#i think i played fnaf world all of One Time & fucked up so bad because i didn't know how rpgs work ( still don't ) but i too miss it

[vellichorom]

I miss fnaf world

[glamrockmike]

helloooo!! do u have any beckory hcs? thoughts? :)

why, yes, yes i do!

hsgdhdjdhdhd this michael can fit so many thoughts about beckory (slaps roof of head)

starting off with a couple of headcanons, tony has asthma and gregory is the kind of friend who will literally scam the teacher into letting him out of the classroom so he can get his inhaler. gregory is ready to pop a fucking ceiling tile and crawl to the nurse’s office to get that inhaler if need be

gregory’s transmasc and he really enjoys looking scruffy and scrappy (part of the reason he cuts his own hair). he enjoys the euphoria from looking like a scrappy street kid. it’s easier to pass when people look at you and think ‘street rat’ first and ‘girl’ second.

tony doesn’t know greg is homeless and assumes that greg has a nicer house than him so the first time he invites gregory over he’s really nervous especially since they can’t afford much for groceries and their house is very ramshackle

but gregory is like super polite to his mom and grandma and eats like a hungry goat and is like ‘dude this is one of the nicest houses i’ve ever been in’ because it is, second only to cassie’s house (one of the only other houses he’s been in in recent years)

speaking of cassie gregory thinks he’s doing a really good job hiding the fact he’s homeless from her but cassie figured it out pretty much right away when he randomly asked to have a sleepover during a playdate when there was a really bad storm and poorly faked calling his ‘parents’ for permission by hiding in her bathroom and talking to himself

since then cassie watches the weather forecast and whenever severe weather is on the way she automatically invites greg over. he doesn’t need to explain anything. she has pajamas in his size in one of her drawers.

once tony offered to cut greg’s hair for him and he ended up nearly bald because tony was doing it from a youtube tutorial and halfway through his phone fell into the sink. in the panic the razor slipped. to compensate gregory ended up with the world’s nastiest buzz cut

as ggy gregory used to order glamrock freddy to follow tony around the pizzaplex and watch out for him to keep him safe. tony only notices after he begins investigating ggy and freddy becomes suspicious of him, but freddy tended to follow the friend group around during hangouts at the pizzaplex a lot

gregory fell for tony first but didn’t know what a crush was (grayace) so he was just like ‘freddy follow this guy. i need to know what’s up with him’

tony listens to classic dad rock and gregory listens to silvagunna’s rips on youtube

tony’s favorite video game is Myst (the remastered edition) because it’s an investigation-based puzzle game. he also plays portal and the earthbound series

gregory’s favorite video games are Half Life, Doom, and poppy playtime, assuming it could exist in the fnaf universe. he would also play five nights at freddy’s on 20/20 mode and be good at it.

tony’s favorite animatronic is bonnie, but in an urban conspiracy theorist’s pet theory way. he sometimes fantasizes about going behind the pizzaplex’s scenes to try and find the decommissioned animatronic. gregory always spaces out with a weird smirk on his face whenever tony brings it up.

all in all i need to get more publicly insane about these guys methinks. they’re eating holes in my brain like a cheese

[sparkel-dog]

I only just now listened to that fan Mimic Jackie’s Box song, which everyone was memeing on for being bad. I had avoided it because “I haven’t read the book, spoilers”. I was RIGHT to avoid it because yes there is a spoiler in the song (I thought it would be fine since I got 2/3 of the games endings but no I still got spoiled. grrrr) but whatever

People are right it was funny song with… insane choices? for the line deliveries. But also it fucking reminded me of GROUNDBREAKING. a person who made a toooon of fnaf songs like 10 years ago, back when the series was brand spankin new. And everyone liked their songs (Hell i enjoyed a few of them as a kid) but like. Have you ever relistened to those songs once youre past the age of 12? because its the same exact fucking vibes as whatever the hell i just listened to, only the jackies box song had admittedly way more chaotic energy and also edgy swearing. But like. groundbreaking had lyrics that were annoyingly simplistic just describing the character very basically. “my name is bonnie, im the big purple bunny, i play guitar in a band, dont you forget who i am”. or otherwise making up random headcanons about the animatronics and slapping it into their songs (like. mangle having this weird verse about how they apparently dont feel the same way as foxy or the other animatronics, and not really knowing about the guy who made them hurt… which makes no sense because mangle has a child spirit in her too? Or the chica one needlessly putting two bad bitches against each other by having og chica sing about how shes better than toy chica when they’ve never really interacted, lol)

Not to just needlessly bully some fans for having less than stellar fanworks (really these people have thousands of subscribers and are fine though) it’s just interesting to talk about. Fnaf fan songs sometimes get a bad rap and i feel like its because fnaf is so POPULAR and it really sort of introduced a new wave of people making fansongs for games. Before that, there were minecraft parodies, but fnaf was really one of the first examples I can think of people making ORIGINAL songs for. It isnt a coincidence that a lot of the same people who made old minecraft song parodies kinda helped to popularize fnaf fansongs too (like tryhardninja or natewantstobattle). Of course living tombstone really popularized it, but after fnaf i feel like it became a lot more popular for people to make fan music about other games they loved too, especially similar indie dev horror games like bendy and the ink machine or stuff like that.

And because fnaf was so popular and a lot of people were first dipping their toes into the art of creating music, especially kids and teens… of COURSE a lot of fnaf fan songs arent masterpieces or are overly bland/mediocre lyric wise. It makes sense that a lot are just kinda trying to capture the fnaf vibe by describing a character or something instead of having lyrics that make you Think. And thats fine! this is art we’re talking about, it just needs to be created and exist and it doesnt have to be a masterpiece

….but also dont let that kid you into thinking that all fnaf fansongs are garbage or bland. there are soooo many artists who have fantastic fnaf songs, either lyric wise or because they do something interesting with the instrumentals. I wont mention living tombstone because theyre so popular everyone knows them… but My favorites were nathan sharp/natewantstobattle’s music (Made fnaf music for years and always had interesting lyrics, especially as he made more songs and started Connecting the lyrics of the songs together. My favorite by him was stay the course, which has a verse where they parallel lyrics from his first song mangled which is cool) ,Dagames has songs that are so badass legit metal that are fuckin earworms (moving up in the world is my favorite fnaf song of all time, even being one of my favorite overall songs of all time. Fantastic mashing of 8bit 80s retro funky vibes with cool rock. or check out close to home if you just want the coolest song hes made) and dhuesta is really addictive especially when it’s dhuesta’s music paired with dawko’s angellic singing voice lol. You would never believe me if i told you that “the dawko self insert oc songs where his indulgent self insert character gets possessed by glitchtrap are fucking BANGERS” but they are. same for any of their fazbear frights songs (Into the pit, out of stock and fetch are SO GOOD). I want to keep rambling about fnaf music i love but will call it there lmao.

anyways. i lovd fnaf and i love music and i love fans expressing themselves through music, whether its badly done or a masterpiece 👍

[drinkabletoxicdishsoap]

HAIII IM BACK LIKE I PROMISED HERES MY WINN BULLSHIT LORE

winn was superrrrr close to their mom before she died, she worked as a hair dresser for abit and then as a security guard at pattys and would take them to work when younger so they were very distraught when she died due to medical complications, emmet was a family friend and elijahs long time best friend from high school so they got married a little after her death (yes its suspicious and yes elijah mightve cheated while she was alive yes this is more convoluted then it should be) the cousins arent relevant at all, and yes charlottes name is a fnaf refrence i couldnt pass up the oppertunity

ignore the fucking . "missing since 2007" thing cuz its apart of that one au i mentioned i never talk abt anymore so it wouldnt fit into canon but tldr thats nick of time shes gone bananas dont worry about it (i had a fic in the worlds in like august . i still have the doc open incase i want to finish it since its halfway done but i cant write rn i can only do 1 hobby at a time #sad) also their maternal grandmama is a fucking asshole so who cares

(zipper is a border collie if u gaf......... btw)

I was going to make a separate Winn headcanon post but since you shared this beautiful family tree with me I want to share my headcanons about them!!

TYSM FOR SHARING ITT RAGHH ITS AMAZING AND YES I DO GAF !! THESE ARE SO COOL I LOVE LOVE YOUR HEADCANONS ABOUT THEIR MOM

If I do think of more, I’ll either reblog, edit, or reply!! I’m sorry if they’re out of character or it seems like I’m projecting

they listen to 80’s Japanese city pop!! please tell me someone else sees it and I’m not crazy 💔💔 I probably am oh well maybe it’s because im listening to that genre right now

following up with the music headcanons, I feel they would listen to a lot of bands. Not any certain kind of genre, they just love listening to bands :3 (weezer fan…)

hip hop listener

amusement park enthusiast

maybe it’s only because of the patty possum episode but I feel like they love arcades

GUITAR PLAYER THROUGH AND THROUGH TRUSTTTTTT!! ONE OF THEIR DREAMS IS TO START A BAND I SWEAR

lowkey a fnaf kid. Idk the patty possum episode reminds me a lot of security breach

has a lot of stress and anxiety problems but hides it because they don’t want to upset their friends

whenever they get a new interest, they dive deep into the lore

Minecraft kid.. watched a lot of Minecraft YouTubers (the ones who aren’t groomers I promise)

if I have to give them a style, it’s either grunge or Adam Sandler fits, no in between

listens to music A LOT to help them calm down. basically one of their coping mechanisms

always begged their parents to get them those playgrounds you build in your backyard

LOVES comic books!!!!

