#Like the setup for it is neat

[toad-in-a-trenchcoat]

heheheh.

HeheHaHAHA…

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA

[butterfilledpockets]

someone get this relic OUT the weaponry, he will blow the whole ship up (he still has no clue where he is)

bonus points to anyone that spots the weapon cameos from games

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(next batch of pages will be a little longer this time, going back to university and its going not bueno. Will keep updated <3)

[katboykirby]

Local men HANGED for sexy crimes 😭

[quibbs126]

I’m kind of interested in the setup of TFP post-war Cybertron

Because up until the finale, it was a dead world, and the only people there now were the people who were there when it got restored in the first place. There’s no one there, everyone has to come back

So like, anyone, Autobot or Decepticon, could come back to help and rebuild Cybertron, and by proxy, have a second chance. The only ones standing in their way would be the TFP cast, and they let Knockout join them. So like unless you’re causing real trouble, you probably won’t get discriminated against for your faction

But also everyone coming there would learn that the war is pretty much over, since Optimus is dead and Megatron renounced the cause (though he could probably also be declared dead as well, since he doesn’t really seem like he wants people looking for him). So again, having to make peace with the other factions

I think the setup could make some interesting post-war stories, rebuilding Cybertron and trying to reunify the race, without Optimus or Megatron around

I know IDW had stories post-war, but I think there the Senate was still around in some way and Cybertron still populated and with certain biases. With the Prime setup, pretty much everything’s a clean slate, with no government or war faction leaders (though there’s still some commanders and such), just the ruins of Cybertron and whoever comes back to rebuild

[nyatbinary-81]

okay. @evil-eyedlurker lets try this again since tumblr ate my last draft.

Part 1: Setting the Stage.

Before we begin, I'd like to recommend reading the book for yourself. There's a free copy here on archive.org. I'd also like to point to my previous post for some context if anyone reading this post is new here. You may also want to watch Dual Process Theory's take, as I agree with pretty much all of their arguments.

You have the appropriate context for this? Good.

Now then.

Within the logbook, there are three known writers: Red Pen, aka Michael Afton; Faded Text, aka Charlie Emily; and Altered Text, aka CC/Cassidy Afton.

There are also, however, three identifiable names: Mike, Cassidy, and Dave. Popular fanon will tell you that "Cassidy" is Faded, as well as being the Vengeful Spirit and the second Golden Freddy spirit. It will now also tell you that CC's name is Dave, previously mstaken to be Evan.

I am here to tell you that popular fanon is, as popular fanon tends to be, wildly off the mark.

As per my last post, I dismissed Cassidy as a little girl for two reasons: firstly, that she has no narrative significance before whenever the logbook takes place, and secondly, because Faded asks too many specific questions to be a stranger. The logbook came out after Pizzeria Sim, and introducing Cassidy as such an important character this late in the story is nonsensical.

But...my theory leaves out Dave. Who is Dave?

Put a pin in that for now. We'll get there. For now, let's talk about Michael Afton.

Part 2: Why?

In my last theory post, linked above, I asked a question that I found to be forgotten: why? Why does faded ask such specific questions? Why is there so much puppet symbolism? Why would CC know the name Cassidy? Why are there so many tidbits that never get mentioned?

I have some new ones today: Why is Mike here? Why are Charlie and Cassidy in his book? Why is the name Dave important?

For simplicity's sake, we'll start with why Charlie and CC are talking. Based on the imagery of the Puppet and birthdays on pages 31 and 98, as well as "The party was for you" (103), it's most likely to set up the Happiest Day, placing this before...whenever that happens. Before Pizzeria Sim, at least.

(Fig. 1: The Puppet/Happiest Day symbolism.)

So...if that's the goal, why is Mike important? Sure, he helps spell Cassidy's name, but only the last couple letters. And of all the available grids, "Dave" is spelt in the Foxy grid. The one animatronic that is associated with Mike.

(Fig. 2: Available grids.)

To me, this implies the name Dave is important for Michael to remember. But why?

...Why would Michael need to remember anything? Surely he remembers, right? I mean, he references the Nightmares and casual bongos and exotic butters and the Bite. Surely, surely that means he remembers!

(Fig. 3: Michael's references.)

Reread all his answers again, all throughout the book, knowing this takes place after Sister Location, during the time he's hunting down his father. Tell me what's missing. (Or you can trust me to tell you, I suppose.)

Mentions of his family, right?

In fact, he's not even the one to bring up the Bite. The logbook brings it up for him; he just responds to it.

Throughout the book, Mike is unresponsive and noncommittal. His doodles exist in the corners and margins, he rarely responds to either the book or Faded's questions directly, he even crosses out his own name. The only thing he repeatedly emphasizes throughtout the book is SURVIVAL. In all caps, SURVIVAL. CERTAIN DEATH.

(Fig. 4: Michael's scribblings as per the previous paragraph.)

Interestingly, he commonly writes about leaving leaving. Such as running away, locking up the animatronics, going on vacation, or dying. This directly contrasts his established desire to find his father, which implies he hasn't gotten that motivation yet.

Michael has been scooped by the time the Logbook happens. Michael, like most spirits, forgot. Forgot less than Cassidy and perhaps the MCI, for whatever reason, but forgot nonetheless.

And Charlie is here to help him remember, the same way she's helping Cassidy remember.

Specifically, she wants him to remember the name Dave, spelled out via the coordinates of the answered questions. The first one of which is answered by Michael, long before Cassidy says "I'm scared" as a potential alternate answer.

Part Three: Fandom Really Needs to Learn to Re-examine Fundamentals.

