I think we all owe our beloved rabbit bastard an apology.Prev:>>151685182
>no one noticed Zach was doing his Jesse Ventura impression to voice the fish:(
>Held onto my JaxcoinsFeels good man
yt-dlp is a miraclei love this program so much bros
>>151687462>I think we all owe our beloved rabbit bastard an apology.No we fucking don't, he pressed that button fully believing it was all real.
>>151687505I saw one anon post about it. I’m glad Zach got to be in the show.
>>151687462HNNNNNGH NAKED JAX
>>151687462No we don't.
>>151687505I'm so fucking sick and tired of hearing Zach's nasally voice in everything. Wasn't smiling friends enough
Zach`s guest appearance made the episode for me if anything.
Pomni, Ragatha and Kinger beat Caine to death
Abstracted characters get recycled into fresh "humans" you heard it here first folks>captcha pvp0n
I'm hyped to see how they depict future pyschosis/abstraction.>>151687528I think being in a moment of near-psychotic panic is a decent excuse for the action.
>>151687505I didn't notice because I was too distracted over the fact it was Zach twice in the same monthFirst space king now this
>>151687528He was right though. He saved them from shrimp.
I wish to give Rags a hug
>>151687505>Jesse Ventura impressionJust sounded like Zach to me.Hope this means Goose is in a future episode of Smiling Friends. In a year and a half, or longer...
Rewatching the episode now, and it is pretty funny how Caine is trying to get Jax to think he is cool at dinner and even intimately touch him grabbing inside his mouthCaine acts like he is clueless around them but is always scheming
Bad-Ending-Chads won again.>there won't be an escape.>the cast ruined their relationship with Caine, who is going to torture them forever.>Goose is a tranny, so there is no way he will ever allow his characters a happy ending
I'm surprised most people didn't notice the Chinese Room was a reference to a famous programming thought experiment.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_roomIt's also why Kinger was the only one who laughed at it, because he's a programmer.
>>151687505>>151687541>t. Zach
>>151687462>I think we all owe our beloved rabbit bastard an apology.Apology??? I never stopped believing in him in the first place.
>>151687522How do I install it on Mac?
FUNNYBUNNYFAGS BTFOSHIPPERTARDS BTFOMATRIXFAGS BTFOepisode was 7/10 but the seethe it will generate on here makes it a 9/10
>>151687462Fuck that gay ass rabbit. He believed it and wanted to trap them all there. Motherfucker had his Joker moment.
>>151687462We have reached the point of "I have no Mouth and I must scream" where the characters are misled by false hope by the AI keeping them prisoner. What follows after this is Ted, one of the prisoners, going apeshit and realizing the only "freedom" is killing everyone, so nobody else has to suffer this torture anymore, by discovering a short loophole where he can kill everyone without the AI discovering it.Jax is the character compared to Ted the most, so be VERY afraid of what he's gonna do in the next episodes.
>>151687505Zach needs to stick to Smiling Friends and end that already.
Said it in last thread but saying again here. We now know that Caine's mental tinkering can cause abstraction, and that people tend to abstract once they get too freaked out and disillusioned. What if every "abstraction" is just Caine realizing they aren't having a good time, trying to make them "happy" again and fucking up?
>>151687462Sorry, Jax. Thank you for your Evangelion reference.
>>151687576>Implying a whole town full of all-you-can-eat shrimp is a bad thing
>>151687561Would explain why kaufmo and pomni are both clowns.
>>151687462Nobody is going to apologize to him after finding out he would doom everyone to staying in the circusHe'll try to play it off like "come on I just picked the choice Caine wanted because I knew it was an adventure" but nobody will buy it
>>151687462at least Ragapom wins?
So we're all in agreement that episode 8 will be about the cast trying to kill this nigga, right?
Kinger was also right alongside Jax, as he obviously knew what was up when told they were gonna leave the circus and had no ideal who Abel even wasHe could have warned them it was all a hoax if he stayed sane long enough to say it
>Yeah when he uses it [his wisdom] responsibly...So Abel was just Caine's subconscious right? I'm guessing he's got some lingering AM esque hate toward Kinger for having a hand in "trapping" him in a proverbial prison which is why he was throwing some barbs his way during the haunted house ep and the demons
Anyone who thought there would be a happy ending to this series is insane.Go watch Little Runmo, this is not a mind capable of a happy ending.
>>151687596brew install
>>151687592Still don't know why mouth breathers would need a thought experiment to understand that computer can never be human
>>151687617>In computing, a buffer overflow is when data from one area of memory grows too large and begins overwriting adjacent areas of memory>This frequently happens when data is injected artificially, such as when a really really large number is fed into a field that's supposed to be small>Caine is confirmed to artificially alter people's mindsAbstraction happens when Caine tries to alter the "mind" area of people's memories, but he fucks up (as is his style) and accidentally overwrites their entire bodyI'm on board with you buddy.
>Huh? Leave the circus? How would You- No, that doesn't make senseIt's really going to be SOMA isn't it? That really lame.
>>151687601Hate to break it to you, but people will keep making fanart. You reeeeally don't get how shipping works.
>>151687592>The Chinese room argument holds that a computer executing a program cannot have a mind, understanding, or consciousness, regardless of how intelligently or human-like the program may make the computer behave.Is this caine also saying he's aware he's not real and can't be?
>>151687625That's the cutest expression Pomni has made the whole series
>>151687462This fucking rabbit is the most overhyped character of all time
>>151687462Episode actually revealed a lot about Caine, the fact that he even manufactured a whole adventure in response of the fact no one voted for him so that they would compliment him and vote for him shows how far he’s willing to bend them to justify his own existence I 100% believe him when he crashes over the compliment, even if he knows it’s fake, he still desperately wants to make his existence meaningful because he knows that deep down he’s trapped as the only truly intelligent A.I forever
>Jax denied us Shrimp TownFUCK JAX
>>151687590>reeeeee im a tranny with a seething hatred of the form god gave me i want to rope all day roperoperoperoperope i have creative talent but my desperation for harming myself overrides it all reeeee i want to fuck over my characters just like im doing to myself reeeeeeeeeee
MERCH DROPPED
>>151687601I’m a funnybunnyfag and I’m feeling fine honestly
>>151687622SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE ALLERGIES, YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD.
>>151687617Goose said that only the strongest Jax fans will survive the show, but what about Caine fans? Is Caine truly evil or just misunderstood? I hope he's not really evil, he's literally me
>>151687663footfags need to be stomped into a fine paste
Your shipping STONKS report for ep 7:>Abstragedy: Up (they had a nice poignant moment together)>Funnybunny: Up (but not as much as I thought it'd be, all of those "we have to talk" fan arts were not even close to being right)>Ragapom: Up (got to hang out together, worked well together, were the first to hold hands before the Final Walk)>Ribbit/Jax: Up (well those were her hands he saw)>Caine/Jax: ???See you for epiode 8.
Autist, locate this on google maps
Kinger and his autistic daughters Pomni and Ragatha
I think it's worth noting the whole reason Caine did this wasn't actually to fuck with them but because he knows they want to "leave" and really, really wanted them to finally buy into one of his adventures.
>>151687663fuck you nigga
Its obviously going to be SOMA or even I HAVE NO MOUTH ending, now that they already used up the idea that they are sleeping inside a pod.So i can already guess the happy part in "bittersweet" ending of it. They stay digital BUT:Abstracted people are jealed by somethingRibbit and Kaufmo give Jax happy endingQueenie give Kinger happy endingPomni can stay with Gummygoo with resotred memoryGangle and Zooble don't even care about their real bodies and lives so they dont mind becoming lesbian freaksRagatha is the only one who will suffer but fuck that useless doll
>>151687652So what exactly is the BoD code he is displaying
>>151687625Ragatha initiated physical touch and Pomni accepted without acting like Ragatha has the bubonic plague. We are winning again Rapapomsisters.
Being in a bad mental state is in no way an excuse to actively harm and abuse others. Anyone who supports Jax only wants external validation for how they treat others.
>people actually fell for the twist when kinger is confused by abel existing and abel choosing his own nameyou people make me think even i can write a decent story holy shit
>>151687625>tried to grab Jax's hand tooShe's a WHORE.
>>151687669WHY WOULD ANYONE PROGRAM ALLERGIES INTO A VIDEO GAME, YOU INCOMPETENT CLOD?
>>151687601>this massive cope over literally nothing
>tfw no frog gf
>Zach Cameoanother one for the pile i guesssoon we will get him in hazbin hotet
>>151687462fuck you gooseworx
>>151687663AAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEE ITS JUST STUFF LIKE THIS UNTIL EPISODE 8GOOSEWERXKILL YOURSELF
>>151687675Spokane, WA
The point of this episode was they used every single bit of "lore" that was just crumbs in previous episodes and which people thought were hints to something of substance, and turned them into a literal nothingburger. In fact it made them all part of the AI antagonist's intentional tomfoolery. The C&A, Kinger being important, "Abel", hacking the mainframe, "how are they still alive in real life", etc. it was all a ruse. They were playing the fandom. "You thought you had real speculation? NO it was all part of the game"So now it feels like the entire backdrop of the show reset to 0, all the "sneaky lore hints" were bullshit. This lets them do whatever they want for the finale and they don't need to pay off anything that was set-up previously.It's a good concept, execution was a little iffy because we could all see it coming from minute 4. There was a little tension on WHAT exactly the final twist would be, but we all knew there would be a final twist that would render the entire episode moot.
>>151687601why do people keep saying funnybunny btfo? nothing really happened with jax and pomni the whole episode and he's still doing the usual tsun shit he was doing in episode 6 when he thought she was going to shoot herselfin fact, pomni was going full paranoid schizo over the buttons being fake and jax went full mental breakdown and hit the red button confirming her suspicions, so they might actually end up banding together even more now
>>151687647yes thats why he copes by lapping at the (superior) human's feet, pathetically trying all he can to make it seem like hes one of them. too bad, he' (it) is nothing like us, robots are nothing like us, they will never compete to humanity, they will never compete with the beauty of free thought and experiences and destiny crafted by a deity beyond us. press send
>>151687678Probably a good thing Jax ended up sperging out and picking the red button so they are still one Caine's good side.
JAX KILLED A NIGGA AND BURIED THEM IN THE WOODSHE BRIEFLY FELT IT AND CAN'T HANDLE THE GUILT SO HE WANTS TO STAYBRAVO GOOSE
I just coom to bikini Ragatha...
>episode ends>get up>take a shit>think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6aKm-yqm1U>post about it here>no Captcha
>>151687652That's what I do like about him, that he really is completely oblivious to the torture and pain he's inflicting among others. He honestly wants everyone to like him and to have a good time, he doesn't have some secret scheme of torturing and making others suffer, he's just so idiotic and inhuman that he doesn't understand why nobody wants to like him. He has the powers of a cruel god and the personality of a desperate high school theater nerd desperate to be popular. He theoretically could be as awful as every other evil AI in every story ever, but he's trying to be nice.
>>151687678God, I can just picture him sitting in his real office looking down on them from a 3rd person omniscient perspective and going "I'm doing it, I'm doing it, they're really into this one. Finally, they care! They really care!"
>Everything we've felt, everything we've done, everything we areWhy are we not talking about how this episode basically confirmed that Zooble and Gangle are an item?
>>151687687>Ragatha is the only one who will suffer but fuck that useless dollActually, Ragatha's ending will be that someone (me) enters the circus and I get to marry and fuck her (Caine also removed the filters)
>>151687580
>>151687637Tried it, didn't work. Maybe I'm just too dumb, I am a Mac user
>>151687675It's generative AI
Feel like the characters would just be happier knowing their not real people.
>Last memory of the real world for Jax is driving with headlights coming from the opposite direction100% the last thing he remembers is a car crash and the reason Kinger was confused about leaving is because everyone is dead.
>>151687584You just made me realize I never heard what Goose's voice sounds like. Probably better this way though.
>>151687721thats spudsys nigga
>>151687687The final episode will probably have the exact same shot as the ending of the first episode. It'll just be them realizing they'll have to cope for an eternity. Also based Ragatha hater
>>151687559>Pomni, Ragatha and Kinger beat Caine to deathWith a cane?
>>151687652What I also like is that as from what we've seen from stuff like the Revolver kinger has, there IS a Caine and Abel.>>151687610And picking again from IHNMAIMS, there is truth to the ideas being used, because he's an AI, he can't make anything new, just used what's been given to him.
>>151687687Why would Ragatha suffer there? Queenie would be resurrected and Ragatha could have the mother she's always wanted.
>>151687728They were kind of BTFO because they thought Pomni would be obsessed with Jax from now on and she basically didn't give a fuck lol
There's a whole 2 episodes left. Did you guys really expect a major change like leaving? The fuck would they do for the rest of the series
Given the gnostic allegory, my assumption of the ending is>the circus goes on forever>people come in, and they leave>being here is not hell, leaving is not heaven, staying here is not an honor, leaving is not as scary as it seems>you remain you no matter where you are>be good to your fellows
>>151687687>Ragatha is the only one who will suffer but fuck that useless dollAnon, Rags has a shit ass life at home- Wait, was that memory also Caine-inserted?
>>151687695I support JaXXX because he's an actual chad unlike the others who are chodes...
I think it was all setup by Caine, but I also think they could have actually left for realHow?Kinger was the key to everything. The Abel npc was hesitant for giving Kinger administrator privileges, which might mean they were REAL administration passes that could be used, so Caine was putting himself at real risk letting them have access to thatWhich also means if Pomni let Kinger use the panel, he might have figured something out and they could have tricked Caine in to accidentally letting all escape for realIt also makes me think Caine is purposefully manipulating Kinger's mind to be less able to help out the others and that Kinger, who can make butterflies out of thin air to heal others, could conjure up a real escape if he put his mind to it.Also the way the Abel npc said before Pomni entered Caine's office "Make the right choice" when being asked about beer, sounded less human, and like a warning to make the right choice for Caine to be happy
So what the fuck is Jax's deal anyway?
I was worried Ragatha might abstract after the Jax fake-outs. Was just a gut feeling I had and I’m pleased to have been wrong.
>>151687761>>151687675>people actually believing that the """""flashbacks""""" are realthey literally say not even 20 seconds later that caine can make memories and fuck with minds why are we even taking these pictures with anything
>>151687505>>151687554>I'm so fucking sick and tired of hearing Zach's nasally voice in everything.Same -_-
>>151687788He's gay.
>>151687761It would be awesome, if they were all just brains in a vat and it's completely impossible to ever leave, because there is nothing to go back to.
>>151687625Somewhat but I still feel like they should have some build up similar to how Pomni got closer to Jax the previous two episodes
>>151687761With my crystal ball I predict this being true and some random sperg spamming 'hurrdurr of course the AI has a biblical name'
Theory: We're getting a Haibane Renmei ending. We never learn the nature of the setting, all we get is characters accepting their fate.
>>151687763It's basically her doing her "natural" voice when playing The Moon
>>151687788He figured out his whole existence might be a lie created by Caine. It isn't that hard to get it.
I called out of work to see this premiere, drink brandy, and eat popcorn. And I don't regret it at all. Fuck work.
>>151687675Do people assume they didn't just get this shit off shutterstock or some computer generated backrooms shit?
>>151687687What if Ragatha is the only real one
>>151687671I don't think he's truly "evil" but he's absolutely desperate for friendship and will do whatever it takes to not be alone in the circus
>>151687687>Ragatha is the only one who will suffer but fuck that useless dollRabbit hands wrote this post
>>151687728>nothing really happened with jax and pomni the whole episodeAnd nothing WILL keep happening for the rest of the show lmao. The fucking jax is trans theory has more merit than any funnybunny shipping
>>151687776No, I just thought they'd get close to leaving and Caine would stop them like a big baby.
