#just mephone and the shimmers

[hyfinart]

2am art is interesting 2 look back at in the morning 2 say the least

[a-coolrock]

“the past is a grotesque animal” 8” x 10” canvas with acrylic paint, crayon, oil pastel, posca pen, & nail polish

i started this one the same day i started the last one if it wasn’t obvious by the theme of fan being the focus and an of montreal song being the inspiration,,, i just finished this one later because it’s bigger & i WANTED to use clay on this but i don’t know where my clay is….. MAYBE I’LL FIND IT NEXT TIME!!!!!! (HOPEFULLY) ALSO i know this one’s more choppy and messy and not as clean/flat colored as the last painting but that was SORT OF the point and also I REALLY DONT LIKE PAINTING LAYERS IT TAKES TOO LONG AND I AM VERY IMPATIENT … so i use crayon instead heheh

other versions as well!!!!! this time i put the non-shiny/glittery one as a secondary variation because the quality is SO BAD AND IT SCREWED THE COLORS UP . also kind of figured out how to get the glow in the dark to show up on camera … it’s brighter in real life & i had to use SO MANY FILTERS just 4 that 2 show up…….

[tiedsh0es]

Thinking abt the shimmer's finally bringing Mephone4 home-- but Mephone brings 3Gs with him. Bc despite everything he still sees the other Meeple creations as family and he still wants that family around.

And the Shimmer's let him do it, but 3Gs just KNOWS that they recognize him. He's the phone that stole away their young all those years ago. He's the very reason Mephone never got to grow up with them in the first place. Everything Mephone shares with 3Gs about what it was like to live with Cob's he realizes is his fault.

It's clear the Shimmer's don't trust him, some still even fear him, and he doesn't blame them. How could he? He did this.

And obviously, obviously 3Gs isn't the one to blame in this situation. But who is going to tell him that?

[wheucto]

cobs i'm afraid support for your life is ending, old man

[lettermanjack]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJAJSHHSBDHDHDBDH/POS

THE FAMILY FR FR THEY DESERVE TO BE HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER.

New found family au crossover Blu! Mephone gets the father he needed and GKGG Cobs gets the son he lost/lh

when the father & son but different aus

i honestly have a plan, a angsty “first interaction” comic, liek the other two (the mephone and 4s ones), but my brain went “nah” and the closest to that “angsty comic” is smol comic on the left side,, and i did these random doodles too

GKGG AU (Cobs) belongs to @maxphilippa

Blue Eyes AU (Mephone4) belongs to @lettermanjack

[ziocio]

Fan knew too much.

But there's something bigger than just that.

Where did he get the Mephone from?.. if it was the first time he ever went to Meeple in season 2 episode 8?..

He had these devices since the second episode (unless i missed smth in episode 1)

How did he get the phone? When? The laptop?

Cobs has been in control the whole time.

"It was generated by Mephone" No it wasn't. Soap's phone didn't disappear at the end of s2e17.

It's a real mephone. From Meeple.

Did he get it from Cobs?...

Not Cobs personally, just in general. Like it got shipped to him?..

Did Cobs.. want this?...

Was it a way for Cobs to keep an eye on the contestants and Mephone4 more closely??...

Fan constantly blogged. Online.

I'm sure Cobs could've seen them.

And.. if Cobs didn't personally send the phone to Fan himself.. did Mephone4 provide it?.. to keep the stereotype of Fan accurate?

I doubt Mephone4 would've.

The meeple phones are...

Really suspicious.

Cobs knows they're fake. Fake creations made by Mephone4. Why would he provide them internet access unless it were for his own gain.

Then Test Tube grants Fan his own original phone.

No longer associated with Meeple.

Their "rebellion" against the company after Fan lost his original phone.

This phone here is created with the tools Test Tube had. So it's fake compared to the realness of mephones.

So now they're no longer connected to Meeple on that fashion... but...

Speaking of the original phone...

Fan's original mephone was left on the Shimmers ship.

The mephones are very very important to the story in several ways.

In this scene, Fan wasn't even holding the phone when he dropped it.

It flung out of whatever invisible pocket he had.

This is either:

A. Left behind for the Shimmers to use in the finale

B1. Intense foreshadowing of Mephone4 going with the Shimmers

B2. Foreshadowing Mephone4's relationship with the shimmers

C. IF Cobs planned this from the start, the phone being on the Shimmers ship can cause chaotic karma.

No matter what happens.. Cobs truly was watching the whole time.

And the phones are always important.

Whether they're alive, like Mephone4, or not.

Also Soap possibly stole a phone from Meeple while she was there.

If that's true, then Cobs calling Soap a thief in that episode was crazy foreshadowing that she actually was a thief.

