#everyone clowning on them that’s such a funny concept

[supernova-151]

i love the idea of franletta getting lost in madrid being a well known story amongst people now 😭

[spookieloverslittlemind]

How protective are they…

includes: Michael Myers, Pinhead, Brahms Heelshire, Art the Clown, Sun and Moon (fnaf), Marta (Outlast 2)

a/n: it’s grey and rainy outside yk what that means

Michael

Is this a joke. Michael will literally kill anyone who breathes your air if you ask him to. In fact, at the start of your relationship you had to set a boundary by telling him not to kill every person you encounter, unless you give him the clear (given those kills aren’t his own random kills, he allows you to set a rule of “don’t just kill everyone”). This stems from him walking out your front door, following the mail man one time. Michael is the epitome of the “me and my bitch don’t argue she tell me shut up and I do” trope when it comes to you except his version of shutting-up is putting down the knife. That said, you’ve got plenty of time to stop Michael because he’s only ever walking after someone, so there’s not much danger of him accidentally killing the wrong person. When, however, you do give him the green light to commit murder in the first degree…Michael’s all over it like a bad rash. You’ve never seen him walk with more purpose than when you’ve sighed and said “fine” to him killing someone. Once, you made the mistake of telling Michael he was allowed to threaten but not kill - you were very specific - man who’d been bothering you at work. At first, you thought the guy was just off sick for a couple of days out of pure fear from his encounter with Mike. Then you started seeing the missing person posters. You had one of them on the dining room table when Michael next came to visit and he just tilted his head with the closest expression he can pull to resemble 🥺👉🏻👈🏻 behind the black eye holes of his mask.

Pinhead

Is this a joke. Pinhead can and will summon a portal to any circle of Hell of his choosing to forcibly grab any mf that tries you in any capacity via chains and drag them to eternal suffering. He doesn’t even have to be there to witness the crime before he’s playing judge, jury and executioner that omniscient bastard. He’s very calm and collected about his protectiveness unless someone actually hurts you, in which case he personally handles their eternal torture. Pinhead doesn’t have much of a concept for politeness but the first time he felt the energy of a cashier being less than friendly to you he summoned a portal and you had to rush home to explain that any poor soul working in customer services suffers enough and should not be sent to Hell for being less than happy working in a different kind of Hell for minimum wage. Thankfully, Pinhead brought them back and erased their memory (and injuries) so that trauma never really happened and he learned a valuable lesson that day x

Brahms

Is this a joke. Brahms will not hesitate to kill anyone that sets foot in the house unless you give him a full briefing on, like, your sister coming to visit or something. He’s more lenient with women coming over because he likes watching you smile as you talk to them from where he resides behind the walls but men? Hahahaha. You’re funny. Real funny. You should try standup. ‘Cause you know who’s standing up whenever a man’s voice is heard. And you know who’s killing them with his bare hands. It’s rare anyone has the opportunity to upset you because you’re trapped in Brahms’ mansion, but he’s the kind to track down the exact piece of paper that gave you a paper cut and tear it to shreds. Burn it. Eat it. So it’s fair to say Brahms is very, very protective. It’s a good thing he’s not allowed out, really.

Art

Is this a joke. Like everything about him, Art’s protective nature is…unique, but he’s definitely got it. He’ll watch someone upset you until it makes you cry and then flay a man, type beat. If anyone physically hurts you then yeah, they’re dead, but apart from that he likes to test how far someone will go to upset you before he steps in to act their punishment. Surprisingly, Art’s a lot more laidback than others on this list when it comes to not wanting to kill every person you come in contact with; he’s more prone to jealousy, really, because if he sees someone else making you laugh anywhere close to the amount he makes you laugh, he will want to gut them. And he probably will when you’re out of the room. And he’ll dispose of the body before you get back and mime something about “oh 😱 they had to go ☹️👉🏻 suddenly 🤭” and then you never hear from that person again, for reasons Art pretends he doesn’t know.

Sun and Moon

Is this a joke. Sun is incapable of withholding Moon if you get even mildly disrespected in any given circumstance they’re so protective of you, just hearing about you being upset is enough to get Moon appearing. Sun’s the type to remind you that you are safe and he (and Moon) will never let anyone or anything hurt you. Moon’s the type to shout at and throw toys that have hurt you or tripped you up in the Daycare. Sun is very good at comforting you and cheering you up after the fact, but it’s Moon who handles the punishment. He’s been known to leave the Daycare out of working hours to hunt down “naughty” people, and because you’ll feel guilty about it he deliberately doesn’t tell you the things he does, except to say “they will not upset you again…🌚”

Is this a joke. This servant to God has dedicated her life to cleansing the world of heretics and you think she won’t disembowel every soul that blasphemes in the presence of God’s purest gift to her? She may not have a sense of humour but you, my friend, are hilarious. Marta doesn’t understand petty offences of someone being unkind to you, unless you explain it to her, but as soon as she comprehends the fact you are even remotely unsettled by someone’s presence…God has whispered that person’s fate in her ear, and she won’t hesitate to bring it forth. Marta is not someone you can reason with, so people very quickly accept that to harm you, your spirit or your purity in any conceivable way, is to sign their own death warrant. You can’t stop her, either, because unfortunately when you say “they hurt my feelings”, God sends her a telepathic message that’s the equivalent of “🫵🏻👁️👁️👉🏻🔪”

[olinblogin]

So I was rewatching Steven universe and I really liked to Concept of losing color to turning monochromatic, so- what if the clown!child!reader got told (by most likely Pomni since she probably doesn't know that the reader is an actual child and probably told em in the worst way possible 🥲) that Kaufmo abstracted and the little fella just starts going colorless day by day, not honking anymore because they're grieving in their own way, perhaps the reader starts getting meaner, pulling pranks that are kind of akin to Jax's but they're doing em in a way so others understand the reader's feelings. That they know what happened now, that they feel like Pomni was just Caine's way of replacing Kaufmo since he abstracted.

