The Episode (Part 4)

On to the second half of the episode, we suddenly get a “boss fight” of Cyanide.

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Me: Ok, I got some things to say about this. Firstly, throughout the boss fight, I notice actual coding that can be probably ciphered, which I’m not even gonna try. But thankfully, someone named @mzoyagon already posted the translation of it.

It reads:

"my name is cyanide" "who am i?" "what am i?" "am i good?" "am i bad?" "my name is cyanide" "my name is teal" "my name is cyanide" "my name is teal"

This cipher probably represents the themes of identity, duality, and moral ambiguity.

I’m finally gonna go ultra analysis on this.

"My name is Cyanide" / "My name is Teal": The alternating names symbolizes the coexistence of the duality or conflicting aspects. Cyanide (or as Teal now)as a corrupt may represent as harmful or destructive. This could be further summarized by her name and definition she initially analyzed in Season 1, Episode 9, saying it as a deadly chemical.

Alternatively, she can be viewed as a "deadly force" - a project created by her caretaker and boss, Dub. She was intended to be a weapon, as demonstrated in this episode when she prematurely matured into her mature form before going to start attacking Cyan and the other Heroes in “ATTACK MODE”. Or, this one sounds kind of dumb but, you might see Cyanide as “the devil herself” along with this because… She has the devil horns on her head, heheh…

As for Teal, (which is still Cyanide herself, but has a pure being now and with a different name) her pure self simply represent a more balanced and calmer side, such as not being dangerous to those around her anymore as a sign of peace for finally being a pure shape like the main Heroes (Cyan, Orange, Gold, and Tsavorite).

"Who am I?" / "What am I?": These simple, seemingly simplistic questions convey a sense of existential uncertainty. Cyanide appears to be grappling with an internal struggle, questioning not only her identity but also her essence and purpose.

This image goes with “Who Am I?” from the translation here above Cyan. It also further proves my point when Cyanide expresses a “question mark” on her face.

"Am I good?" / "Am I bad?": The two lines imply a moral conflict. Cyanide may be questioning her actions, intentions, or inherent nature, perhaps influenced by her duality ("Cyanide" and "Teal").

This image goes along with “Am I Good?”.

This cipher emphasizes the tension between these two identities. For instance, Cyanide's boss fight could mainly reflect her wrestling with the understanding of finding her true morality and identity.

Her path to her redemption keeps on getting cut out because of her corruption & appearance as a corrupt, naiveness, and the large amount of mistrust, mistreatment, or misjudgment from most of the good guys. All she wanted was to find her true self as it eventually leads to her being a purely cured hero.

But, here’s the main problem with this, which I will get into a bit.

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After Cyanide gets purified back into her supposed pure counterpart, which she starts system rebooting herself. Cyan, in shock, says if he actually did do it, which Tsavorite expresses so much excitement by throwing Cyan up into the air before catching him.

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Me: OH WOW! The entire boss level method works SO. DAMN. WELL. That entire dumb Tree of Life purification method that Gold previously did for his caretaker, Pyrare was for nothing here to just cause... AN ERROR and have Tsavorite literally waste a part of his tree’s power while trying to cure Cyanide!

And you know what, chat? Wanna know the whole subplot for Cyanide's overall character arc here, everyone in my opinion….? Let's contextually ham-fist "The Woobie Trope" into a corrupted hero, who hates being a corrupt and trying to make every effort not to act malevolently or harm others as possible, while getting constant mistrust, mistreatment, or misjudgment from most of the other characters, and almost being painfully naïve for like S1 EP 9-10 to S2 E1 & 4.

I’M NOT JOKING! The resolution of this arc, felt unearned or overly convenient. Her internal struggle gets abruptly solved in an astonishingly simplistic manner, thanks to Cyan's intervention. The entire establishment for it just feels like such a damn cop out to make look way too fucking easy. For some reason, I fought at first that Cyanide was gonna be unusually unable to be uncorrupted. BUT NO! It gets so suddenly solved by having that entire Tree of Life method become instantly pointless here just for it to be so easily fixed by Cyan's heroic non-newbie skills through the "boss level method"!

