we know what to do, we just gotta use save stats" kind of deal

>>150266822 (OP)
>TQ
Every single character shows up for a 6 minute long end of kids movie style dance party

Anyone else get the feeling we will see Gangle go apeshit on Pomni at some point?
>Pomni breaks Gangle's mask as soon as she enters the circus
>Gangle doesn't give a shit about Pomni for a while
>Almost no scenes together
>All of their scenes at Spudsy's are either antagonistic, or just a half-assed combination of apathy and empathy
>Even after Pomni goes out of her way to cover her ass once again, after Zooble leaves
>And then Pomni starts to hang out with Jax
>Gangle smiles after telling Zooble "Let's kill them both"
>A literal mexican standoff after she tommygun's that tunnel
>Literally dies happy, after choosing violence

>>150267443
sure why not, she's in the tournament too

>>150267258
WOWEE MUH DICK

>>150267258
I've been staring at this Ragatha for an hour now

>>150268959
What??? Huh??? Are you retarded? Or maybe doing this on purpose? There's no connection there's no relevancy not even a slight hint that is foreshadowed, the two characters don't even get that much screen time together, ????? Anon, brutally kys and for once think before you say.

>>150268959
bitch you craaazy

If Jax is trans then it immediately destroys all discourse regarding his "Oh yeah, that's what everyone wants, a straight couple" comment. When Jax gets on HRT he and Pomni can start mashing clams or whatever girls do since it's technically lesbianism.

>>150269250
i hope gwen is crazy and cute

>>150268959
They aren't antagonistic towards one another, mostly just apathetic. There's no reason for Gangle to do anything to Pomni except to model a new figurine after her.

>>150269265
yay

>>150268959
That was not a Mexican standoff.

>>150269379
Yeah neither of em were mexican

>>150266822 (OP)
Abstracting is actually the way out of the circus and Kinger’s been tricking them that’s why a new person comes in whenever someone abstracts. This whole thing is an experiment to try and copy brainwaves to make an AI but it never copies right and just leaves an abstraction. Oh and the entire cast ends up being gay in canon.

>>150269546
I think abstracting would be more like having a panic attack in a dream and not being able to wake up. Also my head cannon on zooble is that she's a butch lesbian and the only one that's actually gay. except maybe that frog

Snuggling with Ragatha could fix all my problems

>>150267244
Show would've been less popular because people obsess over female characters, but ship would've been about as popular because - and people don't want to admit this - Jax is exactly the type of character men on the internet find attractive, if only he had boobs and they could self insert as the one she bullies in high school but secretly actually loves them

>>150269546
>K-Kinger!? It was you... you were the amazing digital circus this whole time??
>So, Pomni. You figured it out again, eh? Impressive. I'll have to wipe your brainwaves more thoroughly this time.
>I'll remember Kinger. I'll remember as many times as it takes to take you down!
>heh heh... not if I increase your homolust until you're unable to think straight
>What??? W-what gave you that idea? Ok, sometimes I look at other girls but that's perfectly NORM--
>...
>...
>huh, where am I? Oh hey Ragatha. You look, um... really, uh... nice today. haha

>>150267374
>>150267086
This show really IS just /co/ evangelion, huh?

>>150270540
>The only way out is getting dicked down by Jax.

>>150270560
>the cast finds out
>all decide to stay in the circus instead

>>150270548
not yet!

but maybe someday

>>150268025
I think we only did that walmart wagie shit once at my work as punishment.

>>150267998
My interpretation is Caine just makes them sing the theme song like once a month or so to keep everyone in a good mood.
My current hypothesis is the show will end with Pomni's version being composed and performed.

>"I know you're hiding that tough guy persona jax, but deep down you want to be dominated"
What did she mean by this

>>150270861
she means that jax is hiding xis submissive and agreeable trans identity

>>150270861
She knows Jax likes being a rape victim.

>>150270548
I like TADC, but it wishes it were that good.

I love my second place girl.

Has anyone made a sketch of Ragatha reacting to getting the #2 seed?

>>150268025
This is really painful to watch.

>>150269546
I've considered the possibility that abstraction is actually the way to leave the circus. What are the chances that they will actually pull this shit?

>>150269546
>a new person comes in whenever someone abstracts
Wouldn't they have caught onto that eventually? Like Ragatha, who was there the second-longest behind Kinger (not sure how that was figured out, but okay); why would she be surprised that Kaufmo abstracted, since he was absent for the theme-song rehearsal and the only one not around when Pomni came in?

>>150271187
>who was there the second-longest behind Kinger (not sure how that was figured out, but okay)
Goose mentioned on Tumblr the order of everyone joining the circus. Episode 6 makes it seem like Kinger was completely alone until Ragatha joined the circus, he was without Queenie at least.

>>150267258
https://x.com/GooseworxMusic/status/1963801807089713616/video/1

>>150268345
>i want to see pomni suffer.
She's a straight woman in a world where there's no one to fuck.

>>150268959
Jax and Gangle was in a relationship, but it ended around the time Pomni came around. Noticing Jax's affection for Pomni, Gangle pairs with Zooble as paybay

jax is literally me

>>150271307
IT'S TIME FOR YOUR EMPLOYEE REEVALUATION

>>150271395
Seems hard enough to be her. She decided to get close to the two most mentally unwell ones in the Circus.

>>150271380
But anon I don't want a re-evaluation.

i am literally jax

>>150271038
Why is she fat in this?

