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[dtccompendium]

Episode 238: The Three K's of Osaka Case (Part 1)

Heiji invites Mouri, Ran, and Conan to the opening of the Three K’s Restaurant in Osaka. The three K’s stand for the three famous athletes who are opening the restaurant: a boxer, a baseball pitcher, and Ray Curtis. Conan only goes because of Ray Curtis, who was a great soccer player, and Ran gets him to sign a jersey for Shinichi. Kazuha thinks that Heiji is having an affair because he keeps talking on the phone with Conan, and saying weird things like: “Have you been exposed yet? Are you alone?” Anyway, while they’re outside turning on hotel room lights to make a giant K on the building, somebody shoots a reporter who specializes in reporting scandals, and ruining athletes’ careers.

[solar-bean]

Have I ever mentioned that tigers are one of my top favorite animals?? Yeah you can guess who my favorite character from the movie is 😄

[ruushes]

my hof was born to be a griffon rider, if they could've given him a griffon at the start of dao the blight would've been over in a week

[forgetmaenott]

An In-Depth Analysis on Why I Believe Pomni WIll Break Through to Caine

(showtime enjoyers here’s a heaping spoonful of hope)

warning : lonngggg post

i. Pomni's Role as A Jester

Of the entire cast of characters, Caine and Pomni are the only ones to have circus-related designs. Caine of course as the ringmaster, and Pomni as a jester.

The others' character designs are relevant to their defining characteristics or issues; for instance, Kinger's seniority and wisdom (when he's sane); Ragatha as a doll matching her gentle, yet people-pleasing, nature.

But what about Pomni?

Well, for one thing, she's anxious and a bit awkward; traits of "a fool". But her character is far more than that. Her character isn't as simple as feeling panicked, and the more she adapts to the circus, the more that shows. So it certainly runs deeper than that.

Historically speaking, jesters not only served as entertainment to royalty, but had the privilege of offering genuine criticism and advice (as long as they successfully entertained them). And this sort of reminded me of a very common theme in TADC fanfictions / comics:

Pomni becoming an advisor to Caine.

Now, I don't believe she'll canonically become an advisor. But I do think this points to the potential that she could be the one to actually break through to Caine. And with Caine's descent into insanity as he tries to please the humans, this becomes more and more likely.

ii. The Link Between Gummigoo & Caine

For a while, I wasn't quite sure how Gummigoo would be relevant to however TADC ends. (The episode is a great analysis on exisistential and depression, in my opinion. But in terms of the plot, I wasn't fully sure at first how adding a character and immediately killing him off would tie back to the ending.)

And I personally believe that the purpose of a character like Gummigoo, another AI who became sentient, will eventually tie back to Caine. Especially given how similar they are—when stripped of their given purpose, they think, “i’m nothing”. The only difference is, we didn't see when Caine became sentient; and it was likely similar.

To me, this is also supported by how Gummigoo was introduced so early on into the series; and they brought him back so soon after--not even halfway through the series--as closure. I mean, she quite literally says goodbye to him and watched him go; that side plot read, to me, as her gaining a sense of closure and acceptance.

But why would the connection between Pomni and Gummigoo come to a close so early on in the series?

I suspect it's because that connection will eventually fuel an understanding of Caine.

(This paragraph from Gummigoo's Wiki Fandom page even sounds like it could apply to Caine:

"...grappling with existential anxiety and an eagerness to understand the unknown. Through the development of his relationship with Pomni where she comes to understand his hopelessness, he evolves from a seemingly antagonistic figure to a well-intentioned individual, illustrating his capacity for growth and redemption.")

They also released an officially licensed TADC "best friends" necklace at Hot Topic of Caine and Gummigoo. Obviously, it was intended as a joke, but I do think even that shows that there is some sense of similarity, in that they are the only AIs in the entire circus that have become sentient.

Yes, Pomni most definitely resents Caine, but she has also been shown to be very empathetic. She understood Gummigoo, and Caine isn't too far off. The main barrier is that no one, at the moment, sees Caine's insecurities (except for Zooble), and only resent him.

Would Pomni punch Caine given the chance? Yes, absolutely. But i also believe that there will be a breakthrough. Because as she said, she doesn't want anybody to feel like they're nothing.

iii. Gooseworx's Comment About "Meaning to be found in a stagnant life"

With all of this in mind, I also wanted to tie it back to the message Gooseworx wants people to take away from TADC.

Meaning to be found in a stagnant life.

Of course, that refers to the humans trapped in the circus, stuck doing the same things day after day. But I also think it’s going to, in some ways, refer to Caine. After all, he is just as trapped--if not more--than the humans.

Caine exists to entertain in the circus, to please. The very meaning of his existence was questioned when zooble implied that he was bad at what he was made to do. it’s “all” he exists to do.

