#besides that i hate faz-goo as much as the rest of you

[silyabeeodess]

Posting this here because I just know there's something to this, but I have neither the sanity nor the patience to try to dig into it as a full theory myself: For all the talk of murders, possessions, and everything else in the FNAF franchise, has anyone else noticed that there's a heavily repeated theme of stolen/mistaken identity that keeps coming up? I'm just going to create a list:

In order to commit the original murders in the first place, William disguised himself in the Spring Bonnie suit.

Michael is mistaken for William by Circus Baby and the other animatronics in "Sister Location."

Circus Baby and the other animatronics then steal Michael's skin to parade as him in order to hide as regular people. (In hindsight, if the illusion discs are a thing by that point in the story as some theorize, then what was the point of needing a skinsuit...?)

In "Pizzaria Simulator," Baby was tricked into entering Henry's trap partly because she believed William called her there.

In "Into the Pit," Springtrap takes over as Oswald's dad.

In "To Be Beautiful," Baby/Eleanor steals Sarah's identity.

In The Fourth Closet Series, Baby pretends to be Charlie.

In "Lonely Freddy," the Lonely Freddy toys have been swapping bodies with and taking over the identities of various children.

In "He Told Me Everything" and "The Puppet Carver," Faz-Goo creates clones that sap the life force and steal the identities of its victims.

In "Friendly Face," we have Fazbear Entertainment using animal DNA combined with animatronics to recreate pets, which results in the Jack/Faraday abomination.

We have an animatronic literally called the Mimic who pretends to be Gregory in the Ruin DLC.

The multiple cases of possessions involving the living such as with Glitchtrap's control can even count, as the consciousness of the original people were lost/sealed away.

Even on a meta-level, identities are mixed up and hard to distinguish in the fandom--like Princess Quest's Cassidy/Vanessa debacle, questions about the relationship of Patients 46 and 71, and the various names that fit for characters with similar/matching stories between the books and games,

[william-ba]

The Cliffs Review

I just finished The Cliffs! Now, as always, I will be diving into spoilers, so you have been warned. I will just be saying some quick thoughts up here: While certain stories may not live up to expectations, The Cliffs is still a really good book. This is probably gonna fall right in the middle in terms of my enjoyment compared to the other books.

For my Gumdrop Angel review, go here! For my previous Blackbird review, go here! If you want to read these in order, go here!

For the rest of the review, keep reading!

The Cliffs - 1:35 A.M. was 88 pages. Coming Home was 79. The Real Jake was 76. The Cliffs was 54. That’s a major difference, and this story needed those extra pages. I generally love happy endings, and Robert deserves one, but I think the story should have been longer to explore Robert’s emotional state more and his happy memories with Tyler. Remove the part with Jess to spend more time with Robert and his relationship with his late wife. You could have him bring up her dress color when looking at the new cups or something instead of at the end of the story, so when you point out the colors of the sky we’ll know why it’s significant. Spend more time with Robert instead of going into detail on how he is going to destroy Tag-Along Freddy, and the ending would have been much more satisfying. Besides that, I thought the story was good. If the story was fleshed out more, I feel like people would have reacted to it differently.

The Breaking Wheel - Holy shit, this story was superb. Reed isn’t too interesting of a protagonist however he doesn’t do anything outlandish to lower my enjoyment. Julius being a jock and bully actively participating in a class requiring high levels of intelligence really makes him stand out among other bully characters. Reed’s friends, Shelly and Pickle, are nice and good characters. As for Ory, their little brother, his child-like curiosity is used well for the story. As for the rest of the story, the build up was there and the horror was there. That feeling of dread you have knowing that Julius is being mangled and is the one banging against the house whenever the toy banged against the miniature house, and then Reed finds the toy inside the miniature house hiding behind the mini house within it and you instantly know where Julius is, and then we get the satisfying conclusion to the build up when the little figure stands up and Julius appears from behind the house, I absolutely loved it! A Fazbear Frights story hasn’t made me feel this pumped up in a while.

He Told Me Everything - Yeah, this was a letdown. It’s just boring, much like Dance with Me. Chris and his friends in the Science Club are 100% snobs and I hate each and every one of them, but at least it made sense when you think about what the book’s linking theme is: “There’s always an education in pain.” As for Dr. Little, his motivations and actions are really confusing and never get explained. I will say that Chris’s shift at the end could have possibly been a bit more flesh out. Alec’s regret over his actions towards his sister felt nice, mainly because the story had shown us his development. Chris sat down and had a small chat with his mother once. Anyway, Faz-Goo. That’s all you need to know.