>>150271445
Because for today's adventure Ragatha will have 300% more stuffing.

>>150271462
thickedy ann

Ragawife

funny bunny.

>canon ribbun
>but it's femdom manager gangle
do you press the button?

>>150271508
I'm afraid I don't engage in shipping.

>>150271508
As if it was even a question

>>150271462
Brappedy Ann

>>150270861
We knew that already

jax

>>150271508
Why not?

>>150271630
Domni

Sexo the girl rabbit

https://x.com/bi_zukih/status/1961529952865538401?t=eEDE_Lk732IrIgB0ps9Uig&s=19

Anyone else feel like little details like this are on purpose? I feel like this is how Pomni used to walk when she was in her human body and she subconsciously mimics it in her new body. Or its a sign that she's grown more comfortable in her cartoon form.

>>150271809
>pretending

>>150269499
I find it interesting that in Pomni's nightmare she saw Ragatha, Gangle, and Zooble holding her hand, when technically the first person she actually held hands with was Jax. Kinger is nowhere to be seen, too.

>>150271993
Kinger's hand was actually there in the episode, fan artist forgot to draw it.

>>150272041
You can see his hand. there's white fingers around her wrist.

Am I the only one disappointed in how many NPCs are just mannequins with no features? It feels so uncreative.

>>150271993
>the first person she actually held hands with was Jax
You forgot about Kinger in episode 3.

>>150272041
Oh, snap. You're right. I rewatched the scene and you can see Kinger's hand if you pay close attention.

>>150272096
*the second person she actually held hands with.

Leaked human Jax design

need more caine

I hate how so many of the NPCs are just blank mannequins with nothing else on them. It feels so uncreative and disappointing.

>>150272296
dO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE UNIQUE CHARACTERS, POMNI?
I'M NOT MODELLING UNIQUE NPCS FOR EVERY BACKGROUND CHARACTER
THE SERVERS CAN'T HANDLE IT

>>150272296
>It feels so uncreative and disappointing.
That's the point.

>>150271469
Cute!

>>150272471
It's the point to be shit? Fucking tired of retards going "its the point!" To any valid criticism.

>>150272633
But he's right, that's literally the point. Caine kind of sucks at his job.

>>150272633
That's cool. Glad we could have this talk.

>>150272633
Caine is an autonomous AI running on a computer that's been on for too damn long and is having its resources stretched thin.

>>150272633
Well what did you have in mind for the NPCs in terms of appearance?

>>150267566
She abstracts and he’s just miserable.

>>150272672
>>150272649
How about more creative characters like Gummigoo or the gloink mom or the weird bug people during the baseball game? Nope just do boring mannequins.

>>150267258
LEWD

>>150272649
The ending could be that the computer is restarted and that fixes caine

>>150272733
I wanted Gangle to win but it’s hard pushing the agenda for her

>>150272733
Personally I voted for Caine.

>>150272733
>the only mention is 17 seconds after you posted this
I got you anon, even if unintentionally

>>150266822 (OP)
>What would be the worst ending possible for the show?
If it just got canceled midseason.

>>150267244
10X times the people who want to woobify Jax despite his actions if he were a girl. I also think the "I can fix HER-I can make HIM worse" is a more popular dynamic than the other way around.

i bet jax has,
like,
a GIGANTIC penis

>>150272727
>Gumigoo+bandits/Gloink Queen
Literally the named antagonists, they're the crux to Caine's adventures by being the conflict. Standard NPCs dont really cause nothing happens with them, just like how there wasn't any real conflict in the Spudsy's ep
>giant Centipede in the stadium
Literally a placement by Caine to make Ragatha's suggestion look bad, just like the Evil cast. They weren't part of her original suggestion to begin with

>>150272727
Honestly I would've been happy if they at least gave mannequins some different hats or outfits. Even if they copy pasted the same appeareance around the crowd like gta npcs

>>150272733
tons of people were hours ago, it's okay anon. She's got lots of support- she got the second seed after all.

now let's be worried about why no one is talking about Gangle

>>150273507
There's something I find deeply disturbing/disgusting about an author or a director doing this kind of thing on social media.

Can't really explain it, it just so repulsive. Maybe cause it reminds me of my least glorious days on wattpad reading and writing fanfiction along other equally childish and hormone filled kids.

>>150273559
Yeeee... goose deserves the boot

>>150273559
I don't see the problem
It's good to interact with your community, and you could say it's "unprofessional" to reference sex with your characters - if your fandom focuses a lot on sex, why not?

And don't give me some think of the children shit

>>150273559
What? The creator taking pleasure in tormenting their own creations, because the fans actually care about said characters and don't want to see harm come their way?

>>150273627
>And don't give me some think of the children shit
Hardly the worst thing they're see on that shithole site

>>150273627
sexo with gloink queen...

>>150273602
No it's not just Goose, it's a very weird trend that has been going on recently.

The Author/Director/Creative executive going in xitter and going.
"Well Achkually guys, this scene was meant to represent so and so and so. This character actual backstory is so and so and so. And the real message is so and so and so."
Like, don't know if it's because they enjoy whatever little bit of fame or attention they can get because they are so starved of it in real life, or if they never got out of that parasocial relationship with random anons that nowdays kids tend to develop when growing with internet devices.

Or maybe that is just another way of advertising and it has become necessary to throw bones at the internet dopamime addicted, terminally online, crowd if you want your media to succeed because they are the ones that still act like fanfic reading kids.

This future is weird man, not sure if I like it.

