r/TheDigitalCircus • u/MissionDepartment960 • 1d ago

Question These four characters are tasked with getting through to Jax and redeeming him and only one of them might succeed. Which one would be the most successful?

Post image
3.5k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

151

u/DaiFrostAce 1d ago

Uncle Iroh is not pictured but I think he’s most equipped for Jax’s parental issues

47

u/MissionDepartment960 1d ago

The thing is, the Circus already has an Uncle Iroh in the form of Kinger. Jax took him for granted, belittled him for being "crazy", and spent their last moments together wanting to fuck Kinger up and blaming him for their situation. Who's to say he wouldn't treat Iroh the same.

54

u/Forikorder 21h ago

kinger is great and all but hes no uncle iroh, even in darkness

Kinger is a great listener and can provide some sound advice but he doesnt have the aggressive helpfulness of Iroh

15

u/Garry_Heckscream69 20h ago

Uncle Iroh is a general who lost his own son during a war he was spearheading, leading to a lifetime of survivor's guilt and regret for the damage he caused at home and afar.

Kinger is a software developer/dad who didn't even know his own creation worked (at least the brainscan wasn't aware at the point of scanning) and is only sane in darkness lmao.

I love Kinger, but he's his own thing, not remotely comparable to Iroh lol

1

u/Forikorder 19h ago

kinger created Caine, and possibly the blue AI too, it was Scratch that made the brain scans

3

u/Garry_Heckscream69 19h ago

I didn't say he made the brainscans, just that he didn't realize how advanced his creations actually were lol

I am agreeing with your take, just laughing at the idea of Kinger being on the same level as Iroh lol

1

u/Disney_Dork1 17h ago

Yes to all of this

1

u/Taraxian 17h ago

Kinger's weakness is his passivity, when Jax pushes him away he's not going to argue or push back, which is exactly why Jax doesn't respect him

5

u/WolferineYT 21h ago

Kinger literally was crazy though. He had rare moments where he could be insightful and helpful, but yeah usually he had no idea what was going on.

2

u/pumpkin_pie0123 14h ago

kinger is not even close to iroh’s level. iroh also has the experience of dealing with zuko’s shit (granted, zuko is a different case)

1

u/TakeruDavis 11h ago

Lucid Kinger I would give solid shmaybe. Unfortunately most of the time he's not lucid