#i need some good meeples for this

[sans-enjoyer]

Inanimate Insanity Episode 16 Spoilers!!!!

its been like, two days since episode 16, and people are already arguing about Mephone's age. He is a child, and this didnt come out of nowhere guys, he's always BEEN a child:

^post from 2018!! 5 YEARS ago!

^Brian reposting art (amazing art btw<3) where Mephone is described as a CHILD and drawing in a childish way.

^Brian saying that Mephone is so young he doesn't even know how to SPELL.

Now; heres some stuff ive been hearing in argument against him being a child.

"Cobs is infantilizing him." I agree with this to a certain extent, he is acting like Mephone is a child who cant comprehend anything like an abusive parent. but thats where it stops. Children can ALSO be infantlized! But aside from that, Cobs even says; "I forgot how young you are!" Parents don't say that to their adult children, because it makes no sense unless Mephone is a child.

Secondly, why would Brian and Justin be doing the same thing? They say he's young!

"He has an adult voice." Robots don't hit puberty! This means nothing. Unless youre saying that the creators implied hes an adult because hes voiced by an adult, well i'll have to refer you to the images above.

"He hosts an entire show." Arguably not very well, also again, he's a robot, and also, theyre on an island! its not like you need a permit to film on a random island in god knows where. Any child can "host" a show if they have enough determination, general knowledge of how they work, and equipment, and would you know it Mephone has all three! He knows how they work because he watched them in meeple, and he can generate any equipment he needs.

"He's a robot, he doesn't have an age." True..? sort of...? But the thing is, being legally defined as a child is based off your mental capacity. Children arent as mentally/emotionally intelligent as grown adults, because they don't have the life experience nor the capacity to be. Mephone barely has ANY life experience, he grew up in Meeple, and then started the show immediately after leaving. And obviously, in Inanimate Insanity (and all object shows), robots are almost always sentient beings, unlike real life.

"He's much more mature than a child, especially one that couldn't spell." Debatable! First of all, he thinks things like 'going to jail for one day' and 'the calm down corner' are terrible punishments, like children. If you tell a child to go sit on the stairs for 5 minutes and frame it as a punishment, they will take it as serious as anything else. Secondly, he literally decided to make a random species of bat.. things? fight to the death because they ate his four month old ice cream. No mature person would do that... Thirdly, abused children ACT more mature than others because they HAVE to be. Abused children are not ALLOWED to act like children. They have to be mature for themselves because who else is going to be? Who else is going to take care of you when your parent doesn't? But that doesn't mean they arent still a child.

So now we tread into questionable territory. Is it okay to deny the idea that he is a child at all costs, just so you can ship him or sexualize him? There is really no other reason why you would deny that he is a child.

Now obviously; lets not harass anyone who has drawn ship art of him or sexualized him in the past. This stuff was not commonly known, most people thought he was an adult. But if you look deeper, he isn't.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk, if anyone reads this far (￣^￣)ゞI know I usually only post art, but this is an important topic to me as i am very hyperfixated on Mephone4 i swear i can't control it guys!!

Feel free to make any counter points, im open to discussion, but i am also very set on this opinion. Have a good day everyone!!☆

[ci0zi0]

Theyre gone.

The thought of them being permanently gone hurts me.

So i made an idea that hurts me even more

Mephone trying to create the contestants again.

Keeping their personalities, but also trying to keep their character developments.

At the same time.. Mephone4 removes context of Inanimate Insanity. Wanting to give them all actual normal lives. He'd explain he made them the moment they're generated.

But none of them act or look like how he wanted them to be.

Because the originals are lost for good.

And it's a similiar scenario to Bot. They aren't the originals.

New AU i guess..? Idk if I'll do much with this, but if I do I'd need a name.

Some rambles about this uhhh au

-Fan n Test Tube hate each other

-Knife n Suitcase are extremely overwhelmed from the information of their classic selves

-OJ is literally just OJ with an orange slice.

-Marshmellow is a bit burnt and Apple is now a green apple! Marshmellow and Apple are still friends

-Bow's alive

-Balloon is more respected here

-No one wants to be friends with who they were "meant to be with" so people tend to avoid each other (example being Fan n Test Tube) Except for some

-Bot is DEVESTATED

-People either hate or are decent with Mephone4. Mephone4 overall is in despair the "classics" got deleted in the first place

Also all of them have different designs since Mephone4 couldn't piece them all perfectly.

Could be the pressure of him being dragged back to meeple..

The generation of these new "contestants" just doesn't look right.

Perhaps it's grief the real ones can never come back.

Lightbrush-ish comic in read more

[ii-meeple-confessions]

Honestly the way Mephone's contestants react to him in general and them realizing "Oh this guy is kind of messed up" is so funny to me. Because as much as Mephone tries to hide it through the host persona he pushes onto himself to seem normal, it really doesn't work.

Even before everything (This was in 2016, for reference! -- And this is one of my favourite things ever -- Fan, on his blog, wrote what is essentially a Mephone4 Fanfiction (The link is here: it's on his blog! If you care to read it in full..... https://www.tumblr.com/inanimateinsanityfan/150341850210/fan-blog-confessions-i-confess-i-forced-someone?source=share) (sorry the link doesn't actually work when you click on it) And one of the lines was: "M: Alright.  I just kind of have trouble verbalizing what I really want to say?  So a lot of my thoughts just come out as these little attacks." Continuing into "M: Yeah... they’re just so second nature to me, I say them to fill in the gaps... otherwise I wouldn’t really know how to chime in."

And I think its genuinely so funny that Fan read him that well. Be it fanfiction and projection or not, Fan is right here! Mephone has trouble verbalizing and complimenting others. (Probably because he himself wasn't often complimented by Cobs--) and it leads him to ruining potential relationships. He stokes flames of distrust between him and other people to keep himself safe and entertained, and then gets upset when he's all alone because he can't build meaningful relationships with people.

And people realize this really quickly. For another example, take Mepad. Who quickly comes to see Mephone is wrong in his judgement towards Toilet and in his treatment of the contestants. Or Suitcase, who comforts Mephone multiple times-- I'd have to lag my computer into oblivion to get the exact quote/s, but she's very keenly aware that Mephone isn't alright at that time, and she verbalizes that. The final 4 of season 2 AND season 3 all seem to be aware of Mephones mental health declining.

And again, he DOES try to hide this. When he's upset over Mepad quitting / doesn't know how to handle it, he jumps into his obnoxious host persona to hide his true feelings on the matter. He pushes and shoves and lights a ring of fire around himself, sacrificing his relationships in return for the safety of his host persona.

