#Matpat how about music theory

[urlocalnonbinarybastardwrites]

If NO ONE will talk about the connections between Encanto and The Outsiders, I will.

-the characters, okay, the character crossovers,

Ponyboy Curtis is Mirabel Madrigal (the quirkyyyy one who thinks differently/is differently main character energy)

Sodapop Curtis is Isabel Madrigal (the pretty one who often gets seen as only beautiful/perfect and shallow because of it, but really do have a kind soul and are willing to sacrifice so much for their family)

Darry Curtis is Luisa Madrigal!!!!!! (The strong one, heavily depended on for physical/emotional labor, always stressed and worried about taking care of the family)

Two bit Mathews is Camilo Madrigal (the comedic character that drops hints of a deeper person/meaning but no one ever talks about it, also secretly tired of having to keep up the jokes all the time and never being trusted with anything serious)

Johnny Cade is Antonio Madrigal (shyer more dependent character who is close to having a massive character change~ possibly coming of age)

Dallas Winston is Bruno Madrigal (I see the connection here not in personality but how people act about these types of characters- abandoned, taboo characters who get shoved away, deemed as wicked)

Steve Randle is Delores Madrigal (often ignored but actually carries a big part in the plot which is never discussed- this character has a lot connections and uses them, also worth noting that Delores kinda treats Mirabel like Steve treats Pony with the innocent seeming snarky remarks, if you don’t understand I am referring to “Oh, she didn’t get one” when talking about gifts which was absolutely unnecessary)

-not to mention the “big family” trope in both of them

-and they both have trio siblingsss

-both have similar tropes of “adults not understanding” and abuse in families

-not to mention the outsiders is a musical and so is encanto

-also like some of the Songs are sooooo coded for certain outsiders characters

-imma do a list of that tbh

“The Family Madrigal” ~Ponyboy Curtis coded, he would introduce the gang like this

“Waiting on a Miracle”~ I know is seems Ponyboy Curtis coded, but this is a motherfreaking Johnny Cade song at heart no one can tell me otherwise “Can’t keep down the unspoken invisible pain, always waiting in a miracle” like TELL me that isn’t Johnny Cade

“Surface Pressure” DARRRY CURTIS SONG RIGHT HERE I MADE A POST ABOUT THIS

“We don’t talk about Bruno” Dallas Winston, pretty straight forward

“What Else Can I Do?” Honestly even though Soda has a lot in common with Isabel I don’t think it’s his song- I think it’s Steve’s.

“Dos Oruguitas” SAME ENERGY AS STAY GOLD PONYBOYYYYT AHHHH I CANT~ Johnny Cade, Ponyboy Curtis coded ahhhh song

“All of you” Ponyboy in that one line of like “Hundreds of boys who maybe watched sunsets and looked at stars and ached for something better.” But really this song is whole gang coded in different moments

“Colombia, Mi Encanto” I get Two Bit Mathews energy from this song- celebratory, ​beautiful, happy

-honestly this is the Part One of a longggggggg series of rants

-also this isn’t a connection but Delores is evil go watch the MatPat film theory here’s the link

Comment anything or shoot an ask about any of YOUR connections!

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

@alittlebitofloveliness

@ac3ifix

[lexusinsannus]

DARK REMAINS CAME OUT TODAY

and lemme just say...

I HAVE SOME THEORIES!!!!!

(spoilers under the cut)

BUT FIRST MATPATS SINGING IS SO MWAH IM IN LOVE

(will rant about that later)

anyways on with my theory

this is in fact the origin of "evil dirtbag with a chainsaw"

his whole part in the dark remains song shows him making the chainsaw, and in the "hello retirement" reaction gtlive, he says he ends up stabbing himself AND someone else

his manager being the "someone else" checks off, but it does in fact look like the first time he used that chainsaw.

speaking of the song, his lyrics do show that he is slowly losing it and becoming more and more of a psychotic killer (i'm saying more because he already is, in web of lies he says "...and they'll find out what i did to those kids." probably hinting to him killing said kids like in the actual fnaf lore?), "and no one knows the monster i've become" and "so now the world is payin for my sin" (great vocals aside) this shows he is becoming more like the insane killer we see in the og fnaf musical (again, ''more" because he's already proven himself insane and unhinged in web of lies and dark remains), most likely leading him to try and take the animatronics back to frame them for his crimes, and since glitchtrap was the one that sent the said animatronics away (correct me if i'm wrong), this leads to the fight between matpat and glitchtrap (shown in dark remains trailer), and ultimately leads to matpat stabbing himself with his own weapon (literally) (going back to what he said on gtlive).

the question now is does he experiment with remnant? or does he find another way to live? (since both people we've seen get stabbed with the chainsaw are assumed dead)

also the difference in his suit will probably be explained in the next parts too:

(first photo from dark remains, second from og fnaf musical)

this difference may play into his revival after he stabs himself, being his own blood smearing the suit, or it could be someone else's, and more murders are shows in shadows of agony, taking back fazbears, and/or virus?

after all, in the timeline, the dark remains tetralogy is six years before the og fnaf musical (nate gets hired during ground zero, and is assumed to quit before web of lies since we don't see him in it, and web of lies is a year after ground zero, and nate's "it's been 7 years since i worked at this place" lyrics clarify how long its been since he worked there) so there could be another event causing all that blood, either that or he just kinda springtraps for a while and doesnt really come back until the og fnaf musical.

but hey

that's JUST A THEORY

A FILM THEORY

aaaand cut!

me trying to figure out the fnaf musical lore at the ripe time of 2am

[merlatealeaf72]

Idk if any of you watch FNAF The Musical, but I do so you're gonna hear me ramble about it. (Shadows of Agony spoilers)

Glitchtrap's line "You're not William Afton" in Shadows of Agony really threw me off. But I went back and rewatched all the musicals that MatPat's character is in, and found something weird.

With one exception, he is never referred to as William Afton. It is nearly always Phone Guy or Mr. Afton, even in the original series.

(There's also a newspaper clipping in Dark Remains that says "owner William Afton", but it doesn't directly refer to MatPat's character so it could be referring to someone else)

The one exception is in Dark Remains, where Elizabeth says "Uncle William likes rabbits". This reference feels like a throwaway line (I didn't catch it on my first few watchthroughs). But it has me thinking.