A stagnant life of creating and entertaining.

Similarly, the inspiration behind TADC--I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream--follows a very similar underlying meaning. The title of IHNMAIMS, at a glance, refers to the suffering of the five humans being eternally tortured. But it also refers to AM (the inspiration for Caine), who quite literally has no mouth, being a program. AM makes the humans suffer, because he is suffering. He hates humans, living a tortourous, never-ending existence.

"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" -- refers to both AM and the humans.

A "stagnant life" -- refers to the humans, yes, but likely also Caine.

One that there is meaning in that perhaps, Pomni could show him.

iv. Caine Is Alone

This also ties back to this ask Goose answered:

Caine quite literally has no one.

In fact, it's worse than that. He has people who admire him, but none of them are real.

Aside from being a menace, Bubble praises him.

The Moon is in love with him.

The NPCs call him "God".

Everything Caine creates loves him, because he creates them to do so. To give him the validation, praise, and connection that he otherwise completely lacks. He praises himself, in fact, because otherwise his self-esteem is completely shattered.

But the humans? The moment he enters, the comradry amongst the group goes away. The room goes quiet. When they return from their adventures, they don't even acknowledge when he welcomes them.

At the end of episode four, once Gangle walks out, Caine assures himself that he's "such a good boss", then is shortly cut off by him glitching out. It reads as a silly cartoon gag, but it also shows a crack in his sense of self.

Of course, the others don't think of him or consider that he may be lonely, because he's the source of many of their problems. He's an AI with a limited spectrum of emotions, so that is how they see him.

v. The Worst Thing You Can Do in the Digital World is Exactly What's Happening to Caine

Near the end of episode three, the writers made it a point to show that Caine is highly insecure about his worth when his adventures aren't appreciated or liked.

Meanwhile, around the same time that this is happening, Pomni and Kinger are stuck in "hell"--and what does Kinger tell her?

Caine, minutes earlier, started panicking because he believed that no one wanted or loved his adventures. In fact, it eats away at him so much that he's overworking himself, driving himself to the brink of insanity to please everyone. To prove himself. To feel wanted and loved.

And, of course, Pomni is the one who hears this piece of advice. Something she puts to use towards Ragatha but eventually, I believe, will acknowledge Caine more.

While we're on the topic of "dialogue that wasn't directly said about Caine but clearly applies to him", there's the end of episode four.

As Gangle's explaining that she "cracked under the pressure", the shot instantly cuts to Caine watching her.

And now here we have him cracking under the pressure. The Wacky Watch site saying, “SOS COME QUICKLY DANGER, I AM LOSING MY MIND ALSO HI”. He feels a sudden sense of pressure to prove himself, to go above and beyond, but ultimately cracks under the pressure.

As we saw in episode three, his mental state affects the very state of the circus. So, him "losing [his] mind" is going to be impossible for the others to ignore at a certain point.

And I believe that there's a certain jester (who is established as very empathetic) who will actually be the one to do something about it.

vi. Pomni is the Most Likely Person Who'd Speak Up to Caine

Okay, this sort of seems like a "duh". She's the main character, after all.

But it also delves deeper than that. The others are too preoccupied with how their time at the circus has traumatized them. Ragatha is nice, sure, but as Gangle said, it's hard to determine what's genuine from her.

The refreshing thing about Pomni is that she is both hot-tempered and incredibly empathetic. She is fully capable of speaking up, and in every single episode she has been shown to really listen and offer advice to those who are struggling.

And, as Pomni herself said, she doesn't want anybody to feel like they're nothing.

Also, in episode three, Zooble explicitly gives reasons why no one speaks up: Ragatha is too nice to voice the truth; Jax enjoys the adventures as an opportunity to torment others; Gangle is too shy; Kinger's mind is gone. And then Zooble does speak up, but gives into frustration and simply tells Caine to "forget it". (So he literally does.)

The reason Pomni doesn't speak up is because she "looks traumatized everytime she comes back from one". For one thing, that feels less like a "reason" and more of a "reaction"; whereas the others are actual character flaws. They don't align.

I would argue, though, that Pomni does speak up.

In episode four, she's shown as the only character to have interrupted Caine as he's announcing the day's adventure, flat-out criticizing him.

The others even look surprised that she interrupted him, so I'm sure it doesn't happen often (aside from Zooble's distaste towards the adventures, of course).

I’d also like to point out that despite them being two of the most important characters in the series (story-wise), and how often they are marketed together, they haven’t canonically interacted much.

It could mean nothing, but I do believe the lack of interactions now will build up to Caine’s inevitable crash-out and a potential resolution.

And I love Showtime as a ship, but I also see their dynamic as something to be explored. Especially because the series is already acknowledging how everything is affecting him; sooner or later, the characters will have to.

