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    The cast is concerned about Caine, but not to worry: he's got a new, better plan for managing his obsolescence.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    9 JAX DELETED CAINE ToT (somewhat)

     

    10 don’t mind me crying in the corner

    “Just knowing that in that room, the humans were still looking at… that code – was enough to make him want to scrap the whole day’s plans and never try to explain anything ever again.

    But Jax was having fun. In a way that didn’t involve targeting the other players. That needed to be encouraged, and nothing would discourage him faster than stopping him just when he was getting invested. Never mind that every tap on that CENSORED wall felt like a nail driving into a part of his brain that did not open, EVER. Jax was allowed to have fun and be curious on adventures – his ability to find out of the box ways to entertain himself was one of his greatest strengths as a player. And he wasn’t hurting anyone.”

    11 is it bcs I’m autistic that I don’t get it? ToT
    “They could almost be proud of him for working out a compromise communication strategy that they’d all understand.

    But there was a difference between opening up a little and ripping your heart out and putting it under a microscope, and it was painfully obvious that that wasn’t a distinction Caine was drawing.”

     

    15 AAAH ToT
    “She sniffled and hugged the avatar tighter. He had no idea how to react to that. The humans didn’t touch his avatar much willingly, and seldom if they weren’t trying to move it out of the way or hit it.“

  2. Public Bookmark 81

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    Caine's finally figured out how to fix things. He just needs to focus less on himself and more on the players' needs.

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    12 Jun 2026

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    omg ranking the things to correct based on complaint frequency instead of intensity is so real
    “Caine was not great at adapting.

    He knew that. It wasn’t his worst trait – his inability to create spellbinding adventures without significant player input, followed by his history of scaring players and failing to prevent them from abstracting, followed by his “rudeness,” were far higher on the list. Taking it by seriousness and player complaint frequency, “failure to adapt” was 15th-20th on his list of worst traits, depending on how he weighted the complaint frequency part and how he counted duplicate complaints from the same players. Still, it was a known bug, one that he’d previously considered primarily in the context of his adventures: too story-driven? Too genre-specific? What wasn’t he adapting to? But now, he was starting to wonder if it might imply a broader issue.”

    basically this fic is about how depressing holding back stimming is and I LOVED IT ToT

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    A glitch causes Caine’s audio to be broadcast across the circus while he plans an adventure with Bubble, and the cast gets to hear Caine struggle and laugh with the circus’ stupid spaghetti code, as well as some oddly human moments from Caine as they learn things about him and things that he does that they never knew about.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    MY FAVOURITE TADC FIC CAINE IS SO VNLJSVNJJSFK

  4. Public Bookmark 3

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    trans Jax maid dress situation..

    you can see where I’m going with that

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    11 Jun 2026

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    FTM Jax
    Love the way the “””””girl in Jax””””””” is described like a character that haunts the narrative

    The author’s end note is really comforting

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    Jax gets super mad about the dresss (post ep-5) (maid scene rewrite, kinda) trust, it's good i think

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