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Gold says that he guesses Cyanide doesn’t need the Green’s tree, which Orange also replied about it too. After Cyanide “Power On” herself, she gasped while saying if she was actually uncorrupted, while looking at her new appearance.

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Me: I’m just realizing something. The main reason why it didn’t work was because she was born from the Cyan Tree instead of the Green one. Maybe if they would’ve done it with the Cyan tree instead of Tsavorite’s, than it would have probably worked.

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Cyan zooms over to Cyanide and asks her how she’s feeling, to which Cyanide says she’s feeling euphoric. Tsavorite, while still excited about her finally being a part of the family, he and Cyan asked Cyanide what they and the others would call her. After Cyanide starts thinking about what new name she should be called, she then tells the others that her name is now “Teal”.

Tsavorite says the name, Teal fits perfect for her and is officially now part of the family. Teal than thanks Circubit again for his help before the screen goes to black. The scene starts to move the camera to the Royal Graveyard, which we see the Reaper (La Danse Macabre) themselves. Circubit finally shows up and was happy to see the Reaper (La Danse Macabre) still here at the graveyard and wants to ask them for a favor.

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Me: OK, I wanna tell you something that I found out from the Reaper (La Danse Macabre)’s official appearance here. I recently remember a user named, @pavtriobnal that sums up it’s entire appearance in this image perfectly. It legitimately looks like a fucking SPUNKI OC. I’m not kidding, like am I wrong on this? 🤣🤣

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The Reaper (La Danse Macabre) asks about the favor, saying that it better be something than resurrection. Circubit replies to the Reaper about having the resurrection part only be preferable to only himself and then says it’s something else that he wants.

Circubit asks the Reaper for a request to corrupt a caretaker, in which the Reaper questions him about which caretaker he’s referring to. Circubit answers that it’s Iris himself, while unbeknownst to the duo, they are being spied on by the Bossfight Group, Cintagon and Circumsphere.

Cintagon says, “Oh my god” before asking Circumsphere about the reason for revisiting his homeland. Circumsphere tells him that he had a hunch that the reaper would be a problem due to the Pink Corruption Virus, and saying he didn’t expect Circusic would be revived of all shapes, implying to the dead spheres in the graveyard.

Circumsphere tells Cintagon that they need to return to the Spheral Village to warn the others as possible before the credits shown.

The Episode finally concludes here

Final Verdict

Ok, now for the final verdict for Season 2, Episode 4 as a whole. I’m gonna unfortunately gonna give this a 4/10. Season 2 is… Really starting off to a pretty bad start for me in my opinion in the first 4 episodes…

Cons

Most of the episode was like a poorly constructed Cyanide-focused installment. Nothing else... Circubit’s return was handled clumsily, seemingly shoehorned out of no where without proper buildup or context. His sudden reappearance, coupled with the introduction of his new ability to allow himself to control between as a pure or corrupted shape, felt contrived and poorly integrated. His return is basically wanting us too see how the fucking catalyst for Cyanide's prematurity will go. But, this transformation left it's execution left so much to be desired just for it to immediately go away in this episode.

Additionally, the lack of explanation regarding Circusic’s abrupt reversion from Season 2, Episode 2, which inexplicably led to his sudden change back into his corrupted counterpart in the opening scene was just a bizarre oversight to watch. Unless, you guys provide possible theories like me on WHY it happened in the first place. But, there was no clarity or context provided for this shift.

Heroes are about to start swearing, which is just generally uncomfortable. Circubit unintentionally teaching Cyanide the swear word, "Asshole", even though the duo doesn't care, which is just totally unnecessary for cheap, lazy humor for the series (although some of you people will probably find it funny or not).

Cyanide’s (now Teal) character arc has been profoundly underwhelming. The progression from a kind yet overly naïve corrupt, mistreated and dismissed by those around her for three consecutive episodes, to a sudden desire for change, feels poorly executed. This shift, culminating in that subplot being resolved abruptly within this episode, comes across as a rushed and lazy decision.

