I'm confused about The Amazing Digital Circus. Help

I'm probably a big dumb idiot moron, so be kind to me please. I came out of the TADC Finale in theaters feeling like I'd missed some shit, because the movie didn't quite "click" in the way I was hoping it would. So, I'm throwing questions here (rather than posting them directly to Bluesky and either getting passed over because of how long the thread would be, or just spamming spoilers into…