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Jax knows what's going on and he's being the most douchey peacekeeper about it.
Anytime the tension rises, Jax comes in with a quip or remark to chill everyone out.
When Gangle asks about Kaufmo:
When Zooble asks where Pomni is:
And when Pomni first brings up the exit he acts like a dick to distract everyone
When the group decide they want to check on Kaufmo and find Zooble he assigns the best people based on how stable they are.
It might be possible that he didn't know Kaufmo had abstracted at this point, but the fact he paired up Kinger and Gangle on the less stressful objective shows he knows it's a possibility since no one has seen Kaufmo and that those two wouldn't be able to handle it if they saw him the way he turned out and could abstract themselves.
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For me, the fact that the Amazing Digital Circus opted to give Kinger and "Queener" matching avatars implies A LOT, especially if we follow the belief that the avatars act as psychological reflections. Here's my own take:
Studies have found that long-married couples will effectively share a single mind between them. Their brains outsource specific mental and emotional tasks to one another, such as memory, communication, or certain types of problem-solving. This causes the death of a long-married spouse to effectively rob the living partner of half their mental faculties. And due to how our brains decrease in neuroplasticity as we grow older, a long-married mind isn't really capable of re-learning its lost functions.
Kinger's current mental state very much resembles someone trying to function without their other half. There's memory problems, multiple occasions where he has to rely on Gangle or Zooble to point something obvious out to him, and a clear emotional instability.
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Ok so I have only watched TADC once and the first thing I'm drawn to right off the bat is Kinger.
He's quite the guy and I think moving forward he will be one of the more interesting character to delve into. One of the things about his personality that immediately comes off is that, in spite of his mind being a bit all over the place, he is actually fairly knowledgeable on the world they find themselves in.
Jax does express confusion when Kinger begins explaining to him how the food in the DC works, which could indicate that either he didn't take enough interest in Kinger to hear what he was actually saying most of the time (this could be the case as he seems to be super dismissive of just about everyone), or that Kinger doesn't express his knowledge often. I think it could be a mix of both.
Honestly, his mental state doesn't seem to be an act. I believe that, due to being in the Circus for so long, his mentality is verging more towards that of the npc characters like Caine -- wacky and nonsensical at times -- while also still retaining the capability of deeper though like the playable (player?) characters. I wonder if he kept the knowledge he has acquired overtime mostly to himself and just recently started to express it randomly because of the previously mentioned change in his mind.
When talking about Kaufmo, he is the first of all of them to realize that something was "wrong" with him and reaches the conclusion that he was going insane (which was later revealed to be correct as Kaufmo turned into an Abstraction). During that instance, he expresses his concern for Pomni's own mental state.
He's been here a long time. He's probably seen many others become Abstractions, just like Kaufmo: he knows what the warning signs are. The fact he also outright refuses to go check on Kaufmo indicates to him having an ounce on what might have happened to him, as well as the possibility of him knowing what the effects of being caught by an Abstraction are. Ragatha said she was in a lot of pain while glitching; it might be possible for Kinger have touched by an Abstraction in the past, or he watched it happen to someone else.
((Either way, Ragatha and Jax don't really seem to consider Kaufmo's Abstractification (?) at all when going up to check on him, meaning he might have been the first actual companion they had who turned into one.))
Another thing that shines through in his personality is that, in his own way, Kinger is a caring guy. When doing rock-paper-scissors with Gangle to decide who would have to save Zooble, he celebrates his victory before sprinting into action.
Gangle is visibly confused by this, as she was expecting to be the one who would have to help, but Kinger interpreted it differently and was more than happy to get Zooble help.
He's such a strange guy. I love him.
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The theory that Kinger was a beta tester for Digital Circus. And I drew this
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Everyone thought it was going to be either Ragatha or Gangle
Well, they already released a preview of chapter two and I think I know who will get depressed.
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So I watched The Digital Circus, thanks to my buddy @minnesotamedic186, and now I have somewhat of a theory/interpretation.
The Digital Circus is a metaphor for the autism spectrum (or neurodivergent people in general).
Each character within the Circus have various ways of coping with the situation they're in, all of which are real coping mechanisms:
Jax being passive-aggressive in order to keep from being attached to the people around him, while also not being a complete asshole.
Ragetha being the complete polar opposite, caring too much as she tries to make sense of the world around her and maintain a routine.
Gangle wears masks in order to conceal her emotions; in other words, she mostly masks herself while being around others.
Kinger is a recluse, hiding inside his "impenetrable fortress" from the Digital Circus and refuses to do anything outside his comfort.
Pomni freaks out and becomes filled with paranoia and dread, unable to escape the environment she's in and is expected to accept her fate as a new member.
