Kingleader

Kingleader
fanart by salmomniid on tumblr
GENERAL
The Amazing Digital Circus
Character	Caine
Character	Kinger
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Ringmaster and Circus Member
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Slash
Also Known As	Chatterchess, Chess.com, Crowned Teeth, Crowned Tooth, Dentist Check, GoldenTooth, Kingmaster, Monarcaine, Royal Circus, Royalteeth, Tooth Crown, Retainer Crown, 🦷♔, 🦷🪲
Tropes	• Big Guy, Little Guy • Opposites Attract • Night And Day Duo • Please, Don't Leave Me - Caine trapped each circus member within the circus and denies the existence of an exit. Though he does admit his lies.

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Kingleader is the slash ship between Caine and Kinger from the The Amazing Digital Circus fandom.

Canon

Caine has imprisoned Kinger within a digital world with the intent of providing the players with various "exciting" adventures. Caine and Kinger have yet to directly interact. However, Kinger does mention Caine when discussing his adventures. The duo have comparable traits. Caine is described as a robust individual whereas Kinger is isolated. This places the Sun & Moon trope, where Caine is the sun and Kinger is the moon.

Kinger does not seem to mind Caine's adventures or at least hasn't spoken his true thoughts aloud. He progresses through the former's adventures bravely and has shockingly not descended into abstraction in the progress. However, Zooble claimed that Kinger is in the midst of entering madness, which could be a result of his strange coping with the terrors of Caine's adventures. Because of this, it proves Caine is achieving his goal of convincing everyone to stay and enjoy his games. It's possible that Caine has or plans to create an event specifically for Kinger considering he had done so for Pomni and Zooble.

The two are depicted/confirmed to be older men (Caine's age is unconfirmed, but it is implied he is an older individual), both possibly being older than the entire circus cast. It's possible that Kinger could be the first member of the circus before the rest. This elevates the theory Caine had already created an adventure specifically for Kinger, his newcomer. It is unknown how Kinger had originally reacted to Caine's dangerous games. It's implied that after Caine sent Kinger's wife to the cellar after she abstracted, that was Kinger's "breaking point" and is the cause behind his current state.

Moments

• Caine allows Kinger to skip the Spudsy's adventure upon Kinger's request.
• Caine grades Kinger an A+ as an employee despite the fact that he allowed Kinger to skip the Spudsy's adventure.

Fanon

Kingleader is a popular ship for both Kinger and Caine, though ships like Showtime and BlueTooth overcome it in numbers. The ship is associated with "Old Men Yaoi" since the two are confirmed/implied to be older men ranging from their forties to fifties. Their dynamic when compared in the Solar and Lunar light is what uplifted the pairing's popularity as well.

The ship currently has 40 works on AO3.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Caine/Kinger tag on AO3

Caine & Kinger tag on AO3

TUMBLR

Kingleader tag on Tumblr

RoyalTeeth tag on Tumblr

Caine x Kinger tag on Tumblr

Kinger x Caine tag on Tumblr