Right out of Meeple, some of his first memories of freedom, ARE of being a host. He was basically immediately (unknowingly) enlisted by Cobs to be a host. In escaping Meeple and the persona he had to take on to appease Cobs, he fit himself right into another persona. Another set of rules to follow on how to behave to, in his eyes, stay safe.

It fucks me up so bad because the entire personality he constructed for himself ruins so many of his relationships and thus sinks him into a deeper pit of loneliness. At its core, it's self-sabotaging, and I think it's clearest in "Truth or Flare" (S2 E15) when Mepad quits. I mentioned this before!! But GOD it hits so hard. The way Suitcase says she legitimately hates him and he justs stands there stupidly grinning "I'm a scamp for drama!" No sir you are a scamp for ruining your relationships!

All of this rambling is to say Mephones persona is really one of his undoings. Forcing himself into the mold of reality show tv host isn't... Good for him. And it becomes his safety net when it really shouldn't. It hurts me, to see him so earnestly playing it up when we see him interviewing Box. Trying to seem like a seasoned professional, unbothered, but perking up when complimented. But as the series goes on, that host persona becomes a much more angry and unlikeable person. Hardly any good comes from his insults and comments. And he ruins many of the chances he has to make genuine connections with people-- which is something he so desperately needs.

Sorry if this is a little unstructured! I didn't begin this thinking it'd get so long, so it's a bit all over the place. Can you tell I think about Mephone a lot? Anyways, good night! -2G Anon

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[knightobreath]

oliver's epic ii2 movie act 1 trailer analysis

ok so ! theres a lot. im going through it scene by scene

steve cobs KEEPS calling mephone. what the hell is his plan here. i would say mephone should just block his ass but i have a feeling that he is unable to. I predict that he's gonna have to answer at some point.

(also, i went and checked, but the sound that played is the same as the hang up sound from ep15)

also hotel oj party yayyy everyone gets to hang out and have some fun before everything goes to Shit!

this shot's just fucked up man. i don't think i need to explain what this parallels.

this is either a realization or someone walking in, and i think it's the latter because there's little build up. I cannot tell who it would be based on his reaction only, but it Would be someone in the hotel.

OR. what if it's another hallucination like with 4s in the iii finale? That would explain why there's no light from a door opening.

baseball was already upset before seeing taco & mepad

his reaction BARELY CHANGED when he did see them (the eyebag line showed up after he looked through the door)

mepad is comforting taco, who is likely worked up about you know. talking to pickle and mic

man i actually like the bullets format im going with this from now on

mic is happy! I don't have any predictions for the context of this scene

we're getting stuff on knife and trophy!

can't really extrapolate from this scene, hard to tell if trophy was throwing the can there on purpose or not.

test tube, fan, and paintbrush are going to play a very active role in the episode

As pointed out here, they're in the area that Paintbrush burned down in episode 12.

This area has a direct tie to Cobs with the painting, it's possible that they're trying to stop him on their own.

The device test tube is holding is a reused asset, and was both the time machine from episode 12 and the gem detecting device from episode 13. due to this reuse of the asset, we can't know for sure what it does here.

My prediction is that the device is being used to detect something meeple-related.

I'll note here that mephone is only shown inside of the hotel for the duration of the trailer, I believe that he might be hiding in there for most of this act while the contestants go out and actually try to fix things.

NOW THIS IS INTERESTING. Knife and suitcase are traveling in the Grand Slams balloon from Theft and Battery.

Since it's only the two finalists, this could be a part of the final challenge.

Hot air balloons in ii have only been used twice. once in theft and battery to get to mecloud, and once in the great bluish bake-off to get to the end of the desert.

I predict that because of cobs's importance to the plot of this episode that this balloon is going to mecloud, although I'm not entirely sold on the idea.

I predict that this goes before the scene where they're outside of the hotel.

tt and pb have an idea! and they're confident in it.

Judging by paper's expression, this was brought on by something Not Good Happening.

blah blah somehow i connect this to meeple shenanigans okay moving on

simple! suitcase and knife entering the hotel

hi lightbulb

Cobs is PERSISTENT. voiceover backs this up

He must call mephone a lot during the episode

Mephone is clearly running off so people don't see him constantly receiving these calls. i bet hes having a complete crisis over it. panic attack

I predict that as the justification because hotel OJ seems to be a relatively safe space. Theres a total horror to it, a looming danger only one person can really see. He's being hunted down in the middle of a party.

I predict that Cobs's presence in this episode is mostly through this looming horror.

Then there's the flashback of episode 15 with mepad being mad at mephone, voiceover is mephone asking mepad for help, and i'll take a break from dissecting visuals for a sec

MEPHONE: We can't escape him this time! MEPHONE: You have to help. MEPAD: We no longer work together. MEPHONE: Then, don't do it for me.

The voice lines may be put together from other parts of the episode

ehehe i get to talk about mepad. Okay

Mepad not working with mephone extends beyond the show. He actually just doesnt want anything to do with him anymore. oh my god

listen. i would write a whole essay about mepad and mephone rn But i have more scenes to get through.

mephone being the one guy that mepad refuses to help anymore is sending me Dude you fucked this up bad. you ruined your relationship with the one guy whos willing to help literally anyone. but it also shows how out of depth he was coming back from iii because his previous development is not helping him with his mental health this fucked

the "don't do it for me" is said over a scene showing all of the hotel oj guests implying that mepad should do it for everyone else. while this is definitely true i think mepad should also just do it for himself. please. please have mepad start doing things for himselffffffffff PLEASE

I'll touch on this more as i go through the visuals

taco knocking on pickle's door. it's happening chat

and i think he saw her

judging by the eye height though? I'm not actually sure. Taco isn't that tall, so either he sees Mepad or someone/thing else. Most likely has to do with taco though.

off topic but does oj seriously decorate his hotel's walls with images of cups and oranges. someone get this guy an interior decorator PLEASE

Don't have much to say here. not much is happening and there doesn't seem to be any implications with this bit.

whys paper so mad at those hats

off they go!

i bet these two will be running around in the background of everything a lot.

likely not using mepad's teleportation because it's flashy and noisy, which doesnt work well for stealth.

everyone's here! except for nickel, who doesnt show up at all in this trailer. don't know what to say about that.

salt also isnt in this particular shot, but she was at the party in another shot earlier.

