I think Jax being hated (fairly) is going to be plot relevant, "In this world, the worst thing you can do is make someone think they're not wanted or loved"
I imagine you haven't seen much of Goose's older work before. That's the most quintessentially Gooseworx-esque character design in this series so far 😏 /lh
So, what I'm getting. Kinger acts kinda loopy when in light, but when surrounded in darkness (like his pillow fort) he acts more grounded and sane. But no one else knew this so everyone just thinks hes a nutcase, and thats why he freaked out when his pillow fort was destroyed by the gloinks. Its a safe space. Oh god, thats depressing.
Well, he IS a "nutcase", to use it pejoratively. Even in the darkness, he's plagued by serious PTSD flashbacks, a significant mental illness, but the only way he can hold onto objective reality is through associations with that trauma, which he blocks out when not triggered by being in the darkness. He's like a senile war vet in late-stage alzheimers, who can only think straight when its the fourth of July and all the gunpowder smoke and explosions reminds him of 'nam and sends him into a spiraling fear fit, but at least he can remember his family in the panic attack. The pillow fort isn't a safe space, it's a torture chamber. It forces him to face his PTSD head-on, constantly, reliving the "death" of his wife over and over, in exchange for a tiny mediocrum of control over his own mental state, sacrificing mental comfort for a smidgeon of mental stability. Plus-side, in a world of purely mental constructs, being insane is a form of immortality; he can never abstract if he can't string together two thoughts in order to lose hope. Negative-side, in a world of purely mental constructs, being insane is a form of immortality; he can never be reunited with Queenie.
This is the second time I watched it. Just now realized the moment Kinger went sane is when the creature was going to swallow him. The little light orbs in its mouth looked like his abstracted wife’s eyes.
I like to think that he begins to regains his sanity and memory when he says: "you know, I'm starting to think." And instead of cutting the sentence short, that is a complete statement
@@grimmnova5476 I think so too. You can tell he isn’t as spastic and clumsy, but as soon as Pomni drags him away you can see something click and he is normal.
Gotta love how the kinger darkness thing is set up each episode. Closes his eyes to remember Kaufmo. Bucket on head when he recalls Ragatha’s time there in episode 2
Well there were several hints throughout the bit of the episode where they’re in trophy room, cause you see a bunch of eyes everywhere and there’s the cross on the newspaper depicting the creature, and of course the book.
I think that's the problem. His brain is strange to say the least so when Zooble tells him to 'forget it' he takes it literally. At least until certain stimuli make him remember.
27:29 Jax is so hateable that he's fun to a lot of people, I think. I don't like him as a person, but his character has great dynamics with everyone. And what I enjoy abt him too is that the show knows he sucks. In the last episode (ep2) for example when Pomni had that moment of connecting with everyone at the funeral and them metaphorically catching her, Jax wasn't a part of it. I'm curious to see how he will play out as the story progresses...
"In this world, the worst thing you can do is make someone think they're not wanted or loved." -Kinger Jax is taking that line as advice lol. I'm also curious what his role will be in this show later down the line.
2:20 to note, there are a lot of Netflix shows that were originally on yt. Like they just uploaded the whole finished or partially finished series to Netflix, but put everything yt first.
This episode made me cry so hard😭😭 Kinger is officially my favorite I hope I am not the only one who likes Kinger. When he shined he looked like an angel😭
A sad thought just came to my mind. The game ends when the king piece falls, right? I always figured Kinger would be the last one who would abstract because his insanity seems to be a type of mental guard after the loss of Queenie. A way his mind protects itself from giving up and losing hope, or going insane in the same way as the others. He's likely lost so many friends in this place. What if the show ends with him falling after spending too long in darkness with his mind, and reuniting with his wife?
Kinger was definitely the highlight of the episode! 💜🧡💚 He was so brave, protectively, kind, and wise to Pomni, I loved their interaction so much! It was so sweet! He’s one of my favorite characters! 🎃💀👻 this episode was so terrifyingly good! 10/10! I got so teary eyed
the thing is the day before this show got published i had a dream that was about a giant circus with a bouncy obstical course and zombies tryna kill you but it felt like ive seen this as a video game before but idk maybe i saw one like a couple years back but it never got released or something idk it just feels like dejavu.
Yeaaaaa…. I’m with CyYu on Jax. I lost respect for him the second he called Kinger a “nutcase” then kinda looked disgusted at Pomni when she said hanging out with Kinger in hell wasn’t that bad. You gotta realize, these folks kinda didn’t get to know each other when they landed here. From the looks of it, Kinger had only Queenie to rely on given they ended up in the circus together. But afterwards, no one really put effort to know who he was when he was in his comfort zone (his pillow fort) until Pomni. To everyone else Kinger is just the Senile Grandpa.
