(Before watching episode 8.)
Real life clips in a cartoon show! I love the meta of it because even Jax will break the 4th wall.
Making the real world with realistic graphics, like in The Last Of Us and The Witcher 3, would be awesome too because the pictures Caine has looks like those type of graphics.
But I'm not into the idea that the cartoon characters look like their voice actors.
Acting and voice acting are two different skills BUT if all the voice actors can do both then I'll keep an open mind. If they can't do both then TADC should just do what Alan Wake 2 does; have voice actors for their actors.
So...I used to think Jax killed or hurt someone with his car.
Because his reaction to wanting to stay will be overdramatic if it's just that he doesn't want to go home to an abusive household. He's an adult, he can move out but if he is trying to hide from a problem that he can't move away from, then that would make his reaction believable.
So, fuck the fans who keep saying it's a stupid theory when it's commonsense to be thinking that Jax appears guilty and not JUST scared. Stop thinking we are trying to be edgy with this theory. It's a real instant thought some of us had when we first seen this episode.
Gangle and Ragatha coming from an abusive household makes more sense, to me.And we know it's true with Ragatha but she knows it's still worth being free from the digital circus to live her life while dealing with her mom.
We know Gangle talks about her dreams being unrealistic so she focuses on her job. And she dropped out of college for graphic design. Maybe her family pressured her to think that way but Gangle is still willing to leave. Even though she worries about her friendship with Zooble once they get out.
Getting out of that digital, stressful place is worth living the stress of the real world for them.
UNLESS the cops are looking for you and all you have to look forward to is the world knowing what you did. So, you would rather abstract in bed than hit the button to escape.
He had enough time in the end to rethink it and changed his mind in a panic. He wanted the others to be free. He came all this way for them. Maybe he was hoping there would be more options to getting out so that he can choose to stay and have them go but after seeing it's all or none he started to panic.
He stayed put for so long; he didn't automatically rush to fuck them over.
So, I think the voice actors are rage baiting when they said on a live stream that Jax is an asshole for pressing that button.
But I don't think Jax hit someone with his car anymore, I now think he's suicidal and knows he's a digital copy-because his human self had already began ending his life before putting the headset on. (Cut himself, took pills or poison.) And that's why he pressed the button, he was scared that his life was ending for good this time.

I seen this screenshot on Reddit. I don't follow her.

I'm not mad about it but I will say I didn't know Jax was a MC with Pomni. I just seen him as a fan favorite like Levi from Attack On Titan and Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead. Those two characters aren't MCs but they are still very important. I would have loved to figure that out by watching the whole show but the creator wont shut up before it can tell us the story itself...
And by the looks of the crybaby posts, other fans didn't know Jax was the MC either.
(Their posts being angry about Jax being an MC isn't harassment unless they tag or message the creator, by the way.)
If it wasn't for these annoying fans sharing what Gooseworx confirms, I would still think Jax hit someone with his car. How boring that the creator wants to point to the theories we should be looking at. JUST LET US BE WRONG AND ARGUE AMONGST OURSELVES! ...please!
Jax being a bully after his friends abstracted makes more sense than him being a bully day one, because Ragatha says he doesn't have anymore friends and says that she failed Jax. I think she means that he used to be her friend.
We see that he used to be close with Kaufmo from the photo he has but he acts like he's not sad when he sees that Kaufmo abstracted. So, when Pomni asks if he has any friends and Ragatha says, "not anymore." I think she means that he pushed everyone away.
But Jax obviously takes it wrong and thinks she means, "not anymore now that they're dead." That's why she apologizes for that misunderstanding because it made him think of something darker than she intended.
(I seen some fans thinking that Ragatha was choosing to be rude in this moment and I had to share why I don't think that was the case.)
There's a difference between a theory not making sense and a theory you hate. I hate it when people act like certain theories don't make sense just because they don't want it to be true.
If you don't like the theory of Caine making Jax press the button then politely disagree or better yet, keep scrolling and vent to your friends who give a shit.
I'm sick of seeing condescending comments on a theory a fan posted and was excited to share.
Next I want to share why I really love the SOMA theory:
None of the characters are talking about if they think they've been reported missing by their loved ones.
None of them are bring up that their bodies might be dead by now.
And why haven't any of them shared their story about what led them to put the headset on and where they're all from?
