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Hey, so how will the rest of the story play out?

Not well! For some of the cast, a little worse than others.. you'll just have to wait and see ;)

(Consider this a formal apology for not updating the fic in a bit, my brain has been rotten by another story I'm cooking up for a different fandom lmao -- I promise I will get back to it when I'm not so focused on breaking my friends' hearts with Different angst!)

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TADC Episode 3 Foresight???

Spoilers for the newest episode as well as chapter 3 of The Abandoned Circus ahead!

Guys. Y'all aren't gonna believe me, but I might've predicted Kinger being more "present" in the dark, and also the major dad vibes????

I've been working on chapter 3 of the fic and I am currently writing the scene where the squad is setting up tents for their camping adventure. Surprise sneak peek, but here's what I've got written so far in an interaction between Gangle and Kinger.

BROTHER!! WHEN I TELL YOU I SCREAMED SO DAMN LOUD WATCHING THE EPISODE--

First of all, there's the fact that he dives down a scary tunnel to save Gangle's mask with absolutely no hesitation. Then, the fact that he's SUCH a dad. And pair that with the knowledge of him being mostly lucid in the dark, during a CAMPING themed adventure where they blacked out a small portion of the grounds to make it DARK and one of his circus daughters is in distress... Well, the snippet speaks for itself!

Honestly I was scared I'd been writing him totally wrong this whole time. I'm glad this episode came out before chapter 3 because it's just been such a huge confidence booster!

Can't wait for y'all to see it ;)

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CHAPTER TWO IS OUT NOW!!

Just in time! I'm leaving for KadabraCon tomorrow! Yippee!

Read it here!

This chapter is also relatively calm compared to the rest... So uh, enjoy the calm before the storm! I already have a fair amount written for the next few chapters, so the wait shouldn't be nearly as long for chapter three ;)c

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Chapter 2 Sneak Peek #3!!

Well, since Pomni and Jax are both having a splendid time, let's check up on our favourite autistic dad! Surely he's having a totally normal, super fun time as well--

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Anyway! New chapter coming soon! Hopefully before episode 3 airs since I'm going to be Very busy attending KadabraCon with a friend and will have absolutely No time to write, lmao.

See y'all soon! ;)

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Surprise! Yet another abandoned circus post!

This time with Jax! I can't wait to see him get what's coming to him in this :) hope y'all are ready for chapter 2 to drop

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Chapter 2 Sneak Peek #2!!

Now that we've seen what Pomni's been doing, let's take a gander at how Jax is handling things!

...oh boy.

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Hiiiiiii it's me again :3 more abandoned circus

Have this Pomni from chapter two

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Chapter 2 Sneak Peek!!

Since I'm nearly finished with the first edit of chapter two, y'all can have this quick sneak peek into what Pomni's been up to for the past several digital days! Or... However long it's been ;)c

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Abandonware and Nostalgia

I was recently watching a YouTube video where this guy was exploring a Garry’s Mod map when he mentioned an old CD-ROM game he played as a kid (the specific story is from 14:00-15:16). It’s called Crayola 3D Castle Creator. Something that really caught my attention was when he mentioned a jester character and old 3D graphics. I did a quick Google search and managed to find it quite easily.

Now, tell me… does the jester on the cover look somewhat familiar to y'all or is it just me?

Granted, the actual character in the game doesn’t look anything like they do on the cover…

Eugh. Like, seriously, what is that thing? …but anyway, there’s still an uncanny resemblance in the cover art that I can’t unsee. I wonder if there's any subtle inspiration for Pomni’s design stemming from this game? Probably not but it’s a neat little similarity either way :)

Also, even though you can’t really play the game anymore unless you have a computer that runs Windows 98, I was able to find a version of the game that you can download (though it may not be entirely playable as I haven't tested it myself) on MyAbandonware! It’s essentially a super cool website that has a massive collection of abandoned/dead games you can still download, although some need an emulator or specific PC specs, as with any game.

It kinda dragged me down a rabbit hole of learning what actually counts as abandonware. This particular website is just one of many internet archives for software archaeologists to preserve games that might otherwise be lost to time, some of which are the only pieces of media to use their specific game engines. It’s really neat stuff, and super useful for historical preservation purposes!

Anyway, I’ll post more about all that stuff later, but just know that all this research has certainly given me some... ideas for the fic… ;)c

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Back at it again with my Abandoned Circus propaganda (I am obsessed with this story and am determined to get more people hyped)

Heres a doodle of Gangle I did based off of a sneak peek I got into chapter three :) I was planning on coloring digitally but I think the traditional sketchy look fits the vibes better

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Drew one of my favorite scenes from the first chapter of The Abandoned Circus

There will be more to come

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🎪🎡🎭 Hello, welcome to the official blog for the TADC Abandoned Circus AU! 🎭🎡🎪

This blog is run by one person -- me! The name's Nebula (they/them), I'm 25, and I'm just a silly little guy that's still very new to Tumblr, so please be patient!! I'm just here to have fun and share this extra angsty AU that's been spinning uncontrollably in my brain since mid-January, and I hope I can interest a few people in this little story of mine! :))

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The Abandoned Circus is mainly based on the concepts of "development hell" (media that's stuck in the development stage for an indefinite period of time) and "abandonware" (software that's been left to rot by its creator for any number of reasons), plus the core idea of, "what if every AI in the Digital Circus suddenly disappeared overnight?"

Just imagine: a tired, frustrated game dev goes to update the AI in this cool little retro game they've been working on for years. The software sucks. Coding sucks. Making it VR compatible is a nightmare. Everything is so janky and difficult to use. They eventually get so fed up trying to make things work that they decide, "hey, y'know what? This isn't worth the trouble. Fuck this." They put the game down one day... but they don't come back. Not the next day, or the next, or the next...

In a digital world inhabited by six unfortunate humans trapped together in a strangely cruel place that really doesn't care if you're struggling, what comes next? What happens when the characters that we all know and love are given the unrestricted freedom to do anything they want without the all-seeing eyes of what equates to a God™™™ watching over them?

What will they do without the ability to fix everyday bugs and glitches?

What happens if someone goes off the deep end?

Well, lucky for you I've already written a little bit about this whole ordeal, and I've got several more chapters already in the works!

You can check out the story on my AO3 here!

I don't have an upload schedule or anything, but I'll keep y'all updated whenever I post something new, of course. Who knows? I might even start posting some extra content here as well... ;)c

Anyway! Thanks for stopping by! Why don't you stick around for a while? We have all the time in the world to get to know each other... :)