Anyways, TLDR: I think their dynamic will eventually play a big role in the series, especially since we’re already seeing the beginnings of Caine angst.

[ladyofmisfortune]

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[shoujosoulsite]

Ive always seen people be like "I wished they knew about shifting" or "should we tell em' " , but did anyone ever go see somebody so horrendous that you be like "thank the mother fucking universe that they don't know what shifting is" or "may they never encounter shifting and manifestation in their life"

I've got a few people in my list 😭🥀 like damn 💔

[shittysawtraps]

i feel like in the saw universse, mr beast would start doing his own saw traps, and they'd be so hilariously unsafe that jigsaw would have to step in and trap him to stop it

[sallufix]

TSST × OBLIVION

COLLAB WITH THE ONE AND ONLY CATTLEMU FROM EVERY OTHER SOCIAL!! Check out her sdvn oblivion au its so peak. You'll never believe this but we knew eachother before the crk brainworms LMAOO

[shiftlalou]

“wow their script’s so pretty ..”

i slowly look at my pile of trash and sigh

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

@queer-lemons Thank you so much, bean!! You're always so sweet 🫶🏾🥰🫰🏾

P.S. I LOVE your new URL 😍

Hey, I hate to bother y'all again, but here we go...

So my wedding anniversary is today (October 27th). It'll be our 3rd one. However, life has kicked me in the ass again, so I don't have the funds to do something nice for my wife. We wanted to go to our town's Pride tomorrow (Oct. 28) as a way to celebrate, but I feel bad because I won't be able to buy them food there even, much less anything else.

If y'all are financially able and willing, please send me $ on CashApp or Venmo.

I just wanna do something nice for my baby bean, y'all. Please help this lil lesbian treat their wife if you can.

CashApp: $QueerRemi

Venmo: @QueerRemi

PLEASE REBLOG THIS POST IF YOU SEE IT!!

[corvidaeconundrum]

“Are you happy?”

“…”

“Getting there.”

[scarapanna]

Happy pride month folks, rise and grind

Me when I have a rigged contract with a beast of Deceit

[daiourage]

Deltarune Sketch Dump

♥️ Ralsei or bust x20 (Susie is participating in saying this)

When your OC becomes real—//shot

Aaaaaaaa since @patchwork-crow-writes follows me now????? Hello????? I’m fanboying rn don’t look at me this is a present to you my guy 🥂 I was already planning to draw this silly comic but now I’ll give this to you!!!! Thank you for becoming mutuals with me what did I do to deserve this—

(I also just wanted to draw Kris and the player getting along bc i NEED IT AAAAAAAA)

Tenna doodles under the cut~~~

Love TV man;;; blasting his battle theme helped me through beating the ch.3 secret boss bc its battle theme SCARED ME (which is the point ikik but akdsnskjs i am a WEENIE)

I accidentally gave him away before visiting his room in Castle Town bc I forgot Ralsei does that… whoops. I’m so sorry Mr. “Ant” Tenna-Dreemurr please forgive me I’ll never forget you 😔🤝

100% will be cosplaying as Tenna for Halloween (at college lmao) but just in case can someone send me something like 2 days before Halloween so I remember

ALSO LOVE HOW WE AS A FANDOM SAID SPAMTON WAS THE MOST DIVORCED MAN???? AND HE WAS????? Please get back together i can’t handle another divorce—

Also also have this last doodle I drew 10 min before class

If ch.5 is the festival… I imagine Ralsei’ll get jealous bc he can’t join us. And since ch.5 is hinted (more like told) to involve Asgore and him burning a field of flowers in jealousy…

That’s all I’m saying about it 😭🫶

[hwangyeddeongie]

tfw someone is about to get 20k likes on twitter by stealing your tumblr post word for word

[shoujosoulsite]

‎ ❤︎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⊹　₊　WAYS TO HELP WITH YOUR RESPAWNING/PERMASHIFTING GUILT 🏮

Ah yes... the guilt of shifting and manifestation. This is something that we all know and experience at least once during our time in this community/after discovering reality shifting and the law of assumption.

It's even worse when you are a respawner/permashifter. The thought of leaving everything behind, especially everything that irritates and hurts you... it feels so beautiful and exciting, but it also feels so betraying and selfish. Even if you know this is better for your sake, you still get thoughts of guilt and self-loathing for it.

I understand as I get to as someone who is a permashifter ( + somewhat of a respawner ) myself. I also feel guilty when really thinking deep into my plans of respawning as well. Sometimes, my guilt is so bad that I wish I was born into a bad family, so I won't have regrets.

Though, of course, as you see from the title. How did I manage to soothe my guilt of respawning / permashifting? Well, after thinking for the past couple of weeks, I've come up with multiple points that make me feel way better and heck even more motivated to permashift/respawn.

