The Amazing Digital Circus - Western Isekai that probably will become Hazbin Hotel killer

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Hot take, censorship help make shows better. Having writers explicitly writing for a target audiance allows them to focus their themes and messages for that demographic. Plus, having limits on what they can and cant do means they need to actually be clever writers to dance around things with innuendo which can actually lead to a better scene then if they could be direct with it. Sometimes constraint lead to more creativity.

Batman TAS ended up a lot better than it would have if there were no censorship safeguards in place since the writers had to get creative with what to show on screen.

On the flipside, when John K was given full reigns on making Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon, it ended up as complete dogshit despite being "fully uncensored" and a complete playground for him and other writers to play in.

I don't agree with execs clamping down on certain ideas obviously, but holy shit those given "free reign" are doing an amazing job on giving them reasons for why creators should be placed on a leash if they keep pumping out dogshit episodes and movies despite being "uncensored".

 

[Pod 042]

Im also confused from a story perspective, so Jax opened up to ribbit about him being a loser who shoved his mom. Then ribbit decided he’s a tranny and put a bow on him?

It's even dumber than that. Because goose couldn't or probably didn't want to have it directly stated so it's intentionally vague. Jax told his mother "something deeply personal" and she laughed at him and then hugged him before he pushed her off. What he told her isn't said, but Ribbit inferes that he confessed wanting to troon out to his mother, and she shows her support/care by putting her bow on him. At least that's what goonworks would have you believe. But it's so poorly executed and vague that it could even be interpreted as a friendly gesture of non-judgement after he just spilled his guts and also admitted to maybe probably killing his mother and running away.

Other criticisms outside of debating the writers thinly veiled fetish. I’m sure the fans of this loved it, but they really dragged on long boring talking sequences and I feel gross after watching it knowing goose werks jacked off to my confusion.

That's valid criticism, there's a reason people call it a therapy show. Groomworks cannot write character driven narratives and it really shows. Every episode can be summed up as "action" -> "lul" -> "exposition dump via therapy session". He's incapable of telling a compelling story through the events of the show itself and instead uses those therapy sessions as a crutch to info dump and do character development.

 

[Fishnumm]

The issue is that while Goose makes his suicidal pre-trans self insert, there was no attempt on Glitch's end to limit, or at the very least, warn their audiences about the fact that Digital Circus is NOT safe for all ages. As a web series, Digital Circus, outside of the movie doesn't have an age rating. Its also not walled behind that "Content is inappropriate, sign in to view" thing that Youtube has. Any unsupervised child can see Zooble talking about how she wants to have sex. The parents are partially to blame for not supervising their kids, but Glitch themselves should've made some kind of effort on their end. Something as simple as a warning at the start of each episode about how "The following media is meant for a mature audience" small as it is, can make a difference.

parents have definitely glanced over at there kids ipad and said "yep thats ok for them to watch"

clown show is not for kids though fuck coopy for making it so childish

 

[ComeoutandJULAY]

Gooseworx is clearly upset that people care more about Ragatha's backstory than Jax.

I mean, to be fair, Ragatha is implied to have been raped at a young age which explains why she's such an emotionally stunted autist in the present day despite being the second oldest of the group, so it tracks.

What I want to know is, why the fuck is Pomni, the failed YouTuber, one of the choices? Why not Gangle (hit by a truck) or even Zooble (hates her own body) to satisfy the alphabet people? Is this person, a YouTuber, trying to tell us something here?

 

[DrearyDoomguy]

Batman TAS ended up a lot better than it would have if there were no censorship safeguards in place since the writers had to get creative with what to show on screen.

Allowing stronger content only works when the writers have the discipline not overuse it. I saw a few episodes of the new Devil May Cry with some buddies recently. It felt like every other word said was "fuck" and it got grating after the first 10 minutes of the first episode.
In theory I don't believe in censoring edgy content but in practice writers, especially modern writers, need editorial constraints to save them from their own worst tendencies.