#tadc abandoned circus au

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TADC Episode 3 Foresight???

Spoilers for the newest episode as well as chapter 3 of The Abandoned Circus ahead!

Guys. Y'all aren't gonna believe me, but I might've predicted Kinger being more "present" in the dark, and also the major dad vibes????

I've been working on chapter 3 of the fic and I am currently writing the scene where the squad is setting up tents for their camping adventure. Surprise sneak peek, but here's what I've got written so far in an interaction between Gangle and Kinger.

BROTHER!! WHEN I TELL YOU I SCREAMED SO DAMN LOUD WATCHING THE EPISODE--

First of all, there's the fact that he dives down a scary tunnel to save Gangle's mask with absolutely no hesitation. Then, the fact that he's SUCH a dad. And pair that with the knowledge of him being mostly lucid in the dark, during a CAMPING themed adventure where they blacked out a small portion of the grounds to make it DARK and one of his circus daughters is in distress... Well, the snippet speaks for itself!

Honestly I was scared I'd been writing him totally wrong this whole time. I'm glad this episode came out before chapter 3 because it's just been such a huge confidence booster!

Can't wait for y'all to see it ;)

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CHAPTER TWO IS OUT NOW!!

Just in time! I'm leaving for KadabraCon tomorrow! Yippee!

Read it here!

This chapter is also relatively calm compared to the rest... So uh, enjoy the calm before the storm! I already have a fair amount written for the next few chapters, so the wait shouldn't be nearly as long for chapter three ;)c

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Chapter 2 Sneak Peek #3!!

Well, since Pomni and Jax are both having a splendid time, let's check up on our favourite autistic dad! Surely he's having a totally normal, super fun time as well--

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Anyway! New chapter coming soon! Hopefully before episode 3 airs since I'm going to be Very busy attending KadabraCon with a friend and will have absolutely No time to write, lmao.

See y'all soon! ;)

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Chapter 2 Sneak Peek #2!!

Now that we've seen what Pomni's been doing, let's take a gander at how Jax is handling things!

...oh boy.

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Chapter 2 Sneak Peek!!

Since I'm nearly finished with the first edit of chapter two, y'all can have this quick sneak peek into what Pomni's been up to for the past several digital days! Or... However long it's been ;)c

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🎪🎡🎭 Hello, welcome to the official blog for the TADC Abandoned Circus AU! 🎭🎡🎪

This blog is run by one person -- me! The name's Nebula (they/them), I'm 25, and I'm just a silly little guy that's still very new to Tumblr, so please be patient!! I'm just here to have fun and share this extra angsty AU that's been spinning uncontrollably in my brain since mid-January, and I hope I can interest a few people in this little story of mine! :))

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The Abandoned Circus is mainly based on the concepts of "development hell" (media that's stuck in the development stage for an indefinite period of time) and "abandonware" (software that's been left to rot by its creator for any number of reasons), plus the core idea of, "what if every AI in the Digital Circus suddenly disappeared overnight?"

Just imagine: a tired, frustrated game dev goes to update the AI in this cool little retro game they've been working on for years. The software sucks. Coding sucks. Making it VR compatible is a nightmare. Everything is so janky and difficult to use. They eventually get so fed up trying to make things work that they decide, "hey, y'know what? This isn't worth the trouble. Fuck this." They put the game down one day... but they don't come back. Not the next day, or the next, or the next...

In a digital world inhabited by six unfortunate humans trapped together in a strangely cruel place that really doesn't care if you're struggling, what comes next? What happens when the characters that we all know and love are given the unrestricted freedom to do anything they want without the all-seeing eyes of what equates to a God™™™ watching over them?

What will they do without the ability to fix everyday bugs and glitches?

What happens if someone goes off the deep end?

Well, lucky for you I've already written a little bit about this whole ordeal, and I've got several more chapters already in the works!

You can check out the story on my AO3 here!

I don't have an upload schedule or anything, but I'll keep y'all updated whenever I post something new, of course. Who knows? I might even start posting some extra content here as well... ;)c

Anyway! Thanks for stopping by! Why don't you stick around for a while? We have all the time in the world to get to know each other... :)