Oh and mephone. He's probably stepping outside to take a call hehehehehehehehehehehe

pickle also isn't here, but i expect he's either avoiding the party for some reason or preoccupied with a certain sideplot. Or both.

ANIMATION ERROR SPOTTED!!!! BOMB IS ON A LAYER BELOW TROPHY!!!!!

everyone seems to be having such a nice time enjoying themselves! it would be a shame if something horrible were to happen and several characters were to permadie

*cough*but of course that wouldnt happen. Um

the final shot of the trailer is mepad

i love mepad

i hope he doesnt die

this means hes gonna have another big role in an episode...

it seems a lot of the plot is gonna hinge on the decisions made by mepad. specifically if he's gonna help mephone or not

okay I'm tired. i may add more later. WAIT my final thoughts,

BIG PREDICTION: Mephone will try to hide the cobs calls at the party but will get found out. When he's found out various characters (including tt pb and fan as shown earlier) will try to help in some way. This is act 1, so a lot of stuff will be set up but there wont be any big deliveries.

Mepad will play another big role.

Taco WILL talk to pickle.

Any big deaths, especially permadeaths, will either happen right at the end of this act or in a later act altogether.

more toilet. please animaitonepic Please show us toilet again. i have hope since we saw the ep12 challenge area.

this party is not ending well.

i need to rewatch season 1 i barely remember it

[microknifeyuri]

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character analysis masterpost

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- i dislike any taco ships (especially taco/mic) so don't expect to see any of that here

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Masterpost list! (Designs/Gijinkas and such!)

Can I use these designs?

- You can! But if you do, please do not change the headcanons that are on them! And don't use them to draw T4c0mic, Kn1fan or you know, anything shitty.

Can I get inspired off your designs?

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Note: Some designs need a rework and others are outdated. I'll be adding the edits on the list as well. A new masterpost will be made once I am happy with the designs.

( Inanimate Insanity. )

1. Mephone4, Co-hosts, Support Characters + Meeple HQ (Inanimate Insanity) [OUTDATED]

2. MADE A SHOW AND IT'S NAME IS INANIMATE INSANITY... it's very catchy!!! (Gijinkas of the FULL II cast) [OUTDATED]

3. My objectsona's ref! <- (Heart Locket) || My objectsona's ref! <- (Roots) || My ponysona's ref! <- (Stellar Astromane) || My Micsona's ref! || (more will be added)

4. Bot, Lifering, Soap, Box & Dough gijinka edits!

5. Post S2 Microphone design! (Outdated! Check point 20!)

6. S2/ Post S2 Trophy redesign!

7. Lightbulb Gijinka Redesign!

8. OJ and Knife redesigns/updated ref.

9. The Floor (redesign) and Walkie Talkie Gijinka design!

10. Test Tube gijinka redesign!

11. Post II Knife gijinka design!

12. Clover gijinka redesign!

13. Silver Spoon gijinka redesign!

14. Fan gijinka redesign!

15. Bomb gijinka redesign!

16. Apple gijinka redesign!

17. Mephone4 post ii gijinka design!

18. Baseball, Suitcase, Salt, Pepper, Balloon, Paintbrush and Pickle gijinka redesigns!

19. Yinyang gijinka redesign!

20. Microphone Gijinka Post S2 design!

21. Cabby, Candle, Goo and Toilet gijinka designs!

22. Soap gijinka redesign.

(Other Object Shows)

1. IPad Gijinka (Object Invasion)

2. Kit & Pilly & Limey (BURNER), Moonlight & Nori & Skull (TDOS), Bubble & Snowball (BFDI/BFB/TPOT) [yes. all in one.]

(Other stuff)

1. II GKGG AU swap list

- more will be added once posted.

[numberonetacostan]

Thinking about the foreshadowing of the twist rn (some of these may be reaches but I just wanna talk about them)

In Taco's tirade I feel like the lines about defective outcast and history + reality being rearranged could be taken as evidence for Taco being the intended winner but Bow messing that up for reasons that you've already mentioned but a contestant that Mephone never wanted in the show messed up his orginal ending.

Characters having so much trouble breaking away from their stereotypes, they can do it but it's a struggle because it's what they were made to be, Soap feeling the need to constantly clean, Fan being unable to describe who he is when separated from the show, ect.

The season 3 contestants asking what they're fans of, my idea here is they were created knowing they were fans of something but not what that thing is.

Bot not knowing who Springy is since they were one of the few not made by Mephone they don't know who someone he made up is.

This is more of a reach but I did say that in the start, the way the contestants just kind of stand there when Cobs says he doesn't talk to his parents anymore, it's just a joke but it also feels like they don't have anything to say because no-one can actually relate in any way, they know of the concept of parents but don't have experiences of their own the best they can do is try to remember which, going off of Cabby's experience, doesn't really go that well.

I'm not sure on this one but I saw a theory that Springy glitches so much because he was more rushed than others and was just based off the generic theme of those types of mascots or a copy of an actual mascot Mephone could've seen on TV while still living with Cobs, he could've also been made to remind him of before all of this where (despite still being in Meeple with the person he spend so much time hiding from) he could just sit down and watch the reality shows that gave him comfort.

Also seeing that Mephone prefers Bot over the others because they're a person without the predetermined code everyone else has (not sure about this one either but might as well put it here).

Mephone wanting the show to go on for so long because it's the way he can do something away from Cobs (not really but you know, he sees it that way) and the contestants possibly being okay with doing it over and over, The Unvitational Committee didn't want to stop the game itself, they wanted to stop Mephone being the host.

In one of the interviews Test Tube doesn't really go into detail about her origins (and saying she has trouble recalling) namely because they don't exist in the first place.

In Paintbrush's interviews they say their bristles have 'just always done that' in an answer to why they catch on fire when they're mad.

Despite saying he had a good upbringing Silver Spoon is very vague about it in his interview.

Tissues doesn't remember when or how he ended up so sick, just that it's been like that for as long as he can remember.

Okay this might be a bit much and it goes off theme of most asks a bit, I just wanted to make sure you don't mind at the end? Like if it's too long or off the focus of this blog (since it's mainly Taco but it does have others) if it's too long or anything I'm sorry though

My defence is hyperfixation.

Hello there!!!^^ Welcome, and thank you for your submission!!! :] These are all interesting foreshadowing tidbits to think about!!

