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Can't believe they made the "Year of Shadow" a real thing, LOL.

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Tfw an entity from another dimension controls your actions and choices, and your mom sends them a Valentine card ... 😑

(Quickly doodled this right after checking the newsletter card I got, bad bad quality lol-)

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"The Victim" (with all the greatest tech) vs. "The Chosen One" (with all the power and skills)

(The Box - Animator vs. Animation VI - Ep 2)

Drawn after S3 Ep1 of Sonic Prime ("Grim Tidings"), just a quick doodle because wouldn't it be fun if Nine and Shadow had a similar dynamic or whatever

(......Does any other Sonic fan also watch Alan Becker's Animator vs. Animation series? ^^; It's a great series!)

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Apparently the Steven meme is a trend again-

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This totally happened in Sonic Prime S2. /j

(Seriously tho, poor Shadow got Gaster'd in Sonic Prime. 1) caught by an explosion, 2) stuck in the void, 3) ripped away from reality, 4) no one in any world remembers him, 5) not many knows his existence, 6) a few others that knew him turned into ghost versions of themselves, 7) can watch a bit of each world and communicate with the protagonist, 8) can do morally ambiguous things to escape his current predicament)

(Someone help them)

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Y’know, while watching Sonic Prime (season 2), I continuously noticed the conflict that occurs when characters use the same word in the same conversation while each of them thinks of a different meaning.

Specifically, the word “real”. Two meanings of the word “real”. It’s both used to say that something is (1) what it is expected to be, or that it is (2) within the realm of existing reality.

(Example: Margarine. It’s not real(1) butter. But it’s real(2), since margarine very clearly exists in the field of reality.)

“Real” is an ambiguous word. Thus, noticing what each character means to say when they say something is “real” or “not real” is probably gonna be pretty important. Regarding their views and their conflicts.

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Tfw you create a fictional world and a main plot for your protagonist, but then you start to unintentionally focus on a certain side character that somehow ends up with a whole bunch of out-of-text lore

And somehow said side character gets even more of a character development than your protagonist

And the side character gets more and more screentime, and a whole lot more effect on the main plot. You, the author, have no control over it when it happens... It just happens

They are somehow one of the fan-favorites now, maybe even moreso than your protagonist

And at this point, you can’t keep track of their lore. When and how did the side character get developed this much in their separate plot? How did they turn into this specific archetype of character? No clue. You only know that somehow, they did

You don’t even know where they currently are in the fictional world. They’re probably just going wild somewhere

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The kicker:

The side character is currently creeping you out, going on about how they must “keep the wheel turning,” also they might heavily dislike you

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Brilliant naming skills, absolutely creative. "Office Company." I can't even.

One more reason why he's so endearing

You know how some companies have pens of their own company name and logo just lying around? Well, my friend @justfrowzy just sent me this:

...Office company. There's a good chance that Stanley works at a place called Office Company, that hides a secret mind control facility named Mind Control Facility.

We applaud the Narrator's naming skills.

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This isn't a question buuut...you were one of the first artists to inspire me back when I was little and your art really opened my eyes (back when I was obsessed with Stampy when I was 9...I'm 18 now..wow time flies) I hope you live a long and happy life ^_^ take care!!!!

Oh wow, that was like nine years ago then?! Man, how time has passed... Thanks so much! Have a good day, Anon :D !!

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Another doodle of Clock-0ut, idk

.....Happy post-Stanley Day? :p

(Clock-0ut series by SAD-ist, it's stuck in my head-)

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Oh no I'm late for the Stanley Day!!!! ; - ;

.....Nooo look at the clock-

All I have is this rough doodle thingy, oh well. :(

(Oh right, everyone go watch the new Clock-0ut video by SAD-ist!!)

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I’m laughing so hard right now, it’s Stanley Day... And Clock-0ut Narrator is outright having a Bad Time while the Stanley Parable Narrator is having a Good Time

One of them is living the best life(literally having a pool party) while the other is not, and it’s at the same day, and I just find it hilarious-

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Would this duo be funny or what?

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Accidentally stumbled across the song "Circles" (by EDEN) while watching PA custom levels,

Now half of my brain's been chanting "STANLEY PARABLE" for three hours straight.

The other half has been chanting "STANARRATOR"

(...Cases in point, some of the lyrics from Circles:

"And if I told you how this story ends, would you change a step you take? And if I could relive all of my days, I'd live them all the same."

"A lifetime in repeat."

"...When it's wrong, and we ain't been right for years."

"'Cause this is my life, I will not run in circles, ending where I start.")

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...Uh, just a small detail in Ultra Deluxe.....

Anyone else couldn't help but pause, when they saw this soap dispenser tube in the New Memory Zone?

How does Stanley or the Narrator even use this thing, do they wash their hands with this and it automatically enhances their memory, or do they rub it on their head or drink it or something?

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Also why isn't it called the "Memory Enhancer" or something like that

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the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never gonna give you up never gonna let you down never gonna run around an desert you never gonna make you cry never gonna say goodbye never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

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I love the moments in TSP when the Narrator gets SO frickin' sarcastic, that he convinces HIMSELF. With his own sarcasm?

...Idk, that character trait of his is super endearing to me.

Cases in point :

The Games Ending, when he genuinely begins to see the 4-hour-Baby Game as a work of art

The Press Ending, when he genuinely begins to see Stanley as a frickin storyteller and sets up a whole stage for him, telling that he's proud of him and cheering him on

The Skip Button Ending, when he literally pretends to go off on a long rambling monlogue, only for him to start thinking it was a "meaningful" treatise(or manifesto)

The Tape Recorder Ending, when he makes himself feel sad with his own sarcasm while trying to insult Stanley's intelligence (and then blaming it on him because of course he does)

Most of the Bucket Endings...? (Maybe?) (What even is the Bucket) (Like is it actually alive and filled with dark force, or...??)

(I know maybe it's him/the game mocking us until the end, but I think it's funnier to imagine that he frequently, accidentally convinces himself whenever he gets caught up in his own train of sarcastic thoughts)