LOVES superhero movies as well

sonic fan

plays the pokemon games.. i think they’ve played every gen.. their favorite is black and white

card collector!!!

when it comes to vacation, they love going on excursions and exploring :3

I think they would enjoy gravity falls and adventure time.. maybe I’m projecting though my bad

I don’t know if anyone has read it but you know survivors? yeah I feel like they would love that but maybe that’s just me maybe I fever dreamed that

their favorite animals are bugs. They don’t discriminate they love all and any kind of bugs

they go to skate parks a lot ! They love helping out with people who are struggling with skating or just love hanging out with fellow skaters

very outdoorsy

they love action movies and games

I feel like they played a lot of the Mario franchise

SPLATOON FAN I SWEARRRRRR

I feel like they would love going to farms

posters everywhere in their room

Likes to hang out at roller skate rinks

graphic tees.. they’re so normal about graphic tees

pin and keychain collector

an anime kid but only for like the action animes. Mainly attack on Titian

plays basketball for fun

owns like 100 slinkys

That’s it 🤯 sorry it’s super long :d thank you so much for coming to another yap session! I hope you have a great day/night to whoever is reading this. thank you for sharing your family tree as well! If anyone has any more headcanons, feel free to share in my inbox, reblogs, or replies!!

[blazenfire223]

[ID in undercut]

Happy 2024 everyone! I'm just gonna talk about the past of 2023 and how I'm feeling about this new year so apologies if this gets long.

Okay so first off, personally, my 2023 wasn't that bad. It was actually rather enjoyable. I started out 2023 doing art while talking with my friend Kate while drinking apple cider and I think also playing Hamtaro. It was fun. Also during that time, I had been in a school program called RISE which was basically hands-on learning and I got to create some very memorable projects that I am so fucking proud of and submitted a whole 3-page original comic for my school's zine and then later got to see the comic IN the zine. I messed around with traditional art so much more and had so much fun with it. Like, I swear that school year I was a monster of creativity and I was just having nothing but fun during those days. I was a neurodivergent POWERHOUSE. I also got to see a high school adaptation of the Percy Jackson Musical that my partner got to play a minor role in and that was very fun. I got to make a friend and hang out with said friend over the summer, I went out on an official date with my partner (outside of school dances) to see Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse, and also saw my partner during a homecoming dance where we left and went to Walmart instead. I got to watch Good Omens season 2, WWDITS season 5/6 (I forget what the newest season was), OFMD season 2, and go to see the FNAF movie!! And although all of them broke my heart (except FNAF) in different ways I was still so happy I got to see them! My cat also went to the vet to get neutered which helped with his spraying problem.

It wasn't all good though. I always had the usual problems but there was also me having to go to the doctor's a few times this year which sucked, but I also got a family doctor for the first time in YEARS and now I get to get treated for whatever it is my body is doing. There was also a big personal mess regarding my partner's family shortly after I got to see him a few times and some family issues of my own.

But overall? It's been a pretty good fucking year but, if I'm honest, I'm not very hopeful for the new year. These past few weeks have made me feel so much in so little time. Mainly, anger, sadness, and guilt. All not very "good" emotions but they've all been there. I'm also kinda tired. I've felt all these things not because of anything personal. As I've pointed out my 2023 has been fucking amazing for the most part. My anger is righteous. Livid fucking righteous anger. Anger over the fact that there are so many injustices and genocides happening in this world and the fact that the United States has a hand in pretty much all of them in some way or another. I have seen so many dead humans and my brain can barely comprehend them. I feel so much for these people literally dying at the hands of awful people with weapons and money funded by this disgusting country I live in and I can't help feeling guilt because I'm in my house, comfortable and relatively safe watching Good Omens Season 2 on repeat and I just wish I could do more or give them comfort in a meaningful way. But I know I can only do so much. I still am just a kid and only one person.

And what pisses me off more is that these politicians that are supposed to represent the people don't. listen. There have been thousands of citizens shouting for the liberation of these countries and for the end of these genocides and yet politicians do the exact opposite of what the majority of people are in obvious support for. All for what? Money? A sense of superiority? It has made me feel so much that I end up shaking from anger at the thought. But I shouldn't be surprised. This is the same country that was founded on the genocide of natives and black people. Founded on slavery, racism, and white supremacy. The same country that wishes to control the rights of AFAB bodies and wants to ban any and all books that they don't agree with and that, deep down, wants to eradicate trans people and other LGBTQ+ people from social life and existence. I shouldn't be surprised that they are helping with genocide and continue to help in the killing of human beings again and again. I shouldn't be surprised. Land of the Free, my ass.

This, with the fact that the whole world is basically on fire and literally was at MULTIPLE times this year, I can't say I'm feeling very good about this new year. But I know what I WANT this new year to be. I want it to be a year that is filled with good memories, good art, and good experiences, but also a year where I can say that there is a Free Palestine, Congo, Sudan, and any other country experiencing oppression and harm and there are choices made to help to stabilize these countries and people. Where they have autonomy over their own land. I want a year where the oppressed get just one step closer to the equality they deserve. A year where this country isn't trying to make leaps back in time where no one but cis-het neurotypical abled-bodied white men could exist happily. I want a year where the individualistic Western mindset is burned to ash and we all actually treat each other as human fucking beings that deserve respect and not just as stepping stones for "success" (THE BARE FUCKING MINIMUM BTW.) I just wish for a year where I can say that, in every aspect, it was a good year. But we'll just have to see what the future holds now, don't we?

[ID: A digital illustration of Storm (irl) and Storm (OC) sitting together on the ground. Storm has their knees up to their chest and is holding a bottle of sparkling cider while OC Storm holds them close, cradling their head with both hands. Above them both are floating heads of all of irl Storm's hyperfixations of the year. Going from right to left there is Aziraphale and Crowley (Good Omens), Dante (Ineffable Family AU by chibiq122), Azra and David (Bun and Dove AU by chibiq122), Raphael and Zi (Star Weaver AU |Gone Wrong| by chibiq122 and Storm), Ana and Raph (Star Weaver AU by chibiq122), Nandor and Guillermo (What We Do in the Shadows), Anna and Crawley (Happy Demon AU by chibiq122 and Storm), Raziel and Westley (Lawyer Bois AU by chibiq122), Ario and Unas and Zaraphim (Reverse AU by Storm), Sariel and Damien + their kids Eden, Calysta, and Dakota (Blind Bear AU by Storm), and finally Izzy, Stede and Ed (Our Flag Means Death). Above all the little heads are the words 'Happy New Year 2024' and they are glowing. /End ID]

[gulonline]

couple of miscellaneous DreamLogic ideas, slammed into one post bc i feel like it lol

building on MC's maladaptive daydreaming, i think i want the first "section" [what would be the first few levels, or the first chapter if this were an episodic release game] to be ambiguous enough that almost all the weird stuff going on might be MC stress-dissociating & them doubting their own short-term memory. end result is a mix of some actual moments of dissociation, one or two genuine events, and just enough Could Be Either events.

"did i actually just see that, or am i just Thinking i saw something creepy because of my current situation/environment"

"of course i'd be fantasizing about [Show Character] at literally every turn, i'm basically in a one-to-one scale of their cartoon world. fuckin' Duh."

even had a scene idea where they end up with a visceral daydream about their best friend getting snatched/grabbed/mauled by some giant beast [possibly a monster/villain from the cartoon]. by the time this happens, they're in a bad enough headspace that it sends them into a anxiety spiral-

"why would i fantasize about that, what the fuck???? did that actually happen or am i THAT stressed out?????"

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thinking on the mascot characters..... i really liked Bendy & The Ink Machine's "cartoons brought to life" concept, so i might take some inspo from that. keeping with the theme park, uh, theme, i think twisting it toward something to do with mascot costumes could be interesting?

like, if the park is meant to be fully immersive, it makes total sense they'd have meet-'n-greet "Character Experiences" for guests. plus i think costumes will be fun to play with, because maybe you can't really tell when/if they're empty or not.

which leads me into thinking about What exactly is happening at the park...

i think i wanna go for some supernatural-bullshit angle? less "ghosts are literally haunting & animating the costumes," & more like something along the lines of ResiEvil's mold, whatever the fuck's going on with Silent Hill, and uhhh Third Example.

even though this IS a completely indulgent project that's purely for funsies, i don't really wanna cop Bendy's shtick whole cloth. [heh. costumes. whole cloth.] i want something more.... tailored.

;D

i kinda like the idea of "demonic nonsense animates the intractable character costumes [because the company didn't want to hire actual actors due to the longterm cost]" but that could just be achieved via animatronics, and then i'm just wading back into fnaf territory. and tbh, that's not really a direction i wanna go for this :/

like, i don't want the mascot characters to be animatronics for a number of reasons. "it's overdone" is honestly one reason, the other being i really don't wanna get into the weeds about the in-universe logistics of fully freeroaming animatronics. because I Will. i Would Not Be Able To Help Myself if i went this route. i would get so bogged down by building up some history behind the technology needed to achieve this that the rest of the story would get swept away & WHOOPS now it's fnaf security breech with the serial numbers filled off-

GRANTED, said technology could be a total flop. sucks so much ass, none of it works correctly, & absolutely everyone hates the end product. but idk. i think Just the costumes provides more creative wiggle room & opportunities for theatrics.

plus, i enjoy the idea of toying with like... the line between costume & actor blurring. and you just wouldn't be able to get that with animatronics.