Pros

Now onto pros, which they are at least a few.

Cyanide’s boss level was actually interesting, especially going along with the cipher analysis for her character. Even though like I said, the execution isn’t good enough for me.

It is somewhat intriguing to observe Circubit creating a specific task by the Reaper creature, aiming to corrupt Iris for reasons that remain unclear—possibly as an act of revenge or for some other purpose. It could be potentially good for this development to open a door for an actual plotline to explore the dynamic between Iris and his corrupted counterpart. Such as, diving into what he's soul realm will look like, revealing his counterpart's motivations. Or, maybe perhaps even exposing hidden insecurities that Iris harbors but conceals from those around him like how Cubic expose Cube's insecurity on his caretaking skills to his hero, Cyan since Season 1, Episode 3. (But, I don't know, considering his unlikability).

The Bossfight Group is set to return in the next episode, most likely airing somewhere next year for Season 2, Episode 5. We get a bit of additional depth of Circumsphere's character, as he reveals to Cintagon his awareness of Circusic and the Reaper Creature, even though I expecting more here. It is also possible that Circumsphere and Circusic may have once been acquaintances or even former friends.

So yeah, this episode is way worse than simply receiving a present filled with black coal on a warm, Christmas morning.

Hey Everyone! I want to try and go a deeper analysis on the “Circubit's Reoccurring Memory” short video! ^_^

Firstly, let’s analyze the key elements of this short.

Key Elements

1. Circusic’s Desperation:

Circusic: "Huh? W-where is it!? It was right here!"

In the beginning of the video, it first shows a sense of urgency and panic coming from Circusic’s confusion and alarm state, indicating him being in a critical situation here. This was because of him trying to find some unknown item that has been taken or moved, which escalates his desperation.

2. Iris’s Father’s Accusation:

Iris’s Father: "I knew it. You were only here to take what's precious to this castle.":

Circusic: "No! Th-that's not true! You got it all wrong, j-just let me ex-":

After Circusic noticing this “item” that he is trying to steal here, Iris’s father showed up an accuses him for trying to take what is precious to the Royal Castle. This accusation shows significant conflict here between the relationship of Circusic and Iris’s father.

I think Circusic’s attempt to explain here suggests that he is trying to portray himself of being misunderstood and falsely incriminated. He appears that he is wanting to try and lie his way out of this accusation as quickly as possible, but regardless, I don’t think that would be enough in this type of situation.

3. Punishment and Judgment:

Iris’s Father: "QUIET! There is no excuse for this! We all trusted you!":

Iris’s Father: "You need to pay the price. A dastard like you don't deserve to live.":

When Circusic was being unjustly accused or likely lying he’s way out of his interaction Iris’s father for his actions here, Iris’s father’s anger and authority are evident, showing him alongside his family feels deeply betrayed. His refusal to listen to Circusic indicates a rigid stance and possibly a history of mistrust or conflict.

Iris’s father’s harsh judgement underscores the gravity of the situation in hand. Not only that he calls Circusic a “dastard”, it implies him being cowardly and stupidly enough to treacherously come inside the Royal Castle, thereby risking a death sentence at the hands of the royal family, from the king himself.

4. Circusic’s Plea:

Circusic: "Wait! p-please wait!! STOP!!!":

Circusic’s frantic pleas for mercy indicate his fear and desperation, highlighting his vulnerability and the life-threatening danger he faces as a consequence for coming to steal something so precious that belongs to the royal family.

Wait a minute… I’m not done let for this section…

The Aftermath Of Circusic’s Plea

I would like to present one of the artworks from Season 2 that I captured through a screenshot before the episode's premiere in October 2023. In this artwork, it depicts Circusic being wounded by Iris's father and subsequently attempting to escape through the front entrance of the royal castle while bleeding profusely (his blood is seen clearly seen pouring out of him onto the castle’s floor). Eventually succumbing to his injuries, Circusic is presumed to have passed away shortly thereafter. This artwork serves to bridge the gap between the events of the "Circubit's Past" and "Circubit's Reoccurring Memory" short videos within Circusic’s past so far, directly following Iris's father's assault on him.

