#lacey's pet shop

[randomlonelymusician]

Lacey's Petshop Theory/Analysis (So Far)

So Lacey's Petshop dropped a couple of hours ago, and here's my thoughts so far after watching the video twice and doing some rough transcriptions.

Illegible text transcriptions HERE.

Warnings for disturbing imagery, abuse, blood, and animal death. Also spoilers.

So here's my overall takeaway from this entry:

There are two stories going on. The story of Lacey, who represents Rocio Yani (Lacey Game's cofounder), and the story of how the games came to be. They're very heavily connected, but not everything we're shown in the Lacey games is exactly what happened to Rocio.

In Lacey's Petshop, Lacey's uncle kills her dog. After years of abuse from him and him killing this one bit of happiness she has in her life, she kills him. She hides his remains under the bed, and is afraid to leave the room after this.

Lacey seems to be a sort of stand-in for Rocio, who has clearly suffered similar abuse. There are two directions that Rocio's connection to the "bad versions" of the Lacey games could go: they were vent pieces to she could express her trauma, or she is literally connected to the games, living out a 2000s-esque life while her trauma seeps through in the bad endings.

Now, for further explanations.

I think it's pretty evident that Lacey's uncle killed her dog. With how she constantly mentions him "taking her angel away", and how the dog's face appears while a mutilated leg/bloody eye flash on screen.

The motifs connecting the image of the dog to animal death and distress go even further:

I believe that Lacey killed her uncle after this mostly due to how images of a mangled/rotting foot and a bloody eye when she is talking about how "he is still under the bed" and that she "can't leave"

The lines about her not being able to leave also could imply some sort of guilt. The mirror scene could also reinforce this, since she sees horribly distorted versions of herself.

I also don't think every game is a direct representation of her trauma, since the timeline get a little messy if they are. Especially Lacey's Wardrobe. That's the one that sticks out as different from Lacey's Diner and Lacey's Petshop, which both focus on the abuse from her uncle. Both Lacey's Diner and Petshop do both show that she killed him, with in Lacey's diner she is cooking him and her trauma into the food and serving it to others (a representation of what what is doing with the games, maybe?"

BONUS NOTE: After you click the... substance on the left, it shows this image, which features Rocio's name.

As for what's happening in the real world. I'm actually going to go with the theory that Rocio is literally connected to the game as Lacey, and that's why there's bad endings that didn't used to be there. Everyone in the story remembers how they used to play Lacey games, and never seem to remember anything disturbing. But now that Rocio is connected to the game, her trauma is infecting it.

I think that her being connected to the wires is more literal than some may take it.

Forming a bit of a timeline, Laceygames.com / Yaniasogames started in 2004, and from the interview with Grace Asop confirms that they parted ways in 2010. This means that the "infections" were more recent, which is why no one has been discovering them until now.

Lacey / Rosio just wanted to have a normal life, so she connected herself to 2000s-esque flash games to make that a reality. But her past traumas ended up seeping into those games, creating the grotesque imagery that we now know.

I think that's all I have so far. Here are my favorite screencaps from this episode that I didn't get to use:

If anyone has any comments, ideas, or additions, please add them! This series has brought me back into the analog horror community, and it's really fun to discuss!

[4nikki21]

In celebration of Lacey's Petshop dropping

[icecream4x]

[pizzamuffindonutpeach33]

A sorta analysis of Lacey's petshop, though admittedly I'm not good at this sort of thing, I hope my thoughts are coherent enough lol

Spoilers under read more, as well as implications of animal abuse/death, abuse done to Lacey, and disturbing imagery. (Don't worry, no actual images/audio of animal abuse/death are shown in the video)

So now we know there was a whole website for the Lacey games! Though it was clear that some things weren't running smoothly.

The distorted image of the girl shown later in the video kinda looks like Rocio, the hair looks similar. Add that with Grace saying that "Roscio was hiding things from her", and it's clear that Rocio was responsible for adding the disturbing things in the Lacey games. My theory is that Rocio went through the trauma that Lacey went through, and vented it out through creating the games. I think she tried to hide it from the public, but it leaked out eventually. It's possible tho that Grace was lying and that she was actually responsible for the disturbing things, or that both were involved with that.

Sadly I can't make out what's said here. I tried using image enhancers but those haven't been helpful. If anyone knows what it says, feel free to let me know!

So, based on the text here, I think what happened is that Lacey used to have a dog, possibly the only source of happiness she got from living with her uncle, but her uncle intentionally killed her dog, or abused it to the point it died.

:(

So I don't want to say that I think it is, but it's possibly another highlight of how bad her home was...or maybe my mind immediately thought of something awful and there's another meaning to this.

I'm not an abuse victim, therefore I can't speak for their experiences, but it's not uncommon for abuse victims to get so used to their abuse that they feel like they can't live without it in some form. But again, I'm not an abuse victim, this is just from what I've seen online.

