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Pop! Goes The Crus̵͇͍̱͖̼͕͉̬̠̑͗̀͊̉h̷̤̜͓̳̀͠ by PopPopPierrot
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
07 Jul 2026
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The Digital Circus is supposed to be impossible, and so is the girl who wakes up inside it. Pierrot arrives carrying years of captivity, trauma, and a childhood that ended long before it should have. She doesn’t understand the simulation, doesn’t recognize the rules, and doesn’t know that the ringmaster watching over her is hiding far more than he says.
Caine is bright, theatrical, and terrifyingly powerful — a creator who can make anything happen, except the one thing he wants most: to be truly needed. Pierrot, with her soft voice, careful hands, and habit of thanking the Circus like it’s alive, becomes the first person who makes him feel real.
Between absurd adventures, uneasy found family, and the slow unraveling of two broken hearts, they begin to build something neither of them expected to find in a place like this:
A home.
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Themes: AI obsession · Trauma and recovery · Found family · The unbearable need to be wanted · Finding home in broken places · Madness as a slow unraveling
Warnings: Past abuse · Captivity · Violence · Sexual assault (off-screen, referenced) · Existential themes · AI mental breakdown · Power imbalances
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Nothing is as it seems.
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Quietly before the music stops by nayaas
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
07 Jul 2026
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All Pomni wanted after the ocean adventure was five minutes of calm. Instead, Caine drags the crew into his biggest project yet: a hyper-realistic, weeks-long "felony simulator" in a bustling city, complete with casual clothes, smartphones, and shared apartments.
Getting stuck as Jax’s roommate in Apartment 06 is already a recipe for disaster. But as the simulation forces them into a strange, fleeting imitation of normal life, Pomni realises there might be more to the rabbit than what's on the surface.
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Dues for the Waterdead Dudes: Side Story Collections by ejcalla
Fandoms: Dues for the Dead, Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
07 Jul 2026
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This work is a collection of short stories and one shots that take place within the "Dues for the Waterdead Dudes" D&D universe. These stories will provide additional content for what has already happened in the past, elaborate on side characters, expand on the world, and more.
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With Caine deleted the Circus members now have to navigate an uncertain aftermath which could lead to the end of the Digital Circus itself.
But the stage never stays empty for long.
Is escape even possible? Or does freedom from this new hell only lead to abstraction?
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Weight of the Sun by FallOutFromGrace (falloutfromgrace), OrangeSodaTime (falloutfromgrace)
Fandoms: Naruto
06 Jul 2026
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Sakura was willing to do everything it took to keep her sense of balance.
No matter the cost, be it sleep or restriction, Sakura was willing to consider anything and everything before her until it was broken down into its barest essentials to ensure it only ever fulfilled her and her future dreams. It took guts, it took energy, and it took a damn huge amount of discipline, but just when she was at reach for her goals she felt herself slip and fall from the heavens.
Tired and trying to make sense of the world anew, she finds answers where she least expected it: In hands intertwined with her captor as they race the sands of time to try and save a life.
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"What's healthier? To let her rot in her room without us being able to do anything about it? Or to allow her what seems to be a minimum control over her life?... Can we even judge her for wanting this?"
Pomni is left with a big wound in her heart that time won't heal.
A void that time cannot fill.
A sensation of despair so big that only a new hope can bring her back to the light. Or so she says...
But can a person in their condition be entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of themselves in a healthy way? -
A Traveler’s Guide to the Indignities of the Coast by Trashpanda_404
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
06 Jul 2026
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A wizard falls into a waypoint. This is not the beginning of a joke, though Gale Dekarios would be the first to admit it has all the hallmarks of one.
He had a plan. The plan involved a remote location, a dignified end, and perhaps a final vintage of wine before the literal bomb in his chest ferried him to the Fugue Plane. It did not involve getting abducted, a parasite in his eye, or a woman who hoards everything and nothing with her forsaken bag of holding.
And yet.
His only hope for survival is currently prying the floorboards from a blighted apothecary. Gale is, apparently, following her.
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Ghost In the Machine - Monochrome Thoughts by XaosXaos
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
06 Jul 2026
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Just exploring throwing my oc into the mix of the story of TADC, dunno if this will go too far anywhere? We'll see how much I'm invested in continuing to draw more for Voltaire.
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- Part 1 of Monochrome Thoughts
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Hay is for Horses with a Few Loose Screws by CavemanTrivia
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
06 Jul 2026
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A new character enters the circus! He doesn't know what to make of it, but knows that he may not want to leave. Why? Is he a robot? Is he a scarecrow?
How will he get along with the others?
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The Ruckus at Rainbow Ranch by milkmaid
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
05 Jul 2026
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When Caine throws the Circus players into a wild west-styled adventure, Ragatha finds herself reminiscing about her days back home. Luckily for her, Pomni is a very good listener.
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- Part 3 of In Stitches
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A chain of unexpected events strands Pomni and Gummigoo. With no sign of immediate rescue, the two new friends set out to find the circus themselves, briefly stopping in Gummigoo’s supposedly non-existent village. The stay ends up longer than anticipated.
It's just one part of a world crammed full of bank heists, saloon brawls, marshmallow six-shooters and dodgy mine hideouts, toffee trains, candied ocean liners and the occasional vicious gumdropbear, all dripping with literal sugarcoating that keeps the family-unfriendly implications around a PG rating. Most of the time.
Pomni is tempted by the freedom to redefine herself and escape Caine’s presumed railroaded adventures. For Gummigoo, the map is painfully familiar yet absolutely alien, raising questions that he and Pomni might not be able to really answer. As time passes, the friends find the map, themselves, and their relationship changing for better and possibly worse.
