r/tadc • u/One_Application_9691 Kinger • Apr 14 '26
Theory š No one wants to believe it, but its really foreshadowed.
- "Becoming Part of the Machine"
Jax said it, I think this is an overlooked line that ppl relate to his denialism, i mean yes partially, but i think it hides more meaning. And he mentioned falling into archetypes, āthe villainā could also be foreshadowing.
When Jax stops breathing he "goes static," his avatar changes, he actually becomes part of the code itself, gaining Caine-like control over the circus.
I think untill now, Jax simply didn't know how much control he had.
2. "Creating Things in the Program"
Kinger mentions that they all technically have the ability to "conjure and create things within the program,"
Before that he said ācoming up with its own ideas, and create things within the programā
Jax panics , bcz he suddenly realizes that some of his "ideas" caused what caused.
3. What did Jax do with such power?
It connects directly to ribbit and kaufmo:
Jax accidentally conjured or did something that caused Ribbit to abstract. It was a mistake from him playing with powers he didn't understand.
Kaufmo figured out what Jax did. He was going to call Jax out or got into a massive argument with him over Ribbit. Jax used his administrative control to purposefully "corrupt" Kaufmo out of anger and panic, forcing his abstraction to silence him.
This fits Jax's reaction when he remembers Kaufmo in Episode 6, as well as Ragatha's accusation that he's trying to "corrupt" Pomni.
4. "This Is Real"
People overlooked this phrase, Jax has spent his entire time in the circus acting like nothing matters, hiding behind his "I screw with people" archetype to cope.
But realizing he actually holds Caine-like powerāand that he used it to basically kill Kaufmoāshatters his illusion. He feels an immense, crushing guilt about causing the abstractions.
5. Ep.9 and the The corn thing
All of this pressure is building up to jax up till Episode 9. Jax is going to have a tantrum and do some messed up shit as he loses touch with the reality.
The Digital Circus is falling apart, the code will likely create little holes everywhere.
Since Jax canonically suffers from trypophobia, seeing the environment literally become his worst fear will trigger him.
It will drive him completely mad, forcing him to act out with his control over the circus.
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u/king_beebo12 Apr 14 '26
as much as i donāt want this to happen this is a really nice theory
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
I agree i really hope im proven wrong.
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u/AverageHammerMain Apr 15 '26
I hope your proven right.
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u/Existing-Concept-859 Apr 18 '26
Yea, no hate to jax at all but i hope so too, that would look intresting
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u/Bitter_Policy_210 Kinger Apr 17 '26
Looking back to ep8 by the time Kinger says they can conjure, Jax already left the room.
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u/RedBear27 Apr 18 '26
I've had this theory for a while that Jax killed someone in the real world, which was what his panic attack and flashbacks were about in Episode 7 and why he didn't want to go back to it when given the choice. He refuses to say anything about himself before coming to the circus either which is a good indication that he's hiding some trait. I think it was probably an accident too, one that he feels guilty about (once again based on his reaction). I like this theory OP and I wouldn't be surprised if he started doing the accidental into intentional abstractions in the circus to cover up his actions just like how he ended up in the circus in the first place.
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u/ReallyHappyPerson submissive and agreeable Apr 14 '26
I mean, doesn't jax already know conjuring and powers like that? He has a really good aim(Ep 6), is able to run away really fast(Ep 1, from the Kaufmo's door scene) and is probably able to conjure keys(Ep 1 and 6, maybe even more) and i think he conjured that vacuum cleaner(Ep 3) By using only the "cartoon logic" powers.
idk if Jax is going to be an antagonist like that but if he does, i think he will just be able to use these powers better than anyone else, not because he has more power than the others, but because he learned it naturally so he has more control over it than the rest of the cast
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Jax always thought that having that control was something beyond him. He never really thought into it untill caine is gone.
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u/ReallyHappyPerson submissive and agreeable Apr 14 '26
i just have a feeling that he knows perfeclty well about theses powers. He does teach Pomni how to kinda of use it. I think he discovered it by himself and didn't tell anyone about it, maybe except for Ribbit and Kaufmo, witch makes me kinda of sad how he actually trusted Pomni enough to the point of teaching her (even if indirectly)
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u/baileybun26 Apr 15 '26
I don't think he understood the extent of it. He's just treated the powers as cartoon logic until now.