[mosaic-hydra]

woah an intro post after like 3 years of this account existing (idfk how long i've had tumblr, whatever idc)

i'm River, i use they/them pronouns, and my birthday is 18 july 2004 (20 years old as of writing this)... what else do i put in here. uhm.

my side blogs i guess?

oc art/artdump: @mosaichydra

fandoms/fanart: @doodlebug-salad

maybe i can make a tag for whenever i'm spouting some bullshit... or just any post by me because i think i might repost so much that i lose everything lmao

hm... the tag can be #river chatter cuz i'm soooooo quirky

ok time for yapping under the break

i've been self diagnosed for 4-5 years with autism, ADHD, and near to 3 years with DID... no i will not go into detail with that, im lazy. i live in southern USA, eastern coast (so... EST timezone). i love my irl friends very much, i can and will put more energy into spending time with them than internet bullshit. i also have college shit i'm doing but it's annoying so i'm not gonna talk abt that on here obviously

i hate answering DMs from strangers, sorry if my silence offends you. i promise i don't meant it in a rude way, i'm just a scared little bitch baby who doesn't like interacting with people on the internet (says the dumbass who basically grew up here)

random fun fact i have a fursuit and i plan on getting more 😈

my current hyperfixation (like BAD) is dandy's world. yes, a video game for kids! aren't i so funny 😋

but i also really like the following (not in order, bigger ones will be in caps):

Roblox games - Dragon Adventures, Creatures of Sonaria, Regretevator, Fisch, Grace, Pressure (im bad at this one), Twenty One (yes, the gory card game), Cavern Crusher, Felandia

other interests - MANTAFINS, WINGS OF FIRE, Fnaf, POKÉMON, Muse Dash, MINECRAFT, Halo, Dragonvale, Animal Jam (used to play, barely anymore), SONIC, FLIGHT RISING, Furby, Rain World, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Amazing Digital Circus, Homestuck, Arcane, Warriors, No Straight Roads, Ena, Gravity Falls, Scp

there's more, but that's most shit that i can think of off the top of my head idk

i have too many clothing styles i wanna take up but my closet is literally as deep as an arm length and as wide as two. my tiny closet my behated 🖕💔

don't get in the way of me and my sushi. i will fuck up some sushi. wasabi my beloved 🤤

also i liek writing and art (and recently finding out i love cooking) but i'm dogshit at all three YAY

super secret thing for people to read to the bottom of this post.... if you ask nicely over on doodlebug, i'll draw you some dandy's world fanart/ships :3

[that-darn-clown]

so. been thinking about springlock suits and also Building Layout Stuff in Blurred Lenses. so have some of this before i go off to write or play Minecraft one, who knows:

Springlock Suits:

they are Much safer (at least, earlier in the timeline) because, realistically speaking, if they were as dangerous as in canon, they probably wouldn't have been in use for more than at least a year if that. so! they're safer.

like...they're safe enough to where getting a Tiny bit of water (think like. anywhere between rain drops and a cup of water) on the suit isn't gonna be the end of the world, and where the springlocks won't get set off without a lot of force (so like. stumbling and falling isn't going to kill you unless it were Particularly bad).

this means that, if you wanted to kill someone via Springlocking (at this point in the timeline)...it'd have to be REALLY deliberate. there's actually a somewhat accessible switch that was made to be able to snap the pieces back in place if it the person wearing it last didn't have time (or was just didn't want) to unwind the locks by hand; it's located in the jaw! (fun fact: this is kinda based off of the novels! when William, in the suit, threatened to kill her/her friends, she turned around and reached for a springlock located at the bottom of the suit's head and triggered it, killing him).

Henry calls this the "Safety Lock." aka, This Is The One You Really Don't Want To Break/Fail, Because You Will Die If It Does While You're In The Suit.

now, as the years go by, the suits do become more dangerous to wear, mostly due to lack of maintenance/rust. by the time 1997 rolls around...yeah, getting into O'Hare by that point wasn't William's smartest decision...

Building Layout Things (mostly relating to the Backstage/"Safe Room"):

so...because the Springlock Suits were a Diner Specific Thing...the "Safe Room" isn't really a thing in Blurred Lenses. also thought it was kinda stupid that there's a room called the "Backstage" that. isn't located behind the stage. so, long story short, they've basically been combined.

(the Fnaf 2 Parts & Service room stays the same, mostly, except that it's Connected To, and thus referred to, as the Backstage.)

the Backstage usually has two entrances: one behind the stage, and another for employees who weren't exactly keen on having to walk behind the animatronics (usually in a hallway, or on a different wall). due to this, the Backstage can be...rather large, depending on the location.

the doors were easily lockable from the inside. Henry mostly did that so, if he were in the middle of working on repairs (or tinkering), he wouldn't be interrupted.

the room was (mostly) soundproofed, 'cause. well, if you're working back there, you'd probably like some peace and quiet instead of listening to Slightly Muffled Music at a loud enough volume to drive you insane. Henry sure knows he'd prefer the quiet.

you see...that's kinda why William picked the Backstage for the murders. he'd have room to get in and out of the suit, he could lock the doors and no one would bat an eye, and No One Would Hear What Was Happening Back There :) (aka Past-Henry Unknowingly Fucked Future-Henry Over).

the room William would end up dying in wasn't a Backstage or a "Safe Room;" it was a storage room holding faulty arcade machines along with the O'Hare suit (among other things). Fredbear and Marionn were held in the Backstage.

This feels way more realistic than canon and i love that! I love all the backstage considerations it makes the murders make a lot more sense

[deuterosapiens]

Just got out of the FNaF movie. Honestly, I left this franchise when Sister Location came out. I really wanted to watch this for sort of the same reason I'm playing Hogwarts Legacy: to say good-bye.

Five Nights at Freddy's consumed so much of my personality in high school, and my the time I was studying in college, I felt the series had grown too big, too fast. I noped out of it and cut myself out of the games, the books, the fan-art and fan music and just, cold turkey, evicted the series from my life and never thought poorly of that decision.

With the announcement of the film, I knew I would inevitably have to watch it. You cannot allow a property to consume so much of who you are without it having some kind of impact when something seriously big happens.

But I cannot engage with this series like I used to, I can't be the sort of fan I used to be (I highly recommend no-one seek out my old fan-fics). I feel as though I never properly said good-bye to a Fandom that used to matter so much to me.

Seeing the movie, I think, did that.

It was a bit of fun, cheesy good fun. The kills brought me joy, the cast did their best.

This is, to my estimate, the third time I've seen Matthew Lillard as a serial killer. His work on Criminal Minds was better, but that's okay. That's fine.

Seeing these characters (many of whom I've seen in... uh... unique, shall we say, situations) brought to life brought me joy. Springtrap especially got a very loud applause from me (and a glare from my sister beside me).

It's not necessarily a good movie. It's quite by the numbers. It doesn't do anything special, or new. No boundaries were broken. But I don't think a Five Nights at Freddy's movie needed to do any of those things.

I like however what this movie represents. It's the exact opposite of the Slenderman movie.

Five Nights at Freddy's was an independent game that, through extraordinary circumstances, evolved into something unpredictable. Lightning in a bottle that won't strike again any time soon. It's reached that cult "too big to fail" status that any developer or content creator dreams of.

This movie is simple, grounded. But that's what makes it work. It doesn't go off the rails, off the walls, bonkers fucking crazy. It's a perfect example of the movie I would have wanted when the first game came out (holy shit!), almost ten years ago. Before lore and Easter eggs and absurdity broke what was originally a very simple thing.

In a way, it reminded me a lot of how far we as gamers, we as fans, we as consumers, have come. Because this movie would literally not exist if fans hadn't fallen in love, if content creators hadn't helped blow this whole thing open into the massive thing it is today.

I said it's the opposite of the Slendermsn movie. That film was a train wreck. It was Hollywood trying to cash-in on a popular trend without understanding it, or the culture associated with it.

It created controversy and fell to bad writing because it didn't get it. It didn't read the room or bother to care about the real-world incidents that the mythos inspired.

It was shameless.

This however, was respectful to the source, and respectful to the audience.

And with all of that said, I am finally free. I have finally made my peace and I'm saying good-bye. They were my friends, but they grew up without me. I've grown away from that world.

I would very much like to wonder though, what kind of fan I would be now if I hadn't given up on Fandom as a whole? If I hadn't decided that fan art and fan music were childish and that I was a grown up?

I should read The Hobbit again.

[cassioppenny]

sorry 2 hear youre having a bad day X_X hope u feel better soon... anyway!!! what's loki's pokemon team as champion of kanto....OR. OR are any of the milesverse protags/rivals Gamers. if so what video games do they like to play......

SO SO SORRY I TOOK SO LONG I HAD TO DO SOMETHING anyway....