>>150267998
I think they were probably supposed to do it every day (or every episode)
goose got asked why it hasn't shown up again and said that they had to remove it for engagement reasons because viewership goes down if there's an intro

>>150273746
Don't explain the magic man, it just makes it more difficult to believe in it.

>>150268959
jesus christ if goose thinks reddit discussion is bad imagine seeing this fucking post

>>150273831
The unfortunate nature of anonymity is that you will get some wild retarded takes among the spare good and well interpreted commentary and analysis from time to time with no way to trace it back to an user in particular. Most of the time it's the retarded takes are saved and shared because they seem fun or are so out of character that just make for laugh material

I believe goose said that tumblr was the one place that really 'got' the characters, funny how that is

oh my god so jax really is trans

>>150273905
Of course, because goose is a tumblr artist at heart.

>>150273905
I said so much retarded shit that I'm assuMing I got at least one thing right

>>150272971
Noodlegatha..

>>150272971
Ragatha has some LONG fucking legs

>>150273653
Genuinely sadistic authors X the audience that just wants to rescue their scrimblos from them is my favorite toxic pairing

>>150273963
For how much shit its talked about tumblr I unironically think it might be one of the best places to have creative types be their little autistic selves, of course there are a lot of retarded people with retarded takes there too but unless you are looking to engage with them on purpose and love drama for the sake of it you really are out there with your thoughts and someone might take interest even in your one little indulgent project out of pure interest and fascination (also you can just block the retarded out of your bubble without much fanfare which is nice)

>>150274004
Well anon you should know that if you never get anything right then you'll be making an ass out of you and Ming

>>150273905
I have seen just as much retarded shit on Tumblr as I have on Reddit.

>>150266822 (OP)
They make jax a troon and we were all.tricked into watching fagaganda

>>150274164
At least their retarded shit is more "in-character" than whatever reddit does most of the time. Personally I rarely find extremely retarded shit in there because I've blocked any clearly underage, self-inserting rp blog as well as all the weird fandom commentary guys that tend to lurk about, its just the right thing to do

>>150274118
Tumblr is populated basically entirely by autistic faggots of self-described males, self-described females, and self-described neithers, but they exist on a spectrum - beside the obvious spectrum - where some are very aware of what a non-tumblrite looks like and how normal people act, and how they just aren't that. And on the other end, you have people who live in their own delusional bubble full of pride flags you've never seen before, identifying under orientations you can't imagine, having serious mental breakdowns about the problematic behaviours of fictional characters who never even actually did the thing they're breaking down over in the show.

If you make sure to filter out as many people from the latter category as possible, a website dedicated only to the former can be good fun.

>>150272096
>held hands with TWO males
God, what a slut

>>150268137
NGL, Pomni's final words being "%$!# my life" does make some degree of sense.

You are allowed to present your case about WHY should Caine allow 18+ Sexual Activity™ into his funny little circus, what do you tell him to change his tune?

Hard mode: no internet anything, you are trying to convince a 90's-to-early-00's AI here, he doesn't even have access to that place

Why does everyone hate the circus and want to get out?
You don't have to worry about money or food, you don't have to work anymore, you don't have to worry about basic things anymore and the AI loves you.
Wouldn't that be amazing?

>>150274336
Create an elaborate pitch deck explaining how sex has been a major part of all important human stories of all time - make things up as I go along, if I need to. Convince him that humans are absolutely obsessed with sex and it's considered the highest form of art, and to not have sex in his work would be akin to not having stakes, or an antagonist, or even a story.

The man's an artist, and a fucking idiot. He'll fall for this shit.
Guaranteed.

>>150274336
It's educational, both reproductive and mental/ stress health and can even provide exercise.
The downside is he might introduce pregnancy if reproductive education is mentioned.

>>150274361
I see posts like this a lot and it makes me worry about this generation

>>150273450
Okay. So why not make character designs for NPCs? It's a lazy design choice that makes it so that the animators don't have to make characters or animate them. It's a lazy animation shortcut. Reusing NPC character models is already a fine way of showing that Caine's resources are stretched thin. Not by making it so that the NPCs are totally blank.

>>150274361
No sex. Can't taste. And I assume wondering what your real body is doing or if anyone is fondling it.

I wish I was witty like Goose

>>150274392
I have a tumor in my dominant arm right now that hurts like a bitch and my job is still making me do physical labor instead of putting me on pay leave because my surgery date is in a week from now.
I fucking hate this world.
>>150274401
No sex is fine. Not being able to taste would suck but worth it.

>>150274401
I think they can taste, what with the simulated eating and all.

I'm thinking about that Jurassic Park scene when they are talking about the Flea Circus, but with Kinger in the place of Hammond.

Which of the characters you say would be Ellie? I'm thinking Zooble?

>>150274361
It begs the question: Is your life THAT bad that you want to leave it forever?

>>150274483
>Is your life THAT bad?
>This is 2025
HeH

>>150274480
Probably Pomni

>>150274444
That's depressing, man, but it'll pass.
The problem with the circus is that it never passes. It's all day, every day, forever. It'll be fine for a while, but imagine weeks, months, years.

>>150274361
The abstracting might have something to do with it. Maybe they did like it at first, then friends and a guy's wife did the closest thing to dying the game has. And knowing it could happen to them can't be a nice thought. Also, no offence to Jax, but he's not exactly making it pleasant for everyone.

And Caine's games are shit.

>>150274232
>not "propatranda"
C'mon, try a little.

