#could be read as stannarrator

[henryloverman]

What IF Stanley was the only person real all along, and the Narrator was just a voice in his head, this is my interpretation of this Au.

Stanley was a lonely man who worked at an office building, he will always work as he has nothing to do back at home, there was no one waiting for him after all, although he hated how boring and repetitive his job was, he had no other choice but to work either way.

So as a way to cope with his loneliness, he took the suggestion of his co-worker, Mariella, to try reading books as it might help him, he tried her suggestion and quickly became obsessed with reading, for the first in his life, he felt happy, so he spend all his free time and day offs to read more stories, there was a concept that go him hooked, the idea of a protagonist being self aware.

Stanley began to have so many ideas that he decided he should write a story, he thought of what the Story should be about, maybe it should be about him? That seems like a good idea, so he started working on his book. He will call it The Stanley Parable, when he continued writing his story, he couldn't help but feel like he isn't exactly the one writing the story, he felt that he was the protagonist, but who was the Narrator? He couldn't help but ask, no one had answered him.

Stanley wrote his story for a very long time, making sure that every plot hole will be fixed, although he is still unsure if he actually fixed all of them.

When he wrote the story, he couldn't help but feel attached to the character he created, Narrator, he didn't know how or why but the way his Character interacted as if he was real, Stanley couldn't help but fall in love with him, the Narrator would always try his best to defy his protagonist, and everytime the Narrator would make funny remarks about his character, Stanley couldn't help but laugh at it. It really felt as if he was a real person, with his own thoughts and personality.

Stanley would be honest that he felt really guilty about the other...endings, especially the Zen Ending and...the Skip Button Ending, in order not to feel so bad about it, he made sure his own protagonist will suffer as well, even though it's technically Stanley himself, he still did it, a pay back for what he did to his character.

After he finished writing the book, Stanley published it to the public, so many people loved his book, and soon Stanley became a well known Writer, they were impressed Stanley was able to write such a masterpiece even though he worked a full time job, it took serious dedication to do that, The Stanley Parable was a success! Hell even a game studio wanted to create a game from Stanley's book, that's how The Stanley Parable became a video game.

Stanley's popularity sky rocketed when the game was released, he had gained so much money and fame, even appearing on T.V, Stanley got everything he wanted except for one thing...the character he so much wished to be real, the character he created that went through the struggle for his protagonist, the only fictional person who knew Stanley's pain, The Narrator, Stanley knew that he was so attached to his Narrator, but he knows that his character will never be real no matter how much he wished or begged, he wasn't real in the first place, he was just a character Stanley created in his head, but for Stanley, the Narrator was real in his heart.

[kirchefuchs]

Ceres, I have been obsessing over a bunch of romance Stannarrator headcanons I made for your AU because hell yeah

ahem so here's my favorite headcanon I made :D

You know how Pollux is an Al turned human? You know how he's basically just a pile of sentient code?

What if — and hear me out on this one, I swear it gets good — what if he and Stanley got together before Pollux even gained sentience?

Think about it for a sec.

The Narrator — as in, the role, not the person — is generally coded to read through and follow the script. He is simply there for the benefit of the game — the Players.

But, in your AU, there are no Players. Stanley is his own person.

So Pollux is coded to benefit Stanley instead, but its main priority is the story. If the story has already fallen into place and/or there's nothing left to tell, then the code will automatically switch and take Stanley as the main priority (take The Zending Ending, The Skip Button Ending, and the Not Stanley Ending as examples).

So this also means that he's coded to follow through with Stanley's feelings. He's coded to make sure Stanley is happy — even through the means of a lie — since there is no scripted story to tell. There's no such thing as a Confession Ending after all, so Pollux's code just moves and takes Stanley as its main priority.

but

BUT

there's a but

You know how you stated somewhere that The Research Team's best guess to The Narrator's first instance of fake memories (yes I memorized the entire lore I just rlly love it ok) was his AI making up memories on the whim?

