rating TADC characters based on how much i like them & how likely they are to abstract
finished all six episodes. *tom and jerry howling screaming and banging can distantly be heard*
she's fine. like i think she's a good protagonist for the series and she's very nice (also made respect for chewing Jax a new asshole in ep6 i love a woman with some self respect), but i don't have super strong feelings about her. like if she were to abstract or otherwise be harmed i would be pretty sad, but she's not my favorite. i really like her design! i think her relationships with all of the characters are really great and well done, and seeing her progression from the beginning of the series to now is honestly great, she's much more confident and secure than she was before.
im. concerned to say the absolute least, for two reasons:
goose said that someone "unexpected" will abstract next episode, and i don't think most people would expect Pomni just on the basis that she's the protagonist of the show, but i sincerely doubt plot armor holds here. and also, Pomni saw the void, and Caine said something about her getting "totally spoiled," implying that entering the void will show you the exact plot that Caine had planned out. that's what made episode 1 interesting; i could tell that Pomni knew exactly what was going to happen now. during episode 4, when Gangle was having an episode, i think Pomni offered to close because she *knew* that Gangle would abstract if she didn't, and was trying to prevent it. then, during the fight with Jax, she says, "what would you do if i abstracted tomorrow?" which is. YIKES!!! 60% - 70% abstraction chance i fear. there are better candidates, considering Pomni is pretty secure mentally speaking, but i have my concerns.
okay i appreciate her demeanor and she seems very sincere but she does get on my nerves just slightly. i also don't really have a lot of information about her? like im not very emotionally attached yet. this is NOT to say that she's a bad or uninteresting character; i just get the feeling that she's not at peak potential yet. i really liked her connection with Kinger the last couple of episodes, and i think they complement each other very well! i would really love for her and Jax to eventually get on the same page/make up, because it seems like the beef they have is pretty longstanding.
honestly im not especially worried? i think it's most definitely possible, so im not going to rule her out, but i think because of her conversation with Kinger in ep6, it would be too predictable. especially because in the first episode im fairly sure that glitching was? her abstracting? it just seems too obvious. it's possible something will happen that pushes her there, but i have my doubts. 30% chance of abstraction.
OKAY LISTEN TO ME I DONT HATE GANGLE i just find them annoying. i don't hate them or really even dislike them, they're just not really my thing and that's totally okay. i actually LOVE their character design (like im talking they're in my top 3 character designs in this show) but i just don't relate to them. i appreciate the depth that episode 4 gave them, but i find them to be a bit annoying. i completely understand that they're literally constantly being accosted by that fuckass purple rabbit, and that's not what im talking about, they're just very spineless. i felt really really bad for them because of how obviously afraid they are of Jax, it's just not enough to make me like them. i would absolutely change my mind if we ever get a scene of them absolutely chewing Jax the fuck out. i think i would enjoy them a lot more then.
im sincerely doubtful, not because i think that it couldn't happen, but it would be too obvious. Gangle came scarily close to abstraction in ep4, so i don't see it repeating itself. plus, since Gangle and Zooble seem to be great friends now, they seem more grounded and happier. i just don't see it. and i would say out of this list they are the LEAST likely to abstract. 10% chance here.
ZOOBLE 😋😋😋😋 best character design in the whole show and you can argue with the wall!!! i love love love Zooble. so nice, so grounded, so down-to-earth, so intelligent. that "see you on the flip side" line was lwk cringe but that is okay! that's the appeal! i love how nice they are to Gangle (lesbians!!!) and how just generally open they are to everyone even if they appear very abrasive. i love some of the little tidbits of their backstory we got from ep5, they would be very nice to hang around with if they were real. i love the parallel to their customizable design and their body dysmorphia, i think that's a great way to explore how being in the digital circus for so long must make you feel *physically* separate from the reality of your body. definitely one of my favorite characters.
im scared. like im very very very worried. they were super minor in the first couple episodes so i didn't even really care about them until episode three, and now i feel like im seeing a LOT of them. like a lot. and also, Zooble's problems have kind of fell by the wayside to focus on other characters, but those problems were never really addressed. no one is paying any meaningful attention to Zooble. and even if they don't abstract, the fact that Caine is constantly so angry with them really really worries me. and out of these characters, im afraid they would be the most likely. im giving them an 80% chance of abstraction. i think it would be very very very unexpected to most viewers. also i remember hearing something about how Zooble is going to be in all of the episodes, but that doesn't comfort me. i think eventually the abstracted characters are going to be instrumental and we're going to see them all again, so i am not ruling out Zooble. gooseworx please prove me wrong!!!