And now it's not just losing color, they stop attending meals as often, they start changing and for the worst. As time passes the pain starts to dull away, but it's always there. The reader regains some color, but somehow now they look,, older? More tired? It's hard to tell, they start socializing again, but it's not the same, it will never be the same again.

Sorry I got too silly with this one ISPHWIOS 😔

YES YES HES ANGST CONTINUATION RAHH

(Don’t mind the gif it thought it was funny 💀)

(WARNINGS - ANGST, NO READER, BITTER ENDING, ONCE AGAIN KINDA SHORT, MILD BODY HORROR, MILD DEPICTION OF DEPRESSION)

No one ever told you.

They never told you where Kaufmo went,

Where the one you loved like a brother had went.

You spent most of your days in your room, you weren’t allowed in Kaufmo’s room at all.

They even crossed out his face on the door.

Nobody has seen you in quite some time… but the time you did come form your room, they all noticed how discolored your once bright colors were.

“Hey, [Y/N]? Are you okay?” Jax wearily asked, Behr out of character for him; but he could notice the heavy bags under your eyes.

You could only give a slight nod in response.

Ragatha stepped in, trying to cheer you up, “we’re playing your favorite today, capture the Gloinks!” Only to be met without a reaction from you.

“Could we at least get a little honk..?” She asked; but when you squeezed your nose a pathetic, deflated squeak only left it.

“You never told me where Kaufmo went, is he okay?”

You were met with silence.

It was always silence.

You were fed up with it.

Trudging away from the group with your arms tucked to you, Caine explained what felt like the thousandth time of how to play capture the Gloinks.

That’s when Pomni came up to you, tapping you wearily. “Hey.. I heard you wanted to know what happened to Kaufmo..?” She was whispering, not that she’d need to. You were decently far away from the rest of the group.

“Well.. when I got here he… Ragatha said something happened to him called abstraction.”

A wave of horror washed over you.

You had to excuse yourself from everyone, scrambling to your room.

This couldn’t be real, he couldn’t be gone, really.

It had to just be some prank they were pulling on you for all the ones you’ve done on them.

You could feel a buzzing sensation under your skin, it felt like it was trying to eat away at your inner layers.

It wanted to get out. It had to get out.

The feeling would crawl all the way up to your chin, making you feel ill. It was only when you looked down at your hands when you saw the eyes staring back at you while eating away at your skin. It just kept eating. Even when your tried to tear it from yourself it only made it worse. This was your fate.

Destined to the same as Kaufmo. Once to be with him again. Would he recognize you?

Would you recognize him?

The thoughts iver flowed in your mind as the buzzing feeling finally consumed you, leaving no trace of the person you once were.

The once fun, loving prankster of all of them.

Reduced to nothing but a carving agony that would tear you apart gradually.

It was your time.

Goodnight, sweet [Y/N].

[fipindustries]

my joker

i already made a post where i descrived my personal favourite version of the DC trinity. now, under the light of the joker sequel apparently sucking ass (dont spoil it, i still want to see it) i decided i might as well share my personal favourite interpretation of the joker.

to start with i like to see him as a bit of a tragic figure, and very patently just a man. i have no interest in the current primordial agent of chaos, madness and anarchy that popular culture has been so infatuated with as of lately.

this is going to borrow heavily from the 90's DCAU and the old comics, before we had all this nonesense about the batgod who laughs or whatever. first of all he is a criminal, he commits crimes because they are useful to him. he has two modes, resource gathering and big project. first he steals from banks or extorts rich people or takes parts of the city hostage and demands the police or the mayor to give him money. he then uses the money for some absurd gigantic "prank" on the city. like releasing a bunch of rabid gorillas in tutus and boxing gloves, or making cats and dogs rain. is all about the stupid silly gags. i dont think having him return to silly cartoon gag comedy would necesarily make him any less horrifying since a lot of these things (dropping pianos on people, painting fake tunnels so that cars crash into them, hiding spring loaded boxing gloves in mail boxes that can genuenly kick your teeth out) are sufficiently horrifying on their own when you bring real world consequences into them. but the key thing is that he should be genuenly funny. to us. the readers, safely protected behind the fourth wall. where we can laugh at the jokes because this is fiction and these are just drawings on a page and so we can appreciate that the concept is actually clever and hilarious. i really dont like it when they make the joker commit attrocities and just because they put some smiley faces on top of it is supposed to be funny. is so lazy when the joker's plan consists on throwing a bunch of bombs but because they had the words "HAHAHA" painted on them its conceptually related to comedy. no! the pranks the joker pulls should actually work as funny pranks that people would probably actually laugh at if they saw them in a looney tunes cartoon or if noone died.

i like to think of the joker as someone who is a little lost in his own sauce, as someone who on a certain level doesnt get that his pranks are truly that bad. like sure, he understands its "illegal" or whatever and that people generally dont like to be blown up or poisoned. but also, seriously, what's the big deal? its funny! its all a joke! i dont think someone should go to jail for genuenly funny crimes your honor. is it really that bad is everyone is laughing at the end? and if they are not laughing, well they just didnt get the joke.

as for his relationship with batman, i always loved how they are clearly such a distinct dichotomy. batman is dark and scary but he is good. joker is funny and colorful but he is evil. its the simple irony at the core of it.

and i think this is the main obsession with him, he wants to make the batman get it. Moore already decried the killing joke as flawed and not very good, and i see where he is coming from, but one aspect of it i really take home is the joker trying to make the batman understand. trying to make him get the joke. this is the tragedy at the center of the character, he wants to connect with batman. and if there is one thing that upsets him to no end is that the batman never fucking gets it, he just comes in as a party pooper with a stick up his ass, ruins the fun, doesnt crack a joke, is all grimm and morose and scowling like a bad parody of judge dread and then goes away after putting him in jail. he is personally offended by this, he gets genuenly aggravated, how is it possible? get over yourself dude. dont you see how ridiculous you look? you are dressed like a giant bat! and im a clown! come on, you have to admit this is at least a little silly, you HAVE to at least crack a smirk!

when the first trailer for the dark knight came out there was a beat the trailer kept going back to over and over. a line that now is a popular catchphrase on every t-shirt. when i heard that line, with heath ledger's particular delivery of it, out of context (which made it sound like it was adressed to the bat directly, perhaps during their last confrontation when they are at each other's throats) i thought they got it. i thought i was going to see the joker as i had envisioned him all those years ago. because truly nothing could capture better the feeling of a man trying desperatly to make another understand its all a joke, than the pleading, growling, almost desperate question: why so serious?

