I recently finished my Jax cosplay and wore it to a local con!

Isn’t she wonderful? <3

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This posture is genuinely the worst out of everyone in the TADC universe

The way that Jax’s character holds a mirror up to my life is honestly so jarring.

There’s been this huge, what feels like unnecessary debate that I won’t even iterate because I don’t want to add to it.

But my favorite character is being watered down, whether intentionally or not, and that’s sucks.

Hearing about Jax’s past with his father. These unlivable expectations. Her father’s untimely absence, followed by Jax’s mother relying heavily on her for both an emotional punching bag, and emotional support. Feels so..familiar.

The berating and humiliating She’d faced, for simply not living up to his mother’s expections.

Those expectations being \*impossible.\* for Jax to meet, due to her own struggles with identity, the fact she shouldn’t have ever had to, and the role being one she could never logically fill. It hurts how common an experience it is. It hurts how much I saw my own experience in it.

Jax’s regret towards what She did to his mom before entering the circus, the fact She will \*never\* know that he infact didn’t, kill his mom. The confusion and guilt She’d carried every single day for God knows how many years.

It’s not right, but i understand why she pushed Ribbit away at the first hint of sharing too much. Why he shut down over the affection Ribbit or anyone else offered.

Because, when Jax reached out to his mother for that same kind of affection, it was met with mocking and berating. Physical affection was forced as a way to control the situation. He simply couldn’t believe that wasn’t happening again. So he had to make sure he did it first.

I wish we got to see a world where Jax didn’t hesitate when going to talk to Pomni, or where Pomni grabbed his hand to stop him.

But I think the abruptness of it all actually makes it even more painfully realistic.

Jax’s story held up a mirror to my own life, so much so I’ve started exploring a door I didn’t even remember was there until after watching the finale.

The title felt even more jarring as the pieces started clicking as I took my time to understand the portion of Jax I was most confused about.

People say relating to Jax makes you a bad person, but I think those people lack empathy (if they can make bold statements, so can I). Jax is deeply misunderstood, and I understand him.

Ahh..Jax..they could never make me hate you.

some jax art i’ve made recently, working on some more pieces to come! 🥹💜

I am having a little too much fun coloring them, lol. The Gangle drawings are sold out (the Tommy Gun was a commission), but I'm proud of them every time I look at them, so I wanted to share anyway. I will definitely make more in the future

Tommy Gun Gangle: ~3 hrs 40 min

Spudsy's Gangle & Happy Gangle: ~3 hrs each

Gummigoo: ~5 hrs

Chad (long arm guy): ~4 hrs

Max (chubby guy): ~1 hr 15 min

I just can't believe anyone in the circus is actually going to be happy in the long run. Sure, they've accepted their situation and learned how to make the best of it, but that's only because they don't really have another choice. Right now they still have adventures, DnD, and Caine coming up with new things to do, but even that has to get old after a few months with nothing else to do.

They're trapped there for hundreds, maybe even thousands, of years with the same six people. After a few years you've done every adventure, had every conversation, played every game, and heard every joke a thousand times. I don't care how optimistic you are, eventually the boredom alone would drive anyone insane.

The ending wants to feel hopeful, but to me it just delays the inevitable. I can't imagine an existence like that ending any other way than with everyone eventually abstracting. Even if it takes years, infinite time means they'll reach that breaking point sooner or later.

And I think it'd happen much sooner than most people think. In a world with no sleep, no hunger, no real responsibilities, and no way to truly change your life, every distraction would eventually lose its appeal. Once you've gone on your thousandth adventure, played every game imaginable, and had every conversation a hundred times over, what do you have left?

Wanted to do a more circus horror vibe

We saw Pomni and Gangle, and Ribbit is self explanatory. I’m curious how you all think the others went

As a programmer, I found TADC really fascinating and I can't stop thinking about abstraction, how it works, and how they could return to normal. After thinking about it for a while, I came to the conclusion that it's impossible. Basically, they are a kind of save file that evolves as they live in the circus, until they reach the point of corruption.

So, following that logic, the only way to recover the file would be by restoring it from a checkpoint. From what we've seen in the episodes, I dare assume that the only checkpoint that exists is the initial one. Therefore, basically, they can't go back, and if they did, it would be as if they had just entered the circus, all their experiences and memories would be lost, and they'd have to start all over again.

I'd love to know your thoughts on this, and also whether you think Caine knows he can do that, but isn't willing to make them go through all of it again?

I just saw the plushie so I was a bit late to this lol

Drawn with mouse in Krita. I'm left handed so this took ages and quite a lot of ctrl+z. Does anyone have any tips on how i can get better?