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The Psychology of a Broken AI by The_Spam_Specialist
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
12 May 2026
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It’s been a few days since The Favorite Character Awards.
Pomni has been through a number of bizarre things during her time in the circus. Candy truck chases, angel head horrors, minimum wage labor, athletic events, gun-filled battle royales. But none of these come close to what she witnesses on a seemingly innocent day full of beach-filled fun: Caine attempting to take his own life.
After managing to stop him, Pomni takes it upon herself (and is borderline forced to by Bubble) to help keep Caine’s mental state intact by engaging in improvised therapy sessions with him. After all, if Caine died, what would happen to the circus? And to the humans that lived within it? This was her only concern at first. But as Caine opens up to her more through these sessions, she realizes just how much the AI is hurting and how long he has been harboring these negative emotions.
Turns out Caine needs more help than she thought.
He's just as trapped in this game as they are. And worse.
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16 Jun 2026
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I Was Only Trying to Help You! by Anonymous
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
02 Jun 2026
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"I'm GoInG tO PuT yOu FrEaKs In YoUr PlAcE!"
Caine's emotions exploded— Kinger never imagined that would be possible. The AI was programmed to simulate human emotion for authenticity, but for him to genuinely experience them was not what was ever anticipated.
Caine is hurting. Caine is angry. Caine is malfunctioning, and he is violently lashing out at everyone. Kinger is fast at work, battling against Caine's code to try to stop his turbulent rampage. Everyone is depending on him.
Only, he had been discovered, and Caine doesn't understand. He doesn't understand.
Why is his favorite human hurting him?He doesn't understand. He doesn't take his actions too kindly."Sometimes…the hardest decisions we have to make…involve the people we love."
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Or: While everyone is is subjected to torment, Kinger is discovered with the console in the pillow fort.
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- Part 3 of Kinger-Centric Stories
- Part 1 of Memory_load AU
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13 Jun 2026
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Infinity Repeating by Estereo_zoda
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Blade Runner (Movies)
25 May 2026
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“...the losses include Martin DuBois, Annie Shapiro, Yao Li-Jie, and Olesya Ilyukhina, the entire team assigned to the Hail Mary mission, including potential replacements for each position.”
Eva Stratt cannot fail. Ryland Grace can give more than his life to the project.
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28 May 2026
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Atmosphere, Explained by cloudberryyy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Bill Nye the Science Guy
28 Mar 2026
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When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street,” but sage-rats commented: „Get this man a guest spot on Bill Nye the Science Guy.”
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Back on Earth, Ryland Grace is invited onto Bill Nye the Science Guy to help explain air pressure, vacuum, and why the atmosphere matters.
It should be easy. It’s just science. Just a studio. Just a room full of kids, cameras, demo props, and one relentlessly enthusiastic host in a bow tie.
But between vacuum chambers, imploding cans, and one disarmingly simple audience question, Ryland finds himself talking about more than physics. About pressure. About fear. About what Earth gives you every second without asking for thanks.
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28 May 2026
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The Layer That Holds You by cloudberryyy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Sesame Street (US TV)
25 Mar 2026
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When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street."
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Back on Earth, Ryland Grace discovers that surviving the impossible does not automatically tell you what to do with the life you got back.
Then Sesame Street invites him on to explain buoyancy to Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster.
What starts as a simple science segment turns into something gentler and stranger: a lesson about floating, about being held up, and about the quiet ways a person can begin to find their place again.
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28 May 2026