Plot hole? Or they all know the answer and just don't want to confirm it with each other?
I think they know they don't have bodies to go back to but they're holding out for hope.
I want them to have that conversation before the show ends. I want to see them coming to terms with being copies but still holding true that their feelings and lives matter.
- It's the same with Cyberpunk 2077.
- It's the same with Severance.
- It's the same with Black Mirror.
- It's the same with Free Guy.
- It's the same with SOMA.
Showing that synthetic life can have meaning are some of my favorite stories, if written well.
Happy, bittersweet or a devastating ending all fit TADC so it'll be awesome either way.
You can sympathize with digital characters like you do with human characters. It doesn't cheapen our feelings because they are all fictional either way.
Kinger can make up a butterfly to heal Ragatha. Maybe he knows he's a copy; another A.I. to keep the game going?
Him and Caine have damaged memories.
Maybe they both are copies but human Caine made sure his copy would be in control?
Maybe human Caine and Kinger don't get along anymore and is why the building is abandoned now?
Maybe Caine forgot what it's like to be human and Kinger forgot he's an A.I.?
The only way I see them NOT being copies is by having the company-that worked on the digital world-secretly leaving the building empty to catch random players. Then they come and transfer their bodies into pods (or in beds with the headsets still on them), studying them in the digital circus.
But I think for that outcome, this show needs to be longer. Having only two episodes left isn't enough time to lore dump and world build all of that.
Which is what makes episode 7 really good. The fact that it lore dumps is only good writing because it's fake lore, made up by Caine. If all that lore were the truth, it would've been a very lazy way to show it.
The fans asking Gooseworx these direct questions want to be spoiled but that doesn't mean the rest of us do! They are the type of people who can't watch horror movies without knowing how it ends first. They are the type of people who look up "does the dog die?"
Please stop giving these babies clues to the answers because these fuckers will make sure the rest of the fandom knows what you said.
I can't escape your input on TADC. They show up in Youtube comments, on Reddit, Tumblr, Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter.
You need to accept that because it's a losing battle to try and force everyone to feel how you feel.
The creator of Hazbin Hotel doesn't seem to get that fans do understand why Charlie was foolish in season 2 but understanding Charlie doesn't mean we have to like Charlie.
People are going to hate characters like Ragatha but love characters like Jax.
People are doing to hate characters like Charlie but love characters like Vox.
We all relate to characters differently based on our experiences dealing with people in our lives.
So, please stop posting clues because all you're doing is ruining the fun of theorizing the ending to each character every time you give us something more to them. Let the show tell us. You shouldn't need to tell us.
And why are you telling us Caine isn't secretly evil?! I like Caine but it was fun thinking he might be sinister and smarter than he lets on.
Let us be shocked when we find out Caine actually was trying to be nice. Let us be relieved when there's nothing more to a character and we were suspicious for nothing. It makes rewatches fun after knowing the whole picture.

Please, stop giving hints. And it'll always be weird seeing a writer being sassy to fans in online forms.
Let other fans be obsessive! The killjoys are everywhere in this fandom. I bet they feel like the Gooseworx's loyal soldiers 🤮
This overanalyzing animated stuff is fun because every little thing in the shot was thought about. Everything you see animated had to be chosen to be drawn and colored. It was generated from A.I. or out of thin air.
With live action/drama movies, sometimes they just use what they find.
But with animation everything was picked to be there.
Yeah, some stuff is quickly drawn and colored than other stuff but for the most part, an animation looks exactly how the creator wanted it. No matter how small the reason is for something to be colored the way, a color was chosen.
It takes so long to get episodes out. It's taking three years to finish one season! There's nothing else to do but talk about the same theories over and over again. Or our favorite ships.
Let us play along into thinking there's some meaning in color or the background. Like, finding meaning in tarot cards; it's bullshit fun to pass the time.
Fans can understand the main storytelling, pick apart episodes to have crack theories at the same time. Stop thinking fans have to choose.
We aren't missing storytelling every time we don't make a post about the storytelling. If we make a post about pizza, we are not missing out on tacos. Tacos will have it's own post. Why must we talk about both to prove we think about both?
Anyway, a fun theory where they still have bodies is that maybe time in the game moves faster than it does in real life:
(Everything he experienced in the game lasted less then a second but to him it felt like hours.)