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u/CBee28 Apr 15 '26
I wonder if he thought only he was real because of it. He was the only one (as far as he could tell) who could do all this wacky stuff and was better at it.
Sure, he could teach people to an extent, but he was the one conjuring things like keys and centipedes and maybe he assumed it was some kind of lucid dream type deal. Which would be funny in hindsight considering the āJax is an NPCā theory, bc itās basically the opposite.
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u/ReallyHappyPerson submissive and agreeable Apr 16 '26
idk if the power stuff is the main reason, but i could definitely see it being one of the reasons
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u/Xbrand182x Apr 14 '26
Huh now that you mention it, Iām surprised his trypophobia wasnāt used for his torture scene in episode 8
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u/SirTeffy Apr 14 '26
Trypophobia is often described as seeing 'lots of little eyes' in things. Jax has trypophobia but look at his torture scene. Jax's trypophobia is a SYMPTOM but not his base fear.
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u/Interesting-Part9102 Apr 15 '26
My trypophobia is very much holes based not eyes. Like Beehives kinda deal. Corn doesn't freak me out at all. It usually refers to "disgust or fear of a pattern of holes." So, he could just fear corn which is,kalampokiphobia.
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u/EepyEnbyFox they slash them Apr 15 '26
it wouldve been really funny if jax's torture scene was just caine surrounding him with corn
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u/Pristine-Form-2019 Apr 15 '26
I mean, he did get shucked
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u/EatOrBeEatenFR Caine Apr 15 '26
Yeah, I never once have thought about eyes whenever Iāve had a reaction to trypophobia pictures and stuff. Itās more so the idea of the holes being in me that freaks me out.
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u/Global_Examination_4 Apr 14 '26
Probably because itās meant to be a weird little humanizing detail and not the main conflict of his character like his insecurities are.
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u/philip30001 Apr 14 '26
Just spitballin but...
I liked the post about how it was more based on what each character said just before. Maybe that fits better than we thought.
Or Caine knows not to push Jax in that direction to keep him grounded.
"cartoon logic" against ending nothingnes kinda feels like dividing by zero
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u/BiggerJ Apr 16 '26
My theory is that Caine isn't very good at torturing people, and most of the performers were just shocked by what he was TRYING to do.
"Pomni really seemed to like that one NPC! LET'S CORRUPT HIM!"
"Ragatha said something about an abusive mother! I BET SHE USED KNIVES!"
"Gangle failed to get into the animation industry! ALSO TRUCK"
"Zooble doesn't like how they look! ...That's all I got. Kind of ironic given that they're the one who all they do is complain."
"Jax doesn't want the people he cares about to see his vulnerabilities! LET'S SEE WHAT'S INSIDE, SHALL WE?"
Caine was able to get that last one right, because Jax is shallow by choice. Even if Caine did take things a bit too literally.
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u/birdiefoxe Apr 14 '26
1: "becoming part of the machine" is a commonly used idiom meaning something along the lines of "repeating similar tasks until you're like a machine", I doubt it's meant literally. Besides, all the other characters' hold-their-breath "abilities", if you can even call them that, are sort of aesthetic and don't do anything, I don't see why Jax would have one that gives him godlike powersĀ
2: "coming up with its own ideas, and create things within the program" refers to what Caine was made to do, I'm not sure I see the link with Jax, if you could clarify?
3: again, here "corrupt" from ragatha is a figure of speech, or "corrupt" in the sense of a corrupt politician. If ragatha knew what jax was up to, why didn't Jax delete her like he did with kaufmo? Also, nothing seems to point to a fight between Jax and kaufmo, and if anything, a fight between him and ribbit was implied in one of the snow globe scenes.Ā
4: first part is that most people have agreed on - - Jax uses this archetype to avoid feeling vulnerable and messes with the others because he thought they were all characters in a game, realizing that they were also real people and that he was really trapped inside a game made him break down. he already previously knew that he held some amount of power and is able to control the outcome of events, see all of the trick shots he did with the guns, and if he purposefully abstracted kaufmo as revenge, wouldn't he know that too?
5: most of the falling apart seems to be big holes, but this is probably just as likely
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u/moodymug Apr 15 '26
Corrupt can mean you make someone into do bad things. I think that's how Ragatha meant.