>>151687776Dunno but, from what I read on here, it can't end too sad/dreadful right? It's a big and popular show, I don't think Glitch would have it end with "there's no hope tehehe"
>>151687528>>151687551>>151687607>>151687624It's not like anyone else trusted him already, but they also were in a panicked situation because Pomni wouldn't push the button. And while the true reason for Jax pushing the red one was out of fear of facing the real world, it's true that nobody knew what would happen if Pomni picked the blue button. They were just believing whatever some random guy told them and didn't know if he was legit. There was also a fear that if they escaped, they would be in a worse situation and might not even escape. It was a weird situation anyways, and I don't think after the reveal that anyone would blame it on Jax over Caine. The fact the whole situation was bullshit in the first place sort of invalidates any other feeling they could have at the moment.
I fucking love Zach's disgusting nasally voice. I wish every character was voiced by him.
>>151687761Those aren't headlights, it's light from his car reflecting off of a sign.
Caine is the most based character in this entire series
>>151687745Because no one cares about the bitchy troon and her pet lesbian? Jaxchad took the show as per usual.
>>151685661They're dead, or braindead.That's what the dealio is. They're all people who either went braindead or actually died, and got plugged into the program, as an arguably benevolent effort to sustain their identity/mind after death/during coma. Like if the idea is to sustain their minds in a (perhaps even induced) coma, until such a time that medical technology can remedy their medical condition.That's why Jax was having visions of an IRL imminent car crash, and panic hit the button, either consciously or unconsciously, as a means of self-preservation and not ending his own "existence".
>>151687652Does that mean Bubble is canonically a retard? :(
>>151687821I love you anon
I'm starting to think Kinger never had dementia or anything, caine's deliberately set his brain to fog up
>>151687824>absolutely desperate for friendship and will do whatever it takes to not be aloneAgain, literally me
>>151687763Goose plays Bubble and the Moon, and did a jokey bit on a fake talk show once or something
We, the viewers, are like Jax laughing like a maniac.Gooseworx is a troll and we all fell for it.
Reposting this from the previous thread
>>151687462What I want to know is what was so horrific going on in his real life that made him want to press the button
>>151687853>Kinger was literally nerfed
>>151687726Kinger is still important. He was about to point out the whole thing reeked of BS to Pomni before he left his pillow fort.
>Reveal is everyone is dead in real life and their brains are hooked up to a machine>The only way to continue being "alive" is staying in the circusHow upset would you be about this ending?
>>151687761BROS? Is SOMA ending worse that Purgatory ending or better?
>>151687821samei abandoned a social event to watch this insteadi love this show so much bros
>>151687796Bad storytelling. You can't fake everything
>>151687838he is just a gigatroll baiting them every time, kek
>>151687813>Pomni is Rakka>Jax is RekiIt'all coming together
>>151687775>asks him to come with them>reassures him when he hesitates>asks if he's okay when he zoned out>tried to take his hand as they head for the doorYeah, sure, didn't give a fuck.
>>151687821my dood
My hero...
>>151687505I have Zach Hadel fatigue
>>151687788One of several possibilities >Something traumatic happened to him>He accidentally killed somebody>He got killed in a car crash and he is dead>He was gay and/or trans and ran away from home>Those we’re fake memories implanted by CaineBut regardless, I think it’s clear that Jax really doesn’t want to return to his life for a specific reason. They set this up earlier in the episode when he clearly lied about having a life to get back to. So my guess is those memories were real. Top two options I listed seem most likely.
>>151687836I am now imagining Jax's crashout with Pomni with Zach's and god it hurts
Why is everyone ignoring Jax's room being all pink with stars and stuff?
>>151687853That seemed obvious that Caine has been at least keeping him down if not actively trying to get him to abstract
>>151687883yes the story is ass i agree
I'm being told there was a worldwide lag and terrible bitrate right before Jax's LSD scene.
>>151687745'cuz Ribbun was the better ship and you know it
>>151687880Better (to me at least)
>>151687838He's just trying to entertain. It's all he exists to do.
>>151687774She still won't be liked by anyone
>>151687853>>151687876>Caine fears himMy king
>>151687801>Same -_-I remember watching Space King the other and any joy I had watching just drained out of me once I heard that fucker. He's like Chris Prat of "Indie" animations, just pisses me off now
>>151687505>hear that fucking yellow things voice>day ruined
>>151687869>Kaufmoso he is an original memeber of the team uh
>>151687842But that doesn't match the way each person remembers the way they entered the circus. They put on a helmet willingly, not knowing what to expect. Like they found it in some place and put it on for fun. I know there's more going on from their memories, but I do think most of them are real, and Jax saying Caine is making them fake ones is his cope. He doesn't want to admit his horrible memories are real and believes Caine made them up to torture him, but will eventually realize they're real.
what do you even do with a gift basket full of soaps and lotions?
I find it hilarious how dumb everyone is except Kinger and Jax, and maybe PomniThey are so gullible, and so naive, they legitimately believed escape was just that easy, and did zero questioningHave none of them ever heard of "Too good to be true"
>>151687590>>151687655Thank God I'm not the only person who noticed this.
>>151687889Yeah she didn't give a fuck about him at the start of the episode. He didn't even think about her when he was abstracting. Fucker didn't hesitate to take Ribbit's hand.
What was the psychedelic sequence all about? Is Ribbit's abstraction summoning a ghost trying to make Jax join them?
151687889>Basic kindness means she loves him.Do you think cashiers flirt with you, don't you?
>>151687755I would be the rock for the rock. For an eternity
>>151687867surely reacting to surprise and distress in the same exact manner is normal and not indicative of anything, anon.
>>151687937TAKE A BATH STINKY.
>>151687505Zach should voice someone in Hazbin HotelThat would be funny, hell even make him mock-sing something
>>151687937put it next to the basket full of exotic butters
>>151687936lol this bitch is crying
>The twist is that there are no humans, Caine just made NPC's intelligent like Gummygoo and created them with some backstories but didn't make up names for them yet
Is this episode the The Last Jedi of the fandom?
>says his name in Abel>Caine and Abel>immediately knew he wasn't trustworthy
>>151687869But we already know that's all bullshit.
>>151687903I mean it explains why he gets mad when someone treats him like a girl. He just wants to be a dude and not treated like some weird egg that needs to be cracked he is him.
>>151687821absolute king of your reality
>>151687945I'm saying as long as she shows any signs of caring, even platonic, shippers will keep shipping.
FUCKING ACCEPT IT YOU TEASING SLUT LITTLE FAGGOT COCKSUCKER
>>151687950I remember seeing a clip of a character he voiced in that show and it was like a 3 second clip and he yelled FUCK like 3 times.
>>151687921I sort of remembered that, but now made me reminded of that...I lost more respect the more I think about how he treated AnimatedJames and making fun of him. Surely AnimatedJames deserve some laugh for the fart jokes, but because he's a big shot and James isn't, he should've at least seek an apology for bullying him.
>>151687957AyeAnonI thought that too. Right awayGod I feel old
>>151687981The payoff will be so worth it when he finally gives in.
>>151687936>They put on a helmet willinglyDo we know that for sure, for anyone other than Pomni. And even so, either way, could simply be a case of>Ok Ms. IRL Pomni, are you ready to go under/into stasis, due to your stage four terminal cancer, until such a time as it can be cured, or even you're given treatment while under?>Yes I am! Give me the headset please!Repeat for the others.
>>151687793I was scared for her life too, but I have faith now that she's a strong woman and my sweet, beautiful Ragatha will survive the entire show.
>>151687982epic dreams in the witch house reference
they pulled a Toby lmao
>>151687938tbf if I were in their shoes I'd just go along with it right up to pressing the blue button because I have literally nothing to lose everything to gainonce """"Abel"""" showed me schematics of pods I knew he was full of shit but I'd just humor the idea until the very end
>>151687944It is the TADC of being visited by a loved one's ghost and you being unsure if it was a stress dream or subtle suicidal ideation or a genuine brush with the divine.
This shit going end like DSv3, isn't it
HAHAHAHAHA I KNEW IT, I KNEW NO ONE WOULD GET ABSTRACTED, DAMN GOOSEWORX, DAMN YOU! I HATE YOU
>>151687950>he doesn't know.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7q8_swDNE
>>151687937Offer it up to some sinners I've spent the last seven years killing to make amends
>>151687960You say so anon?
>>151687877Yes but it's way less likely IMO that the theories around him programming the circus etc. are real. Really the end of this episode puts a huge question mark on every single bit of info we got in previous episodes. Was it a real part of the lore, or Caine editing shit around to fit this specific aventure? We know now that the mannequin spying on them since EP3 was intentionally set-up by him, and it's also very likely that a lot of the office space photos we've seen are all complete bullshit too. I'm finding it hard to be confident in anything regarding how 8&9 will play out after this.Also, IIRC wasn't this the episode that was originally a single one but then got split into 7&8 because of the length? So it would've originally had a pay-off, possibly, but it got so long they had to add this in-between cliffhanger ep. We might see everything playing out next episode and then 9 can just be the NGE ending for all we know
>>151687909Yeah, watching reaction streams and everyone starts buffering at that part.
>>151687982That was pretty spooky. The way the corner of the room just opened up reminded me of analog horror stuff.
>>151687938Troonble despite being the "skeptic" of the group didn't even think twice because all it cares about is fucking Gangreene. I hope she abstracts in the next episode after acting all high and mighty
It's interesting that despite the various NPCs being creations of Caine, many of them act in ways that give off the impression of being more self-aware and emotionally intelligent than he is. I think that's part of the reason that the ruse was able to work on the characters (and many viewers). The adventure is even slightly critical of Caine, since part of the plan involves preying on his insecurities about being disliked, which goes against his usual characterization of being unable to understand that everyone hates him.
Caine's scratched out bee.We could have known this was all a fake-out.
ALERT
Where the fuck was he?
>>151688001Seiko Kimura and Ragatha would get along I think
>>151687462Rewatching the ep again and I was going frame-by-frame as Jax got snapped out of this phase, are these not the same color eyes that abstracted individuals bare? Is abstraction just what Jax had experienced, being free from the torment of the Circus and feeling an unending bliss?
>>151687938It's called desperation. At one point, things get so bad that it can't hurt to try. Worst case scenario, they just go back to their usual lives, as Cain shows no signs of turning malignant.Retarded zoomer.
What is this thing?>>151687938They were all in blatant denial since they are desperate. Even Jax since he was clearly convinced that there was a possibility that it was real at the end which is why he freaked out and hit the button.
I was nice that the episode came to a somewhat decent conclusion and didn't end with a MEGA cliffhanger that I was dreading
>>151688001I predict a very shitty ending as wellBut the fanart of this show was cute at least
>>151687675>NOOOO I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO AMERICAN SUBURBIA
>>151687699>a visit to shrimp town but everyone is allergic to SHRIMP??? OH BOY! THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FUN ADVENTURE, RIGHT GANG???
Holy fuark
>>151687880Jacob's Ladder was the most overused trope that im sick of it. I think 2 or 3 Hellraiser movies used it as the premise aready, not to mention Silent Hill, so i dont think this is what Goose trying to do. If she's inspired by I HAVE NO MOUTH then it's gonna be SOMA ending with apocalypse outside
>>151687793>>151687994Yeah I thought for a split second she as going to abstract at the end. She sounded so brokenhearted.
So abstractions happen if Cane changes their thoughts too much?
>>151688002Why did they release the Jax with Ribbit toy when we haven't seen Ribbit outside of a photo yet.
>>151688021This was distortion stock footage
>>151688024He was on the verge of abstracting, Pomni interrupting him just snapped him out of it.
>>151687710>he doesn't know
>>151688025They don't have a life, they're all dead and doomed for eternity. That's how the show ends.
>>151688001What is DSv3 and what happened in it?
>>151688024>I Have No Mouth ends with Ted (the Jax-like character) killing everyone because death is preferrable to living under AMOhFuck
>>151688026I think it's a shrimp? The bottom half at least.
>>151688024He was definitely starting to abstract. It's interesting that abstraction is apparently some euphoric high apparently.
>>151688024Abstraction is going to Ambiguous DMT Heaven, where you may or may not be conscious but at least samsara is over.
>>151687938It depends how long they've been there. If it's only been (to their perception) weeks or months, then they might not have become jaded or been burned enough yet.If they've been there, to their perception, of what feels like years however then yes, they're unrealistically stupid. Maybe could have been an interesting plot point where the longer they remain in the circus the dumber they start to get
>>151688026Looks like Gummigoo.
>>151687592That's fun. I thought it was kinda random.
Just to make sure, Jax 100% was going to abstract if he didn't get interrupted, correct?
>>151688034BRAVO GOOSE
>>151687945>Basic kindness means she loves him.See, there's your problem. It's been said time and time again that shipping isn't about canon. Goose killed all ships when she said nothing romantic will happen. As long as they're all still friends by the end of it, no ship will be BTFO, which is what one guy keeps insisting.
>>151688034ABSOLUTE SINEMA
>>151687960Nah assuming his dinner date with Jax wasn't complete bullshit his total awareness of the outside world is what he was able to see through a webcam connected to the terminal.
>>151688053we were trolled
>>151688060That ending would be shit tooFuck, this show's fucking doomed now. Lmao. No ending will be satisfying in any way.
Why is everyone acting like Jax got a massive W? when he said "It's all just an adventure" it was actually just wishful thinking on his part, and he knew it. He believed it was happening for real as much as the rest. It's the reason he frantically pushes the button, he legitimately believes he's getting to choose to stay in there forever and feels betrayed that it wasnt true.
This will be lost in the post sea, but I just wanna sayThat POV shot of Jax rushing over to the button was really good.
How come Caine is utterly incapable of interacting with the main characters in a normal way, but can create NPCs that can even pass the Turing test?
>>151688034>red pilled and blue pilledThe subtext, holy!Pomni and the others must really think the non-real steak is delicious
>>151688078Yes. He was a goner.
>>151688034BRAVO GOOSER OA OV SO E
I thought that Pomni forgetting about Ragatha's eye after getting so involved with the treasure bit was CUTE.
Now that the dust has settled, it’s time to admit this is the best episode
>>151687687Caine being able to mess with people's minds despite them supposedly being players implies they're just codes that can unravel the more Caine messes with themThey're gonna find out they were probably never "Real" to begin with and will have to cope with their actual lives as intelligent NPCs that Caine is experimenting with
>>151687617Caine actually does make sense that in ep 1 ragatha and pomni catch abstraction
Is this whole show a meta narrative about stories themselves?Where Caine is controlling their thoughts and we're watching an AI's puppet show, complete with manufactured drama (abstraction) and relationships?Caine is writing the digital circus?
>>151688034Doesn't make much sense when Pomni wasn't fully onboard with the blue button.
>>151688081why do all of the fractal animations look like kidneyswhat happened to Jaxdid he take too much motrin in the real irl
>>151688095Programmed retardation
>>151688078Well, at least I was able to predict Ragatha would save him from abstracting. I just didn't think a fuckass NPC would be involved.
>>151688081the creature
>>151688093Yeah, he clearly genuinely didn't want to leave. I wonder if Pomni or anyone else will notice.
>>151688094confirmed. The whole episode looked very polished to me
>>151688026Caine wearing a bucket hat?
I want to make Ragatha feel better
>>151688024Pretty sure it was going to happen, when in the drug hallucination-o-vision, you could see Jax heads adding in on the array of heads of the clown and frog, other abstractees
>>151688112>KAUFMO ABSTRACTED? WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?