Now, I haven't played FNAF (so forgive me if I'm wrong about this lore), but I've watched a lot of Game Theory, and William Afton is associated with rabbits. He wears the Springlock/Golden Bonnie suit to lure the children to their deaths. Fredbear is Bonnie's stage partner and Henry Emily is William's business partner. And who wears a bear suit in FNAF The Musical?

I think that MatPat's character is Henry Emily.

This leads to two possibilities:

Both Henry and William are Elizabeth's uncles, either by being brothers, brothers in law, partners or if "uncle" is just a nickname for one/both of them (like how some children call close family friends uncle). However, then Glitchtrap's line doesn't really make sense, because why would he think Henry is William?

Henry is pretending to be William. In this case, Glitchtrap's line makes sense, but it seems unrealistic that Elizabeth didn't realise that her uncle was replaced by someone else. I do think this does make more sense, since the restaurant assessment guy does call him Mr Afton. Also, in the original series, he appears to still have hands, so maybe it is the real William Afton in that series.

This isn't a perfect theory, but I don't really care. I'm just having fun. I cannot wait for the next part.

[fnaftm]

finally watching the new fnaf the musicals because i have weird anxiety about watching things i've been waiting for sometimes... :)

i love how balloon boy sometimes sounds like he's saying "hoe" instead of hello. and also matpat definitely retired from game theory so that he can play william afton more /silly

[freakymcnastys]

“possibly in michigan” a creepp book - headcannons

general headcannons:

slenderman is british.

despite what people might think the mansion is way bigger on the inside

it has its own theater, bar, hell even a convenience store, no one actually knows how the store gets stocked

ben is too scared to go down there bc of that

the slender brothers come over every thanksgiving and christmas but offender is limited to the living room and dining room…

sally FORCES jeff to dress up for tea parties

jeff cuts his own hair but is surprisingly good at it

thinking about how smile dog is basically jeffs therapy dog :(((

jack has def tried to eat jeffs kidneys but give up cuz jeff woke up 💔💔

toby is an AVID game theory/matpat stan like he loves watching everything matpat is in so when he announced his retirement….lets say it was ROUGH.

slender puts all of sally’s drawings on the fridge and when they isn’t enough room he would rather buy another fridge then get rid of them

masky is like the stressed out older sibling 🤷‍♀️

ben has drank paint.

has a snapchat gc where they send each other snaps

whenever slender and jeff (or anyone for that matter) talk/argue slender has to bend at a 90 degree angle 😭😭

devon’s headcannons:

definitely butt dials people and scares the shit outta them 💀

going along with that devon totally prank calls people with ben and is like “is ur refrigerator running” 😭

her and jack watch reality tv shows (love and hiphop, dr phil, kardashins, etc)

devon’s fav movie is donnie darko…😁

she always sends jack funny tiktoks while he sends her reels

her chainsaws name is jellybean !

sometimes when she goes out with the proxys she brings fake slender pages (saying stuff like “bitchless” and the entire bee movie script) and hangs them up (but slender always finds them and yells at her)

her fav slenderbrother is probably trenderman

PERSONALLY i think that like the demon and jack are two different ppl so like whenever ‘the beast’ gets out it’s not rlly jack? yk?

so one time ‘the beast’ was fed up with jack actually letting himself feel feelings for devon that he brought devon to the tree where she got hung, to kill her 😁 but dw he failed but jack felt bad after ☹️👎

has told hoodie to ‘turn that frown upside down’….

goes up to masky and gets up real close and whispers… “i know what you are..” and just walks away..

maxine’s headcannons:

isn't quite used to newer slang so she still talks how people in the 1920s did and nobody really understands her that well...

she hates her cellphone and WILL NOT use it unless it's direly needed.

she definitely has a record collection but it's all jazzy and "old-timey" music and she does not let anyone else near her records or her record player

she would teach ben how to ballroom dance and then force him to have dancing sessions with her because her favorite thing to do when she was human was to dance at parties

slenderman FOR SURE banned smoking in the house but maxine is allowed to break that rule so she waltzes around the house with her huge cigarette holder bullying jeff cause he definitely wants to smoke.

she generally dislikes getting help with wounds and stuff because of all the malpractice that was preformed on her when she was human

the phantom of the opera (1925) is her absolute favorite movie and one day slender comes back from the store with the 2004 version and she literally falls in love with him right at that moment

she's like your grandma that 1. doesn't know how to work her phone (or tv or anything) and 2. says things that she thinks mean one thing and they actually don't... like for example....maxine: im sending lols jack: maxine someone died...why are you laughing out loud... maxine: oh i thought that meant lots of love :( jack: oh my fucking god bro

the effects of her lobotomy pop up from time to time when she's doing stuff so sometimes she loses the ability to focus and kind of "dumbs down" because people who are lobotomized often lose their higher levels of intellectuals and then she loses the ability to emotionally respond so slender has to help her out and keep an eye on her cause she might do something dumb. :(( then once she comes back she feels so bad that slender had to basically babysit her and he feels worse cause how could anyone do his love like that

IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS BUT- maxine and slenderman compliment eachother so well. he's a gentleman and she's a ladylike woman and they just...fit perfectly together

her favorite modern (ish) movie is the shining cause it reminds her of the good old days and she would be like "ah yes i remember when people would kill at parties" and everyone else is like "what"

her 1920s brain loves coloring books cause she's probably never been stimulated via colors so she has a bunch of coloring books and people come over and are like "slender i didn't know you found a child" and he's all like "oh no that's just maxine"

i think sometimes she forgets she doesn't live alone and she will walk out of her room in her underwear and is like "oh great heavens my bad gs"

© love always, kat + devina <3

[inklyqueen]

Things I Noticed About Velvet and Veneer Specifically

And a small thought I had about Crimp

Because I'm on the Trolls 3 Brainrot. Some headcanons might be in here too. Idk I heard that cover of Fame/Remember My Name and the Freshman theatre kid in me started crying tears of joy because I was in the high school version

Disclaimer that I am not an attorney or licensed anything. I grew up watching Game Theory, so I've learned a lot of MatPat's research methods. That being said, information I've found could be incorrect because, after all, it's the Internet. This is all in regards to a work of fiction, though do consult an actual attorney or legal team if you see a need to.

Content warning for topics in this including torture, kidnapping, and murder. Also Long Post warning.