Caufmo becomes an abstracted character, losing himself to the stress and ultimately being cast aside as a "broken" being.
Meanwhile, Caine and his buddy, Bubble, can be interpreted as society's lack of understanding how neurodivergent people work. Since Caine is the ringleader of the entire digital world, he's immensely powerful and yet he's unable to truly help Pomni and the others.
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So following the "the TADC characters aren't humans trapped in a game, they're digitized copies of humans and the real humans are just going about their days" theory...
How fucked up would it be if said humans are actually WATCHING the TADC play out as if it's a game of Sims you just created all your friends in and set to autoplay? And with about as much empathy?
"LMAO dude our characters fucking hate each other now"
"Dude your character just went insane and burned down the whole tent haha"
"Oh my god your character abstracted ALREADY?? Lmao dude it's been like 10 minutes what happened??"
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There's a trailer for TADC episode 2
Let's just cut the shit, ratta-tat, pitter-patter and get this show on the road!!!!!
It looks to me like the adventure of the da will see the crew (minus Zooble, so screw me and the other Zooble fans, I guess) being taken to the candy castle town by and admittedly adorable gummiphant thingy. The last shot somewhat reminds me of Caine explaining what Gloinks are, so I can only assume the MPPEP syrup Bubble is presenting will be the mguffin of the adventure.
The gang will be provided with a candy truck for their quest, and Jax will be provided with a flintlicorice, because why not?
I'm honestly shocked Goose's love for Gummigoo didn't tip us off to him being evil, either way, it seems him and his 2 goons (one of which references Pizza Tower and is thus automatically a great character) will repeatedly try to stop our plucky performers from
We get 2 brief glimpses of Fudge Monster, who seems to have a hypnotic stare and is a good bit bigger than I expected.
Now for some misc. details.
Judging from the background, this might be Gummigoo finding himself in negative space in the code after the adventure he was made for is finished, which might build to something in future episodes.
I have no idea what's going on here, but it can't be good.
And lastly, when we see the May 3rd release date, Pomni specifically calls out that she was sent to a meat freezer, which makes me think episode 3 will be the one to take place at Spudsy's.
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I've heard a lot of theories about Caine's name, and while I'm not sure if anything's been confirmed by the creators (I don't use a lotta social media and stuffs so I'm not entirely in the loop if they've said things on there), but I have my own little theory. It's not really that complex or anything, but here goes nothing! This is based just on what was seen in the pilot, so I may be wrong about Caine's characterization. After all, we only have a little to go off of, so far!
So, I hear a lot of people mention the Cain and Abel story from the Bible, but I personally don't believe it is connected to that, so far.
I think it might be a reference to novocaine, an anesthetic which is most commonly used during dental procedures to numb an area of the mouth. It's not the most common drug used for dental procedures, since that's now lidocaine (which, well, also ends in CAINE), but it the most commonly known drug and used to be the most common. I mean, for one, Caine's head is literally a set of teeth with gums, and novocaine is injected into the cheeks or gums. The other reasoning I have for this is that while Jax, Pomni, Zooble (is her name is referencing something I just don't know what it is), and Gangle's names don't have much to do with their appearance, Kinger, Ragatha, and Bubble's names do. Kinger's a chess piece, Ragatha is based on a Raggedy Ann doll, and Bubble is... well, a bubble!
Another reason I have for this is a bit more metaphorical. Since Caine is and AI and the ringmaster, as well as the fact that he is clearly trying to keep the humans trapped entertained, he's essentially there to try to numb the fear, dread, and mental pain that being stuck in the Digital Circus causes. By distracting them with adventures, witty dialogue, and even going as far as to try to make a fake exit to keep them hopeful, he's basically doing what he can to just keep them sane so they won't abstract, even if he isn't the best at doing so. He can't get them out, he can't 100% for sure keep them from going insane, but he can provide mind numbing distractions and games to give them something... possibly with the hopes that someone outside the program may, one day, get them out. It's a bit like how novocaine can't *fix* the problem you're going to the dentist for. That's the dentist's job, not the anesthesia's. The novocaine can only numb you up while they do so.
EDIT/ADDITIONS: Another thing is that the reason why most modern dentists don't use novocaine is because, even though it is a minority of patients, some people have severe allergic reactions to novocaine. It is less likely to have a reaction to lidocaine, which is why most modern dentists use that, or other anesthetics, instead. This could relate to how Caine WANTS to help the people trapped, but due to his own obliviousness and habit for mischief, he more often tends to cause distress instead of joy or fun. He has every intention to help them, be it bringing joy or simply distracting them, but there is a flaw that is causing problems with him being successful at it.