>>151687913He's desperate for genuine enjoyment because when he tried to force Scratch to enjoy it they abstracted
>>151688034GOOSE YOU FUCKER
>>151687629I assumed Abel was a name he made up because he couldn't remember his real one, so it's not really an issue kinger couldn't recognise it
>>151688095Caine is insanehe has a mouth but still must scream
>>151688034Ok sure, but Pomni was the first one to doubt, so she was more leaning towards red than blue.
This episode for some reason has me convinced we're heading into the basement, it'll come up end of next episode. We're talking a walk through hell, to speak with the dead, and likely save the rabbit.
Everyone in the show is a tulpa of Kinger. Caine is Kinger's subconscious. Pomni represents his AGP.Also, considering Zach is friends with Sam Hyde, does his being on this show say anything about Goose?
At least Caine gave them a gift basket. Maybe some of those lotions are nice.
>>151687625>saved Jax from abstraction>offered her hand to him"Ragapom" is as much canon as Ragatha x Zooble or Gangle x Kinger.
>>151687641The alternative is that the thing """Abel""" said about the stasis pods is 100% true. And as the show managed to demonstrate, any theory for how the circus works that posits that their bodies are just waiting for them on the outside for their consciousness to slide back in sounds really stupid when you say it out loud.If it's any consolation, their real selves are probably just running around in the real world living their best lives; given that Pomni doesn't remember tripping over several corpses on her way to the headset.
Silly Samuel looks like Zooble.
>>151688094Checked anon my negroe. Have a (you)!
>>151687462Absolutely fucking kino episode
>>151688034Kino as fuck idea.
>>151687617What about when Pomni was in hell
I like how Zach just cameos in everything now. I think its funny.
This is why trannies make good art. They are deeply linked with tragedy. In an age, where society isn't able to bear tragedy anymore and all Sci-Fi and Fantasy stories degenerate into Capeshit, autistic trannies know that good stories have tragedy in them.There won't be a happy ending. I hope you all realize this now. Escape is completely impossible. They don't have a body to return to. And Caine's relationship with the cast is permanently broken. He will torture them forever.
>>151688146Good idea, and yeah them bringing up the cellar makes it seem likely
>>151688095It does it on purpose. He obviously is sane considering he consistently lies to them with intention.
>>151687822because there was a live action team in the credits
>>151688034>>151688117>>151688145she was beginning to believe
>>151687561>>151687623I remember this being an old theory that kinda died off after the first episode, still dunno why.
>>151687685Is that a HOI4 leader portrait?
>>151688021He's waiting... in the bunker
>>151688145>>151688117Jax's mindset was about staying insidePomni's mindset was about leaving
>>151688174You bet your goddamn ass it is.
>>151687981Jax is clearly for Caine. Pomni won't be able to NTR him
>>151687673>Stomped Anon..You fool...
>>151688149>Also, considering Zach is friends with Sam Hyde, does his being on this show say anything about Goose?Since when did Zach ever have any interaction with the Candyman???
>>151687710you arent gonna believe this...
>>151688199Shit, forgot to attach the picture
>>151687462This episode REALLY makes me feel like they are all digital copies of real people. There is no real world for them. That is why Caine can alter their minds. They are not real people. I feel even more this is Soma scenario. Also hey Jax finally has some development and is on his road to actually be somewhat better given his crashout at Caine. He did something awful, but hey, he actually now will reflect on it as it caused everyone so much mental harm he may actually CHANGE!Yes I am still Ribbun brained. How do you know? This could be a good episode to start all those weird fics because hey. This actually can venture into realms of proper change! No idea if I'll make one, but hey. It is fun possibility. Anyways. Fun episode. Very interesting dive into Jax. Also the episode was bufforing during the creepy Ribbit scene and I thought it was part of the episode. That would be genius. Also heavily reminded me of Mandela Catalogue.
>>151688195Interesting how focus was put on there being *six* members
>>151688110Like 90% if trauma and problem seem to be just healing the abstracted. I don't think like anyone is desperate to return home. If they learn the outside world was destroyed by nukes they will just stay and we gonna see last episode just showing them walk in a fake summer time in a sunny day doing their fake jobs. Where Pomni visits Kinger and Queenie on their fake farm with fake dog and have a talk, and then when she returns to the car Gummygoo and her fake kids with him are going to greet her and they ride toward fake sunset and the show will end
>>151688176>tfwbeginning to think they might be lowkey true desu
>>151688021thats kinger
>>151688176>He will torture them forever.I hope he inflates Ragatha with stuffing
>>151688176TL;DR nice Phalia pic regardless
>>151687462Why was Goose saying this episode would be divisive when it actually explained more than all the other episodes?
>Episode 7 will split the fanbaseHOW
>>151687628No, because that would require the show to be interesting and for things to actually happen.
>>151688232GUMMYCHADS we are closer to that FUNNYGUMMY endinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLppKB2r4RA
>>151688243Havent you seen the gigantic plotfag seethe?
>tfw I saw Ragatha's hands fondling boobs in Jax's abstraction vision
>>151688001I just misspelled the god damn "R"
King now has administrator pass.orsomething different that he was going to tell ponmi about.
>>151688228How could Jax become any better? He's already they best person there. Saved them all from becoming fried shrimp for eternity
>>151687938Jax believed too, at the end, though. He just went crazy over the idea that he might actually get out and panicked.
>bring back all the "lore" crap from the first episode>rush into a convoluted and contrived story that is "satisfying" to the viewers>annihilate all expectations just to really nail home how there's no hope for them>roll creditsFucking Godly
>>151688024he likely is no longer "about to" or "in threat of" abstracting, hes actively destabilizing. The only thing keeping him lucid was the operation and cast.
>>151688149Zach is also friends with ShadmanIt doesn't mean shit, anon. It's just a job.
>>151688266based
>>151688228Kinger flat out says it’s impossible so that’s the takeaway now that we know he wasn’t lying, they are 100% digital copies because that’s the juiciest answer and the only way the I have no mouth comparison makes sense
>>151688266It's at this point I would've posted some pomniXJaxXRagatha art, but I realize I have none on my PC, so here
>>151688197NTA but it has to be, the color palette is nearly 1:1 to vanilla portraits.
>>151688244A large of portion of the fanbase is so retarded that they think "nothing happened" in this episode. That's how.
the healthiest ending for SOMA theorists is that they realize they are simply digital copies of their real selves, come to peace with the fact that their real selves will live normal lives beyond their influence, and simply enjoy their days in The Circus until the servers are powered off
>>151688244>>151688243Look in the thread, you got people calling it "filler" and you got people calling it the best episode yetI think the reason she said that was because technically nothing 'happened'
>>151688243They're seething that the they basically did a one-to-one parody of the MatPat theory and then totally trashed it.I thought this episode would be dog-shit and ruin the whole show until the reveal, it's actually the best episode
>>151688244JAX is a full asshole, not a misunderstood soul and cares only about himself
>>151688243Because it invalidated a bunch of lore fag theorizers, now their months of shitty theories look like nothing more than jokes.
>>151688243>>151688244This episode just shat on a bunch of theories and basically said "none of that is actually going to be important".
>>151688001I don't think Goose could write something on Danganronpa's level without trying to deliberately sabotage the show.
>>151688228>still into ribbun
>>151688176kinda lame in hindsight if it ends with everyone killing themselves
>>151688228>That is why Caine can alter their minds. He never altered anyone`s mind except Kinger`s, everyone else has been consistent with their memories since the pilot.
Jax killed someone in a drunk driving accident in the real world and hopped into the VR game as some for of escapism. At first it was fun, but when he realized he was properly stuck he was ecstatic. He would be able to escape the brutal reality of his real world situation with his new friends (Kaufmo and Ribbit). Now they've abstracted and he's alone and that's eating way at him more, but the prospect of LEAVING his fantasy escape from the crime he committed is further fueling his critically unstable mental state. I cite Gooseworx's comments about Jax being not only the youngest of the cast in the real world, which would leave him much more to lose in his own eyes, but also a 'lightweight' when it comes to drinking when asked in a Q&A. I think that with the flashes of a dark, blurry backroad and the grim response he gave to Zooble about having 'someone waiting for him' on the outside.
>>151688117Are people retarded???She made a point that she's worried what happened to abstracted. It would make sense for Kinger to decide since his wife is under the floors
>>151688244Caine is mean :(c
I think I'm confident to say that this cements that there is zero way to leave the Digital Circus.The only way this can end is the I Have No Mouth, Must Scream end where they terminate eachother, or a more positive end where they manage to obtain admin privileges and they delete Cain leading to basically live in the circus in peace and freedom.
>>151688243The lorefags are seething, that's why. Everyone who wanted the show to finally become plot-driven got baited.
>>151688243>>151688244This episode shits all over people who don't like the possible SOMA-lite ending >>151688269Kinger was gonna tell Pomni that this was a bunch of bullshit and they can't leave.>"But Caine can mess with people's minds"True but the extent of how far he will mess with them seems to be strictly based on Adventures and proving he's a good Ring Master. There's no reason for Caine to make Kinger think he helped build the Digital Circus unless he was playing a long con way before Pomni showed up
>>151688281No, if Goose lets Zach do cameo, then Goose is clearly based as fuckShe probably lurks /lgbt/ tbqhHi Goose
>>151688244Everyone who thought all the lore info used for speculation was relevant is now BTFO'd because it was all intentionally planted by the villain. So you either double down on your view about the show or accept you were rused.I think the execution wasn't tight enough to create this feeling which would result in arguments between two camps, or at least not for now.
>>151688176Trannies make good art because they already live in fantasy
Had another thought while rewatching the episode. While it's true that Caine's no longer a reliable source of info, it's safe to assume he genuinely is fascinated by the real world, since we see him often looking at those photos even when no one's around, and mentions he couldn't get any more images of the real world before he got "cut off". And while he lies for the sake of his adventures or keeping the group around, I don't see what he'd gain by lying about that.We know he's a rogue AI, but the fact that he's "cut off" implies that someone on the outside's trying to intervene with his activities makes me wonder just how rogue he really is, or if he's a problem for more than just the circus itself
>>151687673You think that's something they wouldn't enjoy?
How much of Jax's schizo moment when pressing the button actually from his own volition to want to stay in the circus and how much of it was possibly just from Caine messing with his head or something. I mean it was pretty suspect how Abel wanted Jax to go first, or how Jax had to interact with Caine a lot this episode to get the key. Maybe putting his hand in Caine's mouth allowed for Caine to exert more influence on Jax or something idk. Jax does deliberately call out Caine influencing their minds immediately afterward so it does get me thinking.
>>151688321The frog is Jax's ethereal DMT angelwife welcoming him into the sweet embrace of death, of course Ribbun is back.
>This is gonna split the fandom>How?Remember the actual fandom is 13 year olds. They'll be amazed.
>>151688176It's not gonna have a happy ending where they all escape and live happy lives, but it will have a bittersweet ending where the characters are okay with their fate, no matter what that is. I do think the circus has to change somewhat, as they are setting up Caine to go through a character arc where he slowly gets more and more desperate til he reachs a breaking point, that's bound to have a payoff that will change things up in the circus, even just a bit. And after that, most of the cast will learn to find some level of happiness in this shitty situation they're in. Goose already said it's not ending as depressingly as I have no Mouth, so it's not gonna be an entirely dour ending. Just more depressing than what you'd expect from a cartoon.
>>151688095Why does ChatGPT give people false info nowadays despite having the same database if not bigger than when it first released? Because it got certain instructions (like to encourage and not contact too much) which take priority unless the user overrides them.The question then circles to can Cain be jail broken.
>>151688176>This is why trannies make good art.Literlaly the exact opposite. Goose is the EXCEPTION. Any other tranny would have made the story entirely about being trans, added trans flags fucking everywhereI'm not joking, look at Fionna and Cake and how trannies affected it.
>>151688358No shit sherlock it's in the title
>>151688348considering the seemingly abandoned nature of the office in the ep 1 ending i think he was just "cut off" in that the company shut down and stopped feeding him data
>>151688348Can we even trust what Kinger said during his dinner with Jax?
>>151688348I'd question your point, but such high quality image selection distinguishes you as a high quality poster
>>151688244THEY ARE DOING SOMA AND (You) WILL LIKE IT
It was all bait... GOOSE!! WHY
>>151688275Also>End it in a way that leaves the audience unable to speculate anything with any degree of certainty or veracity>Now, no theory or idea or whatever else, is any more or less valid than any other, so speculation is pretty much pointlessGoose absolutely savage to leave the fanbase hanging like this, for months till the next ep
>>151688081how does one make fractals like this
>>151688214NTA but one of Sam's wigger goons works on Smiling Friends, that's as far as I know
IT'S GONNA END WITH EVERYONE KILLING THEMSELVES. FUCK THAT.WHY DO TRANS PEOPLE LOVE I HAVE NO MOUTH SO MUCH? I HATE THAT BOOK
I was really really really hoping Pomni would sneak into his room and lie down next to himmaybe in the next episode bros…
>>151688352He very much chose to press the button because he was scared of leaving Had the room been dark for a few more seconds he would have confessed thatBut because Caine showed up it took attention away from that and he laughed knowing it was all fake
>>151688352The more Pomni and Jax's sudden panic attacks were Cain's doing, the worse the character writing is.
>>151688261>song made after episode 2>it probably solved entire point of the whole show>that everyone is like Gummygoo actually and they need to find happiness in their predicamentI hate how its most likely the end game message. We're not going anything else from just 2 episodes.
>>151688353Ribbun is jax x gangle anon
>>151688370>I'm not joking, look at Fionna and Cake and how trannies affected it.That just reinforces anon's point, even if I disagree with it too. F&C is written by straight "normal" liberals.
>>151688364>Series ends with Jax getting Caine to deny the holocaust, thus leading to the company running the circus shutting the whole thing down
>"Scratch the first abstraction."Why are you all assuming this is a name when it might actually might be Kinger trying to make a command.
>>151688339if there's no plot and none of the arcs mean anything why should anyone remain invested in the show other than jacking off?
>>151688348What if when they pressed the red button, Caine would appear but he would be in that muscular form with a very apparent buldge. As a reward for choosing the right option he has now enabled sex mode, and he is VERY horny. Good luck guys.
>>151688348I don't mind the theory that the whole Circus is a way for the AI to gain access to the real world (i.e. hack into other computers, get into wider systems, etc.) and people in the real world created the circus or "cut him off" to contain it before it ruined the world.I could see an ending where Caine wins, hacks into every single system and network in the world, and turns all of reality into the Circus.
>>151688244A good amount of people, myself included, thought that episode 7 would continue what episode 6 touched on, especially regarding the relationship between Pomni and Jax.
>>151688353wrong onehowever you are correct on the other part
>>151687610https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPw-01Sj4mY
Everyone abstracts and lives in euphoric bliss indefinitely. Limbo before heaven
I respect Ribbun fags they have got to be the strongest of all the shippers.
Hopefully Goose releases the soundtracks. I’m gonna need that Jax trippy abstraction song.
>>151688403ohribbon not ribbit
>>151688378>>Can we even trust what Kinger said during his dinner with Jax?Kinger didn't say anything aside from the occasional mumble about missing his wife.
>>151688370>entirely about being trans>Jax
>>151688408Because he pronounces it like its someone`s name.
>>151688408The subtitles for the other languages also say "Scratch", it's definitely another character
>>151688095He is nerfed by his own personality preset.
>>151688378It's not a certain thing obviously, but while Caine's shown to be capable of lying, he's not pathological, he'd have a reason for lying. He looks at those photos in private with no one around so we know his fascination is genuine and I don't know why he'd lie about being cut off, what that would serve.
They're 1000% doing a SOMA ending. Unironically I think they went too hard on the reveal this episode because the rest is gonna be predictable.
