#jay chitters

I really honestly believe that the avatars the characters get in the circus arent random and are influenced by the person/how they view themselves (possibly subconsciously). We dont know A TON about their lives outside the circus but we do have a lot of context clues, some dialogue and subtle hints, and theres meaning to everything about the cast INCLUDING their digital avatars

Ragatha

We know ragathas mother was overbearing and likely at least verbally abusive. I think her avatar being a doll reflects how she probaby felt more like a toy to her mother than a child, something to dress up and show off perhaps but also (with her being a ragdoll specifically) something to be thrown around and take a beating. Traditionally ragdolls are made of scraps of fabric and stuffing, basically whatevers laying around. Ragatha may have been a YOUNGER sibling, maybe even the “spare child” in her mothers eyes.

Gangle

Gangle uses masking as a coping mechanism. She hides how bad she feels about herself with a “happy mask”. She is very likely depressed. Her avatar being a theater mask is very obvious about this. Whats talked about less is her body being made of ribbon. I think she views herself as weak, someone who will very easily get wrapped up in her own problems, and possibly even someone whos easy to hurt.

Zooble

She has outright stated that she “doesnt like herself”. And then followed up with “I hate this body”, and while that may just be because of the digital avatar, i think in real life Zooble hated his body too, that he had dysphoria. That their perception of themselves did not match. Theres a mix-up between how he looks and how she feels inside. And, given how young they are, that he STILL hadnt figured out what they wanted to be when she was trapped.

Jax

Jax hides from his own emotions. He pushes people away (he runs away from people emotionally) and dissociates himself from everyone to protect himself. We call Jax a rabbit, but given his lanky figure, i think hes actually a HARE (or a jackrabbit). hares are solitary unlike rabbits. But also, critically, theyre still PREY animals. Jax hates being the butt of the joke, and possibly viewed himself as someone vulnerable before entering the circus, but has overtime changed to be more aggressive so that he WONT be viewed as “prey”. (in some cultures, hares were seen as trickster spirits...)

Kinger

Kinger is the ONLY human character to not have limbs with his avatar and that HAS to mean something. I think he views himself as not having any agency. Theres countless hints of him being involved in the creation of circus, which with his chess piece avatar, perhaps he didnt believe he had any real control over the project, more just “a piece in the game”. BUT being the KING piece, he also had some critical significance to it. He was quite possibly the lead developer or project head, but still was unable to make more of an impact than he would have liked. A king piece is the last one to take in chess but kinda defenceless by itself.

And Pomni.

I will admit that i dont have a fully formed idea of her, and that we actually dont know much about her? So a lot of this is speculation. But we DO know she posted her urbexing online. So if in the moment she put on the headset, she was thinking about “entertaining the audience” on her channel, it's not a huge stretch for her avatar to manifest as a jester, a professional entertainer. specifically not a clown; she wants to get laughs, not be laughed at

its so silly it should be a trend

had to go hunt on @robotlyra's blog she was one who originally drew it lmao