#ask game theory

[chloesimaginationthings]

Matpat will always be welcomed into the FNAF universe

[084392]

what're azurill and marill up to?

their adoptive mother is the chansey that runs the daycare!

marills a bit older and a bit busier trying to run it for her while shes sick

he tries to keep an eye on azurill at the same time while doing that but azu still gets into a bit of trouble running around...

after the drowzee incident azurill stays much closer to marill

i think azurill develops a younger brother type bond w manny and duskull after they save him from drowzee and follows them around treasure town when he sees them

[neskastree]

loop getting a group hug would fill my soul with joy if thats something you would enjoy drawing

[sanguinesky-if]

There are three investigations in the game:

The investigation that the MC is conducting.

The investigation that is being handled by the team.

The investigation that I left for the readers.

You, anon, are an example of how some readers genuinely make me happy with the way they pick up the clues that I've carefully placed in certain sentences and choices, feeling the story before it fully unfolds.

You made me so happy today, because this is the first time someone has come up with the closest theory out of all the ones sent to me.

Thank you for this, truly.

P. S. Please don't mind my little cryptic message. It was just for fun. Probably.

But if you analyze how the MC "woke up" at the start of the story… Actually, never mind.

[abylou]

guys I love this thing called having an idea an not knowing how to execute it but I think I'll get there

have the doodle of it in the meantime

[andrewminyardslawyer]

Ok so Laila is going to figure out the Moriyama's are mafia right? And her family is going to get insider info. Because she's being very observant of Jean and asking specific questions about his life the whole book and at the end her family is looking into the FBI and what they actually want from Jean

[project-sekai-facts]

I have a theory, what if they took all of ensekai's budget to use for the last episode of ena5

Ensekai can't have shit because they made two new L2D models 😭😭😭

[hengposting]

why is Yi so short

I’m afraid your guess is as good as mine. He stopped growing around thirteen years old. Our parents were super worried that something was wrong, especially since it was only after..

Hm. When the roots healed Yi…

[nobodyaskedyou]

I'm so curious. Everyone tell me in notes what breed you think Jabberwocky is

[lover-of-mine]

not a costume but. abby is like surrounded by red in 3x18. train covered in red curtains, reddish/brown drink, red nails. in the scene where shes talking with the bartender

link to the red madness for context

Yes, Buck letting go of Abby is red. In haunted and in what's next, he's in red, while she is surrounded by it.

Same with the conversation he decides to let go of Taylor in starting over.

Also, per @stagefoureddiediaz suggestion, I went to check outside of buddie, and when Chim lets go of the grudge about Tatiana, also red.

Also in awful people, when Eva OD's, she's in red and Hen is in a pinkish-red color?

I'm trying to think of other instances they could've used this, but this is the soulmate show, Buck and Eddie are the only ones going through multiple people opalksaplsasp, but yeah, I don't think it is a buddie specific thing, it's just that they have more breakups lol

[chloesimaginationthings]

Is Michael Afton gay or European in FNAF?…

[danger-bird]

"Definitely didn't just drop them at the clinic, he was there the whole time. At this point, he might've just simply been standing outside the door and listeninig in on Kuras and MC's conversation."

assuming you're right, does that mean that ais....potentially....helped kuras.....undress sparrow.....?

(in reference to this post)

Yeah, most likely!

And if not, he probably helped with the cleaning and the operation itself. We know it was an emergency surgery, probably lasting the entire night, considering the smell of blood and smoke still lingers when MC wakes up. It was an all-hands-on-deck situation!

Either way, Ais definitely caught a peek. And from the up-and-down look he gives later - he liked what he saw ;)

[jojo-schmo]

How did you come up with roleswap Elfilis' design? It's really cool!

Hi! Thank you so much! :D I'd love to share my thought process! Gather round the armchair by the fireplace, friends! It's story time!

I've said before that the Forgotten Land Roleswap started off as a doodle that swapped Dedede and Bandana Dee's roles as Player 2 and the Brainwashed Beast. But when I realized how fun that one little change was, how about EVEN MORE changes? That's how my one-time doodle turned into the full AU story. I swapped Meta Knight and Kirby, Clawroline and Leongar, and Sillydillo and Gorimondo- and because the story is so Waddle-Dee centric, I promoted Dedede to "Player 1" since the stakes would be higher for him as their King.

So now I had a story that had a lot of opposite traits to canon and I wanted to explore that further! When it came to the matter of Elfilin, I thought he would probably behave too similarly towards Dedede and Meta as he did to Kirby and Bandee. He'd be friendly and trusting, communicative, optimistic, knowledgeable, and cooperative. So how about providing them a travel companion who is defensive, has trouble communicating, a little wild, uninformed about themselves and the world around them, and has a bit of a temper?