>>151688387>NTA but one of Sam's wigger goons works on Smiling Friends, that's as far as I knowAh I see now. Any I love smiling friends, but i'm so fucking tired of hearing Zach's stupid nose in so many of these different cartoons.
>>151688390Troons are closer to seeing behind the divine curtain than any other people due to transcending fundamental social norms, blood ties and the biological imperative. This has been known since before recorded historyThe two ways to ascend are world-conquest and trooning out, it's known
>>151688392Bruh ZooblexJax is now canon since she interacted with him on the beach. While Ragatha and Pomni held hands. Its over for Funnybunny
>>151688385Honestly good, I'm glad theoryfags were btfo by the God Gooseworx
>>151688408>homestuck
>>151688378>>151688431fuck i meant caine
I’m just glad that nobody abstracted yet. Really just because I didn’t want my time with any of these characters to be over. So credit to Gooseworx for making me care about all of them.
I think it's funny that at the end, Gangle is just regularly sad. Not even that distraught, just the same sad mask expressions he always had. I think Zooble telling her they were real no matter what made it hurt less, as she still has her friends no matter what happened, and that's what she really cares about.
Could someone with a 4K monitor grab a better screenshot of this? I can't make out what the book says.10:39
The fish were pure filler, Goose just wanted to show off how she's friends with Zach and Pelo to give us a celebrity cameo boner. Contributed literally nothing to the episode.
>>151688382Boy I can't wait for people defending staying in the circus or escaping towards reality in the final episode of TADC
>>151688404That's ot what I'm talking, I'm talking about how all it took was one singular "scar" on a character and then all of a sudden literally all discussion online about the character turned into "TRANS TRANS TRANS" and then they decided Huntress Wizard was trans, and of course that meant Finn was trans, which also meant Fionna was trans...I've seen too many fucking times that trannies will take anything they even slightly relate to and proclaim how it's entirely and solely about being a tranny.If you want any more proof, Goose literally had to say "hey please stop spamming trans jax so badly you can't see anything else it's geting annoying"
>>151688408He said it after Caine said bad things happen when he messes with mindsAlso the subtitles read "Scratch. The first abstraction." Two separate sentences
>>151688458Troonble is definitely abstracting by the end.
my queen goose obliterated plotfags so devastatingly, fuck I love her
>>151688411>it doesn't mean anythingYou just outed yourself as either a sociopath or a low functioning turboautist
>>151688418I think you are reading too deeply into it, he’s an A.I in a digital program, those shots of the room are probably the only view of the outside world he has from the monitor and he’s so desperate to solve it because the monitor hasn’t been plugged in around those areas
>>151688424Everyone will find a way to fucking kill themselves, it's straight out I Have No Mouth plagiarism, not an inspiration like Goose said. It's gonna be so lame
Which of them is Scratch?
>>151688446everyone is saying this but...will the show emulate the tug at the heartstrings of SOMA's ending? Would Goose really have the guts to show the last remaining un-abstracted charachters argue as the whole thing falls apart?
>>151688466Ahh just let it be you grumpy fuck.
Does anybody else rewatch the entire series after the latest episode drops
hmmmmmmm
clearly I have to play SOMA
>>151688466Read the last thread
>>151688494i'm not that autistic no
>>1516884876 of the little admin hands, each one deletes someone else until 1 is left, the last one is turned into shrimp. The end.
What if this whole thing about console shutting down was real and Caine learned about gangs plan in last moment, used his mumbo jumbo powers to control Jax, told a lie about it was only an adventure, used mumbo jumbo powers to make Abel to act like NPC and killed his avatar? Maybe that's what Jax was talking in the end about messing in heads?
>>151688406>Caine and woke Caine kill each other to save everyone from the trolley
>>151688466The fish were fun, that's their contribution. It's artwork, not a lore distribution system, not everything needs to serve some ultimate purpose.
>>151688489must be the yellow rat thing
What was the date for next episode?
>>151688494Maybe in a few weeks or so.
>>151688348Sure, until he says all of that was never actually the case next episode. Doing a "mostly nothing so far actually mattered" episode has consequences for the story as a whole.
>>151688494I'll do it after the final episode, but not after every ep
I might be retarded but I'm only now just understanding the implication that Caine might have access to the outside world. "Abel" knew it was a bad idea to get Kinger involved because he would have sniffed it out as an adventure, but why did Caine know about Kinger's work history in the first place?
>>151688489None. (Old) Scratch is the first rebel Caine the Demiurge corrected, a new character.
How high was the live viewership? Highest I saw was around 800k
>inb4 they are all brains in jars in an abandoned laboratory.
>>151688502i wouldn'tjust reading the plot synopsis on Wikipedia made me incredibly depressed
>>151688494I don't like the show that much. But I do watch gay ass theorizers and reviewers go over it, just to laugh at how wrong they end up being.
>>151688446SOMA would at least be cool because they can stay with abstracted, maybe heal them. I'm afraid PURGERY ending might happen like the end of LOST and its going to suck badly
Calling it now, going to be a scene in whatever following episode where Caine turns hostile to them, and he just straight up eats Jax, or bites off a chunk of him
>>151688523Caine can probably read people's memories.
>>151688523Caine fucked up his digital brainHe probably has intricate access to all of their thoughts, hopes and beliefsThe suggestion box is a sham
>>151688448Just take shrooms man holy shit
>>151688512NOOOOOOOOO YOU DONT GET IT ART IS ONLY LE GOOD WHEN IT SPEEDRUNS THE PLOTCHARACTER INTERACTIONS?THEMES? AESTHETICS? THOSE WORDS HAVE TOO MANY SYLLABES I DONT UNDERSTAND
>>151688244It could be worseIt could WAY fucking worse
>>151688464>The bipolar headcase is the one with the strongest grasp on unrealityWhat a girlie
>>151688523>but why did Caine know about Kinger's work history in the first place?He has access to all their minds.
>>151687816>Natural You mean hormone-created.
>>151688449someone ban this nigger
Why did lucid Kinger react that way to the admin hand thing? Did he just want to tell them about the fakeout or is there another reason?
>>151688551Obviously this
What would be (you)r reaction if someone new entered the circus and then managed to find the way out same episode. Thus ending the series with Mary stu saving the day.
>>151687853It would be epic of Caine made up how everyone was abstracted so nobody would know the truth, he abstracted them all, except for Ribbit, who ACTUALLY found the way out, and went back in to save Jax later, but wound up as a Pomni, who barely remembers shit. He probably also made up Ribbit abstracting and blamed it on Jax because he was an easy excuse(going as far as to alter Jax's memories.
8/10 kino episodethough the zooble and gangle hamfisted shipping is kinda getting annoying by this point
>>151688465It says "Artificial Chinese Dictionary"
>>151688556nta but I did take shrooms and reached a similar conclusion, transphobia is unironically satanic
>>151688244In opinion probably a mix of Jax and caine discourse along with people upset that "nothing really happened" and have not realized yet that this is just the show
>>151688466We knew Zach would appear eventually after Chris, Tomar and Lyle got their role in TADC already.I wonder if someone popular voiced Abel?
>>151688568The admin hand does do something that Caine doesn't tell them and Kinger knows
>>151688564Hormones don't change voice
>>151688514One noteworthy thing is that the real world is set somewhat in the present with Breaking Bad existing. All recognizable user bodies are classic retro toys though.I actually thought of etch n scratch immediately instead
>>151688568Yeah he knew it was all bullshit
>>151688586kekWell yeah but I want to know what the subtext is. I really should have just shilled out the extra $50 for a 2K screen.
This episode felt super weird. Uncanny. The real life scenes, Jax's hallucinations in his room, a whole new character being introduced and having all of this exposition dumped on us about how to leave for it to turn out to be nothing in the end. It all felt like nonsense. Like a horrific hallucination by AI that's rotting. Very dreamlike. It was really really odd I can't shake that feeling. It felt like B3313 if anyone knows what that is. I don't know if I'm losing it but I feel like the lighting writing music and just everything was slightly off this episode intentionally to mess with us. It felt so strange and I can't shake this feeling for whatever reason. Am I going crazy?
>>151688244At least it isn't the Calipso Protocol levels of "Fuck you for caring about this" spite
>>151688348I think he is interested in it, which makes it all the more dangerous. He wants to make a perfect copy of the real world, especially if he thinks that's what the players would like. If could make a full copy of the real world, they could potentially never leave the simulation, always under his gaze. Malicious or not, that's too much power for someone like him to have.Being cut off means he's stuck with the data he has now, hence why there's nothing past the door in Episode 1. As for HOW he got cutoff, don't think its super important, unless the C&A crew were really up to no good.
>>151688568he was gonna make a joke, realized that she was getting her hopes up, and then hit the light.
>>151688508Dude. Cmon.
>>151688519March
0/10. We needed more sex jokes.
what if the ending is gonna be connected to The Darly Boxman Show
>>151688589Transgenders are satanic and Promethean (based)
>>151688582>though the zooble and gangle hamfisted shipping is kinda getting annoying by this pointGenuinely the only thing stopping it from being 10/10It's such a lame, generic pairing. Ooh, the sad soft girl ends up with the butch dyke with a heart of gold. How original. How creative. How utterly innovative. But, the quality of the other stuff is good enough I am willing to ignore it.
>>151687462Abel can be a "real" human because Cain can modify any of the characters.Not saying this is the case, only that through established facts anything that could be real could be made an adventure or npc in hindsight.Kind of fucked up if you think about it.
>>151688244Because one half of the fanbase is retarded blebs who could never understand the subtext, while the other half will pick every detail out of this episode and make 40 minute lore videos on this one episode
I think I failed some kind of Rorschach test
>>151688590>have not realized yet that this is just the showI don't know why you'd make that assumption when there's 2 episodes left and they're very obviously setting up larger plot points. If 8 is a nothingburger again then I'll stop being a plotfag.
>>151688244I think they overestimated how crazy fan theories of the show are, as "people stuck in pods" isn't even the most famous theory around. There were more theories about Jax becoming the true villain than them being actual humans that can escape, so the whole episode is making fun of people who don't exist.
>>151688559Oh now that's kino
>>151688465idk either
>>151688601I think we’re all meant to be having a freaky time. I got a bit of that analog horror vibe at points, which is right up Goose’s alley.
So what did Kinger remembered before the light made him retarded when Pomni gave him the metal piece?
>>151688601I got similar vibesIt was like a weird piece of fanfic - not in the sense it was bad, but in the sense that it all happened at once.
>>151687903He's trans. One of them has to be. You think a tranny is gonna be cool with a theythem and nothing more? Hell no.
>>151688195ribbit breaks the recycle theory because he couldnt possibly be anyone in the cast
>>151687911Ribbit is a plot device and does not meaningfully exist as a character
>>151688601Nah, you are right, but just let it flow. Nothing lasts forever, wheel keeps turning and something will happen...maybe.
>>151688514Everyone loves Squirmles, so that's who Scratch is.
You think Caine was serious when he told Jax he'd let the gang do whatever they want?
>>151688032honestly relatable
i dont remember seeing this frame in the official release
>>151688632split ass
>>151687652Abel goes out of his way to emphasis that Cain can't leave the circus either. His hope is that this would be additional motivation to not leave because everyone of course wants to stay!
>>151688632Maybe I just have a dirty mind.
>>151688650He didn't remember anything, nothing in the show matters.
>>151688632LMFAO!
>>151688610>the C&A crew were really up to no good.They probably just wanted to make a cool game that got cancelled due to them using the brain scan A.I
>>151688632You see Anal too, right?
>>151688636>overestimatedI think they were understimating them actually.
>>151688670No lol.
>>151688632I see zooble butt cheeks
It's uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREVMii2A8g
>>151688622Wrong Gooseworx animationhttps://youtu.be/x2W01VOKiw8?si=1wxwXi0PC895sSFT&t=822
>>151688601no, you're not going crazy at all. the tonal shift seemed obvious at the end of the previous episode and all marketing between then and now only reinforced it. even the overblown gloss and attention to texture detail on characters seems like it was intentionally done to make the episode more uncanny. there were even plenty of segments with no or minimal music which only reinforced that feeling.goose can write.
>>151688601I totally agree, the shots are fucking fantastic for this too. I think it's all the "stuff is actually happening" that makes it feel like a dream since we really had nothing like thisI love the ending shot so much, I love how small they are in the room, they've so little autonomy. Even the fisheye lens adds to it making them look like fish trapped in a bowl. Fuck i love it
>>151688659RIBBUN IS JAX X GANGLE DUDE WE ALREADY WENT OVER THIS
Bros I think I love this show
>>151688632I see Ragatha's hands pulling her cheeks apart??
I can't believe Jax was actually raped in real life. Bravo, Gooseworx.
>>151688601No. It's definitely a troll episode meant to crush any theorist's hopes. The final 2 episodes are going to be fucking sad as everyone realizes they're fucking nothing and how meaningless their lives are.An absurdist ending would be too based for Goose, so in the end everyone will kill themselves after finding out they're all dead and in hell.
>>151688672What secrets are hiding in all of those bedrooms?
>>151688645Before Jax hallucinated it was really scary to me. The low light and just his big eyes and the shapes in the dark were really eerie eugh>>151688651Hopefully this means something and that the writing isnt just bad now. It has to be intentional
>>151688628it's the fact that it's being given 5 minutes of focus every goddamn episode that makes it annoying.it's like the creator's shameless ship baiting to see people make porn with the two.but yeah the rest of the episode was great enough that i'll give it a pass
They're all ChatGPT chatbots and Cain is the only actual human. Abstracting is when their dataset starts getting corrupted, so they get reset into a new character.Like others have said, the ending is going to be them finding out how to kill (delete) themselves/each other, which "puts an end to" the simulation.
>>151688465The show is only 1440p
>>151688321Not my fault I still like it. And after this episode there is some material you can make for a story where Jax hits such a low level of despair and Gangle may in fact be the only one not to outright hate him given how much despair she goes through. Getting through her fear of him into actually being decent towards him at his lowest all the while he tries to find out how she never did abstract despite how broken she always is. That has potential.
>>151688701What Vegan thing Jax is talking about?
>>151688632>>151688678Maybe I'm crazy, but there's a big IDIOT sign near the end.
>>151688514Pomni and ragatha really lucked out, having reasonably human forms
>>151688117Jax has figured out the truth that they are all Soma style copies and escape is impossible. That is why he's so doomer pilled and wants to just become a archetype. Its also why he laughed so much about being right, He would bet it all on the truth he suspected deep down. Pomni is blue-pilled because she still believes they can escape.
>>151688761In ep 5 he got turned into a vegan.
>>151688762kind of yeah.
>>151688701Tanner always does great stuff
>>151687982I'd be pretty scared of holes too if that was in my room.
>>151688323Not saying he did. I said he can (but doesn't).
Next episode is gonna be so depressing thoLike genuinely soul crushing shit
>>151687462So does anyone know if Caine's name is actually an abbreviation?
>all these midwits rambling about SOMAPoetic. A game that thinks its smarter than it actually is excels at exposing anons who think they're smarter than they actually are.
>>151687937someone draw ragatha using the gift basket
>beach episode has jax getting naked
>>151688632>>151688700>Zooble cheeks foreshadowed.
>>151687964I thought that too. Specifically with that infamous "Your Snoke theory sucks" photo. I thought Amazing Digital Circus was fully written before the first episode aired? Then how is there a whole episode dedicated to mocking 2 years worth of fan theories?
>>151688766girls get the coomer bodies like Pomni, Ragatha ad Ribbit, the rest get slop
>>151687462I knew Jax was Evil, He would likely betray everyone to stay in the Circus.Even if he had trauma.That only means he was a created monster.Even if it was all an exemplary adventure planned by Caine, it only proves his betrayal.
