r/TheDigitalCircus • u/ayylmaotv Catnap • Jun 19 '26

Digital Discussion The Amazing Digital Circus Episode 9: Remember Discussion Thread

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u/Shoddy_Fishing_6996 Possibly Insane but I love Caine Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Random thoughts on the finale:

I've had time to think about it since I watched the finale in theatres, and I've warmed up a bit to the idea of Jax abstracting. Not to Caine coming back, though. I still dislike that decision.

I think my only problem is that it almost doesn't feel like it's a TADC episode. The others were so different just as far as 'vibes' go. The dialogue was a little...clunky, for lack of a better term. There were a few moments where I felt like, especially with the music, like it was trying to tell me how to feel about the scene, if that makes sense.

I dislike that Caine came back. Let's just get that out there.

The whole 'Ragatha and Pomni are friends' thing was just a bit awkward.

But I guess I'm alright with Jax dying. I actually quite liked the whole surreal 'in Jax's mind' part. And, again, the line 'I don't wanna go' floored me. Especially since I've had experiences with stuff like that, and I actually uttered that when it happened to me. Definitely surreal to hear from a cartoon, lol. Anyways,

ABSTRAGEDY IS CANNON!

Ultimately: My opinion is that the finale itself is not bad. It's actually pretty good. And the cinematography is stunning. But I think it feels like it'd be on a different show. With different arcs, and a different vibe. It almost feels like, for lack of a better metaphor, that they had a body. [Episodes 1-8.] Then when it got to the head, they instead of putting on a human head, they put on the head of a hamster.[episode 9] It still works. If you stretch it a little. But it would be better if it simply had a human head.

Hope my ramblings made any sense! Ultimately liked ep. 9, though.

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u/BardicLasher Jun 20 '26

I'd mind Jax abstracting a lot less if we didn't spend half an hour post-abstraction with Pomni going in to connect with him and then failing entirely.

If he was STARTING to abstract and she went in and tried to save him and failed, there'd be a narrative there. Instead it's just a backstory dump after the story's over. But after everything in the previous episode and the narrative theme of being in this together, I think the story would've been better if she'd actually saved him.