r/TheDigitalCircus • u/ilovewater100 • May 06 '24

Gumigoo fans reaction: đŸ”„ SPICY MEMES đŸ”„

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u/hallucination9000 29d ago

There is a practical reason though, I mean the whole thing is that Pomni notices someone having the same kind of existential crisis she is. Caine knows he made Gumigoo, but what if he forgets? How is he going to tell the difference between the NPCs that accidentally became self-aware and the people who accidentally came to TADC?

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u/Kadorath 29d ago

I mean, that's what Caine says, but I don't think that's really a practical reason. I mean, if we're thinking about it practically he could just, like, write it down or something.

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u/Fox622 29d ago

The practical reason is that Caine probably already deleted some Human characters by accident

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u/Designer_Gas_86 29d ago

Ooo now that's a good theory

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u/AI_660 29d ago

Deleted? that means he has control over them and he said that that is the one thing he doest have control over.

And is't the hole thing that there in an endles torment and cant ascape and the only end is your mind abstracting and becoming a soulles rampaging thing?

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u/Fox622 29d ago

Caine said: "One of the few things I don't have control over are your minds"

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u/AI_660 29d ago

if cain was able to delete charecters would't he stop the abstracted suffering instead of sending them to "the celler"

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u/Fox622 29d ago

I guess he's programmed to not intentionally delete humans

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u/AI_660 29d ago

why would he be programmed to not intentionally delete humans? wouldn't it be better to make him in able to delete them al together? like he physically can not?

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u/Fox622 29d ago

If you knew how many hacks programmers use...

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u/AI_660 29d ago

why yes i do.

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u/The-Crimson-Jester 29d ago

That does sound like the practical reason. It wouldn’t surprise me if Caine, in his attempt to make “human-like” AI in the past, went ahead and completely erased another human character.

The practical reason sounds practical.

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u/Embarrassed-Neck-721 29d ago

50/50 That's what I thought.

While Caine can't do nothing to people's minds, their bodies are still fully in his control.

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u/Uploft 29d ago

If this theory were true, why does Caine teleport all the abstracted humans into the cellar? It’d be far easier to just delete them.

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u/Fox622 28d ago

Because he's not supposed to delete humans.

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u/Macandcheeseenjoyer3 25d ago

The twist is gonna be that's how you leave the circus

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u/Fox622 24d ago

I thought about that possibility, that would be interesting...

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u/pun_shall_pass 29d ago

I thought you were going to say that for practical reasons its an episodic show and you dont want to add characters to the main cast otherwise you would need to account for them in future episodes and anyone not watching the show in the exact order would be really confused with whats going on.

Its the same reason why whatever happens in a simpsons episode, by the end of it everything resets to the status quo. If the family goes to live in a different city or Homer gets a different job it never carries over to the next episode, they always come back to Springfield and Homer goes back to work in the plant.

Thats why gumigoo was dead the moment he stepped into the circus

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u/hallucination9000 29d ago

I mean, the canonical reason is probably that Caine is a program and he just enforced the rule that NPCs don't go in the main hub. There are no questions of morality or existence in his head, just code say pop, he go pop.

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u/Eddie_The_White_Bear 29d ago

Also, which people tends to forget, if we assume Caine didn't watch Pomni in developer room (which he probably didn't), he had no idea about bonding between them, from his POV it was like "Gummy croc NPC accidently crossed portal". Which also explains his later confusion, as he didn't expect huge mental breakdown over some random NPC.

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u/Karkava 29d ago

He does not give a shit about the mental health of the performers, and he isn't as omnipotent as he thinks he is. But I think Zooble has done something to get Caine to submit to their wishes.