- As time went on with their songs, I noticed that Velvet was beginning to overpower Veneer. Idk if it was an intentional detail on the director's/music dept's part, but if you go through all of songs in the order they're sung (including Sweet Dreams in John Dory's flashback) you'd notice the following:

- There's an even audio/equal turns in their duet during Sweet Dreams. Velvet has her riff moments but she's not overpowering Veneer. The song itself is also mildly ironic because of the lyrics in context:

...Some of them want to use you/Some of them want to be used by you/Some of them want to abuse you/Some of them want to be abused...

I'm sure the context is obvious, what with Floyd and the rest of the boys being outright abused by the both of them. Though my thought on it goes mildly deeper because when you listen to Watch Me Work, the arrangement is like this (I recommend listening to the song with headphones on/both earbuds in btw):

Purple for Velvet, Green for Veneer, Blue for Both

Never gets old no matter how much I'm told, I'm amazing, You're amazing

Hard to get tired when I'm always on fire, I'm blazin', ooh, you're blazin'

All my greatest, It doesn't come for free (yeah)

All my talent, It doesn't grow on trees

Take a breather (ooh), Then take it all away

If the top is where you wanna stay

You gotta work hard (uh-huh) To make it look it easy

You gotta live fast to keep makin' that money (ooh)

If you want to be as famous as me

You gotta work, gotta work, gotta work

Watch me work...

... Go ahead and watch me work

Haters wanna be me or be with me

Yeah, they're f-f-freakin', Ooh, they're freakin', yeah

I just keep on workin', lurkin', smirkin'

When they think that I'm peakin', never peakin', yeah

Velvet is starting to overpower her brother, not in a social or public image sense, but he's heard less in the music now. On top of that, the song seems to be specifically about Velvet (and the fact that this entire performance is a lie). Veneer is singing to Velvet in agreement of her claims. It's not, "They think that we're peakin'," it's "I'm peakin'," and "All my talent." The only time Veneer sings is to riff/add under it with flair, or to agree that Velvet is blazing on the charts. I'm 99% sure that the idea alone to use Floyd for personal gain was her idea. I still want context as to how they learned that the diamond perfume bottle works that way, and how they ended up grabbing him in the first place okay it's KIND OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION DREAMWORKS

And again in Mount Rageous and the use of Fame/Remember My Name:

Same colour code applies, anything in black are the background/back-up vocals, or a combination of Velvet, Veneer, and Back-Up Vocals together

(Fame!) I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly

(High!) I feel it comin' together (oh, yeah)

People will see me and cry (Fame!)

I'm gonna make it to Heaven (Heaven), Light up the sky like a flame (Hah!)

I'm gonna live forever, Baby, remember my name...

... All my greatness, It doesn't come for free

All my talent, It doesn't grow on trees

Take a breather, then take it all the way

If the top is where you wanna stay...

...You gotta work hard

I'm gonna live forever, (keep makin' that money) Learn how to fly

If you want to be as famous as me, You gotta work, you gotta work, you gotta work

You gotta work hard...

...If you want to be as famous as me, Famous as my name

Notice how Veneer didn't get a chance to sing alone once in this number, not even for a riff or extra flair. The end of the song when she sings Name she's riffing the highest she ever has alone. Though I do believe that Veneer had had enough at this point and stopped singing, as he didn't want to do the encore. He knew they already won; all they had to do was take the award, finish the night out and go home. PR would most likely be the ones to handle the media with questions regarding why three little Trolls rolled up claiming they kidnapped four other Trolls, and then immediately began jumping at them repeatedly at a specific part of their outfits that they'd covered from the cameras in the first place. (Unless of course, the police got involved. Love how Bruce was the only one that thought to say "Call the authorities," and even if they had the authorities could've at least retrieved Floyd for them maybe so the abuse would stop? I'm sure there's an AU Fanfic in that somewhere—)

- Continuing on this in regards to Veneer, he is the definition of a morally grey character to an extent. There's some minor issues here and there, but I haven't seen a good grey character in animation in a while, so props to the Trolls III team on his development.

But instead of calling it there, Velvet, high on the adrenaline and the fame now lodged into her core, demands he sings again. She refuses to let the Trolls walk away with what they want, even though she's already won and made it to the top, and even if she'd stop there, she wouldn't let any of those Trolls leave if she had anything to say or do about it. So, looking to make more history, she screws herself over in the process. One part on Crimp's "betrayal," (more on that in a minute), but also in one part that Floyd would not have made it through that first song in her encore, and she would have croaked and embarrassed them both. Veneer outright told her he wouldn't make it and she did it anyway (or attempted). Hell Floyd barely made it through the ending chorus with his brothers by the the tip of his black eyeliner pencil.

- Adding to this, I noticed that Veneer never had Floyd in his shoulder pad slot things. In fact he wasn't ever truly the one that had ahold of Floyd's diamond cage for longer than a few minutes at a time. Velvet always spritzed herself first. Velvet almost always had the diamond in her hands. The only time Veneer has the diamond is when he spritz himself, and the two-to-three minute conversations between him and Floyd. When Veneer catches Floyd, he's immediately prompted to hand him back to Velvet. Velvet is almost always in full control over Floyd. Even during "What's with your vibe and your face?" She moved the diamond away from Veneer as if she were defending the bottle. (If I remember correctly. I need to watch the movie in full again and not a bunch of snips and clips.) She doesn't even trust her own brother to be alone with the bottle for longer than a few minutes.

The issues I noticed was how, despite going back and forth about how what they were doing to Floyd was right or wrong, he leaned more towards his sister's viewpoint when reminded of small things, i.e. the illegal pet monkey, but then leaned away from his sister when he stopped and saw what his actions were doing to a little guy like Floyd, who probably only wanted to visit Mount Rageous like a tourist or something. AGAIN I NEED ANSWERS DREAMWORKS

Veneer suggested ways to ease off using the perfume bottle, but didn't push the boundary when Velvet shot him down, and he's outright blunt that she kind of has no excuse to continue the charade. "We grew up in the suburbs, our parents were dentists." (You know they were rich kids if BOTH parents were dentists.) And with the cash they were making off their careers, they could hire a vocal coach AND require a signed NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement). (Also how do you tax evade when purchasing a yacht??? You literally have to like— Do a credit check or something- Unless they paid with cash in full—) It wasn't until he realized that he'd almost killed Floyd (for real at the end) that he said enough was enough. His mini-panic attack upon Floyd's fake out shows that he has morals, but is ignoring them. He stops to listen to what Floyd has to say and is open to the conversation, rather than shutting him down. ("Just because she's your sister doesn't mean you should let her treat you like garbage." "Doesn't it?") I would not be surprised if Velvet ended up outright leaving him behind in her further climb in fame and the charts if they'd continued beyond the movie without intervention.