But working with all these opposite traits didn't feel in-character for Elfilin anymore. So my natural next step was to swap Elfilin with Elfilis and make a new version of the Forgotten Land's lost little pup!

Enough yapping about the context behind my decisions, tho. How'd I come up with Roleswap Elfilis' design?

I see you out there, Fecto Forgo fans. Maybe somebody out there's thought, "Roleswap Elfilis does not look like them! Why not? That's what the other 50% of the Ultimate Life Form looks like! I demand justice for the angry glowing rat fetus!"

Maybe nobody has ever thought this. But I wonder sometimes lol

Your feelings are valid, friends. Please lemme explain my reasonings.

This fella, to me, is the abandoned wet specimen left to float in a jar for who-knows-how-long after a forcible physical and mental separation via spatial teleportation shenanigans. And I think part of their appearance is due to their role as the trapped and forgotten half.

The role of the half that got away fully formed his own body and inherited some traits from the complete being-

For Elfilin in canon, he got ears that are proportionally huge compared to the rest of his body, blue eyes that sparkle with the light of a thousand destroyed planets, a tiny bit of pink fur for his adorable blushies, and a really long fluffy tail. Maybe becoming a being free of chaos gave him those sweet eyes like Kirby and the Waddle Dees have.

My reasoning is that whichever half ends up escaping the Lab and fully forming their own body, they would carry the major physical traits the other wouldn't inherit.

Anyway, that left Elfilis with the horns, colorful and expressive eyes, whiskers, beige chest fluff, opposable thumbs, and pink tummy fur.

Elfilin gets the long tail in the bodily divorce so Elfilis has a short stubby little cotton tail like a bunny. Like if he ended up with just the very tip of the Ultimate Life Form's tail.

Behold this diagram above I came up with two years ago! Disclaimer: the canon Elfilin is the one in the chart. And I draw him a little differently these days lol. I ain't showing anyone how he ended up in the Roleswap yet tho!!!! >:0

But Roleswap Elfilis is more than just "baby version of the Ultimate Life Form..."

All the differences in the Forgotten Land Roleswap from canon stem from one event in the timeline. One change that I added to the events that were already supposed to take place. It's why the Ultimate Life Form split differently. Why the Beasts have different roles and aesthetics. Even why the portal took Bandana Dee and Kirby before Meta Knight and King Dedede.

How did that saying go again? The flap of wings somewhere can influence a bunch of huge changes somewhere else down the line...? What was the name of that theory again....? Hmm. Not important, I guess.

Anyway, the end!! You sly dog, you got me monologuing!!1! /lighthearted

[unholy-screeching9]

Any theories as to why King Dice’s eyes glow green sometimes? What about his parents?

Good question! Honestly for Dice’s eyes, I like to think that they glow green when he shows an extreme amount of emotion, such as anger, surprise, or excitement. They might also glow when Dice wants to appear more scary and threatening, so in that way, he can sorta control it. Just some food for thought.

As for Dice’s parents, I’m a big believer that Dice was a BIG mama’s boy growing up! This’ll be touched on a little more in this project I’m finishing up (stay tuned!).

This is just my personal take on his story, but I don’t think Dice had a very good relationship with his father—music probably wasn’t favored when his mother was alive, and after she passed away, it was likely strictly prohibited. Which is why I think Dice is so fond of music in his character, as an adult: he didn’t have much of a chance to explore it in depth during his adolescence, but music holds such a dear place in his heart because it reminds him of his mama.

Again though, this is just my thinking! Thank you for your question, it was fun to ponder. :)

[shkika]

Since my wrist is killing me and I can't draw, have my ramblings about machines having souls and being able to become husks and also just Ultrakill thoughts! Predictions about the ending if you squint??

im just having fun here

Like I'm so deranged about how machines being intelligent and actually conscious is handled in Ultrakill. The build-up, even if accidental(?), is SO SO CLEVER and gradual (as gradual as ultrakill can get). How that fits into the overall narrative and how the tragedy of this game manages to be so awesome??

First with how I love the way "Machines are living beings" idea is handled. It starts from the introduction and establishes the world so well in so few words it's so lovely. You get introduced to the machines as war weapons. They need blood to survive and humanity has been eradicated. That's all you need to know.

You start with the basic information that these machines don't want to die. Which makes sense, it doesn't have to mean they are actually alive. It makes sense a machine would look for any way possible to keep itself running to continue doing it's job.