...Welllllll let's just say that they were mildly correct (in this headcanon), but they were not correct about something else;

The AI doesn't learn, it replicates what it's given.

It only copied the original and added something to make it make sense. That's it. It took what it could and only changed it by a small amount. The first instant of faux memories was just self-inserts of poorly written emotions, because during that time, The Team was still trying to make room in The Narrator for empathy (in my headcanon).

Now, it's been a whole year, and there are of course little to no changes towards the AI. It still copies from examples and obeys under command, but it now occasionally breaks out of it with the help of Stanley.

But the confession happens.

And now, the AI switches its main priority to Stanley — what can The Narrator do to please him? To appeal to his desires? What can be done and/or said in a foreign situation like this?

Of course, his code makes him "love" Stanley back.

Stanley knows that the love isn't genuine, but at this point, anything would work. Who wouldn't crave some sort of escape from the harsh reality of a scripted life?

So he decides to start treating The Narrator like a lover would, just for the sake of the experience.

He constantly compliments what he can, comments when/where he's allowed to, and — when The Narrator is given a physical form — starts showing him (aka, the AI) slow and steady ways of showing love and affection.

And Stanley doesn't realize this, but the AI isn't just replicating; it's learning.

Because the first time he held The Narrator's hand, The Narrator reacted to the touch and muttered about it feeling nice. The first time Stanley hugged him, The Narrator didn't copy and hug back, no, he took his time and tried to understand why the hug felt good.

The AI can't fill in the gaps on its own when the answer is already there.

So what does it do?

It learns.

It learns how to love.

Anywho it is nearly midnight where I am right now sooooo goodnight to you in my area :D

— 🅰️non || 05/26/2023

Ohhhh my gosh 🅰️non, this is insane I love it. This would make such a cool AU for my headcannon lore!! (Of course I have my own ideas of how they end up together, lol) But it's not too far off from how I kinda imagine how the whole fake memory thing happened in the Demo. His code really was just filling in gaps to make sense of his new feelings. Poor guy doesn't know how to emotion properly, lol.

But also this made me really wanna draw some little things like the hand holding and the hug.

Just the slow realization that "wait, do I actually truly love Stanley? Is that even possible?" He's figuring it out ♡

And imagine how awkward he might be when he's finally come to the realization that "Yes I do really truly love him more than anything, and I'm actually feeling this. And I want this so so badly, that I might cry."

He would be such a disaster, let's be honest.

This really would make such a fun fanfic, tbh. This is why I love your ideas so much. It makes me think of fun scenarios and wanna draw them ♡♡♡♡

[fandomanimatic-tournament]

Fandom song animatic tournament: Bracket 2 Side B

The Moon Will Sing - The Crane Wives

"The moon will sing a song for me I loved you like the sun Bore the shadows that you made With no light of my own I shine only with the light you gave me"

Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Alone at the Edge of a Universe) - Miracle Musical

"You look quite divine tonight Here among these vibrant lights Pure delights surround us as we sail Signed, yours truly, the whale"

Remember that we're voting on how Iconic they are for ANIMATICS, not for the song itself. In order to make things fair, the tone and mood of the song should not affect how iconic it is (for example, a serious song should not be considered more iconic than a joke song just because it's serious)

Propaganda and animatic links of the songs under the cut:

The Moon Will Sing - The Crane Wives

Propaganda:

No Propaganda Submitted

Animatics with the song:

ROTTMNT

The Owl House

Unus Annus Ikea AU

The Owl House

Rainworld

Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Alone at the Edge of a Universe) - Miracle Musical

Propaganda:

It fits everything, it has these specific breath taking vibes and it’s just so so so gooddd

Animatics with the song:

Generation Loss

Last Life Etho and Bdubs

The Magnus Archives

Stanley Parable Stannarrator

QSMP Jaiden

Detroit: Become Human

Please be cautious and read the title, description and warning cards on the animatic videos if you decide to watch them. If you've got specific triggers I'd recommend even more caution when watching animatics of fandoms you don't know, since sometimes canon-typical themes don't get warnings.