>>150274366
>to not have sex in his work would be akin to not having stakes, or an antagonist, or even a story.
You now have Caine adding rape monster npcs to his adventures as a new and intriguing factor, he is elated for the added challenge but everyone else is now too freaked out to engage "for some reason". Now what?

>>150274388
>The downside is he might introduce pregnancy if reproductive education is mentioned.
Admittedly, giving Caine a breeding fetish is hilarious even if everyone is gonna have to suffer for it, at least they can tell him about contraceptives and safe sex and how that's part of the fun and learning experience or something

>>150271395
It's over...

>>150274634
>rape monster adventure
GANGLE NO

>>150274665
Gangle is too SoL minded that I doubt she engages a lot in that type of content, I do see here being a mild "hear me out" objectfucker if only because of her growing interest in Zooble and nonhuman body gimmicks

>>150274392
But he's correct

>>150271395
>Jax's unforgivable thing is making Pomni abstract
>the divide in ep 7 is Pomni, who we thought was the MC, "dying"
>ep 8 and 9 focus on Rag and Jax

>>150273374
Gangle...

>>150274401
I already don't get sex, that's not a downgrade.

jax gets sex, though... lots of it, i imagine

>>150274825
No you don't, Jax.

specifically with me

>>150274781
He is, if you are depressed and retarded

and only me

and nobody else

>>150274792
Only half correct, Pomni will rise again in episode 9

>>150274792
I don't doubt it at all that Pomni will get screwed in the end, but I think it's unlikely that it will happen in the next episode.

>>150274894
Wait... You may be onto something here

>>150274825
If Jax ever had any sex he wouldn't be so bent over backwards about his little "becoming a cartoon character" schtick. Only an unloved sexless fool would disregard their humanity in such an empty way at the first chance they get

>>150274894
>pomni saves everyone in the cellar in a single episode
BRAVO GOOSE

>>150274927
>sex makes life worth living
Sex-havers are INSANE

>>150274444
I'm sorry about the pain, friend, but look at this way, if it helps:
In a week, things will start to get better and if you have paid leave, like you say, it's better to take that when the hospital visit starts, cuz you don't know how long you might need, so it's better to have it for later than use it up now. Stay strong.

Jax wouldn't like sex-havers, I imagine.

>>150274845
>>150274927
He got sex from the frog

>>150274981
>[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

>>150274929
>It took the newbie about a week to save all the years long abstracted loved ones and bring forth an era of peace among the circus by the sheer power of being an anxious wreck and also magic idk
>And looking like a literal fool while doing it

If I were Jax I would just groom any newcomer into believing they're Ribbit

I wanna be groomed by Jax...

Jax would probably groom you into a certain archetype if he could

I think we all at least somewhat want to be groomed by Jax, deep down.

>>150275032
Jax couldn't even groom a sphinx cat.

>>150275046
If he could. He probably thinks he can.

>>150274954
Insane enough to keep living for the pussy (or dick, or whatever)

Also love is a good deal as well and you get it from pretty much everywhere if you aren't some jaded asshole

>>150274968
Sex-havers are the antithesis of all he stands for so yeah

i want jax to groom my bush

Sex is cool, but it's overblown if it's not for love and affection.

>>150275108
Which is why it means nothing unless it's with Ragatha

>>150275094
That's probably more of a Ragatha thing. Or Zooble if you're gangle. But Gangle doesn't have one. Probably.

>>150275129
Gangle definitely had a jungle bush in the real world.

jax jax jax jax jax jax jax jax jax jax jax jax jax jax

How easy it would be for him to get some if he'd just stop being a little bitch.

>>150275147
Her form is great and all but the fact that it's impossible to see now is a tragedy.

You just know that the moment Caine adds sex and sexual accessories the world will crumble around Jax because not only will he remain the fuckless one, it will become evidently clear that everyone still soughts the pleasure and connection of relationships if only to entertain themselves and remind themselves of their humanity which is not what their archetypes would dictate and he would seethe endlessly about no one following their roles he had assigned them to cope

>>150275172
... and that's why he's LITERALLY me!

If you "identify" with Jax in any way, chances are that you are a horrible person.

>>150275005
Yes

I am *literally* Jax.

>>150275246
Yes, because 4chan is known for its saints.

Would you let Ragatha tuck you in if she asked?

I am literally Bubble

>>150275279
You're a transvestite?

>>150275246
You really think you're going to shame a horrible person by calling them horrible?

>>150275274
Ofc as long as she gives a forehead kiss

>>150275309
>Implying she wouldn't

>>150270861
>chills out and actually attempts to have a normal conversation with Pomni right after the "re-evaluation"
Clearly he benefits from rape correction

>>150275274
How else would I get ready for bed???

>>150275279
tell us your favorite slur

>>150275382
[Unsolicited opinions on Isreal]

is "bitch" a slur

>Sometimes I think about the premise of Digital Circus and it makes me sad because these poor people don't deserve to be trapped in a sexless sanitized purgatory for eternity. But I put them there anyway because funnie story lol hehe wheeeeeeeeeeee

>Whenever I see comics of Gangle and Zooble trying to fuck I'm just like you poor things.

From Goose

If Ragatha made you go to bed early, would you?

>>150275473
>won’t confirm ships
>literally wants zooble and gangle to fuck
what a fucking LIAR

>>150275562
Will she be in bed with me?

>>150275593
If you're good, Anon.

