#joe the staffbot

[bamsara]

some misc Solar Lunacy doodles woop woop

since he's gonna be traits and habits mashed together and amped to the extreme, Eclipse likes to tap on the glass the same way Moon did to the Daycare's glass when Y/N and them first met.

[crunchy-pavement]

the true ending of Solar Lunacy unlocked

My blog worms who haven’t read or seen anything on this are going to be so confused TvT

@bamsara Solar Lunacy is freaking amazing by the way I absolutely love it oh and happy holidays XD

[blogfortheblorbosfnafdca]

Fnaf daycare attendent x reader on my mind today, I may have plenty of other writing projects I'm working on, but damn I do get some little inklings for them.

Honestly I don't even know what kind of au I'd write, I mean I love the more robotic aspect of the attendent. Both Sun and Moon struggling with the restrictions of Fazco is very tasty to me, I eat it up with a spoon every time. I like the readers who interact with them at the pizzaplex, either as mechanics, assistant attendants and so on.

One has gripped me more so recently. Bones-of-a-rabbit started it with their fic honestly, and it's an intriguing concept, a reader who is a staffbot. Call me a bit biased because I first got into the hype of the daycare attendent x reader thorough bamsara's fic. Joe the gas station bot is a noteworthy note. But I do love me some staffbots.

So an idea started forming after I watched markipler play help wanted 2. It's nothing I've really sat down and fleshed out, but I do like to expand it every now and again. I consider it my little thought project. Spoilers ahead. Also this gets a bit existential and angsty.

In one of endings it shows that the human becomes the mask bot in fnaf ruin. And there's this weird thought of, did the two switch places? Is the being swapped under the control of the whole virus thing? Can this process happen with anyone?

That's when I thought of, what if reader staffbot accidentally became human? At first they are ecstatic because now they don't have to worry about getting deactivated and they can do whatever they want now...right?

But they find that being human, while it has some perks, has even worse downsides than they couldnt have anticipated from just watching humans. Like for example, getting sick, joint problems, limbs can't be replaced easily, only one body, pain from anything, etc. What makes this worse is mainly the fact that now they don't have anyone they're familiar with anymore, the human family they end up apart of isn't their's, the friends that surround them are unfamiliar, the people they do know are all back at the pizzaplex and they won't recognize them as the staffbot they knew.

The reason why they wished to be human, becomes something of regret, because in losing the bots they cared about all they wanna do is reverse it. For mine in particular there's no way to do so, I don't know how it becomes irreversible, it's possible that it comes from Fazco's doing of erasing what they can of the glitch, which is the thing that even let the reader swap in the first place. They feel even more guilt because they also understand there was a human they swapped places with, which means their possible death or life stuck as a staffbot is their fault.

So they mourn their losses and decide to get to know their friends in the pizzaplex as a human. In hopes to create a better life for their friends as they have access to things they don't. And really? End goal? Probably helping them escape, because even if they couldn't escape as a staffbot without consequences, they'll make sure nobody else has to.

I don't know if this is like a rebuilt pizzaplex or an entirely new establishment. I don't even know what to do with this really, but I like unpacking 'becoming a real boy' trope. Also I have never seen it explored in this way I suppose, not with the 'Oh this is great cause I'm human now' like, c'mon, human bodies and living life as a human does have some real shitty things to deal with. We have some perks, but like would a robot really want to give up the ability to replace body parts for exact same body parts if needed? Or the fact that they can figure out problems faster because they don't have to worry about memory problems? A little bit of a ramble, I digress.

But yeah, I honestly would like to make this into something more, but right now I got other fanfics and I'm swamped with life right now, so my creativity is taking a hit. I've been playing around with this concept in my head for a while, just never executed it. If this ramble gives inspiration to you, please do @ me, I'd love to see what you've come up with!

[crunchy-pavement]

bruhhh why do you guys like joe so much

[definitelynotsiffrin]

THIS THIS IS WHY Y/N'S INTERACTIONS WITH ROBOTS MAKE ME SO EXCITED

Like, you can see the switch slowly happening! A good example is the staff bot every time they go to the gas station to get a coffee. At first the interactions are normal, but gradually with each interaction there's a little bit more of an attempt to talk to them one-to-one.

Sure, it's awkward because the bot doesn't respond much (BUT THEY DO RESPOND!! And I will not be surprised [although happy] when the interactions become more fluid between the two) but you can see y/n trying to interact with Joe, giving them a name even!

They start calling robots (at least some of them) people and treating them like such. Sure, there's still some lingering feelings, that switch is not instantaneous and it's not like they haven't almost gotten murdered before by one, BUT THE RECOGNITION IS THERE.

And just, gosh! It makes me always so excited to see what is next. The way they start treating the staffbots as more than just "the thing that brings you/sells you stuff" but as other guys that are there to interact with. Because, well, those are the least visibly humanoid. Sure, freddy and the gang are robots visually, but they are meant to show more emotion. The staff bots only do AFTER y/n has started treating them that way, and it's so interesting to see!

Is there a reason Y/N is they way they are? Like do they have a back story with robots/animatronic or anything that explains why they see them as more than pieces of metal? (I’m sure it’s probably cuz they’re just a good person, but I like looking at deeper meanings)

I think some people forget that Y/N is not magically coincidentally super robot nice and friendly at the beginning of Solar Lunacy.

They are a regular, jack-of-all-trades type, this includes their opinion on robots. Even the SL desc hints at them realizing the robot's sentience later:

At the beginning of Solar Lunacy, Y/N had a rather indifferent opinion on robots and animatronics sentience in general, referring to Sun as 'it', not giving him any human emotional characteristics, and even referring to him as a thing.

Most of Chapter 1 talks about the DCA and other robots in a sense that their behavior is programming, and not free will. Narration from the Y/N's thoughts. Doesn't mean that Y/N is rude or mean to them, but they are not magically super goodie at the beginning. Like talking to Siri or Alexa on your phone. They're just robots mimicking human behavior, that's all.

Of course, they do understand later on that the robots are actaully very sentient, very slow at first.

Alllll the way up until the point where they're advocating for their sentience, even when the Daycare Attendant themself does not believe themself to be a person, Y/N does. Where we are now.

But yeah. Y/N was neutral towards robots at the start. I feel like some people forget that part of just believe they're 'robot friendly enthusiastic protag' at the start.

[bamsara]

this is canon everyone go home the story ends like this

the true ending of Solar Lunacy unlocked

My blog worms who haven’t read or seen anything on this are going to be so confused TvT

@bamsara Solar Lunacy is freaking amazing by the way I absolutely love it oh and happy holidays XD