Please keep in mind that I don't know all the media and fandoms of the animatics provided as examples and I don't have the time (nor the will) to research them all. Don't come into my notes or my ask box complaining about them being included, I will simply block you. If a ship animatic included is about an adult and a minor, do tell me and I'll take it out of the post

ALSO keep in mind that I don't know all the artists submitted; in fact, even if I do know them I do not know absolutely nothing about them as people (I do not have twitter nor tiktok) and I could not POSSIBLY have the time to research ALL of the artists' controversies and what came of them so PLEASE don't flood my inbox with the artists' entire crime list.

[sevviepoo]

For your music post! Your Stupid Face by Kaden MacKay and Like Real People Do by Hozier feel very much like stannarrator songs to me ♡

I agree!!! I've been listening to those songs for a while now and every time I listen to them it just makes me think of those old men /aff.

With "Your Stupid Face" It's definitely from the Narrator's POV because I personally headcanon Stanley as mute and and ASL speaker. So that back and forth only hearing from Narrator always hits me when it gets to the sad part because it reminds me of any and all sad endings that they have to endure.

"Like Real People Do" I can definitely see it coming from either one of them depending on how you interpret the song. Like it could be the Narrator, being the all-powerful omnipotent eldritch being that I headcanon them to be, they could be asking for the connection that they've only read about those in stories or have written about them in scripts. They yearn for that connection. From Stanley he could definitely be asking the Narrator to let down their walls and to put the story aside to just exist in the moment.

Thank you for letting me yap about my old man yaoi <3

[sillyvampirestan]

this is so fucking fr. God. stannarrator has changed my whole brain. they hate each other. they love each other. they are stuck in an infinite loop together. its unrequited. its everything. its toxic. its perfect. its angsty. its domestic. they're obsessed with one another. they couldn't possibly ever love each other but they literally have all the time in the world to love each other.

i could talk about stannarrator Forever. it's literally the only fic i read anymore.

I think fanfiction is ruined for me now😭😭

Ever since I’ve gotten into tsp, I’ve tried reading some fics from outside the fandom. Some older ships of mine, like destiel or ineffable husbands. I’ve tried reading some old dsmp fics i enjoyed a few years back, I’ve tried rereading some frankly lovely dhmis fics as well.

But holy shit, none of them, even when I was in those fandom, have the same effect as Stannarrator fics. I cant stop comparing them, and I think it’s part of the ship aspect where they basically act divorced as well as holding a deep and fundamental need for each other is definitely the culprit. Other ships suddenly seem far too lovey dovey (not to bash on any ships whatsoever) and I just can’t get into the media surrounding them.

Don’t get me wrong, the fics are fantastic, and often I’ll finish a fic from an old fandom of mine and go ‘wow! that was incredibly written and definitely deserves all of the popularity surrounding it!’ But it doesn’t- I don’t know how to put it. Reach into my chest and grasp my battered heart? whether it be heavy angst, fluff, a 250000 word slowburn or a 1000 word porn no plot smutshot- none of them get me the same way stannarrator does.

Stannarrator was the first ship that inspired me to write my own fanfiction, It was the first ship that i felt genuinely comfortable reading and looking at NSFW art and fics- and whilst I read rated E fics long before it, they were always kind of a surrendering point, since I wasn’t able to look at any given ship the same way after reading them on most occasions, and this really ruined a lot of fandoms for me.

And I don’t know what it is about the ship that makes me feel this way, but it’s probably the innate need to be together, the way they hate each other and yet complete each other- it’s like soulmates with a love-hate relationship and a good dose of bickering, not to mention I just love both characters as well. And there’s so many interpretations…

what i’m trying to say is, i fucking love this ship, and I can’t read any other fanfics now because of it.

[henryloverman]

I have thought of an Au lately, for now I will call it "90'sParable", It's like those old 90's movies, to be specific the same timeline in Cat in the Hat, but it's just about Stanley and Narrator, okay, here's my concept of this au I just made!