As for Crimp:

My biggest question with Crimp is how the hell she managed to get away with her involvement in the kidnapping and torture of a Troll.

Hear me out: I'm assuming now Trolls have more protections after the liberation and total turn around and revival of Bergen Town and the Rock Apocalypse, since she explicitly states "Troll-napping, Troll Torture," rather than just Kidnapping and Torture in general.

Upon her hire-on as an assistant to the twins, I assume she'd have to sign a NDA with their record label to protect their livelihoods and whatever music and songs she sees them working on, but a NDA does not protect a company or person from the law. (Noting that I'm going off USA Law here since these are about the same across most of the fifty states, and I honestly could compare Mount Rageous to Hollywood or Los Angeles, CA at this point?)

NDAs give a company the right to file a cease and desist against an employee if it's found they're giving out private corporate or internal information. This isn't the same as a HIPPA or other kind of protection law that prevents an employee's personal information from being aired out or an HR case being put in the open (think when a customer wants to complain about a retail worker and asks for their last name, you're not allowed to give that information. Or if someone comes to customer service asking if a specific person is working at the moment, you're not allowed to answer that. (At least the store I work at has those rules.)) In the USA with most states, you are usually required by law to report a crime if you know of it. Failing to do so is called a Misprision of a Felony. So if you know your boss has murdered someone and covered it up (*cough cough* Sing 2 *cough*), you are required to report it. If you know your assigned pop stars are holding a protected citizen (or species? I guess?) hostage and are exploiting their powers through means of ESSENTIALLY torture, you'd be legally required to report it. Otherwise you'd be at risk of being held accountable of aiding and abetting. Which technically she could be held accountable anyway because she made that "fruit extractor" for them on Velvet's lie that it's for smoothies on stage. Hell she was LITERALLY getting ukulele lessons from Floyd.

A NDA does not exempt you or your employers from the law or reporting illegal activity. A judge is likely to take that NDA and throw it away when it comes to information regarding the case. The excuse that the NDA prevented Crimp from reporting the crime doesn't hold. Hell I didn't even see a hint of blackmail or threat of harm to herself in this case, unlike Jimmy Crystal in Sing 2, where he outright threatened to kill Buster Moon multiple times and then attempted to commit the murder in front of thousands of people. The only real thing Crimp could ride on with a defense attorney is the fact that Velvet lied and told her that it was for smoothies. She also had a whole cell phone and could have called the authorities when they locked her in the closet. (Internet cell service is not the same as mobile phone service. Phones, even ones that don't have a SIM card or unlocked phones, are required by law to allow phone calls to 911 or numbers that are required emergency services in the USA. It's why your hidden phone from your parents say SOS where the reception bars would be, and also why that hidden phone still got that emergency alert system text.)

I actually did a detailed research post on Jimmy Crystal's offences and what he could face for prison time here if you wanna read over it :3

Anywho, I love them a lot, I hope this post was helpful or gave you some new thoughts and insights :3

Bonus Floyd Gif bc I love him

[mesozoic-system]

FAVORITE ROTTMNT CANON FACTS AND HEADCANONS ((MASSIVE SPOILERS!!!))

Don't be afraid to share your thoughts, opinions, and ideas! Comment which headcanons you agree or disagree with! I love hearing your feedback!!!!

❤️🥷🧡🐢💙🍕💜

Favorite Canon Facts About Donnie

He's a soft shell turtle.

He loves to dance.

He's autistic.

His true passion is botany.

He hates being touched, but can sometimes tolerate it.

He's unfamiliar with strong emotions and will become confused.

He draws on his eyebrows.

He has an intense chronic fear of beach balls, bees, and spiders.

His favorite music genre is techno.

His gamer tag is "Bootyyyshaker9000".

His least favorite animals are monkeys.

His "type" are "cute but mean".

He doesn't like Hawaiin Pizza.

He's bad at sports.

He covers his neck when he's in danger.

He knows ASL.

He considers S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. as his son.

Favorite Headcanons About Donnie

Their pronouns are He/They

While experiencing autistic burnout, he'll become nonverbal and use sign-language or whisper to communicate.

They're also sensitive to loud noises at these times, and Raph always has to remind everyone to keep it down.

If he's been injured on his back without his battleshell (but not drastically), he'll have trouble breathing and enter an anxiety attack (turtles' lungs are located right underneath their shell).

They're aroace and would rather focus on science than dating.

He doesn't oppose wearing skirts or dresses. He finds them comfy.

While growing up, they had a tendency to swallow food whole, so Splinter had to cut it small until they learned how to eat properly.

They rarely cuss, but will do so if they get very angry or frustrated.

He lets April paint his nails alongside Mikey, but only prefers the colors purple, black, or both.

He's an insomniac.

He puts his legs on other people's laps when sitting on a coach no matter who it is.

They know the FNAF lore by heart to every detail and spent months putting the pieces together.

However, he has different theories than MatPat.

Favorite Canon Facts About Mikey

They needed braces when their adult teeth grew in.

He's a ornate box turtle.

Out of all of his brothers, he looks up to Leo the most.

His gamer tag is "Flavortown".

His favorite music genre are boy bands.

He's interested in horoscopes.

He has ADHD.

He chooses scissors every time in Rock, Paper, Scissors.

He's the youngest of his brothers.

He's the family cook.

His favorite superheroes are Batman and Superman.

He loves to draw, paint, and color.

Favorite Headcanons About Mikey

He has three known alter-egos: Dr. Delicate Touch, Dr. Feelings, and Dr. Positive.

He has ADHD.

His pronouns are He/She.

Like Donnie, she enjoys wearing skirts, but instead of occasionally, she wears them as often as she can.

He and April are always painting amazing graffiti art in the sewer tunnels.

She hides in her shell when she's overwhelmed, startled, or upset until she calms down.

His favorite type of dancing is freestyle.

She loves rollerskating just as much as skateboarding.

He once found a raccoon, mistook it for a cat, and begged Splinter to let him keep it.

She was not allowed to keep the raccoon.

Because he loves art, his sibling's walls are covered in his drawings.

She flops down on a couch or chair every time she sits down.

He'll sometimes say random things out of the blue, but not realize he said it out loud until the others acknowledge it. Sometimes, they don't react to spare him the embarrassment, being that it's normal for him.