[idsfantasy]

Not to be a little freak in you inbox, but I have one complaint with the fnaf fandoms theory side and I’d like to point it out. Sorry for the paragraph.

One thing that’s always saddened me in the fnaf fandom is the narrative that William Afton is a good dad, when evidence points to the contrary. I think it genuinely takes back from a lot of theories!!!

Barring even the book lore which points to what kind of person Afton is, he never displays evidence that he’s not abusive. A lot of theories try to give him a “motive” as to why he behaves the way he does, and so automatically place CC’s death as first in the timeline when it just kinda doesn’t line up with everything else.

I mean, everyone places the Funtimes as representative of Aftons family, but they kinda don’t dwell on the fact that they’re more. Aftons own conception of his family? Maybe the reason why they slot in so cleanly with his family members is because they’re literally how the guy views his own family.

Funtime Foxy is obviously a stand-in for Michael, what with the Fox design and all. But Funtime Foxy also sneaks around and gets up to trouble when you’re not looking, freezing up when you catch him. I think that’s indicative of William knowing about Michael’s pranks on his younger brother.

Funtime Freddy is obviously a stand in for the crying child, and his behavior is a lot more concerning when you realize that’s how William views his son. I mean, Funtime Freddy is incredibly erratic and emotional, and needs to be calmed down by a hand puppet he carries around everywhere. Which is coincidentally a rabbit. You know, like his dad. Who put a walkie talkie in his teddy bear. I just don’t think that’s a very kind way of looking at your son!

Baby looks like Elizabeth but is a gigantic clown, and is the most dangerous design out of everyone in the lineup. I always thought it was strange that he’d place his darling daughter as a clown, but now I know it’s just mean.

Ballora has always been placed as Mrs. Afton, but no one’s really known what to do with her as she doesn’t seem to point to anything else. Maybe there’s something to be said about her always having her eyes closed and being transfixed on dancing, I don’t know. Also she has gigantic booba

Afton’s controlled shocks are. Weird. When you consider them from this angle. Like that’s really the only way you can think of keeping your animatronics in line? By potentially frying their oh so precious servos??? Whatever. I just think it’s kind of funny how the theory side of the fandom insists on Afton having started out as a normal guy when all evidence points to the contrary. It’s 3 am

Yeah. While The Silver Eyes does imply he was outwardly friendly pre-murders, that doesn't mean that he was actually a good guy. Those jealousy-worship journals had to come from somewhere

[deadbydangit]

Can you do one of The Doctor, The Clown and The Knight comforting you through an anxiety attack? Been struggling with PTSD a lot lately

I'm so sorry to hear that. I've been going through some lately as well. I hope this helps. Please enjoy.

Comforting a Reader who is having a panic attack: Clown, Doctor, Knight

Clown

At first he'll be a little annoyed.

"What are you belly aching about?"

"What? You aren't dying.*

He doesn't really understand the concept of a panic attack.

The whole concept of mental health is something that's foreign to him.

The way he grew up it was something that was never discussed.

Even though it was something that really should have been.

So you'll have to explain what is happening and why.

He'll still be a little confused, but he'll listen.

He isn't too great at calming people down.

He's the one who spreads the fear, not lessens it.

But, Kenneth is a clown!

Sort of.

Well, not a good one, but he tries.

And laughter is the best medicine, right?

So, he'll pull out his bag of tricks to make you laugh.

He isn't funny.

His balloon animals suck.

And all of his magic tricks involved severed fingers.

Not exactly great things for calming down a panic attack.

You'll have to teach him the things that work for you.

Because despite his rough exterior, he really hates seeing you like that.

And, not being able to do anything for you, it hurts him even more.

So, give the guy a break. He's really trying his best.

And it's only something he would do for you.

Doctor

Herman is very observant.

He knows instantly when you're acting differently.

He may be a quack, but he's a brilliant man.

Not only does he know a lot about the human body, he knows a lot about the human mind.

So, yes, he knows exactly what's going on.

He'll rattle off the exact scientific and psychological reason for a panic attack.

While you're in the middle of one.

That isn't helping.

But he's not too great at caring for others.

Sure, he might know some techniques to help with a panic attack.

But he's never helped someone through their panic attacks before.

He's another one you'll have to sit down and explain how to help.

However, as stated before, Herman is a smart man.

He learns things quickly.

Everything you tell him he'll take down detailed notes.

He wants to know what makes you tick. What makes you anxious.

All of this so he knows what to avoid in the future. And what to do if this should arise again.

He'll set up an entire room full of comfort objects for you while you're having a panic attack.

And he'll be there the entire time.

If you want him gone, he'll respect that.

But he does have hidden cameras in that room to monitor you.

It's for your safety. Nothing weird about it.

He's usually in the business of harming others.

Only for you will he be caring.

Knight

Out of all three, Tarhos ia arguably the worst.

That isn't to say that he doesn't love you.

He truly does.

He too has dealt with immense trauma.

However, he's dealt with it differently.

So he doesn't understand why you're panicking over something.

At first, he might even tell you to knock it off.

"Why are you acting like a pathetic child?"

It's going to take several other people to knock some sense into him.

He doesn't really understand that not everyone deals with things like he does.

With swords and violence.

Some people prefer to talk about their feelings.

Tarhos is not one of them.

However, only for you, he'd be willing to learn.

He's also really bad about comforting others.

If you're feeling really bad, he might pat your head.

Maybe even give you a small hug.

But that's probably all you're going to get for now.

He is, however, very good at listening.