TO be fair Jax calling him a nutcase isnt exactly wrong from his perspective nad view of his MORE experienced tie with Kinger than pomni. i think people forget that what we see as the view, not all of the characters are aware of. So Jax only knows the kinger in the light. So yes kinger is a Nutcase and even pomni and Kinger acknowledge that once the leave the darkness that what will happen. From Jax's perspective, since he was there longer than Pomni as this episode was literally one of her first days, She doesnt have that longer term experience that Jax and the others do with eachother so, Pomni saying it wasnt that bad throws him off because everyone else knows that kinger is crazy (though the only one that outwardl;y expresses that is Jax) they clearly havent been with kinger in the dark, like pomni had the lucky chance to experience on her first days. So From jax's perspective its completely Justified as to why he calls him a nutcase and Is confused to Pomni's response but to (some of) us who got to experience what Pomni did with Kinger, Jax is just being a giant A-Hole.
From the first episode i always just assumed that all the characters are like the dev team, friends in the real world thta made a game together and got stuck in it. (Didn't even know people were theorizing lol)
I can't believe Cy Yu called it in the last episode! He said Kinger was able to remember stuff about Ragatha because of the bucket on his head. Now we know it was the resulting darkness that did it. I wonder if Pomni will do anything with this information like making a blindfold for Kinger to wear. That way he can keep his memories
Sean's voice work in this episode was phenomenal, being able to convey the loveable and sympathetic kinger this man consistently voices some of my favourite characters in media
I remember before episode 3 came out, Gooseworx answered a Tumblr ask by giving a sneakpeak Jax line from this episode, being "Don't ever call us that again" and people were theorizing that he was gonna go off on some NPC in defense of the others. Then the episode came out and it was just in reference to Caine calling them 'Meowing Milkmaids' after the adventure, lol
I’m not gonna lie when Jax started talking I honestly thought he was Alejandro. I was like is that “Alejandro aka Cyno aka Izumi aka Leon aka Macaque aka CYYU?!!”
People talk about this less, but it seems like this episode works as a reminder that Caine is not a person, but an advanced AI. And if you think Gumigoo (a simple NPC in Caine's worlds) having an existential crisis is bad, then you REALLY don't want Caine (controller of the entire virtual world) to have one
25:24 Now that I think about it, since he is the first one to end up in the digital circus and he always mentioning about "bugs", what if Kinger is some sort of game tester or a computer programmer specialized in debugging errors in the system.
"seven years of computer science", wife being an entomologist (which implies she's a computer entomologist who checks for bugs in computers instead of literal bugs), this episode really drop a huge lore that Kinger and Queener was a couple who works at the company that make the digital circus game.. Kinger & Queener are one of the earlier people who got stuck into the game bc they were testing that game out to find bugs in the game to fix.. WE NEED MORE LORE AAAAAAA
I get how other people feel about jax, i think before when it was just a pilot, (and even the last bit of ep 2) they dropped hints that he has more going on way too early than they had planned to; which put more expectations of his development to be sooner when its clear its going to be a process. Personally I dont really get mad at characters like him, so Im just mad enjoying his voice performance and mannerisms/animation If I had to guess the why he acts the way he does, my guess is he doesn't want to be missed if he abstracts
It's a little strange how when it's just the eyeballs kinger is still nut and yet that would be darker than in the hell I mean you can see both of them in hell but you can't the other scene
… Are we just going to forget the fact he said that he suddenly remembered an unfunny “funny joke” (probably one of Kaufmo’s) during the eyeballs scene? He’s definitely lucid in that moment… just not fully, like what Pomni said. (Also, someone else mentioned how, during Kaufmo’s funeral, Kinger had his eyes closed while eulogizing.)
