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my own thoughts on fan (somewhat)

character analysis? theory? whatever you wanna call it.

before season 4 released way back in ancient April, I noticed something. you know how ii is with their stupid foreshadowing and how several characters in the exit interviews never bothered to think of their past (turns out they NEVER had one!!!! hahahahahhaaaa that's that's so that's making me so happy guys ahaha IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US!!!!!) yeah that's just an example of the foreshadowing. i have so much more to say about this

my theory from April was that in season 4, or any continuation of inanimate insanity in general, fan would take on a role of leadership and possibly spiral into some sort of evil stance, but not in the sense that he wants his own good, in the sense that he's negatively affecting others and possibly himself. in S2E8, released February 13 2015, a whole nine years before most of the major twists in ii16, there really is..a ton of foreshadowing. here just take a look

mic says this at 9:53, which, okay mic...that's...still foreshadowing too. excuse the terrible screenshot quality

and then this exact conversation. oh my god that entire scene was enough to start up the "mephone created the contestants" theory AND IT WAS 2015. 2015. a whole NINE YEARS before the Big twist was revealed in September 2024.

when asked about this exact conversation again by fan, this is what cobs says:

some of it? true? WHAT? is there something more you're hiding from us cobs? OHHH...right! them being MADE BY MEPHONE!! yep..he didn't wanna say that. took him 7 episodes, an entire season and 2 more..of course he wouldn't

side by side...again....this stupid stupid foreshadowing that cobs just won't stop doing. and you might be wondering: what does any of this have to do with fan? you've just been mentioning one episode.

well, this is what I mean. this specific scene, when he was talking to fan

and later on in II18:

and later on, in S4, when he was appointed host.

copy pasted from my text between me and an awesome friend:

season 4 is a false attempt at happiness and trying to pretend everything is fine when it's NOT!!! season 4 is gonna be them spiraling but trying to be happy because there's no competition, right? it's all of their own wills, right? or is it? there is only one person who is truly in control, one person who is truly knowledgeable of every part of the game except for it's psychological effects on them. that person is fan, and that's the scariest thing. they're all gonna be opposed, sure, but who knows more about ii when not looking it up through a file? (sorry cabby) fan. fan is in a position of leadership, against the OSC, and the OSC barely know how to handle this. the OSC is only trying their best at living a life they don't know how to live, they are trying to be in a normal society when they CANT BE!!!! toilet is the only person who's experienced that and he seems to be trying to help, but he's seemingly clouded by his grief over mepad's death. fan is obsessive, hell stop at NOTHING to bring the show back. he projects onto other people and sure they dislike it too, but fan is the one who dislikes it the most. he seeks the thrill of the game against his own will, because he was coded to, and he cannot defy that code. everyone else is in seemingly the same state, the only difference being is that fan is the only person who's vocal enough about it. he's gonna try to "reintroduce" the game, say that hes not a host, just a games moderator, but ultimately hes gonna take on the role of a host, become obsessive about it, and cabby's line "if at any point it turns into..obsession" is just foreshadowing. my fan theory was right. fan will become somewhat of a villain, surely not evil by any means, but against his will. he is coded to believe that ii is going to save their lives, that it's the best thing ever, and he can't break that.

my continuation of it, is that:

fan isn't going to be a morally good host. it won't be sunshine and rainbows, the return of the game won't be all "yay! let's play around!" he is obsessive, and he is very obviously unaware of it. bringing back the game is a coping mechanism he's using because conforming to a normal society isn't what he's built for, he's built for the thrill, for the excitement of new challenges, his whole personality is being a FAN, his name is fan, he's quite literally a fan, he WON'T STOP thinking of ii no matter what. at the mere mention of a vote he's like "A vote? Voting? See? Sounds familiar!" he wasn't even expecting to be host but you could say that he didn't expect them to PICK him as host and he was gonna offer the thing anyway

he's gonna make it like "oh, c'mon, but this isn't a game you know! this is what we're built for anyway, this is all mephone had when he was making us!" and sure, he's not a host, just a..games moderator! thats all! but I bet you he's gonna take on the role of a host and it'll transform to a "point of obsession" just like cabby's line. the OSC has no idea what the fuck they're doing and the safety team only focuses on the stupid unimportant stuff, like giving paper sparklers and not caring about any contestant except for lightbulb, even though fan and paper will be permanently damaged when in contact with water, balloon basically dies if he's poked, and test tube and OJ are both as easily shattered as lightbulb.

