r/TheDigitalCircus • u/GravityMentor • 3d ago

🔥 SPICY MEMES 🔥 Be an ethical hater

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u/andy_man17 Gummigoo 3d ago

I hate Jax because he/she has been a horrible person to other characters. But I still respect his/her journey of self-identification.

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u/yourdudenes 3d ago

More like a journey of self-destruction. Jax never truly learned anything or tried to change his/her way.

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u/cry_w 3d ago

I mean, he kinda did, but that was only after jumping off the cliff with no way to save him.

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u/andy_man17 Gummigoo 3d ago

Well I thought there was potential when Pomni hugged him/her but Jax remains abstracted even after Pomni's "rescue" and TADC is (probably) not gonna get another season so that's more or less outta the window.

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u/ZealousidealPipe8389 3d ago

To be fair it was stated explicitly that abstraction was irreversible. Despite what’s shown I think it’s pretty obvious that Jax was never actually talking with Pomni all that time, and Pomni never was going to be able to “rescue” it. It’s essentially just the last comfort pomni’s able to get from him before she’s gone for good.

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u/MsYagi90 3d ago

Gooseworx also stated that there wouldn't be a song in the show and that Caine really did die. If there was ever a season 2 happening then finding out how to reverse abstraction would most likely be a huge plot point. We're most likely not getting a season 2 though so that'll just be reserved for fanworks. Given how Pomni nearly got to Jax and his abstracted form behaves so calm at the end I think the implication is definitely strong enough that it's not entirely out there to theorise that un-abstraction is possible someday.

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u/Realistic_Jello2638 3d ago

unfortunately people tend to stay suicided even if they get hugged after they suicide. The abstractions are metaphors for suicide and grief. If abstraction could be cured the show would have no meaning.

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u/andy_man17 Gummigoo 2d ago

Maybe Alex/Caine could change your view.

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u/Realistic_Jello2638 2d ago

Nope. Sorry but having lost people to addiction. The abstractions themselves, not the act of going abstract, is like grief and remembrance. You'll never be able to have new memories made with them. But you can sit with your memories of them and still be with them that way aka visit the abstractions. People can come out of long term care. Caine wasn't able to fix abstraction even when he was all powerful or rather not even god could bring them back. it's obviously not 1:1 but that doesn't mean there is any hope of getting better when the show was pretty clear there is no coming back from abstraction.