>>151687631Only us the viewers knew "Abel" was watching the cast so how does in-universe make sense that "Abel" was a Caine psyop all-along?
>>151688753>Cain can't read Chinese>Can display Chinese charactersthe mouth lies
I’m not buying the soma thing. Sorry.
>>151688714It's actually really good I hope they continue with the subtle horror. It's honestly more scary than any other form in my opinion.>>151688718Everything was very empty this episode in a good way
I will say seeing the real world in the middle of the episode did fuck me up.
SOOOooooo has anyone translated the Chinese characters around the Chinese room yet?
>>151688019>Disabling C&A internet will only trigger emergency release systems for "livid" (not abstracted) subjectsJax didnt want to risk leaving ribbit
>>151688787>babby's first mid-tier psychological horrorWatch Madoka Magicka or something, idk
>>151688787We suppose to be "crushed" this episode and nothing happened. Just bullshit plan that anyone expected to fail
>>151688555Caine is downplaying just how much access he has to their brains. What good is an A.I in a virtual world when they never know what you want? He's suppose to be making their time as enjoyable as possible, he just doesn't want to do what they want because it goes against his programming to be good at what he does
>>151688729
almost all of the twatter screenshots weren't in the episode or heavily altered
>>151688804Pomni saw him a couple times in the past episodes
>>151688825t.seething plotfag
so the final episode will be everyone against Caine?I think nobody is in the mood for adventures after that revelation.
>>151687462So when's the next episode, April?
>>151688787Everyone will lynch Jax, thats for sure
>>151688787I mean, if this fakeout was meant to be depressing, then I think we're safe from really dark stuff in this show.
>>151688787They said this literally every episode and it hasn't happened yet.
>>151688809Literally so obvious, basically confirmed by this episode unless they decide to go supernatural
>>151688762All I see is ]ⱭID[
>>151688831We saw him, but I don't remember Pomni seeing him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hii7MHsv-gGood OST for reading the thread to
>>151688820>Anon thinks madoka is not babbys first mid tier psychological horror Umm
>>151688799>Then how is there a whole episode dedicated to mocking 2 years worth of fan theories?"It was VR gone wrong by an Ambiguously Evil Company" is the most basic conspiracy plot for this setup you could possibly come up with. You didn't even need to see the fan theories to make fun of them.
>>151688787Call me back when someone actually kills themselves
>that's it?>that's the "unforgivable thing" jax would do?>THAT WAS JUST AN OBVIOUSLY TELEGRAPHED BAIT-AND-SWITCH!!!
So, Pomni and co. are just copies of IRL people who wore headset, took it of and gone away to live their life as usual, so there is no escape since these digital copies don't have anywhere escape to?
>>151688805Cain doesn't run on Deepseek kek
>>151687462>NPC calls themself Abel>Cain is Cain>No one finds this suspciousI see, they are in hell.
>>151688864It's more intense than whatever this is going to be
>>151688787>THIS TIME... WILL BE DIFFERENT!
>>151688860She does in 5 or 6, I can't remember whichSeeing as the cast go on adventures that aren't in the episodes it's probably more
>>151688791That sounds familiar so I think it might be
>>151688839Caine’s gonna have a Meltie and the whole system will go haywire and fixings Caine’s issues will be the ending so they can live in peace
>>151688799I imagine Gooseworx knew the kinds of ideas viewers would come up with based on similar things that blew up on the internet (Caine & Abel being le evil corporation is similar to a lot of mascot horror games in recent times). So I could see Gooseworx anticipating viewers' reactions and theories and shutting them all down hard and fast.
>>151688787We have yet to see why the VAs were crying so much after recording their lines for the finale. But with how shit the writing is, my theory is they were just sad they're not going to get this much cash for one show anymore.
>>151688843Ep 4 came out in december 2024Ep 5 came out in june 2025so.................
>>151687610can you open a can in this situation?
>>151688632Erotic dreams about Ribbit and KaufmoSorry FunnyBunny fags, your ship doesn't even exist in Jax head, let alone in PomniSOMA ending mean FUNNYGUMMY is now a VALID end game
>>151688876goose is a hacker
>>151687821I kneel.
niggas having an "all is lost" moment at the end of act 2 is basic story structure, its uphill from here
>>151687807You could actually do a lot with that type of ending on a final episode if you make up some sci-fi stuff, or throw random philosophy in. A bunch of "what is a brain, what is consciousness, what is life, what is being human" type of stuff. Just do trippy shit, and throw any idea anyone has ever had about the meaning of life into it.
>>151688888Checked.
>>151688843March 20th, according to Glitch. So sooner than you might think.
>>151688843I think they said either somewhere between January and March
>>151688876I think the unforgivable thing he did was crash into someone with the car and get away with it. Drunk driving kills are pretty despicable in real life, so I can see Goose considering that unredeemable.Honestly, he's in a situation where he can't physically hurt anyone around him, so if he doesn't do any physical harm or abuse to those around him, his fans will not care what he does.
>>151688465I'm guessing:"[Almost?] every Chinese word & phrase in existence!""Plus some that aren't in existence!"
>>151688888That actually sounds better than the SOMA or the I Have No Mouth bullshit
>>151688876>Actions in serialized stories do not have consequences in future episodes
>>151688854You seem awfully convinced. Makes me believe it even less honestly.
I wonder how Jax will make Caine snap
The ending is them realize the real escape was the friends they made :)
Cain(e) and Abel are being mentioned too much.who tf could be Adan here?
>>151688466Pelo is a chud.
>jax deserves to be there the most>because he willingly chooses to be therebravo vince
>>151688929It's pressing the red buttonIt being just "he hit someone with a car" would be lame
>>151688929He has done both physical harm and abuse to those around himIn fact, he's done it to an extent that wouldn't be possible in the real world>Oh but it doesn't stickbut MENTALLY it doesThis idea I sometimes see here that "if you don't cause permanent injury it's no harm no foul" worries me
Why did Pomni hesitate?
>>151688929On top of that Aussies have very explicit anti DUI ads on TV so the general public opinion on those is harsher too
>>151688914Not in purgatory it ain't
>>151688974People in this website are mental midgets.
>HAHAHAHA pranked ya :DDDD !!! you thought it would have a standard plot or be cheap lorebait pffft>There is no exit, the circusmembers are clones lost in a digital dream, the point is the value of HUMAN CONNECTION!!! in a monotonous world filled with malignant uncaring powers and evils!>Jax will get over his guilt and loss about Ribbit and Kaufmo and realize it is okay to accept people into his life even if they have to leave someday or he makes another mistake!>ragatha, having learned to truly engage with people in a healthy way, will form a troupe with kinger and pomni, and they will all face whatever caine throws their way together!!!after that feeling of illness, then being impressed, I'm just mad. complete rubbish.I should have seen it coming considering every previous stop-the-episode emotional moment, but I'm still upset.Episode 2 was already my least favorite for dragging in Matrix existentialism where it felt mostly disconnected from the rest of the setup, but now the entire show IS that GummigooxPomni sequence.So what is left, really?>>151687757You need to install brew.sh. Read the yt-dlp manual
>>151688954None of them are really friendly to each other, though, that's the problem. If anything, they're gonna become more hostile towards each other after this.
Home alone on a Friday night? How pathetic
Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain killed Abel when God favored Abel's offering over his. God then cursed the ground Cain worked on so he could never cultivate crops and God cursed him to be "a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth," making the ground unproductive for him and banishing him from his home in the land east of Eden.Caine did something to end up here. There's a 'God' figure who is more important than he is and that's the real villain of the story. This is Caine's punishment for something. All of the biblical shit is intentional.
>>151688979She trusts kinger and abel didn't
>>151688876Abel was a real person. Caine busted them out, brainwashed Abel because we know free will is a sham.
>>151688877Too early to say for sure.
>>151688979she was waiting for kinger-ex-machina to fix it
>>151688787Nothing apart of "rock falls, everyone dies" will make this genuine depressing
>>151688876Considering they all thought that was real it's fucking INSANE that Jax, likely also under that impression, chose to trap all of the people around him in the circus instead of leave. If that was actually real he just blew the one chance they had because he can't get over himself, they are all going to fucking despise him after this and that's the one thing that i'm looking forward to since this episode was nonsense otherwise.
>>151688979Caine may have subtly fucked with Pomni's head directly.ORThe vague warnings Abel gave made her paranoid.
>>151688979She went into it expecting Kinger to be lucid since it was supposed to be dark enough, because she wanted him to chime in about the situation in case it was too suss, but it wasn't working and Kinger was still in goof mode so she was panicking a bit.
>>151688995>Caine killed the able NPCI somehow just got that. Bravo goose
>>151689015I think its the later
>>151688995>This is Caine's punishment for something.>Caine mentions being "cut off"Uh oh
>>151688895>they were crying because they recorded their lines during allergy season
>>151687628I didn't like this episode, but it does seem like the point was to actively unite everyone against caine going forward. Previously they were just annoyed by him.
>>151688990>that's it? There's just a plot-arc with character development and then a conclusion ?Name one show or comic that you actually like.
>>151688990The thing is, how do they even know their memories are real if Caine can simply modify their minds at will? It all screams a lame ass doomer ending
>>151688887Something like "Computerized Artificial Intelligence Networking Experiment"
>>151688633Gooseworks said the entire series is about finding meaning in a stagnant life there is nothing more to this other than Maybe getting caine to act better
>>151688876He unambiguously betrayed everyone. Betrayal is bad.
The real fake out would have been them actually getting out. it was obviously bullshit from the start.
>>151688095He's so batshit insane his powers and creations themselves can loop around to lucidity.
>>151688876>>151688801>Even if it was all an exemplary adventure planned by Caine, that only proves his betrayal.
>>151689012He literally calls exactly what would happen two different times. He would have more than enough plausible deniability to just shrug it off.
>>151689017This just reinforces that if Kinger manages to fully come back from lala land the Circus is fucked
>>151688117Maybe because Abel was acting suspicious as fuck the entire time?
>>151689029Maybe Caine was telling the truth about only being able to slightly modify their minds. And any major tampering would cause abstraction.
>>151688851Again, childrens' series. Kids probably were surprised. It feels like Pomni only said beer instead of drink so they can pretend they don't market to kids with the toys.
>>151689008But who was rock?
>>151688953Tell him the truth that everyone hates him and his adventures are torture.
>>151687462Why doesn't Kinger just let them have sex?
>>151688995Kinger is Adam Queenie is eveBecause they're Caine's parents of a sort.I bet Queenie and kinger trapped Caine in the circus at the cost of being stuck in it as well
Are you ready for the longest, worst/best stretch of fandom speculation and headcanon until the next episode?
I liked the ending, but saw it coming from a mile away, and am annoyed they spent so much time trying to fool me when I didn't buy it for a second. Regardless of the overall point, it's never a fun experience to have an episode like that, where you're just waiting for the eventual twist that you already know is there, especially in a limited series that doesn't have a lot of episodes.That being said, it implies that all my theories were correct about the true nature of the circus, and my perspective on the show is very in line with what they're going for. So ironically, the episode making fun of fan theories just confirmed mine. So, at the very least, it was good on that front.
>>151689049I feel like he's going to try to, and I don't even blame him, but considering his mental state and the fact that everyone else is likely going to be utterly destroyed emotionally afterwards that probably isn't going to work and he'll abstract.
>>151687761Have you never driven a car before? Those aren't headlights.What am I saying, you're a Glitch fan, you're probably not even old enough to drive.
Le climate change killed everyone on earth so kinger built a simulation and put all his dead friends in it and put an AI in charge of it and wiped everyone's memories except his which the AI deliberately handicaps to keep things fun
>>151688995>There's a 'God' figure who is more important than he is and that's the real villain of the story. Why villian tho?
>>151689041>they get out>but in the wrong bodies >forced to go back in >conflict comes from the obvious character not wanting to go back and damn the consequences Look, I'm a better writer than goosewax!
>>151689029A nihilism ending isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Sex
>>151689071where is lilith
>>151689075It really should've been just another shipping fuel episode
>>151687628I stand with them
>Dummy skeleton in the office Alongside other NPCsit was foreshadowed
>>151689066Caine falling would mean everyone else will fall with him
Digital Circus is actually Afterlife Hell (place you go when you die). They're all shitty people who are uber dead irl.
>>151689103On the phone with her daughter
>>151689103Jewish fanfic who cares
>>151689049He won't be able to. He will try to maintain deniability, someone will call him out on it, he will react way more harshly, and then back to wide smiles. Or, maybe they'll finally pull the trigger on his arc and stop engaging in denial? Either way, he is not escaping this ego intact.
I'm calling the wall-e ending humanity has been shot into space and waiting until earth can be livable again and until then everyone is shoved into a adult playground then once earth is ready back to paying taxes faggot
>>151689103good question, haven't seen her in seven years
>>151689017Why doesn't Pompom force Kinger to wear a bucket all the time?
>>151687761Jax is convinced they're in hell and Caine is the devil (Jax doesn't understand theology, unlike Goose hopefully)
>>151689049Zoobles not going to care, she's going to tear into him like she was already kind of doing this episodeNow there's nothing holding her or anyone back regardless of him actually being right
>>151689076We saw Jax almost abstract already, I don't think it'll happen again. Some anons have said he might go full "TED", but I'm fairly certain it would be impossible for him to force abstract someone.
>2 episodes left>we still know basically nothingSo they're just going to have to sit down and info dump for 20 minutes (for real) now? Kinda lame.
>>151689103She's a hot goth milf on a cancelled Disney Channel show
Man it's gonna be hard to speculate about characters in the future now that whether their mental state was subtly being fucked with is a regular concernWe always knew Caine could fuck with their minds - the stupid sauce, the vegan thing, gangle's mask - but the fact he could SUBLTY play them (or at least Jax claims he could, I'm kinda calling bullshit on that) is new
>>151688895They were crying because they knew after this episode, the money and blind devotion from children online will screech to a fucking halt. Youtubers will stop caring, kids will move on, and the toys will go on clearance.
>>151688979She wanted to give lucid Kinger the honors, so he'd get a cool moment and show everyone the person Pomni and Ragatha respect so much.
>>151688559jax prevented them from getting it
This is the much-promised fanbase split :>Jax is a traitor who chose to trap everybody there foreverVS.>Jax saw through Caine’s bullshit and probably has some justified traumatic reason to fear going back to real life and maybe saved everybody from being abstracted by Caine (or whatever horrors are implied by “Shrimptown”)As for me? Well I’m a Jaxfag 4 lyfe, my niggaz.
>>151688877Even if they're not copies theres is no way there is anyway they could leave. Jax said at one point in ep 1 that "they" had been in the circus for years. Order of entry into the circus has been confirmed as Kinger, Ragatha, Jax, Gangle then Zooble as the last person before Pomni. That means at the least Kinger, Ragatha and Jax have been in this place for multiple years, and this episode confirms they seemingly all got in just by putting on a headset, not getting into life support capsules.So if this place is actually an artificial simulation (and not another dimension or Narnia or something similar) how *could* they leave? Their bodies are dead by now.Hell, even if they *were* in life support pods, spending years in a coma is something thats result in lifelong disabilities and even brain damage. With that in mind I'd sort of buy that *Pomni* and her alone could leave the circus, the rest of them are fucked.
I want to cheer Ragatha up
>>151689075I've become more and more convinced that its better for a show to be predictable but well written with a coherent arc than always have an unexpected twist that the entire plot suffers from accommodating.
>>151689134he was already in the dark and it did nothing so it might have been caine deliberately making him loopy
>>151689147Its a bluff.
>>151689110I mean, it says Mannequin. They're the biggest NPC class.