It's true!!!!! I really really like how they lyrics can be interpreted like that!!! That's how I like to see them :) With Taco as the first one to break away from her role, even if it wasn't really her prerogative, it makes sense and is very satisfying for her to the one who sings about reality changing and being defective, even if the latter is also following her own personal feelings of self-loathing!!!^^

Yup!! Breaking out of their programming is a real challenge for all of them!!! Some are further than others, but regardless I sense a lot of self-discovery in the future of ii!!!! So exciting!!!!! X]

That's honestly low-key hilarious to me. Mephone made them to be fans but just. Forgot to make them fans of II specifically. I like to think all the season 3 newbies have something they're big fans of because of this programming, but it's something they get to choose for themselves.

Yeah!!! Bot did not get the Springy update from the Melife Neural Network. I really really really hope they explore the Melife Neural Network more in whatever is coming up for the show because IT'S SO COOL!!!!! XD

That's pretty neat!!! It's an awkward moment, yeah, but none of them know how to respond because they don't have any parents of their own!!! Augh that's so neat to think about now!!

I believe that in a stream it was stated that Springy glitches like he does because Mephone's memory of the commercials and the time in which he watched them is older and more faded!!! But that's an interesting way to look at it too!!

Yup!!! In a time in which all of the contestants that he made are eager and content to leave the show, there's one contestant he didn't make, who is playing of their own will, and even likes him too!!

Mephone has only had 2 periods in his life, his time with Cobs and his time doing the show, yeah? It makes sense that he'd be so scared for the show to end, his only experience of life without it is living with his abusive father, who he knows is still around. The show is his safe place, an escape where he wants to stay forever. Even through the Unvitationals, manifestations of his own guilt, he doesn't want his show to end. He thinks he needs it.

As for the last few with the contestants not specifying their pasts or saying they don't remember when things started- that was such great foreshadowing actually!!! Because pre-twist you could easily look at it as the crew wanting to let people have their own interpretations and backstories for the characters, keeping things contained to the game, just like the contestants themselves were at the time. But it was actually clever foreshadowing!!! How fun!!!!

Don't worry about it at all!!!!^^ This was a pleasure to read :). I will take any and all asks other than sexually explicit ones!!!! I don't mind at all!!!! The blog theme really is II in general, I just have a favorite character who gets to be all over it, yeah? I'll take asks about anyone!!!! I simply can't promise I'll be able to go quite as in-depth on their character. I am also hyperfixated on ii so no need to worry!!!! :)

[ii-thelightseekers]

The Reset Recap

So after the copious amounts of weddings and hijinx we ended up in a petpocalypse where everyone became cats

Some being dogs too

(Testtube became a dog cat hybrid bc I’m stupid)

Anyways basically all hell broke loose (imma be honest the details are a bit jumbled bc I was answering those quickly while on vacation LOL)

YinYang, Candle, silver, Testtube, Fan, R!LB all got turned into pets

R!TT blasted them all and killed them (+R!Fan)

Meanwhile a person in the asks goes to Cobs and brings the chaos to his attention

The problem is, he was already thinking about finding a way to stop the TLS squad from learning more and honestly stop all this madness because he needed to get control back

So he presses a button and it shuts down everyone, preparing them to be reset

Now is where it gets a little interesting

The reboots are there when everyone suddenly drops (also Cabby got turned into a dog after secluding herself from the group bc R!Bots presence was making her uncomfortable in a way)

They suddenly hear the TV turn on to see Fan IN the TV

But it isn’t just TLS Fan

He’s made of binary code!

This is Binary Fan

He’s been the one everyone has been talking to since Monday

This is his first physical appearance since The cho̶ice

Right now you can tell he’s talking through the text being red

His character tag is “ii ???” So every post he’s in will have it

Binary Fan is revealed to have memories of everything

As Bot said “Hes.. actually Fan. The Fan I knew”

Fun fact Binary Fan has been a prevalent character since the beginning!

I can’t explain too much about him without getting into spoilers

But he’s a little complicated

As of now we don’t know a lot about him

Him and the remaining 4 reboots decide to split

R!suitcase and R!Testtube go to the room with computer and TV (found by TLS Fan a while ago) to see if the files and videos had anything

Binary Fan and Bot got some alone time to chat (it is shown in this discussion he still can’t say inanimate insanity or Mephone 4)

And Paintbrush is hiding TLS TT theory board and multiversal travel device

While this is happening, the people who are dead (TLS Paintbrush a co.) found themself glitching into a Meeple computer another universe Taco stole as Shimejis!

They talk with that Taco for a while

Until suddenly, while they were speaking with balloon another Melife icon glitches into existence.. (we’ve seen this happen before in the 8 15 13 5 scene but nothing has been done about it)

Until Ballon clicks it

After a second try a glitchy Fan gets spawned briefly until glitching out

We see this directly affect Binary Fan back with Bot as he starts glitching

As the reset happens we see Light bulb, Testtube and Cabby get a dream sequence of them getting reset

Followed by them disappearing after

Currently R!TT found a cabinet that holds this white ball of energy

The reset is almost complete

Q&A

HOW did cobs get their memory to erase?

That is a question I can’t really answer yet because it would be a spoiler

Is there a way to recover the lost memories?

As of now all we know is that there’s this computer/tv room that holds all the memories of all the Meeple workers. Dating as far back to when they were created by Mephone 4. But it has been shown that they can get it by the memory being triggered

How far back ago WAS lightbulb separated from painty?

It was recently implied that it has been 2-3 years since they joined Meeple

Why did you choose cabby as one of the main four

That’s a really good question

So since the beginning, I for SURE wanted the bright lights; Lightbulb Testtube and Fan

But having three felt off to me

That, and I knew Testtube and Fan would gravitate towards each other

So I wanted a fourth to make it even and give another dynamic to the group

And I instantly thought of Cabby

Those four would make a powerful group

Testtube- the genius

Fan- the researcher

Lightbulb- the wild card

Cabby- the one who holds all the information

So I believe if anyone can free them from Meeple. It’d be those 4

why did they accept the job? (did they have a choice?)

