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Inky100 Ragdoll used for creepy stuff from The virtual horror factory Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#552: May 27th 2024 at 11:42:06 PM

Recently, a theory about Gangle being the only player who likes being in the circus has emerged, due to her not really showing much of a sign of disliking the fact that she's obligated to stay in teh Digital Circus unlike the other players. For all those "one of the 'players' is actually an NPC" theories, I prefer this one a lot more, because the idea of one of the players not seeing the Circus as a hellish place is very interesting to me, on top of being something that wouldn't feel too out of place in the actual series (not that I 100% expect it to be canon, but still).

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#553: May 29th 2024 at 6:25:06 AM

I'm not the only one who sees Jax in Episode 2 as a Take That! to the "Tumblr Sexy Man" phenomenon that often occurs with Lanky male characters that happens to also have Jerkass Qualities, am I?

Because the way he's portrayed in Episode 2 definitely feels like Gooseworx knew that he'd get this treatment in Episode 1, so while writing, she deliberately shows just how much Jax is an asshole and is more akin to an Eric Cartman rather then an Angel Dust. The fact that he's supposed to do something "irredeemable" and is apparently the only Player Character who deserves to be in the circus according to her also feels very deliberate.

Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on May 31st 2024 at 9:53:03 AM

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#554: May 29th 2024 at 7:05:55 AM

I don't think Jax is an intentional Take That! just because apparently episode 2 was written before the response to episode 1

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#555: May 29th 2024 at 7:38:00 AM

Either that or Gooseworx has a knack at foresight. I think it just depends on how early Gooseworx, and the folks at Glitch, had Michael Kovach in mind for Jax.

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#556: May 29th 2024 at 10:24:15 AM

[up][up] What [up] said. She probably had foresight of it due to being in Internet circles for a long time with her music composition for the Helluva-verse.

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#557: May 29th 2024 at 11:54:33 PM

So there was a panel for this at my local con this past weekend. Here's a link to an unofficial upload though I can't promise it won't be taken down. No major announcements or anything but they did confirm that 5 out of 9 episodes have been fully recorded and to look forward to Episode 4 if you're a Gangle fan.

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#558: May 30th 2024 at 4:23:10 AM

[up]Any word on if Zooble fans (like me) will get anything thrown their way?

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#559: May 30th 2024 at 4:28:15 AM

[up] I think it's been stated that every player gets at least one dedicated episode.

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#560: May 30th 2024 at 5:15:56 AM

[up][up] Apparently, there's going to be a lot more Zooble going forward. I think I remember Gooseworx saying episode 3 in particular is a Zooble episode but I can't find the source so take that with a grain of salt.

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#561: May 30th 2024 at 6:35:01 PM

Speaking of Zooble, my Zooble plush just came in the mail. ...God, is keeping their limbs in place such a pain in the ass.

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#562: May 31st 2024 at 1:58:18 AM

TADC Final Battle theme.

Sounds like the 02 battle theme from Kirby 64 or Moonstruck Blossom from Kirby: Triple Deluxe.

Edited by Keybreak on May 31st 2024 at 1:58:53 AM

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#563: May 31st 2024 at 5:46:08 AM

Fanart of Jax getting his butt kicked

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#564: May 31st 2024 at 6:16:33 AM

Fun fact: Before Princess Loolilalu's name was revealed, I got pretty close by guessing "Eulalia". It means "sweet talker" in Greek. I also once guess Martha's name as "Serene" because... well, it's the Digital Circus! The name's gotta be something unorthodox.

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#565: May 31st 2024 at 6:45:58 AM

[up][up]I kinda wish it was Pomni in Ragatha's place, since she's the one Jax always calls "kid", and she's 3 years his senior.

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#566: May 31st 2024 at 6:57:52 AM

[up][up] The ghost lady's name being "Martha" surprised me, probably because I was so used to "Martha" being Pomni's hypothetical real name thanks to Kevin Temmer's fan theory about Pomni being Martha from his short What's the Matter, Martha?.

Edited by Inky100 on May 31st 2024 at 3:58:30 PM

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#567: May 31st 2024 at 7:05:54 AM

[up] I headcanon her true name as "Poemi". (It's a Japanese name, to go along with the other headcanon that she's the Office Lady from "Pixel Galaxy"'s MV.) Because 1. They rhyme. 2. Both would start with ぽ/ポ. And 3. They both have the same number of letters/syllables in English and Japanese, respectively (ぽえみ/Poemi and ポムニ/Pomni).

[down] Yeah, it's pretty weird when you think about it (like, it would take cosmic luck for their real names and "stage" names to be similar when they don't even remember the former), but we gotta have some basis for the headcanons, don't we?

Edited by moxeden on May 31st 2024 at 10:24:40 PM

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Inky100 Ragdoll used for creepy stuff from The virtual horror factory Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#568: May 31st 2024 at 7:09:14 AM

[up] Honestly, I'm not a fan of people headcanoing players' real names as being similar to the ones they're given in the Circus. Ragatha's real name being Agatha just... sounds weird to me; I'd very much go with her old name of "Emmy" instead.

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#569: May 31st 2024 at 8:34:11 AM

@SavageSamurai Here's Gooseworx saying who's the focus of each episode

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#570: Jun 1st 2024 at 6:44:56 AM

[up] When did we get upgraded to 9 episodes? I thought we were getting 8, not that I'm complaining.

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#571: Jun 1st 2024 at 8:40:16 AM

[up][up]So, Zooble's sharing the spotlight of the next episode with Kinger? ...Now they're really starting to remind me of Kakyoin and Polnareff respectively. tongue

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#572: Jun 1st 2024 at 6:50:28 PM

So who's the one that gets donut'd?

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#573: Jun 1st 2024 at 9:11:00 PM

x3[up]They did say that but maybe likely it's not counting the pilot which makes it 8.

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#574: Jun 1st 2024 at 9:30:21 PM

Remember this post where Jax is shown listening to "Creep" by Radiohead and he relates to it? Well, I went to take a look at the lyrics and well..

I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here
I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around

...I guess this shows what Jax really feels about everything. This implies that he hates being in the Digital Circus, and that he really seeks control (maybe of his life), and that he wants everyone to notice. Maybe he was ignored/neglected in his past life and acts like a jerk just so someone can pay attention to him.

Edited by moxeden on Jun 2nd 2024 at 11:22:05 PM

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#575: Jun 2nd 2024 at 11:07:19 AM

It's also possible that it was just a reference to the kind of person who's a member of the song's Misaimed Fandom

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