She loves Disney movies and sings along to all the songs, even if she doesn't know the words.

After using his mystic powers for the first time during the movie, his hands became shaky and painful. They eventually became better, but he had to go through the "What if I'm like this forever" phase.

She's pansexual.

Favorite Canon Facts About Leo

He cussed once but didn't know what it meant.

He's a red-eared slider.

His favorite music genre is glam rock.

He's really good at basketball.

He's fluent in Spanish.

He loves cracking jokes, especially in the middle of a battle.

He's the fastest runner among his brothers.

Favorite Headcanons About Leo

His pronouns are He/Him.

He's gay but very flirty with any gender- but only if it's to smooth-talk them into doing something for him.

He likes freestyle dancing along with Mikey.

He's rickrolled his entire family at least twice each.

He used to bite a lot as a kid, especially when he was teething.

He doesn't discriminate between dogs and cats.

He has excellent medical training.

He may not take a lot of things seriously, but when Donnie began using sign language, he was the one to encourage everyone else to learn it. He was even fluent long before anyone else was.

He hates reading.

He prefers to wear sweats.

He has ADHD, like Mikey.

He and Donnie share a twin's connection, meaning they can hear each other's thoughts and sense their emotions if they're strong enough.

Favorite Canon Facts About Raph

He was absolutely heart-broken when Raphael died in the apocalyptic future, but Donnie's death changed him permanently because their connection was severed.

He's an insomniac.

He is a snapping turtle.

His catchphrase is "Like a Boss!"

He loves animals.

He regularly speaks in the third-person.

He's the eldest of his brothers.

He's allergic to peanuts.

Whenever he's on the phone with any of his brothers, he speaks in a gentle tone as if talking to an infant.

His favorite music genre is Rhythm and Blues.

He has separation anxiety.

He wears a retainer headset at night.

He has an obsession with pushing big, red buttons.

He's terrible at taking pictures.

He lets off several scents depending on his emotions if they're strong.

He loves to spar.

He likes to dress in drag and animal costumes.

He loves stuffed animals and plushies.

Big heart, small brain.

Favorite Headcanons About Raph

His pronouns are He/She.

Two of her hobbies are baking and knitting, both of which she's become really good at.

He loves strawberries. And no, not just because they're red.

To her brothers' amusement, she's a raging video-gamer and gets upset when she loses, but not when playing with Mikey.

He loves hugs, snuggling, and holding hands with his brothers and April.

She likes Kool-Aid, but only because it stains her mouth different colors.

He sometimes has trouble communicating and stammers a lot, especially when stressed.

She can't have straws because she always chews on them, even if they're the reusable ones. She once destroyed Mikey's curly straw by accident, but bought a whole new pack as an apology. She was only able to afford it because she did Donnie's chores to earn enough money.

He loves to sing, even though he's no good at it.

She's bisexual.

He's excellent at comforting others when they need it.

After the movie, she needed to wear an eyepatch.

Favorite Canon Facts About April

She's not afraid of a fight, even if her opponent is bigger and stronger than her.

She's rather intelligent.

She gets along well with everyone she meets unless they're mean to her or do something bad.

She loves to play video games.

She is Splinter's student and is currently learning Ninjutsu.

She has accurate aim and can use anything as a weapon.

Hating April for her "new race" is racist. Stop it.

Favorite Headcanons About April

It's pronouns are They/It.

They're nonbinary.

It worked overtime to suprise the boys with Nintendo Switches.

They consider the Hamato family as their own and call the turtles their brothers often.

It's bisexual.

They snap at anyone who misgenders or uses the wrong pronouns for any of their siblings.

It loves sleepovers.

They're dating Sunita.

The first time it wore a binder, everyone noticed instantly and started panicking until it told them.

Favorite Canon Facts About Splinter

He always falls asleep after drinking milk and eating cake.

He used to date Big Mama.

He refers to his sons as their mask's colors.

He can turn the lights off in any room he's in with a clap of his hands, giving him an advantage by using the darkness.

He was a professional actor before his mutation.

He's a really good singer.

He's able to sew rather well.

He can move faster than an eye could follow.

He can set different parts of his body on fire at will.

Favorite Headcanons About Splinter

His pronouns are He/Him.

He had to put leashes on the turtle tots to keep track of them.

He can actually be a good dad if he really needs to be.

Although he rarely says it out loud, he is extremely proud of all of his sons, but secretly wishes he had done more for them as they grew up.

He was extremely protective of Donnie as he grew up and took great favor in making sure she was safe because of his soft shell. The others never got jealous of all the attention she got because they knew how important it was to keep him safe- Well... maybe Leo did a few times. When she grew up and made himself a battleshell, Splinter finally relaxed.

Headcanons About All

The turtles shed their skin and shells annually.

[stars-in-a-jam-jar]

So in light of the whole 'MatPat is no longer Theory Channel Host as of March 9th' thing, I just wanna ask...

What the fuck is y'all's problem with this man?

Like, there's such a tone of 'Yea! Finally!! The scourge is lifted!' to a lot of the posts/reblogs I've seen and it's only been like two hours since the video went up and like. The worst crimes this man ever committed as far as I can suss out in the over a decade I have known of his existence is that he misgendered Kris Deltarune a few times (which is not good, yes, but judging by how the man conducts himself, I'm gonna chalk that one up to being inattentive and suffering from the cisnormativity disease. still bad but not unforgivable) and he's like... cringe. Crime above all crimes, you dared to inconvenience me by making me cringe with your Sans is Ness theory. Also that one time Game Theory covered an ARG, concentrating popular attention to the channel instead of the collective problem solving of the people who've Been on the case. Those two videos tend to be the things people cite disliking him for.

And like, it's one thing if people just blandly said 'Nah, I can't get into Game Theory, it makes me cringe too much' or 'I just don't like that thing that happened with the ARG' and if MatPat said something particularly meme-able people clowned on him for a week or two before moving on. But like..... That tone I was talking about now that he's said 'I'm stepping down from hosting and doing other things with my life' is just So Pervasive and has been for years at this point.

This feels like the shit with Guy Fieri all over again, except Fieri is a network television dude, so people don't have quite the same flavor of Internet Brain Infection about him than they do about primarily online personalities. This feels like a longer brewing version of the Lin Manuel Miranda backlash whatever. Why the FUCK does everyone clown on Lin Manuel Miranda so much? Why do they use recognizing his lyrical style/impact on musical theater like an insult? This whole phenomenon is bigger than MatPat, I didn't give you the full picture at the top of the post. This is about me hating how people on the internet talk like they're in their bestie's living room fucking around and not like they're in a public space where there should be like. Basic fucking etiquette and boundaries.

