This is from the Goose Appreciation Week after a...certain unacceptable incident on Reddit. It's to show that Gooseworx had a big impact on us and I'm grateful for her.
Episode 3 The Mystery of Mildenhall Manor had a scene in which Singer and Pomni are talking to each other, and Kinger actually maintains his sanity in the dark. He talks about how his wife abstracted and gave us this important message: Making someone feel unloved or unappreciated is one of the worst things you can do, so cherish them while you still can.
This one's about making a piece inspired by something Goose said or created that impacted me. For me, it's Gangle's story of trying to make it as an artist and struggling. She attended community college to major in graphic design and dreamed of making her own manga someday, but she dropped out for unknown reasons and got a job at a fast food restaurant as a shift manager. This one's relatable because it's insanely hard to make a living as an artist these days, especially with AI art taking over. So if you have to pursue art on the side while working another job, then that's okay.
We learned that Zooble has body dysmorphia, in which they hate how their body looks both in the virtual world and the real world. But by episode 7, they've since come to terms with how they look.
Day 4: Character Love. Focus on one character and highlight what makes them special.
Ragatha tries to get along with everyone, but is often unsuccessful. It kind of sounds paradoxical, she gets along with Pomni and Kinger reasonably well, Gangle and Zooble don't really talk to her, and Jax is...well...Jax. In the episode They All Get Guns, she gets a heart-to-heart talk with Kinger about how she struggles with befriending the circus players. It also doesn't help that she crashed out on Jax and fans flagged her for it! I mean are certain types of people just not allowed to be mad anymore when they try to be nice only for it to backfire? Pick a lane people! PICK! A!! LANE!!!
Anyway, she does put a lot of pressure to please people, she unfortunately got that from her mother who treated her pretty poorly in her human past. Anyway, this banger of a line from Kinger is what everybody NEEDS to take to heart: "There are always ways to show you care without ruining yourself over it. You need to look out for yourself in all this too."
Day 5: Themes & Meaning. Create something around the deeper theme of the show (identity, fear, friendship, etc.)
A theme I've taken away from The Amazing Digital Circus is that we're all going through something dark despite not looking like it. Jax for example almost abstracted two times! And of course there was when he had a traumatic flashback of driving down a road in his human past, which turned out to be real life footage of a neighborhood in...Wildwood/Eureka, Missouri. Which fans decided to flood the area for any answers relevant to the series, which there weren't any and the creators had to tell the audience to leave the people alone and not dox them. Seriously, did we not learn anything from the IRL FNAF hunt debacle that MatPat accidentally started and it got so out of hand that he had to tell his audience to stop harassing the businesses, people, etc. and lay down ground rules?!
Tangent aside, he even slammed the red button that would've made the circus players stay in the circus, which didn't even matter because the choice was a fake, they wouldn't have gotten hime anyway even if they did press the blue Botton. But the fact that he could've gotten them trapped in the circus if the choice was real really says something. So what is he hiding?! What happened between him and Ribbit?! And why can't he just accept that Pomni's trying to help him get over his issues and to stop being a jerk to everyone?!
So try to be nice and considerate to everyone as much as you can, you never know what they're going through deep down.
Day 6: Creator Inspired-Make something inspired by Goose's art style, humor, or storytelling vibe.
I just decided to make a Digital Circus OC player named Blue Beary, he acts like the gentle giant but had a history of being a doormat in the past, which could tempt him into abstracting.
Day 7: Gratitude Post-Write or create a direct appreciation post for Goose
Finally, I wanna show my gratitude to Gooseworx herself. As an indie creator myself, IT IS HARD to make a story, whether it be animated or in my case a webcomic. It's still hard to believe that The Amazing Digital Circus became such a smash hit online, and ow Glitch could change the animation industry if they keep up the good work. I hope this could serve as an inspiration for those who wanna make their own stories without all the gatekeeping mess.
This is in the style of the end credits since I thought it was a fitting way to end this. And yes, it is okay that Pomni and Jax are the main characters, since TADC is a miniseries.
Thank you Gooseworx, and thank you to all the respectful fans out there. Let's keep the digital circus amazing!