LOKI'S TEAM 🔥🔥🔥

yeah it's literally just a mono psychic team lol. as they're a psychic type themselves he finds other psychic types the easiest to get along with. her espeon is his bestie kitties moment!!!

as for the gamers...

red - his family owns a snes and a gamecube. the snes is in his and green's bedroom and he plays mother 2 on it ALL THE TIME. him and green play like mario kart and meele with blue on their gamecube sometimes

green - shitty horror games officianado. she starts a lets play channel post rgby and screams at freddy fazbear

blue - his family only has an old as fuck genesis that used to be his dad's. loves sonic 3. would be absolutely devastated if he learned about sonic.exe

ethan - lies about having "real" consoles like a ps3 and xbox 360 but only has a wii and a ds. he's pokemon scott the woz in terms of games taste

kris - HUUUUGE rpg guy kingdome hearts strongest soldier. also plays rhythm games because. miku.

lyra - doom.

brendan- guitar hero

wally - rpg maker horror 100% also utdr

dawn - also loves horror shit. knows the most obscure horror schlock imaginable. probably made an eight hour video on fnaf lore

lucas - banjo kazooie collectathon platformers he MUST collect everything or he's explode

barry - sonic duh

hilbert - fighting games, battle sims, or anything competitive in general

hilda - too busy on that comp battle grind to game🔥 she does play some battle sims occasionally if the battle subway is closed or she wants to battle online

cheren - literally anything hilbert plays so he can be better at it than him

bianca - the sims and animal crossing and harvest moon and stuff like that. also rhythm games because meloetta

rosa - she likes anything she can find. her parents wouldn't let her play video games as a kid because they were "too violent" so now she happily eats up and slop she can find a rom for. loves gta just to spite her parents

nate - okay so fortnite doesn't exist yet in bw2 but. fortnite. also cod i guess. he's that type of gamer

hugh - REALLY salty fighting game player. also animal crossing

serena - she used to be a huge fan of kirby before dying 💀

calem - he's a cod kid sorry

shauna - she usually plays more casual games like rhythm games or farm/life sims but she is surprisingly really into metroid. (she has a crush on samus (gee i wonder what her taste in women is))

trevor - puzzle games and farming sims!! also collectathon platformers

tierno - ddr OBVIOUSLY he likes other rhythm games too

selene - she LOVES mario galaxy. rosalina was her childhood crush (gee i wonder what her taste in women is)

elio - he only plays REAL games for REAL MEN (proceeds to play crash bandicoot)

hau - animal crossing i think he plays games to relax and chill out

gladion - unironicly shadow the hedgehog 2005. he thinks shadow is just like him fr

lillie - her mom didn't let her play that many games when she was little but she LOVES playing mario galaxy with selene. also she plays animal crossing with selene and acerolla real

gloria - loz twilight princess. there's a funny wolf and swords of course she likes it

victor - he's a kirby fan but one of those kirby fans who INSIST that kirby is actually super dark and not for kids

hop - loz botw. him and gloria argue which zelda game is better

marnie - i think she likes cool stylistic indie stuff like rpg maker games, utdr, ect. she doesn't like overly corporate lifeless feeling games like new super mario. she really likes the world ends with you she'd think the style of that game kicks ass

bede - wii sports💀

juliana - retro games and games with retro artstyles!! she loves old shit so much she bought nso just for the retro games (she doesn't know how to emulate</3)

florian - he likes a lot of games actually!! he wants to be a game developer when he's older so he loves learning about game design and how games are made.

nemona - battle sims, fighting games, action games, ect she likes high action stuff!! she'd be a god at dmc i think

arven - he only has his childhood ds that's on life support. yes he does have cooking mama

penny - rhythm games, jrpgs, rpg maker, fighting games, ect ect she plays a LOT of stuff. also unfortunately plays gacha games. me and her are both in miku gacha hell i think

carmine and kieran - they just have their grandparents old ass wii but dead god can have the most insane round of mario kart they have ever seen

[lovesick-feelings]

Hi!! Could I get some Yandere Toy Bonnie x Reader headcanons? Have a good day!!

Thank you for requesting, beautiful reader! (*^ ‿ <*)♡ Was I the only one put off by Toy Bonnie's voice in Fnaf AR? Don't get me wrong his lines are perfect. They fit very well with his high and mighty personality but his voice sounds so off compared to Toy Freddy and Toy Chica. ╮(╯∀╰)╭ I'm certain if they didn't edit the Voice actors voice to be high pitched it could've come off better (*/ω＼)

♡ How could this happen!? The last thing Toy Bonnie wanted was to fall for some… creature. If it wasn’t for your constant niceness, maybe he wouldn't think of you as often. He hates how much of a distraction you’ve become, yet he can never push you away because of that. *Sigh* Well, since you're obviously a fan, he can't just turn you away. Guess he’ll have no choice but to indulge in your presence. 

♡ Toy Bonnie believes you are the luckiest person in the world. Why? Because he likes you, of course! He doesn't take hours from his “Me Time” for anyone. From the moment you enter those doors, you’re supposed to walk straight to him.

♡ You need him, so he’s doing you a huge favor by letting you bask in his presence. Well, at least that’s what he thinks. In reality, he depends on you. He expects you to comfort him, cater to his desires, and listen to his long rants and gossip. 

“It’s a good thing I'm here for you Y/N! I wouldn't want my star to be alone on lunch break again” 🤭

“Weren’t you the one who asked-” 😔

“HUSH!! I’m doing you a favor!” 😡

♡ Toy Bonnie thrives on attention. Your regards, praise, hell you asking him how he’s feeling that morning makes him feel like a king. You are playing a dangerous game as too much praise will make him overwhelmingly cocky.

♡ Next thing you know, the boy needs repairs because he decided to rub it into withered Bonnie’s non-existent face. Too little will make him really whiny and annoying. He’ll glare at you and let out the most dramatic sighs until you bring it up to him. Even then, he’ll pretend it’s nothing if  you don’t beg for it. 

♡ He loves bragging about his star just as much as he does about himself. He has no problem talking for hours upon hours about how amazing you are. He’s like a used car salesman. You could be the worst at everything and he’ll still find a way to boast about you like you're worth a million bucks (He believes it but wouldn't say it out loud).

♡ You’re meant to be his and he deserves only the best. He often pulls you close and kisses you in front of his friends. Not only does he love seeing your flustered face, but he gets to make sure everyone knows exactly who you belong to. It’s a win-win!

♡ Toy Bonnie’s is extremely possessive. You could give Toy Bonnie thousands of compliments but he will never overlook the time you complimented someone’s new outfit.

♡ Sure, he'll be pouty around you, but the person receiving the compliment is going to go through hell. He goes out of his way to sabotage their day until they get the message to stay away from you. Next thing you know your co-worker has been fired due to “tampering with animatronics”,  “defamation of ingredients”, and in your bosses words “fucking everything up”. 

♡ Master manipulator. Toy Bonnie uses it against you constantly and he knows how to use it well. All of a sudden, he tells you how much he hates that co-worker you’ve been talking to. Did you not notice the way they forced their job on you despite them being able to do it? It doesn't matter if they need to attend to someone else. They don’t consider your feelings like he does. They're going to take advantage of you if you keep letting your guard down like this.

♡You’re so used to seeing his sassy front that when he shows defeat you can’t help but feel bad. As soon as you respond to his request, he'll embrace you, supporting your decision. The smug grin on his face would have been more noticeable if it wasn't for his hug.  He has you wrapped around his finger and he can’t help but fall for you harder.

♡ Now let's say Y/N is really good at seeing through Toy Bonnie’s Academy Award Performances. Bonnie's final resort will be kidnapping. You’d think he’d be too refined to do it himself, but he enjoys the chase. However, he’s suddenly reminded why he avoids it as you struggle against him. Why are you screaming so loudly? If you only listened, he wouldn't have to drag you by your foot to his room.

♡ Now that you’re both alone, it should be easier to maintain your concentration on him. Your stubbornness now is really bothersome, but it’s nothing he can’t fix now that you can only see him. 

“Ya’ know not just anyone is lucky enough to be so close to me. So make sure to only keep those eyes on me, star!”

[dekusleftsock]

This is just a quick train of thought post but I still wanna share it

Either way I’ve seen this phenomenon where people hate the mha fandom because of how shippy it is. People want to act like bc this shonen then that means romance hardly exists. But you’ve got to understand how fandom EVOLVES!

I’ve not been in this fandom for long. Maybe since October of 2021. But I HAVE been in other fandoms before. Fnaf, undertale, and Minecraft come to mind first. (The old and new mc fandom btw, yes I watched dsmp. I don’t like the creators now but the fandom taught me how to analyze storytelling so ??? Idk how to feel about the fandom with my fondness lmao) And after a bit of research, pre-existing knowledge I have of the internet as a whole, and a TON of thinking and mulling it over in my head, I’ve come to my personal conclusion of why THIS FANDOM SPECIFICALLY gets so much hate and is so “shippy”.

The actual reason the fandom itself is so focused on ships and characters is because horikoshi writes characters well. Simple as that. It’s a character driven show, and compared to other shonens that’s a bit out of character for a show of the “genre”.

Anyway, let’s give a bit of background to the general internet. Up until about I wanna say, 2018? The internet was really really bad. The main social platforms running the show were YouTube, instagram, Reddit, and Twitter. Tiktok wasn’t exactly a thing, it was musically or however it’s spelled. 4chan was also still relatively popular as was tumblr. Tumblr is an interesting character during this time but I’ll get into that.

The general ideas of the internet were all relatively “right leaning” and cringe culture was still VERY rampant. This is because when the internet and, more specifically, the gaming community was being born the alt right communities that were pretty small migrated to the internet. This made a trade off: in exchange for organizational power they now had more reach. That’s why nazis and bigots have always been so common on the internet. It’s also why a lot of our amab siblings, children, uncles, etc in their teen years were so far gone into the alt right pipeline. It directly targets young white boys who like video games. YT created a lot of parasocial relationships by letting those people get the platforms they did. (I recommend watching “the alt right play book” by innuendo studios, they voice this better than I did)

The anime community, parts of the art community, 4chan/Reddit, and political spaces online were filled to the brim with nazis due to this phenomena.

