#help wanted 1 theory

[magnanimously-dull]

Dispatch is Glitchtrap (Spoilers)

So I made a claim that the mimic we hear as “Dispatch” specifically becomes Glitchtrap. I am not the best at articulating my thoughts so bear with me. This is also my first FNAF theory.

For a bit of foundation: I believe that there are 3 separate mimic programs active through the game.

M1 or Fiona that is in the M.X.E.S. like machine

M2 or “Dispatch” who I suspect is stored in the data-diver storage

Mx or the endoskeleton that we are running away from that can hold either M1 or M2, or runs on its base programming of copying what it has seen

Also for brevity, I am under the impression that the moon.exe ending is the canon one. Which would mean that we escaped MCM with BOTH the Mimic endoskeleton and the data-diver and live to return them to Fazbear.

Last bit of disclaimers. I believe SotM takes place during the in-universe development of HW1 and before HW1 Vanessa tape recordings, and way before HW1 gameplay.

Why I believe Dispatch is Glitchtrap

So the entire premise of the game is for Arnold to go into MCM and retrieve Fazbear property after Edwin goes dark.

From the sounds of it Edwin died a good while ago, long enough for Fazbear to send 12 separate teams to go and collect the Mimic only to be murdered. And make no mistake, Fazbear is not going for the prototypes and blueprints. While they are not going to turn them down, they mainly want M2 after an MCM employee snitched.

With all that said, that means Fazbear now has two copies of M2— one from the schematics taken from the security office, and a fully functional version aka “Dispatch”.

How does M2 get onto the Data-Diver?

This one is simple. M2 is deeply integrated with the technology of MCM. Every time we plug in our data-diver to the computer, M2 has access to it.

“If he is on our data-diver, how can we only hear him in the office clearly? Shouldn’t he be able to talk anywhere?”

Yes. And he does. If we refuse to give up the data-diver, M2 talks to us the entire way to Fiona. Like he is speaking from our data-diver.

“Why does he need us to get the schematics if he has access?”

He doesn’t have access. To get the schematics, you need executive clearance, which M2 does not have. In fact, if you follow “Dispatch”’s instructions, he asks you to turn over the data-diver and you leave. Even in this case scenario, Fazbear will send another technician, and return the data-diver to Fazbear custody.

How does M2 get in Help Wanted and become Glitchtrap?

In tape 5, Vanessa talks about how Fazbear dropped off some circuit boards and other electronic parts. It is not a far stretch to believe that one of the tech given is a hard drive that contains schematics, logs, and other useless things. A piece of tech that has a strange code that has a mind of its own and wants to take control of whatever program it is in.

Both Glitchtrap and “Dispatch” want complete control of a program, and both use the player as a tool to access more clearance. The only thing that changed is the pool of information that M2 has access to.

With the abundance of Fazbear atrocities, it is easy to conform to the idea of the manipulative, ambitious, and—according to the logs on the data-diver—someone charismatic and successful.

This is probably a common idea and nothing revolutionary, but I wanted to put all my thoughts on this in one spot.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Cassidy loves to scare the FNAF night guards..

[springlock87]

Canon Freddy Fazbear/Gabriel Facts

• The first and classic iteration of the Freddy Fazbear animatronic was built in 1983 by Henry Emily for the original Freddy Fazbear's Pizza restaurant. (This information has been called into question by Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of The Mimic)

• In spite of this fact, the Freddy Fazbear character and Fazbear Entertainment brand as a whole are implied to have existed for far longer.

• Freddy's the leader of the pact. Not just when performing during the day, but also when hunting the night guard at night. Although this is hinted at in Five Nights at Freddy's 1 and 2, it's most prominently shown in Five Nights at Freddy's: The Week Before interactive novel. Scott Cawthon has also stated as such in his first interview with Dawko.

• On earlier nights of FNaF 1, FNaF 2, and The Week Before Freddy sits at the side and lets the other animatronics do the work of catching the night guard for him. But when they fail, he takes the job into his own hands on Night 3 and onward.

• Freddy is always the last character to leave the show stage in the first game.

• Despite their design differences, Withered Freddy and Classic Freddy are the same animatronics. There is nothing to suggest their personalities are any different either. The reason they look different is that Freddy was retrofitted with some of the newer technology from the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza restaurant from 1987. The Week Before also states that Freddy was restored to his classic iteration for the Five Nights at Freddy's 1 restaurant.

• In Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Freddy or Withered Freddy likes to move from the Parts/Service, to the Main Hall, then to the Office hall, and/or Party Room 3 then to your Office.

• Withered Freddy carries his microphone where ever he goes.

• In the "SAVETHEM" mini-game from Five Nights at Freddy's 2 the Marionette trusts Freddy enough to ask for his help saving the children William was targeting at the 1987 Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location. However, Freddy was presumably too late and failed to stop the massacre. Regardless, this mini-game reveals that despite leading Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, Freddy takes orders from the Marionette.

• Freddy's shown to be more intelligent, strategic, and calculating than the other animatronics from the first game because he hides in the dark and doesn't move when the player is watching him.

• Because Freddy keeps himself hidden in the shadows, night guards have to track his glowing white eyes in the dark.

• When in his withered state, Freddy doesn't bother trying to hide himself.

• Freddy taunts Mike every time he moves with a deep laugh. In general, Freddy seems to enjoy taunting his victims. This is most evident in his voice lines from FNaF AR: Special Delivery. This shows his sadistic nature.

