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hypnotized sex drones

So in order to keep getting the full evil karma experience, every time I do something convenient or utilitarian that raises my karma I go back to Moriarty’s Saloon and just open his terminal over and over again.

My girl,,,

Holy crap, that's sure a take I did not expect to see.

Uh

I'm sorry the finale was so grim for you. If this is what you took away from it, I can see why.

I don't think the point was that everyone was happy because Jax is dead.

Caine just so happened to come back after her passing and offered help. Which immensely improved life in the circus, and made things much more bearable for the cast.

(Also, if you're saying this for Jax, could the same not be said for Kaufmo who dies in the beginning of the series? They hold a funeral for him, and then life in the circus moves on...)

But anyway. Before Caine comes back, everyone is laying around, absolutely distraught, and just trying to be there for each other.

Also, you're assuming how long it took for them to recover. We don't know how far into the future the glimpses of happiness we see for the circus is.

Literally no one was happy that she died. You're assuming that the grieving on screen is all the grieving that happens period. They are all clearly broken up about her being gone, and while yes, they continue to live their life in the circus, they never forgotten those who've abstracted. They painted the mural to remember them by, including Jax. They made the aquarium for the other abstracted cast members.

But most importantly, they built the tent for Jax.

She's still in there. They're still caring for her.

Glitch released an image of Pomni sitting in the tent, having lunch with her. Implying that Pomni visits her in there regularly.

They built that tent to keep her close by, because clearly, even though she was an ass, she meant a lot to them.

Also, let's not forget that Pomni deadass nearly died trying to get to Jax. If Zooble and the others hadn't pulled her out of there, who knows what could have happened?

But she stayed there. Holding on until the very end.

Because she cared.

The others found a way to keep Jax close by

Because they care

They DIDN'T have Caine take Jax away after she abstracted!!!

Because they care.

As for the "alternate version" of Jax in the real world. I think it's kind of important to keep in mind that— we're following the alternate version of Jax. Not the other way around. The real Jax is Lee. The real Jax made it out alive, and persevered. The version of Jax we see is a brain scan, which is, according to Kinger, an incredibly small file compared to what it should be. A replica of Lee, who was put in possibly the worst environment there could be for her; trapped in a circus with no way out, where they're basically forced to endure mental torture for however long they can stand it. That's such an extreme scenario. What we see is only a small aspect to a much larger person. A person who, in the real world, despite being with an abusive mother, despite thinking she killed her mother, despite being homeless, despite hating herself on top of all of that. Is. Alive.

How does it not aspire hope, that, the most troubled person we see in the series, the one carrying so much weight on her shoulders, the character you clearly love and hold dear, is, in the real world, still alive? It doesn't make you happy that the real Jax, that Lee, was able to overcome the very thing that sent her down that spiral? It doesn't make you happy that she has friends? Something that Jax struggled with in the circus?

We follow the "alternate" Jax, who, unfortunately, under extreme circumstances, abstracted.

The real Jax. Lee. Is alive and well.

Because Jax is a strong person.

She survived.

I can understand being put off that more of the character's reaction and grief is not presented. If that's something you would have preferred to see in the finale, that's fair.

And ultimately, I can't take your grievances away from you.

But I think your interpretation of the finale is very grim, and not very charitable to the other characters we see.

Unfortunately, life moves on without us... I think it's unfair to expect the cast to be sad forever.

But if it's any condolence, let me say this.

The "7 stages of grief" are not just stages that happen, and then one moves on forever.

It's more like a cycle of grief.

A cycle that repeats on and on. Stages that come back when it hits you, and you start feeling pain all over again.

I really don't think the cast has completely "moved on". I don't think they've forgotten her. I think they're doing the best they can to live.

That's all you can do.

Ultimately, anon, I hope you're okay.

This ask was very sad, and a very sad interpretation of the events in the finale. I can see how you saw that. But I also think it takes a certain headspace to take that away from everything we see on the finale.

If I were in a different headspace, I'd probably be in agreement with you.

I hope this doesn't come off as rude or pretentious or preachy or whatever the fuck. I don't mean it to be, I'm trying to be genuine and reach out. I dunno. I see a version of myself in this ask. In these questions. In this sadness.

legislators push a bill banning armies of hypnotized sex drones

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