The Phantom of the Circus Masterpost
Since I've been asked by multiple people about it and I wanted to keep stuff organised, here is a masterpost for my TADC Au "The Phantom of the Circus! It answers to the main questions of the Au and has links to all the comics related.
Main questions
What does the AU talk about?
For those who are not familiar with it, this AU mainly focuses on Jax and Pomni becoming parents, suddenly and not really willingly, of DenDen. DenDen is their own fankid, but wasn't conceived traditionally, as Bubble just vomited him out of nowhere. Despite that, the kid has both his parents' code and cannot be deleted by Caine, putting mystery on his what he really is. This AU shows the struggles of raising a kid in the circus, how it can make things worse, or better in their digital lives. It also address the doubts and fears Pomni and Jax have about escaping the circus with the knowledge of possibly losing their child.
When is the AU set, in terms of show continuity?
Everything up until ep 7 of the show is canon into this AU. It's set several months after the "Escape the circus" adventure fiasco. In this AU, Jax almost abstracted after the whole ordeal and was saved by Pomni. After that, he started trying to improve himself, slowly, even if the main change happens after he becomes DenDen's mother.
Is DenDen related to Harley (Billinguini's FunnyBunny fankid)?
DenDen and Harley's AUs are not the same one. The events and character's lore are different and the AUs do not influence on one another. However, to me and Lin, DenDen and Harley are like honorary sibs, so the two can meet through a mysterious room, locked by Caine, that connects the two world, serving as some sort of lobby in between their dimensions.
How old is DenDen?
DenDen is mentally 7 years old by the time of his first adventure, even if he's chronologically only 3 weeks old. From then, his aging slows down.
Why Papa Pomni and Mama Jax?
You can find it in a dedicated comic, but to summarize... DenDen mixes them up and since he's dead set on it, they just let him call them that. Since they don't have specific role differences in the circus, it doesn't change much.
What is DenDen?
As mentioned, DenDen is the result of Pomni and Jax's mixed codes, with its unique spin of sentience. DenDen has his own room, can participate to adventures and basically has the same rights and restrictions of all the humans in the circus. However, he's also born in the circus and was impossible to conceive outside of it. Is he an AI, an NPC, a human? Is he all of them or none of them? That's one of the mysteries of this AU
How old are the characters? Are they digital copies?
Pomni is 25 and Jax is 22 like their canonical ages, almost 26 and 23 respectively. In my AU, characters are the age they currently think they are, by their own calculations, so Jax is 22 as of now, but was 16 when he entered the circus. They are not digital copies, and their bodies keep aging outside the circus. However time passes much faster in the circus compared to the real world.
ART
The art linked is shown in chronological order. Some parts might be added in between even in the future, to contribute to more lore.
DESIGNS
DenDen Human Pomni (Pre Circus) - 25 yoHuman Jax (Pre circus) - 16 yo
STORY
DenDen's birth
Pomni and Jax's reaction to parenthood
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
Estimated Guest
Papa Pomni and Mama Jax
Fast growth
Graduation (DenDen's first adventure/Zombie apocalypse)
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14 - Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21 - Part 22 - Part 23 - Part 24 - Part 25 - Part 26 - Part 27 - Part 28 - Part 29 - Part 30 - Part 31 - Part 32 - Part 33 - Part 34 - Part 35 - Part 36 - Part 37 - Part 38 - Part 39 - Part 40 - TBC