• Freddy has human handprints on his face.

• Freddy's estimated to be 6 feet tall in his classic form but in his withered iteration he's estimated to be around 7 feet.

• In Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, Freddy has a child's hat in his mouth.

• In the Parts & Service segments of Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted Freddy gets upset when you drop his music box.

• The name of the child whose soul possesses the Freddy animatronic is Gabriel. Even though this was a widely accepted theory since the release of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator, it was only recently confirmed by the Dead by Daylight Five Nights at Freddy's collab.

• In the Fazbear Frights story "You're the Band" Gabriel possesses a boy named Timmy after he wears the actual Freddy animatronic head. While possessed by Gabriel, Timmy freaks out when he sees a knife. This, in addition to the fact that William Afton is usually depicted with some form of a knife, may indicate that Gabriel was killed or at the very least attacked with a knife by William.

• You're The Band characterizes Gabriel as short-tempered, authoritative, and prone to tantrums when he doesn't get his way. Interestingly, the story also portrays him as protective over the other animatronics and implies he may see himself as responsible for keeping his friends safe.

Note: Freddy feeling a sense of responsibility over the other animatronics could be why he acts as a leader toward them.

• Gabriel or Freddy's protectiveness of his friends seemingly carries over to his film counterpart as well. In the movie, Freddy is initially aggressive towards Mike when he thinks he's a threat to Abby and the others. Freddy is also the only animatronic to walk over to Mike as soon as he sees him, possibly showing his willingness to protect his bandmates as well.

• Also according to You're The Band, Gabriel likes canned pasta.

• In Five Nights at Freddy's: The Week Before interactive novel the other animatronics (Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy) lay low the first night Freddy leaves the stage to give him room to explore. Throughout the book, the animatronics seem to be trying to avoid him. The book suggests that this is because they're afraid of Freddy. Although the reason is never explicitly cited, it's likely they are intimidated by him as he's their leader or they're afraid of his short temper. Maybe both.

• In one of the endings of The Week Before, Freddy takes a bite out of Mr. Cupcake and sends him flying through the air after Ralph tosses him into a vent. Chica gets scared, takes the now-deformed Mr. Cupcake, and leaves Ralph alone. Freddy bites and kills Ralph shortly after Chica leaves. He likely did this to Mr. Cupcake to send a message to Chica, showing why the other animatronics could be intimidated or afraid of Freddy. That said, this isn't the canon ending route of the book; but it can still inform our ideas of Freddy's canon characterization.

• In The Week Before Freddy is revealed to either bite your head off or twist your neck to kill you depending on his mood. The Five Nights at Freddy's movie appears to show this as well, as in Freddy's kill scene he bites Max in half.

• The Week Before implies that Freddy playing Toreador March is his way of challenging the night guard to fight him.

• It is extremely likely that the ending of the Pizza Party level from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted is a representation of how Gabriel was lured and killed by William Afton on his birthday.

• It's worth noting that in the Pizza Party ending, Chica and Bonnie both have party hats. In the Into The Pit novel, the missing children are shown to have party hats after they were killed. This might mean that Gabriel was the third to be killed by William in the Missing Children Incident.

• Considering the fact that Gabriel's cake in the pizza party ending has seven candles, we can make the assumption that Gabriel was turning seven years old he died.

• Gabriel's soul makes an appearance in The Fourth Closet novel wearing a black and white striped shirt. This isn't consistent with the graphic novel adaptation of the book, which depicts Gabriel as wearing a yellowish green long-sleeved shirt with an orange collar and light blue jeans.

• The Fourth Closet graphic novel shows Gabriel as being dark skinned with bushy hair. These design features don't carry over to his (presumable) film counterpart. That said, the name of Freddy's soul is never stated in the Five Nights at Freddy's film.

• Freddy's soul in the film is smart enough to lure Max with a projection of himself to his animatronic vessel to kill her.

• Freddy, like the other animatronics, only kills people he sees as threats to himself and his friends. This was first shown The Silver Eyes novel trilogy but has been shown in You're The Band and the film as well.

• Based on the scrapped Freddy Fazbear's Pizza theme song from Help Wanted, during the day Freddy's laid-back, easy-going, and happy-go-lucky, despite coming off as a big brown bear. He also describes himself as a "real fun loving guy."

• Despite how mysterious and silent he is in most of his appearances, Freddy's voice lines from FNaF AR: Special Delivery depict him with a dark and snarky sense of humor. They also show him to be sarcastic and a bit sassy.

• Freddy's canon voice is deep and a bit glitchy, usually starting off as deceptively friendly and laid-back, and then slipping into a much more menacing and low-pitched tone by the end.

• With similar technology to the funtime animatronics that allow costume plates to be opened immediately, Freddy's bow tie allows the torso to open when the button is pressed for easier access to the innards. This is shown in Help Wanted.

• Help Wanted also shows that his endoskeleton includes a safety latch, which is a strange metallic black and yellow wire that can extend a metal bar to lock it in place. Freddy's endoskeleton features a red button that powers said safety latch. Freddy's music box is tucked safely to the left of Freddy's endoskeleton.

• The Rules For Safety poster from the East hall corner from Five Nights at Freddy's 1 tells children not to touch Freddy specifically. This could mean that he doesn't like being touched.

