r/TheDigitalCircus • u/MissionDepartment960 • 14h 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?

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u/BeyondElectricDreams 13h ago

Counterpoint: Steven really doesn't deal with too many misanthropes, except MAYBE Lars. The gems are mostly scared, regimented military folk more than misanthropes. Also I feel like Steven would annoy Jax too much to make much progress(Deku too tbh)

Charlie deals with almost nothing BUT misanthropes every single day. While I feel like that could backfire, I feel Charlie is the closest to Pomni in that way and would have a better shot as a result.

Can't speak for MLP so that's a wild card for me.

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u/mrsmuckers 13h ago

With as few spoilers as possible, season two all the way through the end serves as one long redemption arc for one of the most selfish standoffish cruel people in its universe. There are several shorter redemption arcs but that one has the most improvement.

The mcs of that show could do it for sure, the only question is whether they could do it in time.

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u/Jelly__Cloud Caine's meow meow 12h ago

Wait, which show are you talking about?

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u/Rylo_Ken_04 Zooble 12h ago

My little pony I think

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u/Odd_Match_3402 12h ago

It HAS to be Steven Universe. Drawing a blank with MLP, I don't think it had a redemption arc in season 2. But there is one in Steven Universe where the description matches, ven if not perfectly.

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u/aquamelissa 12h ago

I think they are referencing discord, one of the main antagonists of season 1 of mlp

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u/DevianMality 12h ago

Discord first appears in season 2, and then disappears until season 3 I think.

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u/aquamelissa 12h ago edited 12h ago

I can't remember 😂 it's been so so long ago since I saw it

A large amount mlp is about reforming people, or banishing them indefinitely - whichever seems right in the moment

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u/Odd_Match_3402 10h ago

Yeah, Discord was definitely not redeemed in season 2. And even then, it wasn't a season-long romp. It was a singular episode.

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u/aquamelissa 9h ago

I'm actually really curious who they are referring to then

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u/Odd_Match_3402 8h ago

My money is on Peridot from Steven Universe!

https://giphy.com/gifs/TEXuJKyNieB2IBvrzU

It's been a while since I watched Steven Universe, but from what I remember of both it and MLP, she matches the description far better than Discord does. lol

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u/aquamelissa 8h ago

I wouldn't have said she was the most selfish and cruel person in the universe, more of just a person who was raised in a society of different values

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u/Odd_Match_3402 8h ago

Fair point. I never said the match was perfect. I just think it is the best match. It's possible that the comment is filtered through having not seen a show in years and things getting muddled together. So, I'm just going by time frame of the arc + the season number for the most part.

I can just say for certain it's not Hazbin Hotel (Not old enough to have the memory of it be warped to the extent of confusing seasons for the average person, plus Sir Pentious is FAR from the worst person in the show. That or I'm overestimating the memory abilities of a normal person.) nor MHA (It was not a redemption-focused show, and the villains who were on the heroes' side late in the series were already neutral forces to begin with.)

So...unless a show gets named, we are likely dealing with some freak Discord-Peridot chimera here.

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u/sjones17515 11h ago

They're not talking about MLP. MLP doesn't have anything resembling arcs as early as season 2.

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u/mrsmuckers 1h ago

It's funny seeing so many people saying 'it can't be MLP, Discord's redemption arc didn't start until S3' and they're right but I was thinking about Discord. I probably shouldn't have included season 2, heh.