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- Hey, Ragatha. I just want to say… Thanks for always being concerned about me. I feel like, through everything, I haven’t really been appreciative enough about that.
- —Pomni to Ragatha in Episode 3.
ButtonBlossom is the femslash ship between Pomni and Ragatha from the The Amazing Digital Circus fandom.
Canon[]
Pilot[]
In the beginning of the pilot, Pomni is suddenly transported into the digital world. While Pomni is worried, Ragatha assures her that everything is going to be okay. Later in the pilot, Ragatha offers to check on Kaufmo since he did not appear in the intro. She takes Pomni and Jax along with her to the hallways. Ragatha explains to Pomni that Caine sets up adventures so that the cast doesn't lose their minds trying to find an exit and reach a breaking point where something terrible can happen to you. Realizing she's rambling, Ragatha tells Pomni that it's not something that they should dive into right now.
The three of them find out that Kaufmo has been abstracted after losing his mind trying to find the exit. While Jax books it, Ragatha and Pomni try to calm down Kaufmo. Ragatha tries to apologize to Kaufmo for fake laughing at his jokes earlier, claiming she was just having a bad day. Kaufmo ends up attacking Ragatha, causing her to glitch out. Pomni tries to grab her hand (although Pomni doesn’t really like physical touch, as stated by Gooseworxs the creator) but her hand ends up glitching out. Pomni then apologizes to Ragatha before running away from Kaufmo.
After outrunning Kaufmo, Pomni returns to Ragatha and apologizes again for running away and not helping her. Ragatha also apologizes to Pomni for her first day being so terrible. Pomni assures her that everything is okay and now she will get Caine to fix Kaufmo. However, she gets distracted by the exit door and ends up in the void. When Caine catches Pomni trying to leave, he sends Pomni back to the circus and fixes Ragatha but unfortunately banishes Kaufmo into the cellar. Ragatha awkwardly walks to Pomni rubbing her arm. The two don't say anything except awkwardly stand next to each other, both feeling bad about what just happened.
Candy Carrier Chaos![]
The episode starts with Caine welcoming the viewers to the program again, for then multiple voices (from the main cast) calling out Pomni's name. Before the jester woke up, the last call-out she could hear was Ragatha's. Then, Pomni suddenly is transported to the circus, slowly absorbed by abstraction, for then falling in the abyss dragged by the phenomenon, as she could see from above Ragatha, Caine and Jax spectating her, not minding at all her situation, with the rag doll chuckling at Caine's words of their new friend being abstracted, supposing that they're not "all cut out for it".
Pomni partially revealing herself
Returning to reality, Pomni realizes it was only a nightmare, collapsing in front of her dorm door, where Ragatha was already waiting outside, asking her how she slept, and when she gets no response, she shifts the inquiry to "Are you still sleeping?". When she's about to leave, telling her that she'll let her get back to it, Pomni partially opens the door, with Ragatha adding "There she is" hoping she's doing well and reminding about yesterday being a bit of a 'doozy'.
Ragatha assures Pomni that Caine's adventure is going to be a fun one
Pomni repeats her last phrase, and Ragatha intervenes, saying she doesn't have to worry about abandoning her for the exit, empathizing with the situation in which she was involved at the time, comforting there are no hard feelings, and claiming she's all good. Ragatha notices a confused Pomni and tells her to forget about all that, assuring her that Caine had a new adventure today, and based by what he's been teasing, it was going to be a fun one.
Ragatha looks for Pomni's thoughts
It was, as Ragatha suspected, exciting, as the new adventure consists on traveling to the Candy Kingdom in order to recover its most valuable resource: maple syrup, which had stolen by bandits and had to be pursued to recover it. The doll looks for Pomni's opinion of it, but the jester determines that their entire existence was just "LARPing." Before Ragatha can respond, Caine interrupts her as he demands everyone to leave already since the Candy Kingdom needed them, ultimately pushing them inside the portal he had summoned to the Candy Kingdom.
"You don't have to hype me up."
When Ragatha quickly befriends the princess of the kingdom, she tells Pomni that they're already friends with her, however the jester states not being a child, and that she doesn't have to hype her up. The princess, Loo, grants the team a war rig, which they would use to go after the robbers. Pomni and Ragatha are the last people to get inside the van.
Ragatha about to start a conversation with Pomni in the rig
During the ride, the two girls are sitting next to each other, to which the taller woman decides to start a conversation with Pomni by telling her she was sure there being some way she could help out here, and while formulating a plan, Jax cuts in stating they could be "assertive", demonstrating it by grabbing Pomni by the neck, and throwing her outside, making Ragatha angry at him. Due to Pomni's elasticity, she formed a bridge with her arms between the rig and the thieves' vehicle, however her grip on her team's tank loosens and lays on top of the bandits' transport. Jax then recommends Gangle, who was driving the rig, to ram into the [muggers], but Ragatha is against this as Pomni was still on board, however she is pushed back by Jax.