• In the original version of The Silver Eyes novel, Freddy's the only animatronic whose eyes glow red. His eyes also glow red in Help Wanted and most notably the film.

• In The Silver Eyes Freddy picks up and throws several tables at robot Charlie. This was not included in the graphic novel version.

• Freddy was dismantled by William Afton at the Five Nights at Freddy's 1 iteration of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, years after the restaurant's closure and abandonment. This is shown in the Follow Me mini-games from Five Nights at Freddy's 3.

• What remained of Freddy after the events of Follow Me was taken to the horror attraction the main gameplay of Five Nights at Freddy's 3 takes place in, Fazbear's Fright. Throughout the game, you can see Freddy's limbless animatronic shell outside your office. In this state, Freddy can't attack the night guard.

• According to the newspaper article that appears after completing Night 6/Nightmare in Five Nights at Freddy's 3, Fazbear's Fright burned down. Since Freddy's remaining parts were in the building, we can conclude they burned as well.

• Although it's unclear which ending of Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is intended to be canon, the Happiest Day mini-game from the good ending of the game depicts Gabriel and the other missing children's souls being set free from their animatronic prisons. Interestingly, the mini-game also shows Gabriel being the first spirit to arrive to the Happiest Day party. This seems to suggest that if the Good Ending of Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is canon, Gabriel was the first of the missing children's souls to be set free.

[why-the-heck-not]

curse to the world that I can't just drink a double espresso as a sleepy time beverage

[redfoxx2]

We FNAF fans have to accept that maybe FNAF’s timeline is broken.

Not in a bad way.

Like what if the story has multiple endings.

For example one where there are 5 MCI victims and the new story where there are 6 MCI victims.

The game became so big that there is no way all of the lore can fit into a single plot line.

[chibishortdeath]

Ok, I’m sick of seeing only Netflix posts lately so I’m ranting about Simon lol

Unfortunately I had some nice paragraphs written for this but tumblr crashed while I was writing so this is my second time making this post (TwT)

TL;DR with the rant under a cut for easy scrolling, I am deranged and have studied all of Simon’s outfits, here’s some fun tidbits and I guess kinda a guide about his fashion sense :3

Oh boy, where to start XD. Castlevania has a lot of intricately detailed usually gothic and/or visual kei inspired fashion designs, usually with some amount of historical accuracy, thanks to Ayami Kojima, that the series is known for. But before this, the character design style was very different. From the very 90s shonen anime inspired Richter, to Christopher being deadass shirtless in a skirt at one point, to John Morris being in basically casual clothes, there’s a lot of variety in it.

Well, being the silly Simon super fan I am, I’ve studied all his outfits a ton over the years I’ve been a fan of the series and oh boy they are INTERESTING :3. I’ve noticed a lot of elements are consistently reoccurring, specific to him, and some are very much not specific to him lol. Anyway, just trust me on this one, overanalyzing the closet of an NES barbarian to be able to make new outfits for him is FUN >:3c.

So, I’ve seen him not wearing pants thrown around as a joke before, but it’s actually the truth! Besides the Haunted Castle wedding suit (an outlier that should not be counted lol), I actually have never run into a design where Simon is wearing full length, proper pants. The closest he ever gets is black tights in Simon’s Quest and occasionally shorts, but on that topic, shorts aren’t even his most common choice! Let’s look at some of his oldest designs:

This one is really hard to tell, but based on the angle of the lines, the shadows, and context clues from other art for CV1, I don’t know if that’s actually supposed to be shorts 💀💀💀!

In both his cute little manual doodles and his almost more adorable teeny 8-bit sprite, his outfit is a belted tunic of some sort! So like, the equivalent of a really tiny dress or a long shirt XD. And really, his cover art design is kinda just a more detailed version of these. They both have a distinction between a top and bottom part of the upper half, they both have big belts, they both have the tall boots and arm guards, they both have teeny skirt part, and Fun Fact! They both have red in the hair! I color picked a nice high res scan of the CV1 cover art, and yes, there’s red in his hair!!! It’s like a nice mix of dark reddish blond, it’s a very fun hair color :3.

However, that’s not where CV1 ends in tunic vs shorts debate:

THAT’S A SKORT— DO YOU SEE THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE HALVES, ONE IS DEFINITELY A PANTLEG LMAO. So yeah, skort Simon is also a thing thanks to this particular magazine scan lol, thus leaving us with the possibility that it is both a skirt and shorts on the CV1 cover that he’s wearing X,,,,D. Never change, Simon, never change.

Besides the tunic, there’s some other interesting details to his CV1 era designs! :D In a lot of depictions he has this neat cape, something that returns in some Simon’s Quest art and Smash Bros lol, but he’s never shown wearing it in game. What’s interesting is that Trevor actually gets a cape in his game’s opening as well as Christopher in Belmont’s Revenge if I’m remembering correctly. It’s very neat seeing Simon character design details rubbing off into other characters :3. I like to think lore wise that it’s the same cape that’s been passed down to Simon from those two.