5. Flashback and Present Connection:

Shift to Circubit

Circusic: "Geez, is this gettin worst?":

After Circusic gets supposedly killed by Iris’s father, the scene transitions to the present time, focusing on Circusic’s corrupted counterpart, “Circubit”, who is experiencing a terrifying flashback from his pure counterpart. Circubit’s reaction from this indicates worsening conditions involving reoccurring flashbacks of Circusic, when he said this final line of dialogue in this video: “Geez, is this gettin worst?”

My Thoughts On Circubit’s Reoccurring Flashback Ability

About this power, it is unclear that Circubit sees different or the exact same memories from his pure counterpart, possibly only traumatic ones. However, this strange ability has further proves to be uncontrollable for Circubit and periodically activates in certain instances throughout the series such as from what we’ve seen in this short and his boss level in Season 2, Episode 2. “A power that something that Circubit can’t seemed to control”.

Symbolism: One thing I like about this mysterious ability is that it symbolizes someone who has PTSD. “Circubit receives a haunting memory from his pure counterpart, Circusic’s demise that appeared to startled him after visiting through it.”

Conclusion/Main Conflict

This short's story concludes its mark by the dramatic shift from Circusic's desperate situation in the past to his corrupted counterpart, Circubit’s present state. It reveals about the lasting impact on the relationship between Circusic and the Royal Family, including Iris’s father, the king in this video.

The main conflict in this short is the confrontation between Circusic and Iris’s father, which centers around deeper underlying themes of accusations of betrayal and the consequences of lost trust. This video sets up the audience, like myself, questioning the true nature of Circusic's actions here and the fairness of Iris's father's judgement.

Was Circusic truly trying to steal something precious, or was there a misunderstanding about his actions?

Theories

I can only think of one, but if you guys have new theories about this short or Circusic’s character that you’ve ever said let, I would generally appreciate to hear it if you ever have the time to do so.

1. The Crown Theory

So my hypothesis may become glaringly evident if proven true, indicating that Brittany Robinson might be intentionally integrating plot elements from the upcoming (shitty and no one gives a fuck about) spin off series, "Iris's Story," into the non-canonical continuation. To begin our analysis, let us examine the artwork featured in the Circusic's Art video. Notably, in the artwork video, pay attention to the item adorning Circusic's head – a crown.

I’m theorizing that when Circusic used to have a better and dependable relationship with the royal family, signifying his significant status within their circles. I can support this by the presence of the crown itself on his head from the artwork video, suggesting that crown belonged to Circusic himself or was previously associated with Iris as a possible replacement.

Subsequently, upon the royal family's discovery of Circusic's transgressions, his reputation and trustworthiness eroded, prompting his desperation to reclaim his standing by attempting to steal back the crown as depicted in the "Circubit's Reoccurring Memory" video. However, Circusic's efforts to recover the crown failed him, potentially due to Iris's father preemptively taking possession of it before Circusic could execute his own theft.

I know haven’t got a lot of analyze posts to say about the TPC series, but I want to actually fully talk about Cintagon’s backstory here, including truth of Pentellow’s mother, the Green Tree of Life’s conversation, etc. It is because I definitely know it’s still terribly written to this day for me…

Scene Overview

So apparently, Cintagon’s story discloses crucial information regarding Pentellow's origins, her mother's fate, and his own paternal relationship to her. It revelation serves multiple narrative purposes: it elucidates Pentellow's background, contextualizes Cintagon's challenging past decision between the Green Tree of Life’s request (we will get to this bullshit part later…), and establishes a profound emotional connection between the long-separated father and daughter.

Analysis

Cintagon’s Revelation

Lines:

"It was before this pink virus existed."

"Your mother died from giving birth to you."

"So your father was going to raise you like any parent would...But..."

"He had to give you away to someone else."

