#[ WEEPING BCUS YOU THINK I'M A PHIL EXPERT 🥹 ]

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@dcwnthercbbithcle | Misc. Asks

KIRBY I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING! Well a question really but I was wondering if lore-wise you had an explanation for why Phil is completely alone in all of his maps & not forced to share (unlike Sally, Anna & Evan) it almost vibes to me like an additional punishment from the entity bc Phil deserves to have a pal and not letting him have any would be further detrimental to him. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, maybe it’s on purpose and not to punish but more so protect bc there is no way Phil could be *civil* with some of the killers that have been placed with others! Either way, I’d love your take on this as a Phil expert!

I JUST REALIZED I WASNT VERY CLEAR, by civil I more meant Phil looking at the very unsavoury killer roommate he got, going ‘no,’ and rebelling against the entity by refusing to remain in his own realm!

[ I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. A TOTALLY NORMAL AMOUNT jdjjdksksk ]

[ I think it's simultaneously a punishment and an attempt to keep some peace among the killers. Philip is very much an introvert that dislikes large crowds, but he also does not do well totally alone; he's prone to spiralling, mental and emotional self harm, letting his depression swallow him up and pull him in deeper without someone else around to keep his head above water so to speak. He gets paranoid when left isolated for too long, evident by his need to investigate every little disturbance he detects in Autohaven and stalk any uninvited guests while cloaked to try and deduce what purpose they're skulking around his realm for. While the Entity has concocted a great many tortures for Philip's stubborn disobedience and noncompliance, She's also learned that he's very good at torturing himself. ]

[ On the other hand, you're right in your assumption that Philip would not appreciate having to share his realm- but more in a "constant fistfights" way than a "pout in another realm" type of situation. Phil has zero tolerance for the majority of the other killers on a good mood day. The select few exceptions there being those like Carmina and Suzie (who also didn't and don't want to be killers), Rin and Sadako (who were horrifically wronged and, in his mind, are justified in their violence), and Hell's Priest and to a lesser degree Herman (those he's been forced to reevaluate his black and white catogirizing of through events in threads or in my own behind the scenes verse building.) While sticking Philip with the worst roommate imaginable would generate a buffet of emotion with the constant squabbling and physical brawls that would bring, it also has the high likelihood of breeding more rebellion; the other killer may interpret being stuck with someone that so openly hates them as an undeserved punishment and react accordingly. ]

[ Leaving Philip alone and frankly alienated, in a realm constructed of his final catastrophic mistake and its consequences, is ultimately killing two birds with one stone; keeping him in a constant emotionally agitated state, and dissuading him from hunting down and harassing the other killers. ]