He also has the headband! Iconic! But have you noticed the little ball shapes at the ends of the tails? They’re either knots or, infinitely cooler option, beads :D!!!!!!! And I wouldn’t be surprised if they were because that leads me to another design: X68000–

Now this one is one of my favorites :3. It’s kinda like a forward facing version of his original design but with some new details! And his headband gets this cool lookin, intricate distinctly metallic design on it, something I’ve seen a lot of artists simplify to a general crescent moon shape. But it is kinda similar to the shape on his belt buckle, something that I still have no idea what it’s even supposed to be. Also, his arm guards and the thing at the end of his necklace (which may or may not have vampire teeth on it, they could just be metal spikes though) are similar; it makes me wonder if it was an attempt at a tortoiseshell pattern? Filigree? Whatever it is, they’re all matchy matchy about it.

This design also gives him the staple left shoulder pauldron, of which has these huge stitches holding it on and an added belt that connects to his other belt armor. Get used to belts, he has a lot of those X,,,D. What’s really neat about this one’s belt is that he has both a hilt for the family sword but also one for the whip on the other side, and they’re on the wrong sides for drawing the weapon properly 💀💀💀💀. Which is also funny considering his CV1 cover art has the sword on the other side, which is kinda wrong too? Who knows, maybe he’s ambidextrous and just doesn’t care what sides they’re on lol.

The biggest thing I can say about this design though is that a lot of these accessories and armor pieces look homemade, like as if he just took teeth as a trophy himself and strung them on a cord or made a shoulder piece and put it on an already existing belt he had. Adding onto this, there’s also the possible beads on his headband and the cords around his boots (which could be an attempt at a certain actual historical type of shoe that I cannot remember the name of for the life of me rn, in which case would make these not boots and actually corded shoes with very nice big fluffy socks hehe, I am forcing you to imagine him with big fluffy socks—) and yeah! I can see him making his stuff on his own :3. Which is so cool! I love this idea so much, it makes for a lot of things to imagine him doing hehe. Also gives him a hobby??? Yeah :)

No indication of if he’s got shorts or not in this one, maybe I’ll count how many have skirts or shorts and put that at the end of this lol.

But shorts get another point again cause we’re looking at Chronicles:

Oh Chronicles. Well, the first thing I wanna mention is that, this is Ayami Kojima’s design for him, so here we are seeing a very interesting mix of the visual kei style and 80s barbariancore in a way that honestly slays (figuratively and literally). And, surprisingly, there is something historically accurate about this design, and it’s not what you’d probably expect. Based on the width, material, cross rivets, and the buckle on the front, Simon is wearing an actual dog collar. Like, for dogs. Like it’s dog armor used primarily for hunting dogs I just— Again, never change Simon, never change 💀💀💀.

We also see Simon preferring to put his armor on his left side again with the torn in half coat. It’s also somewhat similar to 1600s coats, not really of any specific country in fashion that I can tell, however the sleeve being that short is not accurate, leading me to believe that he probably tore that off too lol. Very Chrom Fire Emblem of you, Simon, and another example of him D.I.Y.—ing things. The basic elements still stay similar to past designs. Shorts, distinct upper and lower half of shirt, belts, armor on said belt, sword and whip hilts, arm armor and tall boots (shout out to the heels on this one), and armor on the left, unfortunately no headband though. But that distinct bottom half to the shirt part of his outfit in this one is defined with… a corset? Yeah!!! That’s a corset!!! Though the proper name for the time period might be a stay or a girdle, but Simon is straight up wearing a belt over a corset. And said corset over a coat. Half of one. Don’t question him—

But the main entries to his 80s bara-barian half of the wardrobe, let’s get to some knightly aesthetic outfits, of which he does have a good amount, starting with SCV4:

Simon’s knightly outfits are usually a similar silhouette as his original tunic look, just in metal this time and in various colors. SCV4 has his armor as gold on the cover, blue on the Japanese cover and manual art, and green in game! And they’re all pretty much the same with mild variations. On the cover art, his shoes are corded sandals with nothing under them, but in game and in most other artwork they are these metallic boots with the classic X shape of the cords baked into them. Some art gives his middle belt armor section this cross with snakes on it, which is an odd thing to be referencing here. It’s either a staff of Mercury, usually associated now with medicine but was an alchemical symbol before that, or something else I can’t find any info on. There’s also a big ab window because these are all proper half shirts lol. Straight up a metal breastplate with nothing under it, a pretty bad idea tbh 💀.

All in all, these are generally really simple, but there’s one more thing before I stop talking about SCV4:

I LOVE this design. It’s this really nice blend of the older CV1 era style and the metal armor of the later ones, very cool. Shout out to the eye creases and the dead stare shadow over his eyes too, they really conveyed the effects of witnessing the horrors well lmaoooo.

Again, tunic, belt, arm guards, headband, the usual, but, speaking of symbols, there’s something about this one that’s been driving me nuts forever: I cannot find out what that symbol on his paldrons and belt buckle is!!! It’s this upside down triangle with a bent rectangle missing the bottom line over it and it LOOKS distinctly intentional, but I can’t find it or what it means anywhere!!! I tried searching through lists of alchemical symbols, religious symbols, nothing so far has been close (TwT ). Regardless, great design, definitely in my top 5.

And what else is in my top five? Oh yeah babey, it’s Simon’s Quest time:

Ah, Simon’s Quest with his fuck ass bob and the stolen Ravenloft image— but unironically, that armor fucks fr. Again, similar silhouette! If there’s any take aways from this post, it’s definitely that Simon is a little shirt, little pants kind of guy. A severe lack of long sleeves and long pants legs until now, and even then, these are skin tight. Heck even his boots(????) are vacuum sealed, just look at those fabric creases by his ankle!

