TADC Observatory

>>In some TADC fanfics, Kinger tells Caine that "You are my greatest creation/achievement" and "I didn't mean to delete you, (I just wanted to fix you)".

>>And at moments like these, I want to punch Kinger through the screen with all force that I have.

>>Are my...Are my emotions and feelings about this unreasonable— or it makes sense to y'all too???

>>It's just— ARGH!!

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>>Even thinking about it fills me with anger!!!

>>"You are my greatest creation" Dude. You're— and I can't emphasize this enough—a *digital copy* of the guy who wrote the *prototype* program. And this guy got his paycheck and is living his best life. And yes, one can argue about the extent to which a copy of consciousness is/isn't responsible for the actions of the original consciousness— But even so, the fact remains such: Caine is a prototype. Literally a rough draft of the final project, which would have either been disposed of— or archived— if C&A hadn't gone bankrupt.

>>And yes, even as a prototype and an "imperfect version," Caine may still be Kinger's greatest creation— but I dunno, mate, It's still a very arrogant thing to say. Imagine that your entire existence is someone's career step and paycheck. And I think Caine knows enough about corporations (see ep7) to understand that he was not created out of love for creation.

>>Maybe not. But— it's still a very rude thing to say imo.

>>"I didn't mean to delete you, I just wanted to fix you" MY DUUUUDE WHAT THE HELL????

>>Maybe it's more ME problem, but to me! to me— killing in self-defense sounds a lot better than "oh yeah, we wanted to lobotomize you but yk my hand slipped and yeah. But don't worry, we didn't mean to kill you, I just wanted to fix you!" (I know that the example with lobotomy is not entirely correct and it would be more logical to use Punitive psychiatry/Conversion therapy as an example, but nevertheless) Like— shut up?? Who tf says things like that— just— just shut up, mate, you're making things worse.

>>Maybe I'm imagining things. Maybe my anger is unfounded and I should stop being offended on behalf of the character who was told such things...

>>But, on the other hand, I unapologetically love robots and will always try to justify/defend them most of the times....

At first it seems that community is how you survive the circus. Isolating yourself like Kaufmo and Jax is how you abstract.

Then Jax has people remain by his side even through his toxic behavior, and he keeps pushing them away. Which yeah! People certainly do that! And that seems to be the tragedy of Jax’s character.

But then you have Caine. Caine gets… completely better in a vacuum. Quite literally! No one reaches out to him, no one encourages him. The only thing he gets from the humans is criticism and instruction. It seems the moral of Caine’s story is:

“Do the self improvement on your own and when you are better you will be worthy of community.”

No one knew Kinger becomes sane in the dark, so it's possible that Ribbit never had a close relationship with him. Gooseworx herself said that Kaufmo was in the dark, so for the sake of this argument he is off the list of people who can help.

Ragatha was close enough with Jax to ask about how he was feeling after Ribbit's abstraction. How was she not close enough to Ribbit to check up on her before things went this far?

Even then, Pomni was there for Jax, Again and again, and it didn't save him. While I agree in real life, too many things get in the way from actually saving someone. But here in the circus? It's so insulated that I can't see a reason for why this didn't save Jax. Even that moment where Jax tried to talk to Pomni but he ended up pulling away. Did it really come down to Pomni not pushing further? Is the point of that scene that Jax wouldn't have abstracted if Pomni pushed further? Everyone knew he was at risk of it, even Zooble made a comment about it.

maybe im a little doodoo stupid or missing something but i dont think she infantilizes pomni that much either save for that one line in ep2 (AKA the one where pomni replies "im not a child you dont need to hype me up").

and again you also could have argued she IS overbearing at times, specifically in ep5, but all of that is easily justified, considering that jax DID drive a person (and probably even two) to suicide in front of her very eyes. i would be more concerned/pissed if ragatha saw allat happening and DIDN'T try to do smth about pomni and jax getting closer.

as it stands ragatha didn't do twat to jax except be... nice? to her? and i really dont see the problem in that, if anything i think it would perfectly showcase how deluded jax is in her projections onto others. how even simple kindness looks like a threat/a ploy to get under her skin due to her past trauma.

on ragatha's side it could showcase how much of a people-pleaser she is. that, even though she didn't essentially do anything wrong, if jax treats her horribly then that immediately means "it must be her fault" and not just. her being abused.

"i try too hard to get onto their good side and then end up pushing them away" like god forbid a girl be nice/considerate towards others in an already terrible situation.

please tell me if im missing something because ive rewatched this show in one sitting like recently and i have NEVER once seen her be fake or manipulative or anything like the show is trying to present her as. if anything she's TOO vulnerable with others my girl can't stop oversharing and trauma-dumping at every turn

(i feel so bad but i still can't help giggling at how she jsut randomly starts talking about her mum verbally abusing her & that one absolutely gold of a dialogue "hey pomni remember that one time i got violently tossed and slammed against a wall lol while you ditched me and ran away to save your own skin hahahah" does she know that her being in excruciating pain is not as funny as she thinks it is?)

ok it's been long enough. Can I be honest and admit that watching her talk with kinger in episode 6 felt lackluster when I first watched it. Like legitimately the most interesting part of that conversation to me was the 'and then you showed up' part. Everything else kinger told her was completely understandable because she CAN be a people pleaser to a debilitating extreme. But in the context of the entire show and what we see on screen? It really does not feel like she ever did anything wrong to ANYONE other than herself 😭 and it's soooo frustrating to see the narrative of 'we all did bad things' like that doesn't feed into her insecurities about herself that's simply not true!!!!!!!

