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Imo it fell off after Episode 6.

I’m not “media illiterate” for wanting the lore that was introduced to be actually developed, regardless of the fact that the show is “character-based.”

I’m not “media illiterate” for wanting more than ONE character of the cast to be focused on.

Ribbit is not shocked or scared or disturbed, she just accepts it right away and comforts him. granted, sure, Jax probably didn't mean to hurt or kill his mom. it was an impulsive action. whatever.

but i feel like you should realistically react a little more than just "eh it happens. she's probably fine". is Ribbit just used to their friends casually admitting to manslaughter?

and this is basically how the show treats Jax's behavior too. "eh it's fine that he threw Ragatha into a deep fryer. look, she's okay!" "Gangle doesn't really mind being abused by Jax. see, she agrees with him instead of blaming him for what he did!"

Characters don't exist in a vacuum. Learning more about the world and their environment gives us more context about the characters and helps shape them. A character's reaction to a post apocalyptic world is going to say a lot compared to a character's reaction to a typical high school environment.

All of the characters put on a VR headset in an abandoned building at one point or another (except Kinger). It would have been interesting to learn how they got in that situation. We know Pomni and Zooble did urban exploration, but what was Ragatha doing? She said "Hey guys?" as soon as she appeared in the circus. Were they her friends or was she pressured by the group to put on the "scary headset"? Was it a prank or a dare? Did they grab her and force it on to try and scare her? None of her "friends" showed up in the circus so she was the only one that had it on. Was it just some fun between friends or was she transported from one toxic friend group right into another?

We will show Ragatha and Kinger's room in merch!

Let's reveal Caine's attitude to abstraction in advertising!

You will see Queenie's name only in tumbler or wikipedia!

It's meant to be tragic. That even after all that she realized she wanted to change as her last words and thoughts. She didn't want to go.

also, people keep saying she's a cautionary tale and like. yeah. but not just for her, for the rest of the cast. i grew up with two siblings who were addicts. my brother hit a new low and my dad had to distance himself, just months before my brother died. and i think jax shows how friends and family of people in those awful scenarios have the right to step back, even if it DOES end in tragedy. you are not responsible for other people (i need to say my brother was an adult when he died. still very very young, but literally jax's age; it's not as though my dad js stopped caring about his son) and the main cast does their best to help her even when she's awful to them. imo, i see her as abusive to gangle and i haye how the movie teases that but then blows over gangle's grief of the person yhat put her through hell

Since the tadc finale is out, I can share my opinion on it

I didn't like it at all, to be honest. If you did, I love that for you tho

Like, throughout the entire show, Jax does almost nothing but actively try to make everyone else in the circus miserable, largely for his own enjoyment. But despite this, he’s given infinite grace and constant forgiveness by the people around him.

Nobody actually holds him accountable for his actions. Even Zooble, the most outwardly hostile of the group, is actually incredibly warm, kind and open to Jax despite his behaviour.