Now, it’s honestly really hard to tell if his “gloves” and “boots” are supposed to be in some parts metal due to the shading on them and the base armor being very similar. I personally like to depict the forearm and calf parts as metal and the hand and ankle parts as not, but eh. Like most things regarding Simon, I suppose this too is up to interpretation XD. There’s some variation in color in some scans having the underclothes be white, dark blue, or black, and the armor be any range of red to purple to brown too. But towards red and black is probably the most accurate due to his sprite being those colors.

But this is a shockingly rare case of Simon being fully covered in one of his outfits, and I’m inclined to think that there’s probably a reason for that. Not only does he have a rotting curse right now and drawing straight up gore on the cover of an NES game was just not an option lol, but he’s not letting his guard down anymore after being hit. Which would also explain the sudden change to all metal armor as that can’t be cut through as easily as leather.

Speaking of all metal armor, oh I looooove the detailing on his. The gold accents to his byzantine (a nice in between color of red and purple, a color that is also reused in Smash Bros again in the middle corset section of his outfit) are what I would call stylized floral patterns, kinda in the way that fleur de les don’t really look exactly like flowers but still are supposed to represent one. Not sure what kind exactly, but possibly some sort type of angel’s trumpet? Very neat regardless. The gems inlaid in it are all green on top and around the belt, but the center belt buckle is bright red. It’s a very jewel tones color scheme!!!

Well anyway, if tumblr will let me have more images, I’d like to show off a few other random examples of outfit elements he’s had before I close this off with something :3

This was a pretty recently found scan of Simon wearing get this: a pleated miniskirt. Probably Roman armor inspired, as some of his other magazine scans have depicted him as such. One ad for SCV4 and another (live action even) for Simon’s Quest has him even wearing like a Roman helmet and everything, it’s odd. Add helmets to the list of things Simon might wear. Hmm maybe I should make a tier list of things based on how often he’s worn them…

Moving on!

This one goes for the bold choice of giving Simon not only an expected tiny belted tunic, but side slits on the legs! And uh um a little too much detail but uh— It’s also this kinda white, kinda bluish, kinda silverish color? Add this to Simon’s color palette I guess lol.

Which reminds me that I didn’t mention colors very much until now whoops. Throughout all of hie designs he primarily seems to wear neutrals like various browns, greys, and metal tones. But he also has a lot of color. Like as in there’s enough different colored designs to make a whole rainbow of Simon outfits. Common combinations like dark green, gold, and wine reds; blue and silver; brown, gold, orange, and kinda purplish greys; etc etc. And his HAIR. Oh boy, would this guy love modern hair dye X,,,,,D. He’s had it various blonds, reds, browns, even black at one point, blue, green, unnatural red, pink, and in one concept design white! Personally, I like depicting it as a nice in between of red, blond, and brown, it encompasses the most I think.

The final thing I wanna mention is the Smash Bros design, which I unfortunately can’t show because I’m on mobile and have met the 10 images limit whoopsie— (_ _ ;). This design is really a good culmination of a lot of elements. Not really definitive or anything, but very good :3. And it has something I didn’t mention earlier that I’ve noticed in some Simon designs: random belts or metal around his upper arms and thighs lol. The Smash Bros design in particular has the arm band things on both sides, Chronicles has it on the not half coat one, but this is another thing I’ve seen other characters (Christopher in particular, but his are just gold rings) have. The leg thing is less common, but yeah, that exists lol. Thank you Simon for uh bending two pieces of metal around your leg…? It’s cool XD. The corset also makes a return, as well as, once more, the same basic silhouette with the armor only on the left side, the belt armor pieces, etc etc. He’s very particular about that—

Well, anyway, Simon definitely has a vibe going on, but here’s a brief summary of things he seems to like:

Skirts, tunics, long shirts, and shorts (and skorts I guess), but nothing past about half his thigh, generally over the knees.

No long sleeves or pant legs (unless it’s tights when absolutely necessary).

Armor primarily to the left, unless it’s metal, in that case usually a full plate or paldron set.

Belts, hilts, belts on his arms, and neck, and hanging off of things, and legs, yeah belts—

Boots/tall socks, corded or not, and something on his forearms or wrists.

Headband! Seriously out of every Belmont he is the most dedicated to these lol.

Necklaces and beads and other little accessories and adornments are also cool.

Alrighty then, have fun Simon-ing and I encourage you to look through his or other characters’ designs and pick them apart a bit sometimes, even if it’s just through what’s on the wiki :3. If anything, I think it’s a good exercise in character design and consistency! But yeah, I wrote all this late at night and can’t think of anything else rn. If I do I’ll do a sequel I guess hehe. Either that or I might rant about another character hmmmmmmm—

[zecoritheweirdone]

first art post of the new year!!! granted, i don't share my art here that much anyway, but– shhh.

hehehehhhooo,, here's something i've been working on for 'bout a month,, albeit not consecutively– took a few,, very very long breaks in between working on this,, but i managed to finish it in the end! am i satisfied with it? .......ehhhh? not completely, but if this took any longer, it might not have seen the light of day, so like. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

anyway,, made a little poster for my favorite fic, tommyinnit's services for villains, vigilantes, and various other vagabonds, by @scorpionoesit!!! it's really really good,,, and i've always wanted to make more art for it,, so i decided– poster! at least,, that's what it's mean to resemble,,, dkdmkdmdkd.

i will freely admit,, i'm... not the biggest fan of the fan-made logo i tried to design for it,, feels a bit boring, and could definitely have used a bit more pizazz, something to make feel more like the fic itself(what does that mean? you figure that out),,,, but– again, steam was running low,, dkdnksjs. graphic design is my passion. i do also have other complaints, but i'm afraid i already punched my one-use self-critique card,, oh well,,, dkdnkxjdkd.

regardless,, even with the flaws only i can really see,, this still turned out pretty okay!! hope you enjoy it, mx. scorpio and mx. alibi!!! and i hope everyone else has a wonderful new year!!!!

