#Pale City

[azural83]

I find it beyond frustrating when some people bash six for her "immoral" actions in a world filled with monsters while overlooking a similar behavior from mono just because we control him

It's ok if 'we' brutally kill bullies,smash living hands,or burn doctors even though it's not necessary at times,but if a nine year old girl dares to take joy from her oppressors' suffering then she's a narcissistic sociopath or whatever buzzword the internet likes using nowadays

Sometimes it feels like the fandom has adopted a 'perfect victim' mentality,which feels a bit...tone deaf considering that the entire concept of LN revolves around the abuse children face

[intistone]

Monochrome

this game absolutely killed me

[yyiimmppyy]

Little guys :'3c

[skullkandiii]

My Janitor/Roger headcanon

my overall theory with little nightmares, is that the Signal Tower warped everyone in SOME way, and before then, people/things were normal

i can't decide whether he'd have an office job, or work as a janitor at Pale City Elementary (name i came up with for the school)

growing up, Roger loved to whittle. whether it be tools or figures, he enjoyed crafting under the tree near the Signal Tower that was being built. his house was one of the last few in the city that wasn't torn down due to more expansion of the city. eventually that changed, and his childhood home was sold and taken down. the passion that had fueled his creativity with whittling had faded into a mere memory. The Signal Tower, where he had spent countless hours near honing his craft, now stood tall and proud, a symbol of change

with age, Roger's eyesight began to deteriorate rapidly. Stargardt disease, a condition affecting the retina, cast a shadow over his world, blurring the once vibrant colors and shapes he had grown accustomed to seeing. simple tasks became increasingly challenging, and the frustration and helplessness he experienced only deepened his self-loathing

days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, as Roger isolated himself from the outside world, outside of going to work. his once-beloved whittling tools lay abandoned, collecting dust in a forgotten corner of his small apartment. the sound of laughter and children playing outside his window felt like a cruel reminder of the life he had lost

one day, as he and other folks dragged themselves to work, the light of Signal Tower began to burn a bright red. not the normal kind of light it gave off, no, this was different. people could hear it, the loud, blinding light gave off a long drawn humming sound. the deep sound drove people mad as the light grew brighter. and brighter. and brighter.

and that's all I got for this short theory/headcanon!! pleeaassee let me know if you'd like to hear more!

i have developing ideas for the other monsters of the Maw! and I'd love to share more if anyone is interested!

[cynthiadasorceress]

I keep forgetting Mono likely isn't from the Pale City and that makes me ridiculously upset, because can you imagine, just for a second, somebody in slightly revealing clothing (maybe a crop top and leggings or something) and Mono just cartoon fainting. Like, hand-over-forehead faint with the dramatic gasp and everything.

The Pale City, as far as I can tell, is based on the 40s to 60s, and it'd be so funny to me to see Mono trying to go 1 day in the modern world without passing out from shock or being utterly confused by modern technology.

Edit: I found out he might be from there and am very happy :D

[hanaotaku95]

Alastor’s little Nightmares:

So I was scrolling through YouTube when I came across a small but very interesting video:

It’s an edit video of Alastor and the song used is “Nightmares Never End” by JT music, which is a fan song for Little Nightmares 2.

So this got me to thinking and my brain plotting: what if Alastor was a child of Nowhere that never crossed the threshold fully? I’m here to explain why this could be an interesting topic to explore and how it could fit with Alastor in a crossover fanfiction or alternate universe.

(Spoilers ahead for Little Nightmares 1, 2 and The Sounds of Nightmares. I will also be using some fan theories to help support this.)

The Nowhere is described by Noone in the Sounds of Nightmares to be a place that “is…and isn’t”, a place existing in its own realm that manifests from the nightmares of young children. But not just any child will be targeted by the Nowhere. These kids are often mistreated and taken advantage of by adults in the waking world in some way, shape or form. Thus the Nowhere will slowly and surely lure these fearful and traumatized kids into a nightmarish cycle fed by the fear and trauma they experienced within the realm itself.

