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tumblr, huh? "It's bold. It's different. An exciting new venture... to uncharted territory... the likes of which no one has ever seen..." - a strange, little Chandelure named Wambu
Allow me to show you around:
You can find my art here!
Youtube! Bluesky! TikTok!
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"Home - There's no place like it."
āHello hello! Here's a little something I've been working on for a good handful of days now. Enjoy it, take in the details, and please remember to share! Shout-out to the amazing Dandy (click to visit) who made the cover of A Smile and a Ribbon!
Oh, my, gosh, Ashes! You blow it out of the water every time!!
This is amazing!! So hauntingly beautiful! Spectacular even!!
Stray fur
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(Barnaby would totally go to Poppyās just to take a nap. You canāt lie to me. Her house is too cozy~šøš“)
To anyone who knows more about welcome home Sorry if this is really obvious and Iām just dumb but I feel like no one is talking about this
Has Wallyās eyes always switched between droopy and cat like or is that a new thing with the Frank update ???ļæ¼ļæ¼
In the context of the website and in the āstoryāsā continuity, this is the first time Wally has done this. According to Clown, Wally canāt change his facial expressions like the other puppets can, so the fact that heās doing this means something is wrong with him.
Either something is changing him or heās secretly always been able to do this and something is making him break character.
See hi-res version here: patreon.com/posts/145753331
Song lyrics used: The Things We Did Last Summer - Jo Stafford Love Me With All Your Heart - Engelbert Humperdinck Something About Us - Daft Punk
How fast "Wally" was switching up in the new hidden phone call
The cats are back and ready to get into the Halloween Spirit! š»
Every cat has their own way of celebrating the season! š
Being a black cat with orange eyes, Bella was made for Halloween, and Percy and Tucker will take any excuse to get crafty, turn the house into Spirit Halloween 2.0, and parade around in flashy costumes.
Meanwhile, Wisp enjoys the soft and cozy Fall aesthetic, Boots is ready for the harvest season, and Socksā¦ Well, sheās there. As long as sheās got her coffee or a warm glass of apple cider, the cooler weather is just her cup of tea.
The cats are back and ready to get into the Halloween Spirit! š»
I made this at one of my local libraryās painting sessions. I had this idea for a while and I couldnāt wait to get it on canvas.
Also, Iāve been using Lemon8 for a while, but had never posted on there, so when I went to upload this there, I was surprised to see they had graphic templates. This one in particular stood out to me and I think it really fits.
Oops! I made them into stickers! Now where to put these silly fellowsā¦.
All Night Forever
Ahhhhhh!!
This is so šperfect!!š
Is it too early to start watching Halloween movies?
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If I ever donāt reblog this, you can assume Iām dead. Itās just pure, sound-design gold.
The cuts, the slow ramp-ups, how it matches his dance moves.
MWAH.
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THIS HAS GOT TO BE MY BEST DRAWING YET!!!!!!!!
I love all the little details I added- chiefs kiss to myself š
The chess board pieces are the neighbors
Wally has a painting of Myra š¤
Secret-ee- secret messageš
This whole thing took me like a whole a day yesterday and a few hours of today to makeš
Hoooooh, this took so long ;0;
I was starting to have a love-hate relationship with it. Then the colors were weird, then the whole thing was off, and then I added the eyes (which I was saving for last for some reason) and it all came together?? Art is weird ._.
Color picking from the storybook itself was also an interesting experience. The colors werenāt as vibrant as I thought they were, so I adjusted their hue. Then they were kinda clash-y, so did this art trick Iāve seen painters do, where they mix one color into all the other colors, so it looks so much more uniform now! The boys got blue and Julie and Frank got pink (because theyāre in love! Kinda like Sleeping Beauty! āMake it blue!ā āMake it pink!ā)
Analyzing Jax's Spiral
1.) The prequel
Before Jax even started his self-destructive behavior, he was really off.
He summoned Caine to piss of Zooble and forgot the reason he did it to begin with.
He totally zoned out when Caine gave directions.
And when accused of some grand plan with Pomni...
...he had no idea what she was talking about.
I believe all of these above are examples of Jax's mask slipping. Jax let his guard down, and now we're starting to see that he's just some dopey guy that's barely reached adulthood.
Jax wants to look like a profound mastermind but he simply is not.
2.) He becomes self-aware
When Ragatha accuses him of getting close to Pomni to corrupt her, he loses it. Ragatha probably meant "I know that you're trying to get Pomni to partake in your antisocial and abusive bullying behavior," but Jax heard it as "You're choosing to get close to someone again to drag them to abstraction." This is where he becomes extra aware of his relationship with Pomni.
3.) He tries to play it cool but realizes he's getting Pomni hurt.
Jax really does try to keep opening up to Pomni. He revealed that his fear of corn is rooted in trypophobia, and when Pomni points out that she's getting to know him, he probably thinks back to what Ragatha said. I'm guessing his thoughts are along the lines of "Ragatha said I'm getting closer to Pomni to make her abstract like my past friends."