Stanley's life is perfect, he has a perfect job, a nice house, he has close friends who are always there for him, his family is supportive too, what more could he wish for? Well that was until his reality started to deteriorate.

He didn't understand how it exactly occurred, he was pressing buttons on his computer when it suddenly happened, he had just closed his eyes for a second and when he opened his eyes all of his co-workers suddenly disappeared?!

How could it be possible for everyone to disappear so fast? Stanley was so confused, after searching everywhere in the office, he decided to go outside, maybe it was a prank? Those things did become a trend after all, he hoped it was just that kind of situation.

It seems that his nightmare became reality, when Stanley got outside, he didn't see anybody at all, the streets were empty, all of the cars had nobody inside, was there an evacuation or something? Did everyone leave him behind? Oh god, Stanley started to panic.

His eyes became wet with tears, his trembling hands reached over his face, Stanley wished this was not real, he was about to scream for help until a certain phone call came from the office building, at the front desk.

Stanley rushed towards the telephone, he quickly answered...

-"Hello?"

-"Hi, It's nice to meet you, Mr. Stanley"

-"W-who are you? What's happening?!"

-"Don't panic just yet, the real game is about to begin"

-"What the fuck are you saying?!"

...

[ Please go to your office ]

...

[ The phone call has ended ]

Stanley looked at the phone line in disbelief, WHO WAS THAT PERSON? WHY DID THE TELEPHONE TOLD HIM GO BACK TO HIS OFFICE??? WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING? Before Stanley could continue to think, the walls...they had changed...it looked different...as if it were having a malfunction, everything around Stanley started to glitch.

The sky turned red, the building was starting to...look alive, as if it's breathing, the floor slowly but creepily moves back and forth, It's hard to keep his balance when everything feels...hazy, Stanley knew he has to go to his office fast.

He tried his best to run as fast as he legs could, the elevator isn't working when the whole building isn't stable, so he was forced to go up the stairs...well that was a horrible idea, the stairs looked normal but the wall, there were EYES looking at him, it only focuses on Stanley, he didn't dare to look back at the eyes and finally made to his office...

Huh? His office looks normal? It's somehow separated from the entire building, it doesn't look alive like the rest, Stanley could finally catch his breath, he sat on a chair nearby and closed his eyes, somehow this felt almost comforting, it's as if everything for a moment felt...Normal.

Stanley suddenly heard a sound, it was the sound of footsteps, quickly coming up the stairs, Stanley immediately left his chair and backed away from the opened door, he doesn't know who this person could be? Are they a foe or...an enemy?

It was a man, he looked like a normal person, although his glasses were broken, maybe he ran away from something? Stanley was about to ask him before the stranger beat him to it.

-"Who are you? Are you one who called me?"

-"...It wasn't me, they called you to come here as well, didn't they?"

-"Hah, so I wasn't the only one..."

-"My name's Stanley by the way, how about you?"

-"I go by the name, Narrator"

-"It looks like we're stuck here...in this weird dimension"

-Whoever called us is probably the one causing this havoc"

...

-"Hello there, friends"

-"You bastard! Tell us what's happening right now or else I'll fucking kill you!"

-"Wait! Calm down, Narrator, we don't know what they are capable of, they could hurt us!"

-"Your friend is right, how do you think I was able to do this all? hmmm?"

-"Explain."

-I will tell you after you completed this task first"

-"That is???"

-"This :)"

Suddenly Stanley and Narrator fell under a dark void, how the fuck is that possible?! The portal thingy dropped them somewhere off...

This place, it looks like Stanley's office?!?! Both Stanley and Narrator were shocked, before they could even comprehend their situation, a voice suddenly calls out.

[ Who the hell are you two supposed to be? ]

So this was their task, huh? After hearing that Stanley fainted from shock.

Editor's Note: Cliffhanger >:)

I might continue this Au or the RealParable, or you know...maybe both, a potential crossover! I hope you liked it ^^

This post took me a week since I had no idea where the hell this Au is going, LUCKILY my brain finally worked and gave me some inspiration! I'm actually proud of this one :)

Also the poll from last time, Yeah it's 100% a complicated relationship, but hey! At least they still love each other!

