#she literally just works in an office

[ssoupcup]

im cranking out the ocs. we have a bitch of a time traveller government official and her normie boyfriend, a victorian inventor who uses human body parts on occasion when she 'happens across them', and a vampire in the edwardian era who is pan and a shape-shifter so flirts with people to get them alone to consume them, and met their current partner because they're aroace and the flirting didn't work lmao

i may revive some of my old ocs, i have a fair few

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

An unbothered queen has entered, and subsequently left.

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[shitpostingkats]

Can I pour one out for Mrs. Fudo????

Despite also being a lead developer on Satellite reactor, she does not have the title of Dr. Fudo, like her husband. She also died when the reactor blew, but makes no appearance in the show while Yusei's dad comes prancing in from the afterlife like once a season. No one ever mentions or talks about her. The only time she ever appears in the series is in a shattered photograph in one scene. This is the best picture we have of her.

Mrs. Fudo, ma'am, I want you to know I'm thinking of you.

[momo-de-avis]

People who work in a more corporate setting: how ethical is it for Human Resources to send out a questionnaire to workers who are not contracted and are in fact freelance, that is a self-evaluation questionnarie but also an evaluation of all of your colleagues, INCLUDING your superiors, and the questionnaire in question is not anonymous, and in fact not only do you have to put your email in, you have to put your name? Like, please tell me I am not fucking insane and this is extremely unethical and prone to create a horrific work environment

[the-blossica-fan]

Christmas in the suitcase! Who's doing what to celebrate?

Vertin and her squad (+ a couple helpful arcanists) decorate the suitcase, decorations here and there, most of the time it's something nice or celebratory, but then you see that Balloon Party made some grotesque balloons, Jessica placed some... Unusual decorations (oftentimes critter bones in a tree shape) and Tuesday... Well she bought Christmas stuff! ...at the Halloween store.

"Bloody handprint on this shiny decoration, mm, just right."

"Miss Tuesday, it is not Halloween, there's no need for the fake blood."

"there is always a need for the fake blood, my child."

Speaking of Tuesday, she helps the kids decorate the tree. All find her weird decorations to be unique, so they hang around her during decorations and place their own little bloody handprints on the decorations.

Pain it is for Satsuki, Sonetto and the cleanup team to leave these spotless...

Ms Bunny Bunny enters a "Baking mode" during this. She takes her time to prepare everything for Christmas dinner and makes desserts so they can enjoy after decorating. She doesn't need much help, she can do it herself so she's often seen alone. It's "me time"

Though she appreciates it if some foreign arcanist decides to bring a part of their culture to the kitchen.

The rocking pirate and her co captain Mr APPLe are the ones that put on the mood, a.k.a they steal the radio and place music. Even a lazy captain can do something to lighten the mood.

Hard to tell what the others do, some don't participate much, others only come out during special celebrations. People like Zima, Isolde, Click and Semmelweis are those that come out during special occasions.

Now on some specific arcanists

Cristallo loves this month a lot. The adults allow her to go out and decorate, she can eat sweets (as long as they are prepared by Sotheby) and play with others. Tuesday is especially soft to her, like another Barbara, so she allows her to place more decorations and bloody handprints. She's always excited for every part of the holiday, mostly because she never got to enjoy it before

Isolde spends most of her time with her friends, J and Spathodea drag her around to show her their own decorations and have her try the dishes from their hometown. It's mostly just her burn friends showing her things, but it's the highlight of her day. She even prepares some jewelry for them as a Christmas gift!

Jessica adores the colors, she's been seen trying to eat the lights before Blonney dragged her away. She's dangerous to be left with bright yellow lights like the ones in the tree, she thinks these are tooth faeries... Either way, she eats the most and runs around with the rest, carrying decorations on her back (Yes, she participates in Tuesday's grotesque Christmas). She's never participated in this, so everything is new to her.

Lorelei is fond of the music, but she's one of the few that doesn't participate much. She loves to help them decorate, but she also requires some time for herself. She does decorate her room beautifully tho, the envy of Eternity.

[creepy-scrawl]

A couple days ago I had an "incident" w my mother... I was crying all day bc of this... And gf was trying to calm me down ... It is strange how much we bond through our mommy issues...

Today gf had and "incident" w her mother and she's been sad all day bc of that simple thing and I'm trying to calm her down and she is just so sad we have to go through this spiral of maternal rejection...

