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Conversely, if you understand TADC as a story to take every single aspect, moment, outcome, and detail totally literally rather than in tandem with the thematic signficance it communicates. Or were looking for a more lore-driven story. Or were hoping for a more rounded exploration of its world and characters, a hollistic dive into the premise it sets up rather than a story barreling towards a specific end goal/a very pointed thematic stance. You're gonna end up disappointed with what you got.

And this is not a moral judgement, I don't think any expectation is at all more correct than another. I actually think my last point is probably even the most fair stance to have. Especially if you don't engage with any secondary material and just look at the show itself, since it doesn't totally establish Jax as a core focus until later in its run. Some storylines do feel very sidelined.

I redrew this picture of the cast as the characters

Its sooooo freaking funny how when artists would draw human designs for Jax as handsome and alt people would be in the comment's sections sobbing 'ooc, we would NOT look cool or alternative!!!!!!!!!' and guesssssss what JOHNNY

POOR RIBBIT GOSH

She did nothing wrong, basically tried to pull a Pomni, then got abstracted. Guess there could be something there about how she should've reached out to others when Jax shut her out, cuz Pomni had others to fall back on, but daaaaaamn

2. On that note

I like how when everybody scattered Pomni went after Kinger. Bc for everybody else she was the one being supportive (except maybe for Ragatha where it was reciprocral even if not fully apreciated). It felt like she was filling her cup before filling others kinda deal

3. 8-9 should've been together to begin with

I was kinda underwhelmed by the finale and I can't figure out why but I think it's cause it feels like the wind-down part of the story. Which would prolly work great if binging, and somewhat better if watched together with 8 without having seen 8 before. 8 is where the most impactful... not twists exactly but I can't find a word.. where the best twists were

Other than that... they can't leave the circus and will rebuild the it and be there for each other... this is fine, but they had already come to that conclusion before... they just added caine at the end without having to come to terms with treating an AI as a person... I think caine is the part I least enjoyed, prolly cuz it was so independent of everything else happening, and how he jjst rips abel out and he's suddenly fine