ive invented (note: dubious claim) something i call the bear diet which is mostly fruits and vegetables with fish as the main protein source and something like once a month you eat a few hyperprocessed foods of your liking because that is when you, the bear, raid a dumpster in the suburbs
Digital circus' biggest problem is that it was written to be a niche show aimed at weird analytical queers with actual media literacy and it accidentally blew tf up and hit the mainstream and a bunch of people who have never had a second thought about anything got into it
it hardly has the most complex lore in the world. Episodes 1-5 are interesting with what they do with the concept, but it kinda loses the plot from Episode 6 onwards since it tries from then on to focus on Caine and actually escaping. It feels a bit weird to just suddenly transition and for Caine to snap like that. And by 'like that', I mean the fact that Caine only just started snapping a few days or so after Pomni entered. Possible? Yes; but it's gonna look unrealistic if there was nothing building up to it. Plus, it's not like Pomni actively had a role in Caine becoming more angry and frustrated. She disliked Caine's adventures and made no secret of that: but so did everyone that wasn't Ragatha or Kinger.
And, while I have no clue on if you've seen the last episode, I'll ask some basic questions, the same ones I've seen from other critics:
Why was Scratch's abstraction important?
Did no one just check in on Kinger? Why did his darkness quirk go unnoticed for the entire series?
What is Kinger's wife's name? (without checking Gooseworx's Tumblr)
What about Ribbit is unique to her? To be more specific, what about her isn't related to Jax?
Why isn't Gangle Black-coded? (This could have been done from the very beginning if they chose to have a Black VA for Gangle.)
Where was the blue entity within Caine this whole time? What influence did it even have?
How did Caine come back to life?
Why did Jax abstract?
Why does Pomni 'forgive' Jax, or even want to get along with him? She hates being treated like a child by Ragatha, but doesn't mind Jax reducing her to an archetype.
What are Zooble's dreams?
Why do Zooble and Gangle quickly "forgive" Jax? Episode 6 was kinda ok at this, but Pomni's "We're all in this together" speech rings absurdly hollow considering the stuff Jax has done. And that was just what's on screen, when Jax's abuse has been established to be a consistent thing.
And that's not even going over the meta questions, like:
Did no one check in on Kinger? Really?? The one character with an obvious mental illness and not even Ragatha checked in on him?
Why are most of the scenes we get of Zooble involves her being uncomfortable with their body? Speaking of Zooble, why is it in the English dub that he's only referred to as having they/them problems?
How is the theme "there exists meaning in a stagnant life" established? From a literal perspective, the circus's environment effectively changes every episode. Figuratively speaking, it would make more sense if the cast members actually remained stagnant and Pomni was the only one who changed and eventually saw this place as her new home.
Why are Ribbit and Queenie sidelined for Jax and Kinger? (If you don't get what this means, please look up what 'fridging' means as a trope.)
Jax often gets his own feelings highlighted compared to the other characters and expresses a wide variety; why is that?
Are any of the characters queer? Zooble is confirmed to be genderfluid, but no one else is confirmed to actually have anything. Jax is at best gender-questioning. And there's Gangle who's probably at least bisexual, but this isn't ever stated or seen. And if so, that makes it feel like the queer characters are sideline in favor of ones like Jax.
There's a lot more I could list, but I quite frankly don't want to spend the time listing them all. But the overall gist is that even if you can ignore the racism and sexism both inside and outside of the show (which you shouldn't have to do), there are still a lot of unanswered questions within the show.
Oh, and please don't dismiss all criticism as "illiterate losers". because that ignores the criticism fans / former fans / others had with how the show handles its characters and leans into tired and offensive tropes.
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