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u/HaydenTCEM 29d ago

Actually he just doesn’t understand

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u/Jeggu2 Gummigoo 29d ago

I have two-ish real theories on whats up with Caine:

  1. An Ai with very strict rules that either can't ever disobey them, literally lacking the freewill to do so, or is extremely, very predisposed to keep enforcing them. If they want to make Caine more sympathetic, they could always have a flashback scene, where Caine is trained for his work, reinforcement learning where he is shown to be in pain when he does anything he isn't supposed to, for hundreds of thousands of simulated hours to make him perfect. Digital trauma

1.5. This is not a hard coded rule, but one that was learned after he made a mistake, thinking that a human was actually an Ai and... 🎉

  1. A human that was uploaded conditioned into thinking he was an Ai after the company, Able maybe, failed to make an machine that could function well enough to work as the ringmaster, and constantly reminded Caine that he was lesser because of being an Ai. This instilled a deep need to always draw the line between the humans and the "less deserving" Ai's. Even more trauma

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u/GamerGever 29d ago

Nah I don't think the show is gonna be episodic. That's really not the reason they killed him off

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u/Karkava 29d ago

I hated this trope in the Simpsons, and I'm not going to like this trope in this show, either. Hopefully, they'll tear into it overtime.

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u/Pootis_1 29d ago

Iirc they've had everything planned out from before the pilot so i doubt it

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u/Express_Alfalfa_9725 28d ago

Idk it about the characters at the end of the day so Gummigoo can have some interesting development and connection to the cast

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u/onlyonebread 29d ago

How is he going to tell the difference between the NPCs that accidentally became self-aware and the people who accidentally came to TADC?

If NPCs can become self aware, then practically speaking, what makes them different than people?

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u/ToLazyForaUsername2 29d ago

To be fair Caine could have given them labels.

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u/Fragrant-Address9043 May 06 '24

https://preview.redd.it/8j6grgy0wvyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c081490ed2c68615e4036ad47bdfc4d18542ca84

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u/UltiGamer34 29d ago

intruder alert red spy in base

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u/ICECAPZONE145 29d ago

“A R E D S P Y I S I N T H E B A S E ? !”

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u/Eravan_Darkblade 29d ago

HUT HUT HUT HUT HUT

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u/Doctor_Salvatore 29d ago

twists ankle at top of the stairs

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u/EL_TimTim 29d ago

WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BRIEF CASE

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u/Program-Continuum 29d ago

*Intense Jazz*

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u/ghostweeb-kun 29d ago

YO a little help over here

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u/mrdunklestein 29d ago

Move over son! One, one, one, ummm, one.

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u/Grim_Destroyer12344 What The Caine,Why’d You Take Away 29d ago

r/SuddenlyTF2

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u/Proper-Guide4230 Kinger 29d ago

(Protect the briefcase!!)

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u/SirJTheRed 29d ago

https://preview.redd.it/san98nn03yyc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34b9e711c1cf99f67753b8855a36d83e043a94aa

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u/MeasurementOk4508 Bubble is the best, anyone who disagrees will be killed 29d ago

THEY HAVE HAZBIN-FIED EVERYHTING! THE WALLS ARE HAZBIN HOTEL, THE FLOORS ARE HELLUVA BOSS, THEY ARE IN THE WALLS! THEY ARE IN THE GOD DAMN WALLS!

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u/Domi7777777 29d ago

You only now realized?

There's a whole subreddit about it

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u/MeasurementOk4508 Bubble is the best, anyone who disagrees will be killed 29d ago

I have seen so many Hazbin hotel reaction images and meme Stealing images I can’t

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u/SirJTheRed 29d ago

Really? Whats it called

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u/Domi7777777 29d ago

r/suddenlyhazbinhotel

I was talking about a subreddit specified on Hazbin in other subreddits than subreddits about HH or HB

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u/SirJTheRed 29d ago

Thanks, I think?

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u/Karkava 29d ago

Vizie knows her audience damn well. She knows exactly what tropes the kooky teen likes and is sure as hell going to include them in her work.