[fazbear-entertainment-logs]

Dream Theory Is Not Canon And Never Was

So I typical avoid addressing on MatPat and The Game Theorist as a whole directly say for sometimes when I think it is relevant. This is one of those case because MatPat basically created this "theory" and has tried many times to claim it was Scott's original intention. Alongside claiming he got this right and implying Scott changed it because he was right but also because people wouldn't like Dream Theory being correct.| This bit of information has lead to many FNAF Fans themselves believing Dream Theory was the originally intention or is even possibly still canon especially thanks to a misinterpretation of Five Nights At Freddy's VR: Help Wanted. So I'm going to point out the Smoking Gun on why Dream Theory is not only not canon, but was not Scott's original intent for the first 4 games.

So leading up to Five Nights At Freddy's: Ultimate Custom Night Scott made some joke posts about the game by updating the character guides of some characters on Steam, and would later update them, to their correct descriptions. These include.... Nightmare Fredbear “He appears suddenly in your office holding an alarm clock. You have only a moment to press the button and activate the alarm. If you press the button in time, you will awaken in your bed for ten seconds before falling back asleep and continuing the night.” Foxy “He will run into your office when things are looking dire and offer to help you. You can choose one of three ways for him to assist: He can block one door, clear the vents, or add 1% more power to your meter.” Phone Guy “He will call into your office at random, creating a lot of noise and momentarily increasing the aggressiveness of the animatronics. He cannot call, however, if Springtrap is in the vents, because he can't be in two places at the same time.” What is noteworthy is these are all based on old FNAF "theories." Like Foxy being a good guy in Five Nights At Freddy's 1 and is just checking in on you. Alongside the "theory" that phone guy was the killer. These are incorrect theories, and alongside them is Dream Theory even referencing the the alarm clock which MatPat focused on in his "theory." This would seem to imply through these jokes that Dream Theory alongside these other "theories" are not correct.

Scott seems to make a habit of this, as seen in the special tease for the movie Scott released Freddy in Space 3: Chica in Space. This joke game references all kinds of things from the fandom included Adult Theory. In this game there is a boss that is making a joke about Gregory being well a robot.

Finally I would like to note this Five Nights At Freddy's 1: Movie seems to further back this up. The movie makes references hoaxes in it like the Sparky the Dog hoax, and even has William Afton the killer be the Phone Guy in this movie. Alongside it the movie features none other than Dream Theory. So the movie basically contains several "theories" and even hoaxes that were incorrect in the games.

[puhpandas]

what if fnaf is like resident evil now with its protaganists. like how resident evil was Leon -> Jill -> Leon -> etc this is Gregory -> Cassie -> Gregory -> etc. like each game switches protagonists and povs

[chipistrate]

Help Wanted 2 like,,,,, Vanessa's help is wanted at the Mega Pizzaplex,,,,,,,,, and by Glitchtrap n Rab,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[ducktollers]

chat im really starting to fear that spiderman 4 wont have peter be nearly as sad as i need him to be. nothing at all has happened to indicate that but i just got a bad feeling. im almost completely expecting disappointment atp im just like mj fr

[icharchivist]

Lamorak's motivation is actually really interesting, I feel like you don't get to see that often. When does selfless lead you on the path to villainy, indeed

FOR REAL he fascinates me!!!

Like we joke and joke about how he's the "i can fix him" type of guy, but also like, how rare it is to have an antagonist being set up fully on the fact that he just wants to help the main antagonist getting better, even if it means playing along with the villainy yaknow?

And i just think it's fascinating, especially with the thematic going on with the Wales Brothers and all.

Aglovale dealt with his grief seeing everyone as the enemy, he became uncaring, unloving, seeing the worst in people even when they did nothing wrong to him.

Lamorak dealt with his grief the complete opposite way. He started to care too much, to love too much, to see why everyone walked with a broken heart just like he did, seeing constantly what good was inside a person no matter the amount of villainy in their action.

Percival is the one who balanced it out. He's kind and caring but if someone is acting vile, no matter their reason to act this way, he will not let it stand. He still has problems and everything, but ultimately he came out of it with a pretty healthy outlook on how to connect with people in a way neither of his brothers did, because Aglovale gave too little, and Lamorak gave too much.

And i also just adore how Lamorak's whole thing, the whole reason he's like this, is because he failed to heal his mother, and he failed to be able to develop healing magic, so he's going to "heal" people the only way he has left. He doesn't want failing healing people anymore, and since he can't heal them physically, he will heal them mentally, emotionally, as much as he can.

and this is because he has this healer motivation that he's currently an antagonist. He's villain because, at heart, he's a healer. How rare is that as well?