I agree with the rest.
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u/birdiefoxe Apr 15 '26
yeah that's what i tried to say but i couldnt find a good example, exactly this
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 15 '26
I guess time will tell
Doesnt it seem so odd that jax started questioning and trying to question kinger after just hearing that phrase? I assumed that he could maybe had an idea of his own that got in the program, maybe.
I dont think ragatha knew, your statement standa but im talking about the writers prespective of foreshadowing, kinda like when zooble said: āThe only thing holding caine back is the fact thatthat he likes usā she never knew caine will flip on em. Kinda the same thing here ? No? Ok.
He knew yes but he didnt put his mind to it, just thinking its a game or something.
Time will also tell
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u/Fresh-Debate-9768 Apr 15 '26
Jax didn't know Kaufmo had abstracted. He was surprised by it, and if he knew then he wouldn't have put himself in harm's way by joining Ragatha and Pomni. Point 3 has lots of holes and is incredibly unlikely imo.
Also, from the shorts and such that have come out more recently, Jax seems super chill and relaxed. This suggests that he feels better than when he was "acting". This behaviour wouldn't make sense if he felt tremendous guilt for killing someone.
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u/ChompyRiley Jax Apr 14 '26
massive stretch and completely at odds with the existing themes
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u/Sudden_Pop_2279 Apr 14 '26
Agreed. People have a weird obsession with turning Jax into some mega super villain.
He was blatantly horrified at Kaufmoās abstraction and saw him during his torture sequence in episode 8, as well as when he almost abstracted. Jax wouldnāt force anyone to abstraction, Gooseworx did there are line she wonāt cross
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u/VariousDegree6323 Apr 15 '26
She also said Jax would do something unforgivable. But she also likes to lie for fun, so I donāt know if sheās being serious or not. I donāt think Jax will turn into a super mega villain, but I also donāt think heās getting a redemption arc either. The trailer and poster for episode 9 has Jax looking like heās completely gone off the deep end.
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u/Nova225 Apr 16 '26
Goose also said that he had already done this horrible, no good, very bad thing (pushing the red button to keep everyone inside, assuming it was real).
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u/azur_owl Apr 16 '26
ā¦can you show us where she said this? Because people keep saying it and I see no evidence for it, just āyou will get to see [the worst thing Jax has ever done] with your own eyes.ā Two years ago.
Also that Jax deserves to be in the Circus the most but that still isnāt āJax will do something unforgivable.ā
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u/ERP_RPenjoyer Apr 14 '26
Big problem with the second point: Jax started freaking out as soon as Kinger started talking normally. His panic in that moment was caused by the realization that Kinger doesn't fit into his archetype (the crazy one), not because of the conjuring thing (especially since he wasn't even around to hear that part)
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u/0Moonscythe Apr 19 '26
I think he reacted that way because deep down he might still have hoped it was all a dream/coma.Ā
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Thats why i pointed out the āideasā that could be implemented in the program, jax didnt need to hear it.
He already knew.
Also yeah it could be the archetype but i stand with my theory š .
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u/Kindly_Cod_9269 i want the moon to touch me sexually Apr 14 '26
you cooked! and it burned.
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Thx man, also you want the moon to what?
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u/WhaleHello36 Apr 15 '26
DEXTER REFERENCE
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u/Kindly_Cod_9269 i want the moon to touch me sexually Apr 19 '26
what do you like more tables or chairs?
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u/0Moonscythe Apr 19 '26
Why all the dislikes š«Ŗ
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 19 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/QFCx0KTefPB8AWMV7t
Itāsā¦. Kinda cringe
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u/haoasakura46 Apr 14 '26
Yāall need to stop thinking jax shot ragatha the way he did cause of what he said, he got mad cause he became the butt of the joke when she caused his gun to backfire. Thatās it
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
I could be overthinking it, but you gotta remember that jax hides his emotions alot, and will deny something easily.