I just realized what he meant by “it was my fault we went down this path, wasn’t it?” Was him realizing that he knew his insane self brought them there and not by an accident. He becomes more and more depressing that the only time he realizes his actions is when he is in true darkness
This episode had a lot of lore drops and started to hint to a lot of possibilities into everyone's backstories. I feel everyone's Avatars relate to what kind of person or past they had before showing up here. I think Cy is right about Kinger, being a chess piece he might be close to this world and partly responsible for it, his wife maybe too. Like how he says "7 years of Computer Science for this" yea that can't just be coincidence I hope to see that lead somewhere someday. And Zooble, their little Therapy Session scene here is why I hypothesis their forms here being related to their past traumas or lives. They state they hate themselves and their body (tho yea they say their body here in the vitural space but hear me out) what if they were somebody who felt trapped in themself before coming here. I know a lot of people go thru that kinda thing a lot irl. If this is true then we can probably hypothesize everyone based a bit on what they look like. Ragatha being a doll makes me think she was an unhappy People Pleaser type. Her personality that we've seen so far would also suggest this. As for what kind of work she did or had, hard to say people pleaser types are in nearly every profession. Gangle having those masks is another easy one to figure out, metaphorical masks are a very common psychosis and here they are just now more literal for them. Being as fragile as they are could hint to them being an emotionally fragile person, and since its a Comedy and Tragedy mask I'll go on a limb here and theorize they might've been a theater kid or just like theater. Jax is the one I'm not yet sure of. Oh his personality itself says more then his design does. Pushing everyone's buttons, showing a lack of care for anyone but himself, never talking about his pasts or himself to anyone else. I've seen these tropes a lot in the misunderstood bully kid types. Think like Nelson from The Simpsons, I can guess he has a horrible childhood and just as horrible parents. One if not both are likely alcoholics and they fight all the time, possibly even divorced. But why tho is he this smiling cat like creature? Not sure yet, maybe he had a cat that he loved but lost or something. idk but this episode had a lot of underlying details that got that small part of my brain which likes to theory craft revving lol can't wait for the next episode now :3
@@Wine_da_rat no no think about it why would they partner with the show and knowing Netflix they just want to make a profit or would they b do it for their benefit and theirs
Fun fact: Kinger saying “Welcome back my meowing milkmaids” is a silly easter egg, because if you listen in the Polish dub, it’s pronounced “skibidi sigma”
TO be fair Jax calling him a nutcase isn't exactly wrong from his perspective and view of his MORE experienced tie with Kinger than Pomni. i think people forget that what we see as the view, not all of the characters are aware of. So Jax only knows the Kinger in the light. So yes Kinger is a Nutcase and even pomni and Kinger acknowledge that once the leave the darkness that what will happen. From Jax's perspective, since he was there longer than Pomni as this episode was literally one of her first days, She doesn't have that longer term experience that Jax and the others do with each other so, Pomni saying it wasn't that bad throws him off because everyone else knows that Kinger is crazy (though the only one that outwardly expresses that is Jax) they clearly haven't been with Kinger in the dark, like Pomni had the lucky chance to experience on her first days. So From Jax's perspective its completely Justified as to why he calls him a nutcase and Is confused to Pomni's response but to (some of) us who got to experience what Pomni did with Kinger, Jax is just being a giant A-Hole. I KNOW everyone has at least done this once no matter how much you want to deny it. Make a judgment based on your own more longer term experience but not know 1 small detail that changes the entire view of a person.
12:13 Can anyone else here just picture replacing “CY YU VODS” little avatar as Kaggyfilms and the hilarious expressions he’d be making watching this video?
With all my old react channels seemingly disappearing I was getting a bit sad about seeing so little reaction channels I knew or watch that watched this episode. Decided to give myself a blast from the past with Kaggyfilm’s new incarnation, and I’m glad to say that it was just as enjoyable as I remember.
Jax to me feels like one of the game players who wants to star in their own movie and acts like all eyes are on him at all times. Since they can't technically die Jax acts without consequence except for maybe Abstraction. Like a lot of Trolly game players are.
Not long after watching this episode, I saw similarities between Kinger and Psycho Krieg. Both have proven themselves to be quite capable, lost someone very dear to them, and had their minds broken yet kinda functional. The order of events is a bit different, but the connection is there in my eyes. Kinger's wife was his Maya. A toast to our beloved mad men. 🥛
With the Netflix thing, think of it like when Red vs Blue was put on Netflix, yeah the whole thing is still on UA-cam, but being on an official streaming service makes companies take it more seriously
Call me Kinger cause I might be crazy, but i'm really starting to think that the digital circus is some kind of twisted virtual social experiment trying to see how different personalities react and cope under different stressful situation because Cain(being an AI) is trying to learn from them. Something seems off about these “adventures”, like they could be specific to certain characters or designed by Cain to cause emotional interactions/distress between characters. He caould intesionally be putting people in situation or showing them stuff to cause them at abstract or just manually doing it himself. Like in the beginning when Kaufmo found a placed "exit door" and obssesed over it till he abstracted and then Pomni was put in the same situation.