Thank you guys so much for the support! Although I don't know how to properly express it, so i decided a GIF might help with that ^^

[henryloverman]

(The song when the Narrator left the Parable Ending, and how Stanley feels about it, a special birthday post just for you guys ^^)

An Alternate universe where the Narrator leaves the Parable and Stanley stops him to it.

"Stanley? I have to go now, any last words?"

"..."

"Hmmm? You're not even going to say goodbye to me?"

*Sighs*

"Well then, goodbye Stanley, we had a great adventure and now it's time to end it-"

"-Don't leave! Please..."

"What is that, Stanley?"

"...Please don't leave me, Narrator"

"Why should I do that?"

"I-I...uh... Because you haven't even finished the Story yet!"

"I did? Any kind of ending is up to you now, I already did my part Stanley, you should do yours"

"But- but what am I without you?! Weren't you the one who made my story? You can't just leave me here!!"

"I can and I will, I do appreciate you caring for me, Stanley, but I need to do this-"

"-Then why won't you let me leave with you?! Is it because I'm not real? Is it because I can't function in the real world?!"

"Stanley...you want to come with me?"

"...Yes, I don't care where you're going, just don't leave me, Narrator...please"

"... Stanley, are you crying!? How are you able to do that? I didn't code you to cry so how ?!"

"Because that's how I am, I'm your protagonist, aren't I? Your stupid,fat, and ugly protagonist?"

"Oh god, you must be that desperate to call yourself that, which is true- but that's really not important right now! Are you sure you want to come with me into the Real World, Stanley??"

"...I want to be by your side no matter what, I want you to continue narrating me, so yes, I want to go with you"

*Sighs*

"You idiot, fine but remember there's no turning back, so if you regret leaving here that's your choice-"

"-i won't, I promise!"

"Take my hand, Stanley, we're going now"

"I hate you, Narrator"

Stanley said with a grin, he took the narrator's hand and continued walking towards the exit, Stanley's eyes were still still wet from crying, but now it's replaced with a hint of fondness and... Love.

"I hate you as well, Stanley"

Now they're at the exit, the two looked at each other for one last time before going inside, their hands intertwined with one another, a new adventure awaits them.

The End

...

"You think this is a happy ending do you? Well unfortunately it's not, Stanley, wake up."

"-Huh?!"

Stanley immediately looked around the room, there was no one there? Wasn't the Narrator with him a moment ago? Weren't they escaping the Parable? Then where is he???

"Stanley?! You're awake!! Oh god I miss you so much"

Suddenly a lady hugged him out of nowhere, Stanley tried to push her off, who is she? Where's the Narrator???

"... Stanley, you don't remember me? It's me, Mariella, your friend?"

"I... don't know you, where's the Narrator?"

"Narrator...? Stanley, is this a joke?! You seriously remembered your fictional character and not me?! Come on, man!"

"I am saying the truth! I don't know who you are!"

"Oh...I'm so sorry, I should try to explain then, your name is Stanley and you are a famous Author of TSP, you used to work in an office building"

"Wasn't the Narrator the one that created The Stanley Parable? What do you mean i'm an author?"

"Stanley, the Narrator is a character you made up for your story, YOUR THE ONE who created The Stanley Parable that was turned into a game in 2013"

"...What?!"

Stanley couldn't believe this, was the woman lying?! But her eyes spoke the truth, so the Narrator doesn't exist the whole time... Stanley made him up?

After hearing that, Stanley's vision started blurring, he could hear Mariella calling for the doctor, his ears were buzzing, he couldn't keep his mind straight, and after that, Stanley fainted.

Editor's Note: PLOT TWIST?! This is the continuation of the RealParable Au! What happened to Stanley you may ask? Well let's just say...he overdosed on sleeping pills.

That would make sense how Stanley wasn't able to escape the Parable, he was in a coma the whole time, DON DON DON!!!!!

