Like... am I crazy? Is this clear set-up or just pure coincidence?
@crazitaco talks about how Caine probably developed his God Complex due to how Kinger treated him during his development, and I cannot agree more. There are so many little things Kinger says that just feel off:
For starters, Kinger was probably the main developer for Caine. He said he only got 'pointers' from Scratch, meaning there was only minor involvement. Kinger made the executive decision to take a being that HE KNEW could create his own ideas ('creative AI, one that can come up with its own ideas') and stuck him in a box for three years due to some buggy outputs.
The way he talks about Caine as a 'semi-success', as 'good groundwork', and as only ONE of his 'achievements' just feels so different compared to how he speaks to Ragatha or Pomni. You could even say he's picking one child over Caine AGAIN. It was Abel, now it's anyone other than Caine.
When Kinger is considering solutions to stop Caine from terrorizing them, he never says 'calm him down' when referring to putting him into sleep, or talking to him while he's contained (something he does with the other cast members). No, he straight away goes 'fix him', 'alter him', 'put him to sleep'. What does that entail? Put a filter on him? Delete his memories? MODIFY HIS MIND?
The problem is they know that Caine created this place and he maintains it, and now the cast know exactly what it looks like when he's not there. It's unlivable. Sure, they can conjure things but, without hope and actually believing they can, they won't be able to conjure for long. Pomni's exit began glitching after only a couple minutes. They won't be able to rebuild a new life within the circus without Caine.
So... what will they consider?
Oh yeah, their original plan: mind control him. Sure, it's so horrific if he does it to THEM, even temporarily, but it's completely reasonable to permanently alter HIS mind for their own personal benefits. Surely that won't lead to any ethical dilemmas down the road, surely surely not...
Guys, this REEKS of Frankenstein. It's too much of a coincidence. This relationship wasn't loving, not to mention how Caine distances himself away from Kinger in every possible moment:
Saw this tweet about Caine loving all humans, but like - he loves the idea of humans, not humans as a species or even individuals. This is every interaction with him in the show, sans the example of him fixing Gangle's mask without prompt.
If Caine loved humans and or wanted to understand them, he would ask questions, LISTEN, and do his best to employ them. But he never lets Jax finish his thoughts in the diner, doesn't compromise with Zooble during therapy, and starts abusing them when Pomni says he doesn't listen.
Kinger is a parallel to Caine in that, in moments of lucidity, he listens entirely to what someone's saying and offers his advice based on that in the interest of helping them. This is most evident with Ragatha. He even attempts this when he's not lucid.
And even when Caine seems to show moments of empathy, he isn't truly empathetic or understanding. He's more interested in what people will say about him when he does something nice. He has little to no interest, none I canonically recall aside from potentially Gangle's mask, in doing something nice for the sake of someone's well-being.
I've just realized the Batoto website was just Thanos snapped outta existence!!!! Yo that's so upsetting. I have a tab open on my phone of it tho and it still loads like huh??? So as long as I don't refresh it'll stay intact. I'll never let it go!!
Imma keep this tab alive as long as possible!!! Please don't leave me bato my beloved!! 😭😭😭
We need an obituary for my boy, this website was flipping PEAK!!! All those damn comments that made me laugh??? What about them? Someone should have archived those hilarious comments. We truly lost something special, RIP king. 😔
I'm seething, crying, ripping my pillow apart with my teeth, screaming, laughing, furious, hot tears streaming down my face, despondent, listless, kicking out my feet, unkempt, disheveled, distressed, hysterical, raving to myself like a loo, bloodthirsty, vengeful, bedside myself, and all the wonderful words to say that I hate this 💕
As someone with arachnophobia...looking up references for the spider was a nightmare!!! I gave up drawing a reference of a wolf spider carrying it's babies. Yep, couldn't do it. Also used references for the deer skull from the nowhere king and Elias Ainsworth. Great stuff.
A punk prankster mentioned in the first chapter! (Not including the prologue). He's are a dragon Yokai. Alex is more human in appearance because their mother is human. Alex gets made fun of for this fact but it doesn't bother him much.
I bet it's confusing...I introduced them as a he but little did you know they were actually woman shaped!!! Well let me explain.
Alex likes to call themselves a man so everyone else just went along with it. The reason was to honor their father who passed away, he decided to become the man of the house like his father told him to be before he passed away. Alex took the expression far too seriously. So now it's become his job to take care of his mother. He's decided to become a man just like his father!
Everyone goes along with it because they figure it's Alex's own way to cope with the stress of losing a father and having to take care of their weak mother. So as long as it hurts no one, they'll go along with it. Also it was fun for them to watch Alex cry over their non-existing balls every other day of the week...
She was one of the first to be created and will constantly remind you that she's number one. She likes to think of herself as the big bad wolf but others would say she's a Chihuahua trapped in a wolf's body.
Faiza likes Amelia, her loyalty is a little over the top but comes from a good place, we think...
She likes spicy food and a refreshing Bloody Mary. She can't handle overly sweet things because in her words, "it will soften the heart". She also has a history of running around bars and night clubs to play around. She finds men distasteful and prefers women.
Faiza isn't overly cruel but if you were to mess with, who she considers, one of her own, then be prepared to face her sadistic side.
Although Faiza is older than Amelia in appearance, she is actually much younger. Why? Because of her base! What's a base? Well let me explain! Amelia's mutants are different because they require a live human test subject, they are what we call a base! Depending on the base used will affect the mutant being created. Simple! So if they used an older base then the mutant would be about the same age, if not then maybe younger. Woah! Isn't that cool?
Anxious, Normal, Adept, Intuitive, Practical, and Compassionate.
Dunkin, maned wolf mutant.
He likes to be as normal as can be, working the front desk requires him to be after all. He is a night owl but needs to wake up early to open up shop. He is usually drowned in work since he's the only one working in the toy shop. He is always on edge.
He is very much the doormat type. When he gets nervous his face becomes more animalistic. It happens when he's scared or startled as well so co-workers made a game out of it.
His favorite pastimes are reading (his favorite book being First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami) while eating cake, going on walks in the forest, and brushing his fur. He says it destresses him.
Walnut, a mutant royal walnut moth, is the right hand to Amelia and a great companion to any child. She loves children and wishes she had one. No one really knows why.
Since she can't talk her only way to communicate is through hand signals and flash cards given to her on Christmas. Some thought it was a joke but Walnut treasured it regardless.
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