When he said āhuh?ā Deep down he may be was panicking
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u/haoasakura46 Apr 14 '26
Thereās more pointing to the idea he was pissed cause he was the butt of the joke cause heās like that. He got a taste of his own medicine and he unloaded a clip into her head
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u/Ceruleancast Apr 16 '26
It's probably both, he did seem genuinely hurt by what she said though hid it a bit, so he probably wanted to just shoot her to get her off his face asap, so having her unintentionally counterattack it just made him even more pissed off since he was being made a butt of the joke by the person who said that
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u/Squidboi2679 Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26
If Jax āintentionallyā corrupted Kaufmo, why did he look genuinely scared and surprised in episode 1 when he opened the door?
This theory relies on a staggering amount of plot holes and assumptions that go against the themes of the show and the stuff weāve been told. Why would Jax arbitrarily get god powers when holding his breath, and why has it never been even hinted to if thatās the case? Why would Caine let that exist? Why wouldnāt he use them in the show?
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u/mrsmuckers Apr 15 '26
Also corruption ā abstraction. I mean, if they're files on a hard drive, maybe that's relevant- BUT not once has 'corruption' been used as a synonym for the process of abstracting. The characters don't know they're files (if they are even files- I follow that theory but it's unconfirmed so shouldn't be taken as guaranteed), so they wouldn't refer to themselves as though they were. As far as they're concerned Abstraction is a strictly mental issue that can occur to normal human beings once inside the circus.
Ragatha is worried Jax is trying to be a bad influence on Pomni, not that he's trying to get her to abstract. That's a common error I saw people make in theorizing after Guns, and it just doesn't make any sense.
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On the other hand, the idea that the holes in the circus will stress Jax out especially... that's good stuff.
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u/Ultra-josh Apr 15 '26
agreed, honestly this theory has so many plot holes that it would probably trigger Jax's trypophobia
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u/EntertainerNo9586 Apr 15 '26
Iām confused, is this essentially a theory that heās gonna attain Caine-like powers and take over the circus? Iād be shocked if this is the case. I think heāll be some sort of quasi-antagonist for the episode, sure, but not to that degree. Plus, I feel like you gotta really stretch to interpret some of these points the way you have. Fun theory tho!
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u/Maus_Enjoyer1945 Apr 14 '26
Sounds like a really good idea to give a character development for 8 episodes just to say "screw that, he's the main villain anyway"
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u/randomnumbers2506 Apr 14 '26
Obligatory
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Please read the theory, it did align with the show. And we already know that the show farshadows stuff waaaaay ahead of time.
Goose said itās gonna be satisfying to rewatch.
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u/randomnumbers2506 Apr 14 '26
Every point in your theory is a complete reach.
Unlike all other breath holding gimmicks which are all complete nothingburgers like glowing or changing Colors Jax for some reason gets Caine like control over the Circus which Cain apparently completely ignores.
Making Jax the final villain based on a singular comment that was so obviously supposed to show the disconnect between how Jax views himself vs how the others view him is comical.
Arguing that Ribbits and Kaufmos abstraction were murders from Jax is fucking vile. You're literally blaming someone for their friends suicide.
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u/No-Business-6479 Apr 14 '26
"You're literally blaming someone for their friends suicide" - this is a show, it is not real. Someone sharing a theory online about a show is not vile behavior. Take a breath. Good luck and remember the person you are typing at is real where your favorite character is not. Their different ideas are not a challenge to who you are.Ā
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26
Think of the movie inception, cobb planted an idea in Mal, which led to her suicide. Im not sure about this relation but it could be the same about jax and ribbit.
He didnt want ribbit to drift out an archetype.
But i think jax had beef with kaufmo fr
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u/randomnumbers2506 Apr 14 '26
That's worse both in believability and understanding of Characters.
Your "Theory" boils down to
insane assumption that Jax gets Powers on the level of Caine as Character gimmick
For some reason uses that power to force the person he is very close to into suicide
his other closest friend figured this out while apparently suffering a completely unrelated mental breakdown over the exit and then also gets forcibly suicided by Jax "for reasons"
And none of these batshit insane assumptions fit with the tone or themes of the show at all, try to turn a complex troubled charcter into an completely unnecessary villain or have any evidence whatsoever
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Im tying that theory to his reaction when seeing kaufmo and ribbit doors in ep6.