And here’s comes tiktok. A platform who just gave themself a brand new face and name ready to start the trend of shorter videos instead of images or longer videos. At first, we still have the remnants of the alt right with the furry vs gamer war specifically, and then comes vsco girls. And you know what’s so weird about this trend? They TRIED to memeify it, they TRIED to shame women into not getting metal straws, into not dressing in the certain style. But it was a turning point in the entire worlds political spectrum. More specifically, gen y and gen z.

This was the start of a “new era” on the internet. And TikTok’s algorithm is probably the best one I’ve ever fucking seen! It was able to completely cut people off from different ideas and parts of the platform, while simultaneously sharing content that would make people argue. This, was tiktok 2020. BLM happened as a trend (blm has been around for a lot longer than tiktok, it was just a trend on the platform itself), trumps rallies happened. For the first time organization on a platform fucking worked. It was what the alt right WANTED to do, but never could.

Now, why am I saying all of this? Because tiktok opened the gate to fandom. For the first time since I’ve been on the app, (and I was on in 2018) fandom has started to pop up more. Toh and some anime communities have gotten more popular there.

But given this context, it starts to make sense why people HATE that it’s so shippy. Tumblr was the weird kid of the internet for a long time, and as that’s shifted to being 4chan, I’ve got to say that shipping and the mha fandom (along with other more known “toxic” fandoms) has gotten to a point where it’s more socially acceptable. And since a show like stranger things can now have a fandom, I can solidly say that fandom has become more mainstream because TIKTOK is mainstream.

So, yeah, people hate fandom and more specifically the mha fandom because of nazis. Cringe culture still exists and it’s kinda hard to not think a fandom that’s already been painted as terrible is actually, not all that bad. It’s like literally every other fandom. Stranger things has the same problems we do, death note has the same problems we do. Mha is not an exception.

[tr4sh-u]

I'm bored so time to talk about fnafhs and my au again ooooooo

So, the villains, boy do i have a love hate relationship with them in the series, eak is neat although i feel like his whole mexican deal is kinda stereotypical sometimes (not my place to judge as i'm argentinian), towntrap i have mixed opinions bc yeah i really like his character but i also can't stand his ass sometimes, cami i fucking hate her i do not hold a single bit of love same with owynn that bitch has me pissed for no damn reason, i love quirky characters but this bitch has no respect from me i only see him as a fucking joke, if i were freddy i would've dressed as a magical girl and beaten owynn to death with a stick while screaming in the name of friendship. GOD DOES OWYNN AND CAMI MAKE MY BLOOD BOIL.

Rant off now i'll talk about what i'm planning them to be in the au

So i decided to actually make the villains characters from like the actual games and lore because like the fact the villains in fnafhs are completely made up and not even inspired by the actual villains in fnaf makes me mad. (although yeah a good chunk of the bad guys from fnaf where shown way later so i do give that)

Towntrap (and springtrap too because yeah): ok so with t-trap and springtrap i decided to make their whole deal more defined. T-trap in this au is no longer just an oc from the series, in this au he's going to be plushtrap, which means that yeah, in this au towntrap is a child while all the others are teens, which tbh it's kinda interesting as i could pull the found family trope somehow.

Springtrap in this au is t-trap's older brother and excluding the actual leader of the villains (i'll talk about him later) he's like the oldest, since he's 17 and in senior year of highschool. He likes building robots and he's introverted, he's pretty grumpy, but behind that facade he built there's a depressed, anxious teen who's unhappy with his life and just wants to be noticed by the world.

Springtrap used to be best friends with golden back when they were both really young but they were forcefully separated due to a strong rivalry spring's mom had with golden's parents. Spring after that incident always still tried to act like a rival or enemy to golden but golden never understood and just saw it as him playing or joking. Basically springtrap would try bullying golden by calling him a homo and golden would respond "but spring, you've been through my house" thinking spring called him homeless.

Cami (ignore i jumped eak, i just still don't know what to do with him):

With Cami i tried turning her into something i would actually love and also making her more inspired by vanny, hence why i called her Vanilla (nickname is vani).

She actually sort of has a design, unlike the others, here are some pictures

Also she actually has a bunny hat, like you know, those that can move their ears and stuff.

She's this strange girl who although introverted has somehow managed to have friends. Vanilla is a strange girl in the sense that she likes stalking students and her classmates, likes collecting bones from animals and is really obsessed with true crime, paranormal content and witchy stuff too. Her hobbies are programming and drawing, and she's a part of the villains just because she finds it fun, exciting and amusing being able to bother student's who just want to build a music band. Springtrap is scared of vani because she never explained how she managed to get so many animal bones from the forest.

Owynn

With owynn is where the wackyness actually begins since i decided that to actually like him way more his redesign and story would be hella inspired by glitchtrap.

So, since glichtrap is hella tied to electronics and games since he's a literal glitch, i decided that owynn in this au isn't even human, but a computer virus that infects the school computers. This virus was caused accidentally by a student that just wanted to watch some anime on a pirated website but pressed on one of the ads. The origins of this owynn are unknown, who created him is completely unknown, the only known thing is that he expands and gets smarter each minute.

Ok no more nonsense or else i'll go mad.

Also ho ho ho foxy's redesign is coming soon

[mitsuyascumsock]

Pls friend spare me Sanzu hcs it can be anything you want (SFW or NSFW) i just wanna be fed aaaaaa

- Tokyo-Revevengers-confessions

Eat up my dear, new Sanzu HCs dropped!

Sanzu Haruchiyo HCs

CW: drugs, guns, murder, NSFW in the second half

SFW

He's obsessed with the FNAF lore

I can't stress this enough, he owns a bright pink barbie jeep that he forces all of Bonten into

His favorite song is Let's Dance by David Bowie

One time Kakucho was worried about him so he went to his house

He found Sanzu high off his ass watching Disney princess movies

Yes, he invited Kakucho to watch with him.

By invited I mean forced him to

He's also definitely taken Mikey, Kakucho, and the Haitanis to Disney world

He's a Disney adult I'm so sorry

His favorite princess isn't a princess at all, it's Alice from Alice in Wonderland

He plays Wii games at 3am

He smells like strawberries!

It's because that's the flavor in his vape

Also yes, he definitely vapes and thinks it's cool

This is people in Bonten bullying him

Sanzu is bi!

He makes homophobic jokes to try and seem straight

It doesn't work

He once went to a Wiggles concert while high

He loves lemonade! Always has some in the house

Also he's a great baker

He's the kind of guy who goes on WebMD and thinks he's dying

NSFW

Sometimes he fucks you and explains ways he could kill you in that moment

The man has a choking kink

And a knife kink

Honestly he's just a sadist

He buys you expensive lingerie just so he can rip it off you

Loves when you suck his dick

Thinks you're so cute when you gag on him

Obviously he loves fucking while high

Obsessed with giving you oral too

Doesn't matter what you have down there, he loves using his mouth to make you writhe on the bed.

He'd do anything to have your cum on his tongue at any given moment

CNC kink.

Loves fucking you with a loaded gun

He'll cockwarm you for hours at a time, even during Bonten meetings

When he's in a bad mood, his only goal is to cum. Doesn't matter how much you beg him to make you cum too, he won't help you.

"if you don't cum on your fucking own, you don't cum at all. Stop being a brat."

Speaking of brats-

Sanzu is versatile but leans dom

a massive brat whenever he's the submissive

Also? Praise kink when he's the sub and degradation kink when he's the dom

Of course, he'll always do both

LOVES calling you his "pretty whore"

I have more but I realized this was going on a little long-

[nyrandrea]

Setting The Stage

My hyperfixation is set back on fnaf again in anticipation for Security Breach, so I’ve decided to write my own interpretation on how the game might begin! 

Summary: Gregory had always dreamed of going to Freddy Faxbear’s Mega Pizza Plex and meeting his heroes. But he somehow ends up getting more than he bargained for, and dreams start to turn into nightmares.

Originally planned as a oneshot but had to split it into two parts.Link to next chapter is down below! Also available to read on AO3 here!

Enjoy!

Walking into Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizza Plex for the first time was something that every kid in the world should experience, at least according to Gregory’s logic. 

And it was that logic – and a lot of puppy dog looks – that just about managed to work on his mom. Because here he was, finally standing in front of the colorful neon sign with his favorite animal mascots welcoming him in.  

It had taken a lot of begging and guilt-tripping but he wasn’t ashamed one bit, though his mother might have disagreed, especially when it came to the snivelling part. But hey, it wasn’t his fault she had worked late on his birthday, so she owed him. Big time. 

He vaguely recalled her grumbling about having to dip into her savings for this trip. 

So that meant that he only had today, and he had to make every second count. 

“So...” a voice spoke up from behind him. “Am I finally forgiven?” 

Gregory looked up to see his mom giving him ‘the look’, and to that he nodded profusely.  

“Good. After today you can finally leave me in peace,” she said, giving his hair a playful ruffle as they walked through the large sliding doors and into the mall. 

He decided to push it just a little bit further. 

“Can I get a Freddy plushie?” 

The little boy swore he could hear a vein pop. 

“I already bought tickets for the meet and greet. Do you know how much those cost me?” 

