#Digital Circus Critical

[gaybabeyjailbreak]

So, I have watched TADC due to all the hype that's been around it and I just... Don't see the reason for any hype to be there at all?

I'll break it down, It's not uncommon for Indie animations to accrue a big following that will stay with them throughout thick and thin as the major appeal of the genre is the romanticised idea of supporting an underdog and helping fulfill the dreams of an art school graduate in realising their own little piece of art. It is also not uncommon for this fandom to dissolve when they perceive an issue in this fantasy that no longer satisfies them like this, which results in all of the jumping ship that happens when a new project is released and the previous fascination is portrayed as bad. And of course the entire juvenile idea of there being mature animation (Read crass and rude, not actually mature.)

So it would make sense for the popularity of tadc to be from this combined reasons, and I feel the reason for this because i saw the show, and the only genuine way this mess would be so popular would be because of spawning st the right time, just as the magic from Lackadaisy and Spindle horse is dying a bit and people need to fix on s new project.

Because let's be real, there's no inherent appeal in digital Circus as a show. The promised theme of the show is Dark Psychological comedy. But like that's not a thing, that's a combination of words that doesn't actually mean anything, walk with me for a second. How do you do dark, psychological, and comedy at the same time. Think about it, yeah, dark comedy is a thing sure. But can you turn that psychological? You have to be serious to be psychological, at least in the way the show protrays it, and it's not working. I don't know whether I'm supposed to be deeply invested because the moments requiring that are cut short by comedy, and I can't take the comedy in because suddenly a serious moment requiring deeper focus.

For real, the whiplash doesn't work, it is a tone issue you're not sure how to approach and the writers certainly aren't skilled enough for this to work.

See the premise could work as a comedy, it very much could, but I'd believe people would hate it because fandom hates not being able to theorize and mysterize the show of the week. So we also get, some bits of seriousness, some attempt at a story, but without actually committing to any. We don't get enough of a story to fully grasp anything coherent, even for pilot standards, but what little there is, is distracting from the premise of no story needed just characters in a setting having fun. It tries to be dark and psychological by attempts of horror, except the "psychological" is just mental torture of the main fem character Pomni, which starts reading like outright fetishism of fem suffering after the second time we're very intimately shown she's breaking down. And the "dark" horror falls short because the inherent fear of the unknown from the monster, the mystery that contains dread is immediately revealed, and the existential horror is underutilized.

Speaking of mysteries, it's kinda embarrassing to try and pull a computer based mystery nowadays, and people fully accepting it as a fresh take. I guarantee you that any reveal of why something in this show is the way it is, will be very underwhelming. Possesed headsets, computer code going haywire, possesed viruses, government experiments, dead people souls in some code. Literally any explanation you can think of has been done, and considering how little these revelations add to a story, their only aspect being shock value suddenly dissapears, and now you will be left with a nothing of a reveal in your nothing of a story.

And that's really what it is. A sandbox, It's a tumblr post of one of the various potential cartoon shows like Officer and mr. Paws, except they actually managed to make a pilot. The only appeal the show has is introducing a few tumblr sexymen and sexywomen. I do not see any appeal in this show, no story it wants to tell.

I would say they're like clowns in a circus just playing for your enjoyment, which would be clever, but it's something so obviously advanced for how the show appears to be written right now that I seriously doubt that was an intentional parallel.

[spitinsideme]

how to attract your serial killer lesboan crush (by ragatha, of course)

(comedy horror au !!)

[bump-inthe-night]

It’s funny how Vivziepop fans are trying to undermine The Amazing Digital Circus's (TADC) accomplishment of hitting 14 million views within six days, despite Hazbin Hotel’s two teasers and the latest episode of Helluva Boss receiving less views than TADC’s pilot.

Rather than being happy for GLITCH and congratulating them, Vivziepop’s fan base feels threatened by another show being popular and the center of attention instead of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel.

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[carto0ncritter]

The conversation between Kinger and Pomni in the latest episode of TADC was so heartfelt and deep that it genuinely made me *cry* they're father and daughter fight me

That right there... that's something HH and HB never managed to do.