Everyone (except Pomni and Gummigoo) ends up falling in the fudge sea, in which they stood adrift with Ragatha worrying about Pomni, hoping she's alright, but Jax asks her "How about poor us?", since they were about to be swallowed in.
Once back to the surface with the help of Fudge, Ragatha asks Gummigoo's pals if they were sure that [Pomni and Gummigoo] disappeared, and finds their answer concerning, since the two had vanished. Kinger reassures Ragatha they could always ask Caine to find Pomni if the worst came to worst, but the doll expresses her worry of Pomni having another horrible experience, commenting how she still seems upset about yesterday's events, and is unsure if Pomni really likes her that much, however Kinger advises her to not take it too personally.
A worried Ragatha quickly approaching Pomni
The circus' gang notice that another truck had suddenly launched from the fudge and fell right near them, and Pomni alongside Gummigoo leaving it. Ragatha inmediately approaches Pomni asking if she's okay, and what happened. Pomni says she's fine, and announces about having made a new friend.
Pomni announces Ragatha that Gummigoo was coming back to the circus alongside them
When it's shown that the truck Pomni and Gummigoo had dragged to the surface also contained syrup, Gummigoo asks the two approaching girls if his pals could take it back to the village, making the two look at each other with Ragatha answering "I guess", since there's already two of them, so there was no real harm. Pomni tells Ragatha about Gummigoo coming back to the circus alongside them, and Ragatha wonders if that's allowed. The jester explains his reality being "completely shattered", feeling this being the least she could offer him, instead of leaving him behind. Ragatha points this being good of her.
Ragatha fails to comfort a shocked Pomni
As they returned to the circus, Caine noticed that "one of these guys" had made through, and in the next moment, he disintegrates Gummigoo, traumatizing Pomni. Ragatha deeply apologizes to her, telling her that she at least tried, and attempts to console her by mentioning the possibility of him appearing in a future adventure, knowing that Caine likes reusing NPCs.
Ragatha reveals that Kaufmo's funeral had been postponed due to Pomni's arrival
Ragatha fails to cheer her up, and Zooble appears to inform her that everything is ready. The doll then asks Pomni if she'd like to join them for Kaufmo's funeral, since they like to hold funeral services for those who abstract, claiming that it had been postponed due to her arrival and everything. As each member gives their personal discourse over the deceased, Pomni's nightmare continues in quick cutshots, this time with her extended hand being grabbed by her friends', including Ragatha's, who has the most grip into.
The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor[]
Ragatha and the others observe Pomni's shifting hues in her face when holding her breath. Pomni asks of them why they are asking her to do this, and Jax answers that everybody has a different trait when holding their breath; Ragatha's hair sticks up when she does so. Everybody heads out to their next adventure within a haunted mansion. Ragatha attempts to hype up Pomni again for their next spooky trip, but Pomni declares she isn't a huge fan of horror. Hearing this, Jax teases her, scaring her and mocking her fears. Ragatha stands up for the tiny jester, claiming she has had enough already. After Pomni's horrific yet wholesome adventure with Kinger, Ragatha lightens up when she realizes Pomni is safe when the duo return. Pomni slowly approaches the doll and admits that she is grateful for Ragatha's concern over her during their prolonged experience in the circus and how she should be more appreciative. Ragatha chuckles bashfully and admits she is worried and just looking out for the former.
Fast Food Masquerade[]
The circus crew (excluding Kinger) are once again transported into a new adventure by Caine, as of one of the suggested journeys in the suggestions' box. This time everyone works a shift at Spudsy's restaurant (a parody version of McDonald's), with Gangle taking the role of manager. Pomni and Ragatha are assigned as cashier and cook respectively.
Their first client turns out to be Orbsman, which makes Pomni uncomfortable due to his appearance, and when she's about to get his order, Ragatha explains her that he was someone from a previous adventure before the jester's arrival. Later, another client orders a Stupid Burger, reminding Pomni to not forget about the Stupid Sauce that wasn't added last time, to which Ragatha gets her hands at work on the preparation. However, while building the hamburger, the doll accidentally spills some sauce on herself, which has a side effect on her and for the rest of the episode, she becomes slurry and brutally honest with her words.