He shrugged. 

“A lot, and it’s coming out of your college fund.” 

“What if I don’t wanna go to college?” 

“Maybe you won’t get to after today,” she replied, rubbing at her temples. “Fine. I’ll give you ten dollars and you can buy yourself something at the store when we’re done, alright?” 

That was enough to cover a pencil, maybe an eraser as well if he haggled. But he didn’t argue.  

Both Gregory and his mom were suddenly blinded when they entered into the main part of the building as bright neon lights bounced off of the high glass ceiling and right into their retinas. Only once they were able to adjust their eyes could they really absorb the true grandeur of the place. 

Everywhere you looked there were people: from tired-eyed parents trying to find the next thing to distract their kids to enthusiastic parents who wanted to get involved in everything their kids were doing while filming it on their phone for their blogs. Then there were the snot-nosed teens who were bunking off school and several professional shopping guides with forced smiles wider than Moondrop and Sunrise’s combined. Everyone seemed to move in unison as the hall was filled with the sound of shoes squeaking against the polished checkered floors. 

Topping it all off was a massive gleaming golden statue of Glamrock Freddy proudly posed right in the center, singing silently into the microphone as soft music and wacky adverts played in the background. 

Suddenly Gregory felt very small. 

“It sure is...big, isn’t it?” His mother said, not sounding so confident herself. 

He merely nodded in agreement. 

Her son-o-meter seemed to be finely tuned as ever as she gently grasped Gregory’s shoulder and gave him a light but reassuring shake. 

“C’mon now,” she tenderly prodded. “We’ve got all day to enjoy the place so let’s make the most of it, huh? It’s not every day we get to go to Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizza Plex.” 

This was true. Coming here had once been only but a dream. Now he was here, staring up at a brilliantly shining statue of Glamrock Freddy. And pretty soon he was going to be meeting the bear himself. 

His hand absently went to towards his back-pocket before he made a fist as determination washed over him. Looking up at his mom, he nodded. 

“And if I’m remembering right, I think I know the first thing on your to-do list.”  

The boy had already grabbed her hand as he made a beeline for their first activity. 

“To Fazer Blast!” 

 xxx

Trying to imitate the pose of the Roxanne cut-out that was behind the reception desk, Gregory pointed his laser blaster at his mom as she attempted to fit on his vest. 

“Could you stop fidgeting?” 

“But I’m practicing-” 

“Stop. Fidgeting.” 

He pouted before she struck him with that look again, which he pretended not to notice as he gazed up towards the lady at the reception desk. She looked about in her twenties and was using one hand to push back her long sleek black locks away from her face every five seconds while her other hand typed lazily on a screen. 

“So...do I just join a team or...?” 

It took her a moment to even register that he was talking to her before she flicked her hair back again just to glare down at him. 

“Sure, like, do what you want. It’s your game, you make the rules.” 

She seemed to pause for a moment. 

“You do, like, know the rules, right?” 

Gregory wasn’t sure how to respond to that.  

“Uh...sure?” 

“Fantastic,” she drawled as she focused her attention back to her tablet. “Your session ends in fifteen minutes.” 

His mother rolled her eyes and muttered something about, “kids these days”, but soon smiled and took Gregory’s shoulder as she walked him in. 

“Just remember to have fun, alright? Screw the rules.” 

“Really?” Gregory asked, his toothy grin twisting into something sinister as he got into the Roxanne pose again.  

“Just...don’t run and remember to stay within the walls,” she added on quickly. “Can’t have my little space man getting lost now, can I?” 

Gregory made a sound of disgust as he was pulled in for a kiss before she finally let him loose into the brightly colored arena. He couldn’t help but take a moment to stare up in awe as spotlights of purple, green and red shone upon the various props and fixtures that decorated the place. 

 In the center was a giant space rocket that was surrounded by planets with neon rings glowing around them. The cut-outs from reception were scattered about too, though now they were humongous. Gregory almost couldn’t help but salute the towering Freddy as he walked past. 

He also noticed a room near the back walls. It was raised up to overlook the whole arena and was surrounded by green-lit pillars. It fit in with the theme of the room but also...jarringly stood out. Maybe it was a place for parents to watch their kids play, or perhaps the employees? 

“Hey Grogery!”  

That voice. That name struck fear into his chest as he swirled around to face a group of boys that had aimed their blasters right at him. 

“Never thought we’d see you here,” the biggest one said with a smirk. “You sneak in through the gutters or something?” 

“Hey... Bob,” Gregory casually greeted. Though it was hard to act so suave when he was trembling. 

“It’s Rob.” 

“Rob! Yeah...cool to see you too.” 

Learning the names of his bullies from class had never been at the top of Gregory’s to-do list, but then again it hadn’t been at the top of theirs either, clearly. But God, why did they have to be here of all places? Of all days, even? 

“Nah, his mom probably got him in here with all that hooker money she earns!” The skinny one snorted, making them all burst out into laughter. 

“She works at the hospital,” Gregory weakly argued. 

“Not what my dad said!” Rob hollered, still rubbing tears from his eyes. 

“So, what, is your dad cheating on your mom?” He sniped back with a sneer of his own. 

His grin soon disappeared though when they all suddenly stopped laughing and a beat of silence followed, save for the distant laser blasts sounding off around them. 

“The hell did you just say to me?” Rob asked, his voice dangerously quiet. If his brows knitted together any tighter then those pimples on the bridge of his nose might pop at any given moment. Gregory grimaced at the very thought. 

“N-nothing! Um...I mean- it's technically not cheating if your parents are divorced, right?” 

Rob positioned the blaster in his hand not so much as to aim it, but rather throw it. 

“Like I said, my mom wouldn’t even do that!” 

The pimples popped. 

With that, Gregory legged it before the gun could smack him in the face. He dashed between the walls as the angry voices behind him grew distant, he almost felt bad as he climbed through the holes and bumped past people, but hey it was like his mom said, screw the rules, right? 

However, it looked like the rules were starting to screw him when he smacked into a dead end. The black wall was too high for him to jump over and the only way out would be to re-trace his steps, which meant... 

“C’mon Grogery!” Rob’s voice taunted through the luminous hall. “Let’s see how many knocks to the head you can take before you bleed.”  

The boy swallowed a hard lump down his throat as he backed himself up against the wall and looked up at the Roxanne cut-out that towered above him, aiming her blaster with such confidence and attitude. With a deep breath and a firm nod, he did the same with the hope that getting them disqualified might save him. 

If not, at least his mom was a first-aider. 

“Hey...” A soft, almost girlie voice laced with a mechanical tone called out. “In here.”  

Gregory’s head snapped to the right as a hand – or was it a paw? – beckoned him into a dark corner. 

“Hurry up...!” The voice urged, and before Gregory could question anything, he saw four shadows creep around as the sound of footsteps thundered towards him, forcing him to make a snap decision and dive into the darkness, getting caught by a pair of skinny, furred arms. 

“Shit, where did he go?” Rob shouted as the group gathered where Gregory had been standing just seconds before.  

“Looks like he dropped his blaster,” one of them said as he picked it up. “Maybe he climbed the wall?” 

There was a sudden yelp as Rob smacked him upside the head. 

“Don’t be so fucking stupid, he’s tiny. No way in hell he’d be able to scale that.” 

Gregory stiffened as Rob suddenly turned in his direction, but he felt the stranger put a hand on his head, and strangely enough, it calmed him down. 

“...C’mon, he’s gotta be around here somewhere,” Rob finally said, pulling the group away. “He can’t hide forever.” 

After a few moments of waiting, Gregory let out a breath he didn’t even know he’d been holding. 

“Bullies are just the worst, huh?” 

Almost jumping out of his skin at the sudden chipper voice cutting through the tense atmosphere like a knife, he glanced up with wide eyes as the figure gave him a little pat on the head.  

This was obviously a girl but with the shadows enveloping her it was hard to tell exactly...what she was.  

He could make out a pair of tall ears so...a rabbit? Gregory couldn’t remember any animatronics other than Freddy, Chica, Monty and Roxanne, as well as Moondrop and Sunrise. Was this a new character? 

But what kind of bunny would have such piercing red eyes? 

“My name’s Vanny,” she greeted. “What’s yours?” 

Feeling slightly relieved that she had finally let him go, he cautiously stepped out and looked around to make sure he was in the clear before turning to face her.  

“...Gregory,” the boy timidly answered, still feeling a bit unnerved.  

“What a swell name! It’s nice to meet’cha,” she said with a small bow, which unveiled a few more features like a bright blue bow tied around her neck, and an unnaturally wide toothy grin plastered on her patched face.  

What’s more, she didn’t exactly move like a robot, despite sounding like one. 

“Are you new?” Gregory asked, causing Vanny to tilt her head. 

“Huh?” 

“I’ve never seen you in the show before and...” he paused, knowing his words had already gotten him in trouble today. 

“And what?” she prodded. 

“Well...you don’t really look like an animatronic.” 

“That’s because I’m not!”  

Gregory flinched at her overly cheerful tone and stepped back as she kneeled down to his level. 

“Can I let ya in on a little secret?” Vanny asked, cupping her hand to her mouth in a poorly disguised whisper. 

“Sure...?” 

“I wanna be in the show. Like, I really really wanna be in the show. That’s why I made this,” the rabbit gestured to herself in an overly dramatic way; caressing her ears and cupping her face. “But I gotta prove myself first.” 

“Prove yourself?” 

“Yup!” 

