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SUPER DUPER CHEAP CHARACTER COMMS!

This comic is here to be Goofy, but I do think Caine's whole deal is meant to tie into the series' overarching trans themes [even if he's not canonically trans.] I think the show's trans themes are broader than a few characters; it's a show about people who are forcibly assigned bodies & names they don't want, forcibly assigned "archetypes" & roles that don't reflect their real selves, and struggle to express their despair around this because their bodies & roles are so ridiculous that their despair is easy to mock. It's safer to play along with your role, when exploring the alternatives can easily make you an object of ridicule. Caine fails to understand Zooble in episode 3 because he is constantly performing the role he was assigned at his creation, and doesn't allow himself to acknowledge his deep insecurity with it-- so he's confused that Zooble can't simply accept the thing they've been assigned. After all, he's accepted what he's been assigned. He refuses to recognize that Zooble is dissatisfied in a way no "adventure" can fix, because that would mean acknowledging the possibility that he could be dissatisfied in a way that no "adventure" can fix. So instead he throws himself into performing an inauthentic caricature of the role he believes is "all he exists" for & is not allowed to ever exist outside of, even as that performance just leaves him feeling "used" "broken" "defective" and overall extremely unhappy. The parallel to the series' Gender themes feels very clear to me. But anyway, I believe all these little guys can figure themselves out eventually.

@castielrisingabove replied to the original post with an attack helicopter reference that sounded like it could be Jax dialogue, so I continued the story. The comic dialogue is basically a reverse of the episode 3 therapy session: also featuring Zooble's later character development and redeemed Caine being slightly better at listening to people. Anyway: silliness.

It is sad that Caine probably would never know it was never Kinger's intention to delete him.. and Bubble being there in the recycle bin with him would only go so well

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TFW a humble indie creator accomplishes with the final episode of an animated series on YouTube what two of the biggest brands in the TV industry could not: make it actually satisfying.

thank you for 3 years of the amazing show! ✨❤️✨

everyone say congratulations gooseworx

uuuuuh...yeah.. i wanna open comissions sooo,, if u interested u can leave a comment

Bee Caine..

I got reminded of this so you get this as a reply

My friend wanted me to draw a little comic about Cornifer and Iselda's first encounter, but im too weak so here's only one illustration lol

“You commit mass shootings because you failed to connect with people at school. I committed mass cartoon gag torment because unlike you, I tried to move heaven and earth, god style, to make people happy so they wouldn’t commit suicide. We are not the same.”

i don't even know about this one

I also traced Caine answering the phone from episode 4 to demonstrate his phonemes and mouth shapes.