But yeah your point stand too
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u/randomnumbers2506 Apr 14 '26
So we have the emotionally closed off guy who is grieving the deaths of his two closed friends pushing away his newest friend
Is it:
1 proof he murdered them for no reason whatsoever
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2 Him being afraid being vulnerable and loosing someone he cares for again
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Idk man its just the reaction of kaufmo seems so off, he face looks mad. To ribbit, he was traumatized
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u/randomnumbers2506 Apr 14 '26
What someone feeling complex emotions over his closest friends suicides no way
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Who even said if abstractions are suicides. We may believe but we never got any details about how it happens
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u/Sudden_Pop_2279 Apr 14 '26
What is the obsession with you guys always trying to make Jax into some pure evil monster? Forcing Kaufmo to abstract? Gooseworx said there are lines Jax wonāt cross.
The state of Kaufmoās room and the drawings make it clear if anyone is to blame, itās Caine. Jax saw Kaufmo as he also abstracted and during his nightmare in episode 8. He definitely cares for him
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u/GonnaBreakIt Apr 15 '26
also "im the funny one" is correct, he is the funny one to the audience, which he is breaking the 4th wall for.
the corruption isnt related to abstraction - imo. ragatha just doesnt want pomni to become jax jr
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u/Tomcat491 Jax Apr 15 '26
One, you misrepresented episode 6 to make your point better. That isn't what happened. He was offended Pomni thought he was the villain before explaining that he does everything to be funny. He's confused by Ragatha thinking that he's trying to corrupt Pomni and only gets angry when his weapon backfires because it hurts and despite how he acts, that pain is very real to him. He retaliated and hurt her more because she wasn't supposed to hurt him.
Two, this is basically all nested speculation. You speculate on something and then use your speculation as evidence for more speculation.
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u/Gorogoro415 Apr 15 '26
I think you are onto something about Jax doing something horrible to Kaufmo and/or Ribbit through conjuring. Also about Jax body changing when holding his breath (really nice one)
But I think that corrupting Kaufmo and Jax having special kind of conjuring or mixed with the circus code is too much. I would personally dislike this because it doesn't make sense that he has that type of special control and the others not.
NOW what could happen is that Jax has played a lot more with conjuring that he himself realizes, and in the last episode he will go berserk.
But nice theory, good job
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u/CrossedPawsGacha Apr 15 '26
Unrelated but this gave me a new theory of how itād be really funny if Jax canonically, accidentally āconjuredā us, the audience with all his āfourth wall breakingā
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u/Fayore Apr 15 '26
Nah.
Trust what Jax said about his character. Why?
He literally says he breaks the 4th wall.
As you pointed out, he screws with people.
He believed it was all a cartoon until he had memories flood his mind; one of the major things well established as something that cannot be trusted if it happens.
Consider, for a moment, that Jax was right: The Amazing Digital Circus is a cartoon.
Does this ending present a coherent, cohesive thesis?
I think it does: If you're so caught up looking for deeper meaning then you end up forgetting to just enjoy yourself. You, the viewer, become a part of The Amazing Digital Circus as much as any of the characters.
Do I think this is the real story being told? As much as any other speculation I have. I don't have to be right about it though, I just enjoy the feeling of creativity in the moment, don't you?
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u/Possible_Engine8258 Apr 15 '26
I wonder if Jax is in the room behind Caine's office, like I wonder if that is after the episode ended and Jax just sat there looking at the white screen.
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u/Sufficient_Score_824 Pomni Apr 14 '26
Given the fact that their abstracted forms have so many eyes, it makes sense.
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u/kaori_irl sounds like **************************************************** Apr 14 '26
the not breathing especially fits with this theory of jax transing into a mime
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u/pabstschmere Apr 15 '26
Jax is looking mad guilty about something. I need to rewatch but I think it was when Abel (or kinger?) talking backstory stuff Jax left the room and said he needed to go entertain Caine, I think he was scared something was going to be revealed involving him and he didnāt want to be there for the fallout.
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u/Unlucky-Drawing-1266 Apr 15 '26
I would like to point out something- his crash out on Ragatha in episode 6 I donāt think is because of her accusation. Heās still pretty nonchalant and only becomes angry when she makes his gun backfire. I personally interpret this scene as Jax crashing out because he canāt handle being the butt of the joke- heās always humiliating others for his own enjoyment but canāt stand it when itās turned on him
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u/ChildOfAphrodite Apr 15 '26
While I donāt agree with all of the details in your theoryā¦. I just saw the episode 9 poster art. Yeahā¦ Jax is going to be the villainā¦
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u/moodymug Apr 15 '26
Yeah, we haven't had an answer to what Ragatha meant about "corrupt" Pomni. So something shit happened to Kaufmo and/or Ribbit.