Gregory raised an eyebrow when she didn’t elaborate further, but decided to put it to rest as he really wanted to get out before Rob and his goons came back. 

“I know a shortcut outta here,” Vanny offered with a tilt of the head, as if reading his mind. “Just take a couple of rights and a left and you’ll be as right as rain! Want me to show you?”  

“T-that’s okay, I should be good,” Gregory replied with a smile, though it slowly turned into a frown when she didn’t answer back, choosing instead to just...stare at him, her head still tilted, almost as if she were deep in thought. 

“But...thanks anyway...?” he weakly offered. 

This seemed to snap her out of her trance as she nodded vigorously. 

“No problem! And don’t worry, if those bullies come back, I’ll give ‘em a dose of Moondrop’s sleepy candy. That oughta slow ‘em down!”  

He had heard of that stuff, but couldn’t for the life of him understand why kids would want candy that would put them to sleep. Nevertheless, he nodded and thanked her again before turning, and hurrying away, a soft giggle echoing behind him. 

 xxx

“Where on earth have you been? It’s been thirty minutes!” 

Gregory was still a little shaken up by the time he had reached the exit, so much so that he had forgotten that he had been on a time limit. 

“Sorry, mom...” Gregory muttered sheepishly as she looked him over. 

“You didn’t answer my question.” 

Glancing back towards the arena, he tried to see if he could spot Rob’s gang still wandering about in there. 

“Did you see a group of guys come out by any chance? Older than me. Kinda ugly...” 

“Now you’re answering my question with a question,” his mother said with a sigh. “But no. Why? Did something happen?” 

“No!” he blurted out, making her give him that look again. “We were just...having so much fun but then I uh...I lost them. Just wondering if they left without me or something.” 

Her expression softened a little. He hated when she did that. 

“No, sweetie...but I’m sure they won’t be far, should we go look for them?” 

Gregory grabbed her hand and started pulling her away. “It’s fine! The show’ll be starting soon, right? We can’t miss it!” 

“Okay, okay...!” she chuckled as he dragged her. “But first we need to hand your blaster in.” 

He stopped then, inwardly cursing at himself before smiling sheepishly up at his mom as she narrowed her eyes at him. 

“You lost it, didn’t you.”  

Her tone suggested that it wasn’t a question. 

“Yep.” 

He yelped when she was suddenly the one dragging him away. 

“Well, we best make ourselves scarce then, besides we can’t miss your big show, right?” 

Gregory grinned. “Screw the rules?” 

She smiled back. “Screw the rules.” 

 xxx

They had made it to the main stage before the show began, but there were already big crowds congregating near the front to get the best view, and Gregory was having none of it. 

His mom kept apologizing to the angry faces and pointed looks as he towed her through the mass of people to get to the front, ignoring her when she grumbled about having to teach him some social skills. 

Gregory drowned everything else in the auditorium out as his wide brown eyes focused on the stage, even trying to balance up on the tips of his toes to get any kind of glimpse of brown, green, pink or purple. He had waited so long for this moment, and nothing more mattered than the next hour. 

Gregory wasn’t ashamed to admit that he squealed a little when the lights died down, it was just as well that every other kid in the auditorium screamed too, resulting in the kind of high-pitched noise that would make a banshee cringe. 

“Hello ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!” A mechanical voice greeted over the speakers. “Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizza Plex! Are you all having a fantabulous time?”  

The crowds erupted once more. 

“Rockin’!” Gregory gasped as a rough female voice took over. "Y’all ready to get your glam on?!”  

“Oh Roxanne...” a more feminine tone scolded. “Now you’ve given us away. Again.”  

Gregory’s smile grew wider, he knew this whole skit, next up would be- 

"I think we’ve kept ‘em waiting long enough, gals,” a graveled voice boomed out from the speakers. "Whaddya say, Freddy? Should we give the kids what they want?”  

The little boy almost couldn’t contain himself at this point. 

“I say let’s rock out!”  

The curtains suddenly swung open to reveal the animatronics in all their shiny, glittering glory.  

They were all 80’s themed, of course, to fit in with the aesthetic of the mall. Glamrock Chica had the typical pink leotard with green leopard print leg warmers; very popular with the girls. Roxanne Wolf was more unconventional with a striking red outfit, piercings and the mascot for the mall’s race course; she appealed to quite a wide range of people. Montgomery Gator was more for the chads as he had a rough and tough attitude with a love of golf, but Gregory did admire his red mohawk and star-shaped shades. 

Then there was Glamrock Freddy. The mascot of the Pizza Plex. He didn’t really have a gimmick as such but was incredibly popular just for how great he was with the children. The other animatronics were good with kids but Freddy was the one who seemed to pay the most attention to them, whether it be sitting down and listening to a kid’s story, accepting gifts from them to even giving them gifts of his own free will – mostly a plushie of himself. 

Management were irked by this odd behavior at first but when they saw how much cash he was raking in from meet and greets alone, they decided to leave it. Why fix it if it ain’t broke, right? 

As they burst into their first song, with Freddy singing into his mic stand and the other three playing keytars, Gregory didn’t even notice when his mother shook his shoulder and told him that she would have to take a phone call but would be back as soon as she could. There were some instructions on where to meet if she didn’t make it back by the time the show was finished but the words fell on deaf ears as he bounced and sang along to the lyrics he had spent so painstakingly long to learn. 

By the fourth or fifth song, the crowds had started to dissipate as parents took their children away to browse some more shops or to go to the food court for lunch, but Gregory stayed until the very end, cheering and whooping when the animatronics did their final encore and bowed as the curtains were drawn to a close. 

Fearing his chest might explode from excitement, the boy took a few moments to breathe as he tried to calm down from the buzz of electricity that was jolting through his body. The past hour had gone and went so fast that he could hardly process any of it, all he knew was that it had been the happiest moment of his life.  

With a huge grin, he watched as the robots were escorted off stage by staff and taken to their individual show rooms for their meet and greet sessions. Lines were already starting to grow long. 

It was only then that Gregory realized that his mother was gone. He looked around with a frown, she had said something about a phone call but...that had been half an hour ago now. 

‘She must be waiting at the show room for me,’ Gregory concluded, beaming at the thought of finally meeting his hero in the flesh. Or...plastic. 

Shaking his head, he made a beeline past Chica’s room, where mostly little kids were sitting on the floor watching the animatronic as she played them a song while others had started a food fight with the leftover pizza and soda cans that had been lying around the room, making the parents and staff grimace as they tried to break it up. 

Monty’s room was a little more organized and catered more towards older children as the gator showed them how to get a hole in one with a little golf stand while others played on the arcade machine. This reminded Gregory that the golf course was next on his list. 

Roxanne’s room was very high energy as the wolf raced around with the other kids with driving wheels in their hands while making engine noises. Though when one tripped up, she immediately halted and gently picked the child up, reassuring him that “Even the most rockin’ superstars get hurt sometimes!” and carried him into the back area to where the medical staff resided with a worried mother in tow. 

Stopping to catch his breath, Gregory finally made it to Freddy’s room, gaping slightly when he saw the queue nearly reaching the end of the walkway. He couldn’t even see inside due to the mass of people gathered at the curtains, forcing him to back up a bit and climb up on a bench just to be able to get a look in. 

The room was painted red and blue to fit in with Freddy’s color scheme and decorated with bright lightning bolts and portraits of the bear himself. It was also the least cluttered as there were only a few bowling bowls, party hats and – of course – plenty of plushies to give away. But what caught Gregory’s eyes were the assortment of colorful drawings that had been halfhazardly pinned to the wall next to the make-up mirror. 

It was true then; he really did collect kids' drawings! 

Reaching into his own back-pocket, Gregory pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and opened it up, smiling a little when he looked upon his own masterpiece. All the animatronics were singing on a stage on top of the whole world, with Freddy towering over them wearing a crown and rainbow cape because why not?  

It had taken him hours and an absurd number of crayons that he had ‘taken’ from his classroom, so a selfish part of him hoped that Freddy would pin it above the rest. 

A flurry of movement in the crowd suddenly caught Gregory’s attention as the stewards moved them aside to let the animatronic move in. He felt himself get giddy when the bear greeted everyone and gave them a sign of the horns with his clawed hand, to which all the kids mimicked, including Gregory from all the way in the back. 

As the queue started to move along, Gregory couldn’t help but start to feel impatient. Where was his mom? He thought she knew how important this was to him. 

Forgiveness was suddenly starting to come in very short supply. 

With a cross of the arms and a small pout, he watched as Glamrock Freddy took photographs, played with kids and even recognized a regular and accepted a drawing from her, praising her for becoming more talented every day. 

Gregory’s chest tightened up a little at that. 

Frowning down at his own scribbles, he didn’t even notice the tall figure hiding behind the golden statue of Roxanne that was trying to get his attention. 

“Hey...! Hey Gregory!” A familiar voice hissed. 

Startled, he turned to see that tall rabbit lady from earlier waving and beckoning him over. Blinking, he took a moment to look around to see if anybody else had seen her, half-wondering if she was some kind of hallucination at this point. When she beckoned again, he tentatively walked over. 

Once again, she was hidden in the shadows, but the overhead lights made it a little easier to see more details of the suit, like the stitches that barely held the mismatched creams and beiges together along with a few patches of crosshatched red. It was like the whole thing had just been thrown together. 

“Uh...hey...”  

It took him a moment. 

“Vanny?” 

