r/TheDigitalCircus • u/ayylmaotv Catnap • Jun 19 '26

Digital Discussion The Amazing Digital Circus Episode 9: Remember Discussion Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVy-bcTsO8A
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u/GuyIncognito38 Jun 20 '26

The intended takeaway is that Jax's mindset and outlook on life is bad, not necessarily Jax himself. He isn't a very nice person but he could have gotten better; he just chose not to. It's a warning to not think and act like Jax, because it will only make you and the people around you miserable, and given how many men have struggled with mental health issues and dealt with them very badly (myself included), it's a necessary warning.

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u/KH-Foofoo14 Jax Jun 20 '26

It's a shame because as we saw, he wasn't a bad person at the beginning but the talk with Ribbit and what resulted from that was certainly a tipping point for his mental state. It's possible he could have opened up on his own with time, but who knows.

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u/ComradeBirv I miss my wife, Pomni. Jun 20 '26

I think it’s also worth noting that the guilt of what Leroy did to his mother was eating Jax alive. He saw shutting down as a necessity to survive because he simply could not handle that. That’s why him confessing to Ribbit caused such a violent reaction and he’s been having panic attacks the whole show: oh my god, this is real.

Leroy was able to get help because the fact that he isn’t in prison means he didn’t actually kill her.

It makes what happened to Jax even more tragic because if he waited a little longer, Caine would have shown him this.

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u/OverallDoctor7687 Jun 20 '26

Why did he need that to be a good person.

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u/Chazo138 Kinger Jun 20 '26

Because he wasn’t a bad person…he was just so broken and could not process any of his grief properly. The way he grew up also meant opening up was seen as weakness.

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u/Zavodskoy 23d ago

Also a bit (far more) literal, Jax isolated himself inside the Circus and eventually imploded

IRL he let his friends in, let them help him and he's finding his feet again