Occasionally, he'll give decent advice.

It really depends on the subject.

"So there is a person causing your anguish? I see. I will help you get rid of the nuisance. They will no longer cause you issues."

Most of the time, the solutions to his problems include violence.

It's going to take him some time to warm up to the whole affection and comforting thing.

But, he wouldn't do it for anyone else. Only you, because you mean that much to him.

[redisaid]

I have now played enough D&D to distill a quintessential experience that everyone should go through at least once, but I do literally every time I make a character:

Make a joke character because you are just a silly little clown and this is easier for you than committing to a hard concept

Be easy-going about your backstory because it's a joke character and you don't care, haha I'm such a funny little clown

After a few sessions, fall into a deep imagination hole and develop a complicated backstory that fits into the loose ideas of what has already been revealed for your little clown, but also explains why they are such a little clown, tragically

Grow unbelievably attached to your awful little joke character

Get fucked by your dice and die or have a close brush with character death

Get emotional about the prospect of losing your stupid fucking joke character

Get equally emotional when they are saved and you get to go on pretending to be a stupid little sad clown with your friends

Be surprised when your backstory always becomes the one the DM gravitates to, because you were actually the one that fleshed it out the most and left the best hooks for them, despite the fact that you made a joke character

Get invited to another game and do the exact same damn thing all over again

[beanghostprincess]

Mihawk's illicit affairs come to light (as in his messy as fuck polycule-situationship-him and every single man over the age of 37 in the grand line) one way or another and Perona is already aware of all of them so she just nods along while Zoro is increasingly losing his marbles next to her like "What do u mean Shanks? Luffy's pseudodad Shanks? CROCODILE? CROCODILE AND THE CLOWN? SIMULTANEOUSLY?WHY THE CLOWN?" whole while Mihawk is head in hands if I ignore it it isn't happening take a sip of wine hope no one brings up that one weird time with Dragon or I will never recover kind of mood. Maybe this is final arc adjacent and everyone is allied with each other against Blackbeard and Shuggy are fighting and Mihawk has his dirty laundry aired like this because neither Buggy nor Shanks comprehend the concepts of "public breakdown" or "using inside voices" or "fighting each other somewhere the entire world can't see it". Crocodile remains unphased, mostly because he is trying to avoid people he knows so he is unaware Shanks is bringing his business into his marital spat with Buggy. Also because he is shameless.

Mihawk doesn't get paid enough to deal with this shit, God forbid depressed homosexual vampiric swordsmen have fun-- And Zoro's reaction would be so funny because he'd just turn around to Perona like "YOU KNEW??? AND WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME???" / "You didn't ask. And I knew you'd lose your mind and be annoying so...". He even tells Luffy when he sees him and asks him if he knows, and Luffy is like "Does it matter who he sleeps with? We're pirates! We should be free to do these things!" and Zoro is just like, head in hands, groaning, and saying "I don't give a fuck who he sleeps with, I just thought he'd have better taste and the thought of it is just ugghhh".

On the other hand, Shanks and Buggy do not know what privacy means so literally everybody knows about their affairs and dramas because the Shuggy/Cross Guild thing is a whole telenovela.

[poisoned-sugar11]

Mutual 1: FUCK THESE STUPID CLOWNS I HATE THEM ALL (AFFECTIONATE)

Mutual 2: exploding again 💥

Mutual 3: *pretty nature photo*

Mutual 1: *highly impressive beadwork*

Mutual 2: *literally the most concerning thing you've ever read in your life*

Mutual 4: guy *beautiful painting of blorbo from my songs*

Mutual 3: *bird photo*

Mutual 2: *very funny shitpost*

Mutual 5: these yellowjackets characters are so doomed yuri. Currently losing my mind. THE SYMBOLISM

Mutual 6: WOE, NEW SIDEBLOG BE UPON YE

Mutual 4: *vaguely British Victorian Era type shitpost*

Mutual 1: ME WHEN FRIENDS AGSUWIANDOFOKRKSODFI8FOELE AAAUAGHHH

Mutual 6: hey so I had this idea for a book about *concept that is 100x cooler than any published book*

Mutual 3: *whimsical nature art*

Mutual 7: *absolutely amazing art that one could never hope to match the skill of*

Mutual 5: mizuki and ena should kiss

Mutual 7: VENT TW: why does my art suck ass actually

Mutual 8: anyone else up showtiming their wonderland

Literally everyone single mutual: *reblogging the same post that says "REBLOG TO HUG PREV"*

Mutual 9: me when I'm literally a forest animal trapped in a human body

[skyepixels]

The Welcome Home Website!!!!! She is Beautiful~! And She Leaves Us With So Many Questions!

First off, I am absolutely astonished at how beautiful she is!!! Clown, Puzz, and everyone else has worked so hard and they've exceeded everyone's expectations with the site!!! What a wonderful little Home they've made, and I'm excited to experience it as a fan!!!

I know that everyone's combing through the new website update with a fine toothed comb so I won't be sharing anything we've already found. I don't think I've found anything new in the site that others haven't already found, but oh boy!!!! Does everything there only raise more questions!

What I do love is how all the audio files we've been given through the "bugs" has really shown what everyone's personality is like! I love every one of them, and the voice actors captured them perfectly! Oh and the little tidbits of history with the merchandise, the telephone calls, the little skits! Be still my beating heart~!!!

AND THE WALLY LIVE INTERVIEW. I CANT! It's sooo darn cute!! And Nick Nocturne (I know it's him, that interdimentional cat demon) as the interviewer was such a lovely touch! I cannot wait to hear about that from his YT channel!!! And Wally was so coy with the romance question~ and I think that's the perfect way to answer it for everyone who loves him! Keep it vague, let everyone make their own conclusions and be happy! (I know I certainly will for the time being, and will love him no matter what!) I am so curious about the underlying story here: there's so much to think about it's driving me crazy! They gave so much and answered so little! We can only theorize from here! So here's my little thoughts! None of it's cohesive in any way, nor does it really have all the details or tell full story yet, so just take it in sections if you decide to read it! ______

!~OBSERVATION TIME~!

