#I should make a circus tag

[cowboyishbabe]

Class was kinda wild

[snowthedemonfox]

sillies i drew while talking to @gen-toon about this idea over the past few weeks lol (context btw)

(ragatha felt bad and opened the door for him)

[hrokkall]

Minos and Sisyphus Prime but they're both core files from hit 2016 game Pony Island

[actuallyjustabiscuit]

Ok thoughts 👏thoughts👏Everyone gather around I have thoughts about this!

Episode 2 was clearly the Pomni episode. We got to see her character get a little more fleshed out and we also got a glimpse of what motivates her which is great.

With this tweet we have solid confirmation on who the upcoming episodes will center on (thanks for not making us guess, Goose) and this lineup is really interesting.

First fascinating thing is that Kinger and Zooble share a spotlight in ep 3. Why is that? Everyone else gets their own dedicated episodes so why are they unique in that regard? What connects them?

Well, I have one idea!

So we know since the pilot that Kinger has been the one to have lived in the Circus the longest out of all of them. We’re still not sure if he was in fact the 1st human to be trapped (maybe we’ll find out in the next episode) but he definitely has the most seniority, both in age and in length of entrapment.

We also know that Zooble was the most recent character to get stuck before Pomni (and considering their attitude, it may have even been quite a while beforehand) AND is the youngest character next to Jax (they even share the same age, which could be a coincidence but it feels too deliberate of a choice).

Which means ep 2 will simultaneously focus on the oldest and the youngest of the characters.

I’m actually curious as to what their dynamic will be because they haven’t really interacted much in the pilot (and like not at all in episode 2), if they end up interacting in ep 3 at all. But mostly I’m excited to see them more fleshed out with hopefully Pomni getting the chance to bond with them (either together or separately).

My guess is that the purpose for them to share focus on an episode is to get perspective from someone who’s been there the longest and has seen more people come and go than anyone else vs. someone who was just recently in Pomni’s shoes and had probably a much different first day experience (we know Zooble cared enough about Kaufmo to personally organize his funeral so they may have some…feelings about who’s essentially his replacement).

Ep3 is also supposedly Gooseworx’s most anticipated episode so I’m extra excited.

Next we have Gangle for episode 4. I honestly don’t have a lot to say about her or the significance in her episode placement outside of her being the closest in age to Pomni (being only a year older). The only hint we get about what her episode will possibly consist of will be on how reliant she is on her ComedyMask to feel happy, which will be very interesting and we might even get some confirmation on whether her avatar was programmed with that feature upon entering the Circus or if it was an add on of sorts by Caine to help keep her sane. A pretty shitty feature if it can’t last for very long but it does make for a nice metaphor about how fragile her facade is (girl is literally masking).

Actually I don’t think her and Pomni have actually exchanged words yet in the show. Wouldn’t it be funny if they don’t up until her episode. Like Pomni is so caught up in between whatever mess episode 3 has in store for Kinger and Zooble that the two of them never actually talk and it just keeps getting more awkward. Gangle wants to talk to her but is so self-conscious about her Tragedy self that she’ll only feel safe to have a conversation if she has her mask, but it just keeps breaking before she even gets the chance.

Again this is all just speculation, if they actually end up talking in episode 3 I’ll…make ship art of them.

Yeah

Anyway, episode 5. The one I’m personally waiting for because y’all should know what I’m about by now.

*Warning: Unhinged, borderline psychotic tangent incoming*

I swear to god if Pomni and Ragatha don’t have a fucking conversation before ep 5 I will launch myself into the sun. I’ll take anything, I just need them to get real for a second. I NEED to know the extent of this woman’s damage. It has to be explored, analyzed, and dissected and I will do so with gusto when the day comes. None of these characters will be safe from my scrutiny, but Ragatha oh ho ho, you have been living rent free in my head for too long, madame. You WILL pay your dues and I intend to collect in every episode until there is not corner of your unsound mind that I have not examined in great detail!

Ahem *Straightens tie* Ok back to business

So yeah, Ragatha.

It may be because we’ve only had 2 episodes but I can’t help but feel like we’re supposed to see Ragatha as a sort of deuteragonist since out of all of the supporting characters she’s so far been getting the most focus aside from Jax, and we’ll get to him in a minute (I promise that’s not just me being biased, or maybe it is, I don’t know, you tell me).

