yuri everyday

Had their brain scans all along.

Made them bodies that mock their issues irl.

Lied about a lot of things.

Is probably the reason abstractions happen (Scratch the fist abstraction line from Kinger). Meaning he tried to mindbreak Scratch to fit his wishes.

After 20+ years with humans somehow “doesn't understand them”. He doesn't understand them but knows how to hurt them and mock their issues very well.

Named himself after the first human mortal sinner from the Bible. The fact that he named the puppet in ep 7 Abel means Caine is indeed aware of Cain and Abel. Which also means Caine is aware that he “killed” his brother, the other AI. I know Caine stands for something else, but this show is badly written and that info is on Goose's social media so it doesn't count. His name being a reference to the Bible is a meta thing that doesn't make any sense in canon and if you take this seriously then indeed Caine is aware of his actions, has killed his brother, and is a bad person but doesn't care and plays dumb. Acts like a silly willy, refusing to change anything for 20 years.

Says he wants humans to like him, yet spends all his time with Bubble instead of actually communicating with humans. Meaning he wants others to do the job while he just gets praise.

Despite there being several adventures that the characters like, Caine doesn't seem to care even though his main motive is supposedly to be valued for his adventures. Ragatha says adventures are good for humans and keep them stimulated, Jax enjoys the adventures because he can do whatever he wants during them. But for some reason Caine, “I just want people to like my adventures,” doesn't give a damn about this. Once again it's because this show and Caine's character are written badly.

In ep 8 he tortures everyone after getting a cringe personality switch. Plus in this episode Caine sings his song in which he's pretty clear about his bad actions while simultaneously torturing the characters more.

"Seems our regime has plummeting south"

"So just play the games and ignore the pains"

"Not enthused just feeling used? What a goddamn shame"

Blames innocent people for his misery.

I should also include him keeping the blue AI hostage for 20+ years just so he can achieve his goals.

Butttttt at the end he just removes the blue AI (it's not a person for some reason even though blue and red are equal in their development as we see in the first scene in episode 8), sends it to fly in the void, and comes back with a therapyspeak monologue and everyone accepts him.

Another thing that's interesting is how blue AI is his victim and it's shown as an object. This is not the first time in this show that the abuser gets sympathy and the creator wastes all time on their "development" while their victims are getting jackshit. Of course nobody hates Caine! Blue AI is just an orb it can't say anything! Good thing it's just a thing isn't it?

Yes Caine, it's good to have you back, says Zooble. Yes, this dude is redeemable! Oh the abstractions? The fact that nothing about them is resolved? They are still stuck as shallow husks of themselves after a severe mental breakdown? Everything Caine did throughout his existence? Um, who cares, he's chill now🫶 What a redemption arc. He just didn't know how to understand humans, guys😢 Good thing he randomly got WiFi and looked at their social media so he gets it now for some reason.

All of these are the consequences of Caine getting that personality switch in ep 8 just so he can have his Temu AM moment. He was such a cool reverse AM AI character who was driven by his love for humans, but then in ep 8 he just becomes evil and it's revealed he had their brain scans. He's a malicious person. But then they still redeem him. It's not even a redemption; he can't fix everything he's done, he just goes "my bad blue AI I let you go after controlling you for 20+ years! sorry guys I won't be like this again". We are supposed to think he's one of the friends now. He's having fun with them at the end too. Bruh

Jokes aside, yeah.

This is a major part of the reason why I feel like Caine's redemption feels so unearned, even if he depowered himself, realized his wrongdoings and changed. Most of all, him ripping out the Blue AI feels so... wrong.

I got into a small debate with a moot about how Caine's removal of the blue core scene was okay because the Blue AI was never meant to be a part of Caine and is just something he used to propel his admin ability, but also.... it represents him letting go of his egotistical, perfectionist self?

No matter how much you try to paint the "redemption" in a good light, there's an inconsistency waiting behind it.

Caine removed the blue AI to "free" it from him, and they are separate characters? Okay, then why is it that the blue AI symbolizes his bitterness, his perfectionism, and his overblown ego? There's also no evidence to suggest that the Blue AI was always separate, even after assimilation. This revelation only comes at episode 9, way too late to confirm.

Even then, how is Caine using it's power, if it hasn't become a part of him? We see the Red AI devour, and fight for control with the Blue AI until there was only the Red core left, and the Red Core was able to build the circus. By himself.

What's to suggest that the Blue AI is still something that exists as fundamentally separate from Caine, while simultaneously co-existing, growing, (though repressed) for the last 20 or so years?

Lowkey, this is giving "The Thin Man is trying to save Mono from the tower even though he was trapped in the belly of the beast that's known for brainwashing people to do it's bidding."

The red and blue glitching eyes can be interpreted as Blue trying to separate itself from Caine, but it could also be interpreted as Caine having an internal struggle between his self-worth and ego, which should be something that's just a him issue, not a Blue-Red issue if they are separate entities. And the Blue AI has been shown to be affecting Caine's behavior.

"Caine is letting the blue AI free because he held it as hostage, and he's realized the value of free will!" But the core is not even a person. Not conscious enough to be one on it's own. It's just... a core. An object. It doesn't form into an avatar of it's own choosing-- Hell; it doesn't have a voice, and can't even communicate that it has it's own personhood to signify that it really was trying to break out of Caine. The red core has a body, how come the blue core doesn't? If it really is someone that Caine held hostage, and is now letting free?

The only time the blue core was able to speak is if it was still using Caine, and identifies itself as Caine.

You can't make the excuse that it's episode 9 and it has an ambiguous/open ending where the blue core is now free to explore it's own personhood, to drift away to the void as Caine waves it goodbye, because episode 9 is supposed to wrap up every character's arc without leaving loose ends.

By thinking so, you're crossing headcanon territory, and that is NOT a satisfying way to end the Blue AI's arc in an episode that is all about "identity", and "changes".

Also, it's pretty concerning that the AI that is supposed to be amplifying/embodies Caine's ego is just... let free. What's stopping it from going back into the circus, and wreak havoc in the same vein Caine was, because it was a part of Caine for so many years too?

I'm getting a headache, but point is-- I agree. Episode 8 ruined Caine's character. Episode 9 was a half-assed attempt to bring him back and redeem him, by placing the blame on the Blue AI because the Blue AI was amplifying Caine to overblown degrees.

Something that we've seen happen with Scratch and Kinger's characterizations too, so that Kinger gets off scot-free and has "redeemed" himself during his years of isolation, while Scratch is the scapegoat for the creation of the trapped humans.

Destined to be ripped apart by overexcited kids

Not too proud of this one but i hope putting something out there inspires me to post more drawings idk