I Love The Little Shape Creatures, Also, Yeah, Those Low-poly Black Tendrils Are Really Interesting.

I love the little shape creatures, also, yeah, those low-poly black tendrils are really interesting.

Right time to analyse this shit because god dammit I have been silently making theories about this show the second I saw the premise I’m about to become the most annoying person on the planet on god so LETS GOOOOOOO-

First things first the animation looks fucking phenomenal (let Kevin Temmer cook, that man can do no wrong). Also Caine the guy ever, he is the silly and I love him wholeheartedly, he’s just a fucked up little guy who’s living his best life fr.

And also NEW CHARACTER HELLO.

They do be circling though.

THE SILLIES ARE HERE LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO 🎉🎉🎉

Smiling Gangle spotted ten seconds before disaster, no thoughts head empty indeed.

ALSO I WASN’T EXPECTING STUFF OUTSIDE THE CIRCUS BUT IT’S A WELCOME SURPRISE WHOA

They have come to steal your credit card information.

The thoughts I had of Ragatha being the lone brain cell keeping everything together were completely correct I CALLED IT- (it has been said by Gooseworx that she has been there the second longest so she’s probably gotten used to the zaniness by now…maybe)

A door that leads to a void?

Maybe it has something to do with this room in the teaser trailer? Possibly.

Tumblr sexyman spotted.

''If there was a way to leave I'm sure we'd have all left by now''

They're ✨suffering✨

This caught me off guard when I first saw it lmao (holy FUCK I love Zooble's design, they're everything to me).

''Welcome to your new home...AND your new body...''

So they're aware that they were human before they entered the circus? That's interesting considering what happens in a few seconds (I'll get to that soon). It's also worth mentioning that Gooseworx has stated that their clothes ARE a part of their bodies.

Case in point...

At the end of the character introduction compilation Gooseworx posted to their YouTube channel Pomni is heard saying something along the lines of

''How do I...take this...headset off?!''

I saw a few people theorizing about her talking about a VR headset and that was how she entered the circus to begin with (I had the same thoughts until very recently). However, considering how much of the visuals and character designs are based on old media (also a teaser image was set up as the menu screen for a retro game), I'm beginning to think that this isn't the case.

So it's incredibly likely that Pomni is actually talking about her jester headpiece since she can't take it off.

This scene is probably the first time Pomni sees her new body, pinwheel eyes and all.

''I'm fine with whatever, as long as I get to see funny things happen to people''

I love him he's so unbothered.

I'm sad that we didn't get to hear any dialogue from them but I can't wait to see them in the pilot! Kinger is love, Kinger is life.

''After a while you start to realise that you really can't leave, and constantly chasing an unattainable goal will start driving you a little crazy''

She's a little fucked up actually wow who saw that coming.

It sounds like Ragatha tried to leave a few times and just resigned to her fate after a while, her description DID say that she was the ''sweetest little optimist in the digital circus'', so maybe she's told the others that escaping is impossible and that they should make the best of their situation instead? (Also the framed picture of the right looks like some kind of void, a lot of void imagery here).

Also, Gooseworx released this image a short while ago and it has the same background that Ragatha had while she was talking so she's DEFINITELY talking to Pomni here.

''OH GOD! WHY CAN'T I REMEMBER MY NAME?!''

EXCUSE ME? Okay time for some more speculation. I knew that their names definitely weren't their real ones but I wasn't expecting them to forget them!

Now, since the premise is said to be centred around Pomni and the others getting messed with by AI and their traumas, maybe instead of forgetting what their names were, they actually REPRESSED their memories from when they were human due to the trauma they went through? (Which would include their names)

I don't buy that they've COMPLETELY forgotten who they were (Zooble is aware that the body they're in isn't the one they used to have so I'm guessing everyone else knows that too.)

I'm guessing that their human lives absolutely SUCKED and they've now repressed their trauma to the point where they can barely remember who they were in the human world, this is just speculation.

''Thank goodness this is all a dream, right Pomni?''

What a sassy little guy (it's so weird hearing Michael Kovach sound so reserved, he's normally feral as hell playing these kinds of characters). The little mannequin symbol on the door is probably there for when new people stumble into the circus.

She's definitely seen some shit, I wonder what it could be though?

OH MY GOD THERE'S MORE OF THEM 😭

Wow this background looks...oddly normal. The only thing I can think of this being is Pomni witnessing a flashback of her human life before she showed up in the circus.

''You completely lose sight of who you are and why you're even alive and when you reach your breaking point something REALLY terrible can happen''

OH? Okay speculation time again. This is the closest hint we've gotten to what exactly one of the gang's traumas could be. Ragatha may have forced herself to stay positive in really shitty situations during her human life which likely lead to a lot of negative thoughts which eventually lead to her doing...something, I'm not sure what though, maybe it lead to her losing an eye? (Maybe her new body represents that?) I'm not sure. Maybe this is why she's been in the circus for as long as she has, instead of dealing with her feelings and existentialism, she instead continues to try to be someone who's more adjusted than they actually are.

Again, this is all just speculation, maybe it's just an Infinity Train type of thing where they can't leave until they learn to accept what they went through and how to work through it healthily idk.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? Well, I'll tell you what I think it is.

I think it's this weird tar like tentacle thing from the teaser trailer, I don't see what else it could be.

