#i say only partially joking

[apricotbuncakes]

TADC Theory: Caine was the FIRST human in the digital world:

We need context first so here is a quick review of what you need to know:

The story of Cain and Able is simple. The two men, sons of Adam and Eve are making sacrifices to God. While Cain’s sacrifice was more physically abundant, Abel’s sacrifice was more substantial because he sacrificed ‘more’. Cain didn’t stand to lose much from his gifts. Regardless, Able was chosen as the winner by God. Filled with jealousy and rage, Cain killed Able and committed the first act of murder on Earth. God exiled Cain and he was forced to wander. God did add protection to Cain though as Cain was worried someone else might try to kill him. According to Genesis 4:15 though, God marked Cain and said anyone who killed him would receive a sevenfold punishment, or a punishment seven times worse. How does this connect to TADC?

C&A (the company’s logo we see while Pomni is running through the ‘Stanley Parable’ looking office) presumably stands for Caine and Able! Yes ‘Cain’ is spelled differently for the show. Anyway, in this scenario the CEO would be God. He oversees all of the company, and that makes Caine and Able in running for the company’s chair.

Caine and Able both present something to the CEO to win his favoritism and put them in running for the position. The CEO chooses Able. After, Caine does something to betray Able (could be anything from sabotaging Able’s gift, to murder), the CEO forces Caine to work on TADC (or send him back, either works), exiling him and ruining his opportunity to be the favorable one at all. Perhaps he worked in a division by himself, protecting him from others who may take issue with his presence. The CEO has marked Caine as someone not to be messed with, much like God did for the biblical Cain. Caine (the pearly white one) gets sucked into the world; he is the first human to get stuck there. He is forced to wander the digital plane.

Since Caine was working on the game though he knows access codes and the likes, so is able to grant himself abilities to alter the world. But he doesn’t have total power (and I don’t think he wants it). But as more people get stuck in there, Caine, who worked to make the world, feels bad for how it has trapped them, so he tries to help them not only as an apology but to try and redeem himself for betraying his ‘brother’.

Perhaps Able is actually dead, and Caine, true to his namesake, killed Abel to try and get the company passed down to him. Can’t pass it to the dead brother after all. Regardless, Caine would be in control of virtually (haha) everything except for the minds of other humans, something that no code has access to.

Something I didn’t mention was that Cain, in the original biblical story, worked and built a town after his exile. What does the ringmaster Caine do? Make a habitable place for human minds in the circus. He gives them enrichment and entertainment, knowing full well that this is not a holy paradise. But he does make the most of it. And once again, here he is protected, having a high status that no one dares to test. He has built a salvation for him.

Of course this is all based on a single name, a company logo, and a Bible story, but I don’t think it’s a bad theory even with all the speculation. It’s at least plausible.

[eldritch-ace]

Coming out as a Hey, Melissa! defender, she’s just girlie pop and I think catboy Paul and dogboy Ted are great additions to the lore ✌️🐈💖

[territorial-utopia]

He just really wanted to show his new shoes but saw an opportunity and ran with it

Yeah we entertain ourselves with funny silly flirty ideas /)/////(\

[lilithofpenandbook]

So you know how Snape gets mad when he sees Harry peeking through at him and Filch

And Harry immediately assumes it was because Snape's up to evil and got busted for it (although it's more than likely it was actually because Harry wasn't supposed to see this at all)

Well, I have a lil theory about the actual reason he got mad

See this:

This is what Snape was saying before he sees Harry.

So I present to you my theory:

Snape was actually just embarrassed because Harry caught him whinging like a twelve year old in his natural Severus voice and not the Professor Snape voice.

[lindamccartneysstrap]

paul mccartney you're gay and that's final

for legal/ethical/moral/psychological/spiritual reasons this is a joke

[akuma-tenshi]

void sent this post to me and i knew what i had to do

[wayfinderships]

Good morning gamers! Hope you all have a good day! <3

As for me...😔 I've perhaps developed. A 4th Yakuza crush...I gotta stop! I can't keep developing more!!

[queen-mihai]

So I posted a thing about how I'm the only person actively using Tumblr in Norway. Kind of as a challenge to the internet to correct me. And like, surprisingly, no one did.

So I guess I'm a real princess after all. Honorary, self-proclaimed title, of course. There is an actual royal family in Norway, and I ain't claiming to be part of that. But I *am* literally, as far as I can tell, representing the entire kingdom of Norway for all of tumblr by myself.

Mark today's date, yall. Or like, save this post. People had a chance to prove me wrong before I made it.

For the record I'm like genuinely doing my best to portray a decent image here, so to the 5.5 million people who live here, I hope I'm doing a good job. I certainly don't claim to know or represent what you think. All I can say is what I've felt like living here. And that's incredibly subjective. I never for a second thought I was alone here and the fact that I seem to be is low-key scaring me shitless. I've always had to represent people. I'm always the only black girl in my friend groups. I'm always the only American whenever I'm out somewhere in Norway hanging out. Never in a million years did I think I was the only person on Tumblr talking with the perspective of *actually living in Norway*

I'm definitely not going to freak out about this. I'm just going to go to work and things are going to be normal. Yup. Representing an entire kingdom to a worldwide internet community doesn't have literal political ramifications. And I've already been.... like all this time..

This is normal. Yes. This is something everyone goes through once in a while. Perfectly normal

[kimbapisnotsushi]

ushijima wakatoshi is a nepo baby

[allieinarden]

When I was a kid I thought Invader ZIM made up the chupacabra.

[rxttenfish]

i love writing this scene because i love pointing out how quickly merfolk go from "haha silly/absurd cute animal" on land to "oh god oh god oh GOD thats a very very large predator and i will not be able to escape in time" the second you get into the water with them

[terrorbirb]

:((((((((( boss didn't buy me lunch like they normally do on people's last day. Commence absolute minimal effort to finish out this job.

[ciderjacks]

being an artist means everyone suggesting u go into an art career or art school and being smart means saying Hell No every time

[flecks-of-stardust]

'people should make weirder gender headcanons,' i say, looking at my main group of OCs, of which none of them use they/them except innocence (who is genderfluid)

[mimiyanna]

Who wants to be my sugar daddy/sugar mommy? Now taking all applicants, must be willing to pay 4k/month to fund my full time vtuber dream, serious offers only.

[leocreates]

I've been mutuals with some people for years.