the foreshadowing of him and animationepic for some reason feeling the need to associate him and cobs together twice makes me fret that he will be a bad host. he doesn't understand basic social cues (which, same fan!, but maybe let's NOT host stuff? i mean half your contestants die easily and stuff) he isn't programmed to do anything further than enjoy ii and be its biggest fan, he's just. That. whether or not he's gonna be a good host and actually understand his contestants, that's all gonna be available next episode. i love the fact that at any point that he's feeling just a LITTLE!!! a LITTLE!!! sad he's just like "aw. Inanimate Insanity then im gonna bring it back" I mean, let's just, let's look at his dialogue (this is from memory but beware I've watched this scene 20 times):

"I say, we reintroduce the game," is him very obviously being like "BUT IM NOT BRINGING THE ACTUAL GAME BACK!!! NOT EXPLOITATIVE!!! just ii but better!" and him referring to what mephone put them in as a "shell" of sorts?? this is very reminiscent to his vent in S2E13 Mine Your Own Business, which was literally titled "Shell" on his blog. he was afraid of there being more to the game, wanted to stay in a shell, and that shell is his own coping mechanisms. his only coping mechanism is inanimate insanity, and that's exactly what he's coming back to. and he wants it to be reminiscent of the past, just what it was like before, he's gonna put people in danger and reintroduce his favorite challenges and concepts and when he's called out for it he'll explain himself as simply trying to "reactivate" the nostalgia and what the game was like. he'll take being a games moderator seriously, because he doesn't like his job. (big shoutout to pankielovesfan for the following points) he seems to project onto others, by trying to make himself feel like he isn't alone in this and that he's not the only person who hates it, but lightbulb is ultimately right. it seems to really be affecting him more than most. he doesn't like his job (prevalent in his line “...Or even..like their jobs very much.”) because he's rotting in a bed all the time, and once he's gonna be offered a job that isn't just "be used as a (literal) fan 🪭" he's gonna LOVE it, and related to ii too? with the THRILL that he's been seeking? oh that's a lotta stuff right there buddy im so excited to see how he's gonna mess up.

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on everybodys soul we (YES, WE) will be seeing payjay during episode 2 of ii s4.

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[ID: Scene redraw from Inanimate Insanity season 4 episode 1, of Knife and Suitcase on stage together in front of the mansion. They're laughing at the joke Knife made while OJ looks over at them from the side. end ID]

really obsessed with how he was on stage with the council instead of somewhere in the audience. he's her emotional support ghost <3

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Need oj to be occasionally insufferable towards the osc behind the scenes

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i just rescued a pill bug they’re gonna reward me with a million pill bucks i’m gonna be a fucking pillionaire

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can we normalize uploading object show characters to the internet as "animated cartoony (object) with limbs and face png" so teachers from the whole wide world can find them and put them in their class PowerPoint presentation

like for example cartoony lightbulbs are pretty common in classes' Google slides/powerpoints (at least in my school) so we could just upload any of lightbulb's (ii) assets on a random site and just call it "cartoony happy lightbulb png" so more object show stuff appears in schools lmao

and like also upload beefedie mouth more as "animated cartoony happy mouth transparent png"

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[II4 1 SPOILERS]

i just realized something about Poppy. remember what the OSC trio said they learned from competing?

"Just because not everyone could be trusted doesn't mean i couldn't trust anyone."

"You don't have to be remembered by a bad first impression."

"No one has the power to make you feel like you don't exist."

i'm pretty sure all of these things could apply to Poppy! what if this is foreshadowing what their arc with the contestants is gonna be like?

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SOH MENTIONED!!!!! we're all so normal about this fic guys. read it right now it's lovely and nothing bad happens ever!!!!

ROBOT PAPER AU !!! (Spark of Hope)

hi! this is an au created by me and a couple friends, one of which is on tumblr! (@tallliar)

this is a payjay au where Paper is a robot built by Cobs! but, what happens when he’s sent to help OJ out with the hotel? more importantly, what else is going on with this version of Paper.. but don’t mind that! nothing bad could happen!

anyway i have a LOT more art of this au that i’m going to continue to save for a bit… (im finishing w.i.p’s- (ᵕ—ᴗ—) ) BUT in the meantime you should all read this fic!!!! it’s really good!!!! go read it!!!! it’s completed and all content is available! content warnings are listed on the fic!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65646787/chapters/169034590

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thats how the song goes right

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4 seasons and OJ continues to look like it's his first day alive

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WHAT IN THE YURI IS THIS????

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II SEASON 4 EPISODE 1 SPOILERS!!!

HES TALKING ABOUT PAPER. IM LOSING MY MIND.

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i've been indoctrinated into watching AvA here is my contribution

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rise n' shine!

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Background study with tacomic,,,

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im coping