And of course his motivations on the long term is still to sabotage Merlin, to not have Merlin cause the destruction he seeks, but in order to save Merlin from his own grief, Lamorak still has to play along with his plans. He will bear the price of being a villain if it means staying at Merlin's side so that eventually down the line he could help him get better.

Lamorak is such a fascinating character and i'm obsessed with him.

[boreal-sea]

Look.

I have made you a chart. A very simple chart.

People say "You have to draw the line somewhere, and Biden has crossed it-" and my response is "Trump has crossed way more lines than Biden".

These categories are based off of actual policy enacted by both of these men while they were in office.

If the ONLY LINE YOU CARE ABOUT is line 12, you have an incredible amount of privilege, AND YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT PALESTINIANS. You obviously have nothing to fear from a Trump presidency, and you do not give a fuck if a ceasefire actually occurs. You are obviously fine if your queer, disabled, and marginalized loved ones are hurt. You clearly don't care about the status of American democracy, which Trump has openly stated he plans to destroy on day 1 he is in office.

EDIT:

Ok fine, I spent 3 hours compiling sources for all of these, you can find that below the cut.

I'll give at least one link per subject area. There are of course many more sources to be read on these subject areas and no post could possibly give someone a full education on these subjects.

Biden and trans rights: https://www.hrc.org/resources/president-bidens-pro-lgbtq-timeline

Trump and trans rights: https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/trump-on-lgbtq-rights-rolling-back-protections-and-criminalizing-gender-nonconformity

The two sources above show how Biden has done a lot of work to promote trans rights, and how Trump did a lot of work to hurt trans rights.

Biden on abortion access: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/what-is-in-biden-abortion-executive-order/index.html

Trump on abortion access: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-trump-republican-presidential-election-2024-585faf025a1416d13d2fbc23da8d8637

Biden openly supports access to abortion and has taken steps to protect those rights at a federal level even after Roe v Wade was overturned. Trump, on the other hand, was the man who appointed the judges who helped overturn Roe v Wade and he openly brags about how proud he is of that decision. He also states that he believes individual states should have the final say in whether or not abortion is legal, and that he trusts them to "do the right thing", meaning he supports stronger abortion bans.

Biden on environmental reform: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-restores-protections-for-three-national-monuments-and-renews-american-leadership-to-steward-lands-waters-and-cultural-resources/

Trump on environmental reform: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html

Biden has made major steps forward for environmental reform. He has restored protections that Trump rolled back. He has enacted many executive orders and more to promote environmental protections, including rejoining the Paris Accords, which Trump withdrew the USA from. Trump is also well known for spreading conspiracy theories and lies about global climate change, calling it a "Chinese hoax".

Biden on healthcare and prescription reform: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/06/09/biden-administration-announces-savings-43-prescription-drugs-part-cost-saving-measures-president-bidens-inflation-reduction-act.html

Trump on healthcare reform: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/politics/obamacare-health-insurance-ending-trump/index.html

I'm rolling healthcare and prescriptions and vaccines and public health all into one category here since they are related. Biden has lowered drug costs, expanded access to medicaid, and ACA enrollment has risen during his presidency. He has also made it so medical debt no longer applies to a person's credit score. He signed many executive orders during his first few weeks in office in order to get a handle on Trump's grievous mishandling of the COVID pandemic. Trump also wants to end the ACA. Trump is well known for refusing to wear a mask during the pandemic, encouraging the use of hydroxylchloroquine to "treat" COVID, and being openly anti-vaxx.

Biden on student loan forgiveness: https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-announces-additional-77-billion-approved-student-debt-relief-160000-borrowers

Trump on student loan forgiveness: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2024/06/20/trump-knocks-bidens-vile-student-loan-forgiveness-plans-suggests-reversal/

Trump wants to reverse the student loan forgiveness plans Biden has enacted. Biden has already forgiven billions of dollars in loans and continues to work towards forgiving more.

Infrastructure funding:

I'm putting these links next together because they are all about infrastructure.

In general, Trump's "achievements" for infrastructure were to destroy environmental protections to speed up projects. Many of his plans were ineffective due to the fact that he did not clearly outline where the money was going to come from, and he was unwilling to raise taxes to pay for the projects. He was unable (and unwilling) to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill during his 4 years in office. He did sign a few disaster relief bills. He did not enthusiastically promote renewable energy infrastructure. He created "Infrastructure Weeks" that the federal government then failed to fund. Trump did not do nothing for infrastructure, but his no-tax stance and his dislike for renewable energy means the contributions he made to American infrastructure were not as much as he claimed they were, nor as much as they could have been. Basically, he made a lot of promises, and delivered on very few of them. He is not "against" infrastructure, but he's certainly against funding it.

Biden was able to pass that bipartisan bill after taking office. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan that Trump tried to prevent from passing during Biden's term contains concrete funding sources and step by step plans to rebuild America's infrastructure. If you want to read the plan, you can find it here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/build/guidebook/. Biden has done far more for American infrastructure than Trump did, most notably by actually getting the bipartisan bill through congress.

Biden on Racial Equity: https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/26/960725707/biden-aims-to-advance-racial-equity-with-executive-actions

Trump on Racial Equity: https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-reverse-racism-civil-rights https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916

Trump's racist policies are loud and clear for everyone to hear. We all heard him call Mexicans "Drug dealers, criminals, rapists". We all watched as he enacted travel bans on people from majority-Muslim nations. Biden, on the other hand, has done quite a lot during his term to attempt to reconcile racism in this country, including reversing Trump's "Muslim ban" the first day he was in office.