The text here is also hard to make out, but I see "My legs swell and turn yellow", so whatever is being said here is another highlight of the abuse that Lacey had to endure, I think.

'This is such a game". I'm not sure what the meaning behind this is, but I felt it was an important detail to add.

Here, Lacey is lamenting about leaving (obviously) and doing all the things that she wants to do when she gets out, but can't because "he's still under the bed". I think this means that Lacey doesn't want to leave her dog behind and is unable to take it with her, so that's why she's staying. Or maybe she's scared of what will happen if her uncle discovers her leaving.

I'm assuming that the distorted face next to the dog is her uncle or another abuser in her life. I think maybe as "punishment" for trying to leave, Lacey's uncle killed her dog, and that was the final straw for her, the thing that made her snap. He could hurt her all he wanted, but the second he laid his hands on her dog, that was enough.

Here, I think is Lacey getting revenge on her uncle after he killed her dog. I know what happened in the bad ending of Lacey's Diner, but that now seems more like a vent of what Lacey wanted to do (Put all her pain into one thing and serve it to other people) than what actually happened. Plus, the player can actually avoid the disturbing things in Lacey's diner, whereas here it's inevitable.

And that's my thoughts! I would like to hear other people's thoughts on this ^^

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[juliet2citrus]

Which Lacey game was your fav?

[poguschampus]

but this pain hurts so comfortably

[kidneyscone]

Little white kitty just for her. I was visited by visions of joy and jubilation when I got to see her cheeky dialogue in the Newest Video!

[munchcrvnch]

I am so obsessed with this series that it might be unhealthy

[dexlxst]

LACEYY!! LOOK AT HERR!! AWHH<3

LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT

Anyways i drew her again ^3^♡★

[ilikepizzabros]

lacey pet shop

[randomlonelymusician]

Lacey's Petshop - Attempted Transcriptions

Most of this was guesswork and running things through so many image manipulators, but here's my first attempt.

Content warnings for disturbing imagery, mentions of abuse. Also spoilers for Lacey's Petshop.

Text from the "loading" screen scene:

[nightmares come and nightmares go... I... then again and again...pull my hair and my nails... then pretend it was never real... what happens through the night never did.]

(Image update since my friend was able to get this one way better than me.)

I can't figure out the faded text at all. But most of the slightly legible paragraph was just squinting and checking, so please correct me or give your guesses.

White text from the mirror scene:

[...and it sucks and it smells oh i bet...now someone melted here... remains enter my pores blood red...and rests of an eye i suck it all up...my legs smell and turn yellow...]

(Images updates since a friend caught a few words.)

Red text from the mirror scene:

Left: [Hello child. Do you like playing on your computer?... the real girl games... the real girl games...]

Right: [I made lots of games for you. But with none of those...]

This is spoken, but it's quite hard to make out. I can not tell what she is fully saying at 11:40 and 11:43-11:53. If anyone knows, please say.

Text from when Lacey goes upstairs:

[Uncle, have you seen Puddles anywhere? I can't find her... I checked everywhere... Everywhere...stop...laugh...]

Well, this reinforces what everyone thinks happened to her dog. And the dog's name is Puddles.

Text from the interview in the beginning that is hard to read and I found interesting:

[Submitted by Jenny, age 9. Honestly you should just give up. This is utter fucking trash. Did you really have the courage to send this over? You thought Lacey would like it? Well she doesn't. In fact, she hates it. It's only displayed here so other kids can laugh at your terrible work. Never draw again.]

Is this from Rocio? A response to a kid's fanart?

And bonus:

The most legible version of this I can find.

[I've always known what you are. From the moment you first touched me to when I found myself stepping over remains of your skin glued to the floor. You have no regards. I had none either. You squealed like a pig. Just like a pic. This had been my childhood dream. The one you took from me. I collected all those bruises for years. My spine hurt as if a needle went through each seg(?) once I got use to it I didn't think about it anymore. But you make me think about it forever when you make that mistake. You made a mistake. You took my angel away. You took my angel away. You took my angel waya tyou took my agengel waway you took my anegl away you took my angelegaway you yto...]

[omnicviolence]

@lovelunae ‘s 200 follower event

— Day 1 ; A character that reminds you of me or a character you think I would get along with.

I did Lacey from Lacey’s games. Below the cut contains the horror aspect of the games, so please be careful if that is triggering. Tried to get more of a 2000’s vibe for this… hope I succeeded.

Lacey?

[icecream4x]

This is kainda old but whatever

[yaniasogames]

poem and (messy) sketch dedicated to lacey

[weirdgirlblogging]

Me: I’m not like super emotional or anything

Lacey: Yes, I know no one forced me back inside. But this pain just hurts so comfortably…

Me: