My TADC episode 9 review
After procrastinating for two months, I have finally decided it was time for me to share my thoughts about the finale— mainly because today is the anniversary of my favorite episode, “They All Get Guns”. As someone who has been a fan since December 13, 2023 (I wrote down the date a long time ago), I cried a lot watching it.
UGHHHHHHH IT GENUINELY PHYSICALLY PAINS ME SO MUCH TO SEE THESE TWO TOGETHER NOW.
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Anyways, story time. I remember on May 20th, I accidentally spoiled myself on some of the big plot points of the finale. At first, I thought that “it was nothing. I can forget about in two weeks.” but as someone who’s naturally very curious and nosy, I couldn’t help but look at some the spoilers. I tried my best to not look at most of the stuff but I still got quite spoiled. Before even going to theatres, I knew that they were all brain scans, Jax abstracts, Pomni goes into his mind, we see Jax memories, Caine comes back, and Kinger, Jax, and Pomni’s names. But I did not see the whole movie beforehand.
On the day of June 4th, I went with my mom to see it at the AMC theatre (along with my Jax/Pomni plushie) and I remember vividly that, when we were just coming inside, I heard these two kids talking and one said, “I can’t believe Jax abstracts” and the other one said, “Don’t spoil it for me, I haven’t it yet” and hearing this, I was just like, “ou shit, maybe the leaks were actually real.” Somehow my mom hadn’t heard that lmao.
At the end of the movie, everyone started clapping and it was really fun to be with other people with the same interest as me. I remember that during the end credits, when it was implied that Zooble and Gangle were fucking, people started to point at the screen and clap LMFAO 😭
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Okay, now time to discuss the actual episode:
I absolutely loved the ending so so so so so SOO much. I don’t understand how people hated it. It was so fucking emotional and it was one of the most beautiful shit I’ve seen. I also am very, very happy that the Abstragedy shippers won. I guess Goose really did lie about romance not being a thing in show lmfao.
I remember that back then, during the pilot days, I genuinely thought that in episode two, we were going to get the opening song again, but with Pomni being included. I can’t believe that we actually got it in episode 9. The confusion was so real in the theatres lmao.
Something that I ALSO cannot believe is that everyone is just a brain scan. I never thought that they could leave but it is really unfortunate that they are ALL not real. My poor Kinger (and Ragatha since she said she had suspected it) had to go through all of that. It really fits into the moral of the story where there’s meaning in a stagnant life.
I love the scene of Kinger and Pomni. Father and daughter bonding time 🥹. I don’t like seeing my beautiful Pomni being sad, and I’m so happy that Kinger was there to lift her back up. It’s really sad that Kinger doesn’t remember their time in the Mildenhall Manor. This actually makes me realize that there they were a whole bunch of callbacks to the previous episodes, the opening song back in the pilot, Kinger and Pomni’s talk from episode 3, Jax isolating himself then (nearly in ep 7) abstracting like from episode 7, etc. I cried a lot during the Too Much to Get Over song, like bro whyyyy.
Hey, so Goose, why the actual fuck would you do this to my heart…? JAX TRYING TO GATHER UP COURAGE AND LITERALLY APPROACHING POMNI TO TALK OR MAYBE JOIN THEM ON FIXING THE CIRCUS but then just… turning away and walking off to abstract. I was completely expecting for Pomni to go after him or something but no, she doesn’t… Just when she was all like, “I wish I could’ve pried a little more, I somehow forgot how bad it could get.” I knew that us Jax fans were all screwed. WHHHHYHHYYYYHHHHHUHHHHHH. I started to cry again in the theatres when I first saw his abstraction 😔
I’m not THAT much of a Jesterdoll person, but man did this scene pull some of my heart strings. I didn’t cry, but this exchange was genuinely so adorable. Like, FINALLY MY QUEEN RAGATHA GETS A HUG AND APPRECIATION. I also like how we finally got that scene where Ragatha tells Pomni about Ribbit, or I suppose, in her perspective. I saw that a lot of people were worrying when Ragatha and Pomni were departing from each other. I didn’t really think of that when I was first watching this scene because, well, you know, I watched spoilers beforehand.
… OKAY… GOOSEWORX… OKAY…
LIKE, I’M SORRY, HELLOO??? POMNI AND JAX LITERALLY ARE PARALLELING THAT ONE SCENE BETWEEN QUEENIE AND KINGER
OOOOOOH I AM NOT OKAY.
