#tadc rant

[or3oartz]

hey so why are people suddenly feeling bad forJax?? Have we just forgotten the past few episodes??

"he didn't deserve it" YES HE DID!

Have whatever opinion you want, but Jax has been nothing but a TERRIBLE person and needed to be humbled SO bad. Don't get me wrong, I love him- he's my third favourite tied with gangle. But he's a terrible person. How did we go from hating him after episode 2, to now suddenly thinking he didn't deserve his treatment? 😭 mind you, he's been torturing the others for years! He had it coming.

Also the new Gangle and Ragatha hate also confuses me? Let me start with Ragatha.

From what I'm aware of, the hate is from what she said to Gangle. And I get that it wasn't nice, but as soon as she says it, she does point it out herself.

Just a reminder she's literally high out of her mind with no filter. There's no thoughts in that head, because they're all coming out. that's her thought in the moment, and people think unpleasant things all the time. We're just usually able to control what we say.

Ragatha like this also makes her feel more human- she has faults just like all of us do. She's not a completely good person all the time, but who is? People love Jax for being an asshole(me included) , so why hate on Ragatha? This also applies to the Gangle hate.

People tend to hate gangle in this episode because of how she acts, but personally I love seeing her being more than sad and pathetic all the time. She's doing a job that she has experience with. Yes, she gets a little carried away sometimes, but she's also a struggling person that's already not taken seriously by her fellow circus members.

By the end of the episode she seems like she's about to lose it if it weren't for Pomni being there to take the rest of the adventure for her (take the closing shift, which I really liked.) Hell, even then it's hard to tell if she did or didn't purposely fall into traffic. and she still took the responsibility for her actions at the end in the office with Caine.

You can disagree with me if you want, I don't really care. But I feel like people are so desperate to put characters into a black and white boxes of "good" and "bad". People aren't even like that, it's really hard to be an OBJECTIVELY good or bad person, because imo, that's subjective. one person's good is another's bad, and there's also some things that aren't good nor bad.

Sorry this post is so long, I'm just very passionate about this show and the concept of a good and bad person. But honestly, good on gooseworx because you know you're doing something right when you can evoke such strong feelings from people people. Props to her 👏

[llminal-circus]

Can you get along

- stares at the TADC shipping community -

FOR FIVE FUCKING MINUTES??!

Listen, we all have our preferences in ships. We all have our likes and dislikes, but that does NOT warrant death threats and violent words towards others!

We are a community built together, and as such we should stand together. Bullying and harassment just makes us worse than what people in 2016 were doing. Can't we all just stay in our little corners and eat our ships in peace without someone else deciding that their opinion is the upright holiest and needs yo be spread.

The block button exists people. Learn to use it instead of being "oooh but my feewings", you can block entire tags you know. Just block a ship if you don't want to see it, just as you would block a vent or a gore post.

Istg if I wake up someday and see someone being doxxed or threatened irl over their FICTIONAL TADC FANSHIP I am going to fucking scream.

[sweetbearnightmare]

Ok random question why am I just now hearing about people hating on gangle bc the new episode???

Like I know she was a bit pushy with jax but atleast to me, that was completely warranted, she has been his main target of bullying for we dont know how long and presumably he's been doing it way before pomni even arrived.

But on the other hand she was still nice, offering to help ragatha with her job for example. And we can assume she was overwhelmed with having her comedy mask on for so long, something she admits to in the episode to pomni, which is a thing in real life, some people suffering from depression, for example, will put on a happy face so others around them don't worry, but that mask is exhausting to keep up and will end up with the person emotionally and sometimes physically drained.

Basically all I'm saying is I don't think people should be mad at an overwhelmed gangle taking out what we can assume is years of bullying out on her bully. Yes it's not right but I can't really blame her.

[goldie135]

The latest episode really gave me a lot to think about. Especially how this new, more grounded environment gave us more room to explore the character's in depth, their personalities and how they'd actually function in a quasi normal environment.

It feels like we got a glimpse of what they used to be like before the whole circus ordeal, paired with the fact we got actual info on what they used to do (Gangle being in the fast food industry, wanting to be a mangaka- and Ragatha having horses).

