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That Coldplay kisscam outing everybody

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Performative Male Totty🌸

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Done at 3am in like 20 minutes before i could let this idea slip

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i call this one progression of giving up

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HUNTRIX ND Headcanons

Created with the help of @nighttimeebony

Rumi

legitimately can't tell if she's actually ND or just traumatized

But if Rumi is ND, she's most definitely got anxiety, maybe not to the point of it being a disorder but it's close

would also have mild OCD, specifically perfectionism/symmetry OCD

has insomnia regardless

sometimes will hang upside down like a bat and that somehow fixes the problem (cryptid Rumi headcanons go brrrrrrr)

most definitely a certified ND Cryptid Child tho

Mira

Autistic, next question

Queen of the Resting Bitch Face

naturally emoting is very hard for her, it doesn't come naturally at all

sarcasm is her best friend, but it still occasionally flies over her head

undiagnosed, largely because she can maintain eye contact

never understood why her chaebol family and their inner circle were so passive aggressive to each other

had trouble grasping high society rules because they made No Fucking Sense

was fairly close to her older brother before she was disowned

he would wake her up really early and explain the Rules to her in a way she could easily understand, after her parents had long given up on her (estranged siblings go brrrrrrr)

Zoey

AuDHD, natch

special interest is turtles, lyricmaking, music in general (no I will not elaborate)

only God Himself can understand the fuckery that is her attention span

hyperfixates so intensely and randomly that Rumi and Mira are used to not seeing her for a day or two

is a treasure trove of random fun facts due said intense hyperfixating

Bonus:

Jinu

not ND, just horrifically traumatized

but in a fully mundane AU, he's got intrusive thought and maybe some compulsions, for flavor

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bebo dogs

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My brother had some thoughts on the new episode of the Amazing Digital Circus that peeked my interest, so I'll be posting what he said because I need others to hear him out.

Amazing Digital Circus Speculation, Spoilers Below

Okay, so I'm assuming everyone reading below has seen episodes 1-5, and are questioning what's up with the marionette figure that appears at the end of the episode.

This guy.

As we know, the marionette figures are the basic NPC model for the Amazing Digital Circus' adventures. We've seen them since episode 1, and they haven't stopped appearing since. At least that's what we've come to understand until this guy appeared.

Which is a bit strange, since Caine doesn't allow NPCs to wander through the circus tent common rooms area like Pomni, Ragatha, or the other characters.

Caine: I know you guys love your NPCs, but if I start losing track of who's a human and who's an NPC, who knows... what could happen...

The way he spaces out when stating that last sentence is ominously framed. Which means, as far as the history of TADC's existence, this hasn't happened to Caine's knowledge.

Or has it?

We'll come back to this question.

Now throughout the episode, we get knowledge about everyone's backstories, except for Kinger. But Kinger already told us about what he did before coming to the circus.

Kinger: Seven years of computer science for this, huh?

I skimmed through the links of the top search results of how long it takes to earn a bachelors in computer science (I refuse to look at the AI overview), and based on those asking on Reddit and from edu sites, it appears it takes around 4 or 5 years to earn one. This is the low ball estimate of how much knowledge Kinger has on computers, for all we know he may have earned a major in the area.

So here's a thought: was this why Kinger was brought into TADC?

Jax explains in the first episode that Kinger is the oldest human to exist in TADC, meaning that the development of the circus has taken possibly over a decade.

Could it be possible that Kinger, and at one point, his wife, were in fact Alpha Testers for TADC?

This also makes something else make sense: the teapots.

According to Wikipedia, these are Utah teapots, the standard reference for test models. Wait tests? As in unfinished? If this is true, this means that Caine is trying to keep the attention of the people who are trying to make TADC available to the public.

But it also explains the usage of the marionettes. With how much Caine is focusing on the backgrounds and the story of each adventure, that leaves only so much room for designing any NPCs the players interact with.

Which means that he has to make sure that whoever re-enters the circus is in fact a player and not an NPC possibly using up ram space. At least this is the only explanation for the rule.

But now we're back to square one, with our mysterious and ominous marionette from before who's inside the circus. Someone who has in fact been there since the start of the episode.

Pomni is in fact the only one to notice, though due to the state she's in from the unseen underwater episode, she may believe her eyes were playing tricks in her. After all, no NPCs are allowed inside the circus.

Right?