I think that Wally, Home (And maybe everyone else, not sure) are trapped somewhere. Where exactly isn't certain, but very trapped indeed. My first indication of this from this response in the guestbook for Tayla (Page 8):

"eu não sei onde estamos" - I don't know where we are (A bonus for the multi-lingual side of things there, it makes me really happy to see it!)

I have no concept of what happened to everyone else, but from the little drawings he's made on the guestbook, he's constantly telling people things like "Oh, I'll tell Eddie." or "I'll tell Frank." these messages, but we never get a direct response from any other neighbor! It's always him talking! Just him. He tells people their responses, but we never hear anything direct from the other neighbors! The quick reference I can bring up is the hearts PNG in the guestbook for Kazoo:

itoldhim_hesaidhesflattered_idontknowwhatanyoneistalkingabout_.png I feel like those collections of audio clips with all the neighbors (1-14 to 14-14) are a recount of events throughout an entire day that previously happened that may give insight into what happened to Wally. I think this is the case based on the last audio in the list, 14-14 bh audio, when Barnaby notices Wally acting strange:

BARNABY: Yeah, yeah, real funny! A poor little guy like me deserves some sympathy! A clown without a kazoo is like… Like an artist without his paintbrush! Go on kid, tell ‘em! …Hello? Buddy? Pal? …Hey, you stopped paintin’. Everything alright, Wally?

Well, something happened there. Maybe a change in his psyche, how he perceives things - some strange realization that terrified him. Maybe he got angry at something. What it was? I have no clue.

Another addition that I think is interesting! Frank wrote to Wally describing the unusual bug he found. In the beginning of that letter, Frank says this:

"I know you would ask if you are here." Where is he?

The nature of how Wally and everyone communicates is so vague and weird! I think the telephones, the mail, the TVs - all these things are means of communicating, but there's no direct connection to us! Any time a phone call is made, they can't hear us. This I have inferred from the "It's for you!" Talking telephone toy! They can talk to us and we can hear them, but they can't hear us! What's causing this disturbance? That's the real bug here, and I'm clueless on what that means or how to break through the surface!

Most importantly! I think that Wally specifically trying to communicate with that one person on the WHRP team. That person... is experiencing a lot of heavy sh*t, because I think they remember Wally and the show. They're the closest person right now that's able to help him (either willingly or not!)

I also believe he's specifically working with that WHRP member because in the phone audio (the one you click on when interacting with the toy telephone on the merchandise page), he says:

"You have to go too. You have work to do."

From what I can interpret from the live interview, I think that it implies some semblance of back story! Wally did interact with people and the outside world during his prime in the 70s, when the show was really starting to pick up speed. He was calmer, more in tune with his character and fame. He was in character most of all, and I think being in character was a sense of identity for him that he could rely on!

But those secret audio files we hear from him now? He sounds desperate, like he can't breathe. He's practically breaking from his usual character. What did he realize? What does he know? All of those things boil down to this sentence:

"I will help you understand. I will find a way soon, Neighbor."

Wally (and Home?) are working away at a solution wherever they can I think that WHRP member is the key to that! (Although the methods of how they're doing it, i.e the black paint that apparently you shouldn't touch with bare hands, the mind-boggling phone ringing in that person's ears, the complete distortion of reality - definetely implies a few things.)

I also think that the highlighted in invisible ink is Wally's words throughout the email compilations and other documents! The one where he says "Im so sorry." - I feel like that's him showing some remorse for his actions there, but it's like a sorry that says "I'm sorry, I have to do this." kind of deal (which is... oof)

Also - quick note! Wally keep insisting on being let in, rather than being let out. "Let me in." - Let you in to where? Our world? Reality? Oh so many questions!!!

I also am curious about the WHRP staff too, and their interactions with the Question-Answerer, the Marlo company, the Playfellow Workshop! There's two sides to this story; the human side and the puppet one, and it's so multilayered here that at this point, I'm inclined to distrust what anyone on that website says until we know what's going on!

Lastly, I'm not certain how much we as viewers of this story are involved. While I believe that he's working to get that WHRP member to let him in, he does acknowledge us through the guestbook. Although, I don't think truly aware of how much we see him. i.e "idontknowwhatanyoneistalkingabout" line from the heart PNG.

While I want to believe that Wally can see us through our art, specifically when we draw or recreate his eyes, for engagement's sake (audio from this link), I also am inclined to believe he's refering to the eyes that the WHRP team member keeps drawing on those sticky notes and other places throughout the restoration site:

And and and!!! I think that there's got to be something upcoming with this link: https://www.clownillustration.com/error404

You find this link on the staff-only page at the bottom with the text "It's in here." And I think that with any future updates, the next section of the story will be coming from here.

AHH~! I rambled on too long! Hope you enjoyed it!

[emblemxeno]

To add that, x is having a clown day on discussing about meritocracy not being social darwinism and saying "you don't get m'lady, you're reading her wrong". Funny to see them keep coping and seething. 🤡

That's funny cuz... duh, it's not exactly Social Darwinism lol. Social Darwinism has its roots in biological discourse and advocation for sapient beings-us humans-to align with non-sapient hierarchy. "Well of course this race is superior, it conquered the other races and accumulated wealth, and because of their strength, they have the right to expand their influence even more." It's a school of thought that cages humankind into an animalistic box, and animalistic beliefs have no broad concept of merit at all beyond "you strong, therefore you better."

Meritocracy, if anything, runs parallel to Social Darwinism; a first cousin, if you will. "Well of course this person is the best at the job, because I say so and I am a perfectly unbiased messiah with no prejudices whatsoever." It ascribes a sapient concept to a similar root, said root being "the best of us get the best lives and they deserve it." Where meritocracy fails is that humankind is nuanced, complicated, and unable to be separated from bias.