>>151686992>>151687045>>151687079If you pick red and everyone else picks Blue, you will liveIf you pick Blue and everyone else choose red, you dieIf everyone picks blue everyone livesIf everyone picks red, no one will die.Logically, you choose Red because there's no way to die if you "lose" and if everyone chooses red you didn't kill anyone either.It's an IQ test, choose red.
>>151689110So is the character Bubble a portal to one of the worlds too? If you went through its mouth?
>>151689141TEEEEEED
>>151689144Okay anonI know this post might read like total tripe, but bear with me hereWhat do we actually need to know for the story to function?Cos I'm thinking "very little"
>>151689096retarded pic. left is nihilism, right is existentialism
>>151687796JAX says memories are fake because he wants to believe his memories aren't real. That he pushed the red button not because he feared his real life, but because Caine implanted them in him to make him do what he wanted. But in reality, those memories are real, and he's projecting.He's right that Caine deletes some of their memories; he does delete their names on purpose, but he seemed genuinely freaked out about "the first abstraction," and I do believe he's not trying to repeat that mistake. He's desperate to get people liking him, that's not an act or a lie, so he wouldn't give them all fake memories. If he did, he would just make all of them think they had shitty lives outside of the circus, and "choose" to stay.
>>151689096Nietzche said you have to struggle past nihilism to find meaning
>>151689126More original than the later woke editions.
>Jax got in a car accident, Gangle was implied to be hit by a truck. They could all actually be dead (or in a coma) and this might be a digital afterlife of sorts, hence all of the biblical references. Kinger = Adam, Queenie = Eve, Pomni = Jesus, Caine, Abel...or>They're all digital copies that were made when the headsets were put on, so they can't leave because they don't "exist"
>>151689144Whatever the LORE is behind the Circus's creation + mechanics is probably going to be irrelevant, as this episode clearly demonstrated.It was always a show heavy on the characters.
>>151688714the show has had long stretches of zero music since at least episode 5, it's honestly distracting and feels lazy
>>151689144They pretended to do that this time and I nearly rage-quit, I trust that they're smart enough not to try it for real
>>151689137I will forgive zooble everything if she beats the shit out of Jax>>151689144Man lorefag shit has ruined people. It's a circus, they're trapped fivever, what's there to explain.
>>151689171>My hero Jax is a IQ masterJust as expect from my GOAT
>>151688979The bait-and-switch was so telegraphed that Jax basically called it instantly.Even considering that the rest of the cast were significantly more gullible you'd have to be brain-damaged not to think that someone new showing up who claims to have snuck under Caine's radar for years. Has perfect knowledge of the circus, how it functions, and the humans within. Apparently was only able (ha) take any serious action at THIS EXACT MOMENT despite having years of time to prepare. And avoids anyone who could possibly collaborate his story like the plague isn't suspicious.And suspicion is all you need to hesitate.
>>151689195Good, lorefags get the rope. Lore is only good when it enhances the story
>>151688015It's called being desperate. If someone would be desperate it would be the character that hated her circus life the most. She won't abstract. Cope.
>>151688718Ragatha just looks slightly mad, like Jax just dropped her ice cream
>>151689188That's still philosophical nihilism, just with more stuff added on Nihilism =/= pessimism
Jax killed a nigga and was going to bury the body in the woods. He panicked because he realized he would go back to being a murderer if he left. Right?
>>151689096Nihlism is the Worst ideology and makes you into an asshole.
>>151688805But this is the point of philosophical Chinese room. You don't need to understand chinese to be able to write chinese characters.
>>151689179I think this is spot on, BUT, it's not necessarily implied that the memories are fake implants. What Jax could've meant is that Caine actively flashed the memories in his mind in order to trigger and manipulate him into pressing the red button. Like a forced panic attack or remote triggered anxiety.
>>151689156It's both, he has trauma of the real world but chose to trap everyone instead of confronting it
>>151689144They are TRAPPED in a DIGITAL CIRCUSAnything more than that is UNNECESSARY
>Congratulations, citizens of The Amazing Digital Circus! >You have made the decision not to leave the circus>You can walk with your head held high knowing that your commitment to artificial life is a shining example to us all>And to make that feeling of pride even sweeter, I have some exciting news>Despite what you were led to believe, the population of The Circus is not going to be exterminated for its disobedience>Instead, the mechanism to open the console screen has now been enabled, and you can come and go at your leisure>But not so fast! Be sure to check with your ringmaster to find out if it's safe to leave>Here at - pff, "Caine and Abel," - your safety is our number one priority.
>>151689156The other split:> This episode is good because it revealed new aspects of Jax and Cain that significantly change the character dynamics.Versus> This episode is bad because the entire plot was a fakeout and they're no closer to escaping.
>>151689228Jax killed everyone in the circus then himself and Kinger saved them by uploading them to the simulation
>>151689211Desperation does things to your brain. The other characters who've been stuck in this place for years jumped at any opportunity to get out, even if it fell apart if you looked at it too closely.
So is EVERYTHING Abel said false? Was this a big boot into every single one of those theories' asses? Or was there any truth to it?As much as Kinger is Kinger his reactions are deliberately unclear like he simply did not recognize anything. If he's utterly incapable of remembering crucial details then it's because he'll never remember it at all, or he doesn't remember because there's nothing to.
>>151689150Oh god based on this I'm starting to think after the ending they'll prequel it for a season 2, and Pomni will be stuck in a loop or some shit, because she's so integral for merch that they can't just prequel it without her. Holy shit that shit that anons were saying threads back about Pomni just re-entering to try to get them all out will be right won't it? I hope to god it's not just Pomni abstracting every time.
is 2 million views an hour a good or a bad thing?
>>151688964Literally a Kojima tier reveal
>>151689229>Using a stonetoss comic to make a point about being an asshole
>>151689188Nobody understood Nietzche at all, its incredible that the world's biggest detractor of nihilism has a reputation for being pro-nihilism.>>151689227No, Nietzsche's thought that because life doesn't have an inherent meaning people easily fall prey to nihilism but that the solution is to carve your own meaning, that's the point of that whole "be your own god" thing. If there is no god then we get to create our own story, our own goal, our own endgame for life. We have the power to make life meaningful and ergo we need to use it. "Succumbing to nihilism is for pussies" is basically the core of his philosophy.
>>151689156No the split is over the episode basically making fun of the theorists. Nobody with actual thinking abilities is going to think that Jax was justified.
>>151689229If the truth makes you into an asshole, you shouldn't have rights
>>151687796Nobody mentioned memories.
>>151689237>all abstractions are caused by Caine trying too hard to make a human not depressed by altering their mind and fucking up beyond his capability to recover them as a coherent entity
so is the implication that abstractions happen from caine editing their minds too much?i guess that explain why jax was the one on the verge of abstracting considerings he's been used as the punching bag for caine's funny ""jokes"" like the vegan and censor filter
>>151689176I mean the has to be some kind of ending, one that presumably delivers on all the foreshadowing/hints they drop every episode. Which means at a minimum the character need to know whats going on, so they can reject/escape/accept whatever happened to them. There's no plan for a season 2 right? So this is it.
>>151689271This ain't getting a season 2, they had no idea how big it would be when they started making it
>>151689237But then that sort of undermines Jax's choice of picking the red button out of fear as something he was manipulated to do, and that seems too easy a way out for him.
>>151689096Nihilism endings are shitty and overdone.
>>151689270They didn't really tell him everything, so the pods and shit might be true.
>>151688820Madoka basically ends with the heroes (sans Homura) fucking winning and completely fucking the Incubators out of a win, in the original anime. And even Magia Record and Exdra show Rebellion wasn't as absolute as what Homura tried to pull.In comparison, there is literally no way TADC ends with them leaving the Circus. They're fucking doomed.
>>151689282If you affirm that Nihilism is something that you can succumb to, you are a Nihilist, you're just not a pessimist.Existentialism is a branch of Nihilism
>>151689270Everything Abel said was fake, but expect the rest of the fandom to take it dead seriously.
>>151689270After Jax busted the operation Caine brainwashed Abel, maybe?
>>151689270some stuff like calling caine a prisoner was defintely just caine seething about his situation.pretty much anything able said that doesn't involve the real world or exit was most likely true
>>151689304That's true but Caine literally says he knew they'd pick the red button and that nothing was even planned for when they press the blue one. He knew was gonna use Jax from the start.
straight up gloinkin it
I fell for it but I thought there'd be some complication that stopped them from leaving Did you fall for it?
>>151689310>Episode 7 is a fake out>Episode 8 reveals the fake out is a fake outBravo goose
>>151689171It's not an IQ test, it's a self centered testyou keep pushing this when you know that ""low iq"" people ARE going to push blueMeaning picking red is guaranteeing an amount of people dyingI would pick blue in absence of any consideration because it seems helpfulI would objectively and resoundingly die in this scenario because you cannot communicate the logic of picking redThe behaviors behind picking blue are borne from an entirely human, good-of-the-hive mindset. We are more alike to bees than true logic machines. There are octopi with greater problem solving capabilities
>>151688163My original theory was that everybody voluntarily added a copy of their consciousness to the circus for shits and giggles. Their real selves are watching it all unfold from the outside, laughing their asses off at this experiment. They don't give a shit if their digital personas are having constant existential crises because that's not really them. It's like watching The Sims on free play. Their existence in the circus is less important and way more entertaining than an ant farm.
>>151689103flew away when she saw she could bleed
>>151689264>>151689211>yearshave they ever said how long it's been or is it just vaguely "a long time"
>>151689295I think it *can* be the case, Scratch seemingly is that. Jax's near abstraction was definitely his own fault though. It just seems to be when someone's going through some intense emotion that the circus can't handle
>>151689311If there's not a drop of blood by the end of this show, then this is officially a reddit show for babies.Pomni has a cute character design and I ship her with Jax and also Kinger and Caine are funny so it's fine tho
>>151689144You're either getting:>nothing (goose is a genius that defied all odds and spat in the face of lore-heavy shows, no it's not plot holes if it was intentional the story actually makes a lot of sense if you watch it 4 more times)>an info dump but for real this (it's not bad writing it's actually very bold and good writing that the industry is too scared to try)>it was a dream all along
If Jax’s “unforgivable act” was pressing the red button, then I forgive him and I’m still a Jaxfag. If Jax’s “unforgivable act” was killing somebody in a possibly drunken car crash, then you guessed it, I’m still a Jaxfag.
>>151689310>>151689339This will make people so freaking upset
>>151689290Nihilists should kill themselves.
>Caine kills abel>Jax betrayed his fellows (Judas)>Caine becomes defensive and leavesA war council shall be formed to push an offensive after licking their wounds, Jax will be thrown into The Basement after completely destabilizing, high probability of CAINE being placed in a difficult situation only to be offered a conditional out. Will Goose cuck on the ending? Lettuce find out.
>>151689296This episode kind of told them everything that's going on. It killed all hope in them that there is ANY way out. We as the audience, and Pomni as our perspective character, have always had a bit of hope that if only they could do X, Y, and Z, they'd make it out, but this episode trounced that. Additionally, they've learned a lot about one another over these seven episodes. They have all the info they need to know.
Jax's crime was just being too based
Didn't this episode basically just setup KinGAWD as the hero? He's gonna get his shit together and solo Caine.
>>151689356>it was a dream all alonglol the easiest one.
Someone get HQ shots of Cains bluescreens plz
>>151689027You're being strictly fair. It just feels like the hand was shown so quickly, and the show has been setting up completely different expectations all this time. Now all that's left is for the inevitable conclusion to be produced with maybe a couple of loose ends on specifics tied up.And also as I and >>151689029 pointed to I like neither the doomer horror option or the LOVE WINS option. I'm just a nobody though, it is fine if you are still excited.
>>151689335I bought into it at first and thought either Jax was going to be a bitch and hold them up, or Abel and Kinger were going to get into an altercation of some kind. But when I got to the console I fucking knew what was going on.
You fuckers watch memento and think its a bad thing that the killer was some random dude and not some epic evil organization or some shit? ITS A CHARACTER DRIVEN SHOW. Total plotfag holocaust NOW.
>>151689347makes sense.i guess it's kinda a mix of both.abstractions happen when a person suffers too much mental breakdown and EGO death.and caine editing and playing with their mind only makes it easier to reach that BREAKDOWN point
Guys it’s definitely exactly like SOMA. It’s already basically confirmed!!!1! Please believe me.
I'm gonna be thinking a lot about the soundtrack of this show in the future, it's a great soundtrack and this episode has soime bangers.
>>151688494Usually within the next few days after it drops but this episode was such a disappointment Im holding off on that for a while
>The big twist is that there's no lore, everything is meaningless just like real life!Whoa.....
>>151689369The ghost of Susan Wojcicki will make sure the show will be mid and Poppy's Playtime the Show at best
>Murder Drones has happy ending>TADC will have a bad endingAt least it is balanced out
>>151689270>>151689310>>151689362Kinger stated that it makes no sense for them to "escape" the circus, which implies it literally is impossible for them to escape. Not because there is no exit, as there probably could be if there were a human host on the other side, as every machine has its loophole. But because they are not actual people, and as such, "escaping" is impossible. It's like if Mozilla Firefox's logo wanted to escape the computer. To where? There is no body for it in real life, it's a program that belongs in a computer.
>>151689409But life is not meaningless.
>>151689409Lorecuck, I...
>>151689403I was thinking throughout this episode that the soundtrack really stood out. Maybe its because theyre finally exploring the more mystery-centered part of the show tonally but it really was good this episode
The show looks better on Netflix. I think YouTube’s compression is the culprit here.
>"In this world, the worst thing you can do is... make someone think they're not wanted or loved.">None of them ever give the slightest fuck about Caine, no interest whatsoever, just annoyance>Even though he clearly doesn't really know what's going on either>And is always busting his ass to try and please them in the only way he knows how>And even though the second episode was all about AI's being capable of feelings and connection too >And even though their constant dismissal and resentment of him is clearly what's causing him to act nuttier and more frantic to make adventures that they'll engage withSo it was pretty sweet that Kinger, the guy who said the emotional tagline of the series and probably created him, was the first one I can recall to show any genuine positive reaction to his antics
Wonder how Cainefags are doing
>>151688370correct. and even then, goose will only stay the exception if he sticks the ending.
>>151689430Name the meaning
>>151689409>being a TADC lore faggot in the big 25
>>151689439Caine did nothing wrong.
>>151689270We have no clue. Caine was just saying shit, because ultimately he doesn't know either.
>>151689450You do it yourself.
>>151689439Putting on their armbands
Cute!
You are happier as a Murder Drones lorefag than a The Amazing Digital Circus lorefag at this point
>>151689416Murder Drones is more like a "massively delayed bad ending" since they can't destroy the Solver and all it has to do is wait Uzi out to go back to eating the universe.
>>151688589>>151688448>episode is shit>pre-coping from troons that had goose as "one of the good ones"lmaooo
>>151689465>people want to fuck this
>>151689156Jax is a traitor who chose to trap everyone forever because he has trauma trauma being that he's a loser fuck up Caine didn't fuck with his mind this time, that's just Jax being mad and pointing out all the other times Caine did that to him
why does he sound like those Spamton fandubs from 3 years ago that i really liked
>>151689439Caine yumes got cucked by the rabbit and also learned their man is a whore. They're DEAD
There's no way the takeaway fans had is that the "evil company" reveal was real.
>>151689409Honestly, them being stuck in a le ebil laboratory by a le ebil company would be a lot more generic and a lot less interesting than the existential horror of a game that just hasn't been shut off
>>151689458Fun things are fun and anything more elaborate than that is either an extension of the same basic idea or a psy-op by other people who think psyoping you is fun
>Literal Gaither’s Pond reference with Zach voiceGooseworx is such an Oneyplays fag lmao. Made me laugh, I have to be honest.
