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Some prints I made and passed out during the release of Episode 9 I attended! 🎥✨

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Approaching strangers isn't something I'm good at, but this really took me out of my comfort zone in the best way. Talking to those in the community irl was such a wonderful experience and I loved seeing their faces light up about something they love just as much as I do.

IT ENDED AAAAAAAAA

It’s been a great 3 years. I mean, I’ve only been a super obsessed fan since episode 8, but I would always be updated with all the new episodes since the pilot days. I remember getting interested in the show after I heard it took some aesthetic inspiration from liminal spaces since it’s been a fascination of mine for quite a while.

Here’s the funny thing— I haven’t watched the movie yet. I’ll watch it tomorrow and once I do, I’ll edit this post to add my review of the movie (With a spoiler warning obv)

Don’t click into this until you’ve watched the final episode!!

Catch me at a Cinemark in NE Ohio at a 4:30 show to get your hands on Chapter 16 early~

Okay I fear some of us are missing the point.

Yes there was a lot of misogyny and transphobia in jax's inner thoughts. It's because he has a lot of internalized misogyny and transphobia that he needs to work through. It wasn't character assassination.

Jax grew up in an environment where masculinity was violent and hated, and if he was anything less then a man then he was shamed and punished. He was forced into the shadow of his father and any choice he made (embrace it or fight it) was punished. His inner selves reflected that.

You had the trans femme side that couldn't let people know the truth, that she enjoyed being in the dress, in fear of ridicule. Because she never had a safe place to come out, because if she was less then a man she would be punished.

You had the sexist side that objectified women because that's what a man is supposed to do. That's what Jax is supposed to be. If he wasn't then he was punished by his mother. That was the part he was expected to play in the society that he grew up in.

Then there's the soft part that plays the piano. The closest to the real Jax, the one who gives Pomni the key, the one who is still chained. They're softer, kinder, and they're abused by the other sides of Jax. They aren't allowed a voice, just there to provide entertainment to the others.

Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful? Isn't she precious? Less than one minute old I never thought through love, we'd be Making one as lovely as she But isn't she lovely? Made from love

and the fact that it plays at the end of her life, when she passes the point of no return

when, in her final moments, she allows herself to be accepted and forgiven after years of pushing people away and self-isolating

when she allows her vulnerability and femininity to be seen not as a point of weakness, but a gift that makes her understood and loveable

although it's devastating, there is tragic beauty in that hug with pomni, where jax lets a small part of herself -- the inner little girl who never got to exist -- be born and realized. through an act of love.

If we had easier ways

Hey guys, Kevin, CEO of GLITCH here. Been trying to figure out when and how to express this, but now I think is the right time: To the fans - Thank you, deeply. You are the reason we got here. I know it can get noisy online sometimes, but the real-world reality is that you are some of the most genuine, kind people we have ever had the privilege of meeting. We saw every cosplay, every discussion circle, every sticker shared outside the theatres. That is what this is all about. To every person at/with GLITCH - I never doubted you for a single second. You are all so incredibly talented, and I am so proud that the impact of your work is now being felt on a world stage. To the industry - Animation and cinema is art. Art is human expression. Digital Circus was a deeply personal story created to express complex feelings. Please let that be the signal you take from all of this. To everyone - Keep making things and keep sharing your work. We found all our creators through the internet. Now, here’s Pomni with her signature dance move.