Take that pin out of "Who's Dave" and "Why is Dave important" from earlier, because it's time to answer those questions.

Okay. So, we've established a few things.

Dave is not one of the spirits in the logbook.

Charlie is pushing for Michael to remember the name Dave.

Michael has lost his memory, and has yet to gain the motive of finding his father.

If all of this is true, "Dave" must be connected to Michael's motivation: finding his father.

But we already know his name! William Afton, as established in...in......uh.........which game was it again? Sorry, hold on, let me just check my sources...*shuffling papers*...oh! Here we go! William Afton's name was established in the novels...and...and for the entirety of The Silver Eyes, he's referred to almost exclusively by his alias, Dave. To my knowledge, his first name is never confirmed in the games.

...What if we've been wrong in accepting that his name is William Afton? What if he is Dave, and it's not just an alias?

Allow me, once more, to set the scene.

Part Four: FNaF is a story. Let's treat it as such.

The date is [REDACTED], just after Michael's scooping. His corpse gets up without him, shambling around with metal for bones and vague remnants of children's souls for a pilot.

Michael himself is stuck in a security logbook; a paltry little thing given to him by his employers, like a twisted joke. He writes and crosses out his own name, and doodles in the margins for a bit.

Charlie, ever the attentive soul, joins him, bringing the Crying Child with her. Two brothers, one memory, or something like that. She begins gauging what he remembers: Does he know who he is? How he died?

Michael doesn't respond. He doesn't need to. It's not hard for Charlie to piece together what happened, especially given his shambling corpse ranting and raving about their revenge.

So, she begins to push Michael to remember his killer. She starts with the nightmares (do you have dreams), the first thing he did. She follows up with his resemblance to his father (what do you see), but Michael goes unresponsive, possibly catching on to her game. Ever the stubborn one, that. Instead, CC responds. So she switches gears, roping CC into helping her spell out both names by directing her questions to him, until Michael finally helps spell Cassidy.

Next to the wordsearch where Cassidy remembers is a mirror; one to reflect EVAD (spelled in CC answer order) into DAVE. Two brothers, one memory, as the saying doesn't go.

Michael's corpse lies cold and empty on the ground, Ennard having escaped into a gutter. He can't move on, not yet. There's only one option left for him now.

Michael looks into the mirror.

And his eyes open purple.

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also it would be really funny if davetrap had an alias in the games timeline and it was william/will miller THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT!

[demigod-shenanigans]

Now why in the world am I going back and forth about cutting a scene from this fic that isn’t even happening until the, like, second to last chapter when I haven’t even written most of the middle yet

[gomzdrawfr]

Everytime I see post of moots or other artists posting their room or tables it would be the most colorful interesting look out there with shit ton of trinkets and whatnot

Meanwhile mine’s clean with nothing but my laptop, mouse, drawing tablet, my clinical books and notes 😂

[always-an-evergreen]

Skull of homemade coffee liqueur bc I have a very sudden mixology addiction??

[space-ninja-fashion-show]

I really wish amp names showed up in the squad dropdown like the rest of your equipped gear does. Sometimes people have such good names for kitguns/zaws/pets and I wanna experience the same with amps

HEY resident tenno of tumblr, what did y'all name your amps 👀

(My mote is called Small Beginnings and my 1-2-3 is called Godhunter)

[the-kipsabian]

[titan-god-helios]

oh no oh fuck what happened to tumblr is my computer just fucking up or did the site actually change pleasetellmemycomputerfuckedupi'msostressedrightnowihatethis

[raychromatic]

got my first twitch payout today 😎

roughly $50usd minus processing fees, baby. makin the big bucks. this is what a full year as a Twitch Affiliate will get u 💰 livin large over here with my 66 canadian dollars. might go crazy and buy one (1) triple-A video game. or i could buy a few pizzas. or i could save the money and, if i make the same amount every year, in 2-3 years i might be able to afford a nice new microphone or maybe a stream deck. so many possibilities

[chompe-diem]

when will i ever catch up to naddpod

[quibbs126]

I had a dreamm involving a werewolf epidemic, which to transform at least required a storm and for you to take your hat off. I don’t entirely recall if you had to also be at least partially bald but looking back I don’t think so

This also affected animals, who don’t wear hats, so as you can imagine there was a large outbreak of wild werewolves

The cure that ended up being found was a song that was partially backwards of a song from Zelda (as in like the ocarina songs, and you do the notes in reverse order), but I can’t remember which

Also, it involved a multitude of characters from different series, but I recall Venture Bros characters being there. Rusty was the guy who made it only to be captured by someone else. Dean and someone else fell into the trap laid out by the villain, but Hank was unaware of the whole thing, at least initially. He did end up showing up but on the outside of the trap and the villain hid when they heard someone coming, which was just Hank and Dermott checking out this abandoned site because it was cool or something. And also this is around where Dean went, which was the initial reason for going, but they got distracted. Also 21 was there, and maybe 24. Not sure if he was a ghost or not. I think 21 may have taken on an apprentice, but I don’t remember who

[cantankerouscatfish]

one half of the 'agreed to spritz each other like misbehaving cats for fangirling over music' duo wasn't in today, so at the end of the day, the other went, 'No. I HAVE to.' and played 'Court of the Crimson King' on the nice speaker. gotta say, it's a good song played at a decent (which is to say, NOT wall-shaking) volume, but on a speaker that actually has bass (so not my little desktop setup).

and Ro mentioned that there's a character in her favorite book series called Crimson King, too. she likes The Dark Tower so much, she named her son after one of the characters.

[playingonedchess]

i never even particularly like my old uni room whys this stupid new place making me miss it