i like Caine but im scared to death of him. it's a very weird space of knowing that he actually really doesn't mean any harm at all and is just completely oblivious, but even still, ignorance and malice are typically the same if you judge them by results. and the fact that he can so often be unfeeling towards death and pain is really spooky. he blew up gummigoo like it was just another fucking tuesday. i do honestly like him because he makes me laugh. "Zooble, why does all you do is complain?" "And me no likey!" like he's so funny!!! he's like if AM was whimsical and less evil. after ep6, im worried that he's completely off his rocker, though, and i really really hope he doesn't flip his shit.
if im gonna be honest, im not even sure Caine *can* abstract? but assuming that most of the same rules apply, i suppose that he could. also, Kinger said that the worst thing you can do in the digital circus is make someone feel unwanted and unappreciated, and Caine just seems to become more upset with each episode as he slowly realizes how little they all want to be here and how much they hate his adventures. if Caine feels unloved and unappreciated, what's to stop him from abstracting? i will say, i don't think this is likely. im not sure Caine is capable of abstraction at all. i think he's definitely going to flip out and trash the place, but whether or not he abstracts confounds me. 30% abstraction chance.
i. fucking. HATE. that corny ass rabbit. i hated him from the start too idk how y'all defend his bitch ass. he's rude and he's mean and he's stupid and edgy and corny and i fucking hate him!!! i gave him a Fraction of a point because i can recognize that he offers something significant to the plot (and there were a few parts where i was like "hey if you stopped being a cunt you might be kind of funny") and i would really love to see him have a major character arc, but i do not like Jax. i understand his value to the story but beyond that i legitimately seethe with anger at the thought of him. that fucking purple rabbit that i hate. he deserved to get his ass beat for being such a loser in ep6. i will give him some credit because that line "Are you coming onto me? Yeah, that's what everybody wants, a straight couple" made me bust out laughing that was hilarious. sometimes he's funny.
guys i Know what you're going to say. and i do not think it's Jax. like i KNOW!!!! but it seems way too obvious in my mind. he literally just had a panic attack, it would be too on the nose. also, he didn't glitch during the panic attack, he didn't seize, he didn't change colors, nothing at all. i DO think, however, he might get CLOSE to abstraction and have to be saved somehow or healed, if possible. im gonna give him a 40% abstraction chance. i think it's most definitely possible but i have my legitimate doubts. i don't think it would serve the plot for Jax to be the one to abstract this early; however, i think he may end up driving another character to abstract and that will be his unforgivable action.
I LOVE KINGER!!!!! my favorite favorite favorite character that ever charactered and will ever character in the history of characters!!! he is so so so sweet and so fascinating. i know there's something deeper going on with him i just don't know what. all the heartfelt conversations he's had with the characters have been adorable and he's so kind to everyone. i would really love for him to do the same thing with Jax; i think it would do him a lot of good. it's so obvious just how much he really loves all the people that he's met and lost in the circus. his story about his wife abstracting was so sad. im very very excited to see how he's related to the greater story at hand. i also love that none of the characters treat him poorly or make fun of him for being a bit confused a lot of the time. he gets extra extra points because he's the funniest character in the show methinks. "I'm right behind you, aren't I?" yeah that's hilarious.
okay so i don't think Kinger will be the one to abstract if im being completely honest. however, i do recognize that a lot of people think he's the most obvious choice, and i see what they're getting at. he also said at the end of episode six that he has a "resilient mind," and then he got the most votes from "the committee" in that one clip where Caine is looking at all the stars on the paper. that being said, i am fairly concerned that, if he doesn't abstract, then Caine will do some terrible thing to him out of jealousy. however, i don't think it would be conducive to the story's plot (at least from what i can tell) for him to abstract this early. he seems like he's going to be a really instrumental character as the story gets off the ground and if anything happens to him, i think it'll be a little later on, closer to the final episode. however, given everything, im gonna give him a 50% abstraction chance.
thanks for reading all this!! if anyone cares, yes i do think Pomni and Jax are very sweet and i would like them to be together, but i find it a little unlikely. and also Jax doesn't deserve her whatsoever unless he gets his act together. Abstragedy 5ever!!!
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