When Pomni notices that Gummigoo was one of the NPC clients (and was alive as Ragatha had predicted), she decides to approach him while leaving her charge for a moment to try to talk to him. After Gangle notices that Pomni was absent from the cashier box, she asks Ragatha about the jester's whereabouts. The doll oozes that she's flirting with the gummy guy, because according to her, she'd rather be with a NPC than the rest of them. Gangle decides to step on this problem, and after leaving Ragatha, the doll expresses her desire to be hit on.
At night, as Gangle struggles with a depressed state due to all the events that occurred while working with her new mask, Pomni chooses to try to talk to her. Pomni assumes that Gangle didn't have anyone to vent out about her issues, and inmediately assures that Ragatha would like to help her out. But because of Ragatha's genuineness on words earlier (which hurt Gangle), she shrugs off Pomni's suggestion.
Back to Caine's office, as Gangle is rated with a B+ as her ranking during the shift adventure, her photo is placed amongst the rest of the cast's (including Kinger's) with said score for everyone except Kinger. Pomni's photo is seen above Ragatha's and due to the doll's slurry state on the photo, it gives out the illusion that she's looking at Pomni.
Behind the Scenes[]
- Gooseworx, the creator of the series, doesn't mind the shipping and tells her fans to not harass anyone for their ships.
- Ragatha's voice actor, Amanda Hufford, retweets Ragatha/Pomni art on their Twitter account. Ditto for Lizzie Freeman, Pomni's voice actress.
Songs[]
- buttonblossom! | BULBA
- "Her Dolly" [A RAGAPOM FAN SONG?!] | VinnyVinVin
Fanon[]
Even before the pilot episode came out, the ship saw a slight presence in the fandom. It wasn't until after the series took off on Youtube that the ship really took off.
On AO3, the Pomni/Ragatha tag has over 545+ fics as romantic, there being little difference with the amount of gen works, this latter having 485+ works. It is the most written ship for both Pomni and Ragatha.
Some common AU's that fans have made is the Raggedy Ann and Andy AU; which depicts Ragatha as Raggedy Ann and Pomni as Babette, and while most fanart of this AU just focuses on Ragatha and Pomni some other works show Jax as Andy.
Many fans began theorizing that Ragatha has a canonical crush on Pomni judging from her behavior around the jester throughout episodes; examples include acting particularly more caring towards Pomni in Candy Carrier Chaos!, always attempting to uplift her, and wondering if Pomni likes her. Fans take off when Ragatha complains about Pomni "flirting" with Gummigoo in Fast Food Masquerade and openly wishing someone would flirt with her. To pair with this, the latest poster featuring the characters strolling within a mall features Pomni gazing down at Gummigoo from above whereas Ragatha supposedly staring at Pomni with her hands clutched to her heart[1]. Fans wonder if Ragatha will still be underneath the affects of the "stupid sauce" in the fifth episode, hoping that Ragatha will reveal her true feelings about Pomni.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Pomni/Ragatha tag on AO3
- Pomni & Ragatha tag on AO3
- TUMBLR
- ButtonBlossom posts on Tumblr
- Jesterdoll posts on Tumblr
- Ragapom posts on Tumblr
- Ragatha x Pomni posts on Tumblr
- Pomni x Ragatha posts on Tumblr
Lists[]
| 19th | OCT 23rd 2023 | ||||
Trivia[]
- ButtonBlossom comes from Ragatha having a button in place of her left eye, and from Pomni's name sounding like Poppy (a type of flower).
- They are 5 years apart in age with Ragatha being 30 and Pomni being 25.
- Ragatha has been at the Circus for the second longest (with the first being Kinger) while Pomni has been there the shortest.
- The ship name was made up on a whim by twitter user EclipseVenexus during a conversation.[2]
Gallery[]
- Main article: ButtonBlossom/Gallery
Videos[]
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| The Amazing Digital Circus Ships • The Amazing Digital Circus Characters | |||
| SHIPS | het | BlueTooth • DollChess • Cainatha • Checkmates • FunnyBunny • FunnyGummy • Jagatha • Ribbun • RoyalRibbons • Showtime • Vax | |
| slash | BuckTeeth • ClownBunny • Kingleader | ||
| femslash | ButtonBlossom • DollyLolly • PomNA • RibbonRags • ScaredyLovers | ||
| non-binary | AbstractComedy • Abstragedy • RagaZoob • SurpriseShow • Zaxbys | ||
| poly | FunnyBunnyDoll | ||
| friend | Cainble • Nomni • Pomzi • The Existential Crisis Brothers | ||
| cargo | PomniExit | ||
| CHARACTERS | male | Caine • Jax | |
| female | Gangle • Pomni • Ragatha | ||
| non-binary | Zooble | ||