Well uh....am I wrong in the head bc I think is hot when she is having turmoil w her mother??? Like obviously I don't like it when my mother in law is so mean or at the very least condescending w her feelings, specially bc she is very sensitive... But like.. uh I think is hot when she tell me she is having mommy issues 😫😫😫😫

[harmoniouseclipse]

Me and my freaking ship charts for my freaky mind

[denkies]

Omg i haven't been updating lately but guys I'm moving out of my abusive household :D it's so surreal and anxiety inducing and change is scary but i will persist!!!!!!!

[nyatbinary-81]

okay. @evil-eyedlurker lets try this again since tumblr ate my last draft.

Part 1: Setting the Stage.

Before we begin, I'd like to recommend reading the book for yourself. There's a free copy here on archive.org. I'd also like to point to my previous post for some context if anyone reading this post is new here. You may also want to watch Dual Process Theory's take, as I agree with pretty much all of their arguments.

You have the appropriate context for this? Good.

Now then.

Within the logbook, there are three known writers: Red Pen, aka Michael Afton; Faded Text, aka Charlie Emily; and Altered Text, aka CC/Cassidy Afton.

There are also, however, three identifiable names: Mike, Cassidy, and Dave. Popular fanon will tell you that "Cassidy" is Faded, as well as being the Vengeful Spirit and the second Golden Freddy spirit. It will now also tell you that CC's name is Dave, previously mstaken to be Evan.

I am here to tell you that popular fanon is, as popular fanon tends to be, wildly off the mark.

As per my last post, I dismissed Cassidy as a little girl for two reasons: firstly, that she has no narrative significance before whenever the logbook takes place, and secondly, because Faded asks too many specific questions to be a stranger. The logbook came out after Pizzeria Sim, and introducing Cassidy as such an important character this late in the story is nonsensical.

But...my theory leaves out Dave. Who is Dave?

Put a pin in that for now. We'll get there. For now, let's talk about Michael Afton.

Part 2: Why?

In my last theory post, linked above, I asked a question that I found to be forgotten: why? Why does faded ask such specific questions? Why is there so much puppet symbolism? Why would CC know the name Cassidy? Why are there so many tidbits that never get mentioned?

I have some new ones today: Why is Mike here? Why are Charlie and Cassidy in his book? Why is the name Dave important?

For simplicity's sake, we'll start with why Charlie and CC are talking. Based on the imagery of the Puppet and birthdays on pages 31 and 98, as well as "The party was for you" (103), it's most likely to set up the Happiest Day, placing this before...whenever that happens. Before Pizzeria Sim, at least.

(Fig. 1: The Puppet/Happiest Day symbolism.)

So...if that's the goal, why is Mike important? Sure, he helps spell Cassidy's name, but only the last couple letters. And of all the available grids, "Dave" is spelt in the Foxy grid. The one animatronic that is associated with Mike.

(Fig. 2: Available grids.)

To me, this implies the name Dave is important for Michael to remember. But why?

...Why would Michael need to remember anything? Surely he remembers, right? I mean, he references the Nightmares and casual bongos and exotic butters and the Bite. Surely, surely that means he remembers!

(Fig. 3: Michael's references.)

Reread all his answers again, all throughout the book, knowing this takes place after Sister Location, during the time he's hunting down his father. Tell me what's missing. (Or you can trust me to tell you, I suppose.)

Mentions of his family, right?

In fact, he's not even the one to bring up the Bite. The logbook brings it up for him; he just responds to it.

Throughout the book, Mike is unresponsive and noncommittal. His doodles exist in the corners and margins, he rarely responds to either the book or Faded's questions directly, he even crosses out his own name. The only thing he repeatedly emphasizes throughtout the book is SURVIVAL. In all caps, SURVIVAL. CERTAIN DEATH.

(Fig. 4: Michael's scribblings as per the previous paragraph.)

Interestingly, he commonly writes about leaving leaving. Such as running away, locking up the animatronics, going on vacation, or dying. This directly contrasts his established desire to find his father, which implies he hasn't gotten that motivation yet.

Michael has been scooped by the time the Logbook happens. Michael, like most spirits, forgot. Forgot less than Cassidy and perhaps the MCI, for whatever reason, but forgot nonetheless.

And Charlie is here to help him remember, the same way she's helping Cassidy remember.

Specifically, she wants him to remember the name Dave, spelled out via the coordinates of the answered questions. The first one of which is answered by Michael, long before Cassidy says "I'm scared" as a potential alternate answer.

Part Three: Fandom Really Needs to Learn to Re-examine Fundamentals.

Take that pin out of "Who's Dave" and "Why is Dave important" from earlier, because it's time to answer those questions.

Okay. So, we've established a few things.

Dave is not one of the spirits in the logbook.

Charlie is pushing for Michael to remember the name Dave.

Michael has lost his memory, and has yet to gain the motive of finding his father.