And I'm 90% sure that whatever it is, it's connected to this room, and I think that THIS is gonna be where we'll be seeing what the gangs traumas are (Ragatha looked TERRIFIED when she was grabbed so if this was the case I wouldn't be surprised). I'd also like to speculate that this could possibly be another AI. There's Caine, Bubble, and whatever the hell those little shape creatures are, so it's very likely that other AI does exist, we just haven't seen them yet.

But who knows? I'm probably looking too much into it.

Woah new background, he is angy.

I would go into another theory I have about how their designs may hint at what trauma they have but I've spent over an hour writing, compiling trailer screenshots, and speculating every individual frame while suffering with chest pains I wanna go to bed

Holy shit that took WAY longer than I thought it would. I cannot WAIT to watch the pilot, this show has become one of my most anticipated projects of the year over the last few months and I can't wait to see what it has in store.

TL;DR: The trailer looks fire 10/10 can't wait for the inevitable Pomni plushes.

Cash's Past and Future

Recently more and more people have been theorizing on what happened to Pa Buckzo after the fire but I haven't encountered anyone who shares my theory, but before we get to it, CONTEXT!

While Mammon's involvement and even awareness is still up in the air, we can safely say that Cash knowingly acted as one of, and likely THE main agent that drove Blitz and Fizz apart after the accident. This naturally raises the question of why? The answer is obviously money, this is Cash Buckzo were talking about, but HOW would he make money off of it? The answer is right under our noses, specifically in Oops:

The Clown Pageant!

I believe Fizzarolli participated in one shortly before the fire which attracted Mam's attention, but not enough for him to seek Fizz out immediately. When he eventually does he finds the rising star horribly disfigured and the circus he worked for destroyed, with it's owner in an absolute shitfit, he then offers Cash the chance to seek out new entertainment ventures without his unwanted family, all for the low-low price of his (effectively) adopted son's agency.

After all this, Cash, likely under a false identity to avoid being recognized by former acquaintances, enjoys a fairly comfortable life somewhere in Greed, possibly even occasionally working directly with Mammon himself.

The reveal of this in the series proper would come with Blitz coming face to face with Mammon, only to run into him mid conversation with his dead beat father, chaos and emotional damage ensue.

So, yeah, I think Cash will actually be a more substantial villain than most fans currently think, even if he doesn't end up with much actual screen time.

Does anyone else know what it feels like when you want to dissect the writing of a character and then realize that it would be way better to discuss them in comparison to another character but also know it'll be months before either of them have another focused appearance?

Anyway, I'm fine and not being pissy, at all.

I suggest you check out the rest of the artist's gallery, he's got loads of LN stuff. Also, here's the dream I submitted, or at least the gist of it:

I was walking into a clearing in a snow covered evergreen forest when I heard some music coming from a windowless log cabin, every object on the inside was was made of wool except for the lightbulb and the music was coming from a wool gramophone in the inexplicably darkest corner of the cabin.

I can't remember the middle but eventually I got caught by a square shouldered lumberjack in a white jacket and grey beanie with the facial structure of a horse skull with olive green skin, a pointy nose and greasy string of black hair.

I saw you mention a museum as a setting in The Nowhere and it reminded me of an idea I had for a monster's gameplay gimmick: A curator or security guard who follows the player around all the time but only attacks if you break specific rules illustrated on posters throughout their area. If you want a visual aid I found a similar idea with this piece on Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/bigdad/art/The-Landlord-877681909

OHHHH THE ART GOES SO HARD HELLO? I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

That's a cool idea. Funnily enough, my submission for the contest held a few months back WAS a dream I had where I was alone in a museum. It was a situation similar to the one in the Mall, where there wasn't any outward threat, but I also could feel eyes on me. There were no exhibitions, just marble white rooms and the cameras following me in every room. Kinda like the Muscle, but without speech: just starring. I also started out in a parking lot in that dream, oddly enough. It was completely empty.

I love the idea of rules based monster though. The "rules to be followed" creepypasta format is my favorite.

Fuck it, live blogging my reaction to TADC pilot!

*circus entities are officaly NPCs, I like it!

*Bubble being gross, perfect for Goose.

*Caine keeps the rooms for dead humans but just crosses out their avatar's portraits, again, seems in character.

**Nevermind, they get abstracted and turn into low poly beasts.

*Kinger is, in fact my favorite character. Lovely neurotic chess man.

*Ragatha' dynamic with Pomni is more interesting than I thought.

*The Gloinks tickle my brain.

*Weird door montage, classic Goose.

*Of course the big thing is the Gloink queen

*Why is a gloink glitching? Is Kaufmo doing that?

*Ooooh- Going PT for a bit with the fake exit.

*Gastrointestinal gameshow reference?!?!<3

*The makers of the circus seems to be a firm called C&A ( Caine and something?)

*An actual Wackywatch, neat, also Caine and Bubble are my favorite 2 character dynamic!

*I forgot about Ragatha, good thing she's better.

*Caine wanted to ad an exit because they wanted one, without understanding why they actually want it. He's so misguidedly cute.

*Adorable credits and HOLY SHIT THERE'S ALREADY MERCH!

*One last thing, the moon being slutty for Caine was my favorite joke.

I just had a thought, what if the Robofizz-es are more competent in a fight than the real Fizz is because they actually have some implanted memories from Mammon (possibly including from during the rebellion from Heaven) making them more ruthless and dangerous.

Y’all the juxtaposition of murder robot if destruction Robofizz and Sad twink who can’t function near danger Fizzarolli has me squeeming