Anyways, Pomni is genuinely so clever for thinking about how Kinger had told her back in episode 3 that abstractions calm down once they are engulfed in darkness. I had NEVER thought that Goose was planning to make a paralleling scene to that, what the fuckkkk 🥲✌️
Also, can we just talk about Jax’s mind 😭?
Like, the scenario where Ragatha abstracts literally made me go “OH SHIT” when Jax literally started to choke that fake Pomni when she attempted to help him. That scene was genuinely so freaking cool to hear in the theatres because of the dark, ugly music or whatever. It definitely gave a much bigger sense of surprise.
The scenario where Zooble abstracts was certainly… something. I don’t think Jax actually “likes” Gangle, not in a romantic way anyways. Because, remember how back in episode 5, he says, “She likes when I’m mean to her, though.” He has a very weird definition of his actions in his mind. He thinks that his actions are BETTERING Gangle. Even though it seems obvious that it isn’t, his twisted mind— probably caused by his father’s absence and his mother emotional abuse— tells him that it’s right, it’s what he’s supposed to do. But in the end of day, it really isn’t and we see Gangle’s perspective on that in episode 6.
The scenario of where Gangle abstracts was literally the scene that made me laugh the most. Like, it was so chaotic and so hard to tell of what the hell is going on 😭. Also, Jax is canonically an Abstragedy shipper, so personally, I think this is an extra win.
I also want to talk about how we never see Kinger or Pomni’s doors. I THINK, that that boarded and chained up door is the scenario where Pomni abstracts. We ALL know that Jax would never be able to “move on and probably forget about her” if she ever abstracted. So, I think it makes the most sense for that door to be hers. As for Kinger not having a door, I think it can go three ways. One, I’m actually wrong and the chained up door is actually his, two, he and Jax don’t have an established relationship, so Jax just doesn’t bother with imagining his abstraction, or three, Jax just thinks that Kinger is the GOAT and simply just cannot abstract.
Okay, I find quite a few things interesting in this scene.
First off, OMFG PIANO JAX IS PLAYING DAISY BELL… OHHHHH THAT ONE MOMENT WITH POMNI GENUINELY REALLY STUCK WITH HIM AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGSBUHWJISWK
Anyways, at first, I thought that that locked door in the right of the screen was Pomni’s door, but after Goose revealed that Jax is indeed a closeted trans-fem, I think that is Jax’s hidden female side. Also, I noticed that the three Jax at the table all came from the scenarios in the previous scenes, so that makes me wonder if the Piano Jax is from Pomni’s scenario.
Anything thing about Piano Jax, he is chained to his piano. I think the reason as to why he is chained is basically symbolism. Jax suppresses his emotional and vulnerable version of himself so much, that he has his masks literally silence him by putting him in his own little corner. Also, the fact that Piano Jax is actually so nice and giving the key to Pomni that allows her to see his memories and his real self… that is most likely the Jax we genuinely could’ve gotten if he had made other choices.
— I love the fact that Pomni throws a literal bottle at the Maid Jax to shut him up. I love it when she shows her dominance over him /j
About his memories:
OMGGG?? WHY WAS JAX GENUINELY SO FRICKING ADORABLE BACK THEN (before he fucked things up with Ribbit)?? LIKE AHHHHHHHHHHH
He had an actual, genuine friendship with Ribbit and Kaufmo and I just realized— the part where they are sitting on a picnic blanket talking shit with each other under the stars— that talk with Pomni during the Stargazing scene in episode 5 must’ve brought back a lot of his memories. That could be why he even opened up to her in the first place, his memories made him vulnerable enough to feel safe enough to vent about his feelings to the one beside him— the one who didn’t hate him “yet”. But like, the entire sequence of them having fun with each other genuinely brought a smile to my face because what the fuck, Jax, you LITERALLY ruined such a perfectly great friend group.
AHHH THIS SCENEEEE, MY HEART IS CRACKINGGG
No but, when I was in the theatres and Jax said “I’m glad I could cheer you up.” and started walking towards her bed, I was just like “WOAHH THERE BUDDY” because I GENUINELY thought that they were going to fuck 🥀
I personally think that we should talk more about the fact that we know some of Ribbit’s backstory and the fact that their parents were devout mormons and stuff. GODD I WISH WE LEARNED ABOUT HER MOREEE. I do think it was kind of unfair about the fact that once Jax shares his backstory to Ribbit, he immediately thinks that she is going to take advantage of him although she shared her own story to him first. But I guess Jax has a lot of mental issues.