Vivziepop didn't give us "filler" episodes so that we could emotionally connect with her characters. Angel's "redemption" had just started in EP4 and before we knew it, a timeskip happened and we never got to see his progress.

It genuinely feels like only (rushed) plot-driven episodes exist in Hazbin Hotel. The hotel itself has 0 significance; it's literally just a random building where the characters are put in. It's not a place where sinners get redeemed. The show wasn't even about redemption to begin with. We never got to see all the different reasons as to why these demons are in Hell in the first place.

And Helluva Boss? Helluva Boss should be called The Stoliz Show at this point. That's all I'm really gonna say, I'm so sick of this "adult" cartoon. From the bottom of my heart.

also the female characters in both shows are underdeveloped despite viv claiming once how "hb is more male focused while hh is more female focused" and i call bullshit. Her statement is bullshit in general, a good writer gives equal attention to all their characters

[theloganator101]

You see, THIS is the approach Vivzie should’ve gone with Hazbin Hotel!

Instead of just sending it straight to Amazon or wherever the fuck she wanted it to air on, she should’ve taken her time with making episodes ONLINE so people would WANT to make her show a success!

And look, I love both Hazbin AND Digital Circus… but it’s clear to see which one is better.

[fortunelowtier]

There's something rlly funny about the biggest Hazbin/Helluva shill on the platform preaching about bad character writing lmao

[jade-of-mourning]

finished (please reblog that one!)

don't know shit about this fandom but my friend showed me the youtube videos and i was like oooooo… i have no idea what kinger looks like.

anywho; sketches. will probably clean these up & color properly at some point bc jax got so stretched that he is approximately 3 pixels now. but until then i figured i'd just put it out here bc i have to do college instead of drawing now!

[littledemon55]

*sighs* Why are people like this? 🥲 (stupid person below the cut, might trigger you to punch a wall)

The amount of bullshit coming out of your mouth is astonishing. I hope you'll realize how stupid you were one day.

Vivziepop is a fucking misogynist, rich brat, fetishizer and transphobe, how tf can you support her?

The Amazing Digital Circus will always be better than your Fujoshi Shitshow <3

Also:

Gooseworx >>>>>>>>> VivziePop

H*zbin H*tel

[chaifootsteps]

Yeah, like, at this point there's almost nothing Netflix can do to fuck up TADC. It will only have one season, the story was planned out ages ago, most voicelines were recorded ages ago, most episodes are definitely quite far into production. Besides, even if Netflix pulls a Voltron on TADC and pulls it out from their platform, we still have YouTube.

Also, can we just appreciate that TADC got on a major streaming platform in less than a year, while Hazbin was literally delayed because (if I remember correctly) it couldn't find a platform?

Right? They can't cancel it, can't change it...they're pretty much just hosting it to an even bigger audience and throwing money at it.

(Correct. Netflix approached Glitch and Gooseworx and agreed to all their terms, while Viv spent years trying to find a platform.)

[digitaltrapdigitalcircusocblog]

Sometimes It's Cathartic To Punish Your Resident Asshole

More series should do this punish their worst asshole and make him/her pay for their actions. Seriously, it will make them less annoying in the long run and sometimes be funny to see what people can dish on them for their actions. I mean certain series could use it * cough* Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel*cough*.

[flower-boi16]

Hey so about AyyLmao's latest video about Jax...

...just so y'all know, the video is actually him complaining about the hate Jax is getting as a character, he recaps the drama that's been happening and actively says that the hate is dumb.

That title and thumbnail are literally just clickbait intended to mislead you. So...ya.

[the-irreverend]

If you're wondering what I'm referring to, apparently someone made a video on Twitter titled "The Amazing Digital Circus if it was written by the guys who made Helluva Boss" and basically re-did the opening scene to be full of swearing and adult jokes.

How did Vivziepop react to this?

*deep sigh* She blocked the person who made it.

Just... come on.

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[peachi-blossom]

Shows that have a better color palette than Hazbin Hotel

The three on the left from top to bottom are my favorite shows.

Edit 6/22/24: I got more that I forgot to put in