#also OP ur concerns about breaking the canon about the way mango is is completely valid

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Mango being this downtrodden, forgotten mangled (see what i did there) machine whose life is nothing more than the tragedy of what happens to most toys that are loved and adored is such a good idea nd i love it. Like making them tragic and still a kind and caring being despite everything that those kids pit her through and despite him being forgotten and effectively discarded is just such an interesting concept to me.

Like i imagine they sit alone, sad in some dark corner of kids cove because the spotlight that used to shine on her has long since broken, and the staff refuse to fix it. She pokes her head out into the light every now and again, and is met with tears and screams before he recedes back into the dark, waiting for someone who will welcome their entrance with joy and whimsy like they once did. The bin of spare parts sits full and caked in dust, the little wrenches and tools that kids would use to pick at her and pull her apart sit dormant, in another bin next to it, and she sits there alongside them, with no one to use those tools and parts on her except for the odd mechanic who might stop by and oil her old, creaking joints. Despite her rosy cheeks and constant, built in grin, she's sad.

Idk this is rly cool to me i love this idea op u rock im gonna go write fanfic when im done with my homework

So Mangle's my favorite FNaF animatronic/ character (withered Bonnie being second)

while a big part of that is just that I adore their design and how messed up they look, for mangle specifically it's the backstory that makes me love them even more.

Now, I am NOT as familiar with the actual FNaF lore as I used to be when I was 11, but Mangle got "destroyed" by kids which is, you know, pretty sad. Back when I was 11 the most popular way this was talked /theorized about is that some demon kids just straight up decided to do this to mangle just because they could.

And that is cool and all

but personally, I am much more fond of the idea of this being a type of “love changes” situation. You all know that set of pictures with the stuffed bunny, right?

Basically that. The kids, that came to Mangle's cove, just had some fun trying to play with mangle and, of course, the kids will play intensely with toys, they like a lot.

So when mangle just kept getting more and more disheveled and broken, the kids no longer saw the appeal and/ or were scared because she looked so different.

The idea here being

the tragedy of Mangle being changed against her will and forgotten about or being left behind is all good, but the idea of Mangle loving the kids just as much and also having fun ,but being changed anyway and THEN discarded is actually my favorite thing ever, and I need to draw that.

Just imagine you bond with these kids, and you're okay with them drawing on you or literally removing your limbs and just one day they don't show up anymore, and it isn't your fault at all but THEIRS and you can do absolutely nothing about it, and you just have to sit and think about this every single day while you're all alone in the backroom of the pizzeria.  (okay, lots of "and"s here) Imagine seeing one of the kids that used to play with you look at you nervously and be scared when you wave to them and back away or hide behind their parents- I am crying OMG Mangle must've been so devastated YOU SEE WHERE I'M COMING FROM, THOUGH, RIGHT?! JUST OMG THE LOVE CHANGES PEOPLE THING BEING AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL EFFECT YOU CAN SEE AND THAT EFFECT LEADING TO PEOPLE LEAVING YOU I JUST- RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH (additionally, I don't think Mangle ever started hating the kids for doing this. I think she was just very sad that they no longer wanted to play with her at all, no visitors etc.) The best possible outcome for this post is somebody informs me this is actually cannon and I just straight up did not know /hj