Then there's Jax.... oh man, he's so interesting in this one, which is funny because he basically spends the entire episode being the least chaotic he's been the entire series so far. I read that some people think his less than chaotic nature might be because of the re-evaluation from Gangle, but i disagree. The reason he's not being malicious, why he even bothered having a normal conversation with Pomni, asking how she's doing- it's all because he's been forced in a realistic environment. He can't mess with work because Gangle would have him punished by Caine, so hes forced to be civi/ can't mess around in a cartoonish fashion, meaning THIS is what he's like when he doesn't get his way. The reality of the circus is that they can't feel pain, at least, not like they used to, and he always takes full advantage of that.

But now that that's out of the question, he's just miserable. And somehow more decent towards the others?? So it's not like he doesn't care, he just excuses his actions by telling himself that it doesn't matter, because none of this is really real, none of the pain or even discomfort he causes the others is real. He keeps looking at the time as if he's got somewhere better to be. When he's finally done, he leaves with a performative smile, but once out of view that smile completely drops. That guy used to be so miserable when he wasn't in the circus, you can just tell. Still is, of course, but hey, at least he can distract himself by throwing Ragatha headgirst in the fryer.

If you read all this, hi lol, hope you liked my ramble

[2dcoolmjm]

I'm going to be honest with you about the recent episode of TADC, I actually felt half satisfied when others said about how annoying Gangle was with that comedy mask, I literally had a hard time sympathizing with her in this episode, because of how annoying she was, it's good that she acknowledged at the end that it was HER responsibility, there were like about 2 moments where I actually got to have sympathy

I even felt more empathy than Ragatha than I did for her.

And that I used to have a total obsession with her before, it's so ridiculous to think like that lmao

I know I'll be judged by this post, because in theory I should have sympathy for her (Gangle), since it IS HER episode, but I just couldn't

I'm half infuriated by this, because I used to like her before, even drawing her pictures, it's like so fking embarrassing

I know this scene is supposed to be a joke, but I even felt anger when I saw how nobody helped Ragatha when Jax fried her (I don't know what that frying thing is called lol) but yeah,

I feel kind of marginalized in saying all this, because I see that many, I mean MANY love Gangle because of this episode

My opinion may change but for now I feel all this.

[error-dark]

More TADC Episode 4 spoilers because I wanna point out a few more things.

Let's see... how should I approach this? I know, let's start with Gangle taking her mask (that Zooble gave her in the beginning of the episode) off after she walked outta Spudsy's!

*This is her in her sad/crying mask, by the way.

This entire scene... First of all, THE LIGHTING, THE MUSIC, THE SLOW MOTION ANIMATION, ALL OF IT!! I LOVE IT ALL!

Feel free to correct me, but if I'm looking at this right, then this entire scene is her feeling free, free from not wearing a happy mask, free to completely feel... something, anything else rather being forced to put on a happy face all the time!

Something tells me that in her past manager job made her to constantly have a mask on all the time (except she wouldn't have an actual mask like in the Digital Circus). Even if it's for a brief moment, she looks, well I wouldn't say happy, perhaps more relief(?), that she doesn't have to wear the mask at that moment. (And there's most likely a lot more going on here that I definitely missed, so feel free to add on in the comments/notes).

This is more of a side thing, but I actually like seeing Gangle's drawings. In this one, we can see that she was inspired by a powerful, magical anime girl (like Sailor Moon). Perhaps this is one of her OCs, or her own persona of herself as a magical anime girl. (I mean, it's obvious from the training video that she likes manga/anime and wanted to be a webcomic artist in reality, but that never happened).

Personally, I like that Gangle can talk to Zooble, and how they're able to give her the comfort that she needs. Maybe Zooble can see themselves in Gangle in some ways, and maybe that's how they can relate/understand her in more ways than the rest of the gang can. (And the fact that Zooble never told Gangle that she's annoying or prefer her without her comedy mask on?? They're definitely more a real friend to Gangle than Ragatha could be.)

[glitchberry666]

why is NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THE WORD “BOSS” BEING CENSORED FOR CAINE????