Where Social Darwinism fails is obvious to many, but an unfortunate amount of people still try to cape for meritocracy, when really... it's main selling point is 'equality of opportunity' and that isn't useful for a progressing world. Merit cannot and never will be a fair judging tool as even when you try to remain as un-prejudiced as possible, well... adhering to the principals of merit, that means you have to rule out great workers who happen to be disabled because they're unfortunately seen as unpredictale and unreliable, rule out great workers who live in faraway locations, rule out great workers who are good at the specific job but didn't have the best record at other merit based applications (e.g. schools and standardized testing), and rule out people who fit the bill perfectly but cause the whole project to suffer due to biases from other workers, like if the rest of the team spents more time being racist or homophobic to the new guy, and that ends up slowing progress.

While trying to be fair and impartial, it ends up being exlcusive and discriminatory, the opposite of actual progress.

Equity meanwhile guarantees that needs and accomodations are met for the groups and individuals to participate in a fair and just society, and Edelgard only gets the fucking idea of one possible equitable reform FIVE YEARS INTO HER WAR IN ONE OPTIONAL SUPPORT. Before that, she honestly thought "if I decenter nobility, crests, and religion, and tell everyone that people will get jobs based on how good the Emperor says they are then society would fix itself", like besides being a bad person, she's also a fucking moron lol.

[blackjackkent]

Commentary by the different companions about the terrible joke that kicks off Dribbles show:

DRIBBLES: Buddy the dog is my very best friend. Do you know why? Because with him, anything is paw-sible. Wa-hey! ASTARION: Oh good, puns. Because clowns aren't enough of a horror already. (Devnote: Not impressed at the clown's jokes.) GALE: Hmm. Not to my taste, but I'll take a clown over some hack magician pulling peonies from his breeches. HALSIN: Why is that daubed fellow being forced before a crowd like so? Is he being punished? Ritualised humiliation? (Devnote: Bemused (unfamiliar with the concept of clowns)) JAHEIRA: Heh. What? Shut up. (Devnote: Little involuntary grunt of a laugh at a terrible joke, then immediate defensiveness as if player is looking at her. Mumbled, attention returned to stage.) KARLACH: Oof. No. Sorry Dribbles. (Devnote: She's been having fun so far but she doesn't like this clown.) LAE'ZEL: Can we not find a more pleasant amusement? Gouging out our own eyeballs, perhaps? MINSC: Heh. HEH. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. (Devnote: Slow burn. Minsc is in the crowd as a clown makes a terrible joke. He gets it a second later then everyone else, but enjoys it ten times as much.) MINTHARA: Just give the word, and I will kill the clown. We would be praised as heroes. (Devnote: Reaction to watching a clown deliver bad puns on a stage. She's not serious about being prasied as heroes, but she really would like to kill the clown, even though she knows it's inappropriate/illegal.) SHADOWHEART: Gods, I hate clowns. I'm not even sure clowns like clowns. WYLL: Between you and me, I love a good clown - and Dribbles is the best.

Also deeply amused at the approvals distribution when selecting a companion to go up onto the stage during the Dribbles show.

Generally speaking, everyone approves +1 when anyone but themselves is sent up, and again when you insist after the person initially objects.

Generally speaking everyone disapproves -1 if they are the one sent up, and again when you insist.

Lae'zel approves double when Shadowheart is sent up, and vice versa.

Wyll approves double when Karlach is sent up, and vice versa. Karlach also approves double when Jaheira is sent up.

Astarion approves double when Minsc is sent up and vice versa.

Minsc approves +1 when you initially suggest him, then stops approving when you insist as he realizes how creepy Dribbles is.

Wyll, Karlach, and Halsin, in contrast, have no approval change when you first suggest them and then start approving once you insist.

Gale and Jaheira have no approval change until you insist, and then disapprove. (Jaheira's disapproval is because you out her as the High Harper in front of a public group. XD )

Minthara disapproves at first, then approves after you get her to tell her joke for the crowd. XD

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PLAYER: You love the spotlight, don't you, Astarion? Here's your big chance. ASTARION: What? No. Don't you dare. This isn't funny. (Devnote: Astarion is shocked that the player's volunteering him - he's genuinely a little spooked by the clown. Last line is stressed, almost hissing) PLAYER: Go on, Astarion! ASTARION: Of course, what fun! I'm going to fucking kill you. (Devnote: he's just been pulled up on stage by a clown and is DEEPLY uncomfortable. Tries to loudly play along with a friendly wave in the first line, then hisses the second to the player under his breath. Still smiling, of course)

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PLAYER: Gale, you're good at tricks, right? Up you go. GALE: Truly? I might as well go mount the gallows. (Devnote: offended) PLAYER: Go on, Gale! GALE: You truly are testing the patience of a man who could level a city if he wished, you know.

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PLAYER: Lend him a hand, Halsin. HALSIN: The local customs are... veiled to me. Are you sure this is wise? (Devnote: Unsure. (he's participating in a stage trick at a circus but doesn't understand the concept at all)) PLAYER: Go on, Halsin! HALSIN: Very well... Oak Father, shield me in the trials to come. (Devnote: Mustering bravery)

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PLAYER: Well, Jaheira? Care to make your debut? JAHEIRA: You think I haven't mounted a stage before? Though be warned, clown - if you mean to throw knives, I will throw them back. (Devnote: Player has just urged her on up on stage with a clown looking for volunteers. Surprisingly, she doesn't get grumpy - but second line is a sharp warning to performer) PLAYER: All hail the High Harper! JAHEIRA: You understand the nature of a secret organisation, yes? (Devnote: Player has just cheered her on as the High Harper on stage in front of a crowd. Deadpan - 'are you actually that dumb?')

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PLAYER: Go on, Karlach, up you go. KARLACH: Hang on now, soldier, I'm not paying for your sins. PLAYER: Go on, Karlach! KARLACH: This had better be violent, sexy, or both. (Devnote: up on a stage with a clown, very sceptical)

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PLAYER: This is your time to shine, Lae'zel - up you go. LAE'ZEL: Tsk'va. You can't be serious. PLAYER: Go on, Lae'zel! LAE'ZEL: Chk. And here I thought ceremorphosis was the ultimate torment.