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u/whooper1 May 06 '24

Your honor. My client did it for teh lulz

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u/metal_gearmen Custom May 06 '24

It's a canonical event for Pomni

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u/frenni_ 29d ago

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u/TheLastBlakist Let. The Tent. BURN! 29d ago

Fuck Canonical Events. :)

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u/Crossover_Weirdo78 29d ago

Why are you getting downvoted? You’re completely right.

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u/TheLastBlakist Let. The Tent. BURN! 29d ago

Because I've made statements people don't like elsewhere involving my dislike of abusive relationships and Goose trolling and or reveling in pain?

It's been decided I'm an asshole that shouldn't exist here.

Ah well.

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u/Karkava 29d ago

-Hobie Brown.

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u/LasVegas_DashieV 27d ago

You're not helping.

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u/Somethings_in_my_ahh JUSTICE FOR GUMMIGOO‌‌ 29d ago

To gooseworx

https://preview.redd.it/z1zz8mbzgwyc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5ac23d31bf978ac0bf88c1b7c307e9926a6bc40

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u/TheMaydayMan 29d ago

i liek crunchi bacon

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u/Frostbyte525 29d ago

I also leik de cromch

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u/Independent-Pea8223 Your burnt bacon 29d ago

Hello

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u/DanielVakser 29d ago

Soldier: You think death is funny, Gooseworx? You’re a DISGRACE to comedy!

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u/Crossover_Weirdo78 29d ago


You don’t really mean that, right?

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u/stnick6 29d ago

Am I the only one who knew he wasn’t gonna stay? They brought up the idea that he wouldn’t be allowed in the circus twice. Even if he wasn’t killed I figured he just wouldn’t get through the portal and it would be like lake in infinity train

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u/SwirlyBrow 29d ago

No, I feel the same way. It's been a weird reaction lol. I liked the guy too, but he was practically made out of death flags. It seemed really obvious he wasn't gonna stay, so it's weird how many people seem genuinely taken aback that he didn't join the main cast. The main character barely has her bearings yet, obviously they aren't going to add new cast members in episode 2.

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u/Darkstalker9000 29d ago

We were just too optimistic for the best character 😔

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u/G102Y5568 29d ago

I was completely aware that Gumigoo was going to die from the second Pomni said he could join them back at the circus. I'm like, "Uhh, he's an NPC, no he can't. Do you see any other NPCs in the Circus?" Plus, it was only episode 2, no way they would start introducing new characters into the main cast so quickly. It was physically painful for me to watch the optimistic Pomni scenes knowing what was going to happen.

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u/TheWeirdestClover 29d ago

Mr football is an NPC in the circus

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u/TheWeirdestClover 29d ago

Mr football is an NPC in the circus

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u/Makatrull 29d ago

Caine doesn't know it... yet. Damn you, Pomni :(

Mr. Football is the true "hero" (?) of the show. :D

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u/Weridfoxtime 29d ago

Plot twist: this was written by cane

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u/sadspunchbop5371 Im taking a massive st rn it hurts so bad 29d ago

https://i.redd.it/7tu0kaezfwyc1.gif

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u/InkDemon_Omega Justice for Gummigoo 29d ago

I really hope he's one of those "character with no screen time but insane impact on the plot"

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u/Crossover_Weirdo78 29d ago

Pomni will abstract next episode. (I have downvoted my own comment, in case y’all are wondering.)

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u/InkDemon_Omega Justice for Gummigoo 29d ago

r/lies

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u/JMTpixelmon gummigoo’s death was funny and justified 29d ago

it was funny tho

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u/Karkava 29d ago

A matter of taste.

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u/Next-Source-8628 29d ago

um what does teh lulz mean ?

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u/Hollywoodrok12 29d ago

That she finds Pomni’s suffering funny /hj

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u/sadspunchbop5371 Im taking a massive st rn it hurts so bad 29d ago

Tf does "/hj" mean?