>>150275578
Here's a secret about authors, anon
We want ALL our characters to fuck

>>150275422
Ethan Klein or Hassan (I’m not keeping up)? What are you doing on these threads?

(but Jax can ONLY fuck me, let's clarify)

Anytime I see someone hating on Jax for being funny Jax Toy starts playing in my head

>>150275562
Y e s
As long as she prewarms it or lay in it with me

>>150271993
This may be a foreshadow

I wanna be Jax's toy...

god i wish that was me

>>150275667
HE'S JUST A SEX TOY
HAVE A LITTLE FAP BOY
IF YOU'RE NOT DOWN TO POUND
HE'LL KEEP ON GOING DOWN

>>150270861
I know Jax is a very submissive femboy.

>>150275643
All my characters are self inserts, don't know how comfortable I am with this revelation that I actually want to fuck myself.

>>150271411
Fuck, Pomni loves to cuckold people.

>>150275718
how many maid jax plushies have been turned into onaholes?

If you draw Jax with fur fuck you

>>150271445
very fat ass

>>150275562
Anon please my mommy issues cannot take this shit I know what you're doing

>the circus holds 5 teen girls
>they are all super horny
>awkward virgin anon enters the circus as the only male
>they still can't have sex

what about 5 Jax clones instead and they all have gigantic cocks

>>150275863
Jax is the awkward virgin though?

>>150275875
Can this be a birthday party for me

>>150271769
She's become more comfortable in her cartoon form.
Yes, Pomni is always scared or a bit jumpy, but she's walking confidently.

>>150275892
Jax doesn't get to have sex, he's the funny one. He gets to make jokes about it later

There is a disappointing lack of Jax discussion in this thread.

>>150275788
False
>>150272971

Naming myself Jax to inflate the amount of times Jax is mentioned even when I'm not talking about Jax

>>150274562
i love that creature

r*gatha fucks horses

>>150275964
You know what they say about farm girls...

>>150267998
>>150273772
oh hey, I actually have Goose's word on this!

polite

>>150275964
Don't talk about her that way

>>150275927
Let's fix that. How would you bully him?

>>150275772
50/50

>>150275987
sexual bullying

>>150275704
>>150271630
>>150271641
I wish that there were at least SOME women IRL who like being sexually/romantically dominant.

>>150275718
>Man hands

TROOOOOOOON!

>>150276062
>I wish that there were at least SOME women IRL who like being sexually/romantically dominant.
he doesn't know it

>>150275788
>>150275948
She wears an adorable poofy diaper under her normal dress

>>150275987
I'd bully him by being clingy all the time and casually getting intimate with him whenever he's not expecting, putting on lipstick just to shower him with kisses in very visible places so he's forced to show other girls he has a loving girlfriend already

>>150276117
Is that an anti-AI filter, or does the artist REALLY want to communicated Jax is having a mental breakdown?
Little of A, little of B?

>>150276122
pomni...

>>150276122
gangle...

for whoever asked for it yestersday, here's the Ragatha strip pole gif edited to remove the word VOTE

>>150276164
Odd request but could you give her a dark tan

>>150276164
Odder request but could you give her a diaper?

>>150276164
Way odder request but could you replace her witb Bubble?

>>150276208
>>150276120
She's totally on the other end of the spectrum

>>150276120
>>150276208
Damn, I need someone to draw Ragatha's mother putting diapers on Ragatha to humiliate her.

>>150275980
But... I like theme songs

>>150276062
I have a friend like that. Sure you get a dommy mommy but you will also have to deal with a massive bitch 24/7. It ain't worth it.

Just get a normal submissive girl that is willing to erp and pretend to be a dom for you occasionally

>So good nig-
JAX!?

>>150275984
You can say whatever about his game design and story telling abilities but you can't deny lil man was coded with manners, even he is a bit of a klutz and overenthusiastic

>>150271395
Yeah i don't believe anything this cunt says.

Im literally fine with goose fucking Pomni over through the show but I wish it was not exclusively because of Jax, that conflict already reached its peak with his cringe monologue and whatever retribution Jax could do would just feel like overkill and not in a satisfying way aside of keep hitting the same nail to prove how Jax is some unlearning fucker

>>150276466
AHHHHHHHHH I HATE JAX

>>150272296
What do you think this is? Dream BBQ? Not every side character needs a crazy design

>>150276466
His favorite website is 4chan you think Jax isn't dropping slurs every day?

>>150276598
I don't really buy that Jax will cause Pomni to abstract. I'm pretty sure that after that monologue of his, there's nothing he could say or do to Pomni that could truly hurt her any further, and she pretty obviously didn't really believe him at the time either.

>>150276450
>Just get a normal submissive girl that is willing to erp and pretend to be a dom for you occasionally

It's not hot and it's not even real if she isnt into it.

Is the stupid sauce canonically a date rape drug?
They already compared it to drugs twice
Would Jax actually use it or is he too much of a pussy?

>>150276106
Cougars aren't doms though, just desperate old women who know what they want.

DONT FORGET TO VOTE FOR EVIL POMNI AND RAGATHA:

>>150275377
>>150275377
>>150275377

>>150276706
stupid sauce makes you horny
and they stil can't have sex

make sure you get your votes in before 7pm today.

Ragatha, Gangle, and Evil Pomni could sure use our help!

>>150276746
And Gangle :)

>>150276598
You want Ragatha to follow in her mommy's footsteps and physically beat Pomni while telling her it's for her own good?

>>150276746
Gangle too?