✿‌ THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ORIGINAL REALITY

We shift and manifest every second, and that's fact. Every decision you make... from the most smallest ones to the biggest ones is a shift. Even you reading this post was a shift as you decided to spend your time reading this post other than scrolling or maybe leaving tumblr all together. Knowing this, that means one thing: that there isn't an original reality. Since we shift every second( + movement is always happening) , the reality that we are in right now is completely different from you were a couple of seconds ago. Since we shift all the time, and that a "major" shift and a "small" shift is all the same-- you permashifting/respawning to your dr is technically not so different from you living your daily life here and manifesting.

✿‌ MANIFESTATION = SHIFTING

Similar to my last point, shifting and manifesting are two sides of the same coin. You manifesting is you shifting to reality where you have it, and you shifting is manifesting that specific reality to be your current reality. Personally, if I wasn't going to permashift and eventually respawn, I would definitely still manifest for a better life like before... though I realized something. Since manifesting and shifting is pretty much the same thing, and movement is always happening -- what's really the difference between me respawning to my waiting room AND THEN shifting to a better cr rather than me just manifesting my dream life "here". Like manifesting improvements, and overall, my dream life is no different from shifting to better cr🤷‍♀️

✿‌ THIS VERSION OF YOU ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE

Unless you are a d__th(physical)/SCA respawner who is planning to have their body pass away or "disappear" after shifting and grounded in your dr-- This version of you isn't really isn't going anywhere. Whether you believe in the concept of clones or not (me personally, I don't ), something we can all agree is that the version that you will leave behind is no different from you. Your "variants": whether it's your drself or version that you are in right now, it's all you. You know how when you shift to your dr, the reality that you will leave behind will still continue. Yeah, that version of YOU will still be living YOUR life like normally. So don't think that you will be "leaving your loved ones" behind since you technically won't be going anywhere and they won't even notice. ( *cough* you are everywhere and nowhere all at once)

✿‌ YOU ARENT SEPERATING FROM YOUR LOVED ONES PERMENTLY

This especially counts if you are a permashifter (hell, even if you are a respawner, it can still work)... if you ever miss your loved ones, especially if they are/were good to you, you can still visit them. You can still shift back or at least go to an alternate universe to meet them. You permashifting or respawning does not mean separating from your loved ones forever...if anything ( especially depending on your own plans), it can mean finally not worrying about being apart. Not only can you shift back to your old reality or shift to alternate reality, but you can also channel and communicate to your loved one's higher selves, Astral project to your loved ones, script your loved ones into your drs, and much more.

✿‌ THE CONCEPT OF AWARENESS AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE

This goes exactly with the last point I've made! I've seen one post on tumblr, which really got me thinking. You know how we all have awareness of our own (all of it, including the infinite amount of realities and etc all mashes up into a unified consciousness; consciousness = reality). Well, the post said that your loved ones' awareness could be in different reality. Again , as I mentioned, movement is always happening, and we are ALL shifting as it's natural to all of us. The whole concept of the genuine awareness of your loved ones being in a different reality does help with detachment (now I'm not saying that this version of them isn't important, but it does definitely help with detachment from this reality *it definitely did for me*)

✿‌ HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WORLD

This world sucks for pretty much of all of us in some sort of way. The racism, the homophobia, the transphobia, the misogyny, the animal cruelty, the lack of empathy and compassion, the wars, and just much more craziness. It's even worse if you have a bad life and trauma personally on your own. Personally, my life is not bad... hell, if anything, I'm privileged in a lot of aspects-- though the thing is... I'm not satisfied with this life at all, and I dislike a lot of aspects of not only this life but also this current version of myself. There is no reason for staying here other than my parents, specifically my mother. Mentioning all the other points and also knowing that this version of me isn't going anywhere - why should I still stay here or feel guilty if I know everything will be the same old regardless if I permashift/respawn or not.

✿‌ YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE

You are limitless. Now I know you have heard that multiple times, but it's really true, and you need to act like it. Why worry or feel guilty of something that you have control over. It's your life. It's your outcome. It's your reality. If you wanna respawn/permashift and you know that you will be way happier and satisfied if you do, why feel bad. If your loved ones knew AND believed in shifting and truly wanted the best for you and your happiness, they most likely would agree and say something similar.

✿‌ YOU GOT TO PUT YOURSELF FIRST SOMETIMES

Like I mentioned the last time, it's your life... it's your reality. You permashifting or respawning does not make you selfish, and even if it did, who cares ! It's not harming anyone and again...it's your life and existence. You shifting does not mean you don't love your loved ones, it mean that you love yourself. It's time to decide for yourself and realize that you deserve happiness. If that means leaving everything behind and starting afresh... DO IT.

You deserve happiness, don't let anything or one stop you from getting it.

[freshgreenmilk]

live in my broken world.