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btw i do have a ko-fi if you ever want to support me! obviously it isn’t mandatory but a couple dollars thrown that way can encourage more writing and the likes!

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Aaaahgghhhhhhh

I have seen exactly 2 (two!) posts of yours and I’m already obsessed with you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

oh, this is so sweet! i’m very pleased my silly little etn blog can cause such a thing … to thank you for such an endearing ask, here’s a quick and loose detective for your troubles!

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an old ‘ the record producer ’ moodboard

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please excuse the infodump about to transpire ( which is a mix of pure headcanons + things i’ve noticed ) but this specific etn topic is something i’m deeply passionate about, so! you have opened the floodgates!

personally, i think joey buried everyone by himself. in my eyes, him, eva, and oli traveled down the dirt path until they reached some form of civilization ( be it the police, or someone who would take them to a police station ) only for joey to book it in the midst of being questioned. eva and oli would never return to the house willingly, although we know that joey not only keeps the deed to the estate, but is also declared missing and was last seen ‘walking along a dirt road wearing a full 3 piece suit’ :

meanwhile both eva and oli are well accounted for,and are seen back in their homes during this time. they likely did all the ‘hard’ parts, like going to the police and actually talking to them about what happened ; although i doubt they told the truth whatsoever and most likely fabricated a story, due to the natural human fear of being deemed crazy or getting blamed for the murders. whatever the authorities were told was vague enough to never lead them to the house built without hands at least, because joey wasn’t found during this year whatsoever, and neither was the house or the graveyard he made. at least not while joey was actively living there.

in the video where we see that joey has buried everyone, he also says this :

so, in my eyes, joey was the only one who tried to tell the police ( or anyone who would listen ) the truth — only to be put down and likely accused of being hysterical, or wrecked with guilt, grief, or whatever else. he was not believed, and would likely be the scapegoat for the missing people, especially since eva and oli likely had their own version of events … and so he ran back to the only place he had. alone. to then spend who knows how long burying the victims and making headstones for them too ; all of which are then decorated with items that led to their deaths in one way or another, while joey recounts how they made him feel towards the end of things. it was basically destiny for him to build this graveyard alone … he did, after all, see it in the same dream that brought him the house :

in ep1 you can see, for a brief glimpse, justine’s grave. there are also many other graves shown during this scene, where joey is running from a masked villain we come to know as arthur.

i also like joey burying everyone alone because it shows his humanity at this time. he still cares about the dead and would slave away at giving respect to even people he still hasn’t forgiven, like glozell for instance. it’s a rather lonely experience. it’s even a rather touching, if not slightly morbid, gesture. i cannot imagine how this would’ve changed joey : to have to grab all his friends, to see the decay setting in, to feel his muscles burn as he started to haul them out into the yard — where he’s already toiled for hours and days digging graves and getting headstones made … and then he’s going to just live there. in this evil house that has traumatized him, with his own personal graveyard he created and will now have to face every time he braves the outside … there is so much to analyze there in terms of joey’s psyche and what it all means, but most importantly it shows that joey was hardly an uncaring monster at this point. he did love his friends, despite everything. and as for arthur and his minions ( /beloved ), i doubt joey buried them — he most likely let nature take its course or maybe even burned them on the property somewhere, so he wouldn’t have to look at them or smell their rot. either that or shove them in a room or basement he then swore to never visit … either way, i doubt joey had much care for them as he did his friends. or, given their connection to the house, it’s very likely that by the time he got there, they were just gone, poof, vanished as though they never existed — just like the owners and just like the victims that came before.

what happened to the s3 guests is easy! they simply disappeared. i do not think any of their bodies remained … the town quite literally devoured them, since they were not meant to exist in everlock physically without an everlock ghost — a ghost that would’ve left their bodies when they passed away. but they couldn’t just return to their normal world either, and thus, they faded into obscurity. we even see how none of the dead everlock citizens remain once the town is ‘freed’ : they disappeared like everything and everyone else, and so i think the same thing happened to the s3 gang’s bodies. there was nothing that remained besides the very hollow belly of the town, and whoever clawed their way out of it. i find this particularly devestating … because now these people will be listed as ‘missing’ forever, with no roads every leading to what actually happened to them, and no proper burial sites to mourn over.