They didn’t have a choice :)

They actually didn’t know they had a choice until people told them otherwise

For them they always worked at Meeple-

[ungodlycouple]

rambling about some of my aromantic spectrum headcanons below

knife is arospec and suitcase is aromantic and theyre in a queerplatonic relationship. knife wouldn't want to ever be tied down in a traditional relationship. he could accept casual dates, but ultimately finds more fulfillment in his closest confidants. suitcase desires a dynamic where she can fully entrust every part of herself with someone. they're each others' main person post-finale and can act as caretakers to one another (like if suitcase is experiencing her hallucinations or when knife is feeling depressed)

nickel is aroflux and balloon is arospec and they don't have a label for their relationship, they dont feel the need for one bc at the end of the day they deeply care about each other a lot. nickel struggles with his identity because at first he internalizes it as a flaw of sorts, but balloon helps him realize what aromanticism is and how expansive of an identity it is. they're complicated bc hashtag communication issues. balloon is very comfortable with his identity and feels more loose with how he interprets relationship dynamics. at the end of the day, they both desire someone they can have a good time with and someone they can trust.

oj is arospec and paper is gray-romantic. others might see them as a typical romantic relationship, they're unsure how to define themselves, they're best friends first and foremost because of how long they've known each other. oj took a while to realize he might have some sort of non-platonic feelings for paper because he unconsciously assumes everyone is arospec to a degree. paper sometimes daydreams about relationships, but almost never actually pursues it. it took them a while to communicate how they were feeling towards each other. paper and oj could be frog and toad if we tried hard enough.

apple is arospec and marshmallow is demi-romantic. their relationship blurs the lines (they probably wouldn't know what a qpr is and i don't think they would label themselves that way, they just know they're most happy with each other regardless if others perceive it as platonic or romantic) apple wouldn't register that she's arospec bc she truly doesn't think about it at all, she knows she likes marshmallow in some way and never knows how to verbalize it. marshmallow could never do casual relationships/flings, she has to be very close with someone and even then, it takes a long time for those feelings to build up and she wouldn't know how to define them. all they know is that they're dedicated to each other and wouldn't change that for the world.

test tube is aromantic and wouldn't want a qpr, she's very comfortable being single and is very dedicated to her friends and scientific endeavors. science is her love in a way and that's where she feels most passionate in life. she wants to be the best friend she could be first and foremost.

fan doesn't label himself (the closest label would likely be gray-aro or demi-romantic but he doesn't think of it too much) he probably had a hard time understanding this about himself because it almost never comes up in his life and his fixations take up most of his time. his focus in life is detaching himself from the identity of the show and regaining a better understanding of himself.

mepad and mephone are arospec too (but not because theyre robots). mepad doesn't feel romantic feelings and finds more fulfillment from helping the contestants and being the best advisor he can be. if he lived life outside of the show and without the restrictions of being in meeple, he would be that friendly neighbor that lends a hand and be lost in his own world of interests. mephone on the other hand has trouble even making friends, if someone were to flirt with him he would be more confused than anything. mephone feels more fulfilled by indulging in his creative interests. mephone also now has 3gs for company and focusing on his brother bond would be his main priority in life.

[ask-post-ii17au-box]

<RECORDING START>

[Recording shows KONAMI (physical form controlling Pieper)]

Don't ask why this in recording format, Pieper musta woke up and reformatted stuff cuz the computer I'm using has had a buncha activity I don't remember...could be bad...

...ANYWAYS, Bravo on the performance, you two absolutely KILLED IT, managed to watch by means of a teensy weensy bit of security cam hacking, lol...ugh, what happe- SHIT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AWAKE!- UH, GIMMIE A SEC, GOTTA RUUUUN!

[KONAMI appears to be glitching out, her body's screen turning the same green and yellow it was when Pieper was in control]

[as she runs, she slams on the keyboard, probably to shut off the webcam, but hits the wrong keys before running into another room]

[some sort of argument is heard, there's the sounds of wires being pulled and generally quite the ruckus, there's a lotta screaming, crashes, slams and a lot of other, violent, almost definetly bad sounds, this continues for approximately 7 minutes and 56 seconds,]

[the audio goes silent, Pieper walks back into the room, clearly injured, but in complete control of himself as indicated by his green and yellow screen, muttering something about "needing better security" before shutting off the webcam, as the audio feed cuts out, about a second after the visual feed stopped, a thud is heard]

…….thanks?

(That was certainly a……interesting file to receive at 2am.)

Anyway we’ve just been watching the ripple effects of the interview from afar, like it usually tends to do with news stories it’s devolved into a cesspit of the usual competitive, clickbaity chaos.

The consensus on Meeple seems to be generally good at the moment though and our government being constantly under fire from international media at the moment is taking a lot of the negative attention away from us.

……..that at least gives us time and space to clean up this wreckage of a company.

[drawingtablet]

IDEA: if mepad blushes his entire screen changes color or something.or he blue screens i don't know i'm not the mepad expert here

hmmm. well definitely not blue screen, as that's not only often a fatal error (often called a Blue Screen of Death) but also a computer (& iconicly windows) thing! idk what the iOS/iPadOS equivalent is, I've taken good enough care of my electronics to not run into any extreme errors with my devices running iOS and iPadOS. Speaking of OSes, mepad is based off of the 1st gen ipad mini which shipped with iOS 6.0.1! but that's all kind of irrelevant, as the interface of the meeple devices (and especially mepad as it looks) is notably different from apple UI, especially when comparing them with the equivalent irl OSes. especially earlier, mepad's design... okay i'm getting kinda off track here. let's just cut the rambling before this becomes several pages long and get to answering this!

[He said, hitting “save as draft” at 3am on June 22nd. It is now 3am on August 22th.]

his entire screen changing color would be so cute! i also think it would be possible that he would switch away from his face to an app in some scenarios. i’ve drawn him blushing before, but either i go with the uncreative option (just normal blushing -_-) or it’s in my drawings where he’s just a human (booooringgggg). i think im gonna try drawing him changing his color…

okay i like this, it just isn’t always very clear in standalone art, and i will probably need to add the darkness on the cheeks area to make it come across accurately

[jones-friend]

Wyrmspan! 🥳

Verdict: Wingspan’s scrappier cousin, for better and worse. You already know if you will enjoy Wyrmspan.

Most importantly: it IS meaningfully different from Wingspan in mechanics.

I love Wingspan. Genuinely one of the greats alongside Dominion and Terraforming Mars. It always feels like eating a well made meal. From the design to the aesthetic to the choices its an all-timer.

Wyrmspan is a delightful game I have a lot of good to say about it. I think Connie did a fantastic job designing this game. I want to make it clear going into this that when I critique a certain system its with love. Its not a laundry list of issues. I liked playing Wyrmspan a good deal and am excited to try it again soon.

In Wyrmspan players take on the roll of dracologists and look to create a dragon sanctuary by excavating caves and enticing dragons to stay. After four rounds we count points. Its similar to Wingspan with key differences in gameplay.