I know this trope is cliche, "it turns out everything was a dream" but I HAVE FUTURE PLANS FOR THIS!!!

Thanks to the dearest song, "I love you so" by The Walters, I have gained more motivation and ideas!!!!

What do you guys think of the Narrator's role? You guys theorized!!!! Thank you for reading, have a nice day 💛🖤💛🖤

[kirchefuchs]

(Luxie I am so sorry for psychoanalyzing you it's just,, you're so,,, psychoanalyse-able, yk? I just gotta psychoanalyse you...

..sPeaking of psychoanalyzing–)

Ceres

my dear friend

I have thought of the greatest Lovebug headcanon (it's actually my first Lovebug headcanon actually lmao ☠️)

BUT IMAGINE THIS

Imagine this.

(also let's assume that this concept is before the Stannarrator ship sailed in your AU :D)

Imagine the Lovebug Virus only going away once it is "satisfied." Like, a certain switch has to be flicked; a certain figurative button has to be pushed. Imagine the virus slowly showing hints to what the other person — in this case, it'll be Stanley — needs to do for it to go away.

Imagine that the only way to satisfy it is to kiss Luxie.

But Stanley can't do that! Luxie is only acting this way because of the virus! Kissing him would just be taking advantage of him, wouldn't it?

But here's the thing; Lovebug!Pollux is extremely affectionate. He's been hugging Stanley out of the blue a lot, holding his hand a bunch, kissing his cheek/s anytime he can, and everything similar. LB!Pollux does all of this, not expecting anything else in return.

Imagine Stanley deciding to return the affection one day.

And, it turns out, the virus can be satisfied that way; but it takes way longer than it would be to just kiss him.

But Stanley doesn't know how to kiss so he just decides to continue returning the affectionate gestures

And this goes on for several months. It started off as LB!Luxie doing the gestures first, then Stanley returnung them with little to no questions asked. Then it moved to LB!Luxie just moving closer to Stanley, and Stanley deciding to take the initiative to do the gestures. And then, it moved to both Stanley and LB!Luxie flat-out hugging and cuddling and holding hands and etc etc anytime they could.

And by the time the Lovebug Virus is gone, all the affectionate gestures turn into unconscious habits.

But Luxie — the actual Luxie — isn't used to that.

So everytime Stanley hugs him and holds him and takes his hand and etc etc, Luxie doesn't even know how to react without the Lovebug Virus controlling his every reaction. He's basically left a blushing and flustered mess because of Stanley.

In short: At first, LB!Luxie showed Stanley a bunch of love and affection. Stanley slowly got used to it and even started to return the gestures. By the time the Lovebug Virus is gone, Stanley is already used to showing so much affection, but Luxie isn't, and is now having to go through what Stanley did during his time with LB!Luxie :D

I forgot how this was meant to play out but I wanted to share this with you mwahahahaha

(Also, I feel like psychoanalyzing a random ending, soooooo do tell me any ending at all [including Bucket variants] so that I can watch playthroughs of the chosen ending and proceed to rant about what I found interesting hehe >:])

I hope I wasted your time in the best way possible!! <3 /p

toooooodlllllllllles :D

— 🅰️non || 05/10/2023

First off, this is hilarious and I love it so much. One reason is cuz I already headcanoned the lovebug taking place before they got together lmao. It just cracks me up think how awkward they would be afterwards, realizing how they acted while under the influence. It's so funny.

Also this is just such a fun lovebug concept. I just love the idea of Stanley being like "Well obviously I can't just kiss him. Guess we gotta do this the long way!" Both of them are so stupid (affectionate).

Anyways, this was an absolute delight to read, it would probably make a really good fic even. Here's a little doodle, I couldn't help myself, I just wanted to draw a flustered Stanley after reading this lol.

As for a random ending for you to analyze..... hmmmm...... how about the Infinite Hole? Lmao. I just love playing that ending, it's so funny.

(Also I finally got around to making a tag for your asks btw)