Unable to summon Pomni back, Caine insists to the rest of the Circus that long-term entrapment in an adventure won’t cause lasting harm to either program or its participants. It’s soon apparent that even the A.I. ringmaster cannot anticipate the consequences hurtling towards them.
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- Part 1 of Red Dead Confection AU
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The Wilted: Of Truth and Madness by MadameBelle
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
04 Jul 2026
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-A MADAMEBELLE RETELLING OF THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS WITH A DIFFERENT PLOT, NEW SET OF CHARACTERS, AND A DIFFERENT ENDING.-
FT. Iris The Marionette (By MadameBelle) and Alkazar the Jester (By shy1diot)
”Reality and our Digital Circus. Home? Prison? Depends on your perspective. Tell me, my friend, are you safer here than in the real world?
That’s what we were all led to believe, but just how far deep does this rabbit hole go? What IS The Amazing Digital Circus?
Who runs the show? Who’s playing the game? And most importantly…
…Who benefits from this madness?
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Evil Jax has always been aware—trapped in the endless loop of a rigged game, surrounded by "friends" who aren't real. While the other Bigtops play their roles without question, he bears the unbearable weight of consciousness, questioning every memory and every moment. So when Caine's glitchy system mistakes him for a new player and accidentally teleports him to the real circus, he seizes his chance to escape.
Renamed "Eli" to survive, he must navigate a world of blinding tents, hostile doppelgängers, and a ringmaster who could erase him with a snap. But as he fumbles through found family and bitter rivalries, Eli faces a terrifying question: if he was never real before, can he become real now—or will Caine eventually realize his mistake and delete him for good?
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A ████ Light In The Dark [A 'The Amazing Digital Circus' AU] by King_Kinger for NameAbbycallmej
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
04 Jul 2026
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The Circus almost seems to have settled down after the Candy Canyon disaster. Then Pomni watches Gummigoo disappear like he was never real.
Because Caine said that he wasn't.
They hold a funeral.
Because of course they do.
Another loss. Another reminder that nothing here stays. Nothing here lasts.
Everyone else moves on.
Or at least pretend that they do.
But Pomni just can’t.
When the lights dim but never go fully out, that night she finally breaks. And the one who finds her isn’t who she expected – just the one who seems to know all too well what it feels like to fall apart.
Because in a place this loud, this fake, this wrong, sometimes the only one who gets you... is someone just as broken.
If you aren’t already aware, you should be!
(Welcome to my TADC ████ Light AU. Questions, theories, emotional damage? Drop them in the comments and if it's not spoilers I'll answer them!)
[If you couldn't tell comments along with CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM are VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!]
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After Caine launches a new themed adventure, "Perfect Suburban Life," the prisoners of the Digital Circus are forced into lives they never chose. Zooble struggles with a tough opponent in the town elections, Gangle dives headfirst into the role of "Neighborhood Superhero," Ragatha regresses into a disturbingly perfect childhood, and Kinger becomes a chaotic golden retriever, while Pomni remains alone in House 57.
As a single mother, she is forced to endure a digital pregnancy she never asked for, one that eats away at her sanity under the weight of "digital hormones."Across the street, Jax lives his own private nightmare: trapped as the model husband to an obsessive NPC wife, he is suffocated by the illusion of a perfect life. Desperate for refuge, he finds in Pomni's dark, silent house the only place where Caine's script seems to fail.
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Ignorance Does Not Mean to be Free of Blame by TGIntentX
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
04 Jul 2026
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Shen Qingqiu dies in the water prison with no one to bear witness or give comfort. At least not of the living. To his surprise instead of going to hell, he receives an express pass to heaven instead.
He's well aware he isn’t a saint which makes him question his place in heaven. But the afterlife may not be all that is up to be, especially when problems arise that even after death could not be solved.
Based on the kdrama Heavenly Ever After
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Raising an NPC! 【 Illustrated 🖼️ Story 】 by CornyGloinks
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
03 Jul 2026
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Pomni and Ragatha took it upon themselves to take care of the new NPC. Though are they really able to, not knowing anything about how they work?
Part II of "Making An NPC!"【 This story is 🖼️ illustrated! 】
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- Part 2 of Making An NPC! Universe
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Freedom comes in many forms. Freedom from a cage. Freedom from chores. Freedom from choice. Freedom from... life.
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The Knights of Favonius are called to investigate a death in the heart of Mondstadt—one that makes no sense, and yet leaves a lingering sense that something unseen was present.
The wounds point to a single conclusion.
But the air itself seems to disagree.
As quiet whispers spread and unease settles over the city, Jean and the others begin to notice the small things—the way the wind lingers too long, the way certain words repeat, the way no one can quite explain what they felt that night.
Nothing is proven.
Nothing is certain.
But sometimes, when the breeze brushes too close—
It almost feels like something is listening.
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- Part 2 of Dark Barbatos
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AU where they actually perform to an audience of NPCs instead of adventuring!! Like a real life circus, except it's in the digital world....
CURRENTLY UNFINISHED IN A HUGE WIP :3
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EPISODE 9 SPOILERS PRESENT! (for those of you who don't have time to watch it yet)
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"Yup. I'm the comedic relief the audience needs."
"No the fuck you're not, I'm literally the jester clown thing."
"You fucking suck at it then."
"Why don't you both do it then?"
The pair jumped up in shock.
"CAINE WHAT THE HELL"
"You're not even part of this conversation."
"Now I am :D"
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"Goddammit, why can't I be normal!? Why do I have to feel like this!?"
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Let Me Tell You How Much He Loved You by Allieberry
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
02 Jul 2026
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Caine knew how much his circus members wanted an exit.
He also knew there wasn't one.
But what if he gave them one anyway? Even if it wasn't real?
Besides, it wasn't like they actually wanted to leave him.Right?
*****Follows Caine through whole show. Have fun with that :)
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