Action cubes are gone. They are now Player Markets. Each round players start with six silver coins. These coins are spent on actions, each action takes one coin. They replace cubes. This means you get six actions on each of the four rounds. It also means you can buy powerful cards by expending another silver AND some effects give you a silver coin and give you an additional action. It opens up the playspace for new options.

In Wyrmspan there are dragon cards and cave cards. To entice a dragon to stay you must excavate a space in one of the three rows. You spend a silver coin, and sometimes eggs, and place a cave, gaining its one time benefit (food, cards, guild points etc).

Once you’ve excavated you may spend a silver coin to entice a dragon, spend its cost, and place it. They can give effects for activating that row, have effects when played, give end of round buffs, or have end of game points. There’s also hatchlings: new dragons you “hatch” by spending eggs and milk. These hatchlings consume (cache) a resource to give you a different resource. On caching your third resource they reach adulthood with a one time bonus.

You can also spend a silver (plus eggs if you’ve already done so) to activate a row of caverns triggering all abilities with the walking meeple token. Each row leans towards a resource. The red caves help with food. Gold caves help with dragon cards. Purple caves help with cave cards. When you “explore” you walk your meeple along that row and gain effects of any abilities with that meeple icon, walking until you reach a stop sign.

This is the brown powers from Wingspan. In Wyrmspan dragons are set down left to right then activated left to right. You gain other effects as well, each row can earn a guild point and lay an egg. You also get endgame scoring bonuses from filling out each row. Red caches food, gold tucks cards, purple discards caves for eggs.

The last big change is the guild mechanic. There are four guilds that each prioritize a resource. Whenever you gain a guild point you gain the resource of the space you moved onto. For example the first space is always lay an egg. With the brown spaces offering more powerful plays like free dragons or high endgame points.

The guild mechanic really greases the wheels of the game. It kept me from spending an entire action on one draw. It gives consistent and variable value that gives the extra little bit you need to make your strat work. Its scrappy, but smart in that it prevents you from taking dud turns.

I also found the art to be a delight. Storybook art of dragons in a style similar to but differing from Wingspan. Charming entirely. I love them.

So Wyrmspan’s scrappiness is what sets it apart from Wingspan. It is where the game is strengthened and weakened. I like the guild points freeing up actions, I like actions as coins to be spent or gained, I like that excavating caves bounces you into playing dragons. I like it.

It also undoes some big brain choices by Wingspan. You no longer build left to right to activate right to left, you don’t have that nuance in playing cards down. You also don’t have the trade off of less actions with a bigger boardstate.

But none of that hindered the experience. Its just different. And different is good. I mean it when I say you already know if you want to play it. If Wingspan but dragons is appealing to you then you should buy it! It certainly justifies its own existence next to Wingspan on your shelf. You’ll have a lot of fun! If you don’t feel much one way or another the game won’t change your mind.

But I had a fantastic time and will be playing it again soon.

[shalmonsgamons]

yesterday's gamin' tried a couple digi-board games from the recent humbund w/spouse wingspan & root (incoming Bird Alerts for both games, of course)

i'm already familiar with the physical versions of both (Root less so;;; currently i only know how to play eyrie [surprising no one]) 10/10 for the visual effort on both of these really made it feel worthwhile if you already have the tabletops

wingspan has bird calls & animations for each bird??? and i love how they visualize the habitat transitions

root has adorable 3D models in place of the meeples & very nice audio design on all fronts as for how they play, i'm liking root's transition to digital a bit better (for me personally, the inherent railroading of the video game format helps me stay a little less confused lol) wingspan often throws me as to where i'm supposed to be clicking, but maybe i'll get used to it. not being able to see all elements of the game at all times is a surprisingly big adjustment ----------------------------------------------------------

but yesterday's Main Event was remembering that No Man's Sky has a creative mode that i have somehow Not been using this entire time

i play NMS to see the sights and come up w/silly names for my discoveries all the hazards & combat & resource management 'n whatnot are super neat to have & i respect them, but the exploration element is so alluring in this game that i kinda wish i didn't have to deal with those so imagine my delight to discover "hey u can just turn the less fun* parts off" *=less fun for me personally, don't @ me :'v

but anyway, i have yet to make good use of photo mode, but here are some vanilla caps:

(i will also need to experiment w/how much my computer can handle with the newfangled optimizations they introduced--these are currently pretty low settings)

i thought this boat had a cool shape & name, so i bought it (i like to call them boats leave me alone)

gettin' my sit on (tbh i hope this clipping is never fixed)

spooky planet where i met my new orbular son 🥺🥺

and a Bird Alert for good measure

[ci0zi0]

Okay then Brian...

I guess I'll have to think of something else.

Let's say... perhaps... Mephone4 really DID do days worth of coding and programming in the span of a few seconds.

And let's say Springy WASNT made by Mephone4.

If you aren't gaslighting me, Mr Koch... you're telling me Mephone4 didn't subconsciously make Springy.

But, since he was glitching, Springy was made by some form of MeLife. Or at least some kinda Meeple tech.

Which... wasn't by Mephone4.

But the thing is.. life can only be MADE by MeLife. It.. it's in the name.

But... what if he was made by MeLife?... but not by MePhone4?...

What if the Shimmer Egg that is in Cobs' possession.. is still with Cobs?...

Okay. Hear me out for a sec.

Assuming Mephone4 didn't create Springy, that means something ELSE created Springy. And under that assumption, something else at Meeple.

Perhaps it was Cobs?..

But wait! How could Cobs do that?.. Mephone4 is the only one who can use MeLife!!...

..........

Wrong.

Right here. Something always felt kinda off.

Support ending on older devices.

...devices?.. devices plural?..

Cobs was always studying the organic energy of the Shimmers, desperately wanting it for his own gain.

Though it's constantly questioned how the egg he stolen was used.

Thing is about Shimmers.. they don't seem to have one direct source of energy.

The source of light the shimmers have appears to be the energy they own.

Energy flowing through the shell inside, being orbs of light.

Which can separate and move around.

Multiple lights. More than one.

Now.. the baby shimmer has multiple lights as well.

Two main ones representing the eyes and extra particals of energy below used to float it upward.

Now, these lights are the energy source. The natural energy Cobs needed.

The eyes of the shimmers are the main forms of energy. The most concentrated. The strongest.

Now.. Cobs is a smart guy. I really doubt he would've used the only shimmer egg he acquired and used it all up completely.

So...

He made two.

