Alright so we're gonna talk about some real shit right now.
There is a YouTuber known as CerosTV, a Black bisexual man, who has made several videos on TADC where he has expressed his praise and admiration of the series, as well as shutting down the racism and bigotry allegations as nothing serious. I know that this part especially, has been frustrating to some, specifically the Black community when it comes to feeling like we can't have large creators on our side when we discuss racism and fandom.
This man has just been hatecrimed. After attending a Pride event with his girlfriend, he was attacked and assaulted by a group of men while returning home. Point blank. He's in recovery, but a GoFundMe has been posted as he sorts things out. The video down below explains more about what happened but trigger warning: it is pretty disturbing.
With that being said though...where the fuck are TADC fans now? Because they sure had no issue hyping this man up for praising the show and essentially being the gateway for nonblack fans to excuse the racism and bigotry that was occurring in fandom and production. It was all fine and dandy then, but now that he's been actually injured and in need of assistance...they've disappeared. Nothing about what happened here was "equivalent exchange" or any of the BS that I've seen people try to argue.
I AM however, going to bring attention to the fact that he was platformed by TADC fans for his opinions and now that they've been validated, they've completely moved on from him as a person. At the end of the day, while I can and will be critical of people that may dismiss or excuse bigotry towards their community for ANY reason, a situation like this is always the worst possible outcome I could ever be afraid of.
EDIT: I found the link to his GoFundMe. You can donate here!
Happy Juneteenth everyone! I made this illustration for the Seattle Art Museum's Juneteenth celebration! It was such on honor to work on this project!
This illustration will be the backdrop to their photobooth, it was inspired by artists like Aaron Douglas and graphic arts for various jazz and motown clubs and performances. the blue of the flag is styled after a quilt featuring the North Star quilt pattern used during the underground railroad along with the Sankofa symbol among various African patterns.
A lot of this was random thoughts but some I am very interested in seeing them play out in real time
SO HERE'S THE WHOLE LIST
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Ribbit flashback ✓
Kaufmo flashback ✓
Scratch flashback ✓?
Queenie flashback X
Queenie has a big impact on developing Caine, either as a head of developers or a second in command ( shout out to @filmstogo for the idea) X
OG squad flashback X
Real life flashback ✓
Jax cries ✓
Jax crashout ✓
Jax isolates himself from the team ✓
Jax real life backstory reveal ✓
Jax abstracts ✓
Jax funeral X
Pomni breaks down Jax's walls ✓
Jax actually attends a funeral either by his own will or forced or etc (especially by Pomni) X
Group infighting X
Bubble mysteriously comes back and hurts Kinger sevenfold X
Bubble is a big scary monster X
Ragatha abstracts X
Kinger abstracts X
Kinger has a funeral X
Kinger is unstable in the light because he requested Caine to X
Kinger is unstable in the light because Caine didn't want him to abstract X
Kinger is unstable in the light because the circus is overstimulating X
Caine has a funeral X
Caine reveals it was all an adventure X
Caine is permanently deleted X
Caine saves the humans ✓
Caine is restored ✓
Caine is nerfed ✓
Caine is equal to the humans essentially ✓? (not power wise it seems but in social dynamics)
Caine's original name X
Caine sacrifices himself to save the humans X
Blue AI reveal ✓
Blue AI is Bubble ✓? (vaguely implied)
Blue AI is Ming X
Blue AI is Orbsman X
What the blue AI was supposed to be X
The red AI (Caine) and blue AI (Able?) have their own bodies ✓? (yes but not in the way I expected, the blue AI was essentially yeeted into the void)
Ringmaster Bubble X
Ringmaster Jax X
Ringmaster Pomni X
Ringmaster Kinger X
Yellow AI reveal X
The humans make a new AI based on what remains of the red and blue AIs X
SOMA theory confirmed ✓
The circus and the humans dissolve X
The humans escape and Caine exists in their devices X
The humans don't know each other outside the circus ✓? (heavily implied)
Jax and Kinger one-on-one X
Zooble and and Kinger one-on-one ✓? (via montage)
Gangle and Kinger one-on-one ✓? (via montage)
Zooble is in his EP1 fit X Zooble is in their EP8 fit ✓
Zooble draws tattoos on herself X
Someone than Jax and Kinger is better than conjuring X
It's Gangle X
Ragatha and Jax confrontation ✓?
Real names revealed ✓
The humans get to customize everything X
The Abstracted wander around the circus ✓
The Abstracted can be rescued in some way (either restored to their original state or loading the last saved file or etc) X
Carnival shot X
Group hug X
Group cursing session X
The power of friendship (and conjuring) ✓? (through repairing the circus)
A new musical number X
A new human shows up X
The entire thing resets so it's back to the status quo X
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Things I did not expect
TRANSFEM JAX REAL ???????
CAINE HAS INTERNET ACCESS CONFIRMED
I love how despite being nerfed Caine can still fly, this is something I want to happen even if he's nerfed
He's tiny let him flyyyyyy
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What I wanted to happen after watching
So far so canon (SOMA crashout) > repairing the circus > Caine funeral > gets interrupted > Abstractions wander around > they round them up > Jax snaps and takes over control > the team gets split up (solo Pommi, Ragatha and Gangle, Kinger and Zooble) > they snap Jax out of it > another Jax crashout > Jax abstracts > Pomni enters Jax's mind and gets pulled out > they round up Jax > double funeral for Caine and Jax > Caine is back and apologizes > ending scenes
Still figuring out what Caine's supposed to do, but yeah just more time could've really help the series as a whole
I had the absolute honor of creating these special illustrations for Alex Rochon!
For his very own D&D one-shot, I designed every single character from the show — reimagined in fabulous, fantasy-inspired outfits!
Alex gave me wonderful descriptions and references for his vision, and together we brought these chaotic, lovable characters into a whole new world.
The DnD stream was hilarious, heartfelt, and so full of personality — and seeing the cast bring the designs to life was such a surreal moment!
Right after the stream, fans started drawing fanart of my designs!!
I’m honestly so proud and beyond grateful that something I created inspired others to create too.
Thank you again to Alex and the cast for trusting me with this magical project — and to everyone who’s shared love for the designs, you’ve made my artist heart so full 💕
(Also: everyone who draws fanart of my designs is now legally required to tag me in their posts. I don’t make the rules 😌)
The amazing digital circus: Digital Dungeon Danger