I'm going to come back to why it had to be Ragatha specifically to start his spiral.
With that on his mind, we get the shootout with Kinger in the dark room.
Although it was accidental, he hurt Pomni, and he apologized right away. He certainly felt bad.
They're both almost back to normal during the scene when they pursue Zooble to their room. After their duet, Jax gets the idea to break into Zooble's room with one of his many keys.
That caused Zooble to absolutely demolish them both and caused them to lose a life.
Zooble ran away and Pomni immediately went to pursue them.
Jax got afraid of Pomni taking on Zooble alone but he stayed behind to contemplate in the hallway.
He's super distressed over seeing Kaufmo's and Ribbit's doors. He just watched Pomni get hurt in this very hallway mere moments ago, so he connects it to the friends he failed to save. Jax made the connection that HE is the problem. His companionship is what causes people to get hurt, to abstract.
I believe this is the moment where Jax realizes he NEEDS to distance himself from Pomni.
And, in my opinion, that's why Jax reacted so strangely to Pomni's hug. He likes her and he enjoyed the hug but he's in too deep. He has to physically and metaphorically push her away.
I'm not entirely sure about his reaction here, but he keeps staring at the hand that pushed Pomni while Pomni has already moved on. He's touched her before, so what is it? Grief? Guilt? Regret? Love? You could make an argument for all of the above.
Either way, the last thing on Jax's mind is to hurt Pomni physically. He's wayyy too traumatized for that. Instead, he's hoping that Pomni will make it easy for him distance himself by shooting him. Physically, Jax would go to another room. Emotionally, Jax would have an excuse to push Pomni away. Instead, Pomni sussed him out and called him out on it.
Jax tried everything to get her to shoot him. He heckled her, claimed they weren't a team, and was an all around jerk to her uncharacteristically after what she thought was a wonderful day together. Again, he references Ragatha. I promise I'll get back to her.
Pomni picks up on exactly what Jax is doing. He wants to end their friendship. But why? That's why she tries to reason with him. She finally hit a nerve when she brought up abstraction.
He thinks she's blaming him for the abstraction of Ribbit, the friend that Pomni didn't even know. Once she sees his mask drop, she hones in on the abstraction conversation.
Jax claims that he'd move on and forget about her. For a moment, I actually think she believed him and considered turning the gun on herself before Jax backtracked and claimed it was a joke.
Pomni, being the incredibly emotionally mature and intelligent person she is, cracked the code. She knows that Jax is so afraid of her abstracting and that's why he won't hurt her physically. THAT is why Pomni fought him. She wanted to confirm her theory.
Jax pretty much admitted it himself. He tries HARD to mask again by going full villain and claiming that he's a some sort of sociopath that derives pleasure from the pain of others.
This is where I finally talk about Ragatha. Jax acts extremely mean to Ragatha. He's disproportionately cruel to her even though she's so kind. I think what Jax is doing here is exactly what he did to Ragatha, and she didn't pick up on the core of his insecurities like Pomni. Ragatha would never get physical like that. Ragatha DOES believe his villain persona is real.
To me, Ragatha admitting that she failed Jax is implying something deeper: she didn't always hate him; she once loved him. She probably still does in a way. And Jax? Ragatha knew Ribbit and Kaufmo. He's probably terrified of losing someone like Ragatha, so he pushed her away before she could abstract. To him, it's probably working since she's still around.
Back to Pomni- Jax finally fully cracks and shows that part of himself to Pomni.
Pomni did what nobody else would do and saw what nobody else could see. For whatever reason, Jax doesn't swear, but he did in front of Pomni. I think he was finally too tired to hide his real feelings, and honestly, I don't think he wanted to since he was aching over the very real pain he caused Pomni. Not to mention, he knew that Pomni saw through his behavior.
Jax's plea at the end was that of desperation. He knew he lost the battle but there's nothing more to say. He's begging Pomni to just pretend that his mask is the real and to not pursue him; to give up just like everyone else had.
But Pomni won't just give up on anyone like that. She watches him through the award show. She knows he's unwell because he's avoiding her and left mid show. Even better, she now has Ragatha by her side through it all.
Now Ragatha is also armed with the knowledge that Jax is a broken guy who uses his toxic behavior to "save" people from him. Trust me, this isn't the end of Jax. I think we're finally going to see Jax and Ragatha come together to fix their issues, and for Jax and Pomni to build a bond stronger than any other in the circus.
This analysis is awesome! Jax and Pomniās story isnāt overā¦itās just beginning
This is fantasticā¦ might I add, I have a little theory of my own. Perhaps weāll all come to realize that Caine, although is an AI, develops feelings and questions his place in the digital circus and as a person if the contestants donāt need him. And because the other characters seem to be unaware of Caine (albeit weirded out) spiraling, there is a chance he could be the character no one expects to abstract
I dunno, just a silly thought, and a lot less thought out and organized than yours. Thatās really incredible what you wrote for sure.
