#flashlight girl/the girl in the portraits on the maw > raincoat girl > six

[paperpiperpeeperpopper]

I've thought about it a bit more since I sent this ask (I was not coherent at all I was still reeling, gahdamn) and I definitely don't think Sisi is anyone we know, rather I feel like the yellow raincoat and Six's theme, (we hear Noone humming it in ep3 and she's... well, not Six.) to an extent, is a familiar thread that ties all of the aspects and different forms of media of the LN world together somehow without actually fastening characters into certain roles of "character = character" if that makes sense? Though I don't have any ideas as to why

My feelings about Noone are complicated, both staying with Otto and going to the Nowhere were bad options, and I'm NOT saying going to the nowhere was a lesser of two evils situation. Its literally a nightmare torture dimension.

I have however seen a few people shit-talking her for taking the Ferryman's bait, it's things like that I'm not okay with. These people are going "Ohhh Noone STUPID she took the BAD option, what is WRONG with her, could't she see she was making a bad choice?" She was manipulated, Otto was abusing her, she was likely terminally I'll, Ferryman was preying on these weak points, and it created a perfect storm to drag her under. BUT, as I like to say about all the kids people shit on for doing bad things, say it with me now: They are kids, they are traumatized, they aren't emotionally mature enough to consider the consequences of some choices, THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE BAD CHOICES.

Ahem, anyway I am sad she ended up in the nowhere, it's an awful, horrific, and grotesque place to be, especially for a child. I'm not even a 100% sure her being pulled over even "healed" her like she thought it would.

The acting was indeed INCREDIBLE, Noone's panic attack in ep4 was very well played and actually quite unsettling and I really felt for her, and Otto's steep decline from "her health must come first" to "I must know more" was like watching a car wreck, it was horrifying and gross but I couldn't look away.

All in all, an amazing podcast and addition to this world I think. I knew going in not to expect a happy ending, still I got heartbroken such is the way of LN :')

A summery of tson:

Shit's fucked

Seriously though I'm so normal. I'm a little sad Noone went to the nowhere, but I'm also happy for her...? She got away from Otto. I think that's what the nowhere does, targets children with *nowhere* to go and no support system (and in Noone's case she also had illnesses) and gives them a reprieve, but in turn they are pulled into a LITTERAL MONSTER WORLD.

I've seen a few people theorize that Cece = Six and Otto = Mono, but I don't really agree with that, first off, though Otto did react to the yellow raincoat, the raincoat was Rcg's first (I think it's more likely that Cece = rcg but I also want to keep my mind open and just process for a few days) and it just doesn't really fit in my mind...? And to everyone saying "bUt It would exPlaIn mOno's oBseSion wIth trAveling with Six and ReaChIng the tOwEer" I say ...No :)

I really liked the podcast itself, it was a little triggering because I have had experiences with therapists manipulating and using me, but I was able to look past it and enjoy it. The sound design was INCREDIBLE and I'm really hoping they release the theme on Spotify, and I really liked the writing

Aaaa idk my thoughts are all over the place

I totally agree with you on most of this! The trend of assigning specific characters to already pre-existing ones in particular really bothers me as of now -- characters can have parallels without being the same person, people! Just look at Six and the Lady!! I also don't think Sisi is anyone we know just yet.

I can't say I am happy for Noone, though. She got prayed on in one of her most vulnerable moments caused by an irresponsible and irrational adult, causing her to be pushed into the arms of danger. Unfortunately this happens way too often in the real world as well. Poor child. The Nowhere may have "healed" her, but make no mistake: it is not a place of good. Not at all. Considering the final noises we heard as she approached the "door" it seems that she may have travelled to the Maw, where the Ferryman usually takes children... and considering the things that happen in the Maw... I wonder if she's one of those many faceless children we see during Six and RKs adventure. :(

The actors did a perfect job. Noone is really adorable and Otto's breakdowns were incredibly effective, both their VAs are very skilled. I must also give props to Otto's Italian VA: he was perfect for the role and nailed the vibe to a tee.