In just two episodes we’ve seen more of what makes her tick compared to anyone else. And of the main cast she’s been the ONLY one to make any kind of connection to the main character and have enough of a meaningful interaction with her to leave an impression.

But this is what really clinched her role as a deuteragonist for me, she’s so far been one of the few to have the narrative briefly shift to her perspective to give us significant character moments like these:

The show REALLY wants us to see just how NOT ok she is.

If she’s meant to be the heart of the group, her heart already can’t take much more damage. Her friendship (if you can call it that, it’s so painfully one sided right now) with Pomni clearly means a lot to her, so much so that her entire sense of self worth seems to be tied to it (and if you’ve been paying attention, she doesn’t have a lot of that as it is). It would be nice to see their connection gradually grow before her designated episode, where she might experience actual growth for herself.

And if episode 2 is any indication of how this show preserves friendships well…

Yeah, I don’t think she’s gonna make it.

In fact, I’m willing to bet actual money that she’s either gonna abstract in episode 5 or episode 6.

Which brings us to Jax’s episode! The other deuteragonist…tritagonist? He definitely shares some degree of significant narrative focus along with Pomni and Ragatha. He’s both an active antagonist force and one of the only characters to drive the plot forward every time he’s on screen (then there’s that weird thing where he keeps breaking the fourth wall).

He has so much significance in the story that Gooseworx gave him his own bullet point in her list of content warnings (this could also be a joke, but I mean it would be funny to see just how despicable they can make this character).

Gooseworx also described Jax and Pomni’s relationship in the show as “messy”. After episode 2, I don’t think she considers him as a candidate for any kind friendship like she did for the others, and who could blame her? In just two days the guy abandoned her to deal with an abstraction and chucked her out of a truck. He’s no one’s favorite person, and he relishes that. Bunnyboy definitely has some issues that Pomni would pick up on the more she’s forced to spend time with him. To the point where I can see her trying to eventually form some kind of bridge because, as her previously established character motivation implies, she’s not the kind of person to intentionally leave anyone high and dry. But unlike the rest of the crew, I don’t think Jax would be inclined to change for the better just because someone took pity on him. He seems like the kinda guy to dig his heels in and commit to his bad behavior out of spite.

And for his episode to come after Ragatha’s, why do I get the feeling the reason Gooseworx went so far as to preemptively apologize to bunnydoll shippers specifically is because he’s gonna cause something really really bad to happen to her (could be abstraction, could even be something much worse) that he would come to sorely regret.

And oh boy would that evoke some feelings in everyone!

I feel like if that is indeed the direction this show is going, the rest of the episodes will really be something.

I’m also certain Caine will get his own episode but right now he is very much an antagonist to these characters. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a villain, but he’s certainly not someone Pomni is keen on sympathizing with, at least not currently.

Thanks again @lilyclawthorne for helpfully providing me with the tweet so I can give some context for my ramblings of the week!

[normystical]

you see it right

whoever's at the center is probably going to be the ultimate tumblr sexyman

[midnightfire830]

Gooseworx said on the glitchx stream there wasn’t enough Dapper Jax. So here are my little doodles of Jax in a suit.

Damnnit… as if I couldn’t fall for this man anymore…

Also for that middle one I apparently have forgotten all perspective and foreshortening techniques in my arsenal so I now formally apologize for the atrocity you all have see that is whatever the heck Jax’s freaking arm is.

Ye.

✌️

[sockatoothewafflebird]

Someone put up this sign long after this site was abandoned. Seems a lot less aged than the rest of em.

it's not like the crew is inexperienced with these symptoms. they're used to it by now...

even though zombies aren't a focus there's still encounters with them and it's existentially horrifying every time

also BAM! sketch/lineart for fallout zooble.

wanted them to have a more raptor shaped body, for no other reason than it looks cool. i hope this will suffice while i work on the other characters...

please help i'm realizing i'm so so bad at creative character design especially when it comes to characters i havent drawn in the past

[c10v3r]

do you guys like digital circusified lightbrush i think they kinda funny

[maraariana01]

seen a lotta people compare Gummigoo from tadc to Starlo from uty. which is neat. i do think they would be friends :] but its also really funny to me bc like. yea. Starlo is similar ig but are we forgetting that Virgil exists. you know. the guy also from uty that literally looks like a cowboy crocodile (or at least a lizard). who is also a bandit. you know. him

like im just sayingggg

[ra1nb0w-ech0]

uugghhnn Pomni-

[hiddencircus]

CYBER CURCUS !! — @zombmelukitty

CYBER CIRCUS!!!!!