Maybe Ragatha has only had the headset on for two days max but feels like years. So, there is no time for any of them to be reported missing yet. Also, maybe they're not all in the same building.
Or it is the same building but their bodies are not on the same floor?
Maybe Kinger is the only one in a pod? In a different location?
Not everyone watched or knows Breaking Bad so maybe that's all there is to it when Ragatha didn't get the reference in episode 5. Not because she's from a time before it airs but because she's just missed out on it. She seems to love outdoor hobbies more than television.
So, a random "hero" could come along and save them before any of them die of dehydration.
That person could report all the bodies in the building.
I don't care if the random hero would be the less popular ending. Just stick to the ending you had in mind before your story became a hit show. Don't try to make a mind-blowing ending. Don't try to impress us, just tell a story that fits it's world from beginning to end.
Like, Firewatch 👌
It was fun to theorize the ending while playing that game and it was awesome seeing the ending it gave us. It made sense, showing what happens to our minds when we're alone in the woods.
Let people be disappointed their favorite theory wasn't the ending.
The art is for the artist. Please don't make art for the purpose of satisfying the viewers.
Also, don't worry about staying away from popular tropes. Maybe the way you do a trope is someone's favorite way it was done! Don't let the worry of something being "overdone" stop you from doing it.

The last path I see where the characters have bodies is if it's like Digimon, Monster Rancher or Jumanji. It's my least favorite theory but I'm open to it.
Another theory I like is Caine being trapped in the game and isn't happy about it.
He can look out of the computers to see an empty office and that reminds me of Monika from DDLC (when she looks at the screen to see you). Caine wants the players to like him, pick him, stay with him. But he isn't evil, just comes off creepy. Just like Monika.
I can see the series ending where the characters escape with their lives, or die-leaving Caine alone and making us feel sorry for him.
Or he gets deleted in order for the characters to have full control and live happily in their digital world and us feeling sorry that he needed to die in order for them to have freedom.
Maybe they need to kill him to gain control; turn their Hell into Heaven. So, that they can look however they want and do whatever they want. Like, how we each have our own version of Heaven. My Heaven is a cozy cabin in the snowy woods and maybe yours is a nice apartment in a beautiful city. (Or clouds in the sky.)
The characters could have peace and fun simulating places and things they would never be able to afford in the real world.
Caine should be punished for what he did in the last episode. Even if he meant no harm.
Some other fun theories:
Petty thing I want to rant about:
Also, what are the chances that everyone in a group are aromantic AND asexual? There would 100% be people having feelings for someone if they were trapped in a VR world FOR YEARS. They would even get crushes on NPCs because it's common to get crushes on fictional characters 👀
All of them not developing a crush is very forced.
The fact that it needed to be said outside of the show proves it's forced.
I'm interested in what your story tells me, not what YOU tell me. If I need to hear it from you (because the fucking fans will make sure all the fandom sees your words) then your story needs better writing.
I get it when creators need to dumb it down for fans who couldn't get it but everything you said so far is commonsense or spoilers.
You need to learn to leave the dumb fans in the dust. That's what online forms and video summaries are for.
Stop trying to make us all use the same colors in your coloring book.
- "I wish someone would flirt with me."
- "I want the ability to have sex."
- "She likes when I'm mean to her through."
- "Are you coming on to me?"
It sucks having thin skin about something. I have it too with certain things. I'm glad they admitted it and that no harassment was done to them on Reddit. But a lot of professional VAs, artists and show writers just believed all the rage bait and click bait. There is no targeted public comment of someone harassing Gooseworx. Zero screenshots but everyone just believed it without proof.
I feel bad that Gooseworx just got upset with seeing so much criticism and deleted their Reddit account out of the heat of the moment when fans replied to her comment-not knowing they were replying to the creator. And the fandom just spiraled out of control, saying the reason her Reddit was deleted was because fans harassed her...
Think about that. Gooseworx doesn't get the peace of deleting an account out of nowhere or fans will make up a story. Imagine every time we deleted a post or an account it became big news.
Harassment over art isn't okay but they weren't harassed. They just got upset with fans talking negatively online about their writing. It's not our fault if Gooseworx wants to browse and read what we have to say.
The creator of Hazbin Hotel went on a wild rant and then after seeing that it was fake drama, she still hasn't admitted she was tricked because she was too lazy to do her research. She just acted like the topic was about how women creators are always attacked the most. Which is true but that's not what was happening in the TADC fandom. It's annoying that she's playing it off like she didn't get misinformed.