[marionedde]

Little nightmares kids

Six- The soon to be lady haunted by her shadow.

Mono- The kid with the empty eyes.

Cici- The lost sister in the yellow raincoat.

Seven- The runaway child, friend of nomes.

One- a boy seen in a portrait at the Nest, but was seen in the maw as well. Lost his sister to the wind.

Two- A girl seen in the same portraits.

Three- A hidden girl with a hunch. Scared of mirrors. Trust issues.

Four- A bandaged kid seen in portraits with One and Two, but only before the bandages.

Five- A tiny child with a mysterious past. Little brother of Two.

Flicker- the lost daughter of the Lady. Seen in the hidden portraits as well. Often seen with her flashlight.

Noodle- A boy seen in the Maw with his bread.

Pretender- the supposed successor of the Lady. Many strange powers.

Bandy (Roger)- a blind little kid with a bindle.

Jester (Ethan)- A chubby child who wanders a lot. Has great jokes. Hates baths.

Noone (Ruth)- A girl who's been here for a long time. Dark past involving doctors. Likes spoons.

Ghost- shy and likes animals more than social interactions.

Low- a strange child with their friend.

Alone- Low's travel partner. Resourceful.

Rusty- One of the oldest of the children. From the circus. Accompanied with his friend troupe. Tightrope walks.

Sticky- A child with goo in their hair. From the stone giant.

Traps- One of Rusty's friends. Skilled with the trapeze.

Sphere, Roll + Tumble- The jugglers. Part of the troupe.

Flare + Pyre- Fire breathers. From the circus.

Scarf- a lost child from the nest. Often bundled up with a hat and scarf.

Spark- The last of the troupe. Does magic.

[lore-gore]

Putting this all into one post

My Little Nightmares au:

Endless Nightmares

It takes place in an alternate dimension called the Nowhere. Children are suddenly transported there in the dead of night. They will eventually either die or become a monster. Some will be collected by The Ferryman and taken to The Maw, others manage to evade him. All of this is the Flesh Walls doing, using The Transmission to carry out its goals. Even the landscape has been warped by The Transmission, becoming large like most of the monsters who roam it. (So the kids are regular sized.) It used to be like our dimension, until The Transmission corrupted it and its residents. Eventually it ran out of victims, thus the kidnappings.

Enter Six. Six has amnesia, and has no memory of her life before. But she knows this isn't home, and is determined to find a way back.

The first chapter is the DLC. Six replaces RK. But at the end, instead of being turned into a nome, The Lady tries to separate her soul from her body. However she only succeeds in separating a fragment of her soul. This fragment of her soul becomes Dark Six. (The Glitching Remains and Shadow Kids aka Masked Remains were also created from fragments of children's souls, although those children are usually long dead.) Because she is missing a piece of her soul, she experiences extreme bouts of hunger that worsened over time. (The reason she ate the Nome is because her hunger had worsened to the point that only something living could satiate it. Not that she didn't feel guilty.) In the ending scene, instead of finding a sausage, she finds a lighter.

The second chapter is Little Nightmares 1. It is the exact same, no changes. (She was brought to the starting point by the Nomes after she passed out. The post credit cutscene in the DLC is like a moment of consciousness, what she sees while being dragged in the foreground out of sight by the Nomes.)

The third chapter is Little Nightmares 2. (Six ended up in The Wilderness after accidentally teleporting through the tv on the shore where the boat dropped her off.) Six takes Mono's place, and Mono takes Six's place. (The reason she decides to help him is because unlike in The Maw, where she had to focus on escaping, this was an ideal moment to team up.) Instead of the Six finding her raincoat scene, it's Mono finding his paper bag. (He wasn't wearing it in the beginning. Without the bag he looks like Runaway Kid in Mono's clothes.) Mono's Glitching Remains lead her to the tower, so she can free him. Instead of taking off the hat during The Thin Man death scene, Six pulls down her hood. Monster Mono looks like Monster Six but with Mono's clothes. The reason the room contains stuff from The Maw is because The Transmission was taunting Six. Six defeats Monster Mono, but instead of him returning to normal, he dies. (She had to kill him as it was the only way to save them both.) Six escapes the tower. Cue secret ending scene. When Six is thrown out of the tv during this scene, her hood falls back over her head. Dark Six turns toward the picture of The Maw, indicating where she came from. Her hunger, which had been satisfied the entire time because she had eaten The Lady, returns.