If you're one of those people who decides to be unreasonable to strangers on the internet, you'll likely dismiss me as a self centered anxious waif who's just trying to defend the old white YouTuber I'm attached to (he's not old btw, some of y'all have just developed horrible cognitive distortions about aging and think 37 is ancient) but I frankly believe that maybe we shouldn't be openly publicly mean to strangers as a meme. Just fuckin' saying.

[theoristwiki]

Wiki Updates

Hey Theoryandahalf here. Sorry this update is a long time coming, we got very busy. We also started to advertise the wiki on Reddit. Please consider upvoting our posts or spreading the news as we still need more editors!

Here's the roundup of updates over the last month (give or take a few days):

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Edit: Forgot to add we updated every single GTLive season so that there is a short summary of major events. I also started to backfill all of the decorations on each of the backgrounds and bestie Declan updated the GTLive year pages so we have pages for each year. Woo!

Added Episode Entries

Style Theory Does Waterproof Makup Actually Work? Can Feng Shui Cure My Depression? Is TikTok Shop the Next Amazon? TikTok's Color Test is TRASH! How to Finally Stop SHEIN! What is the Ken effect? The Barbie Movie Made Me Question EVERYTHING! Can Caffeine Beauty Product ENERGIZE YOU? I Found the Best and WORST SunScreen for Your Skin

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[kathystheoriesandmore]

Joke FNAF Theory that I took way to seriously-

Okay-

So I rewatched the FNAF Musical recently.

it's funny and its a classic, (I recommend to the people who just joined the fandom) So of course I had to rewatch it! BUT! After it was over... I realized something....

The Animatronics at the end... Made the Horror games. Which is close to the lore for HELP WANTED, with a game developer making the games to make fun of Fazbear Entertainment.

I thought maybe it was a coincidence, but then I started replacing random things like FNAF AR being the Animatronics just wanting to say hi, and Glitchtrap being MatPat messing with the game code-

And suddenly everything just clicked!

I then moved to FNAF Security Breach and decided to try replacing more! I replaced Gregory with Markiplier (Being destructive and trying to kill and shoot them), And Freddy and gang being friendly til AJ- I mean... Vanny, messed with them cuz she wanted more hours! Also Vanny making BurntTrap and him getting out of a BOX!!!

But the cherry on top is with RUIN!!! With Cassie being Nate and knowing the place already and feeling sorry for them (as well as both of them knowing how to hack even tho I don't think either know how to-), and the MIMIC being MatPat, guiding us with a call and making us suspicious and doing a reveal with BREAKING DOWN A WALL, AND CALLING TO US!!! And right as he is about to attack! An Animatronic who we thought was down and dead COMES AND SAVES US!!!!

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CASE CLOSED! THANKS FOR LISTENING TO MY TEDTALK!

:)

[disaster-by-chance]

So,, saw the FNAF movie...

I've been following this franchise since like,, the first game and even though it was never like a HUGE fixation that lasted super long, it was still something I thoroughly enjoyed. I'd watch all of Mark's videos every time they came out, fan game or not, and was religiously watching Matpat's theories because I just thought they were so cool and well thought out.

Anyways, when the game first came out and I was just getting into it, I was in middle school (I think) and I grew up religious so my mom naturally hated the game. She hated the game and she hated Markiplier and I remember I hated her for it because at the time I was a big fan and I loved Markiplier. I don't know how she found out about it but as soon as she heard "killing kids" and "horror" it was over.

And I remember always being so jealous every time I saw someone with FNAF merch because I wanted merch so badly but I wasn't allowed to get it. And to run salt into the wound, I always saw kids who were younger than me with the merch, and that made me even more upset because I was like, "Why do kids younger than me get to enjoy the game so freely? Why aren't their parents concerned about the content they're consuming?"

Flash forward all these years and now I'm twenty, I've got my own money, got FNAF merch for the first time ever, and got to go see the movie with my sister. Had this movie come out years earlier, I guarantee you there was absolutely no chance of me seeing it in theaters.

In the week leading up to today, I've been listening to FNAF fan music nonstop and that just made me all the more hyped for the movie. Seeing everyone else who grew up with the game and making their posts about how they're seeing this movie for that kid just got me all emotional because today I went to go see that movie for the struggling, angry, confused middle schooler who would indulge in the silly little animatronics and watch the silly man scream at them just to feel a little happy.

Let me tell you, 11-year-old me enjoyed that movie so much. It felt like a piece of me was put to rest, as cheesy as it is (and fitting for this franchise) but I had an absolute blast.

Go see the movie and obligatory "IS THAT THE BITE OF 87'??" picture :)

[lexusinsannus]

so... i have a theory

[for legal reasons this is satire]

click below to watch lexus lose her mind!! /hj

in fnaf the musical, afton killed missing kids, confirmed by glitchtrap in web of lies. he refers to afton as "...an upstanding business manager using his restaurant as cover to murder kids in his spare time."

and judging by the animatronics voices, and the fact that they act like kids, they are most likely the missing kids that afton killed. but they don't resent afton... or know his name for that matter. in web of lies, chica refers to afton as "the phone guy," showing that they don't know his name.

what if they lost their memory when they were killed and began possessing the animatronics?

also, at the end of the super cut, the animatronics make fnaf right? and the animatronics and nate and mark all escape the pizzaria together right? nate and mark wouldn't know what happened to them, but yk who would? yk who was employed at freddy's for the longest time and was probably onto afton, resulting in him getting killed? AJ.

back to the animatronics, at the end of night 5, afton dies in the fire. but he comes back. and so does springtrap. what if afton, knowing about remnant from the kids, and already dying once (matt said he stabs himself with a chainsaw, so it's to be assumed) came back AS AN ANIMATRONIC?!