Mind your own fuckin' business and breeze through the game while others enjoy the longer path, exploring for collectables and secret areas that may not be there.
"Wait for the end, enjoy the ride, and let a story be what it is." Sir...these fucking episodes are MONTHS and now YEARS apart! While waiting for it to end it's fun to pass the time talking about theories.
Don't lump in fans nerding out on theories with entitled fans demanding their theories be real.
They are not the same.
Entitled fans act like their headcanons and theories are facts BUT the rest of the us are having fun passing the time until the next episode airs. (And you need to learn that ranting can also be fun when we are ranting out of love. Rants are not always based on entitlement.)
The toxic side of fandoms will always be louder than the healthy side.
Even when episodes aren't months apart, it's normal for people to sit with a story and think about what it has showen and didn't show. If you want to watch shit with a simple mind then do it. But it's not the better way to consume information.
Talking to someone who analysis' a story is more interesting than talking to someone watching it casually.
Reading a review from a perspective that sat down with what they just played, watched or read is more interesting than reading a review who just wrote a knee-jerk reaction after finishing the story; zero time to reflect on it.
Waiting for the ending and not thinking up theories to share is not the better way to consume art.
- Just ask the people who love to underline, highlight and write notes on the pages of their books.
- Ask the people who have book clubs and movie clubs.
- Ask the people who have vlogs and blogs geeking out about videogames or music.
Not everyone loves a character meant to be loved and not everyone hates a character meant to be hated.
Might as well just let A.I. summarize a story so you don't have to see it and risk theories naturally forming in your head! 🙄
We need people now, with people using A.I. for art, to overthink artwork than the underthink it. The mature ones will know to separate facts from theories.
Let the unmature ones burn in their disappointment and stop trying to encourage lazy thinkers.
Having expectations are unavoidable. We are not robots. Fans being upset about their expectations not being met are not the problem. The fans that harass the creators are. So, we're not going to stop the fun of theorizing just because of those people. Get used to it.
She wasn't harassed but her supporters want the drama to still go on by pointing blame on fans who are critical.
"Alright, so she wasn't harassed off Reddit but still! Fans shouldn't upset her no matter what!" ~
You all are mad you got misinformed and mad Gooseworx got stressed and now ya'll still need to get your anger out by blaming theory posts that upset her in the first place.
Admit there's no bad guy this time. Fans had the right to talk shit about something in the show and weren't harassing its creator. The creator chose to leave a comment then delete it when she didn't get the replies that she thought she would get.
That's all that happened.
Lastly:
If this series ends with Pomni waking up at the computer in the real world, I would love it.
I would love it because some fans need to be humbled and learn that stories aren't made for them. Stories are what the author wanted to share. We should all feel lucky that our favorite stories aren't just collecting dust in an author's folder.
Stephen King mentioned that his son was looking through his old writings and said he liked a certain one and after rereading it he agreed and decided to publish it in a short story collection.
"They say when you hear your name in a dream you wake up." Hmmm.
I know it wont end up being that because Pomni isn't in every scene.
But maybe each of those characters are a piece of her personality? So, maybe it could work?
People say the "And it was all a dream" ending twist is overused but I have never seen it done, other than in classic stories....from years ago....years! So, how the fuck is it overused? 😂 You can just say you would hate it. Don't lie and add that it's overused.
Give me a list of recent stories that ended like that, quickly now!
If it's "overdone" then it should be a easy list to give me.
I'm telling you all, if this ends like this:
It would still be worth the fun journey it took to get to the last episode. Thinking up theories, looking through creative fan's artwork and AU fanfics helps us visualize what it would be like if our theories of the ending will be like if true. It's all fun.
Isn't Lost still worth the watch?
Isn't Game of Thrones still worth the watch?
Isn't Attack on Titan still worth the read?
Isn't IT still worth the read?
Isn't the Mass Effect trilogy still worth the playthrough?
Isn't the Dead Space trilogy still worth the playthrough?
They are because the journey is the fucking fun part!
I love The Amazing Digital Circus, even if the last two episodes end up being trash.
Episodes 1-7 are that good.






































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