Setting the Context: Cintagon starts by mentioning a period before the Pink Corruption Virus was created. It contextually shows how this backstory is gonna playout later on within this discussion.

Grief and Responsibility: Cintagon’s statement about Pentellow's mother dying at childbirth, introduced a profound sense of lose as Cintagon's use of "your father" in the third person creates initial distance, building suspense before revealing his true identity to Pentellow.

Conflict and Duty: The word "But..." introduces a turning point, highlighting the internal conflict between his parental love and his sense of duty, evident through his promise to raise Pentellow like any other parent would.

Pentellow’s Curiosity and Shock

Lines:

"Why?"

Innocence and Curiosity: Pentellow's single-word question encapsulates her confusion and longing for understanding of her seeking the truth about her past and more about her family's background.

Cintagon's Explanation and Vulnerability

The Backstory’s Dialogue:

"The tree of life told him to. It said his daughter will become the second caretaker, and will succeed at it. If he's willing to give you to someone else. He was devastated. He thought he could never see her again... Until now. I can finally tell you why I had to give you away."

Forgive me for my stupid computer pen writing skills here....

So basically, this flashback represents Cintagon's vulnerability through the Green of Tree of Life's request in order to have his daughter, Pentellow to become one of the Caretakers. It is testament if he is wiling to give his daughter to someone else. So, remember the promise Cintagon made to take care of his daughter like any other parent would?

Emotional Devastation: This will get heavily influenced and destroyed here, humanizing the depth of Cintagon's long-lasting emotional toll for sacrificing his chance of taking care of his daughter in order to have her become one of the chosen ones.

Revelation of Identity: By saying "I can finally tell you why I had to give you away," Cintagon reveals his true identity as her father, blending relief, regret, and a desire for reconciliation.

Alright, here’s the main fucking problem here…

I don't mind Cintagon being Pentellow's father, but the overall execution of this main storyline arc needed more improvement. It was so underwhelming, rushed, and poorly-written. The initial episodes of Season 1 (1-5, and possibly 6) primarily felt like we were focusing on Cube and Cyan's characters when they basically became caretaker and hero in the first few days. But however, this sudden shift to Pentellow's backstory on searching for her long-lost family feel somewhat abrupt and disconnected.

The buildup to the realization of Cintagon's role as Pentellow's father lacked subtlety, with foreshadowing that was overly transparent. By the conclusion of Season 1, Episode 9, when Polyhedron stated, "Oh, you need to find this guy named uhhhh…. Cintagon," the revelation had become quickly predictable, diminishing its potential impact.

Now we talk about the backstory here. In essence, the Green Tree of Life makes a highly controversial and seemingly unjustified decision, instructing Cintagon to go fuck himself to cease all of his parental responsibilities towards his daughter for a period of 24 years. Let me say this AGAIN...! "A FUCKING 24-YEAR TOLL." I don't like this because The Tree's request was just so unreasonable and poorly justified. Like, the Tree was just seeming to disregard Cintagon's paternal role and emotional well-being, not wanting him to actually take care of his daughter for no fucking reason WHY…!

Overall, this main story arc for Pentellow appears to have been implemented hastily, resulting this storytelling experience with so much of wasted potential. Pentellow dosen’t get a whole lot of character development, Cintagon’s backstory was poorly-explained with the Green Tree of Life being so nonsensical and out of character for the sake of being a asshole toward Cintagon.

Hi everyone! It's finally time to delve deeper into Season 2, Episode 2, and I'll be sharing my theories to support my analysis. Whether my final verdict scores will rise or remain the same determines the depth of analysis required for the TPC episodes. Here's how I'll structure the sections throughout the episode:

Sections

For the sections, I was going to analyze the conversations from Ajaceare/Lycanthropy and Pyrare/Ajacenus, but they don’t seemed that interested to go deeper besides Lycanthropy’s lead and Ajaceare’s pure counterpart, “Ajacent” and the sisters.

The Royal Graveyard.

Iris and Circusic’s Conversation.