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PLAYER: Minsc would be honoured. MINSC: Honoured is Minsc! But be warned, jester - none may juggle my hamster but me. (Devnote: Player has volunteered Minsc to go on stage with the clown. He's enthusiastic - but ends on a hint of friendly threat. Carries volumes of the last poor performer who may have tried to include Boo in the trick.) PLAYER: Go on, Minsc! MINSC: On closer inspection, Boo, this clown does not much look like the jolly sort... (Devnote: Growing trepidation - the clown is pretty creepy close up, and Minsc's mirth is fading fast)

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PLAYER: My good friend Minthara is the funniest person I know. MINTHARA: Am I indeed? Perhaps I will tell my favourite joke. It is about you, bleeding to death. (Devnote: responding to being sent onto a stage to perform in a circus show with a clown. She's irritated and half-sincere about enjoying the player bleeding to death.) PLAYER: Go, Minthara! Tell the one about the man who married a drider! MINTHARA: It was a beautiful webbing. (Devnote: on a stage, performing for a crowd, and delivering a punchline that she knows is terrible - delivered completely deadpan and with barely concealed anger)

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PLAYER: I think my friend Shadowheart will make a far better assistant. SHADOWHEART: Are you quite sure you have a friend called Shadowheart? Not an enemy? (Devnote: warning look) PLAYER: Go on, Shadowheart! SHADOWHEART: I'd advise you find someone to taste your food from now on.

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PLAYER: I think this is a job for the Blade of Frontiers, don't you, Wyll? WYLL: I'm not so sure... (Devnote: Hesitant) PLAYER: Go on, Wyll! WYLL: Well, if you insist... (Devnote: charming smile, talking to the crowd)

[lakesbian]

Worm Ask:

Perdition and the Yangban, what are your thoughts?

well obviously the yangban is ridiculously sinophobic. i was adding Wildbow Moment points to the Wildbow Moment Counter more or less every time they were mentioned. so so visibly written by a guy whose only perception of china is that it's an Evil Regimented Communist Cult Country Comprised Entirely Of Bad Stupid Brainwashed People With No Individuality (Unlike Us Special Americans). will never be over how funny and ridiculous it is when the characters in the story outright acknowledge that the yangban were literally right abt the PRT sucking but this doesn't change anything abt their opinions on the yangban because [taylor voice] whereas the PRT is simply a flawed system that could've been freed of its corruption and fixed the yangban is just like. inherently evil and fucked up by dint of being chinese.

anyway. perdition is fucking hilarious. like he sucks. he's fucking insufferable. he plays LoL. it's so funny how he's there during the travelers' arc and it's all like "huh i wonder what happened 2 him/when he'll show back up since he's not with the main team in the present day?" and then he still doesn't show up for like 7 more arcs and when he Does finally appear literally all he does is be annoying and misogynist, fuck everything up, and then fuck off into the distance never to be seen again. accord fucking sold him to one direction. it's so funny. he sucks and his life sucks.

that said. i also genuinely love his sole appearance. because despite the fact that i had to read wildbow's terrible sinophobic opinions about china during it, and despite the fact that he's a clown, he's a fantastic little feature for the simurgh. i love the detail that he'd been hearing the simurgh screaming in his head for months and months on end without realizing, that he only notices the noise once it cuts out after he's done something terrible and unfixable, and he's left with the horrible silence as he finally processes out what she made him do. the simurgh is such an incredibly cool concept bc like. as taylor puts it. you win the battle but lose the war with her. society plays all these charades about trying to stop her or minimize her damage, but none of them work. the madison quarantine zone doesn't stop noelle from happening, and it's still in place long after she's already died, with all of the people the simurgh had no plans for still trapped inside. the madison quarantine zone doesn't stop perdition from being turned into one long rube-goldberg machine of tragedy, where he ends up in just the right place at just the right time to make an already bad endbringer fight that much worse, and he suffers all the way through it. and nobody ever realizes! nobody will ever know that he did that solely because the simurgh got to him. it's such a perfectly unsettling example of how there's nothing anyone can actually do against the simurgh, because she's going to keep getting shots against humanity in ways no one will even notice. everyone is so so paranoid about her and they never even notice the knives she's stuck in their backs. i've never seen this movie before so if this simile doesn't work just smile and nod anyway but she's like if the experience of watching It Follows was a kaiju. it rocks. perdition's interlude sucks overall but that one part is such a special little fucked up look into exactly why the simurgh is terrifying. did i mention i love the simurgh.

[thelemoncoffee]

Ok so you seem to like Ouma x Video Games HCs or AUs. Here's an AU pitch I was GOING to write, but accidentally got distracted and started writing a magical girl (Boy) Saiou AU (Do not fw me on this I'm a slut for magical girl AUs)

Saiou AU, obviously (I have to include them for A. Publicity and B. I love them).

Shuichi and Kokichi meet when they're like super young (age 5-8 preferred). The two bond over video games, puzzles, and board games (and theories for video games) for years, and eventually decide to start a yt channel after they meet Kaede. Shuichi and Kokichi decide to remain faceless because honestly, I don't know why these two (who like privacy from what I've analyzed about them) would want to be recognized. Anyways, the channel with the two goes off without a hitch, and they gradually gain subscribers because they're awesome (They fw each other way too much and it's funny) and also gradually start helping the V3 cast, who they meet through school also start channels because they all like playing games together.