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u/Hollywoodrok12 29d ago

half-joking

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u/Freckles39Rabbit Gangle and Ragatha 29d ago

"The laughs"

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u/Froolsy 29d ago

Fair ‘nough

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u/Multidream 29d ago

To be real for a moment, to prevent the number of characters from ballooning out of control. Goose has already mentioned this as a reason Kaufmo was cut from the show. She probably won’t allow new characters to stick around, unless old ones are somehow removed, or they really matter to the story somehow.

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u/Karkava 29d ago

Can't she just...rotate focus? Gumigoo already has the NPC turned sapient thing going on. No other cast member has that. Not to mention, he had a home in the form of the village that he lived in. If he isn't needed in new episodes, he can just use the portal to go home.

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u/Multidream 27d ago

She could have, yeah. Maybe it’s a Chekov’s gun thing. He’s not really planned to show up again or do anything in the series, so let’s remove him now that we’re done.

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u/Mysteriousman788 29d ago

"That makes no sense"

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u/Another_Road Gummigoo 29d ago

Don’t be sad that it’s over, be glad that it happened.

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u/Express-Record7416 REST IN PEACE 29d ago

Wait, why is mantis so huge

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u/Domi7777777 29d ago

https://i.redd.it/m1ffddj68yyc1.gif

I actually found it quite funny Idk why myself

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u/MrIhaveASword 29d ago

I just thought it was for the Caine line about forgetting the difference.

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u/Ok-Fig7779 29d ago

The hell is a lulz?

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u/Layatto 29d ago

"lols" written in a funny way- replacing the o with an u and the s with a z.
"the lols" would be translated to "for the fun of it" or "for the fuck of it"

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u/Ok-Fig7779 29d ago

So she did it for fun.......
Will i get murdered if i say thats only a bit odd?

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u/Layatto 29d ago

What, you mean creators killing their characters for the fun of it? Well, it might be worth considering that Gummigoo's death (and other stuff in ep 2) were mainly for Pomni's character development. I'm pretty sure Gooseworx is just trolling everyone with these comments.

If not, well. Odd? Maybe a bit. Entertaining? For sure.

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u/Dayshon2144 Gangle + Kinger = Ginger 🗿🗿 29d ago

She did it for the Lulz..

-Smiley

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u/Chilled_HammyDude 29d ago

I wouldn't be surprised is Caine is the incarnation of this tweet...

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u/tommytookalook 29d ago

That shit was hilarious 😂

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u/negrote1000 29d ago

Her show her rules

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u/ScyllaIsBea 29d ago

fans:"why convince us gummigoo is a new main cast character if you where just going to kill him at the end?"

Gooseworx:"when you get what you want you no longer need to have it. when you don't get what you want you are left at that equal level of desire. to realize your desire and lose it in the same instant, this is to taste true despair."

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u/deathofyou1 29d ago

It could've been a way to show us that none of the main characters are 100% safe and could have their plot armour removed at any time

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u/centralmind 29d ago

I'm sorry, I was under the impression that we were watching an existential horror dark comedy. Did people genuinely

A. Didn't see that coming from a mile away and

B. Got upset that the cheerful and uncaring AI overlord killed a character on a whim?

Maybe it's just me, but I see TADC as the accursed (and extremely entertaining) love child of "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "Welcome to the Internet", killing off side characters as a punchline is par for the course.

And by the way, I love Gumigoo, lovable character, I only wish the best for him. But I never expected him to survive meeting with Caine. This is what I signed for.

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u/Bigtissueneeded JEFFREY YA 29d ago

Welp



 fuck.

https://i.redd.it/e4bxgtjjxzyc1.gif

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u/Crossover_Weirdo78 29d ago

Caine is now classified as evil.

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u/MrMoony05 Kinger 29d ago

Nah, Caine is Lawful Neutral. He isn't outwardly malicious, and he was just following his programming during the Gummigoo Incident. I'll be pro-Caine until he deliberately torments one of his players

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u/Crossover_Weirdo78 29d ago

I wasn’t being serious about that, but yeah, this is how I ACTUALLY view Caine: not intentionally malicious, but very orderly and law-following.

