Jax... that animated rabbit.
I came out to my parents 20 years ago. The hurt of that rejection has never left me.
I can stand firmly on my own two feet. It just hurts losing someone who you loved.
TADC spoilers:
It's hard getting close, and fearing losing someone again. I am not excusing Jax. Ribbet was a sweet heart. She was like family to Jax. But Jax had already been trained that feeling close is danger. It means you can get hurt again.
I know in Jax's heart, what happened to Ribbet and Kaufmo bothered her so hard she swallowed it down. She pretended as hard as she could to not care about Pomni. Keeping that distance from everyone means Jax couldn't really hurt anyone again, or get hurt herself.
Things like this are not smooth, it is a constantly spinning circle. Learning to deny oneself. Trying to find absence of guilt. I think Jax really cared about them all. I think Jax was happy someone like Pomni was there to unite everyone, and keep their spirits high.
On the flip side, and it's not a fair comparison, but Caine reflects on his actions. Yes, he's an AI, and not exactly like the rest of them. But he truly asks them what he can do to improve things, and he gets his redemption in the end.
The difference in how Jax and Caine come to terms with what they've done creates a vastly different outcome. Which again isn't fair because Caine is AI and Jax is a brain scan, but how they each handled the situation makes you think.
I know the expirence of watching The Amazing Digital Circus over the years has been very fun, and only now it has forced us to really dig beyond what appears on the surface. But honestly, that's kinda how it goes.
The signs are there, if you know where to look, and then she goes "I actually think I might be a girl..."
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List of TADC characters that were trying to fuck most to least successfully
1. Zooble -> Gangle ✅
2. Ribbit -> Jax (if kaufmo didn’t knock on the door)
3. Pomni -> Jax (if jax hadn’t killed herself)
4. Ragatha -> Pomni (if pomni wasn’t hung up on her abstracted situationship)
@WAVArchive SO WHAT IF YOU CAN SEE ⁉️
THE DARKEST SIDE OF ME 😈
NO ONE WILL EVER TAME THIS ANIMAL I HAVE BECOME 🐺
HELP ME BELIEVE 😫
IT'S NOT THE REAL ME 😭
SOMEBODY HELP ME TAME THIS AAAAAAAANIIIIIIIMALLLLLLLLL 🗣️