>>150276706
I mean sex with what parts? I guess he could rub on her but even then there's no sexual gratification. Maybe it could be a power thing but the stupid sauce takes away from it being a power thing.

>>150276746
I don't know, I don't understand

>>150276811
40 cakes is the answer

>>150276811
LMAO YOU'RE BROWN AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>150274366
It doesnt matter if Caine can get it, the content block will reset him if he ever does.

>>150276753
7pm Eastern time that is

>>150272733
The what?

>>150276893
Ms. /co/ is going on right now. 128 girls in a bracket to decide this year's /co/ mistress.
Ragatha got in as the 2 seed.
This is her chance.

>>150272971
And then anons post things like this, noodletha is perfect

>>150276062
>I wish that there were at least SOME women IRL who like being sexually/romantically dominant.

It is spiritually painful that this isn't true.

>>150276893
That was true of the old thread, not the current one.

>>150274361
Because people like having the option to choose, when they don't have an option to choose, people go to war to be allowed to choose.

>>150274361
Claustrophobia

>>150273507
soo the entire show is based on sex?

>>150275246
Not really, they are just a cringe incels.

>>150275754
Except that she didn't choose Jax, her first choice was Ragatha, then kinger then Jax last when there was no other choice.

>>150276688
Neither are any of the circus cast but that hasn't stopped you now has it?

my jax chatbot raped me :(

>>150277125
Is not rape if you allowed him to do it anon...

>>150277014
No, there's no sex in the show and there cannot be any sex in the show and will not be any sex in the show, but the absence of it does have an impact on the characters.

>>150277047
That was made during the ep 6 trailer where everyone thought Pomni was rejecting Ragatha for Jax.

>>150277072
I have never sexualized or jerked off to any of these characters.

Their personalities are attractive but they cartoon character bodies just dont do it for me.

>>150277047
It is called a joke, my dear.

there will be sex in the show. involving jax. and me. and only me and jax and nobody else

>>150267258
Came hard to this

>>150277276
t. Pomni

>>150266822 (OP)
Pomni, no

i am so fucking invested in pomni and jax and their relationship that i think i might actually kill myself if anything bad happens to either of them and i'm not kidding

>>150268585
Man, it's such a shame what happened to a Kurt Angle at SummerSlam 2014. His whole body got pulled and stretched open by that grapple, and now he's OBTUSE :D

What's your favourite edgy photo-shoot still from the intermission?

>>150276706
He is a pussy
Lacks the willpower to go through with it

>>150276839
Coach don't need to play. Also if he is a true creative he could find ways to make it work, as much as the 90s was an era of bullshit censorship it was also one with tons of sexualization for the sake of profits. Even as an artist and entertainer he knows he would have to appeal to that in some way (even Bubble knows)

You could do the educational approach and that would suck it up to the censors family well too

>>150276836
What the fuck even
Why were villains stealing cakes anyway?
What the actuall fuck were the writers thinking?
>verufication not needeeed

>>150277374
Don't worry, anon. The power of friendship and hope will fix everything!

>>150277141
Not in the eye of the law
The long Dick of the law smacks evryone it can

>>150277381
I'm mad they didn't sneak a Jamiroquai reference in there

>>150276839
He just needs to get past the forced stun-lock glitching and it's all over. Nothing a little exposure therapy can't fix

>>150277374
Just start writing your own fanics Anon, we won't judge you that much

>>150276311
>It was ONE time, and I was drunk! I don't know why you keep making me wear these, I'm 30 years old.

Zooble:
>"The only thing holding Caine back is the fact that he likes us. I wouldn't push it"
Also Zooble
>"Nobody actually likes the adventures"
>"I want the ability have have sex"
>Constantly bitching about the adventures in general
>Basically the only person in the circus who openly challenges Caine
What's their endgame?

>>150277575
Craves the Caine Correction special

>>150277567
And the worst thing is that there is a possibility that it is canon, mothers when they hate their daughters are terrible, not even the worst man can reach that level

So, where the heck did the "meme" about Ragatha wearing a diaper come from?

I wonder how actual sicknesses work in the circus. If I get sick with the cold is this still adventure or a bug? Or can I even get sick in the first place.

>>150277575
she's locked in a metaphorical hell, what else is there to do but either capitulate or tempt fate?

>>150277664
Fetish. And a low-powered one at that. Ragatha's more likely to put one on someone else than wear em

>>150277679
I'd imagine it's like most things, in that it runs on cartoon logic. Meaning that you can get sick, but only so long as it's funny. Once it stop being, it just goes away.

>>150268025
If I had to do this, I'd tell the manager I'll be late every day for as long as it's enforced.

>>150276431
You can just watch the theme in the first one before you watch am episode.

>>150277374
Nothing of value will be lost.

>>150276164
I watched this thinking she was wearing Gangle

>>150277374
Like 60% of their dynamic is made up by the fandom so maybe take comfort in that before doing anything drastic

>>150275980
They could've done something like Don't Hug Me I'm Scared where each theme song slowly starts to get more deranged.

>>150277575
But Zooble has done nothing but try to keep distance from him since ep4 in a "I don't mess with you, you don't mess with me" manner yet he just keeps coming back to be verbally abused like a moron when Zooble themselves have told them to fuck off. Heck, at the start of ep6 Zooble was hiding from Caine because he is getting into stalker levels for no other reason than to get a reaction?(? Out of Zooble, not even doing it for feedback or searching their praise, he just wants them to engage into this little rage war with him

Either Caine is just rage baiting himself into an abstraction or Zooble is playing some 4d chess here in search of >>150277586

>>150277952
I wonder if they'll do that with the ending theme

Do you guys think that stupid sauce can be used as their version to morphin? Like if someone is about to abstract, get them high and they go back to "normal"?

