⚠️ Contains major spoilers for episode 8 and copious amounts of overanalyzation For sake of conciseness I’ll be referring to the blue dot/Ca

TADC theories (ramble)

⚠️ Contains major spoilers for episode 8 and copious amounts of overanalyzation

For sake of conciseness I’ll be referring to the blue dot/Caine’s sibling as Abel (not confirmed but I feel like it’s a given).

As established in the first few minutes, Caine absorbed Abel as he would any other bit of information. But when Kinger deleted Caine, the circus didn’t fully disappear, it just partially collapsed. Since Caine generated the circus, deleting him should have either erased everything or left it unchanged. Instead, we get a broken in-between state, suggesting something is still running, so some part of Caine still exists. Most importantly, Bubble doesn’t disappear. He just wanders off on his own, Confirming that he’s a separate entity.

If Caine absorbed Abel, would deleting Caine also delete Abel? What if Abel’s consciousness survived, and is now in Bubble, therefore Bubble is sustaining the program?

Bubble starts off as a joke character but gradually you see that he’s is both intelligent and aware of Caine’s origins. Rewatching some of Bubble’s scenes, there are multiple instances in which something that happens to Bubble also physically affects Caine, suggesting that they’re more connected than it would appear. Bubble also makes jabs towards Caine throughout the series (even going so far to say “You should die” before glitching and saying something else during one of Caine’s crashouts) but they’re always played for laughs up until this episode where he straight up torments Caine and says he’s inferior to Abel, pushing him toward instability.

Finally I’d like to go over Bubble’s character design. I hadn’t noticed it before, but he is a complete juxtaposition visually. His entire design is a round, welcoming shape, but half of it—his teeth—is just sharp triangles. Completely opposite signals when it comes to shape language. The size of his eyes also add to this, he’s designed to feel off.

Anyways yes. I have too much time on my hands bro #tadc

TADC theories (ramble)

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