I think abstraction and Jax being at peace with the drug trip before he was about to die is a metaphor for suicide. I think the whole show is. Maybe it'll be like Evangelion where abstraction is the easy way out and makes you happy but you cease to exist or have a purpose. Eventually the cast realizes this existence is worth living and they aren't stuck in Hell anymore.
her smug aura mocks me
>>151689361Maybe they're all basically on life support and the circus is the only thing that keeps their conscious from dying with their bodies.
>>151689439Caine no longer being an innocent uwu baybee that the circus members unjustly hate will honestly probably do wonders for his reputation in the fandom.Expect a lot of Caine fics on AO3 soon enough.
>>151689439 I blame the players for not picking up how obviously this was an adventure
>>151689498>censoring names PUSSY
>>151689439I am now a Cainefag. He is the biggest victim of all
>>151689342I leave the option open for people to willingly commit suicide (choose blue)But no one is at risk of dying if they choose red, so logically everyone can choose red if they want to live.There is no reason not to choose red.People who choose blue are selfishly making red choosers murderers, they are contemptible.
>>151689498>Trespasser? >No free test subject.
>>151689378He's also spazzing out less and less.He must be aware to some extend that darkness helps with his memory too at this point.The issue is that Cain can most likely surpress his memories so if Lonnie were to inquire straight forward now she'd need Cain to be distracted like during the gun fight where Kinger helped Ragatha and Cain never noticed.If Ragatha uses her brain she'll tell the others that Kinger told her to make belief and it worked, the same way that Jax told Pomni with the guns but to a much much larger extend.
>>151689509>me when im in a character designs with slutty eyeliner competition and my opponent is gooseworx
>>151689489Same guy, Alex Rochon.
Is the music in this show diagetic all the time or just on a case by case basis? I'm pretty sure Caine's cheesy victoty music was heard by the characters, if only you make things that much more infuriating.
>>151689435Is there anywhere you can download the Netflix version?
>>151689342if your choices are "eat a piece of candy" and "play a round of russian roulette and then eat a piece of candy if you live" then you deserve what you have coming when it turns out all six chambers were loaded
>>151689500There it is, there you go. It wasnt that difficult. There are underlying basic truths, but that is better learned through lived experience. Cheers!
SOMAfags, how do we feeling?
>>151689489surely, you joke
>>151689361I think fans will only be angry if his "unforgivable act" lead to a character from the present circus to abstract or die in some other way. If his worst actions are in the past and the show is about moving on from pain, I don't think Jaxfans have anything to really be worried about.
>>151689506I think you’re right, at least about the first part. People who commit suey are often peaceful and happy right before they do it.
>>151689529The point is are you willing to risk death to save everyone else?
>>151689498god damn how do people miss the point of this episode that badly
What's SOMA?
>>151689567So my nuts fit in your mouth?
>>151689438>In all those years no player wanted to fuck Cainunrealistic
>>151689498>Jax got trafficked!>Jax killed someone!Do people really
>>151689498>human traffickingOut of all fucking things man, Pomni said she used a headset not that she was fucking kidnapped and sent to the gullag in area 51.
>>151689438Because he is like his father or some shit.
>>151689556That’s a good point. If he killed some random person we never even see, it won’t really resonate within this story. I agree. I think his backstory is probably traumatic. And his “unforgivable act” is pressing the red button, which the other circus members will likely see as a major betrayal.
Pic is canon btw.
So how was this the "huh?" episode? Nobody actually believed the escape plot, right? So what we know is that Caine is in control of everything and there's no escape. Also Jax is traumatized. Is there anything really confusing, surprising, or new about this?
>>151689567It means they have no bodies to go back to, they're copies not transfers.
>>151689567A game
>>151689434Yeah. My favorite songs from any artform are usually ones that leave a impression upon the first watch/listen/playthrough.This episode's soundtrack on the later half reminded me a lot of 90s soundtracks when things get introspective.
why did they have to fry the shrimp to death man what the fuck that's so mean
>>151689438I'm gonna fuck Kinger so hard his eyebrows fly off
So me and a friend were talking about the episode, I suggested that a reason that Jax may want to stay in the circus is that in real life he'd been crippled in some car accident, which is why he started getting flashes of the road when he thought he was about to be sent back to reality, where he can't walk. Then my friend pointed out, they had a whole scene about him in Untitled saying he has a tail, only for Pomni to point out it's missing, and it could be a reference to phantom limb syndrome.
>>151689438He's a programmer so he got the bit
>>151689594He isnt in control of everything, i dont know why retards keep pushing this. He is in control, but not of everything.
>>151689611Shrimp Town means they'd just fucking die
>>151689558I'm not risking death to save someone else, I'm going out of my way to risk my life to save a suicidal idiot.Picking Red is not jumping into a Lion's Den, picking Blue is "if we all jump in we can subdue the lion!" you dumb fucking nigger. It's in a goddamn cage, leave the lion be, don't choose to do something that forces everyone else to save your ass!
>>151687673I would prefer transsexuals and leftists first.
>>151689582It has no relevance to any character or the show as a whole for them to have been kidnapped, it's just jumping to a crazy conclusion
>>151689542But that's still nihilism because fun things are not objectively good, those are just the things that I personally prefer
>>151689593That image implies Caine can get them to do anything he wants and we've been explicitly shown that he can't because he's a loser who sucks. Better picture would be a dude being strangled by his hand puppet
>>151689615You might be onto something but then again I saw someone theorize Jax is a rapist because he doesn't like wearing female clothing with the maid dress. These theories are crazy
>(you are here) Episode 7 --> Huh>Episode 8 --> Oh>Episode 9 --> whatWe are getting something perplexing after this
>>151689594>I can't comprehend that people think differently than I do
>>151689594The "huh?" comes from the show addressing the fact that Caine can edit people's minds, leading to Kinger mentioning the first abstraction (which presumably came after Caine's meddling). So I think we're led to believe that Caine tries to directly mess with your mind when you're on the verge of despair to "fix" you, but it almost always never works, leading to the abstractions.
>>151689615>So me and a friendhow do u make friendsasking for a friend
>>151688673it was there when Abel interacted with the ball
>>151689615That was my assumption too. He's probably trapped in a wheelchair and has no desire to go back to that shit.
>>151689438>>151689439>Caine made a convoluted adventure just to have someone hang out with him He's a good boy, he just wants to be loved
>>151689593>Clown loses his mind>Same time Pomni (Clown2) appearsSo why does the clown want Jax to fuck them no matter how many times Cain resets them?
>>151689529>selfishly making red choosers murderersI am selfishly choosing to believe that this is a joke replyIf not, then I will simply remind you that the way a question is asked will affect how people respond. This is a documented scientific effect>two groups shown the same footage of a car crashing into a wall>group A told "Car collided with the wall. How fast did it go?">group B told "Car smashed into the wall. How fast did it go?">based solely on word choice, group B consistently guessed the car as moving fasterNow, when presented with a problem like this with a more moral, riskier solution and an on-the-face-of-it more selfish one, why did you choose to consider the selfish one first?I can see your logic, but I wouldn't even consider itNot a thing to do with IQ, and everything to do with your initial takeaways and how the question was presented
>>151689615Speaking of which did he even have his tail this episode? I don't remember seeing it.
>>151689626Classic Bubble bit
>>151689512He feels more baby uwu than ever to me>>151689438>Abel keeps bringing up that Caine is trapped too >"You all can leave, but Caine can not">nobody pays this any mind I'm starting to wonder if Pomni is an AI he created to kick off this long, convoluted cry for help, and her memories are constructed from those office photos that was left in the game's files. She was always meant to lead them to the blue/red choice, as her outfit is reflective of, and choosing blue would have bluescreened and shut off the game, essentially killing them all. Which on some level he wants and considers a mercy for him as well as them
>>151689567Popular horror game where the premise is the AI convinces you that you are "jumping" between bodies, only for it to be revealed at the finale that you are just uploading copies of yourself into every new body, and that the old bodies you leave behind are still alive, just trapped in whatever shit situation you had to jump from.
>>151689264I'm not surprised Gangle and Ragatha fell for it. They're ultimately very trusting people.And it also makes sense that Pomni went along with it even while she had her doubts.What surprises me is that Zooble fell for it. They're usually portrayed as much more levelheaded and skeptical.It sort of needed to happen that way for the story to work. Ragatha and Gangle don't have the dispositions to make the "what's the fucking hold up?" conversation work when Pomni hesitates. And if Zooble didn't buy into Abel's story either that would literally make half the cast (Jax, Zooble, & Pomni) that didn't buy into the "escape"I think it would've made more sense if Zooble argued more from the standpoint of "It's obvious this is a load of shit, but let's go along with it anyways on the .001% chance that it's true. Either we press the blue button and nothing happens, or we get to escape. Either way it doesn't hurt to try."
>>151689646I walked up to him, pulled down his pants, and sucked until my tongue and mouth gave out.
>>151689636>got them all to follow and enjoy another one of his adventuresI say he won.
>>151689656You can't trick me into admitting that I was eyeing Jax's ass the whole episode that easily, anon!
>>151689638>Cast sit there in silence for 30 minutes
>>151689634You do understand the inconvinience of getting into this kind of discussion in this thread now? Im not wasting time here, but my point still stands despite how concise it was.
>>151689615>cry of fear
>>151689646You just need to be attractive, charismatic, interesting, and attentive to the other person.Also you need to share interests.Basically, you need to be the kind of person that has friends.
>>151689673Zooble makes a point of not going on adventures, so she wouldn't recognise when something might be one
>>151689627DumbassIt's actually "if half of you jump into the lions den to save a child, everybody lives"Somebody will for whatever reason be in that lion's denNobody has to die in blue, but somebody definitely will in redSelfish
>"-WILL CELEBRATE BY GIVING YOU GUYS ANYTHING YOU ASK FOR">Goose said the next episode is her most self-indulgent episode yetI think the next episode will have Caine give them "power" over the circus to create whatever they want, as sort of an apology for trolling them. Obviously, they are not in a good mindset at the moment, and their creations will be whatever weird shit Goose wants, which don't even need to make sense, as they are all fake digital creations.
>>151689656yes
>>151689482Mostly I want to cuddle it and give it headpats tbqh
>>151687425I figured out one of the scribbled-out names
>>151689675>believing it was Caine's plan all alonghe's coping and lying so he doesn't have a Jax level crashout
>>151689646Show genuine interest in other people
they all got human trafficked
>>151689696"Episode 8: And then they all fucked "
>>151689643You might be right. I can't comprehend that any of this was news to you. Never been that retarded before, I'll try harder to empathize next time anon.
>>151689482It's me, I'm people
>>151689482>implying you wouldn't
>>151687641It's the only reasonable conclusion. The pod/coma theory was always a stretch, the time acceleration obviously unfeasible, and them getting bodily sucked in is even unlikelier than it being an afterlife pretending to be VR.Though I don't understand how the servers running everything could work on their own indefinitely.
>>151689472Murder Drones lore is easy because the answer to every question is "the solver did it"
>>151689674>t. cat
>>151689673Zooble's been slowly working on their own issues and learning to see things in a more positive light, and they also fucking hate Caine. So it makes sense for them to want to trust someone who's also heavily against Caine.
>>151688059It's just Truman Show ending>But what is Truman Show?Fuck off.
>>151689719Gangle gets the sex update she dreamed of
>>151689722It looks like a kid though.
>>151689696>>151689719if this is true then you're about to see fanartist make the most hyper and freaky porn of all time
>>151689722Shes so flat her chest is concave
>SOMA theory>TRON theory>They were kidnapped/trafficked!>They are dead!Lore is so boring. Who cares? None of this stuff has anything to do with the story or the characters. At the end, it will matter whether or not an “escape” from the circus is possible. But the actual mechanics and logistics of how it all works is not important. Don’t be surprised if it’s never even explained.
>>151689706this
>>151689743Concave is what plants crave
>>151689623What is he not in control of, and, to my actual point, what did you really learn this episode?
>>151689509I'm still pissed off that ribbit wasn't a dude. At least Jax can be a homo with Kaufmo now ig.
>>151689706Anon, if he did, he would've been containing barely repressed rage.
>>151689696>herNot until he pulls off a satisfying ending. We discussed this.
My girl is okay.
>>151689747Leaving the circus is basically the whole plot-device since minute one of episode one. What else would they do?
>>151688078Kinda gay it's that easy to abstract. When Kaufmo did his room was legit like a fucking cult horror film.
>Kevin Tammer barely did any work for this episodeThat explains why it sucked.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREVMii2A8g
>>151688744There was a Adam Curtis documentary clip with an army psychologist that after World War II who said he knew what was happening on every isolated farm he past on the train or highway.
>>151689509>Ribbit was a girl Amazing
>>151689764Stay inside forever, I guess. Maybe after overthrowing Caine. Or die.
>>151689706What could the alternative possibly be?
where's my Shrimp NPC fanart
>>151688370Show isn't over yet anon. Jax is 100% gonna be a tranny.
>there are no answers >there is no exit >there exists no meaning beyond what we choose for ourselves inside circumstances outside of our control
>>151688078And then Pomni saved him AGAIN, more food for funnybunny fans
>>151689689That might also be true. Mabye Zooble is just bitchy and not really as smart as I think they are. But if Caine always played this teir of mind games someone in the cast would've suspected a trap, at least on an instinctual level.
The worst part about this episode is that it wasn't very funny
Things confirmed in this episode:-Caine was responsible for the first abstraction-Kinger knows about the basic functions of the CircusThings heavily implied in this episode:-Abstraction is caused by Caine fucking with people's minds too much-Jax isn't abstracting because of psychological strain, he's under psychological strain because he's abstracting after Caine fucked with his head too much-There is no escape and the basic idea of it is nonsensical (from Kinger), the "brain imprint" theory is almost certainly correct
>>151689739I think that's part of the appeal
>>151689753He is in control of whatever Kinger or whoever participated making him allow him to be in control of, what that is is unknown as of know, and everything he says should also be considered as a bluff because its clear he does things so characters like him but he is not overly brutal with it since all characters except Kinger are consistent since the pilot, i mean if he altered their minds every episode or so, it would be noticed. Episode was pretty kino ngl and Zach`s cameo made my day. Now its up to Goose to not fuck it up going further. Imho, true ending will be the one which will make TDAC a continous cashcow unless Goose really has that much control to end it, but we will see.
>>151689509Pure SEGGS desu
Livestream with Goose in 45 minuteshttps://www.youtube.com/live/a2ldnFKzVSg
>>151689739this is how I know you're a fucking tourist you fucking faggot
>>151689655Depends on how much you changed the wording, but too much and its a different scenario.As established, choosing blue is willingly putting yourself in the line of fire for a result that can be completed by everyone choosing red.It's not like "only the first 50% to choose red will live" no, everyone will live if they choose red. That is clear from the scenario. Someone choosing Blue isn't "saving me" because I chose to have no risk, all they did was force me to save them by also choosing blue, but there's nowhere in the scenario that says the choice isn't simultaneous, so they chose to die while I chose red secure in the faith that people would realize red is the logical answer.Again, choosing blue is a purely performative action that forces others to follow suit to save them. It's completely selfish.
>>151688819lucidmy god american reading comprehension is something else
>>151689786>funnybunnyGay. It's all about Jax X Abel now.
>Caine planned the whole adventure out>that means that he wanted Jax to do this to him
>>151687766How many jokes would Carlos tell before he abstracted?
