i feel like people are overlooking pomni's trauma being related to gummigoo for "chat ai boyfriend" jokes, instead of focusing on what the implication of it is. that before she joined the circus, she had a normal life. she wasn't abused or had any particular bad relationships, pomni is extremely self-aware and can process emotions properly thanks to this. she herself said she had a pretty alright life, and that she did urban exploration for a change in that.
the implication is that the circus IS her most traumatic experience, that losing her autonomy, her NAME, her humanity, is the most traumatic experience she's ever had. it's the fact that she lost the first person that understood her existential crisis at the time, because gummigoo just had learned that he wasn't real, and pomni found comfort in someone who wasn't afraid to talk about it.
because the others were too absorbed on their own matters due to it, and pomni really had no one to talk to. (ragatha was there, yes, but we already know what her problems at the start of the series were, as pomni NEEDS someone who's not afraid of talking about things, while ragatha was coping with toxic positivity).
my point is that pomni's trauma isn't some ai love interest thing (which i am aware is a joke but it's annoying to see such a meaningful friendship be described as such), but that the loss of the first person that understood her in such a vulnerable time was what marked her the most. it is also the dehumanization that caine portrayed with turning gummigoo into a real animal, and making him (and his brothers) attack pomni.
because she still feels guilty about it.
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