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TADC Last Act predictions

I wanted to share my predictions for episode 9 of The Amazing Digital Circus (TADC) that I posted on Discord when the trailer dropped. I have seen the movie already, but I thought I'd post these before it comes out on YouTube at least. This is marked spoilers just out of caution.

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realized I've never shared the full res label artwork from the SLARPG vinyl OST from 2023, so here's those

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Overheard in a manga store yesterday: "we need more yuri in here. I've had at least 5 girls coming up to me last time asking for yuri. Everyone wants yuri now". The world is healing

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Original characters from what were once MLP fangames

The following is an overview of original characters that took the place of the "Mane Six" characters in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fangames that were subsequently made into their own games, specifically Super Lesbian Animal RPG (formerly Super Lesbian Horse RPG) and Them's Fighting Herds (formerly My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic). These games feature their own casts and stories completely independent from MLP, and even the Mane Six inspired characters definitely diverged from their original inspirations, but it's fun to look at how each creative team built on what aspects. None of this artwork is mine, and the vectors are from the respective wikis for these works. The @slarpg art is by @ponett or Bobby Schroeder, from whom you should definitely buy that game (and its soundtrack, and also buy the game to gift for your friends, and just support her she's great), while the art for TFH is by Aaron Tucker.

Fluttershy from MLP:FiM, Melody Amaranth from SLARPG, Pom from TFH

Rainbow Dash from MLP:FiM, Allison Goleta from SLARPG, Tianhuo from TFH

Twilight Sparkle from MLP:FiM, Claire Higsby from SLARPG, Oleander from TFH

Applejack from MLP:FiM, Jodie Caldwell from SLARPG, Arizona from TFH

Pinkie Pie from MLP:FiM, Beverly Piggledy from SLARPG, Paprika from TFH

Rarity from MLP:FiM, Faith Vincent from SLARPG, Velvet Hoofstrongdottr from TFH

Observations:

The creative teams from both former fan games decided to retain the unicorn species of a unicorn inspired character in each of their Mane Six inspired character rosters: Faith from SLARPG (Rarity) and Oleander from Them’s Fighting Herds (Twilight Sparkle).

The Fluttershy inspired characters, Melody Amaranth from SLARPG and Pom from TFH, have a predominantly pink color scheme with subtle gold accents from accessories. Both of their respective character designers decided to dispense with Fluttershy’s prominent yellow coloration.

Both of the Twilight Sparkle inspired characters, Claire Higsby from SLARPG and Oleander from TFH, are reprimanded for engaging in dangerous magic which invite dark forces into their respective realms. This is a logical convergent evolution from Twilight’s character, but notably not an actual trait of hers as far as I can remember.

Coincidentally, both of the Rarity inspired characters, Faith from SLARPG and Velvet from TFH, have brown fur with a blonde mane/hair despite neither of these being a part of Rarity’s character design.

The most common trait carried over for all of these characters are the eye colors, although this is by no means universal and there are notable exceptions.

In honor of Trans Day of Visibility, it’s worth noting that Melody and Claire from SLARPG are canonically trans, wherein their inspirations Fluttershy and Twilight are trans in my heart.

Hope you enjoyed, sorry in advance for mistakes!

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taffywabbit

somebunny get her a straw, she's going to tip that thing over and spill everywhere...

sabottori

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TADC episode 8 analysis (and spoilers)

Episode 8 of the Amazing Digital Circus best illustrates the point of the show, which is that there's meaning to be found in a stagnant life, as stated by Gooseworx:

During the first act of the episode, the gang begins to come to terms with the fact they're likely trapped there forever. This is almost certainly true, as we have all but explicit confirmation that they are likely digital copies of the people who put on the headsets, perhaps invented originally as a means for Scratch to elongate his life despite the brain cancer.

However, Zooble objects to this, saying they had aspirations of something beyond this:

To which Gangle replies:

Which is both extremely sweet and extremely illustrative of the kind of compromises Gangle herself already had to make in order to live a fulfilling life. Gangle was also someone with an ambition - to create a (presumably acclaimed and popular) manga-inspired webcomic - but she had to settle in the less creatively fulfilling job of fast food. We can see in episode 4 that she was still unhappy about this in much the same way Zooble doesn't want to accept the circus. And it's important to emphasize that through it all she never gave up on art, but by episode 8, she's shifted where she primarily derives meaning in her life from her work and creative ambitions (and trying to pair the two) to the people around her.

Do you know who didn't do that?

Who never once deviated from trying to fulfill a purpose of creative ambition instead of finding joy in the people around him?

Yeah, that's right, Caine. Caine's tragic flaw is that, unlike Gangle, he never gave up on the idea that he was Important and his purpose was to make masterpieces that would be universally lauded.

If he had just accepted the more mundane status of being an equal collaborator, of seeing the creative potential in what could have been his peers like during the Suggestion Box adventures, everyone could've been better off. But Caine was trying so hard to make himself important that he never made any friends. Which is probably what he wanted all along, and what could have given meaning to his stagnant life in the circus as it has or eventually will for everyone else. And that's the true tragedy of Caine's story.

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