and as for s2 … i think the only bodies that weren’t found were the ones that died in other dimensions. so people like destorm, tana, and alex simply vanished as well with no hope of their bodies reappearing. this also explains why tyler, andrea, and joey don’t see destorm’s body just floating around in the pool when he definitely should’ve been there — like, he was still there, just not in their ‘world’ so to speak. everyone else was found where they were killed and with their incredulous wounds to match. so long as some other hungry monster didn’t come and drag them off for some reason. i have no clue if tyler and andrea would’ve buried or covered the bodies ( like eva and oli, and mat and nikita a year later, they were just very eager to leave ), although i do think the police would find everyone that could be accounted for, all except joey, whose coffin would then be mysteriously empty save for the crown perhaps.

of course, these are just how i view the events based on what the show reveals and my own interpretation of things! i haven’t watched the show in a good while ( whoops ) but these are my years old hcs on the matter, all of which i’m deeply attached to at this point haha. obviously, the creators did not think about any of this, and the bodies mostly just stop existing for plot convenience, but it’s very fun for me to make it all still work storywise.

honestly, i feel like people forget the fact joey buried the s1 guests too often. they're the only guests we know that have been canonically buried, and the implication that joey buried them by himself is chilling. not to mention the graves so obviously being planted on the estate joey now owns ... i just find this little fact so interesting. so i'm sharing it here too! lots of food for thought

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scream au where the ghostface killers are mat ( aka the one that calls the victims ) and nikita ( aka the one who actually kills them ) and it’s the most messy killing spree of all time which ends in multiple matkita fights. also manny and ro are final girls because obviously they wouldn’t kill their best friends smh …

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hi ^_^ its been a bit !! i wanted 2 ask how u were doing.. any projects ur working on? or cool stuff idk. speak ur mind abt stuff!!!!!

hello hello!! it’s so nice to see you <3 and this is very sweet of you to ask … i’m doing meh, overall, which is normal for me. but in terms of projects, i do technically have two etn fics ‘in the works’ even if it’s been a while since i’ve worked on either of them!

one of the fics is a matny work that i plan to post either before the etn movie or after -- it’s a rather spiteful oneshot since i’m probably destined to dislike the etn movie more likely than not, and any future installments of the universe as well, so i wanted to do a send off for the ship that got me obsessed with this series initially! i’m not someone who really believes in a happy ending for escape the night ( i think the cycle is doomed to repeat and that everyone, but especially mat, is destined to be miserable forever and unable to move on ) but this fic is … me giving the detective a happy ending for once? it’s no ‘fix-it’ but i do have mat and manny move forward towards a relatively hopeful future together. it’s sweet and rambly and senseless, although i’m rather pleased with the 6k words i wrote of it so far. it feels very final, in a way. also it’s manny pov + post etn canon which is lowkey a good combination of my usual brand and something new!

here’s two snippets :

sleep comes in hazy filters, comes in static fuzzing against tan skin wherever it touches or roams. bags frame his eyes where the pretty boy makeup should be and by the time rumpled view comes to him again, mat’s face is buried in his neck ; cheekbone mushed around a ticking pulse point, fingers skirting along manny’s chest as if he’s searching for the bullets too.

and …

he won’t cry about this, because manny wants to live and nikita’s perfect face would twist into a nasty scowl if he felt bad about surviving, would spit on his heart before stabbing it with her long, white stiletto heel with a strong good riddance thurst into october night. so his eyes stay dry beneath green covers and his fingers don’t fumble when he reaches for his new clothes, slipping them on quickly as if being naked in everlock is another type of death sentence. he doesn’t look at mat and when he’s done, all dolled up in gym wear so retro manny could laugh, he never glances at his reflection -- just stands there awkwardly, suddenly too big for this shrinking, bright space, counting the lines looping around his long socks as he cools his face, steadies his heart, and definitely still doesn’t cry.

my other etn project has been in the works for … about two years or more? god, that makes me cringe. i keep meaning to finish it up and post it every year, and yet that never comes to fruition despite my best efforts. it’s a oneshot that takes place during s3 ep7 ( shocker! ) and also begun as a spite fic in a way … but has now mostly become a love letter to the characters, their turbulent relationships at the time, and everything surrounding their circumstances. it’s a joey pov fic and heavily features manny and nikita, both of whom i love so severely, which just means it’s been very fun to write and that i’ve also put a lot of passion into it! mat and ro are present too, obviously, and they’re similarly delightful … fun fact : i love writing mat from other characters’ perspectives and i don’t actually get to do that often? he is sort of my pov, always, in the vast world of etn … so that just makes these two projects a blast, honestly.