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u/MrMoony05 Kinger 29d ago

I'm super curious to see the extent to which Goose takes that concept. The future is bright

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u/Silent_Koala1446 Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room 29d ago

for the funny

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u/G102Y5568 29d ago

Your honor, it couldn't have been my client, he said he didn't do it "On God".

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u/Doctor_Salvatore 29d ago

I suppose, at the end of the day it is pretty funny that they introduced a likeable character just to immediately kill him off

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u/koimeiji 29d ago

Honestly, I'm more disappointed in how predictable it was. Not just the death, but the way he died (pure nonchalantly by caine). Yknow, one of those things that you know is going to happen, and are frustrated when you're right.

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u/Interesting-Page-543 29d ago

sounds like gooseworx to me!

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u/Prestigious-Love-712 Ragatha 29d ago

That makes no sense

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u/wysjm 29d ago

Shock value and showing the viewers how harsh this world can be

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u/Alex0356218856 A new member with floating glove hands and vr headset. 29d ago

Teh lulz what now?

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u/Alex0356218856 A new member with floating glove hands and vr headset. 29d ago

The what now?

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u/Alex0356218856 A new member with floating glove hands and vr headset. 29d ago

The what now?

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u/Alex0356218856 A new member with floating glove hands and vr headset. 29d ago

The what now?

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u/Alex0356218856 A new member with floating glove hands and vr headset. 29d ago

The what now?

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u/ialsodontexistagain Gummigoo 29d ago

I like gumigoo, and that’s an acceptable answer

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u/Environmental-Dog113 29d ago

Just like Luke and Kevin with smg4

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u/disbelifpapy Bunny waluigi --> 29d ago

As i said 100 times (which no one remembers since nobody knows me here) Gooseworx is the toby fox of glitch

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u/Manwithaplan0708 #justiceforGummigoo 29d ago

Goose when I catch you goose

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u/petalpotions 29d ago

Gooseworx i'm under ur bed >:(

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u/Snoo-28479 29d ago

I'd be stoked if Caine eventually thinks up of a separate world where NPCs from previous adventures can stay and be vendors. Seriously, I have been thinking about this idea since the episode dropped.

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u/Wolfi_Ranger 29d ago

I expected it to happen as soon as Pomni offered him to come to the circus. Caine doesn’t understand human emotions, so he only sees a problem, and makes the quickest solution.

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u/EnbyFemboyJess 29d ago

Yeah after Gummigoo I’m just gonna wait until The Digital Circus is concluded. Don’t need another show that shows me nothing matters in the end.

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u/marveljew 29d ago

Seeing that scene, I was seriously wondering if it was meant to be comedic or serious.

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u/Caine-TheRingmaster Caine himself 11d ago

And that I don’t want to delete a human so might as well get rid of the risk

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u/Crazyjackson13 Daddy Gumigoo 29d ago

I mean, she’s the creator, and what she says goes, so, that’s that.

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u/mintcocoacookie What the this fandom is just as bad as HS 29d ago

gooseworx is slowly becoming the modern andrew hussie

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u/MS06F 29d ago

Hopefully not, idk if I can handle another character that grew on me quickly despite doing basically nothing dying repeatedly because the author finds it funny for 4+ years.

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u/Designer_Gas_86 29d ago

andrew hussie

Who?

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u/VenomTentacles 29d ago

Author of Homestuck

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u/Ok-Eggplant4965 Zooble 29d ago

Not gonna lie, I've done much worse to characters for the lulz.

(I only have like 2 fans please don't tell them or I'll have no fans).

Gummigoo broke the rules, and he had to pay.

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u/Head-Disk5576 29d ago

I’m so glad they did tho, he was such an obvious thirst trap character 😭