He also says that not every supervisor is as nice as him WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?!? CAINE WHATS GOING ON WHY ARE YOU SO CRYPTIC RN WHATS GOING ON????

[sunzy-creates]

‼️TADC EPISODE 2 SPOILERS‼️

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I knew episode 2 of TADC was gonna be sad but oh my god did that hit me hard. So here are my thoughts that no one asked for but imma give you anyway:

For Pomni and the other humans obstruction seems like a long painful process of losing your sanity.

And from what we saw of Caine’s lil dungeon, he can’t just poof away the obstructed souls. But Gummigo was just gone in an instant. Just a snap. Maybe the fact that they are the one thing Caine can’t fully control is why he tries so hard to keep them involved and interested?

This world is so interesting, sad, and hopeful at the same time. I also found Jax’s involvement in this story very intriguing. Because while he’s obviously an asshole, he gave off a sense of desperation in the end to feel anything from the adventure.

Like he wasn’t just bullying to be mean. It was to feel something. Putting everyone in more and more dangerous situations just to feel an ounce of brain stimulation. I feel like Kinger seems the most insane because he’s completely removed from everything that’s happening around him.

But Jax is all too aware of everything that’s happening around him. And I think that’s making him crazier. I also wonder if Zooble hates adventures because they had a similar experience with an NPC. Or if they just get disassembled all the time in them lmfao.

Also did anyone else notice that Gummigo sounded super similar to the clones in Star Wars the Clone Wars? Or was that just me?

Anyways those were my thoughts! Kinger and Zooble are my favorites and if you read this far damn dude thanks :D

[kawaiidemoneart]

Welcome back with Lyla_Art and her Tadc theories because she can’t get it out of her head. Don’t read it if you haven’t seen episode 3. Also sorry for the grammar errors I’m ranting so I don’t really care about the errors and I’m just writing what comes to mind 😅.

Anyway it’s not a big theory. So in episode 3 Zooble goes to ‘therapy’ and we learned that they hate their body and can’t find pieces that they like. Plus we know they are non-binary. Now I’m taking ref by what some of my friends who are non-binary told me. It might not be for all people who are non-binary. So what they told me is that boy or girl they still felt lost and didn’t know what to choose. Now with the tech we have you can become a girl or a boy so like kinda like the zooble’s pieces. Where if you want you can change some of your body parts.

So maybe their character represents how they feel about themselves or how they acted in the past. Zooble can’t find pieces that they like just like a person who is non-binary feel when they are force to choose between being a girl or a boy. (Again this is based from what my friends told me it might be different for you).

Now for the past part, with Kinger we know that he work in tech, but why a king chess piece? Chess pieces are often used to represent someone being used. Like the company who he work for control him? Could he have participated in the project of the digital world? Don’t forget that his wife is also a chess piece. Plus he said that she likes bugs. Could it be a reference to a bug in tech? (Also while we are at it why does Kinger remember working in tech? Is it because the longer you stay in this digital world the more you will start to remember? )

For the moment I’m not sure for the other characters, except maybe Pomni being a jester. Jester would entertain the king and the nobles BUT in fiction like in ,King Lear, the court jester is used for insight and advice. Could she also have a part in the project? Maybe all the characters have a part. Maybe they were employees?

Wait now I might’ve some ideas now that I think about it, Gangle is known to like drawing, could she have been part of the design? I don’t know this just came up in my brain.

Anyway my point was that I think that their persona are based from:

1. How they think of themselves

Or

2. A ref to their past and action.

It could also be both. Anyway I would love to see what you think and if you have other theories!