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As tumblers biggest Jax hater (/j) I do find it VERY interesting that Jax helped Kinger and Gangle get away from the abstracted Kaufmo in his own stand offish way.
Yeah he threw a fucking bowling ball at them and threw them down the pit without warning but he got them both away from Kaufmo when he himself could of just hopped in and escaped himself like he did with Pomni and Ragatha.
That with the quote “We’ve been stuck here for years. Old Kinger over there supposedly been here the longest.” Makes me think that maybe Jax and Kinger where the first two or the oldest two in the Digital Circus.
Maybe Jax was less closed off once and maybe once Kinger was less part of the madness … you hear what I’m saying ?
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Since we know the performers are humans that entered the circus it’s interesting to theorize who they used to be before that. Of course we have very very little information but I still wanted to work with what we do have because it’s deceptively a lot. At least for 2 characters, but I’m not gonna talk about pomni. She has alot of religious imagery tied to her but there’s nothing really holding that together. Anyways imma talk about Kinger.
We are told 2 things outright about kinger, he’s been there the longest and he’s “crazy”
My theory is that Kinger was the lead developer/ someone high up that worked on the circus. Out of everyone he’s the one with the most logic when it comes to the world and how it works which is weird and insane to anyone looking in. A lot of this can be chalked up to pure experience but things like the nutritional value of food or timing when someone will abstract is a little outside things he should be aware of. He’s a white king chess piece.
White moves first in a game. He probably is the first to arrive, trying to test the game before the company sells it to the public. He’s also a weak but extremely important figure in the game. If anything gets too close to him, he’s in check essentially. The tent’s floors are also a chessboard theme which probably doesn’t mean anything but I wanted to mention it. He refers to himself as “royalty” and the lead developer of a game would probably be considered such. Everything is screaming that he’s important.
Under the cut I’ll talk about his other design elements
Out of the 4 characters that wear gloves only 2 both have white gloves, Kinger and Caine. White gloves also seem to be our “cursor” of sorts but that’s not the only thing these two have in common. They also have the same style of eyes, more bloodshot in kinger’s case, they are asymmetrical humanoid eyes that both share blue as one of their colors. It’s a bit strange that they share these traits when they could’ve totally gone fully unique. It feels almost deliberate.
They are both as crazy as each other but one is introverted and one is extroverted. Obviously they’ve known each other the longest so I wonder how their relationship is onscreen. Though something I’m realizing is that Kinger and Caine’s teasers were also connected! They were telling two sides of the same story. Bubble tries to chomp Kinger but Caine reels bubble back in.
I wonder if Kinger’s actual name is Abel.. that’s going too far I think lol. I need to see a fully green eyed character now
There’s definitely something here but I don’t expect my theory to actually be what canon will become lol.
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Jax also seems to know a lot about the layout of the digital circus
After he finds the bowling ball, he does a bit with rolling it down the 'zooble hole' where a bunch of bowling pins are. Could just be a joke, but the way it's shown and laid out seems more like he knew they were down there despite Kinger and Gangle having no knowledge of it, suggesting that it's not common knowledge for everyone to know it's exists.
There's also the fact Jax has access to locked areas.
The fact that Jax is even able to get into other rooms means he has to have some sort of abilities/IT admin rules within the digital world. But once again he turns the topic to centipedes to distracts Ragatha and avoid her asking further about it.
And once Jax goes to the Gloink nest you get this line:
He's been through this before, he's seen others be harmed and likely killed in this world and then go back to normal. So, that's heavy.
And once Kinger explains the concept of eating in the digital world, he immediately jumps to questioning on how he got that knwoledge:
It makes sense if Jax is the only real person who is aware of as much of the world compared to others though, since he likely is wanting to escape as well.
The fact that this is brought up is important, because it takes everyone watching the episode a while to realise that Jax is actually doing a ton of things to keep the place semi-calm. He's not some amazing figure, he is a douche to everyone, but considering the circumstances he needs a release. Or maybe that's just his personality.
No matter what, Jax knows a lot about the digital world and it's secrets and is pulling tricks like a purple Bugs Bunny to keep sane and prevent further problems. Whether it's to avoid irritating situations or whether he cares about everyone else is up to interpretation.
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I wonder if maybe part of the reason Caine was so quick to leave when Moon flirted with him is for Pomni's sake
I have a headcanon/theory that Caine sees the human souls as children; that's why he doesn't allow them to swear and gently scolded Pomni for trying like a stern yet loving father.
So, maybe Caine was worried that Moon was about to say... some not very G-rated things, and he rushed to get Pomni out of there because he didn't want this person that he sees as a child to hear any of the Moon's potential dirty talk.
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kinger and his pre-abstracted love
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Why lamb? You know
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