here’s two snippets that i may or may not have posted before, but hopefully they’re enjoyable regardless :

… hands lower to his hips and settle there, absently wishing he kept his jacket on so he could stuff them into comfortable pockets, while breath ( that he doesn’t need ) eases back into decaying lungs, holes filled and expanding around the space in a way that loosens something in his chest. there’s no cards awaiting them at the table for now, and mat lingers on their troublemaker ; manny and rosanna folded around them like always, their shadows, loyal and true, and he knows things will bubble if he doesn’t say anything. one step backward, two sets forward. he can still feel their problem hovering in its own section of their room.

and …

if looks could kill, nikita’s expression is an aftermath of war. “oh my god, would you just fucking listen for once?” sharp words almost garble into a barely concealed scream, raised and hysterically frustrated. “she doesn’t look it, but she’s now one hefty bitch. bodies bloat and gain weight, or whatever.” 

( i’m super proud of the dialogue in this as well as my exploration of joey and the others lol. also getting to write etn’s odd but hilarious comedy is way more fun than i expected it to be, but i digress! )

i also have an unofficial etn wip that hasn’t begun the writing stage yet and is very much on the backburner. it’s a roi/mat shipfic that takes place in a 70s everlock au, where roi gets injured and mat looks after him in the meanwhile … another non-mat pov fic because, apparently, i’m really making up for lost time i guess! ah, i’m actually super enamored by this wip and cannot wait to start it some day -- it’s mostly a light hearted work that’s silly but maintains emotion in my mind, which will hopefully translate well to metaphorical paper haha. i’m not even a diehard roi/mat shipper per se but once this idea hit me years ago i couldn’t let it go! maybe i’ll conform myself and some others on the way …

but that’s all for now, etn wise! none of these projects are active yet will always be worked on when the bug strikes, or when i’m gripped by an imaginary deadline again. i’m currently working on other fandom things, non-related to etn, so there’s that as well! any of those works will always be posted to my ao3 though, so anyone can see them whenever …. but thank you again for this ask! i hope everything’s well with you and that you’re flourishing both emotionally and project-wise! <3 this was fun to ramble about for a spell so i give you all my gratitude, seriously.

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the detective is like if you placed a mouse in a maze and had cheese leading the mouse to the exit, but instead of leaving, the mouse frantically searched for the other mice in the maze. even if they’re corpses, even if they’re not there. he collects the cheese to eat and to give to the others. and he won’t leave it unless you pluck him out at this point.

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5k almost 6k words done for the spite matny oneshot <333 who’s excited

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“i’m not evil. i just wanna go home.” destorm power singlehandedly describing all of etn in one sentence makes me insane btw!

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we are so back ( maybe )

guys trust that when the etn movie is released i will write matny fic right after. and it will be perhaps the happiest thing i write for this universe

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guys trust that when the etn movie is released i will write matny fic right after. and it will be perhaps the happiest thing i write for this universe

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cause no one truly escapes the night ,

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every day i put the etn survivors through the horrors in my head. for funsies.

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in the next etn installment i need there to be a challenge where they’re forced to eat their opponent. this show could do with more cannibalism!

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october is proving to be VERY busy for me so once november hits i’ll schedule the final rewatch! we’ll watch the last five eps !!!

okay, so! turns out the 26th will be a very busy day for me due to my family wanting to do something together for my birthday! i’ll reschedule the etn rewatch as soon as possible though! sorry for the delay, but it’s to be expected sadly </3

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okay, so! turns out the 26th will be a very busy day for me due to my family wanting to do something together for my birthday! i’ll reschedule the etn rewatch as soon as possible though! sorry for the delay, but it’s to be expected sadly </3

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I'm sorry I missed your rewatch! I hope you guys had fun <3

it’s okay!! there were only six or so people including myself but it was very fun regardless! though it’s a shame you couldn’t be there with us …. i know your commentary would be STELLAR!