I have nothing better to do anyway

Basically some art posts and maybe a few reblogs. I don't use this much

[17-noodlebird]

The Amazing Digital Road Trip — Masterpost

🛣️🔔🧵🥕♟️🎀🧩🫧🦷

So that everyone can find which episode to view and that no one gets lost!!

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Before The Amazing Digital Road Trip!

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The Main Characters!

• 🔔 Pomni 🔔

• 🧵 Ragatha 🧵

• 🥕 Jax 🥕

• ♟️ Kinger ♟️

• 🎀 Gangle 🎀

• 🧩 Zooble 🧩

• 🫧 Bubble 🫧

• 🦷 Caine 🦷

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🧩🩷 Zooble's Many Designs Per Episode 🩷🧩

💫💍 The Road Trip Jewels 💍💫

💽🌀 The Dimensional Diplomats 🌀💽

🎊🖼️ TADRT Road Trip GIFs 🖼️🎊

🚦🚕 Miscellaneous Road Trip Stuff 🚕🚦

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The Main Episodes!

• Episode 1 — 🎪🤡🤹🎡🎩🎢🎠🎈🪀

• Episode 2 — ♥️♦️♣️♠️🃏🎰🎲🎱💲

• Episode 3 — 🏰👑👸🦄💂🐸🧜‍♀️🧚🧞‍♂️

• Episode 4 — 🎓🎒🏫🧑‍🏫🦉🧮👓📏📚

• Episode 5 — ☮️🌼🪘🦅🦤🌴✌️🕊️🥭

• Episode 6 — 🍏🐴🌾🌽🧑‍🌾🚜🧺🌳🐄

• Episode 7 — 📹📽️🎞️🎬🍿🥐💞🐞🐈‍⬛

• Episode 8 — 🌫️🛐⛪🏘️🖇️📝✒️📻⛈️

• Episode 9 — 🎼🎹🎻🎺🥁🐹🎷🎸🎵

• Episode 10 — 🎍🎋👘🥻🪲🦋🐜🐌🪱

• Episode 11 — 🌺🧟🦠☣️💉💊🏥😷🧬

• Episode 12 — 🪄🔮🧙‍♂️🧝📜🧹✨🍄🫖

• Episode 13 — 🐼⛩️🈴🏯☯️🥋🍚🧧🐓

• Episode 14

• Episode 15

• Episode 16

• Episode 17

• Episode 18

• Episode 19

• Episode 20

• Episode 21

• Episode 22

• Episode 23

• Episode 24

• Episode 25

• Episode 26

• Episode 27

• Episode 28

• Episode 29

• Episode 30

• Episode 31

• Episode 32

• Episode 33

• Episode 34

• Episode 35

• Episode 36

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After The Amazing Digital Road Trip!

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IMPORTANT:

Please follow the individual TADRT episode hashtags for more lore and information on the original characters.

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[go-whump-in-the-night]

[17-noodlebird]

Me when I give RT!Caine C-PTSD via the road trip ^w^

[koopazap]

Yk whatever the cast would’ve done if they hadn’t deleted Caine, I can’t really imagine it’d make things much better, and tbh you’d be hard pressed to convince me that they’d be treating Caine with much personhood, as opposed to a faulty computer program.

And I’m not saying they really should’ve known, but it feels like something that should’ve been addressed. Nobody talks to each other, and it comes off like they still wouldn’t have, if they got their way.

[vialivi]

I would want to rewrite Episode 8 in its entirety. It does a huge disservice to Caine’s character. I don’t like the overuse of slapstick cartoon violence and some of the dialogue between the cast really doesn’t work for me.

But if I could change just one line of dialogue it would be this one. Instead of altering his code or “fixing” him they should simply put him to sleep. No touching his code. Isn’t that basically his brain?

If the writing were smarter, this could actually serve as a commentary on how the humans have mixed feelings about Caine’s personhood and how Caine himself might have mixed feelings about it too.

Kinger, as his creator, would probably still view Caine primarily as a program. And what do you do when a program malfunctions? You fix it. That could also explain why Kinger and Caine barely have any dynamic whatsoever.

If the series had even a little more nuance, Caine’s “Where’s Kinger?” wouldn’t just mean, “OMG, Caine figured out the plan!” It could also be Caine panicking because he’s realized they’re planning to alter his code. That could coexist with the fact that Caine is still completely in the wrong for abusing and torturing the cast and the cast’s actions are motivated by fear and self preservation not malice

What makes this so confusing is that the story seems to want you to view Caine as a sentient machine with feelings and personhood while simultaneously treating him like a defective toaster. And the series never really explores Caine’s identity outside of being a creation of humanity that regurgitates data and receives feedback in return. Not even in the finale, during his redemption arc where he supposedly joins society, do we really get an answer to this.

What is Caine outside of what he was created to do? What is Caine outside of humanity?

We don’t know. Yet we’re still expected to believe that he has personhood and that the other characters see him as a person.

[garrettauthor]

This made me so fucking angry I have to inflict it on all of you.

[thyrell]

what’s the punchline here

[thyrell]

wait

[thyrell]

[luna-azzurra]

Plot Twist Ideas!!

