So I put on tadc in the background while doing some work so I could recontextualize everything we’ve seen so far with the information from episode 8 and here are some small things I noticed (NOTE: I never actually finished my rewatch. Got to episode 6 and had to call it a night and then the semester got real busy, so this is all I got):
- Jax’s collection of keys could possibly be something he conjured like Kinger said they could
- omg i completely forgot Jax threw the bowling ball at Kinger in ep 1 i wonder if that has anything to do with the intermission sequence everyone is theorizing on
- could the gloink queen possibly be representing caine’s god complex (even just the tiniest bit)?
- Caine being referred to as god in the candy canyon kingdom👀
- the environment of the area under the map in ep 2 looks suspiciously similar to the grid that Caine’s creation sequence took place in (not exactly the same, but similar)
- does the Fudge also represent some of Caine’s flaws (used to live within the kingdom walls but was exiled, cut off like Caine was, came back to consume the kingdom, like Caine consumed the other AI)
- interesting that Caine is lit with aggressive BLUE light when he says anything ominous
- NEW THEORY: Jax’s underskin shows when he holds his breath
- so I have another theory that Caine’s original purpose was not to create adventures, and in his monologue in the zooble therapy scene, he calls it his “art” and not his “purpose.” He goes on to say it’s all he’s “good at,” which leads me to believe he held onto creating adventures as his purpose because it was the only thing he felt confident enough in his ability to do
- remember how everyone was connecting Kinger’s monologue about making people feel wanted/loved to the cast treating Caine better? Well he also says “cherish the people around you. You never know when they’ll be gone” T-T
- Kinger saying “try not to think about it” in reference to holding one’s breath could be another attempt at conjuring, but in a reverse sense (same goes for Jax’s cartoon logic in ep 6)
- bubble and Caine sharing a tongue in ep 4 makes a lot more sense now with the opening sequence of ep 8
- Gangle’s “employee reevaluation” that she gives Jax in ep 4 is very similar to the zoetrope in her torture room in ep 8
- Caine saying “how am I gonna please everybody if you all like different things” feels like a hint at his defective-ness shown in ep 8, when he was shown a variety of images and started fumbling his output
- did Jax conjure his tail back?
- Ragatha said in ep 5 that she worked in real estate briefly before joining the circus. And she was calling out to people who were with her when she put on the headset when she first spawned in in the flashback scene in the latest ep. Did her coworkers possibly dare her to put on the headset when they were looking over a C&A building?
- jax closes one eye a lot when he’s masking
- wait a sec… was Jax’s “you are my playthings and I get joy out of making you suffer” speech a hint at Caine’s switch-up???
And now for a lightning round I’d like to call: Caine Was Always Better at Torture Than Fun
1. Zooble’s fate in the gloink adventure
2. The elongating hallway during pomni’s exit sequence
3. Gangle’s comedy mask being so breakable (as well as any other “fixes” for the characters like Zooble’s unsatisfactory parts)
4. Knife/stabbing theme with ragatha (come on, that has to be important, it was in her torture scenario)
5. The entirety of episode 3’s adventure (at least the “rated AAAA for mature Zoobles only” section)
6. How excited Caine was when Gangle suggested having a punishment waiting for anyone who performed poorly at Spudsy’s in ep 4
7. The horror version of Gangle that Ragatha saw while on the stupid sauce
8. Gumigoo showing up at Spudsy’s (while Pomni was working the register, mind you)
9. Gangle getting hit by a truck (multiple times)
10. “I can’t tell a compelling story where nothing bad happens!”
11. The centipede in the crowd during the softball adventure
I know this is late, but I thought I’d post it anyway bc I haven’t posted anything in a while
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