In an analysis video about Nowhere, it is theorized that the children are lacking in one or more categories of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I recommend you go and watch it (link down below), but long story short, one or more of these needs are not being met and these kids escape to this realm which seems to meet those needs, only for them to be twisted overtime.

https://youtu.be/ZiY_OH8An2c?si=ksz1YsV5_na2A1mP

In regards to Alastor, if we use the time period he grew up in (southern America in the early 1900s), who he was born to (a white father and Creolan mother) and the headcanon of an abusive father, we can paint a clear picture as to how Alastor may have been a target of Nowhere at some during his childhood years.

He would have appeared in many places in Nowhere, from the Pale City to perhaps even the Maw, being spirited away. Despite how terrifying the world was, there was something about it that kept luring him in as it had with many children before and after.

But when it came time to cross the Threshold, he refused. For one simple reason. His mother. His rock and emotional anchor in his rather tumultuous and lonely childhood. He couldn’t leave her behind, and resisted the Ferryman, closing that door behind him.

As an adult and even in his time in Hell, he cannot fully recall his experiences in Nowhere, only that he had extremely vivid nightmares as a young boy. But there is always a nagging in the back of his mind and odd visions of ever seeing eyes that bring forth memories he cannot immediately recall.

Some of my headcanons regarding who Alastor was in the Nowhere:

1) He went by Lie while in Nowhere.

2) His urge for flesh later in life came from his experiences in the Maw.

3) Lie was one of the “winners” in Nowhere (similar to Mono, Six and Low), manifesting in the ability to shadow walk. This ability would resurface after he died and went to Hell.

[starscatteredsky]

Pale City moodboard

created for myself, and anyone else who wants to use it!

has themes of the dissociative blue of the pale city, static and technology, and my beloved flashlight!

-mod mono

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[grim-faux]

One of the concepts about the Tower that I like to mull about is that the thing could have psychic abilities - in that it's mental prowess is felt by lesser creatures, hence the Signal and the broadcast. But psychic does not equate intelligence, it's still just an animal feeding off the citizens of the city, functioning under basic instincts - feed, grow, reproduce.

Which was an aspect of the Tower and the Flesh's existence that I referred to as it being so horrifying - it's not something that can be reasoned with, it has no higher thoughts. In my theories, it's better described as a siphonophores - which fits its in game detail as it amasses more of itself by 'consuming' Viewers (humans). It has no agenda or goals or ability to plan what it does, it just feeds and grows.

Like a carnivorous plant releasing pheromones to entice insects, the Flesh manages a radiation or psychosis, which is invisible but the affects are felt. Imagine if the sun was a beast with psychic abilities, and its thoughts alone could burn us despite the Earth being a couple billion light years away. Thankfully, the Flesh beast is much 'smaller' than the sun, otherwise the Viewers might have been vaporized upon its initial presence.

Oh wait....

Ignore that.

To be clear, I adore all interpretations of the Flesh and the Tower in Pale City. But I too like to envision this thing as being nothing conscious - no more than a fungus or anemone.

But I do speculate how the Flesh functions, and why it needed the Broadcaster. Since we do know by the games end that Mono has these reality and world warping abilities, which makes him invaluable to the Flesh. We can call him a conduit, but what does that mean to the Flesh? What does it benefit from having this isopod live inside it?

The Broadcaster provides the most essential function of focus. Because Mono is a "single-minded" child, and as a survivor he is capable of resolve and perseverance - even capable of surviving in the core of the Flesh. Hence he manages the radius and intensity of the Signal, thus the Flesh does not vaporize or maim its food source. So they share a symbiotic relationship, very much like real isopods and siphonophores - except Mono provides a pseudo consciousness for the Flesh, not genuine thought or awareness, but his presence does make the Signal more potent and specialized.

What is as well horrifying, is that the Viewers or citizens to the city were aware something was... amiss. However, the pheromones of the Flesh and its lure was much too enticing to dwell too much about. This may be why children have survived, or are not easily duped by the Tower - children coming into the Little Nightmares world are more leery of these sort of dangers and can sense the presence of the Tower - through the radiation or psychosis it drenches the land with. But these feral children have no way of escaping the Signal (save for the Maw), since they cannot possibly conceive where the danger is coming from or what manifests it.

[scarletgemstone]

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what if the teddy bears went to pale city

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[lady-raziel]

i can't do this anymore. i can't. i can;t.

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