Fun fact: In one of the dubs, I forget exactly which one, Caine calls everyone "Skibidi Sigma's" at this point. Cringe. Also in the Latin dub, when the monster head first shows up Kinger says" Could you repeat that, I don't speak Lovecraftian"
I can’t help but suspect Jax purposely acts like…well ‘Jax’ for reasons that may actually be selfless! He might either be pretending to be a jerk or truly has a jerk personality but chooses not to rein it in to help the other Circus Members relieve their stress and cope with the endless ennui and madness that is each repeating next day. What he may be doing is he’s fulfilling a necessary role in the group dynamic: the resident A**Hole, that one person that everyone dislikes in common so that the rest form stronger bonds of community so that they can keep staying strong. Sure Caine could fill in that role too but he’s essential an omnipotent mad god. They can’t take out their frustrations on him physically because of what he can do with his powers, and they can’t hurt him with words because well…exactly what happened between him and Zooble; he’s insane so words hold no weight to him. Jax is that guy that the members can be frustrated, scream at, or bind him up to shut him up and know that it matters and isn’t pointless effort in their current meaningless existence.
25:32 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 it reminds me of Jesus 🥹
I think Jax being hated (fairly) is going to be plot relevant, "In this world, the worst thing you can do is make someone think they're not wanted or loved"
Gooseworx even had Jax listed in the trigger warnings list she made for the series apparently
The same i think
Dude I love annoying, hater characters all I gotta say is I'm mad Jax got tied up this ep lol I wanted to see the chaos
I legitimately think if anyone in the main cast abstracts, it’s going to be Jax. That line feels so foreshadow-y.
@@projectmoonsleeperagentI feel like it'd be Gangle with how frequent Jax bullies her
"She was really into Entomology"
"Did someone say something about an insect collection?"
I was NOT prepared for that face. "Nightmares for children"? Bubble, that face is gonna give many adults nightmares
Jurassic World reference spotted
Agreed I was not prepared whatsoever
to be fair gooseworx did say this was for adults '
so yeah it has to give the adults nightmares to work c:
@@faithrabbit4330 gooseworx was inspired by courage this episode
I imagine you haven't seen much of Goose's older work before. That's the most quintessentially Gooseworx-esque character design in this series so far 😏 /lh
Fun fact: in the polish dub of episode 3 caine calls them "my skibidi sigmas" instead of meowing milkmaids
Skibidi sigmas🗣️🔊
I tried and you right he say it
…maybe we should have let the Germans have them
I am not sure which is worse
I would personally rather be a meowing milkmaid than a skibidi sigma.@@TrixyTrixter
This is actually the first time an indie series genuinely made me cry, and this episode just made me love kinger even more
Kinger is so cool
Kinger is my favorite❤
100% agreement
The mildred baron that killed his wife because he thought she was a monster
And kinger who loved his wife despite being a monster 😢😢😢
That tape must have reminded him of that one moment😭💔
the virgin baron vs the chad kinger
So, what I'm getting. Kinger acts kinda loopy when in light, but when surrounded in darkness (like his pillow fort) he acts more grounded and sane. But no one else knew this so everyone just thinks hes a nutcase, and thats why he freaked out when his pillow fort was destroyed by the gloinks. Its a safe space. Oh god, thats depressing.
Well, he IS a "nutcase", to use it pejoratively. Even in the darkness, he's plagued by serious PTSD flashbacks, a significant mental illness, but the only way he can hold onto objective reality is through associations with that trauma, which he blocks out when not triggered by being in the darkness. He's like a senile war vet in late-stage alzheimers, who can only think straight when its the fourth of July and all the gunpowder smoke and explosions reminds him of 'nam and sends him into a spiraling fear fit, but at least he can remember his family in the panic attack.
The pillow fort isn't a safe space, it's a torture chamber. It forces him to face his PTSD head-on, constantly, reliving the "death" of his wife over and over, in exchange for a tiny mediocrum of control over his own mental state, sacrificing mental comfort for a smidgeon of mental stability.
Plus-side, in a world of purely mental constructs, being insane is a form of immortality; he can never abstract if he can't string together two thoughts in order to lose hope. Negative-side, in a world of purely mental constructs, being insane is a form of immortality; he can never be reunited with Queenie.
This is the second time I watched it. Just now realized the moment Kinger went sane is when the creature was going to swallow him. The little light orbs in its mouth looked like his abstracted wife’s eyes.
Kinger was acting relatively calm and half-sane before that too, except for the eyes-only bit
He was sane in the darkness, in which they were engulfed when they entered the room
I like to think that he begins to regains his sanity and memory when he says: "you know, I'm starting to think."
And instead of cutting the sentence short, that is a complete statement
@@grimmnova5476 I think so too. You can tell he isn’t as spastic and clumsy, but as soon as Pomni drags him away you can see something click and he is normal.
Gotta love how the kinger darkness thing is set up each episode. Closes his eyes to remember Kaufmo. Bucket on head when he recalls Ragatha’s time there in episode 2
Oh my [boinking] god, you're right
I like that it foreshadowed the Angel thing with a book about Angels on the bookcase.