Also, the girl in the portrait is not The Lady's daughter. Rather she is a random child who became The Lady's temporary favorite; a pet. It's similar to Mono and The Hunter, being viewed as merely a pet. (He escaped because he knew he would be killed the moment The Hunter got tired of him.)

The Shadow Kids are the soul fragments of past favorites of The Lady (who she would kill after they were "disobedient"), which is why they act and look different than the other Glitched Remains.

The picture of a girl in a raincoat is a picture of a different kid, a sheet covering it signifying their loss of favor. (The headless statues are also of past favorites, destroyed in a fit of rage.)

Oh, and the piece of a dress that looks like Flashlight Girl's, the kid in the cage that looks like her, and the Nome shadow that looks like her were from different kids, she was killed by the Leeches.

The Nomes were runaway children who weren't strong enough to resist The Transmission.

The Transmission tried turning Six but she was able to not only resist it but traverse it, due to The Lady's powers. Mono was also able to resist it for the most part, only turning once trapped inside The Signal Tower, which made it harder to do so.

Six had killed The Lady to free herself and all of the other children trapped on The Maw (including the Nomes). But most of the kids on The Maw had already given up. Six was in a trance when she first gained and used The Lady's powers, and while by the time she snapped out of it it was too late and she was already on The Ferry, she still wouldn't have managed to save all of them had she actually snapped out of it in time. They had already accepted their fate. Opening their cages wasn't going to change that.

The Thin Man works for The Flesh Walls. (He is also not Mono.)

Six knows all of this, and pieces it together throughout the story.

Six named the monsters. The only one she didn't name was Mono, as they told each other their name and age (9 for Six and 10 for Mono) in between the beach scene and the building scene. (Watch the gameplay, you'll understand what I mean.)

Six has a very similar personality to Ellie. She's a chaotic, violent, feral gay who cusses a lot.

Also she's autistic because I like neurodivergent characters and no one can stop me.

Oh and she's ambidextrous.

Temporary Little Nightmares 3 au details based on new trailor:

The mirrors were originally created by the Flesh Walls, but turned against them. They were weak at first, only able to taunt The Lady and tarnish her vanity. Eventually they gained enough power to weaken The Lady. In the new game, they are able to be used to teleport by Six. She is the only one able to do so as they believe she could rid this world of the evil plaguing it. (So she takes Low's scenes with the mirror.)

Six replaces Alone, save for the mirror scenes. She meets Low after she wakes up next to the broken mirror, with him approaching her similar to how she approached Mono. (After the ending cutscene, she satisfied The Hunger, maybe with an apple. She was then lured to the mirror and transported to the starting point.) She finds the wrench sticking up right outside the crumbling brick wall she has to break down. The wrench just kinda disappears when she stores it because video game logic.

She feeds The Hunger during time skips. (The first time happened after they introduced themselves, with Low telling her that he had been in The Nowhere for about a year, making him 11, after which Six quickly whispered in Low's ear what The Hunger was and what had caused it. This time she maybe satisfies it with a fish, because you can eat a fish in the original Little Nightmares.)

Some other things about the world:

The Necropolis is not actually a desert but a beach. The sand just looks orange because it is the golden hour: the hour before the sun sets. That's why there are fishing nets and other things, as it used to specialize in that before The Monster Baby came along. The ferry Six and Low start in was in a shipyard, although the repairs were never finished.

The Maw used to be some sort of floating restaurant or cruise ship, but was warped by The Transmission into the strange shape it is today. Instead of emerging once every year, it emerges almost every day. The ferry comes and picks up The Guests who are left, and those who are not become part of the next feast.