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The mentor who trained the hero turns out to have trained the villain first, and taught them the exact same lessons.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A character's entire memory of a key event turns out to be false, planted or altered by someone they trust.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The "chosen one" prophecy turns out to have been fabricated by someone with something to gain from it being believed.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ Two characters who've never met turn out to be working toward the same goal from opposite sides of the conflict.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The narrator has been dead, dying, or not present for events the entire time, and the story reframes around that fact.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A minor character mentioned once in passing turns out to be central to the ending.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The hero's victory turns out to have been orchestrated by the villain, who needed it to happen for their own plan.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A character believed to be protecting the group has actually been the one leaking information the whole time.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The "safe" location turns out to be the most dangerous place in the story, and everyone walked into it willingly.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A character's greatest strength turns out to be the exact thing that dooms them later.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The war, conflict, or crisis turns out to have been avoidable, and someone chose not to prevent it.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A character thought to be an orphan or outsider turns out to be directly related to someone central to the plot.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The information the protagonist has been risking everything to protect turns out to be false or outdated.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ An ally sacrifices the protagonist's trust intentionally, knowing it will cost the friendship, because it's the only way to save them.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The rules of the world (magic system, technology, law) have an exception that's been hidden from the reader the whole time, and it changes everything retroactively.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A character's "happy ending" in an earlier flashback or preview turns out to be a lie the story was setting up to break.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A repeated object, phrase, or setting turns out to be a loop the character has lived through before, unknowingly.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ The villain's plan succeeds completely, and the "twist" is watching what the world looks like after, forcing a new goal entirely.

⋆.𐙚 ̊ A character's death earlier in the story turns out to have been faked, but they've become someone unrecognizable in hiding.

[averinna]

How Jax fans see her feelings compared to all the other characters

[vialivi]

Episode 8 era “killing Caine off was genius!! Such a powerful statement against AI!” flooding fandom spaces

And I was like, that’s a guy

[vialivi]

That one theory where the blue AI/ Abel was going to come back and replace Caine as the new ringmaster and everyone was going to be happy since the blue Ai was good/functional it means they are going to be the perfect ringmaster and make perfect adventures that never go wrong and everyone likes. Whoever popularized this theory is my #1 enemy. Almost as bad as the evil blue AI theory

[17-noodlebird]

Worse still, that's exactly what happened at the end of episode 9 except instead of the Blue AI/Able, it was Caine.

In essence, Caine replaced himself with someone they wanted him to be. This is the hill I have to die on in order to make sense of it all.

[smallpwbbles]

This was as cathartic to draw as I feel Caine needing a hug is

[the-spam-specialist]

I think Ribbit has more merch than Zooble now

Ngl this merch wave is kinda lame

[17-noodlebird]

Hated the merch ad. All it did was just confirm that Caine's adventures were never the problem.

Make the nightmare end.

[17-noodlebird]

It has come to my attention that RT!Caine and Evil!Caine are more or less one in the same, based on mannerisms (In RT's case, it's because of excess trauma). However, I do not think these two would get along AT ALL.

RT (as of TADRT Episode 13; his feelings will eventually change) still believes in the goodness of people, as despite the hardships of the road trip, the supporting characters/NPCs still treat him and his troupe with kindness and support, which will more than likely disgust Evil!Caine. So despite having similar personalities, these two are NOT the same and would hate each other's guts over conflicting ideologies. To be honest, I think it'd be funny if they ever met. I can only imagine the comedy gold mine that would come from their interaction lmao.

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Evil!Caine is property of @vonvuuu

RT!Caine belongs to me

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[dearest-loveliest-elizabeth]

Worst pain

[kyescoolio]

the people who compare tadc to steven universe drive me absolutely insane. dude steven universe was (and still is!!) good because i don’t have to wade through the depths of rebecca sugar’s twitter account to fully understand the lore. i can just Watch The Show. ruby and sapphire’s relationship was Shown On Screen, unlike jax being trans, which was barely implied and only confirmed by some random twitter post gooseworx made. we got NOTHING about her being trans in the show

[ubeng-ubas]

Spectators

Part 2/2

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bro you have so much love for someone without a heart

[17-noodlebird]

Hey, so what if I sobbed AGAIN?

[ubeng-ubas]

Spectators

Part 1/2

(This scenario has been in my mind for a good bit now lol)

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Ok I was supposed to make another comic that takes place BEFORE this but I felt too guilty leaving the asks collecting dust in my inbox for so long so idc (this is what the masterpost is for aha!!!!!!!)

Both my recent comics ended up on Scratch's door and I swear that was not intentional, the last asks just coincidentally made me think of grief gghhhh...

Also!!! Kinger's glasses! They're pretty much a temporary modifier, similar to the stupid sauce and such! I've been waiting to finally reveal that detail lol

[17-noodlebird]

Hey, so what if I sobbed?

[17-noodlebird]

Girl!Jax

In this AU, Jax is genderfluid, something that was revealed in TADRT Episode 13, when Lilypad and Bubble helped him out with his makeup. This was something I also said when it came to the OG main cast of TADC not being straight at all, not to mention that I think Jax being genderfluid fits him better because it combines both transgender headcanons about Jax that had been circulating online for a while now.

She didn't change much about her appearance; just a pale black sleeved undershirt, a choker with some gold jewelry, a bow on her head, mascara, and red lipstick. They accept her enough, but it doesn't stop her from getting the Meg Griffin treatment in the AU. After all, equal rights are very much a thing here. I hope to use her more often in this AU; I like how I designed her. ^_^

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[fhazel27]

Reddit has the worst takes on Caine my goodness

[fhazel27]

Someone said they wished Caine got deleted again. I had to leave

[17-noodlebird]

I need to delete my reddit account right away

[17-noodlebird]

Done! My Reddit account has been deleted! I have no idea why the fuck I had one on the first place lmao

[fhazel27]

Reddit has the worst takes on Caine my goodness

[fhazel27]

Someone said they wished Caine got deleted again. I had to leave

[17-noodlebird]

I need to delete my reddit account right away