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Am I wrong or is there no scenario for Kinger abstracting?

Like, he just isn’t there.

I suppose you could argue that Jax doesn’t care about Kinger, but like how it that satisfying?

In the scenario where Ragatha abstracts, we obviously don’t get to see much of her. Just Jax’s reaction.

Kinger’s abstraction would’ve been the perfect time to see more of Jax’s perspective on her.

Me personally, I think we’d either see him resentful of Ragatha’s “ruse” of positivity. In this case, we would see the extremes of her toxic positivity.

Or, the second option, which I find more interesting, is seeing Ragatha snap. If Jax believes that Ragatha’s kindness is fake, this would be the perfect scenario of seeing what he believes to be the worst of her.

Maybe grief leads her to becoming angry and more hostile. Maybe Jax likes it, but only at first, as their squabbles become full blown arguments, and Ragatha seems to know exactly where to hit.

It could’ve touched on his insecurities if the show even dared to use her for something other than to be a plot device.

Why is the show so afraid to use Ragatha?

That’s so crazy to me! Including how the story just skips over Kinger! He’s been reserved as a tool for exposition himself in the final episode.

Like god, why introduce the show with all these cool characters, just to turn around not use them?

I would’ve much rather the series be honest from the get go about who the focus of the show was, instead of getting me interested in the promise of an ensemble show.

You can’t just replace filler and important moments with montages and text that says, “a few days later.” Because then there isn’t no story, there’s just an empty hole for assumptions and questions to fill.

Even more so with Ribbit and Kaufmo. I knew the ending couldn’t give them justice, especially with the runtime of the movie, but I was still excited to see Kaufmo.

We have such limited knowledge on him and I left the theatre knowing little more.

He doesn’t even talk that much. Most conversations and scenes with him just have him sitting beside Ribbit or Jax, quietly with a smile. We didn’t even get to see how “awful” he was before abstraction.

Didn’t get to see Ragatha’s reactions, not Gangles, not Kingers—hell, we don’t even get to see Zooble’s experience upon entering the circus.