1. The Royal Graveyard

Now, let’s analyze the Royal Graveyard. Looking back at this episode, It is so lore heavy… Also, before I start this off, just look how pathetic the entire graveyard’s gate looks… Look at this shit!

This gate looks so underdeveloped in the episode’s making, that it looks so pencil-drawn in which my 4th grade self CAN SIMPLY DRAW THIS SHIT ON PAPER!!! This just further proves my point on the rushed quality of the episode.

Anyway, let’s get started here.

What is the Royal Graveyard?

Well according to Rincle, the Royal Graveyard is a graveyard where all of the spheres who used to be tied to the royal castle passed away. She also said this line “Well, except for the prince" which we could all agree that she is referring to Iris as the prince himself because clearly his parents are the king and queen of the Royal Castle.

However, Rincle never mentions anything about the prince’s parents such as the king from the “Circubit’s Reoccurring Memory” short. If this is the case, than Iris’s father might potentially be dead or maybe not.

Theory about the Royal Graveyard

In a hypothetical scenario, the presence of the corrupted flowers hovering around the Royal Graveyard suggests a level of purpose for them to be over there. The corrupts may be seeking something important over here that might indicate a means to undermine the royal lineage. I also have this to say too that might sound wild. Do you know that the Reaper creature appears to have the ability of Resurrection right?

Well, beyond the gate, I notice a faint pink glow emanating from behind the gravestones, sparking a thought. Could it be that the Reaper creature is situated within the graveyard, utilizing its powers to reanimate the deceased spheres into more undead corrupted shapes such as Circubit.

2. Iris and Circusic’s Conversation

Now, the moment that you all been waiting for, let's analyze the conversation between Iris and Circusic. This is probably was going to be the most important aspect about this episode. But unfortunately, their conversation was pretty obviously abrupt on the surface. How about a deeper look into this might help me try and reveal its true significance.

Initial Tension and Surprise:

Circusic: "Ugh...Huh..?"

Iris: "Finally awake. Circusic?"

After Iris questions about Circusic is actually alive, Circusic had a initial groggy response. This indicates him recovering from being unconscious for so long after getting supposedly killed by Iris’s father from the short “Circubit’s Reoccurring Memory”. Iris’s comment implies that he has been waiting for Circusic to regain consciousness for maybe hours later.

Surprise and Bitterness:

Circusic: "!"

Iris: "So. It's been awhile. You seem ALIVE and well."

Circusic: "Teh! Same to you. Iris."

Upon Circusic notices Iris, this exclamation suggests that he was startled or alarmed by Iris’s presence. This is because of Circusic hasn’t seen Iris in such a long time, which can be confirmed from Iris’s line of dialogue here “So. It's been awhile. You seem ALIVE and well." Iris’s also acknowledges the time that has passed since him and Circusic’s last meeting before the main events of the series started. He also expresses surprise that Circusic is alive, hinting at a belief or knowledge that he shouldn't be. Circusic responds from Iris’s response with a derisive laugh, indicating bitterness. His mirroring of Iris's sentiment ("Same to you") suggests that he is equally surprised by his survival.

Underlying Resentment:

Circusic: "I don't know why you're surprised that I'm alive. Shouldn't even care anyways! You should just care about you and your girlfriend!"

After that, Circusic’s next two responses is his confusion on Iris being surprised from him being alive and acting defensive and accusatory about him just caring for him and his girlfriend, Pentellow. He said to just care about him and his girlfriend, Pentellow implying that Iris has no right to be surprised or trying to act like he’s concern about his well-being and brings up his girlfriend, possibly as a way to deflect or hurt him.

My Theory For Underlying Resentment

Strained Relationship: From what Circusic was trying to actually say here, is that this might have something to do with past neglect or betrayal. This notion can be further supported by the symbolism of the "Broken Heart" observed in Circubit's boss fight in the preceding episode (Season 2, Episode 1). The appearance of the fractured heart during the boss fight suggests deeper emotional connotations as noted TPC analysts like @braincellll have tried to delved into implications of the heart’s symbolism. Circusic's mention of Iris's girlfriend could indicate jealously or hurt feelings.

