Dead/Abstracted Performer Headcanons Volume 1/5

Dead/Abstracted Performer Headcanons Volume 1/5

Decided to make a bunch of shit up about all the dead people who entered the digital circus (divided into pairs)

Name: Glumis (pronounced like gloom and the name Loomis)

Avatar: Relatively short and stocky inchworm (with suspenders) but his torso and arms telescope out when sufficiently excited or angry.

Personality: Self important "artiste" who initially enjoyed the circus and always gave Caine suggestions for what would make the most engaging and "well written" adventures. He carried himself as empathetic but lashed (and stretches) out when someone would criticize his ideas.

Fun fact: Kinger, Ragatha and Kaufmo were the only canonically named performers to meet Glumis before his abstraction.

Abstraction: One day he realized Caine never took his suggestions and confronted him about it, Caine tried to let him down gently but Bubble showed up and accidentally made it seem like Caine had a personal grudge against Glumis, which broke him. He was sent to the cellar before he could do any damage.

Name: Rovey (since Rover is the most common dog name)

Avatar: Avarege sized dog with a tie that covers their torso and two pairs of cufflinks on each limb (with and extra one on their left leg).

Personality: Cartoonishly boring and tranquil southerner who tried to befriend everyone to keep a healthy balance in the circus dynamic. Occasionally played into stereotypical dog behavior to amuse the other performers.

Fun fact: Rovey was among the first four people to enter the program (even before the chess pieces) and due to a one-off bug forgot what gender they identified as in the real word (he/him, in case you were wondering). Bonus: They could emit stock dog noises.

Abstraction: When new humans entered the digital circus for the first time since their arrival Rovey was so disturbed by the sheer idea of unknowing people being trapped there that it depressed them to the point of Abstraction. They glitched the newbie and two other "original" humans in there rampage by the lake. (The last original had already abstracted)

Volume 2

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Volume 5

Glad someone finally made the joke

I had a vision…

Dead/Abstracted Performer Headcanons Volume 5/5

Name: Stroinga (saw someone name this character something derpy with and S and it kind of sounds like string)

Avatar: Worm on a string headed weasel like character with a small acrobat type outfit and nubby limbs.

Personality: Energetic and very polite, she usually tried to make the best of a situation, even if her generally clumsy nature (and new body) got in the way.

Fun fact: She was the last of the first four performers to join the group and they all entered the circus at once.

Abstraction: Her's was the first ever, brought on by a typical existential crisis, at least, typical by the digital world's standards. Sine Stroinga was Caine's first experience with abstraction it took a little while to catch her, especially since he also had to make the cellar. Luckily, she didn't manage to do any real damage. Syghti was hit the hardest by her abstraction.

Name: Denz (from density, since it's the principal by which things float on water)

Avatar: Ring floatie torso, flipper sandal feet, snorkel pipe neck, entire cartoon dolphin body as a head. His entire body is very rubbery and hollow.

Personality: Slightly overbearing guy how props himself up as a sort of life coach for other performers. He can be really annoying but always means well. Denz has a deep love of music, so much so that he often asked Caine to turn up the in-game audio, much to everyone else's frustration.

Fun fact: He had tended to use his room for storage of mementos from various adventures and preferred to sleep on the digital lake.

Abstraction: He tried his best to help everyone with whatever personal stuff they could remember, no matter how little. Naturally, he took every abstraction he saw really personally, the perceived guilt and being seen as nuisance by most remaining performers proved to much for Denz. Ironically, he abstracted during a lake adventure, glitching Edgallen and Jax.

And that's it! I've know racked my brain over 10 dead cartoon characters how may or may not prove completely irrelevant by the end of the series and I regret nothing. I really do hope you enjoyed these!

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

I really hope his interest in insects stays consistent throughout the series.

Give him an insect collection NOW-

Something I find really funny is that the four male characters in TADC perfectly match up with tumblr's four most beloved male character archatypes:

Jax- smug, lanky asshole

Kinger- neurotic, bug-eyed old man

Caine- well dressed and erratic freak

Bubble- gross little creature

TADC theory/prediction thingy

I've been thinking about how the series as a whole will be structured and finally have an idea I feel confident in.

I think the series will flow like the first season of Psychoville, the first and last episodes are, of course, setup and resolution, while the other episodes advance the overall plot while each episode also spotlights an individual character.

The main evidence is that, frankly, it's the best way to blend the implied backstory exploration with Caine's daily adventures. Which also gives numerous opportunities for guest stars like Elsie Lovelock as the Gloink Queen.