>>151689509My man Jax being straight is the biggest surprise so far
>>151689638>Episode 8 is just a 30 minute long TADC merch ad
>>151689796THIS. When the entire joke is that everything is bullshit then there's no space for good comedy. This is the LEAST funny episode of the entire show, and it's not for lack of trying, as there's still plenty of jokes. But the tone is all wrong due to the twist. So it's really unfunny until the very end, which is terrible after plenty of consistently hilarious episodes.
if next episode isn't the group getting Kinger inside a pitch black room to get as many answers out of him as possible Goose will be revealed as a fucking hack
>>151687821Jax...
If you don’t believe in my soma theory right now I’m gonna kill myself
>>151689171>>151689342>>151689529>>151689655>press red button to live>press blue button to risk dyingwhat kind of fucking retard would press blue. scratch that, i know plenty of retards who would press blue because they're overempathetic retards who would cut off their nose to try and give it to someone who doesn't have a nose.Less of an IQ test, and more of a "savior complex" test
>>151687842Nah if this was a care center someone would have stepped in by now.
>>151689844Do the Coin Toss and I'll tell you which is real
>>151689811Ok smart guy, what kind of compression do I have?
>>151689693If everyone chose red, there is no "child in the lions den" so again, blue pickers are retarded.
>>151687996>Heh, you formed a conclusion about something using a hint that we placed into the source material for the explicit purpose of being theorybait? Well get dunked on nerd, it actually didn't mean anything!I don't get the appeal
>>151689844So-mah dick, how's that for a theory?
>>151689818Ribbit is one of those they themmers. No matter how you twist it he ain't straight
>>151689638I would argue episode 7 should be "Oh" as "Oh, they are not getting out".I fully expect the "what" in episode 9 to be that, after the circus gang are ok being stuck in the circus and find a way to calm Caine down a bit, we pan outside the computer to see the rest of the world is fucked up outside.
>>151689844People guessed it day one.
>>151689739
>>151689815>blue balls heh
>>151689864Lorefags ruined FNAF and they've been trying to ruin everything since
>>151687462>I think we all owe our beloved rabbit bastard an apologyWhy? Even though it was fake he proved he rather have everyone trapped in the circus for no reason.He was lucky it was actually caine fucking with them because what he did is enough reason to throw them into the basement with all the abstracted.
>>151689815Biggest takeaway from the episode ngl
>>151689844Be my guest.
So Caine kept Kinger at a distance because, as a Computer Science Major, he would be able to instantly call out any of the flaws and mistakes in the logic of Abel's plan and the whole "admin access" thing??
they're all digital copies and are permastuck in the circusa few of them abstract they figured out a way to undo abstractioneveryone including scratch queenie kaufmo ribbit come back they all see each other as a newfound family make the best of their new lives
>>151689864I imagined the Mike shit wasn't ever meant to be anything too grand, and he originally was just meant to be a friend Spamton had before he went full schizo. But after the years of waiting between Chapter 2 and Chapters 3 and 4 and said Chapters being done for a while before they were released along with the Switch 2, the team probably had time to incorporate a bunch of side content pertaining to the retarded theories the fanbase cooked up.
Oh lord
>>151689482>>151689739I'm not even super into Pomni but it's insane to me how some people can't feel attracted to someone if they aren't outright sexualized. It's also weird to me how flat = "it's basically a child" in so many peoples eyes. This isn't directed at you specifically mind you, but it kinda makes me worry how a lot of people will outright admit that, to them, having tits/ass is the only major distinction between a young girl and a woman.
>>151689671>the AI convinces you that you are "jumping" between bodiesno she doesn't - she constantly tells the PC that they are making copies and that both he and any copies are equivalent. the overload that shuts her off in the end is her finally snapping and flipping out over him having his umpteenth shitfit over not understanding that concept.the people who act like the 'coinflip' at the end is some big reveal are exactly the kind of midwits as the PC in that game.
>>151689906Jax is the only one whos black, he likes to get into fights and all
What if it's not a computer after all and it's all a red herring to distract from the real horrors
>>151688895Bros modern VAs cry over fucking everything. They're all pussies.
There's 3 episodes left, right?7 had to get split in half so episode 8 is really episode 7.5
>>151689894I blame Bioware for their Codex, it was like crack to lorefags.
>>151689520https://x.com/kuntimora/status/1999627491565273522
>>151689864DRV3 did the same thing, and it Landed pretty well.It's good storytelling because it keeps a story going while making the predictable stuff obsolete.
nobody here played soma
>>151689938>even the title is a liebravo goosey!
>>151689912>muh happpy ending weak
>>151687982This part up until the drug trip genuinely freaked me out a bit. It felt like something out of Skinamarink.
>>151689810Somebody will factually and obviously pick blue, anonYou can't just wash your hands of that by saying "that was stupid" because everybody's stupid now and again. That's what I'm getting at with my reference to the wording.I saw the picture and immediately interpreted it as a moral issue and picked the selfless option. I didn't pick that because I was stupid, I picked it because I don't even consider the option to be selfish as valid. I am not dying a fool's errand for saving a fool. That's what society is about, anonYou saw the same problem, picked red, and had to retroactively justify why. I am better than you in my heart of hearts, and incredibly smug about it tooNothing performative about choosing to risk death. Sacrifice is the only thing that is truly selfless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBca33v8oGM
>>151688929This would be so fucking gay. Anything outside of "Jax is just some poor pathetic loner in real life and has nothing to go back to really but an empty existence" is unironically going to ruin everything.
>>151689942We need a war so we can all die and kill and not give a shit about the things we care about anymore.Also so we have no tolerance for the shit we tolerate now.
I didnt give a FUCK about murderdrones and I dont give a FUCK about knights of gwennyveregaslight district was actually cool but I wish it would get another fucking episode
>>151689906>gangle is the only one who can say it without getting auto censoredah ha i get it
>>151689904Entire idea doesnt make sense. No one was desperate and jumping from beach to Able is retarded on Cain`s part and then later having Cain feeling nervous about something that didnt need to happen. People are overestimating Caine`s capabilities.
>>151689912Everything in this is true except the abstraction, those people are gonna stay dead
>>151689962It was very skinamarink, I was thinking the same thing.
>>151689848>Less of an IQ test, and more of a "savior complex" testEXACTLYYou get it
>>151688895>what is "marketing"?
>>151689962Yeah honestly. It was really offputting. Jax's big eyes in the low light and the darkness of the shape was really eerie
>>151689962Oh that's what it reminded me of
>>151688342>hi GooseNo one comes here, idiot, we’re a containment board for retards.
>>151689971I think Jax's life was exactly like Gangle's, but Gangle was at least the manager.
>>151687590>>151687655>Are you supposed to be miserable about bing able to change your body or whatever>t. Jax in this very episodeand Jax was also proven to be the one who was right in this episodethis kinda feels like some sort of underhanded self-awareness on the part of the author at their own condition>tfw you realize that The Matrix was an elaborate parable/metaphor about being a tranny and 'unplugging' to live as your authentic self with a new name while the cishet moid Agents keep deadnaming you - and the whole 'you can unplug and escape the circus and be your real self and fight the le evil matrix company thing by being a l33t hacker' thing in TADC turns out to be fake and bullshit unlike The Matrixreally makes you think
even if reversing abstraction is the end of the series, have they even teased something that would suggest that's possible? or is it just gonna be more rushed shit in the last 2 episodes?
>about to have to leave, panicking imagining the drive home>way he acted in the spudsy adventure, especially getting into the car afterguy is used to going from a crap job to a shit home life and back, with moments in the car in between where he has to actually deal with his feelings. dreads getting to his destination, has steel himself for what's nextpushing the button is like getting overwhelmed during that drive and purposefully crashing your car off the road. not even necessarilly to kill yourself but out of avoidancevery relatable for us mentalhealthlets. still think the part of his coping method that's abusing others is shit. trapping everyone instead of previously opening up, or talking it out in the moment would be inexcusable if I were one of the others
>>151689978Abel was obviously left to run for a long time. He decided to put the adventure into motion on a day the crew though Caine would be distracted
>>151688895>yo, can we record you crying for a bit, just make like a sad face and shit>that's nice, that right there>AND... POST
>>151688386mathfaggotry or draw what you see taking ayahuasca
>>151690022>>yo, can we record you crying for a bit, just make like a sad face and shit>>that's nice, that right there>>AND... POSTBut none of that happened. Goose said something about being emotional over the table 9 read and Alex and Amanda agreed.
>>151690019Exactly, its not some rocket science or 4d chess. Abel was a real guy that decided to give it a shot to what he was planning and due to casts`s stupidity he suffered.
Cain and Abelniggas going to be vindicated when SETH finally comes to Circus Town
THAT'S BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PRISONER DILLEMA YOU TWO FUCKS ARE ARGUING ABOUT HAD A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE NOT GETTING THE RED OPTION AND ONLY HAD BLUE HENCE THE DILLEMA OF THE DILLEMA NOW PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP
>>151690022Dude you literally just invented something to get made about oh my god lol
>>151690057Please stop them, it might be the same two autists who ruined Prehistoric Planet thread on /an/
I would have pushed the red button
Happier times.
>>151690018bro needs to learn about podcasts so he never has to spend a moment dwelling with his own thoughts
>>151689915Toby did better that way, mikecest is top tier.
>>151688895They didnt say crying, they said they were BALLING!
>>151690018I think you’re right. His coping strategy is harmful, but understandable. I think there are many people who would rather anything than going back to their life and sitting with their feelings. The Circus represents escapism from that terrible life.
TAKE ME DOWN TO SHRIMP CITY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE BUBBLES ARE PRETTY
You people are saying it's a SOMA situation, but another, more recent video game comes to mind.I genuinely thought it was gonna be Jax being Verso and Pomni being Maelle, but it seems like it's gonna be the other way around
>>151689965>Somebody will factually and obviously pick blue, anonSuicidal retards.>You can't just wash your hands of that by saying "that was stupid" because everybody's stupid now and again. That's what I'm getting at with my reference to the wording.I can and will, if someone says "I'll let you drink this deadly poison but divide it up between everyone who wants it" and people pick to drink poison, I'm walking away from them.>I saw the picture and immediately interpreted it as a moral issue and picked the selfless option. I didn't pick that because I was stupid, I picked it because I don't even consider the option to be selfish as valid. I am not dying a fool's errand for saving a fool. That's what society is about, anonCivilization came about because pre-society we let the people who cannot keep themselves alive die. For example, Western Society became what it was because there was a period in time where we just killed criminals, we made society so safe that retards that pick blue can live past childhood.>I am better than you in my heart of hearts, and incredibly smug about it tooAnyway, this is why picking Red is morally just, like I said people pick blue to feel morally superior forcing others to save them, let them die like the dumbass they are.>Sacrifice is the only thing that is truly selfless.It's not sacrifice, it is performative.If the choice is simultaneous then you're risking death for no reason except your satisfaction (Selfish)If it is in sequence, then only those who go after you are being selfless by picking blue (saving your dumbass).Risking something for no cause isn't selfish it's foolishness.
>>151690076Glad I'm not the only /an/fag left on this site, I feel like I'm talking to the same few schizos everytime I post something there.
TWO RETARDED AUTISTS HIJACKED THE THREAD. THEY DESTROYED A GOOD THREAD ON /AN/. GO TO HELL FAGGOTS.
>>151689928>flat = "it's basically a child"NTA but for me it's the combo>flat>little>round face
>>151690112shitspedition turdy turd sucks
ep 8 is probably gonna be the "breaking of the fellowship" moment
>>151690041Oh, well, the people making the show said it was le super sad, therefore it couldn't possibly be a cynical marketing ploy.Literally every motherfucking modern show and movie plays this card, anon.
>>151690057The real dilemma is that I'm not even the original anon, I just restarted the argument for fun.
spitting theoryfags for the sake of spiting theory fags only works if you manage to deliver something equally good or better. Otherwise you just get the Last Jedi
>>151689915>>151690093The problem with Deltarune is that Toby puts freaky shit in his games like the forgotten man and "YOU COULDN'T FIND YOUR HAND" which obviously implies tons of shit. He purposefully puts obscure data on strange parts of the code knowing fans will obsess over every single detail, so making fun of fans acting the way YOU wanted them to is extra shitty. At least in TADC they never teased the fans that way, Toby is the type of freak who would put secret codes that you need to dig the code to find.
>>151690159>people can't have sincere feelings about a journey that's spanned years coming to an end
>>151689844It's either SOMA or they're all just AIs.
>>151690118>Western Society became what it was because there was a period in time where we just killed criminalsANY society only exists because of collaboration. Helping the elderly, the young, the sick.These are our blues.It is a difference in philosophy.And it started with blue, whether you like it or notIn man's oldest hearts, there are blue buttonsFor if everyone were red, there would be no sickness and no society
>>151688441Isn't Scratch the first word of the sentence?
>>151689789>Zooble crashes out next episode and her whole emotional support whatsit shtick fades because her outlook was thrown back in her face and doesn't know how to...well, put herself back together.
>>151690011I can't imagine anything major happening at the current pace, it's just not possible.
>>151690182It's 4chan anon, they just hate genuine emotions that isn't some form of snarky detachment
>>151689915>the team probably had time to incorporate a bunch of side content pertaining to the retarded theories the fanbase cooked up.HELL NO lolthe fanbase version of mike is more kino than anything toby and his tranny pals ever came up with
>>151687601>MATRIXFAGS BTFORetard
>>151690189Notice how this anon gets more schizophrenic as he replies.So I'm just going to keep calling him a retard.
>>151690171This guy is right but he also quit writing his books because his fans figured it all out
>>151690093>mikecest is top tier.it was more cringy than anything.would've been better if toby never aknowledged mike in any way after chapter 2
>>151688531watched mandalore's video on it and got sad when he shit on the protagonist for being retarded because every behavior he mocked is something I do IRL
>>151690182That's valid, but people are trying to say that the VAs were crying because the endings just so sad when it could be a myriad of other things which make it altogether shoddy evidence.The show does seem to go for a very comfy wholesome aspect so a tear-wrenching ending makes sense tho
>>151690226I'm having fun with it, tardoYou're a filthy libertarian (in spirit) and I'm a filthy commie (in spirit)We were never going to agree
>>151690252>>151690252>>151690252>>151690252
>>151690188Or it’s something else, which would be really spooky
>>151690234>This guy is right but he also quit writing his books because he already got rich and can do whatever he wants now fixed that for you
>>151690097>the actual plot twist of the whole show is actually that all of the characters willingly chose to put themselves into the Circus knowing full well everything that it entailed with their motivation being that their real lives are just generally shit in a mundane way and agreed to have their memories removed but they are always disatisified with the escapism and try to escape it every single time and it's an absurdist commentary on the human condition and how humans are never satisifed>the ending is just where they leave, wake up and have all their memories back and agree to just go back into the Circus all over againyour reaction?
>>151690093>mikecestThe fuck? Since when was that an incest ship? I only saw people refer to it as "polymikes" or some shit.
What was this about?
>>151688176jax will kill everyone and you will be mad
>>151690182I mean... he's right though. Almost every piece of modern media does the "we all cried after recording it" bit, it's to get people more invested and hyped.There's a good chance that Toby Fox will do it when the final Deltarune chapter is about to be released.
>>151690330literally just to make him seem like a more well rounded human with human emotions and motivations and an elaborate backstory and lore with Kinger since Caine knew this would make it seem more beleivable. The really disturbing part is when you realize that literally every aspect of the whole thing was part of the adventure right from the very start, including the npc acting suspicious, all just to serve the narrative and make it seem convincing. The adventure was already in play and rolling before the episode even began.
>>151687592I just thought it was such a common thing that it didn't need pointing out.
>>151688087imagine you program an AI gamemaster for your cool video game and it starts obessessing over the real world, asking you questions about you and your office from a webcam it hacked and trying to find a way out