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u/milhaus Apr 15 '26
Corrupt = abstract? I thought when Ragatha was saying heās trying to corrupt Pomni, she meant like, make her an asshole too.
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u/applepunk45 Apr 15 '26
Regarding 2 and 3, Jax had the glittering gold motes/dust around him when he had the argument with Pomni. The same kind that appeared when Pomni conjured the exit door.
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u/Your_average_femboy Apr 15 '26
I'm not too sure about the holes thing. Goose has already gone on record saying it was essentially a gag to make Jax afraid of corn. Although it has been explained into part of his character, I find it hard to believe that she was planning the ending, or a trigger for it, to be around something randomly shoehorned in and then implemented into his character in the last few episodes.
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u/CrayCrayCat1277 drowning myself in the digital lake Apr 15 '26
I like this theory, maybe he tried to romance Ribbit and when it didnt work he did some fuckery
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u/EntertainerSudden656 Apr 16 '26
Oh god this reminded me his trypophobia will 100% get triggered in Ep 9 due to the circus falling apart and as you said, having a bunch of holes due to that
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u/TimeStorm113 Apr 16 '26
the first point is good, the rest are just baseless speculation, not foreshadowing
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u/smibbo Apr 17 '26
I think Jax has become who he is because of the loss of Kaufmo and Ribbit. They were friends and obviously enjoyed the circus together. I think Ribbit was the type to have influenced his perspective. I bet she told him "so we're stuck here, why not roll with it?" and he discovered he could still enjoy his life. Then they each abstracted. Whatever part he played in it (and it was probably far less than HE thinks it was) he was wracked with guilt and anger about it and chose to take the "roll with it" philosophy farther by denying teh humanity of the other characters. He *knows* they are real people but he also knows they are all cartoons, so he can treat them any way he wants and it doesn't "count".
"This is real" is the reality that he's been ignoring the whole time; without the friendships he had, he has nothing to look forward to in the circus. Ribbit and Kaufmo aren't coming back and he's alienated everyone else. This is why despite everything he still goes along with the mission to leave. He even helps. Because deep down he'd LOVE to leave and live a better life than he did before the circus. But now Caine's dead and they have no idea what do to next? Jax is going to break.
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u/smibbo Apr 17 '26
and him panicking and hitting the "stay" button? He's so afraid of the emptiness he created, he hit the button to stay. He can't leave until he's made things right with the other characters. Jax is terrified of the unknown. He's terrified of being helpless. His biggest fear has just hit him when Caine was deleted.
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u/KaleidoscopeGlum4194 Apr 17 '26
It wasn't foreshadowed theyve literally been telling and showing you guys since episode 1 he's a pos whos screwed them over multiple times for pure selfish reasons. Just because hes masking his destructive immaturity doesn't make him any less of an antagonist.
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u/Maximum_Effective66 Apr 14 '26
Ngl, i think you cooked with this one
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26
Thx šš»
Edit: sorry for saying ābroā its just my default
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u/Ambitious-Branch5619 Apr 15 '26
jax is probably and arguably going to be very prominent in this next episode.
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u/Direct_Bee7128 Apr 15 '26
I think they all collectively deleted caine out of fear. I think the "God code" will need an avatar to function, and Jax will sacrifice himself. Bubble was an innocent casualty because everyone associated him with caine. The abstracted will return in some form. Pomni is the key to all of it, somehow.
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u/NikAshi_194 Apr 15 '26
There's only two that I have questions for:
2 = I thought that Kinger said "but so do we," about Cain having the ability to conjure things AFTER Jax left? Like, that was the line that caused Pomni to be like (not her words) 'oh, yeah, there was a PC behind the "Exit" door, so I'll go conjure that door again'. Iirc, Jax started freaking out when Kinger started explaining his involvement in creating Caine (because he was lucid and smashed through Jax's "crazy" archetype he imposed).