Well there were several hints throughout the bit of the episode where they’re in trophy room, cause you see a bunch of eyes everywhere and there’s the cross on the newspaper depicting the creature, and of course the book.
Zooble is the one that keeps asking Caine to "Forget it.".
I think that's the problem. His brain is strange to say the least so when Zooble tells him to 'forget it' he takes it literally. At least until certain stimuli make him remember.
27:29 Jax is so hateable that he's fun to a lot of people, I think.
I don't like him as a person, but his character has great dynamics with everyone.
And what I enjoy abt him too is that the show knows he sucks. In the last episode (ep2) for example when Pomni had that moment of connecting with everyone at the funeral and them metaphorically catching her, Jax wasn't a part of it.
I'm curious to see how he will play out as the story progresses...
Appeantly we have to wait towards episode 6 until we find out what his deal is.
"In this world, the worst thing you can do is make someone think they're not wanted or loved." -Kinger
Jax is taking that line as advice lol. I'm also curious what his role will be in this show later down the line.
You just accurately summarize my entire opinion of him in a nutshell.
EXACTLY! I hate him! Fuck that guy! But also *fuck* that guy 🤭
I look forward to his minimum wage labor arc
2:20 to note, there are a lot of Netflix shows that were originally on yt. Like they just uploaded the whole finished or partially finished series to Netflix, but put everything yt first.
I just noticed. The bookshelf that shows while getting the key has ONE book with a visible cover. Angels
This episode made me cry so hard😭😭 Kinger is officially my favorite I hope I am not the only one who likes Kinger. When he shined he looked like an angel😭
You're absolutely not the only one. I liked him before this episode, and I adore him now.
A sad thought just came to my mind. The game ends when the king piece falls, right? I always figured Kinger would be the last one who would abstract because his insanity seems to be a type of mental guard after the loss of Queenie. A way his mind protects itself from giving up and losing hope, or going insane in the same way as the others. He's likely lost so many friends in this place. What if the show ends with him falling after spending too long in darkness with his mind, and reuniting with his wife?
You are NOT invited to my kinger themed birthday
@ no wait! I’m sorry!
I love reactors' synchronized "what?" with Kinger after the last tape
12:14
"Oh! Oh no, no no no." His voice was so high and it was so funny to me how wide his eyes were.
In another dub Caine says"welcome back my skibidi sigmas!"
LOVE THE CUTE NEW MODEL!!! This episode was WILD and I can't wait for Film Theory to really dig into the lore!
Oh I ABSOLUTELY need film theory to dig into here
"And zooble turned straight"
Chibi cyyu: 0-0
Kinger was definitely the highlight of the episode! 💜🧡💚
He was so brave, protectively, kind, and wise to Pomni, I loved their interaction so much! It was so sweet! He’s one of my favorite characters!
🎃💀👻 this episode was so terrifyingly good! 10/10! I got so teary eyed
Kinger showing US why he's the KING
That is the reason why he's stays inside the pillow fort
It’s his safe place.
the thing is the day before this show got published i had a dream that was about a giant circus with a bouncy obstical course and zombies tryna kill you but it felt like ive seen this as a video game before but idk maybe i saw one like a couple years back but it never got released or something idk it just feels like dejavu.
Yeaaaaa…. I’m with CyYu on Jax. I lost respect for him the second he called Kinger a “nutcase” then kinda looked disgusted at Pomni when she said hanging out with Kinger in hell wasn’t that bad. You gotta realize, these folks kinda didn’t get to know each other when they landed here. From the looks of it, Kinger had only Queenie to rely on given they ended up in the circus together. But afterwards, no one really put effort to know who he was when he was in his comfort zone (his pillow fort) until Pomni. To everyone else Kinger is just the Senile Grandpa.
i dont think he looked disgusted. he looked more annoyed that he couldn't poke fun at either him or pomni for being stuck together
You HAD respect for Jax???
TO be fair Jax calling him a nutcase isnt exactly wrong from his perspective nad view of his MORE experienced tie with Kinger than pomni. i think people forget that what we see as the view, not all of the characters are aware of. So Jax only knows the kinger in the light. So yes kinger is a Nutcase and even pomni and Kinger acknowledge that once the leave the darkness that what will happen. From Jax's perspective, since he was there longer than Pomni as this episode was literally one of her first days, She doesnt have that longer term experience that Jax and the others do with eachother so, Pomni saying it wasnt that bad throws him off because everyone else knows that kinger is crazy (though the only one that outwardl;y expresses that is Jax) they clearly havent been with kinger in the dark, like pomni had the lucky chance to experience on her first days. So From jax's perspective its completely Justified as to why he calls him a nutcase and Is confused to Pomni's response but to (some of) us who got to experience what Pomni did with Kinger, Jax is just being a giant A-Hole.