[pankielovesfan]

ii16 spoilers under cut

(Analysis of what the episode implies/means for Fan more specifically)

HELLO. SO. I kind of predicted this.

These are specifically about Fan glitching in episode 14, and about PEOPLE OVERLOOKING IT!!! I always KNEW there was something more to it.

Fan glitching is both similar to Springy's glitching, but also the Shield and Tree Mephone made. So automatically I thought, Mephone generated Fan. He can generate things! But, I honestly did not expect this to be true. It felt too easy. (so i instead went with; when mephone regenerates the contestants they are "built" out of his code, so close at least....?) But. Well. You saw the episode. And I am a sucker for these tropes and I have been incredibly interested in what this means for Fan specifically, considering he was made SPECIFICALLY to be a fan of Inanimate Insanity.

Here's me talking about the idea about a month ago:

As we all know, Fan's entire character is that he's a fan. That's the number 1 obvious thing. He was another "stereotype" as labeled by Mephone along with the other season 2 newbies. For almost every character it has been repeated that they are "more than what they are", which makes even more sense with the reveal. However, with this knowledge... What the Flip does this mean for Fan.

His entire arc has always been about his identity problems, and his extreme attachment to his identity as the #1 fan, which he STILL latches onto and puts so much of his confidence in. Almost like that... IS his purpose. Is everything he's ever known. All he had. But that was not only an emotional thing, he was quite literally created just to be the biggest Inanimate Insanity fan. That's his ACTUAL purpose. WHICH IS NOW MAKING ME CRAZY.

With this in mind, you realize how Fan being created is actually hidden in his arc. The writing doesn't make you consider the possibility, because the arc and personality work so well to hide it. This is shown most well once the prime shimmer asks him what he is beyond the show, to which he hesitates to respond to, saying he doesn't know. This whole scene is now in a completely new perspective to me. He ACTUALLY doesn't know. His identity literally IS built around the show, that's what he was made to be. That's all he's ever been.

I had mentioned Fan having parallels to Bot.

Something along the lines of this. Your identity being One Thing but then realizing you can be more than that, that's the main parallel here. WHICH- IS EVEN MORE INSANE CONSIDERING THIS EPISODE NOW. Fan was ALSO made with a purpose to be ONE thing, Fan (and Test Tube) was quite literally repeating the same thing Mephone did- the same thing that happened to them, but even more so with Fan specifically.

The one thing I keep thinking about is how Inanimate Insanity is still a big part of Fan's life. That's still something he loves so much and ties to his identity even with his development of trying new things. How would he react when he realizes he's forever tied to the show he was made to love? That he's forever attached to Inanimate Insanity, no matter what?? HE WAS MADE BY MEPHONE, THE HOST OF HIS FAVOURITE SHOW THAT HIS ENTIRE EXISTANCE IS FOR?? THAT HIS LOVE IS GENERATED? Compared to other contestants, Fan is... even more stuck in the show. He literally surrounds himself with it even when outside of it. Honestly was Mephone projecting when he created Fan or something???

Fan describing him being eliminated as literally dying is kind of even more tragic now. sad!

His whole reality would be shattered if he found out. I don't think he'd have time to think: "wow I'm actually EXISTING for Inanimate Insanity and that actually IS my purpose? and I AM truly the number 1 fan because that's what my entire identity actually IS built on????" While that would validate him and help his insecurities, Fan would be. Well. When your entire person is created to be passionate and dedicated to the thing you were created FOR and you even made prior appearances JUST to serve as the fanbase and nothing more. I don't even know dude. He'd be in so much denial over it. He'd start to question the sincerity of his love, or, something. At least he's made with the things he loves: creative passion. Which he was also made to love . but whatever,

You'd probably think he'd at some point try to separate even more from Inanimate Insanity. Honestly I think the opposite. after his initial denial i believe he'd latch onto it even HARDER. I think he'd just start regressing to old coping mechanisms to deal with it.

The fact he was created FOR the purpose of being ONLY THE FAN Also makes me realize something about him and Test Tube. On one of his tumblr posts he mentions how Test Tube introduced him to so many new things and ideas he had no idea he could be so excited about, because he's always been just tied to Inanimate Insanity and nothing beyond that, as he felt there was nothing else to care about. Test Tube offers the support of opportunities, even as early as when they first met, and especially in Hatching the Plan once she made him realize there was more out there.

It just makes me go completely insane how most of Fan's arc is so built on the fact his entire existence is to serve as a fan, and that wasn't even just an emotional thing or whatever he quite literally felt like he was nothing but a fan. I need to sit down. or draw art inspired by this cause good god. Hey fan you're basically made from technology the thing you really love! haahaa... at least that love comes from a real place right? I mean. In short. Fan is just... made out of what he loves.