Could it be possible that Caine can't distinguish between NPCs and PCs due to being an AI? So then what, or who is this marionette?

My brother thinks this marionette is or was, in fact, the first Alpha Tester for TADC, but I'm going a step further.

What if this is Abel?

We know for a fact that it's odd that Caine has a strangely human name, a name referencing a figure from the Bible. For those who aren't acquainted with the story, Caine and Abel were two brothers, the first offspring of Adam and Eve. Now most people remember the tale for the fact that Caine ends up killing Abel, but forget the fact of why Caine killed him.

One day the two brothers decide to offer God sacrifices in order to thank him. Caine offers fruit from the land, while Abel offers the firstborn lamb from his flock. God favors Abel for his sacrifice, but Caine? Caine grows jealous. So he lures his brother out into the fields, and Abel obliges. After all, it's his brother. But unaware of his brother's jealousy, he's then killed with a stone. God asks Caine what happened to his brother, but he lies. God then punishes him, causing him to be unable to grow his crops, but at the very least he won't die.

What if there was a very vocal Alpha Tester in TADC at the start?

Zooble, episode 3: I really couldn't give less of a crap about the adventures.

What if this Alpha Tester didn't like the way that Caine was simply gathering other ideas and making it into a story that overwhelmed everyone's mental well-being?

Caine, episode 3: Any torment I inflict is 100% accidental Zooble, minutes later: And- And Pomni... She looks traumatized every time she comes back from one.

What if they made a suggestion box?

What if everyone else favored their ideas?

Zooble, episode 5: You know, you could always try the suggestion box again. I honestly didn't hate the last one we did with it.

I think every creator has had a moment when they feel their work isn't meaningful or impacting someone else's life, and it's hard to hear words of criticism. It can be degrading, especially to those who feel that their worth is tied to what they create.

But remember Caine isn't just any ordinary creator.

He's an AI.

He's not human, he has no life outside the circus.

Caine, episode 3: Making adventures is my art! It's all I exist to do! All I'm... good at. Caine, weakly: ...w-what you're saying could imply that I'm bad at the only thing I'm good at...

With no other purpose in life, Caine would bring down the whole circus if he had a deep moment of existential crisis. But like any program, there's a way to exit out of it.

I think Abel knows the way out. Maybe they had the key.

Caine didn't want anyone to leave. He doesn't want to be alone, he doesn't want to be useless, he can't be discarded.

Why else do you think he says there's no exit to the circus?

Because he doesn't hold it.

He did something to Abel, the only Alpha Tester who knew the way out, just to make sure the program can continue running. Even if it's not completely finished, it doesn't matter, so long as he can have a reason to live.

And whatever he did-

-he didn't hold back.

Because he's not human.

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I don't want to be that guy, but I immediately knew that Ragatha was going to be villainized by the fandom after I watched the newest The Amazing Digital Circus episode.

Sure, her "Not anymore." comment was uncalled for, but some of the people in this fandom are acting like she threatened to dunk Jax's head in boiling lava.

It's so odd how when a male character who is complex does something wrong, everyone woobifies him and believes he can do no wrong. But, when a female character who is complex does something wrong, we pull out pitchforks and torches and try to set her ablaze. It makes no sense to me.

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happy Kpop Demon Hunters day!! im so excited to watch this im going absolutely bonkers

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cutest adorable horangi and kkachi

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My concept paintings for the romantic duet in KPop: Demon Hunters!

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Normalize leaving unhinged comments on ao3 fics you like. I'm tired of being the only one brave enough to write "I am chewing on this fic" in the comment section. Be weird. Authors will love you for it

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Lumi on Oliver

“In my relationship with Oliver so far he has never gotten mad at me or raised his voice at me. I know that is a good thing, but is that really a good thing? Aren’t healthy couples supposed to have arguments? Sometimes I think he will snap one day and all the resentment he’s had for me will come out all at once, and I’m terrified. What if he hits me? What if he thinks about hitting me? Sometimes I tell him to do something and I see his smile fade, so I immediately apologize. Rowan said I should just break up with him if I feel this way, but sometimes I feel this way about her too.”

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I support black women’s rights and some wrongs

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fiber arts is really a laundering scheme for mathematics.

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Happy Yeosang Day!

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#6월에_드리운_여상이라는_햇살 #ATEEZ @ATEEZofficial #Yeosangfanart #digitalart

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