to me as a disabled housebound bedbound person the amazing digital circus is a chronic illness and disability story.
i broke down crying and had to pause the episode when Zooble said "But I had dreams and goals! This just sucks" because FUCKING SAME.
but sometimes people lose their place in the world. their dreams and goals are inaccessible. their bodies become unrecognizable. their personalities and emotions become unrecognizable. they deny reality, reject companionship. they dissociate from their lives and past selves. they lose the ability to be a part of the larger world and do the things they used to do and live the lives they always lived.
I dont think they will leave the circus and i hope they wont because i dont want a cure story.
sometimes you lose your life and you just have to figure out how to keep living afterwards.
and at least having someone else there makes it bearable. as long as you have other people, you can keep living even if your life is over.