If all of this is true, "Dave" must be connected to Michael's motivation: finding his father.

But we already know his name! William Afton, as established in...in......uh.........which game was it again? Sorry, hold on, let me just check my sources...*shuffling papers*...oh! Here we go! William Afton's name was established in the novels...and...and for the entirety of The Silver Eyes, he's referred to almost exclusively by his alias, Dave. To my knowledge, his first name is never confirmed in the games.

...What if we've been wrong in accepting that his name is William Afton? What if he is Dave, and it's not just an alias?

Allow me, once more, to set the scene.

Part Four: FNaF is a story. Let's treat it as such.

The date is [REDACTED], just after Michael's scooping. His corpse gets up without him, shambling around with metal for bones and vague remnants of children's souls for a pilot.

Michael himself is stuck in a security logbook; a paltry little thing given to him by his employers, like a twisted joke. He writes and crosses out his own name, and doodles in the margins for a bit.

Charlie, ever the attentive soul, joins him, bringing the Crying Child with her. Two brothers, one memory, or something like that. She begins gauging what he remembers: Does he know who he is? How he died?

Michael doesn't respond. He doesn't need to. It's not hard for Charlie to piece together what happened, especially given his shambling corpse ranting and raving about their revenge.

So, she begins to push Michael to remember his killer. She starts with the nightmares (do you have dreams), the first thing he did. She follows up with his resemblance to his father (what do you see), but Michael goes unresponsive, possibly catching on to her game. Ever the stubborn one, that. Instead, CC responds. So she switches gears, roping CC into helping her spell out both names by directing her questions to him, until Michael finally helps spell Cassidy.

Next to the wordsearch where Cassidy remembers is a mirror; one to reflect EVAD (spelled in CC answer order) into DAVE. Two brothers, one memory, as the saying doesn't go.

Michael's corpse lies cold and empty on the ground, Ennard having escaped into a gutter. He can't move on, not yet. There's only one option left for him now.

Michael looks into the mirror.

And his eyes open purple.

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also it would be really funny if davetrap had an alias in the games timeline and it was william/will miller THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT!

[backpackingspace]

Okay but yin yu needs a raise this yin yu is overworked that. Where is the Ling wen needs a raise content

[icewindandboringhorror]

Lineup of all of the characters that appear long enough to need a visual representation of them in the game lol

[bumblingbabooshka]

I genuinely love how terrible Tuvok is as a leader. The two times he's in charge the people under his command try to mutiny against him. Chakotay has to threaten to beat people up for the Maquis to go back to his lessons and the only reason Harry Kim didn't start a mutiny is because Kes got him to change his mind about going back to get the captain. He was literally like one second away from being forced to walk the metaphorical plank.

They just wanna talk Tuvok :) Neelix literally said it best in 'Learning Curve'

The theme of him being too rigid to lead a wide variety of people is so interesting. I assume that as a security head it's easier because you're supposed to be able to unemotionally carry out tasks...there's a certain personality I'm sure that gravitates towards that line of work and perhaps that personality is the kind that Tuvok works well with but I find his claim that he's 'never had an issue' with teaching others before in Learning Curve to be him being oblivious to those issues. In 'Repression' the Maquis crew are all talking about how they can't trust Tuvok because he's a traitor and there's no real push back against this.

No one brings up anything Tuvok's done to make up for this betrayal or soothe these clearly festering bad feelings because he hasn't. He's done literally nothing. This is season 7. He's spent SEVEN YEARS just letting that whole 'I betrayed half this crew' thing mellow because I doubt he even thought to do anything about it. I love this man - he's gonna get stabbed!!!

Chakotay & Neelix forced to do PR for Tuvok as he just obliviously marches forth, unaware that anyone might dislike him or why he should care if they do.

[cerbreus]

[lale-txt]

thinking about fem!omi office au…. wlw attachment issues au… fem!omi in a pencil skirt… with glasses… her hair up in a claw clip…. wine red lipstick…. hfnfn.. office siren fem!omi…. please sedate me lale im losing it

OFFICE SIREN OMI

jade when i tell you that i screamed…. i need her so badly please please please just one chance please

her nails are always perfectly manicured and she types so loudly on her keyboard that it's lowkey bothersome but no one dares to speak up when she looks at them with her big deer eyes...

jade what have you done

[archerstreet]

spending my whole life trying and trying and trying and trying to be good enough for people who don't give a fuck about me

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Last ADHD evaluation: Had to wait about six months to get in, "doctor" was a man, he told me I'm "too smart" to have ADHD

This ADHD evaluation: Doctor is a woman, I can get in within two weeks, already a much more pleasant experience