She gasped and gleefully put her hands up to her grinning mouth. 

“You remembered!”  

He forced a grin, trying to ignore the bristling hairs on the back of his neck. 

“Sure.” 

She paused and knelt down. 

“What’s wrong? You look a bit down.” 

This caught him by surprise. 

“Huh? No, I’m fine. Just...waiting.” 

Glancing back, he could see the crowds starting to dwindle as time went on, but still no sign of his mother. 

“Ooh! What’s that?” 

He looked down to where she was pointing and held up the piece of paper that he had been clutching a little too hard. 

“It’s...um...just a drawing I made...for...Freddy,” he meekly replied, his cheeks heating up. 

“Oh wow! Can I see?” 

The very question he was afraid of. But she was already holding out her hand, so he couldn’t just say no. 

She seemed to study it very closely when Gregory handed it over. He started to wonder if she was having to squint through the costume’s red eyes just to be able to see it. 

“This is so good, Gregory!” She gushed, holding it up as if to show it off to everybody else in the mall. “You’re super talented! Are you gonna be an artist when you grow up?” 

He looked down in embarrassment but couldn’t help but smile at the compliment. Despite how weird this lady was, she actually seemed pretty nice.  

“Um...I dunno. I like drawing so...maybe.” 

“You should definitely show it to Freddy, I bet he’d love it!” 

Gregory perked up at that, but frowned again as he looked back over to the show room. 

“I want to but I can’t yet.” 

“Why not?” Vanny asked. “Ya nervous?” 

That was true but he wasn’t about to admit it.  

“My mom has the ticket for the meet and greet but...she had to take some kinda phone call and hasn’t come back yet.” 

“Hasn’t...come back,” she repeated. 

As Gregory watched kids and parents come and go, he hadn’t noticed that Vanny was staring right at him until the silence between them grew uncomfortably long. But as he turned back to look at her, she stood up and offered her hand. 

“I know a way you can give it to him.” 

A little perturbed by her sudden shift in tone; he looked at her hand but didn’t take it. 

“Uh...how?” 

“The VIP room, silly!” She said, her chirpy voice returning once more. “You know that one up at Fazer Tag? I saw you looking at it earlier.” 

The one that was high up, he remembered. But... had she been watching him that whole time? 

“That’s where Freddy and the others go for the secret meet and greets, where they give you their undivided attention.” 

Gregory raised an eyebrow. 

“I... didn’t even know that was a thing.” 

“That’s cuz it’s secret!” 

Okay, well that made sense. 

“Usually only the rich kids get to go there but I think you’re much more deserving, Gregory,” she said, holding out her hand once again. “You only get today, right?” 

The boy looked over once more. Freddy was waving goodbye to the last of the children as the stewards drew the curtains. He had missed his chance. 

He looked back up at Vanny. 

“What about my mom?” 

The rabbit tilted her head. “I’ll notify the staff so they can let her know, then she’ll come pick you up when you’re ready, okay?” 

There was a moment of hesitation but he knew she was right. He only had today and nothing was going to stop him from getting what he wanted. 

Screw the rules.  

With a nod, Gregory took her hand and let her lead him away to the Fazer Tag arena, not noticing that his drawing had slipped from her grip and she had let it fall into a crumpled ball as they walked away. 

xxx

So let me know what y’all think! Would you like to see a part 2? :D

Edit: Part 2 is now available here!

[ma-lark-ey]

~ Glenn dissection ~

this is genuinely not a post to start some kind of discourse, I just wanted to dissect gGenn close a little bit because i think the choices in today’s episodes are very interesting and i wanna dissect how I think they were the right ones. 

in summary; Lark is having a little special interest moment and wants to info dump sorry not sorry. 

My opinion on Glenn is fairly neutral, much like Henry. I don’t think he’s a terrible parent, but he’s also by no means a good parent. I do see some child neglect in his narrative, but he’s by no means ‘abusing’ Nicolas. 

So, I’ve been thinking about these two a lot over the past few days. Like, a lot a lot. They.... They’re a complex pair to digest

As Freddie and Anthony said in the latest episode of Talking Dads, people don’t like accepting characters who are good people and bad parents. Because if someone’s a good person, then they’re a good parent, or bad person equals a bad parent. Vice verse shit. 

Now, Glenn was ruled as a good person. And, I won’t say Glenn is a ‘bad person,’ but I also won’t say he’s a good person. Again, he’s a grey area. he’s a grey character. he’s a mediocre person. 

Glenn, at his core, is an immature person. A broken man who refuses to acknowledge he’s broken, and that gets increasingly clear with each time he talks about Morgan, or is asked about Morgan. There’s an unresolved grief there, and who knows if he’ll ever resolve it. He avoids those kinds of emotions (’harshing his vibe’) 

I think, narratively, the only option that would’ve made sense would have been to give up Nick. 

there are three core things we have to think about here. 

- Player; how would this decision affect Freddie? How do his personal desires for Glenn play into this? 

- Narrative; what decision makes the most compelling narrative? What furthers the story in the most dramatic way? 

- Character; What decision would the character make in this sitation? Why would they choose this? 

These are all things that are constantly needed ot be brought into topic when it comes to these kinds of major plot points. The only other instance I can think of for this in DnDads was the chimera and Grant. 

I’ll start at the top. 

1. PLAYER; The most intense part of a narrative is the player’s decisions in said narrative. As a dungeon master, I’ve watched my players choose some baffling things for their characters (such as, a typically laid back background player taking the lead in a mystery to try and assist our younger player) and these players own wants and desires in the storyline play a major role in these things. In this case; Freddie didn’t want to kill off Glenn. And that is absolutely valid and understandable and by no means wrong of him. He’s played this character for two years (or coming up on it) and that’s huge. That’s a lot of time for him to become attached and fall in love with this character he’s made. It’s completely normal, acceptable, and welcome for players to fall absolutely in love with the character they play. These players, over the course of their campaigns, become a way the players bond with each other. It’s no secret that Freddie feels very attached to Glenn, to the point there’s jokes there’s little to no line between them during episodes. He didn’t want to end a character he held so near and dear, and if anyone faults him for that; a personal fuck you to you, good tiz. 

A content creator is going to love the characters in the content they produce, and shaming them for wanting to hold onto those characters as long as possible is absolutely absurd. If Scott Cawthon can keep making FNaF games six years later, and no one insults him about it, Freddie Wong can choose the timeline where Glenn stays alive. 

2. NARRATIVE; in crafting a narrative, you want to choose the option that will cause the most conflict and interesting plots to follow. While, killing off Glenn would have provided us with a very interesting arc where they go to hell to rescue Glenn and go into this weird Entourage-style campaign; it’d be repetive. We just had an episode or two where the gang had to go save Glenn, and while we currently do have to save Glenn again, it’s very different this time. It’s not ‘Glenn got sent to a hell dimension’ it’s ‘let’s pull a jailbreak’ and yeah, I’m not to excited about another ‘go save glenn’ arc right after Deck Picks, I AM excited for Jimmy Wong and this new character of his, I’m vibrating with excitement. 

Choosing to give Nick up makes narrative sense, whether it was a ‘good dad’ decision or not. It made sense. It provided more conflict for the party, because now there’s a new guy in the party and Nick doesn’t remmebr who Glenn even is, it provides a very interesting new character arc (i.e, Glenn building a cool uncle type relationship with Glenn, and befriending Nick’s new dad.) No, Glenn giving up Nick was not some big heoric deed as some people are portraying it, but it’s more selfless than dying just so your kid can become an orphan and mourn your memory. That would’ve been the shitty option, I’m sorry, but it would’ve been. Especially given Freddie, nor Glenn, thought they owuld be able to bring Glenn back this itme. 

3. CHARACTER; I feel that this is a very telling decision for Glenn and wanting to better himself. I’m gonna focus on the topic of Glenn seeing Nick as his last tie to Morgan. 

We know Glenn is very stuck on Morgan, to the point of being stuck at the same maturity he was when Moran was born. He’s stuck there, trying to keep her memory alive. Because, Morgan was all he had and he lost her. And that sucks. When your partner dies, it feels like everything in the world is absolutely gone and there’s nothing you can do to get them back and that everything you ever were is gone. So, of course he would latch everything he had of Morgan onto Nick. It makes such logical sense. His wife has died, y’all. Unexpectedly. Suddenly. In a horrific way. But, here he has this little kid who is a physical manifestation of their love and commitment to each other. Obviously, he’s gonna latch onto that child and hold them close, see them as their last tie to Morgan. Because Nick is his last tie to Morgan. A child inherits parts of both their parents, and I’m sure there are things Nick does that Glenn sees nothing but Morgan in. 

Glenn wanted to keep Nick. He loves that kid so much. (Freddie’s first reaction upon meeting Nick in episode one is “Guys, I love my kid!” and that transfers into Glenn’s love language, encouraging Nick even if it’s in a very bad way.) But, I feel., and this is strictly me looking into his character, he realizes he needs to let go. He realizes he needs to let himself grow, and that him and Nick aren’t healthy and that he’s becoming Bill. And he let’s go. 

This also plays into how the Close family is known to live hard and long, (YOLO mentality) and so, clearly he won’t take the death option. Not happening. 

TL;DR Glenn choosing to give Nick up shows a major character growth in unhealthy attachment and admitting fault, and Freddie also is totally justified in choosing option to give up an NPC his player character is attached to instead of just killing off the character he’s clearly very attached to.