BACK TO AJ, how would the animatronics make fnaf and know about their deaths if aj died? looking it up, and assuming authorities got there early enough, aj didnt die from the chainsaw, OR THE FIRE. so am i saying aj told the animatronics about what happened and they made a video game on it? yes. one of the names that afton goes by is scott cawthon, so why not use that name to remind afton about what he did?

back to afton, since afton lost his memory, there was still camera footage of him talking about his many names, since the police found them and arrested afton. two names being matpat and scott cawthon. if there's so many names, and the police wouldn't exactly know which one, they would ask afton right? leading afton to knowing that those two names have something to do with him losing his memory. afton not remembering anything, is declared insane and sent to a mental hospital, and shortly after is released. knowing those two names, he looks up scott cawthon and finds five nights at freddy's. using the name "matpat" for now on, he looks into the clues of fnaf to find out his own life story.

this is why no photos of scott cawthon exist, because scott doesn't exist, he's actually four puppet animatronics.

ALSO, this is why matpat doesn't ever sleep and why he only runs on artificial energy, aka diet coke.

ALSO since aj is alive and well he makes fnaf musical, and invites matpat to play as afton. but little does matpat know that he's playing as himself, reliving events of the past so aj can remind him what he did.

or aj had the animatronics make fnaf and he made the fnaf musical so matpat can go insane again, making another pizzaria, and giving aj his damn extra hours

BUT HEY THATS JUST A THEORY

bonus: the insanity ending was the canon ending. matpat finally put together the pieces and not only found about his past, but he also found out that he came back as a robot. that's why he retired. also scott in the lore keeper ending is ai generated cuz like i said he isn't real

[this is a joke yall, matpat is very real, lexus hasn't lost it, and according to my logic on matpat being a robot (no sleep, soda fuel, and insanity) that would make me also a robot, and i'm NOT A ROBOT. DAPPER KINGDOM OPINIONS ASIDE IM NOT A ROBOT.]

[cheemken]

Im surprised no one asked yet, but unova kids or champions playing fnaf hcs? Youre reblogging a lot of stuff about fnaf lately haha

I'm going w the Unova kids bc they deserve everything <3

But yeah anyways

•Cheren knows the lore of it, watched every video pkmn equivalent of MatPat released abt the timelines and all that and he has his own lil corkboard w his own theories pinned to it

-He gets so into the theories and lore, but he's absolutely shit at playing the game he couldn't get past night 2 of the first fnaf game I shit you not

•Hilbert couldn't care less abt the lore, and he's also pretty good w almost all of the games except SL

-SL creeps him out more than UCN, said he doesn't like listening to Baby's voice and doesn't like how she looks

-he's horrible at noticing the sudden change in ambiance tho as he's so focused on looking at the animatronics

•Bianca doesn't like playing the main games but loves playing fnaf world, she loves their lil chibi models

-surprisingly enough, Bianca likes the Nightmare animatronics more, even their actual models, said that they're like the dragons, looks scary but are actually sweet

-that what she says anyways so she wouldn't be that scared

•Iris is the only one between all six of them to ever beat UCN and Hilbert is so salty abt it bc he couldnt understand everything that's going on w it hahah

-she did say tho that since Geeta was also a fan of it, she taught her all the strategies she needs to know to beat the game

•they made N play the fourth game once, never again after he said it reminded him of his time in his room back at Plasma's Castle

-he played the second game and ended up losing almost every time bc he said he likes the sound of the music box and would always keep playing it

•Hilda loves SB and Ruin, she doesn't like the other games tho

-saying she doesn't like just staying on one place, and it was cool exploring in SB, seeing all the different attractions for herself, and even looking for clues abt the lore to inform Cheren abt it

-was a Roxy apologist in SB, so when Ruin came out her soul fucking ascended, cheering so loudly that Roxy got some sort of redemption arc, but also cried like crazy when she had to deactivate Roxy

-Hilbert has a video of her crying over that scene and he showed it to the others and Hilda said that Hilbert also cried when he saw Bonnie, and she has a video of it too

•while they have their preference over what group of animatronics are better, they can all agree that the Glamrock ones are the best

•i know for a damn fact that these kids listened to the songs, I just know it, and years later they still know the lyrics to TLT's fnaf song I just know it, it's canon

[virtual-minotaur]

FNAF MOVIE WAS SO BAD. OTL

i went very quickly from "having fun" to "actually angry"

so um spoilers for it ? if you care ?

(pre script: anatomy of a fall (which was a movie i saw just before fnaf) was very good! if you like courtroom dramas + thriller i definitely recommend it)

who was this movie even for ?

in general, the "lore"/story it presented was pretty "entry-level fnaf lore" approachable, but either contradicted the canon of the games or focused on the wrong aspects of the horror.

but i dont think its for newbies of fnaf, as it also gave TONS of details on old fnaf lore (especially community jokes and theories) such as : sparky (sparky's diner, sparky himself being a broken down animatronic (at least i think it was sparky. it was definitely a dog.)), matpat (he does actually say "its just a theory" in the movie. to my dismay), "dream theory", and many other jokes or one liners that youre meant to point at and notice.

so... it gives you elements for new fans, and elements for old fans...... but completely fails to make it a unified experience. how are you meant to understand sparky's appearance if you only know the basics of fnaf? and how are you meant to take the story it presents as an experienced viewer when it contradicts every game's instalment?

it makes the mistake of trying to mix elements from newer gen fnaf (ar, vr, security breach) with older gen fnaf (fnaf 1, 2, 3 +), when they do not actually mesh well very much, as they're trying to tell different stories. vanessa (god bless i could fix her writing) did not belong with mike's story, they come from two very distinct stories in the fnaf universe, and only connected through william.

as i said, the horror completely fails. well, there really... isnt much horror to speak of (what did i expect from a pg-13 movie??). a few very weak jumpscares (unlike fnaf 1, which as a lot of very well built jumpscares, or sister location!), and lots of "dead kids ghosts are scary" moments. however, that has (TO ME) never ever been the core horror of fnaf. william is scary not just because he is a child murderer, but because he's in a position of power at the company, because so little is known about him, because he is driven by hate, because he "always comes back" to hurt, even when his victims have tried relentlessly to drive him away and kill him. THAT'S the horror in fnaf's core story, THAT'S what makes it scary. instead, blumhouse takes the brave route of saying "well maybe william was right to be scared of the ghosts!". william isnt scary because he's strong in his springtrap suit. get real.

and foxy gets his little pirate song twice? thrice? and freddy gets NOTHING . no "circus" no "toreador march". NOTHING. he has a silly little music box and you wont even give him that.

at least tlt fnaf song was in there. i fucking guess.

[strelitzia-mystery1097]

Oh!

Okay here's my story!

I got really into Undertale around 2018. It was cool and I thought Matpat's Undertale theories made 100% sense (I still really like the left Brian right brain theory regardless of how true it is).