[snowthedemonfox]

more of the sillies. im gonna put jax's full design in another post bc i just realised i never posted that. my bad gamers

[royalphantompain]

You know, while Jax is my least favorite character out of the main cast, Episode Two honestly made really enjoy him and absolutely love him a lot more. He's only my least favorite due to personal preference. I usually prefer silly yet chaotic powerful being more or pathetic creatures more than asshole characters.

It's just really funny and amazing to have a main character who is such a piece of shit and basically a murder hobo from an RPG, and honestly I don't get why some people were upset with it. I think people were complaining about Jax in episode two, mostly on Twitter.

In the first episode, they were in a completely different situation. Jax didn't have any weapons or anything that could give him power except maybe with the bowling ball thing, he just wanted to not get attacked by Kaufmo and there really wasn't any good opportunities to see funny things happen to people. It just really wouldn't have benefited him to start shit with the other humans.

In the Candy Canyon Kingdom, though, he had weapons, and he could mess around all he wanted, so he had a reason to be more aggressive and a dick to everyone because he wanted something. He wanted to have a good time.

And uhhhh.... Gooseworx did say Jax would get worse, so I don't know what people were expecting.

Anyway, yeah, despite my preferences, Jax is still a great and fun character to follow because he's a piece of shit, I fucking despise him, and I want him dead. That's what makes me love him.

[ask-the-influenced-jester]

Hello green coloured jester woman, what are your thoughts on the other circus members?

"Oh, the others? Well..."

"Ragatha is nice! She's a lot more focused on 'Spreading the Influence' than girlkissing.. what a shame..."

"Gangle is pretty nice.. I'd hang out with her more often, but it's hard to understand her speech. I like helping her out with pirating the anime, though!"

"Zooble.. well.. they're just Zooble! There's not much to say about them."

"Kinger is a cool guy! He gives me bugs sometimes, but it makes him mad whenever I try to eat them. I eat them anyway!"

"Jax.. I haven't really seen him. And I hope I never do. He's a bitch and always ruins everything"

[oceanwithouthermoon]

okay i just put this in the tags of a different post but now i have to put it in another post so i can talk about it more <3

celestia and luna : kusuo and kusuke is NOT a cut and dry comparison and neither of them fit one or the other perfectly.. for the most part, kusuo is celestia and kusuke is luna (kusuke lashing out because he thinks kusuo is better than him, that things are easier for kusuo, kusuo not understanding, etc etc.) but the problem with that by itself is that that goes BOTH ways in almost the same exact way, the biggest difference is in how they cope with it all.. kusuo also sees himself in luna A LOT, but unlike kusuke he keeps his issues bottled up and never once takes it out on him.. he competes back to kusuke, especially when they were kids, but for the most part he doesnt WANT to and only does it because either 1) kusuke tries to make him feel inferior or 2) kusuke BRIBES him to do it ???

they both think the other has it better and wish that they could live the others life, and neither of them understand the others struggles (and probably never will fully, but hopefully itll get better for them.)

kusuo definitely watched mlp and thinks of HIMSELF as the luna or the 'nightmare moon' of the two of them because, even though he hasnt ever actually lashed out in that way, he knows how perfectly capable of it he is and he believes himself to be some sort of monster.. and its not really a rational way for him to see things, especially since he doesnt even usually view kusuke in a positive light ? but lunas story just hits home with him that badly..

this is just one reason why i think it sucks that kusuo being "powerless" basically only lasted a weekend, because we totally couldve gotten to see a "celestia and luna switching cutie marks for a day" kind of dynamic between kusuo and kusuke.. obviously not with kusuke having powers, but with him being above kusuo and more powerful than the general human race and realizing that being better than kusuo isnt what he wanted it to be..

and seeing how absolutely depressed and in denial kusuo becomes at first when he starts getting his powers back wouldve hit so much harder for kusuke if it had been a slower realization before kusuo could begin accepting himself again

[thecomicallytragicgangle]

I’m honestly very tempted to just…

But I’m afraid of the effects… would I just snip your code like copying and pasting? Or would I actually cause you harm?

Not like either outcome isn’t bad…

*smiles innocently*

-✂️

Well- I doubt it would do either.. But a copy of my code would be concerning- considering the effects it would have on the circu-..

Oh, Gangle is back...!