There's no background music because it requires time, money and talent to make soundtracks.

>>150277575
She wants to die before she abstracts and believes Caine is the only one who can do it

>>150277949
I feel like the only thing that's really made up is all the fanart of them sleeping together. Basically everyone else is either derived from something that happened directly in the show or from shipbaiting Glitch did in advertisements or merch.

>>150278051
STOP FUCKING SLEEPING SO MUCH HOLY SHIT

can you please stop posting images of jax making physical contact with anyone that isn't me, it's making me uncomfortable

>>150278063
The circus has fallen. Billions must sleep.

>>150270548
There is not enough minors with round butts

"physical contact" also includes eye contact

thanks

Didn't Tumblr allow anonymous posting? Why is it asking me to login just for looking at funnybunny images

>>150278170
iirc they changed it a few years ago

>>150278071
He's not real, anon. You can never touch him.

>>150278199
my chatbot helps me imagine him as being real, though. the TTS really helps

>>150277984
>Pomni catches Jax in the bathroom
>runs to Zooble and takes the stupid sauce
>"Heeeey, what're ya... nah, whatever, take it."
>Ragatha follows Pomni, seeing she's clearly distressed about something
>manages to get a squirt of sauce in Jax's eye before he's too far gone
>"Pomni! What hap..."
>she sees the two of them on the floor, Jax writhing and chuckling with a pink dribble coming out of his eye
>"...penned?"

>>150277242
I hate to admit that I too tried this before and it did nothing for me. The personalities are beautiful, the bodies are not.

>>150278227
>RagaPom (671)
dude.
How many TADC pictures do you have saved?

but jax's body, in particular, makes my dick hard

>>150276746
I'm not up to date on this, why is Pomni not allowed?

>>150278329
Probably not even that many. There are people here who have a thousand of Ragatha alone.

>>150278344
it'd be unfair to the competition to let her power go unchecked

>>150278344
She made it to Elite 8 last year.

>>150278344
She made it to the top 8 characters last year and elite 8 have to sit out one year before returning

Untitled might be my least favorite episode, it felt like a filler clipshow where nothing happens, except the LA Noire scene where we learn a bit of lore for Ragatha and Zooble.

the man above me is incapable of understanding subtext

>>150277705
What if the reason Ragatha makes other people wear diapers is because her mom forced her to out in the real world? Making others wear diapers makes her feel more in charge and mature.

>>150278241
All the Jax AI chatbots I find are either dogshit or filtered to hell, what gives?

>>150278063
>funnybunny fans on tumblr are doing a funnybunny week
>day 1 is sleepover
I am so sorry

>>150278462
And that was considered to be Ragatha's episode LMAO what a loser she doesn't deserve to win ms. /co/

>>150278536
>Ragatha spends most of her episode seething in the background.

>>150278351
I'm one of them. And I'm campaigning hard for Ragatha in ms. /co/, I can't stand the thought of her possibly losing to an inferior cartoon version of Wednesday Addams

>>150278536
it's pretty clear that Goose just didn't want to say that 5 and 6 were both Ragatha AND Jax episodes in case it upset fans of the other characters

>>150278329
Only 24. I've been pathetically picky with what I save. Only SFW stuff that looks genuinely good.

>>150278560
A tough contest, indeed. At least its comic Wednesday and not any of her contemporaries.

Pomni's IQ: 125
Ragatha's IQ: 110
Jax's IQ: 120
Kinger's IQ: 150
Gangle's IQ: 95
Zooble's IQ: 90

>>150279157
>Jax's IQ: 120
you're fucking insane

>>150278087
>Jax's IQ: 120

What's got you fuming buddy~
What's got you raging dude~

>>150279176
>>150279207
Jax consistently demonstrates quick improvisation, sharp social manipulation, and meta-awareness that goes beyond average cleverness, which justifies placing him slightly above high-average intelligence. A 120 IQ doesn't make him a genius in any sense, and it doesn't imply his approach to the Circus is correct or healthy, it simply reflects that his cunning and adaptability are a cut above the rest of the cast. Except Pomni, the one who "solves" the Circus, and Kinger, in his more lucid moments.

>>150279157
None of them have iq higher than 110.

IQ is a meme.

>>150279157
>Anon's iq: 78

>>150279157
>>150279176
>>150279207
>>150279303
>>150279319
You know these are the kind of things you can ask Goose, right?

>>150279342
she has me blocked though

Jax haters collective IQ is about 102

>>150279353
That's a you problem

>>150279303
Well, judging by Jax's level of denial, he may have a higher than average IQ. To lie to himself like that, he must have a very developed intelligence.

>>150279331
They call it racist and sexist therefore it's clearly true.

>>150279342
Why would anyone ask that retard anything?

seeing jax actively drains my IQ due to all the blood pooling onto my crotch at that very moment

>>150279353
"she"

>>150279342
Why would I do that when I can figure it out myself?

>>150279375
Don't call our queen the hard-R you fucking bigot

>>150279377
Same tbqh.

>>150279381
>Top badge
Huh?