[justin-chapmanswers]

do objects age?? like were any of the contestants at one point children or like some sort of equivalent to it? or were they created as they are now? what about ,,,, idk how i would put this uhhh real objects? like objects not connected to melife or created with melife? (DO THOSE EVEN EXIST?? DID MEPHONE CREATE EVERYONE EVEN SIDE CHARACTERS??) do they age? seeing all the flashbacks with mephone tells me they do not. but cobs created mephone for specific purposes i assume so it would probably be inconvenient to build a child who is incapable of doing the things you ask it to do or like program mephone to become old and die

MeLife creations don't age. Just born as they are. They could potentially get style updates and new memories inserted since they're connected to MeLife. Cobs probably does age though!

And right so everyone we've seen so far can be found in one of the following categories:

-MeLife Creations

-Meeple Creations

-Shimmers

-Spring-bots? (this one's complicated)

-Cobs

-Bot

-Baxter

[ecto-hazard]

im surprised there's people who think that cobs is lying about mephone making the contestants. like nah they were hinting at this all over the place. this is absolutely what happened here. just cause cobs is supposed to be some evil mastermind doesnt mean that its not true?

if anything, narratively speaking, i feel like itd be more disappointing if it was a lie. the main theme of this show that's being developed is becoming your own person in spite of what you were designed to be. mephone is more than one of cob's devices. bot is more than a copy of bow.

taco was right in that playing this game is taking a toll on their lives, but their doing it anyway. it seems like many characters haven't found happiness till they found purpose beyond the game. we see that in marshmallow and apple moving to purgatory mansion. we see that with lightbulb realizing she doesn't have to win for her friends. oj running the hotel, fan and test tube creating bot, etc. it seems like the characters who tried to stay in the game were doing it just because, well, what else is there for them? and when they found what else they could do, the game didn't matter as much anymore.

fan's probably one of the biggest examples of this in action, especially with the scene with the prime shimmer that's been pointed out numerous times now. he didn't even know who he was. he felt like he was nobody outside the show. and seeing the show break down from its normal pattern broke him, cause he had to face the reality of finding something outside of the show. he had to leave his shell and find out what else is out there. that's really scary when you realize this pattern was all you ever had

idk just some thoughts. like if the show turned around and was like nope it was all a lie lol, it just wouldn't make sense to me. i think this is the chance for them to become their own people, and that would bring the theme of this show full circle

[pencilgutz]

ii17 spoilers, mainly me rambling and theorizing

WHAT THE FUCK GUYS

IM GOING INSANE

okay there is no possible way they are ending it on that, because we still have to worry about the shimmers, cobs said he needed to 'save his company' as well as just....movies have three acts, there has to be one more then it's not really a 'Movie' is it?

Also, I thought about Bot. Is Bot going to play a role? Because they weren't made by Mephone, They were made by Fan and Test Tube, AND it is confirmed that if they died, they would not be able to come back, so meaning they have no Melife profile.

Which means, THEY WERE NOT MADE USING THE SHIMMERS. BOT IS STILL THERE, AND ALIVE.

WHAT IF BOT GOES AFTER COBS TO GET MEPHONE BACK.

BOT HAS TO BE A HUGE PLOTPOINT FOR THE THIRD ACT. THERE HAS TO BE A THIRD ACT BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE EXPLAINED.

I DON'T THINK BOT WOULD BE DELETED WHEN THEY PULLED THE PLUG BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY WERE NOT MADE BY MEPHONE.

DO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT IM GETTING AT HERE

THERE

HAS

TO BE AN ACT THREE

[maxphilippa]

Lyric Analysis of "The Future Is So Yesterday".

so. i want to talk about cobs' song and how there's a lot of hints there in which they're basically telling you to not trust him. lyrics were provided by @tdutb.

The first verse introduces you to a basic idea of what Cobs' character is as a whole. The opening with his catchphrase, and then the continuation in which he says "when everything is run your way/your influence is everywhere", it hints at the fact of how Meeple is a big monopoly of a company, showing that it is most likely the only place where people can get technology at. This can also be interpretated at how much control Cobs has over the show. "You tell me I'm too ambitious/I say I don't care!" is pretty much what happens with 3gs after the song is done. Cobs doesn't care about morale or about stopping, as 3gs says, he just wants the best of THE BEST, "anything that falls short of that doesn't matter".

The way Cobs treats the audience is quite... strange. He doesn't get too much into the coorporate bussiness, since he knows that they don't care for that. A big thing about Cobs' character (alongside the whole Twitter Takeover as well) is that he KNOWS his clients will take anything they can get along as they understand what it does. However this verse can be interpretated in another way: it can also be talking to the us, the audience, itself. It can be about Cobs doing what the audience wants. It could be Cobs saying what the audience wants to believe. "When everything is run your way" can be taken as "When everything is in your way" too.