[deagledig]

Pomni abstracted woooooooooooooooooooo she still gets her hat tho

oh yeha big rant lol

could not get this idea out of my head until I drew it LMAO, inspired by a post I reblogged earlier

ngl it would be so cool if this happened (not really cus caine sends the abstracted to a pit like damn) if more characters get abstracted i hope it’s different designs for each one that somehowwwww relate to their normal form?? Idk

I’ve seen this theory which the ending scene relates to The Last Supper and some other details which im forgot but I love the idea I think it’s cool af

Sorry for rambling idk who else to tell this about. I just kinda go on fatass rants in discord sometimes but it’s always just me talking to myself bro 😭 I’m going to regret and cringe at this post in two years give it time

Anyways have a good day hope you enjoyed my artwork

[aalien-s]

im seeing a lot of the npc jax theory and though i must say i like it (literally just cuz hes my fav) i can see it more being Kinger than Jax.

short rant under the cut

Kinger has been here the longest- Long time for Caine to forget and none of the current squad to know (someone that abstracted mighve known)

Kinger calling himself a royal in the pilot- he wouldve probably been coded as a king and seems to genuinely think he is one.

Hes been there for so long, is literally insane and yet, he hasnt abstracted. Im guessing NPCs cant abstract.

i think itd be funny if Caine just made an npc specifically for Queenie during one adventure and maybe Queenie got so attatched that she brought him with her and maybe abstracted soon after. So when Caine found Kinger he thought he was Queenie (as in: Queenie never existed instead it was Kinger all along)

anyway i dont really care what happens. it would also be extremely hilarious if the creators put that Caine line where he said that he can forget whos an NPC and whos human, just because they knew ppl would go crazy with the implications lmao. ik its been said that theres a lot of hidden secrets and forshadowing (if im not wrong ofc), but not everything has to be.

[postcards-of-the-hxnging]

Aight so I may get flamed but here: I don’t like Jax x Gangle. She’s a punching bag to him, not a love interest. It perpetuates the whole “oh if he bullies you he likes you” which. Just. No. FUCK no.

If someone else ships it then whatever, I’m gonna be over here shipping Caine and the Moon.

[helloiamadrawer]

‼️RANT‼️(my review on the ending of episode 2 of TADC, mostly when Caine sends Gummigoo back to NPC Land)

tw: basically my own opinion of Caine in EP 2, mentions of spoilers

So..aside from the very heart touching message from the scene of Kaufmo's funeral..

Some of the masses have now turned their backs on Caine saying he supposedly "killed off" Gummigoo (which I understand why some ppl would feel like that) which to me I don't think he killed him he probably just sent him back, because as we all know he IS an NPC but with feelings ever since he's realized he was in the map.

BUT..if Caine ever did kill him, remember: HE IS AN AI WHO DOESN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, he's oblivious to what he has made, he just needs to hear what has been said and understand before making his own decision to make people disappear in via confetti. Aside from that..

Alex Rochon, the VA himself has actually said he's still rooting for Caine as shown here.

The series has just begun as well so there's hope for improvement for this sweet boi, unless Goose wants to make him a despicable,devious villain that I have to hate for the rest of the series (she'll have to try reallllllllyyy hard to do that)

No, this does not mean I hate Gummigoo, he was a good character and hopefully we will get to see him again in the next few episodes. Even though he could have been Pomni's first official friend she had official friends all along when she first landed in the circus 🥺 (aside from Jax because his hand wasnt the one saving her from her dream)

In conclusion, Caine need to learn how to acknowledge feelings from another humans' perspective that's all.

[dana-chan-the-control-brain]

TADC: Thoughts on Jax in Episode 2

Thoughts on Jax after Amazing Digital Circus Episode 2 Dropped.

Massive spoilers below the cut. Just watch the ep before you read.

Amazing Digital Circus had an amazing second episode as we're introduced more to what the adventures are like, and what NPCs are like and ofc the existential horror of being a living AI only created for a source of entertainment.

Also, I love the dream sequence at the beginning, because we actually get some deeper insight into Pomni's thoughts on Ragatha. Feeling like her helpfulness is the guise of like "man, you're not cut out for this like the rest of us" which is typically something a lot of people who have been bullied in highschool perceive genuine acts of kindness and engagement. (which I kind of suspect Pomni might have been, or at least, been a shut-in and didn't have a lot of friends in her human life. )

Jax wasn't really the main focus of the episode, but it wasn't really until the end of the episode I understood his behavior and what this episode is foreshadowing overall.

Since while Jax isn't the focus emotionally, he is definitely the plot device to push things forward. And I mean, a plot device in a very active and quite literal way. He's the one that causes Pomni to clip out of the map, takes advantage of everyone and is just... genuinely an unpleasant person.