“I’m glad you trust me” AHHHHHHHH I’m lowkey liking Ribbitrabbit as well, actually, I have been since episode 7 but that’s not the point. THEY ARE JUST SOO FREAKING ADORABLEEEE. Until Kaufmo rang the doorbell. Honestly, when I was at the theatres, and Kaufmo rang the doorbell— in my mind I was just like “JAXX WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? KAUFMO’S GOING TO THINK YOU TWO WERE (attempting to) HAVING SEX”.
Anyways, Jax’s treatment towards Ribbit, Kaufmo, Ragatha, and Gangle literally dropped my jaw because like, I love Jax as a character, but… the shit that he did during this sequence is honestly unforgivable. HE LITERALLY NAMED GANGLE HIMSELF WITHOUT HER CONSENT. He also treated Kaufmo and Ragatha like dirt for no reason too. Don’t even get me started on his treatment with Ribbit… he had so many chances to just knock on that door but instead, he’d rather just turn the other way and run, just like he always had. He may be absolute shit, I still love him though just like with everyone else.
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UGHHHHHHH THEY MAKE ME SO SO SICK 😔
I fucking cried so much in the theatres even though I knew that this scene was going to happen because of spoilers.
Like, the fact that, even after seeing literally EVERY SINGLE OF HIS WRONGDOINGS… she still accepts him as a human being. It means SO MUCH to me that she doesn’t judge him, or even immediately start questioning him— she just tells him that she didn’t know that he could play the piano. And even through his ENTIRE tirade, of him asking her to just leave him alone, she continues to walk towards him without another because she knows that he’s still suffering. We know that from episode two, she doesn’t want to see ANYONE feel like they’re nothing. That includes Jax as well.
AGHHHH I just absolutely love that Pomni sets aside her dislike of touch just to comfort two of her closest friends, Ragatha and Jax. I also love the “You should’ve just talked to me, man.” because the “man” says that she still considers him as a friend— someone who’s still worthy of care because in the end, he’s still practically a human despite being a scan.
I want to fucking cry ARGGHHHHH
The fact that Jax literally had to go on his knees just to reciprocate her hug really takes the cake for me. After years of repressed feelings and resisting love and care from others— in his last moments, he lets himself finally be loved for once.
“I don’t wanna go”…
Also, honorable mention to Zooble for finding actual use for their parts by making a rope to pull Pomni away from Jax and when guiding Jax into his new tent. Oh, and as well as in the ending montage where they use Zooble’s parts as ladders to paint the mural.
Awh, poor Gangle bro. Even though she couldn’t cry for Jax at first, she cried for him later, when she realized he was truly gone. Although Jax deserved no one missing him after he was gone, she couldn’t help herself because, Jax was her abuser— but she still knew him. She basically saw him every single day. She wasn’t being over dramatic here. She was simply being someone with human feelings, and I think that Goose captured that perfectly. I love that Zooble noticed and comforted her by wiping her tears away 🥹
OH. MY. GOD. CAINE’S ENTIRE SCENE WAS SO COOL IN THE THEATRES WITH THE LOUD SOUND AND MUSIC AND VISUALS… LIKE WOAHHH
To be honest, I really like Caine’s redemption arc, which I do admit, it was a little bit rushed with him just casually throwing the blue ai away, returning, and apologizing to everyone. I love it anyways. I, myself was actually not expecting for Caine to be coming back (before the leaks) and I was pretty surprised hearing that he does back then. But it was a predictable thing, maybe I was just thinking of things that might not happen when I was coming up with theories.
Also, can we just talk about his interaction with the moon? I literally thought he was going to say “I love you too” to her 😭 If only.
I am so freaking happy about the fact that everyone’s real selves are doing better in real life, including Jax. I wonder if he had learned that his mom isn’t dead and that Leeroy is doing good now, it would’ve changed at least some of his motives and actions. Though, I suppose we’ll never know. Maybe in some other universe.
BROOOOO I SOBBED LIKE A LITTLE BABY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ENDING MONTAGE OF EVERYONE BEING HAPPY AND RELAXED NOW THAT CAINE IS ON THEIR SIDE. It was actually a long time since I cried like that, so it felt really refreshing to be honest, BUT STILLLL 😔 I’m going to miss these seven characters. I’m probably going to see if I’ll join the fandom of the shows Glitch will make. I’m definitely am joining Gameoverse’s if it gets greenlit. I’m still going to make art of TADC because this show was my hyper fixation for two years and a half, I’m not going to give up on it now.
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Why the actual hell did this take so long ✌️ I started at 4 and now it’s 11
BUT THAT’S ALL, FREAKS !!
