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Okay so the third episode of digital circus just dropped and I'm sure we all had similar theories about Kinger and Pomni, but here's my theory about their relationship in the real world based on nothing but speculation.
Here's my theory: Kinger mentions at [17:55] that he was a computer scientist, "Man, seven years of computer science for this, huh?"
While he could mean that he spent seven years of his life studying computer science only to end up in Hell, this also implies he had some kind of hand in creating the Digital Circus itself.
I think he did. He and a group called "Caine and Able" (named based on other theories) created a VR game called "The Digital Circus" with the intention of just making a fun highly immersive VR game for young audience using AI technology.
He and his wife were the first play testers, but there was some kind of error in the code that caused them to lose their memories so they couldn't get out. (perhaps the VR equipment was attached to their brain or something? Or the it was attached to their skull so they couldn't remove it? IDK)
After they got stuck, the team tried again and again to get them out but nothing worked.
But why is it called the "Daughter Theory?" You aren't asking, well my friend that is because Pomni is actually Kinger's daughter.
It is obvious from the moments in the episode that Kinger is a sort of father figure/was acting very fatherly to Pomni when he was more lucid. Anyways, yadda yadda Pomni went into the game to save her father only be to trapped herself unable to remember anything.
Of course, this part of the theory is kind of a stretch, and there's something to be said about the comparisons you can draw from the Mildenhall guy in the recordings and Kinger himself both being married men who went insane. In one of the recordings he mentions not having kids which would imply the same for Kinger. But if we assume everything Mildenhall said was supposed to apply to Kinger, that could mean he also killed his wife in his insanity. I don't think happened. At least I hope not 0-0.