It’s possible that Circusic did have (if this is the case) feelings for Iris. However, I don’t generally think that this is true because Circusic has a unconfirmed sexuality and their relationship is most likely more on the friendship side from my perspective.

Mystery of Survival:

Iris: "I just want to know how you are breathing right now?"

Circusic: "Oh ya know! The same way you are! And you know what I mean by that."

Despite that, Iris’s question about Circusic is still breathing right now suggests there is a mystery behind his survival. Because of this question he answered, Circusic led out a cryptic response indicating that both of them share a common, possibly something special behind it. This line hints at a deeper connection or shared experience between the two.

But wait, I’M NOT DONE HERE!!! WATCH WHAT I’M GOING TO SAY NEXT!!!

*Rewinding Back To The Short*

Do you remember the "Iris's Discovery" short? According to this short, the events that followed the video ACTUALLY took place immediately after Season 2, Episode 2. To ensure accuracy, let me explain.

While looking back at photos of his teenage years, Iris is STILL questioning how Circusic could still be alive and well, just as he had been doing within their conversation in Season 2, Episode 2. This led him in this short to rediscover his awareness again of a familiar creature he had encountered at some point before the main events of the series began. The creature's name was "The Reaper."

Overall, the short's title clearly indicates that Iris's persistent questions about Circusic's revival, starting in Season 2 Episode 2, ultimately led to him remembering the creature, The Reaper, once more in the "Iris's Discovery" short.This probably makes sense because from the statement from what Circusic said: “Oh ya know! The same way you are! And you know what I mean by that” which still confused Iris from the look of his expression that eventually led to what I said about the Iris’s Discovery short.

My Theory For Mystery of Survival

The Reaper Encounter: I’m starting to think that the possible implication of Circusic’s statement here that it has something to do with their encounters with the Reaper creature both its pure and the corrupted counterpart (La Danse Macabre) according to the shorts.

Iris’s Encounter: I think that Iris possibly gotten killed at some point and was revived by the Reaper creature, but at the cost of losing his hair permanently, his triangle chest glowing black, and gifted him his mark and it’s associated powers.

Circusic’s Encounter: From the look of his past, Circusic had a indirect encounter the Reaper creature, but as a corrupt (La Danse Macabre). However, he doesn’t get the chance to see it while being alive because of him after getting supposedly killed by Iris’s father in the “Circubit’s Reoccurring Memory” short.

So basically, Iris and Circusic have a similar experience with the Reaper creature from a direct and indirect standpoint before the main series even started. This does make it seem like Circusic is trying to seemingly make Iris aware of it, but was still confused from his response before figuring it out in the Iris’s Discovery short to confirmed his awareness again.

Avoidance and Frustration:

Circusic: "Anyways! I gotta get goin'!"

Iris: "Wait. I'm not done talking to you!"

Circusic: "Well. I'm done talkin' to you!"

Iris: "Damnit"

After that weird part of the conversation, Circusic abruptly ends the conversation, indicating his desire to avoid further discussion or confrontation. Iris’s urgency suggests he has important or unresolved issues to address with Circusic. Circusic's final retort shows him shutting down the conversation, highlighting his avoidance and possible resentment. Iris's frustration at the end signifies her desperation or exasperation, emphasizing the importance of the conversation she was trying to have.

Conclusion: Overall, the dialogue in Iris and Circusic’s conversation is complicated and strained from their relationship. It is marked by past conflicts, possible implications from the Reaper creature, and unresolved emotions. Circusic’s defensiveness and frustration toward Iris shows possible neglection or betrayal that has something to do with between him and Iris’s current relationship status with his girlfriend, Pentellow. Furthermore, Circusic displays a tendency to avoid the conversation, indicating a reluctance to delve deeper into the matter—a stark contrast to Iris's persistence in seeking further engagement for closure. This dynamic shows deep underlying issues and a share history that significantly influences their current interaction within this episode.