The Digital Circus - Tumblr Posts
Jax art ?
Normal jax was boring.cartoon net colors yippee
Well in the Bible Cain killed Abel because he was jealous of God favoring Abel's offering (even though his own offering was shit)
What if Caine did smth to Abel because he (C) was malfunctioning somehow? Possibly wasn't carrying out his function properly - maybe that's why he seems so mentally silly in present time? Or maybe he didn't like how Abel handled the digital world and decided it would be most beneficial to get rid of him?
As for God, He might be a parallel to the creator(s) of the digital world? Like the ones who created Caine and Abel? Maybe Caine did what he did to "ensure maximum satisfaction" from his creator(s), or even to save himself from getting deletes by becoming the only AI capable of managing the digital world?
A very loose theory that I have is that Caine has a partner, probably called Abel since I’m using the Bible story as a sort of reference and also the logo in the office has this
Alsoooo I know the spelling for Caine is off if it were directly referencing the story since it’s Cain without an e but I’m just picking at straws here since all we have is the pilot and the website(s)(I haven’t looked into it and I have no clue how many there is)
YES YES YES YES. YOU. YOU GET IT.
It doesn't outright go "you need to be scared of this because monsters and murder and torture wooo" it emphasizes that horror in the circus is DIFFERENT FROM THE REAL WORLD.
Nobody's worried about the classics like dying or getting hurt because they only exist mentally - their digital forms aren't actually physical, so the horrors aren't physical either
Instead the horror parts of the plot focus on a NEW concept of suffering, a NEW way to scare the audience, and they do it in a way that just makes the circus itself seem so much more real
We're used to horror media. We're used to the blood and the gore and the murder and the violence and all that classic stuff. Sure, it makes some of us squeamish or scared, but we're USED to that kind of being scared, and that makes it a little boring to watch, no matter how well-written the rest of the plot is
But the digital circus just says "nah fuck that" and proceeds to show you their NEW FORMS being seriously harmed in a NEW WAY that unsettled us because we're desensitized to the common tropes in horror and aren't expecting such a new and interesting concept
THAT'S what makes the digital circus so special. It looks at the creepy monsters and the spooky jumpscares and the bloody deaths, then immediately turns around to make their characters experience something completely different (and arguably worse, considering they can't actually die and are stuck trying to cope with the digital version if suffering and horror since THEY USED TO BE IN THE REAL WORLD TOO)
I just realized the reason I love the Amazing Digital Circus is because it's basically doing what I was hoping the internet would do with the backrooms. And no I'm not talking about the Stanley Parable inspired bit.
Like the backrooms started with a focus on liminal spaces, and then combined it with simulation theory and boundary breaking/test environments in video games.
So immediately I was like "oh well if it's about breaking the simulation, then the horror will come from glitches and bugs and file corruptions affecting people who fall into the backrooms right?"
And then the internet is like. "What if we put scp monsters in there." Like. No.
I mean I guess it'd be fine if the stories/concepts were good? But it was stuff like "here's a jpeg of a creepy smile with spider legs who hunts humans". That's just disappointing tbh.
So yeah the concept of the abstractions? Fucking love it. Especially them glitching everything out rather than it being like "the monster murdered her with ✨️HYPERREALISTIC BLOOD✨️ splattering everywhere." It's a step up in quality the internet needed. Thank you for blessing us all, ye mighty Gooseworx.
has anyone thought about what happens to the players PHYSICALLY when they enter the digital circus
because we know their minds are transported into the digital world, but what happens to their bodies?
they ALL put on the headset and immediately got transported inside, so I doubt they'd have time to take it off - does that mean they're still at least partially connected to their bodies, enough to stay alive but not quite conscious?
if we go off that idea, i feel like they'd just collapse on the spot when they put on the headset
imagine finding some cool headset in the back of an alley or maybe even in that C&A office with the computer and you put it on and just like faint
imagine FINDING some random mf unconscious in a sketchy place with a headset latched onto their head
lesbian and bisexual kiss in the circus more at 7
I am obsessed with this ship
Bunny gangle!:D(older art)
More gangle and Jax now sketches ,Last pic Jax came out a little blurry but ok
Idk did this with them:∆ honestly i think i should have switched them but ok
Matching pijamas!:∆
I tried anyway ribbunnn
Gangle as pucca and Jax as Garu!!
Princess gangle and giant Jax idk I got bored but here
The Entertainment
Favourite gummy crocodile
Ponmi cuz she's silly
sidenote idk how to use tumblr .
Cross posted to bluesky and probably da soon but….
YOUR HONOUR, IF THEY MET THEY WOULD BE ✨BESTIES✨
Characters are:
Unknown Lizard Gummy Person from The Amazing Digital Circus
The Conductor from A Hat In Time
Alt Text:
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2 eyeless anthro characters are smiling, slightly bashful and laughing. One is a gummy cowboy lizard teased in the amazing digital circus leaks, the other is the conductor from a hat in time. They are headshot drawings and it’s on a white background. It is drawn digitally.
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Little Pomni colour experiment