I think the first time I was exposed to an AU was Newscapepro (I haven't watched him in years so I don't remember if that was his name or not) and for the second season of his Minecraft Undertale series it took place in Underfell.

I... didn't really like it. I liked Flowey and thought that the concept was cool. But seeing these silly characters be mean was a bit much for my naive and sensitive past self. Newscapepro's season 3 was full of UTMV stuff and I was SSSSOOOO confused. Not to mention that a lot of videos that were canon happened in between and I was watching hide n seek Idahotale or something to try and figure out who this evil Frisk was or that evil goop was, or how we went from bizarro Undertale to THE MULTIVERSE. I think after all of that, only Underfell and Underswap stuck out in my head as I just moved on.

I figured it all out a little while later that these were AUs but at this point I was kind of put off. (I also knew that Sans was the most popular AU character too cuz there was like a council of Sanses in that season 3.)

(I also saw Glitchtale at this time and that also got complicated and weird. Not to mention all the drama that I didn't even know about at that time. I think I stopped after Frisk was gone. I dont really want to talk about that series for obvious reasons so lets move on.)

But even though I never got into the AUs, I held a lot of love for Undertale and would still watch a lot of Undertale content and for Deltarune when that came out.

Cut to the end of 2022/the start of 2023. I had a pretty bad year (highschool, still undiagnosed depression, etc) and I spent Christmas with tonsillitis.

Then on my feed, I see Underverse 0.7 part 1. I realised this was probably an AU thing and I was not very interested. But the thumbnail looked really cool and I noticed how many views it had. I had nothing else to do so I clicked on the channel and found the playlist of season 1.

Apart from Underfell and Underswap, I did not reconise any of these AUs.

...This turned out to be the best experience I had with anything fandom ever!

I know people say that you can't watch Underverse without knowing the AUs but I strongly disagree. I was in the shoes of Classic Sans as things went crazy. Who was this paint vomiting Sans? Who's this X kid? Why is the animation so good? Why is the music awesome? And why is the story one of the best multiverse stories I have ever seen?!

I watched season 1 of Underverse and I was craving more. So I immediately went onto season 2. And after that I watched XTale (and that actually really helped me understand things and I rewatched the whole series again with that context) before finally reading the XTale and 21 years comic.

And thanks to Underverse I finally tried AUs again and I actually really enjoyed it. Underverse will always be my favourite but still!

I was changed by Jakei's work. I mean in the present day I have written fanfiction for the UTMV and I love the XTale characters (especially Cross lol) so much.

Because of Jakei I overcame my bias and gave the UTMV a fair shot. It's now one of my favourite things ever!

So I only wish good things happen for Jakei and whatever she does with her life. No matter how this ends, I will never regret watching Underverse.

[victoriansummer]

Can't Wait to Meet You, So Join the Animatronic Family

By: Tory Andrews

Spoilers for the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie ahead, but minimal lore spoilers.

On August 14, 2014, Mark Fischbach, more commonly known as ‘Markiplier’, uploaded a video to his YouTube channel titled ‘WARNING: SCARIEST GAME IN YEARS’. The video featured a simple game playthrough of a nightguard keeping watch of some Chuck E Cheese-esque animatronics, essentially making sure nobody breaks in, and the animatronics stay untouched. As the night progresses, the animatronics, a yellow chicken, a BLUE bunny, a red pirate fox, and a brown bear sporting a top hat, move around the building, making their way toward the security room. Complete with various ominous and stress-inducing sounds, a quick-drying power supply, hilarious commentary, and a limited range of motion, this gameplay would become one of Markiplier’s most-viewed videos. Who knew that this video and countless other videos would spark interest in an indie video game about haunted animatronics?

Now fast forward 9+ years, and now, ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ is Blumhouse Studio’s highest-grossing film of all time, beating ‘Split’.

Despite Five Nights at Freddy’s being a video game, a lot of its fans admit to not playing any of the games. This is quite ironic until you find out how popular YouTube ‘Let’s Plays’ are. You can sit back and watch somebody else play all while listening to hilarious commentary. In fact, CoryxKenshin, a popular YouTuber who frequently plays FNaF games, made a cameo in the FNaF movie as the cab driver. Beyond the games, the fandom has taken a life of its own, creating artwork, hilarious and iconic videos, fanfiction, cosplays, fan-made music, and fan-made merch alike! This fandom really knows no bounds, as the fan-made song ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ by The Living Tombstone is the ending credits song to the movie. Speaking of the movie, Blumhouse co-founder Jason Blum and movie director Emma Tammi made it their mission to make a movie that would be ‘for the fans’ and not the critics. Since the fandom received it so well, it’s safe to say they achieved their goal. 

Now, you simply cannot talk about FNaF, its fandom, and the movie without talking about the elephant in the room. THE LORE! Scott Cawthon, FNaF’s creator, has really gone all in with his intricate and cryptic storytelling abilities to tell the story of the Afton family, Afton Robotics, Fazbear Entertainment, revenge, atonement, and, of course, animatronic farm animals. And since the lore is so complex and takes a real eye to detail to ‘solve’ it, one YouTuber has made it his mission to piece it all together. Matthew Patrick, also known as MatPat, and his team of theorists on the Game Theorists channel pick apart every game, book, easter egg, announcement, poster, and everything in between to find bits of lore or clues. MatPat’s dedication to solving the story has given icon status within the fandom, so much so that he also has a cameo in the movie. He even says his iconic line, which he uses to end all of his videos, “But that’s just a theory.” I was fortunate enough to see the movie on opening night with a few of my friends and some classmates. One of the friends I went with was MSMU senior Emily Hellstrom, who grew up with the fandom. “Undoubtedly, it’s the memories I associate with it. I have a very clear memory of being in the back of the bus from a field trip to UCLA, sitting while one of my friends was playing the beta of the second game… I have memories of sitting at dinner watching [MatPat]’s game theories and other YouTubers such as [Markiplier] and [jacksepticeye] play the game.” After a night filled with snacks, jokes, lore dumps, and going crazy because of a reference only the fandom would get, the movie ended. “I was almost in tears- but of course, I did cry because my childhood was honored and complete.” Whether you grew up feeling scared of these animatronics or had a friend lore-dump on you on the way to the theater, it’s safe to say that the FNaF fandom and franchise are diehard, iconic, and nostalgic. “The fandom for the game is what truly adds to its magic, I think.”