silly

So happy I finished this thing before ep 8 oof

Anyway, the comic was born out of

my thoughts about Caine's model lacking many essential facial features (as if he was never intended to show any emotions) and yet him being literally the most expressive character in the circus despite everything.

me being low-key obsessed with the implications episode 7 left us with. Players questioning everything they've been told and Caine being in the center of it all.

Just to be clear, I do believe Caine is written as a sentient AI who is just struggling to understand humanity and everything that comes with it. And I think these thoughts about him faking his emotions are inherently wrong within a story. He's oblivious and desperate but not malicious. But couple it with the fact that he's been lying about many other things (so far I'm inclined to think it was for players' sake in his own eyes) and that humans have been suffering for a while dealing with a literal god that doesn't understand them... Well, I have a feeling that they will doubt his motives and literally everything they know, rightfully so.

The amount of attention this little comic received is a bit terrifying and overwhelming and seeing all the different interesting interpretations people come up with I just wanted to explain mine own a little better <3

I want them all to be healed and happy, little guy absolutely included, but man the situation is rough, and the odds are against us

(Also please ignore typos, I'm hyperaware of them and even messed up writing my on name, i was really, really tired :') )

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Closeups!!

Mini HC ^_^: PV & SM staffs are sentient objects and have opposite personalities of it's wielders! PV's staff definitely does not approve of PV's little crush and keeps side eyeing Shadow Milk at every given chance. At first, SM finds this amusing, however after a while it slowly starts to annoy him.. by a lot.

EXTRA: I made these designs specifically for valentines day, though honestly i might use the in the future because of how cute they turned out to be!

Also i like how over the span of a year i went from Tall PV & short SM to the opposite LOL. Currently tall lanky SM lives in my head 24/7... makes him appear more "intimidating" hmmmm...