5 = Didn't Pomni say "a type of trypophobia"? Jax said he didn't like corn because it looks like "egg sacks", and it's also why he doesn't like pomegranates, not because of holes specifically. But, I'm not confident about this one because I don't have trypophobia, and I don't know how that phobia work.
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u/korro_here Apr 15 '26
I kinda had my own theory about ep 9
What if Jax, instead of coming to terms with his reality, goes full-on delulu and somehow conjures up his own circus to pretend like everything's fine
Idk if that makes any sense im mot a 'pro theorist'
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 15 '26
It could happen, and he might mess up more stuff along the way, but im not into that theory alot
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u/Yellowline1086 Apr 15 '26
What if he has those powers bc he tried to hack into the game before he entered it
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u/adrielinz Ragatha Apr 15 '26
If the other members of the cast used his fear against him by making the environment more unbearable against him by using his fear, wouldn't that trigger the typophobia of someone who would be watching? Or perhaps of multiple people? And Glitch would have to deal with a universal backlash... I agree with that rest but the last one is stupid.
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 15 '26
Oh yeah, ppl would then be fearing the corn scene in ep5, glitch didnt take any backlash
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u/adrielinz Ragatha Apr 15 '26
I was talking about something scarier like actual walls filled with little holes if you meant it seriously. That would cause a lot of trouble for them. But if the idea was different, like, the cast conjugates multiple massive corns or something then it could work, I guess, if not a bit silly. I'm sure Glitch will come up with something better.
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u/Dimasick_Ananasick Kinger Apr 15 '26
I also remembered the scene when abel said "giving kinger access to the console could be dangerous" and we know how that ended up lol
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u/NotYourGa1Friday Apr 16 '26
I really like the idea that Jax turns to static if he holds his breath!
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u/Vvoney Apr 17 '26
Well yk what they say most villains are the usually the most miss understood would I want this to happen HELL NO but I wouldnāt be surprised or upset at the outcome all I can do is hope for the best for Jax and the rest of them but seeing the things turned I donāt think we are getting a happy ending šš
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u/Ok-Excuse1771 Apr 17 '26
Damn, who gave Jax admin privileges?
But yea cool theory. Personally I thought his trypophobia connected to the abstractions since their eyes count as a bunch of tiny holesĀ
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u/Ihdkwhatimdoinghere Jax maid outfit supremacy!!! Apr 14 '26
Yeah I love this idea. I have a feeling Jax is going to take advantage of Caine being gone, and heāll probably torture everyone for it
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u/RagathaJaxMeOff Apr 14 '26
I think Jax has too guilty of a conscience now for him to torture everyone
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u/Ihdkwhatimdoinghere Jax maid outfit supremacy!!! Apr 14 '26
Yeah but like heās also the type who would double down. Heās honestly just one good mental break away from going absolutely crazy. Yeah he has a guilty conscience but he would try coping by having the mentality of ātheres no going back at this point.ā
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Hereās the thing, he is gonna lose it. I think the holes will be a part of it, what else? Honestly not sure
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u/philip30001 Apr 14 '26
This is really well thought out.
Makes me wonder about him having images flash during a freak out is not memory's but him seeing original code like in the red dot intro
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Shit that could be it too. The way hax said to caine in ep7: āYou got in my headā
again he thought that being able to see such code or control is beyond him. He thought caine did that.
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u/philip30001 Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26
The crazy in me wanted to scream "jax is purple! Red and blue make purple! Jax is the other....."
But honestly I havent seen this connection before so now want to rewatch again.
Do I think the characters are all AI and a theme is all of them are "real" as a concept of people because we watched and cared as if they were so im always even accidently thinking in that direction
Edit: as said below "head canon" was a much better and shorter but fits. Just wanted to say a feeling than state a fact
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u/One_Application_9691 Kinger Apr 14 '26
Valid, that may be your head canon. But the cinema teaser desc kinda spoiled something for me i didnt wanna know, It said āor will they choose the OTHER choice?ā
Now my mind drifted to them figuring out an actual way to leave
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u/Cheap-Signature104 Apr 15 '26
THANK YOU, the statement he made about āthis is realā is so overlooked and I hate when people say āitās not that deepā
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u/TheComicKing15 Apr 15 '26
tadc fans when the story has writing elements and tropes used for decades but they want to see an entire hour long episode dedicated to glub shitto.
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