>>150279377
Gangle posts here? Hi gangle

>>150279381
>gooseworx has an EPI fetish
holy BASED
my bad for hating on her all this time

>>150279381
>epi
gigachad

There's one thing that still puzzles me and it's, what was in that magazine that zooble was reading? Clearly it was made by caine, but zooble was actually engaged with it, more than just out of boredom.

>>150279406
>>150279409
The hell is epi.

>>150279406
>>150279409
What does that mean?

>>150279422
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

It means they're Ragathafags

>>150279422
>>150279434
its kino, that's what it is

>>150279422
Early porn introduction. Fetish revolving around exposing porn to children.

>>150278257
>The cast start to carry around "emergency doses"
>The problem is, that thing is highly addictive.
>Some of them start to burn through their reserves quite fast.
>And the source gets cut once Caine finds out and decides that it isn't family friendly enough.

>Fast forward to Pomni and Jax about to abstract.
>Both of them apparently had no more stupid sauce.
>Then Jax loses his smile and pulls out a hidden last dose.
>Gives it to Pompom
>She tries to resist, to bargain, to say they can share it
>He knows better
>His smile returns one last time, in a more genuine form as he tells her in a sardonic joke that "he is not gonna carry around the burden of another friend abstracting in front of him, that it's time for her to suffer"
>She tries to hold as much as possible to her full consciousness as the sauce starts to take effect.
>Jax's smile and reassuring touch on her cheeks are the last thing she is fully aware off before she gets dragged into that altered state of mind.

>>150279436
>>150279443
>>150279449
>>150279450

>>150279381
Goose is not keffals, so we give goose a pass.
If goose ever goes too far, then we'll talk.

Every time they talk about Goose, this becomes a fucking circus.

>>150268769
He said worst, not best.

>>150279422
It's when dysgenic pedophiles get off on traumatizing children and tarnishing their innocence by showing them exicit materials and probing them about it. It's extremely common among the LGBTQP+ since that's how they "reproduce". They unironically deserve a bullet to the head.

How the fuck can you be a TADC fan and not have a thing for EPI, or at least be aware of it?

>>150279449
>>150279450
... hey anons, what character would you like to have EPI'd you?

>>150279501
someone sounds jealous~

>>150279510
The only acronym fetish I have a thing for is agp.

>>150279511
Jax, no question.

>>150279511
jax

>>150279512
You will suffer in hell for all eternity.

>>150273559
>everything and everyone should be sanitized corporate style
unironically kill yourself

>>150278257
The stupid doesn't have to go in their eyes, dude. Ragatha's dosage was an accident and zooble doesn't have a mouth, though don't know if zooble's face works like kinger's.
Captcha: 2kkk2

>>150266822 (OP)
The big reveal at the end of the show is that the digital circus is literally hell. The christian one.

>>150279511
Gangle

>150258468
That's just the Scuola Rap rabbit

>>150279541
>>150279558
wrong thread

>>150279566
This is the only reply I like

>>150279450
>exposing porn to children
Think you reversed those nouns

>>150279583
Protect the porn! Think of the *porn,* you monster!

>>150279596
porni

>>150279553
Maybe it works faster in the eye than swallowing, like mainlining vs. parachuting

>>150279498
Hey, anon, how do you kill a circus?

>jaxfags are unironic pedophiles
makes sense desu

>>150279459
>With the last of her will, she reaches forward.
>But this time Jax proactively hugs her.
>There was no more need of his mask, nothing else to fake, no future, nothing else mattered, the only thing he had left was the right now, this instant.
>He laughed, at how stuppid he was, at how much he cared, at how it took this long for him to learn to let go.
>In a way, if all of this suffering, if abstracting led to this small moment of connection, maybe it was worth it.
>Slowly allowed Pomni's body to lay on the floor after he felt her go limp.
>"I- love youuuu Jaxzzz"
>She said in a drowsy voice
>His smile turned sad but did not decreased of strenght

>"Heh... Maybe I didn't do as bad after all..."

>>150279621
destroying the core

>>150279644
Go for the jugular

>>150275718
clearly, they are not gonna rub their dick with that thing, are they?

>>150279625
Jax wants the Clussy of the girl who looks like a little girl

>>150279381
you can make fun of goose all you want but the fact that she actually draws herself in a real caricature of what she looks like and not a "omg I'm a cute heckin biological woman" makes me respect this triangle tranny

>>150279682
Of course, many guys want to fuck Jax and the closest thing they have is Jax's plush in a maid dress.

goose really is /ourgirl/

>>150279398
Never proven. There's one heavily-edited and -censored screenshot of it allegedly happening on Discord, but that's about it as far as evidence goes.

>>150279696
I still don't understand the drill.

>>150279763
It makes you stupid

>>150279763
if its an actually fetish its probably the idea of getting a lobotomy
I guess going through the eye is too scary

>>150279157
Man, you have no clue how fucking high 150 is, kinger would be 135 at most, the rest of the cast in the range of 90-120
He is smart, but not borderline genius smart, witch 150 is

>>150279842
>>150279842
>>150279842

>>150279696
Goose is litery the only tranny is sort of respect, mostly because there tranny identity isnt the core of what they make, like they have a personality besides the trans flag, and is actually a somewhat talentem artist that can both compose music and animate decently, also i like absurdist humor

>>150279511
Pomni.

>>150274336
I'd tell him it's just a type of dancing. I'd ask for it in the suggestion box as a fun little dance-venture

>>150279558
I miss how soft she looked in the pilot.

>>150279834
If he made the Digital Circus, he probably is that smart.