From the first episode i always just assumed that all the characters are like the dev team, friends in the real world thta made a game together and got stuck in it. (Didn't even know people were theorizing lol)
12:23 “sorry I don’t speak eldrich horror”.
im fairly convinced Jax has teh deadpool thing. he doesnt know he's in a show, he just has these random impulses to make 4th wall breaks
I swear I now want art of Yanfei and Diluc dressed as Pomni and Kinger after watching this episode.
Even funnier is that it’s technically Cyno reacting to them. 😂
Pomni: please don't dome alive
Dead corpse: ok I won't
This made me want to get a Kinger Plush to sit next to my Pomni Plush on my computer desk.
11:57 cy yu freaks out about the eyes 👀 then the jumpscare …😮 oh.. oh no 😂
Kinger was already my favourite character, and this solidified that feeling.
I can't believe Cy Yu called it in the last episode! He said Kinger was able to remember stuff about Ragatha because of the bucket on his head. Now we know it was the resulting darkness that did it. I wonder if Pomni will do anything with this information like making a blindfold for Kinger to wear. That way he can keep his memories
hehe the comedy was directly next to the exit staircase, but i am sure everyone missed seeing that.
Sean's voice work in this episode was phenomenal, being able to convey the loveable and sympathetic kinger this man consistently voices some of my favourite characters in media
With what Kinger said while they were in HELL, the moment he lost his fortress in the pilot episode has more weight to it.
I remember before episode 3 came out, Gooseworx answered a Tumblr ask by giving a sneakpeak Jax line from this episode, being "Don't ever call us that again" and people were theorizing that he was gonna go off on some NPC in defense of the others.
Then the episode came out and it was just in reference to Caine calling them 'Meowing Milkmaids' after the adventure, lol
I’m not gonna lie when Jax started talking I honestly thought he was Alejandro. I was like is that “Alejandro aka Cyno aka Izumi aka Leon aka Macaque aka CYYU?!!”
Did anyone else hear 'like a prayer' play when Kinger started glowing? Or was it just me?
16:37 POV meme: When you are playing resident evil 2 for the first time
Fun Fact the next episode is December 12th. It was leaked by Netflix.
It might also be a placeholder we can't really know for certain
27:01 i think in the polish version he calls them skibidi sigmas
Kinger forgets when his exposed in the light, which is kinda ironic that he glows
People talk about this less, but it seems like this episode works as a reminder that Caine is not a person, but an advanced AI.
And if you think Gumigoo (a simple NPC in Caine's worlds) having an existential crisis is bad, then you REALLY don't want Caine (controller of the entire virtual world) to have one
25:24 Now that I think about it, since he is the first one to end up in the digital circus and he always mentioning about "bugs", what if Kinger is some sort of game tester or a computer programmer specialized in debugging errors in the system.
Hello future viewers.
Hello past viewer.
Hello past viewer
Hello past viewer.
18:05 I love Pomni's short moment of confusion after Kinger points out the plothole XD
The meowing milkmaids in a different language-> “skibi sigmas “. No joke
Kinger was already my favorite, this episode just solidified that LOLLLL
"seven years of computer science", wife being an entomologist (which implies she's a computer entomologist who checks for bugs in computers instead of literal bugs), this episode really drop a huge lore that Kinger and Queener was a couple who works at the company that make the digital circus game.. Kinger & Queener are one of the earlier people who got stuck into the game bc they were testing that game out to find bugs in the game to fix.. WE NEED MORE LORE AAAAAAA
I get how other people feel about jax, i think before when it was just a pilot, (and even the last bit of ep 2) they dropped hints that he has more going on way too early than they had planned to; which put more expectations of his development to be sooner when its clear its going to be a process.
Personally I dont really get mad at characters like him, so Im just mad enjoying his voice performance and mannerisms/animation
If I had to guess the why he acts the way he does, my guess is he doesn't want to be missed if he abstracts
YOOO episode 4 has came out!!
It's a little strange how when it's just the eyeballs kinger is still nut and yet that would be darker than in the hell I mean you can see both of them in hell but you can't the other scene
I think it's a growing effect, where he was getting more and more secure in his thoughts, just wasn't quite there yet in the 2D moment
@@TeckTheBlooded yeah probably but it's still weird thing
It also looks like the angel's mouth reminded him of his wife.
… Are we just going to forget the fact he said that he suddenly remembered an unfunny “funny joke” (probably one of Kaufmo’s) during the eyeballs scene? He’s definitely lucid in that moment… just not fully, like what Pomni said.