(You=Anyone who wants to write this)

Now, my personal way to go about this is that Saiou is already dating. But, if you want it to be about a get-together, go ahead. I live for those fics, too. Or, alternatively, (my personal idea for this pitch) you could write about a face reveal. It'd be like everyone else has already face revealed, and now the only ppl left are these two. Their place on the internet (Lets be honest, it's probably just YT) is like MatPat. Everyone in this day and age knows them. They're like household name. They could do theory videos, gaming videos, and stuff like that. (The two fit GTLive so well, LMAO)

Lmk if you'd fw this, maybe I'll write it. I don't know. I'm hyper focused on my magical girl (boy) AU rn, so I gotta get my attention gradually back onto that.

fuck yes this is great! it's been a while since igot an au in my inbox and i am looking so hard. you are right in your assement of my enjoyment of Kokichi and viddy games, and i also love the idea of him being a faceless content creator

i don't think it ever occured to me to make him a massive youtuber on level with game theory before (probably because i tend to like thinking more small and niche with my Kokichi hcs) but the concept of him and Shuichi doing youtube together as a faceless duo and getting stupid popular slaps. i can only imagine how many close calls they've had with getting cancled because Kokichi is just Like That™ tho

when you described them as being the only two faceless ones with Kaede also being part of the crew, my brain instantly gave me the imagry of the three of them all sitting at a table for a video together and Kaede is just chillin smiling and stuff with saiouma on either side of her with their faces covered by masks. the only reason i went masks and not just them not doing irl videos is because i just know Kokichi would use his clown mask

[pickypickypeak]

I am curious what your take is on this "star boy the shape shifter" after seeing your nice reply to that clown. Even if the idea remained I have a funny feeling about it in my spirit.

Thank you for the ask!! People will cling on anything just to hate on another Disney movie (without even watching it nor caring about Disney in the first place lol), they think it makes them look cool I guess?

Honestly, I like the concept of human Star. I know we don’t know for sure if he was gonna be a love interest, even though the demo version of At All Costs strongly makes me think so. Even having him as a platonic friend to Asha, not necessarily a love interest, had potential in my opinion, but an old fashioned love story would have been nice for the Disney 100th (we arguably don’t have one since Tangled). Especially the shapeshifting part would have been so fun to see in animation! I’m imagining some sort of fusion between Maui and Jack Frost lmao

HOWEVER, unlike some people who, clearly, are just in love with the aesthetic of it and were searching for yet another reason to sh*t on Disney, I’m not PISSED at the writers for changing that. First of all I’m pretty satisfied with what we got: as I said previously, I definitely don’t consider Wish the BEST Disney movie, but still a quite enjoyable one with nice characters, animation, and music. Secondly, we don’t know the full original story, we don’t even know if they had one when Starboy was considered. Maybe it didn’t work, maybe they were just exploring ideas and some concepts of him as a human were made. It’s not like this is the first time a cool scrapped concept appears in an art book lol, Disney art books are filled with those.

Also, I feel like people need to understand that it’s perfectly fine to say “you know what this would have been cool. I’m making a fic/fanart/headcanon” instead of immediately going “oh my goddd!!! this would have been SO much cooler than the actual movie, which I haven’t seen, based on this specific scrapped concept art and some ai art I’ve seen on tiktok!!!” I know it’s not EVERYONE acting this way but, sorry, most complaints I’ve seen are coming from these people lol. Fortunately I’ve also seen a few comments from people who genuinely wonder what the movie would have been like if they went with Starboy without making tragedies, as well as people making fanarts out of creativity and not hate for the actual movie (which is not deserved come on. You can dislike it ofc but it’s not some immoral monster like some people paint it).

So that said, I’m glad people are having fun exploring concepts and making fanarts, I’m all for it! Long post but I took an opportunity to express all my thoughts on the topic lol

[what-yadoking-likes]

6 games to get to know me? Boot.

6 heists to get to know me? Toot!

Feel free to join in: here are the 6 heists to get to know me, Yadoking. In no particular order:

Shacklethorne Auction I enjoy this one, and I enjoy completing it in stealth specifically. I think the setting is really cool, and the piano music drifting up to the top floor as you hunt for the blow torch/security boxes? It really creates a spooky ambience. The idea of heisting from an auction itself is also extremely cool and the tuxes/outfits for this heist are nothing to sniff at, either.

Framing Frame. Is this because I like the heist? No, I fucking hate it. Is this because I am good at this heist? No, I am fucking shit at this heist. No joke, in my career playthrough it took me HOURS to complete this heist in stealth. In fairness, this was due to my lack of a dedicated stealth build rather than a lack of skill - but it deserves a dishonourable mention on this list all the same.

Stealing Xmas A crazy Vlad heist! I really like this one. The objectives are fun and varied and essentially force you into exploring the map. And Vlad wanting to steal the fucking Christmas tree? IT'S SO COOL. I love it when Payday leans into the camp side of things. Is it absolutely ridiculous to blow the ceiling off the roof of the mall to extract the tree? Yes, yes it is. Do I care? I do not. Also, Vlad makes a pen!$ joke, which as an eight-year-old boy I find really funny.

No Mercy A crossover with one of my other most-played game series on Steam? Sign me the fuck up. Yeah, the heist was retconned a bit in Payday 2, but honestly? The thought of a bunch of greedy clowns releasing a zombie virus into the world is really funny. The stealth portion is a cool touch, though obviously not sustainable throughout the heist's duration. The claustrophobic corridors can get real busy though... with the corpses of all the cops you kill.

Birth of Sky Okay, I know not everyone will agree with me on this. But I think this heist is pretty funny as a concept. Locke's commentary is great because he is still in his 'maybe I'll be a villain teehee' era, and he's such a great contrast to Bain. Yes the snipers and that finale in the sewers is absolutely brutal (on harder difficulties), but I've had so much fun on this map.

Hoxton Breakout Call me basic if you want but again - it's FUN. Breaking your mate out of prison and rushing through the city streets to get him to safety? Fun. Driving directly into the FBI offices? Fun. Raiding the FBI offices of evidence, servers and witness testimonies? FUN! I think day 2 of this one offers great replayability as the map is decently-sized and offers really different objectives. I know some people dislike day 2 because it feels like a lot of waiting for drills/hacks/scans - but I think holding down a section of the FBI HQ as you hunt desperately for the information that will help the gang out as a whole is so much fun. I would love to know everyone else's 6 heists to get to know them! This is just a bit of fun - we all enjoy this series for different reasons, and I am sure no two lists will be exactly the same.