Two Mephones.

Mephone4 and Mephone4s.

This screenshot is direct proof the energy here can be divided. Cobs used the main source of the Shimmer's energy to make Mephone4 as an experimental start. A beginning to test the waters.

It's why Mephone4 had so many tasks. He needed to see what the Shimmer energy was capable of. He needed to go farther and higher with the use of its power.

Mephone4s is a creation Cobs made because he knew Mephone4 wasn't pulling his weight. A Mephone that can replace Mephone4. Be the true accomplishment he needed.

Mephone4 n Mephone4s are practically identical in a few ways. But the main part is how Mephone4s had MeLife able to be installed.

Despite Mephone4s downgrading, the system still allowed MeLife and all the uses of Shimmer Energy. Mephone4 didn't lose any ability. He kept them. Kept the way to generate and recover contestants.

Now.. this is why Mephone4 dying didn't kill off the egg's use. Because it was split between Mephones.

But the egg wasn't used completely for Mephone4 and Mephone4s exclusively.

Cobs didn't want to waste such good energy.

He still had some left over.

The energy wasn't as strong, but seeing as other Meeple products can express, they too had a little amount of it.

Such as Mepad.

Mepad is able to teleport. How???... He can teleport, most likely due to some amount of Shimmer energy given to his device.

MePad isn't effected by the screams due to not having a core amount of Shimmer energy in his system. He was given some left overs.

Mepad was there when Mephone4 was fleeing, after all. Meaning Mephone4s was in slight development and not finished. Yet Mepad was given little energy.

Mepad has a personality, and isn't fully robotic. He sounds and acts robotic but he developed through the show to care and emote. He's more than other Meeple products.

Mepad was probably given waaayyyyyy less energy than Mephone4 n 4s but a vast bit more than future Meeple products.

As for Cobs, he was losing energy that he had from the Shimmer Egg. He's draining every last ounce of energy out of it into his Meeple products.

It's why they get worse and worse in design and function.

And, it's why he needs Mephone4.

Mephone4 is the most advanced. He has the most energy and power out of all Meeple products.

He contained a true part of the egg's energy source.

Yet Cobs lost control over him once he left.

The moment that wire was added into Mephone4, the control came back. And this control allowed Cobs to get Mephone4 back into the system.

Allowing him to create MephoneX by connecting energy sources.

Mephone4's energy source.

As for Springy.. remember Springy? The reason why I made this post?..

With the new context of there being MULTIPLE devices with MeLife, Cobs probably attempted to generate things with less Shimmer energy.

Which resulted in Springy being an awful mess.

Yet, he found some use for him and gave Springy a purpose. Sending him to Invintational.

Since Springy was created on a poorer version of MeLife, he couldn't help but glitch. He wasn't stressed or overwhelmed, it just was in his data.

He was imperfect.

Mephone4 was able to recover Springy due to technically running on the same network as whatever Meeple device created him.

So it was computer stuff. It was essentially looking through the database and downloading a file before it got deleted.

And doing so, allowed Mephone4 to bring Springy back.

This doesn't mean Springy has no bugs though, as he glitched after recovery. But it appears less harmful now that he was generated with a more stable software.

As for the original device that made Springy.. It doesn't matter if the device was alive, seeing as when Mephone4 died in season 1 all the contestants lived.

One last thing before I conclude this ramble.

Why did unplugging the Me device end everything for Mephone4?...

I like to think of it like this...

Mephone4 was connected to the main network of Meeple.

All his creations.. everything was on the network, the database.

Cobs couldn't have control over Mephone4 due to the device not being his. It's like how an actual phone works.

If you don't have the pass code, you don't have access.

Yet they all work under the same internet.

Cobs was able to delete the contestants due to the wire hacking in access.

Providing control.

But it doesn't matter when the main network is pulled offline.

The moment things are offline, all connections get terminated.

Like Bluetooth. Everything was paired with Mephone4.

Disconnect that, and the connection is severed.

Cobs could've pulled the plug anytime.

Cobs perhaps didn't want to pull the plug, because then all his devices would go offline.

Doesn't mean they don't function.. they're just disconnected.

This is a big loss to Mephone4. But it could be to Cobs as well.

But in the end it doesn't matter.

He got what he wanted.

[ii-meeple-confessions]

I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS SO IM PUTTING IT HERE UGHHH: So. In Season 3 (and kind of in late season 2) (and just in general actually) Mephone showcases a lot of self-deprecating habits, making jokes at his expense, and. The thing that gets me the most is. He genuinely believes he can't make good art.

LIKE. Okay, take the HUGE twist into account of Mephone creating the contestants and everything on the show essentially... And then look at, for example, S3 E9 "Title TBD" where one of the biggest points of the video is that Machines (AI) don't usually make the best art....... Like, both of the movies that each team made using the Animation Machine turned out horribly. Why, Mephone? Is this subconscious shitting on yourself?!??!?!?!?? IM SORRY?? "AI cant make good art" and the robot that made the entire show is AI. IGNORING BOT'S PRESENCE HERE TOO. (they also call it a 'nightmare fuel generator' sorry mephone i think that reflects on you too)

Also... The entirety of S3 E17 "The Show Must Go On" oh my GOD... He talks about how much time and effort and care he puts into his episodes, and visibly when he tries to rush it and force his contestants to make a TON of episodes in 5 hours it uh. Doesn't go to plan. And during it he literally asks them, "Will you miss your time on this show?" And. No one. Responds. Another moment is when Balloon says "Theres a fine line between engaging entertainment and commodified content consumed by customers, and I think you've just crossed it, Mephone!" And the.... the meeple parallels... ouch. How Mephone is straying into the same waters Meeple does, by rushing things out and not caring for the quality of the craft............ The future is so yesterday, isn't it?

Also walkie talkie..... walkie talkieeee "We don't NEED writers OR contestants! We just need REVOLUTIONARY TECHOLOGY!" I feel like. All of this is, in retrospect, mephone wondering if his own art is good enough and debating on if technology even can make good art. I imagine cobs wasn't so supportive of his creative endevours back at Meeple, Maybe, at some point, Mephone heard that same sentiment... from cobs. Ouch.

But the end result of both of these episodes is that... The Animation Machine fails to make good art. The Machine, the AI, fails. It doesn't have what people have in making art-- It's just a soulless machine. And I think that's Mephones subconscious. He doesn't think he can make good art. Or at least, still remembers cobs discouraging words, and takes them to heart even still.