I actually really like this.

As, I know the first episode in the digital circus, many people (me included) could perceive or analyze Jax's actions as someone who is "helping" in a roundabout asshole way. Episode Two has none of that here. He just wants Bloodshed, And I love that we're getting additional context on his character.

It's hard to tell how much fan reception Gooseworx saw of episode one before episode two hit production, so I don't know how much of the fandom perception of Jax had an influence on the writing process, but I can't deny that might have been a factor in assuring us "no he's not secretly helpful, he's just an asshole" But I'm just going to assume that this has been part of his characterization from the start and it becomes way more clear as the episode goes on.

But there was something in his behavior throughout this whole episode that seemed off to me. Like Jax was taking up a majority of the B-plot, while Pomni had the A-plot. So I was wondering why Jax seemed to be the protagonist with the B-plot when Pomni was the A-plot when they seemed to be so disconnected with eachother in motivations and telling us things about the characters.

But then it hit me when the episode ended and the two plots merged together.

"who... knows... what could happen..."

And then it hit me.

Pomni finds comfort in an NPC who is going through a similar experience to her and can emphasize, despite their being other humans who have gone through the same thing, due to her self-admitting to being a loner in her human life. Well, she didn't admit it outright, but from how she perceives Ragatha's kindness as an act, or patronizing, it seems like she doesn't have a lot of friends...

Meanwhile... Jax... He treats the adventure like a videogame. Why shouldn't he? He's trapped in a videogame, right? But it really goes beyond that.

The fellow humans that Jax is trapped with, he treats THEM like they're NPCs, while Pomni treats the NPC like they're human.

Jax says to Gangle "Aren't you supposed to be the suggestible one?" Which you wouldn't typically wouldn't say to a person, right? That's something you would say more about a character that you maxed out the dialogue trees in.

He calls Pomni "His Bridge" even.

They're his objects. His tools, his own npcs he's exhausted the dialogue options on.

Jax dehumanizes the players in a way that Pomni humanizes the NPCS.

These are two opposite ends of the spectrum but what really sold it for me was Jax's reaction to the funeral.

And Jax is the one member out of the cast who doesn't even show up to the funeral. (aside from Caine and Bubble but they are AI.)

He does NOT want to think about the Players as real people. And showing that opposite perspective compared to Pomni I think is much as important going forward.

Jax was the plot catalyst of this entire episode, and served the thematic theme of the episode quite well, even if it didn't look like it on first glance.

I absolutely loved this episode and I can't wait for more.

Also... Poor Pomni can't have shit in Detroit

[error-dark]

So... TADC episode four. I'm a bit late on it, and I don't really talk about it, but I'm gonna.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

First off, holy shit that's creepy AF!!

Now that's outta the way, I'd like to point out something that I haven't seen being talked about yet. But I do know that it's been foreshadowing since episode 2 (the most obvious start of foreshadowing to my knowledge.... Now I think of it, maybe it's been foreshadowing since the beginning of it all??)

Uh, what I'm talking about is Ragatha. From what I heard, we're gonna get the "evil" version of her from Pomni's dream in the next episode? If that's still true, then we all better strap in.

From today's episode, even though Ragatha was high/drunk on the stupid sauce, I caught on her saying stuff that she'd normally wouldn't say, especially about Gangle. Basically, she told Gangle that she liked her better with (or without? I can't remember exactly so correct me in the comments) her crying mask. I don't remember her exactly words, though, all I remember is that Ragatha said something about Gangle and her mask, and it upsetted Gangle.

Now, when Pomni attempted to try to comfort Gangle, even suggesting to go talk to Ragatha, did you heard what Gangle said? She told Pomni that after a certain while, it becomes difficult to tell whether or not she's being genuine. (Most likely not her exact words, but you get the point).

Are we gonna see Ragatha's breaking point in the future episode? Are we gonna see her more than what we already saw? More importantly, how is this gonna affect everyone?

Well, I guess we'll have to wait and see. Until then, we can always make theories.

[inkandpaintsnowleopard]

So Digital Circus huh