(Also, someone else mentioned how, during Kaufmo’s funeral, Kinger had his eyes closed while eulogizing.)
I just realized that everyone who comes in doesn't remember their past selves so why king remembers the computer science part of himself?
I think it's more of a fractured memory, with certain reminder to make them know of who they really were it will slowly start to come back to them
The reactions to all the creepy scary parts are 1000% the same ones I had watching this! 😂
I just realized what he meant by “it was my fault we went down this path, wasn’t it?” Was him realizing that he knew his insane self brought them there and not by an accident. He becomes more and more depressing that the only time he realizes his actions is when he is in true darkness
This episode had a lot of lore drops and started to hint to a lot of possibilities into everyone's backstories. I feel everyone's Avatars relate to what kind of person or past they had before showing up here.
I think Cy is right about Kinger, being a chess piece he might be close to this world and partly responsible for it, his wife maybe too. Like how he says "7 years of Computer Science for this" yea that can't just be coincidence I hope to see that lead somewhere someday.
And Zooble, their little Therapy Session scene here is why I hypothesis their forms here being related to their past traumas or lives. They state they hate themselves and their body (tho yea they say their body here in the vitural space but hear me out) what if they were somebody who felt trapped in themself before coming here. I know a lot of people go thru that kinda thing a lot irl. If this is true then we can probably hypothesize everyone based a bit on what they look like. Ragatha being a doll makes me think she was an unhappy People Pleaser type. Her personality that we've seen so far would also suggest this. As for what kind of work she did or had, hard to say people pleaser types are in nearly every profession. Gangle having those masks is another easy one to figure out, metaphorical masks are a very common psychosis and here they are just now more literal for them. Being as fragile as they are could hint to them being an emotionally fragile person, and since its a Comedy and Tragedy mask I'll go on a limb here and theorize they might've been a theater kid or just like theater.
Jax is the one I'm not yet sure of. Oh his personality itself says more then his design does. Pushing everyone's buttons, showing a lack of care for anyone but himself, never talking about his pasts or himself to anyone else. I've seen these tropes a lot in the misunderstood bully kid types. Think like Nelson from The Simpsons, I can guess he has a horrible childhood and just as horrible parents. One if not both are likely alcoholics and they fight all the time, possibly even divorced. But why tho is he this smiling cat like creature? Not sure yet, maybe he had a cat that he loved but lost or something. idk but this episode had a lot of underlying details that got that small part of my brain which likes to theory craft revving lol can't wait for the next episode now :3
"i cant wait for the children to get nightmares from the scary monster" bubbles backwards speech.
One word money I think Netflix just want to make more money off this that's why
What?!?
@@Wine_da_rat no no think about it why would they partner with the show and knowing Netflix they just want to make a profit or would they b do it for their benefit and theirs
Considering the success of Hazbin hotel it makes sense that streaming services would be looking for stuff like this now.
@@AndrezeSellers and the fact it's already FREE on UA-cam is funny
@@Wine_da_rat true why would I go to a streaming service when I can watch it for free
HOLD ON...KINGER SWORE AND IT WASN'T CENSORED
I think it wasn't censored because they are literally called "The Souls of The Damned".
Fun fact: Kinger saying “Welcome back my meowing milkmaids” is a silly easter egg, because if you listen in the Polish dub, it’s pronounced “skibidi sigma”
That CS comment makes me believe that Kinger is the creator of the circus. Especially since they said he’s been there the longest
I just realized. Kinger probably stays in his pillow fort because it’s in the dark inside.
TO be fair Jax calling him a nutcase isn't exactly wrong from his perspective and view of his MORE experienced tie with Kinger than Pomni. i think people forget that what we see as the view, not all of the characters are aware of. So Jax only knows the Kinger in the light. So yes Kinger is a Nutcase and even pomni and Kinger acknowledge that once the leave the darkness that what will happen. From Jax's perspective, since he was there longer than Pomni as this episode was literally one of her first days, She doesn't have that longer term experience that Jax and the others do with each other so, Pomni saying it wasn't that bad throws him off because everyone else knows that Kinger is crazy (though the only one that outwardly expresses that is Jax) they clearly haven't been with Kinger in the dark, like Pomni had the lucky chance to experience on her first days. So From Jax's perspective its completely Justified as to why he calls him a nutcase and Is confused to Pomni's response but to (some of) us who got to experience what Pomni did with Kinger, Jax is just being a giant A-Hole. I KNOW everyone has at least done this once no matter how much you want to deny it. Make a judgment based on your own more longer term experience but not know 1 small detail that changes the entire view of a person.