ꞝ 𖥻the amazing digital circus 𔘓

TW: A bit of Venting and Sensitive Topics

Hey guys, I just felt like I wanted to do more of a personal post explaining my hardcore love for Pomni as a character. I’ll just get straight to my points.

In the pilot, we see Pomni suddenly just appear in the circus, which I can relate to, as my life as a kid I frequently moved from place to place, sometimes suddenly and out of nowhere. Her anxiety which she had during her first day also means something to me since I had pretty severe social anxiety my entire life and just in general due to frequent moving. I found her trying to find the exit relatable as well since I have similarly tried desperately to find answers or solutions to all problems in my life, so there’s that.

In Episode 2, we see her nightmare, which I heavily relate with; as I overthink certain things from time to time, like relationships and even how this show will end. But after being woken up by Ragatha, we can see she is quite disgruntled and just done with it all, pretty much assuming everyone hated her, (another relatable thing of her to me). Pomni talking in an annoyed and tired tone just feels how I feel in some days, especially when she didn’t want to be treated like a child and “hyped up” by Ragatha. Her getting tossed out the truck by Jax even meant something to me as well, as I saw the scene of the people in my life who treated me like crap. And then there’s her talk with Gummigoo, and I fucking love this scene. Pomni just showing her compassion and empathy despite being in personal turmoil really hit me at home, (there is a reason one of the quotes in the scene is on my bio). Then they go back to the rest, and blah blah blah, Gummigoo “dies”. But the funeral scene REALLY HIT ME HARD. Everyone crying or at least, feeling sadness really hit me hard, it was like seeing family members cry. But once Pomni found hope that she wasn’t alone, she will be missed if she’s gone, and smiled, I cried for TWO DAYS. Just a beautiful scene, beautiful episode.

In Episode 3, we see her hanging out with the rest and I just really relate to in this scene; she seems like annoyed doing some things with them, which hit home, as I am not a big fan of doing things, or even hanging out with people at all, (other than family members ofc). And once the gang go on the adventure, we can just she how vulnerable and sensitive she can be when it comes to horror related things, which I love, as I myself am very sensitive to jumpscares, sudden loud noise and just horror in general. But when she and Kinger are sent to “Hell”, I can just feel for her in these scenes. Her being overwhelmed with the horror, and just everything in general. (Not gonna lie, when she was shown being possessed in the episode 3 trailer, I genuinely thought she was finally going to abstract). Anyways, after her possession, she breaks down and starts crying. I WANTED TO JUMP INTO THE SCREEN AND GIVE HER ALL SHE WANTS! Afterwards, Kinger and Pomni have their heart to heart, and the hallway scene afterwards is just SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL! When they finally meet up with the others, Pomni tells Ragatha thank you for looking out for her, which I really relate too, as I see this as myself apologizing to loved ones after a bit of tension.

Episode 4, in my eyes is the episode where I mostly and HEAVILY relate to her. Pomni is sent and just forced to stay at the register (I relate to this since I fucked up making beans once, yes I fucked up beans). Ahem anyways, Gummigoo fucking returns, Pomni freaks out, and begins trying to make him remember her but to no avail. This scene REALLY HIT HOME, as I literally was like this seeing old friends in my school I returned to in January, and I was initially really bummed out I wasn’t noticed (I was gone for over a year, I really should have expected not being noticed). And then there was the scene with Gangle, and when Pomni offered to close the store for her, I WAS CLAPPING LIKE A PROUD PARENT/FATHER, but anyways; I fucking love this scene; maybe even my favorite in the series so far dare I say, Pomni offering help despite her struggles that day really hit my heart, it really reminded me of helping other people in school even if we knew each other or not.

I took an hour away from my life writing this guys 😭, leave a like, reblog or whatever, thanks for reading my yapping session 🙏

He’s literally masking himself.

I talked in a post a while back about just how autistic coded Caine is and how well his representation is done, and I still think it’s absolutely incredible.

But a big part of his ending is just him changjng his personality for other people.

We see in the merch add that whenever Caine starts getting overly exaggerated about something (very similar to how an autistic person would when talking about some things) he quite literally shuts himself up and apologises, saying it’s an ‘old habit’.

Very reminiscent of how an autistic person who has suffered in the past from being ‘too much’ would act when they get too passionate about something.

What does she owe the others (apart from Gangle and maybee Kinger) when nobody helped her when it was obvious she was being abused?

Sure, we had that talk between Ragatha and Kinger about giving herself a break, but it doesn't take away the fact that the show frames her as the one in the wrong for reacting to Jax the way she did because he was provoking her and had abused her for so long.

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Zooble has been many things in their past life. A bartender, a tattoo artist, and probably a lot more careers; but none of them had fit.

They’re a dreamer who wants to leave a lasting impact on the world, and I think no matter how many times they tried at a skill (and I bet surpassed #stanZooble), it never felt like what Zooble was meant to be.

The toy parts. The mirrors. While it may be a jab at their bodily insecurities, I think it very well may be their existential ones also - The fear of not knowing who you are.

How can you leave a legacy, when you can’t even tell who you are?