And then immediately in the prelude you meet the Swordsmachine. A part of a specific group of machines the terminal calls "scrapheads" which modify their own bodies. While at first that does not ring as anything that's especially noteworthy. A machine trying to upgrade itself is nothing unheard of. It's to be better, stronger, more efficient.

Except that's not exactly what the Swordmachine design is about according to the game. It is mentioned to have very impressive combat prowess compared to other machines, however what it is also referred to as is "beautiful". The design is appreciated almost like a piece of art. And some of it's parts don't even wield a practical purpose, the mentioned example being it's voice box.

It is not ONLY about utility. It is also about art!!

Alright. That's interesting. Let's give an even more outrageous example. Skipping Limbo for now, there is lust where we are introduced to Mindflayers. Which?? Are so wild??? And mysterious? We don't know what and when they were made for (ALTHOUGH I VERY MUCH HAVE HEADCANONS ABOUT IT) their bodies are described as completely seperate and useless to the machine. And yet it is stated they act very lovingly and take care of their bodies. So much so in fact that they SELF-DESTRUCT if it is harmed.

V2 in the first fight is a rival to you as any other machine, however once it's arm is stripped away from V1 the confrontation becomes PERSONAL. The second fight is not simply about the lack of resources anymore. It is to reclaim what was lost. Whether that be the arm or something else. Even the very terminal entry itself calls it revenge.

And of course. With Violence it is revealed that with all of this. Machines can also make other forms of art like poetry. Which is even more interesting is that the machine which did that was first EVER machine to use blood mind you. An extremely old design, yet it could make art to express it's feelings.

Machines are capable of modifying, changing, expressing and LOVING themselves. They make art and some are frequently seen attacking you in groups! Those are clearly intelligent beings. And I mean. Duh. everyone playing Ultrakill knows that. Obviously. Like. Yeah.

So then why isn't the fact that these walking weapons probably have souls more discussed? What makes a soul? Why would machines not have them? If they can do all that people can on an emotional level.

And what happens when these machines die? What exactly is stopping them from ending up hell? Obviously heaven is unobtainable. Their very reason for existence, is to cause pain and suffering. The means through which they need to keep themselves alive is to cause suffering. It makes sense they'd all become hells beloved children. Doing what is in their nature is an art form to it.

What's even more is that the game itself supports the idea that some are souls. Surely hell cannot create them since everything made by hell are demons, which are very easy to recognize by the stone exterior.(?? unless im wrong??)

And there is no feasible way for machines like the Guttermen and Earthmovers to be their actual living counterparts. On a basic level they LACK the means to be alive. The people inside the Guttermen need to be alive in order for them to function. When opening them in-game they are just skeletons. Nobody has been supplying them with blood for a long time. Because it's hell. The game itself states that death is a luxury in hell. It does not happen easy.

Earthmovers need sunlight to power them. And the game specifically put them in an area that is clouded. There is none to be seen in violence. No they are just trapped in place, forced to shoot each other for all of eternity.

Machines, when they die… go to hell! Probably!

Some of the machines you kill, perhaps reccuring enemies go to hell (Thank u l@/little-tornad0 for the addition hehe)

When you die.

You respawn! Hell keeps you going. Hell wants torture. Hell wants bloodshed. Hell wants entertainment and you are the purest form of it.

It makes me think a lot about the potential ending of the game. About the themes. I don't think this means inherently that hell is a perfect self-sustaining organism that can go on like this forever. Gabriel says machines are destroying it and leaving nothing behind. Things are clearly going south in some way. And it'd fit the themes better if it was all going to uh.. hell lol. If it was all going to collapse. From the main theme of the game literally being "The fire is gone" to the name of the last chapter literally being named "Godfist suicide"

Also for what it's worth the Mirage secret is awesome meta-commentary on the idea that everything will die. Everything is destined to end. It is up to you how your each that end.

I think this is what Ultrakill will kind of be about at the end maybe. Gabriel will die out with a bang doing what he wants.

V1 itself is clearly NOT killing efficiently to survive, but for fun. Before it all ends. It's going out with a bang.

And with no new humans or machines that can enter hell in the long run. Perhaps it's very being too will decide it wants to go out with a bang.

In short. uh machines have souls. everything will die but not in a sad way. but in a very cool awesome way. thats pr awesomesauce

[sanguinesky-if]

My pet theory is that the supernatural team represents demons of different vices. Current working theory is that:

- R is Wrath or Pride

- I is Sloth

- T is Lust

- M is... Idk, they are hard for me to figure out. Maybe Pride it that's not R

S is also making me sus but I haven't figured that one out yet.

Fun fact…

…instead of "Oh god…", the MC always says "Hell…"