3:20 still wondering what bubble said :,3
Pretty sure some reversed it and she said “I can’t wait to see how many kids are traumatized this episode”
@@Noname2421. thank you lol
Its more like i cant wait for the children in the audence gets nightmares from the monstrt
"I can't wait for all of the children in the audience to get horrible nightmares from the monster!"
- bubble
17:50 *WHAT?!*
I'm realizeing now that the implications here is that Caine uses (or at least has used) the abstracted circus members as part of his adventures.
12:13 Can anyone else here just picture replacing “CY YU VODS” little avatar as Kaggyfilms and the hilarious expressions he’d be making watching this video?
Knowing Kinger is also Diluc makes this so much better ❤
I hope we get to explore the grounds in the next episode. Like the rides and the lake.
if that was the "all ages" door then what was the "matoor zoobles" door?
also "I'm starting to think..." lin.Kinger was really starting to think!
I got the digital circus voice actors. Signatures today amazing people to talk to !
With all my old react channels seemingly disappearing I was getting a bit sad about seeing so little reaction channels I knew or watch that watched this episode.
Decided to give myself a blast from the past with Kaggyfilm’s new incarnation, and I’m glad to say that it was just as enjoyable as I remember.
Might be onto something with that theory of Kinger possibly having a hand in making the game, but he just doesn't remember! I hadn't considered that.
Jax to me feels like one of the game players who wants to star in their own movie and acts like all eyes are on him at all times. Since they can't technically die Jax acts without consequence except for maybe Abstraction. Like a lot of Trolly game players are.
27:55 "Lore on Jax" What do you mean? This is lore on Kinger not Jax
Have you tried auditioning for Glitch before, Kaggy? I just know you'll have fun as a Murder Drone or Digital Circus member.😎
I'm guessing with the success of the first 2 episodes and now it's featuring on netflix, gooseworks finally have enough budget to make it more polish.
Zooble is my new fav character💜💜
Not long after watching this episode, I saw similarities between Kinger and Psycho Krieg. Both have proven themselves to be quite capable, lost someone very dear to them, and had their minds broken yet kinda functional. The order of events is a bit different, but the connection is there in my eyes. Kinger's wife was his Maya. A toast to our beloved mad men. 🥛
I had the same braincell and reaction like CyYu when watching this😂😂😂
Why did I watch this RIGHT before I went to sleep….
Kinger fans ate well today
Wait I just released that Pommi is Sparkle
i had to go watch it when i saw you watched this cause i hadnt watched yet😭
Hes become a marketable plushie!
With the Netflix thing, think of it like when Red vs Blue was put on Netflix, yeah the whole thing is still on UA-cam, but being on an official streaming service makes companies take it more seriously
Call me Kinger cause I might be crazy, but i'm really starting to think that the digital circus is some kind of twisted virtual social experiment trying to see how different personalities react and cope under different stressful situation because Cain(being an AI) is trying to learn from them. Something seems off about these “adventures”, like they could be specific to certain characters or designed by Cain to cause emotional interactions/distress between characters. He caould intesionally be putting people in situation or showing them stuff to cause them at abstract or just manually doing it himself. Like in the beginning when Kaufmo found a placed "exit door" and obssesed over it till he abstracted and then Pomni was put in the same situation.
Fun fact: In one of the dubs, I forget exactly which one, Caine calls everyone "Skibidi Sigma's" at this point. Cringe. Also in the Latin dub, when the monster head first shows up Kinger says" Could you repeat that, I don't speak Lovecraftian"
Digital circus is now on Netflix!
Ohhh the 3rd ep is so good!
In my defence, I love all the characters.
I can’t help but suspect Jax purposely acts like…well ‘Jax’ for reasons that may actually be selfless!
He might either be pretending to be a jerk or truly has a jerk personality but chooses not to rein it in to help the other Circus Members relieve their stress and cope with the endless ennui and madness that is each repeating next day.
What he may be doing is he’s fulfilling a necessary role in the group dynamic: the resident A**Hole, that one person that everyone dislikes in common so that the rest form stronger bonds of community so that they can keep staying strong.
Sure Caine could fill in that role too but he’s essential an omnipotent mad god. They can’t take out their frustrations on him physically because of what he can do with his powers, and they can’t hurt him with words because well…exactly what happened between him and Zooble; he’s insane so words hold no weight to him.
Jax is that guy that the members can be frustrated, scream at, or bind him up to shut him up and know that it matters and isn’t pointless effort in their current meaningless existence.
Kinger lore!! I love this episode focus in Kinger, that Kinger story hit me is really sad, this episode is scary
gang up on cyyu, make him play pressure.
What if the show is Gradually Becoming better looking because the game is being worked on and the graphics are being improved as they go
25:32 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 it reminds me of Jesus 🥹
Kaggy films?