"I'll never lose if you keep letting me win" is the part that sets off all alarms. This could be directed at Mephone4 and the contestants themselves, who are scared of Cobs, therefore giving him power, never allowing themselves to have a chance at winning.

"But with the good that I do, is that such a sin?" It is very clear that the only actions Cobs has taken in the whole show were meant to hurt Mephone4, and to hurt people by all means possible. However, he's convinced, or believes, that it is all for a greater good. For the greater good of innovating and producing, to keep his empire running forever and ever. I wouldn't be surprised if II ends with an immortal technological version of himself of some sorts.

"I created all that you believe! You gave me power you can't relieve!"

These lines are very very important to his character, and they also go back to 3GS and II as a show. Mephone4 has said that Cobs has had control of it the whole time despite the fact that it was a show Mephone4 made. The power that can't be relieved is The Shimmer Egg.

This shows how much power he has over everyone.

This is Cobs being dismissive once again, because he doesn't think about what he has made lately, but about what he can do now at that moment. "Did I leave you in the past?" Could be a reference to perhaps 3GS or the other phones, who Cobs dismissed as quickly as 3GS didn't complete the mission accordingly.

It can also be him being private about MephoneX.

Cobs is once again, dismissive about people wanting to know his intentions or goals. But we know already what he has in mind, he wants to take more and more.

"But if I've caused suspicion, hey! Take my apology!" Is a very insincere line that shows how quick he is to disregard people's views on him, this was also noticeable on his debut episode, when Microphone called him out for creating the mephones that tried to kill Mephone4. This is just pretty much telling you that you shouldn't trust him but, it gets worse.

This is pretty much confirmation of Cobs having something much more sinistier going on. Of course he's not going to say anything about it. We know how secretive he is. It's almost him laughing at our faces.

"No doy!" means "I don't give!" on spanish, although I'm not sure if that's meant to have any deeper meaning as of now. However,

"I mean, you always think I've got something to hide, and this is no different, you've implied!" Is pretty telling on it's own. Cobs is a known liar.

Again. His debut episode is proof of this.

and again, just another reminder of how much power cobs has now. how he's everywhere and how much damage he can cause.

and how he doesn't care.

the song was kind of brainwashy, wasn't it

[hyfinart]

cw // shimmer death! not graphic just cracked egg but just in case!

what's wrong, mephone?

[oscconfessions]

thinking abt how cobs calls the shimmers Phenomse, which is an anagram of 'mephones' which basically just means "my property"

bro rlly named an entire race "mine" sobbing

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME. DO U GET ME. THIS IS TERRIBLE

-🧭

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[tiedsh0es]

The idea of Mephone meeting the Prime Shimmer, and getting to experience family for the first time always makes me wanna cry.

All he's ever wanted is family, and they've been looking for him all this time- he just doesn't know it :((

[wheucto]

an ii/su crossover would be fun just for the trichotomy of light-based beings. inorganic light/organic light/whatever the ii contestants are

[emmkitt]

get ready for autism.

the whole thing in ii17. with cobs trying to get the shimmer egg to scream. why is it BOW that’s making the noise?

well. i think. Bow IS mephone4. whether symbolically or literally i have no idea. this is going to sound ridiculous and stupid but BARE WITH ME.

The bow -> dead bow -> bow -> bowbot -> bot arc. it is all symbolic of the phone.

bow spontaneously appears. representative of capitalism. selling chairs. selling a product. mephone IS a product. also representative of capitalism. mephone hated his childhood. he hated being a product. hates capitalism. he HATES bow.

bow and mephone4 die at the same time. i reckon symbolic of that side of mephone literally dying. he doesnt need to just be stupid meeple product anymore. bow doesnt need to be bow anymore.

mephones childhood and connection to meeple lingers in season 2. almost entirely just as a memory. bow is still there. only as a ghost. just barely there.

season 3. bow comes BACK? but. its not bow. its not mephone. its. something DIFFERENT. bow realizes theyre not bow. bow becomes bot. bot actively changes what they were programmed to be to be who THEY wanted to be. symbolic of mephones growth over time. he can make his show whatever he wants.

i reckon a part of mephone literally exists within bow. whether she literally is a subset of him that he made subconsciously as a placeholder for himself or what. itd explain why SHE is the one making the egg noise rather than mephone.

bow is able to possess people. much like how i assume the shimmer egg ‘possessed’ the phone body. you could argue ‘oh shes a ghost thats just a ghost thing’ but please dont. just trust me this is only a shimmer thing i promise.

i dont know what any of this means but it probably means something. its 2 am im having ideas and they need to be written down. i know none of this will actually be true. its probably something much more simple like,,, because bow is a ghost she somehow makes the noise or something silly like that. like a bridge between the realities of real world and dead. but still its fun to consider alternatives.