Biden on DEI: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/

Trump on DEI: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-tried-to-crush-the-dei-revolution-heres-how-he-might-finish-the-job/ar-BB1jg3gz

Biden supports DEI and has signed executive orders and passed laws that support DEI on the federal level. Trump absolutely hates DEI and wants to eradicate it.

Biden on criminal justice reform: https://time.com/6155084/biden-criminal-justice-reform/

Trump on criminal justice reform: https://www.vox.com/2020-presidential-election/21418911/donald-trump-crime-criminal-justice-policy-record https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/05/trumps-extreme-plans-crime/678502/

From pardons for non-violent marijuana convictions to reducing the federal government's reliance on private prisons, Biden has done a lot in four years to reform our criminal justice system on the federal level. Meanwhile, Trump has described himself as "tough on crime". He advocates for more policing, including "stop and frisk" activities. Ironically it's actually quite difficult to find sources about what Trump thinks about crime, because almost all of the search results are about his own crimes.

Biden on military support for Israel: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-obama-divide-closely-support-israel-rcna127107

Trump on military support for Israel: https://www.vox.com/politics/353037/trump-gaza-israel-protests-biden-election-2024

Biden supports Israel financially and militarily and promotes holding Israel close. So did Trump. Trump was also very pro-Israel during his time in office and even moved the embassy to Jerusalem and declared Jerusalem the capitol of Israel, a move that inflamed attitudes in the region.

Biden on a ceasefire: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/06/05/gaza-israel-hamas-cease-fire-plan-biden/73967659007/

Trump on a ceasefire: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905

Trump has tried to be quiet on the issue but recently said he wants Israel to "finish the problem". He of course claims he could have prevented the whole problem. Trump also openly stated after Oct 7th that he would bar immigrants who support Hamas from the country and send in officers to American protests to arrest anyone supporting Hamas.

Biden meanwhile has been quietly urging Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal for months, including the most recent announcement earlier in June, though it seems as though that deal has finally fallen through as well.

[b0mblover]

new hc; jiro has spilled a fucking ass ton of tea on himself from trying to use a thermos

[puhpandas]

In response to your Tony and Greg post… I just realized how noticeably short Gregory is in that newspaper in comparison to the other residents 😭 but oh my god- GGY really was planned from the beginning after all. Also doesn’t this imply Gregory’s seen that newspaper to have included it in his comics? So he really was trying to help stop the disappearances :( UGH I’m so sorry Gregory, you deserve better than being the fandom’s number one punching bag. I’m rooting for that GGY confirmation now 🙏

yeah if you look back to a lot of mysteries in sb + cut voice lines it's very probable that GGY was planned from the beginning. plus I've heard that tales from the pizzaplex was been planned since 2019/2020 BUT I dont have a source so take that with a grain of salt. especially with the narritave in ruin that Gregory worked to trapped the mimic ALONGSIDE vanessa (who was mind controlled by it) its like... come on.

also I think HW2 really is the perfect game to reveal GGY. in hw1 was when VANESSA got glitchtrapped, so itd continue that theme (and could use the same format easily), and it's also directly after ruin which left the fans wondering if Gregory betrayed cassie or not.

theres always the possibility that it wasnt even him and was the mimic, but revealing GGY after Gregory's betrayed to keep the mimic under lockdown would immediately force the fans to realize why Gregory did it and that he had a reason. I just think it's a perfect opportunity

[tortillaneedshelp]

FNaF explained badly

fnaf 1: some kids went missing and their bodies are stuffed in the robot suits.

fnaf 2: so it was a purple man who killed those kids, but a weird puppet thing stuffed them in the suits.

fnaf 3: the dead kids stuffed the purple man in his own rabbit suit, but now you're stuck in a building with him and he wants to stuff you. wait why is everything hazy and hard to see help i can't breathe-

fnaf 4: ...actually nothing was real and it was the fever dream of a dying child the whole time

fnaf world: *vague purgatory metaphor noises*

sister location: ACTUALLY it was all real, now there's this afton guy and his daughter accidentally got stuffed in one of the suits that he made. also some dude named michael.

pizzeria simulator: everything is not real again because it’s all a trap for the remaining people stuffed in suits. plus the you the player and mystery tutorial man. plus arson!

ultimate custom night: more metaphorical purgatory, now with all the things stuffed in suits

help wanted: so actually it was all video games the entire time and most of it wasn't real. no one was stuffed in a suit, nothing sketchy going on here, hey what's this weird rabbit thing--

fnaf ar: good news! now you can specially deliver the robots to stuff you into a suit from the comfort of your own home!

security breach: good news! now you can stuff yourself in the suit without being killed! also everything's real again, especially the rabbit. there's two now.

ruin: so this rabbit mask lets you see things that aren't real, and try to save your best friend (who may not be real), but at least no one's trying to stuff you in a suit! because they're already inside your mind. hey what’s this weird thing in the basement

help wanted 2: half your job isn't real and you're running from your past. now with cool collectibles! wait a minute what's that rabbit thing oh no you're stuffed in a robot. also you may have doomed your daughter

into the pit: NOTHING IS REAL AGAIN AND THE RABBIT THING STUFFS YOUR DAD IN THE PAST