HE LITERALLY SAYS "A Machine can't make art" IM LOSING MY MIND HERE ACTUALLY. "But Mephone, you're a machine!" "My point exactly." IM SORRY!??!?! Okay maybe this digging was all for not it's actually RIGHT THERE spelled out for you, but nonetheless I like the subtle hints towards the end message. Mephone's pretty damn self-deprecating. And he believes he cant make good art. And that hurts me even more after the reveal, because he probably won't ever be able to make art again, not without considering the harm he's caused.

That hurts. Such a comforting thing to him in his youth becoming one of the things that reminds him of the harm he's caused and the harm thats been done to him. OUCH. OUCH!!!!! Sorry this was so long. I couldnt stop thinking about this and i needed to get it out AGHH -2G Anon

GAAAAAAHHGHDEHDXDJWDXJDWXS THIS IS SUUCH SUCH SCUH A GOOD DETAIL I DON’T THINK ANTONE HAS POINTED OUT YET. I’M GONNA KILL YOU (AND I MEAN THAT IN THE BEST MOST POSITIVE WAY IMAGINABLE)

BUUEUFUGHGH I DON’T WVEN WANNA SAY ANYTHING CAUSE I DON’T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM THIS SUPER GOOD ANALYSIS. EVERYONE READ THIS ASK NOOOWWWWW!!! NOWWW!!!!

[smooshi-graysimp]

HC of the Week (ft Ships)

Meeple (x Jacky)

When Meeple loses they sing a pop song

When Meeple wins they sing a pop song

Meeple loves Melodie and Good Randoms

Meeple came to brawl stars to go to Good Randoms concert

Meeple came so that Melodie can put everything on high security j/

Meeple likes Juju they think she’s cool

Meeple is a hopeless romantic lesbian

Carl and Meeple are friends even tho Carl gets frustrated with Meeple cheating when playing DnD

Ppl who are there is also Chester, Draco, self indulgent ship Rock Candy) Mandy, and Byron

Angelo and Meeple Afab and Amab enby solidarity

Meeple absolutely sucks at chess

“I think Meeple is smart”

Also me: makes them dumb as well

Maybe dumb in other stuff but smart on board games

Some chill games that Meeple doesn’t bother to cheat is bowling they love bowling sm and also animal crossing and some puzzles

Also if you think about it Meeple prob likes speedrunning

And then mofo still tries to cheat on a speedrunning facepalm

Meeple makes parody’s on pop songs bc they will and can

Meeple has beef with Draco and Brock and then still plays with them

Meeple made a “diss track” on Jacky (the distract is actually a love song and a parody of Amplify this Melodie) this is from a rp and that’ll always be the canon of how Meeple and Jacky started

Twitter User Jacky x Reddit User Meeple

Meeple calls Jacky, Jacky Chan and Jacky calls Meeple Meep

I need more HC for Jacky x Meeple for sure

Genuine question what’s that on their butt????

And bro teleported the law book

And that’s their weird goofy back head lmao

Wow the most shortest list prob bc they’re not my silly sarc/

[poly-lights]

PART 2 TO MY II PREDICTIONS/WISHES/QUESTIONS (technically) SINCE YALL ACTUALLY KINDA LIKED THOSE?? and i have more!

please note btw that most, if not all, of this is not gonna happen bc they can't pack EVERYTHING into a 30 minute or so episode and not gonna lie some of these are my fixation talking and me being delusional. it's good to theorize though!!

lots of bias. let's get into it

i told my gf this BUT it'd be cool if there was a scene of trees changing, to represent seasons passing because it has to have been a year at most right

more lightbulb using her electrokinesis scenes plspls?????? like. she can just casually DO THAT....maybe have her use it for evil/J IM KIDDING. don't have her kill anyone

............................yet

another knife and suitcase scene, elaborating on the "making your presence known", how suitcase took it a different way, just a conversation if that makes sense

yknow. what was that roboarm in the gemory cave. and is it Still working after lightbulb powered it on.

unrelated but still.more so a question have we or will we ever get the full roommate list drop?? unless they're gonna wait for when s2 is done to not spoil anything

baseball and lightbulb friendship scene :] team captain style!

i think it's gonna release on OR near the anniversary, if the iii finale is so soon early into 2024 it gives slight time

can we get parent lore drop??? like hello?????? they cant just said what they said in iii ep 14 and never expand on it, so i have a heavy feeling its gonna get mentioned in s2 if not ep 15 specifically

im just hoping for lb centric, even if her lore doesn't match up well with the slams. pls im so autism abt her at this point its anything BUT funny

now here's some iii 18 predictions!! for fun :] and also me just rambling abt it (spoilers for iii 17!!!!)

those who left to the hotel come back for jury voting!! more importantly fan and pb please💥

bot and springy and gonna be near each other again next episode. springy may still try to pull some shit with bot, and, assuming so, if TEST TUBE IS BY BOT'S SIDE......

springy made that suitcase bot, so clearly he knows about season 2

we may just get ii 14 tt again. which i am HOPING for. idk i love seeing test tube ENRAGED for the people she cares about she's so fun and unique bc MAN that girl is angry. she's holding grudges against Two People

also. fan meeting bot? he is going to have such a big and hopefully impactful reaction!! pls he has his patterns and the sudden changes make him uncomfortable they need to mention this

if he knows about season 2......could he make, or has he made, toys of the other final four? again im just gripping at straws for an iis2 final four appearance

think abt it though. it's the iii finale. you think they won't do something big? considering mephone knows he has to go back? springy could easily torment him w that considering the whole "facing your past" theming

also walkie talkie is Totally associated with meeple. ik we've all figured that out but i just had to say something. very heavily focused on using electronics to better the future? implying robots taking over others positions?

also??? past contestants coming back SEEING the toys?? maybe. Maybe.

the entire episode could also just be a discussion and play on the ethics of ai and how it's affecting the writing industry by putting people out of jobs due to its advancement and im reading way too much into it but hey im putting my hard hat on and channeling my inner matpat for this stupid show about objects with limbs (/pos btw)

also. are they gonna leave floor behind??? or will they scoop him into a terrarium, then plant him into inanimate island?

can he teleport that far?? how far is paradise?????????? ae drop the map pls/silly

ALSO ALSO. WHAT ARE THE INANI-MATES?? IS N/A THE LAST OF THEIR KIND??????? i doubt it but STILL everyone else in that group died

hey. why is the background of the recap song the background used when the gemories formed the silhouette of cobs. hey now.