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The Life of a Star: Chapter 3 Has Been Published!

Chapter 3 is here, in which Sun rescues a spider, and he and the kids play Sun Says!  Because, in a world where Stranger Danger is more important than ever, why are we teaching kids to obey this Simon fellow anyway!  Seems pretty suspicious to me…  Or sus, as people say these days.

My point is, this Simon guy is super sus, and Sun and I don’t trust him one bit.

I'm still working on the next section of the story, so I can't say how quickly I'll be publishing chapter 4 and so on.  Rough drafts of chapters 4-6 are written, just not quite ready yet...

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FNAF: Roxanne Wolf

Just another picture of Roxanne Wolf...I tried... I have two versions, one with neon highlights and one without. Not sure which is preferable...

Five Nights at Freddy’s is property of Scott Cawthon.

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The Life of a Star: Chapter 2 Has Been Published!

Chapter 2 is here, in which Sun and Cassie get some bonding time!

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My FNAF: Security Breach Fanfic, The Life of a Star, is Finally Ready!

At long last, after many months of work, I have finally published the first chapter of my FNAF: Security Breach fanfic starring Sun and (eventually) Moon!  It’s called The Life of a Star, and below, you can find the link to it on Archive of Our Own:

Chapters will be rather long, ranging from 5000-7000 words.  Chapters 2 and 3 are almost ready, and I plan to publish them on April 12 and 19, respectively, to spread things out.  After that, I can’t guarantee that updates will be quick.  I have already written much of chapters 4-6, but they’re not great, and they need some restructuring, as I may have messed up the pacing a bit.

This story is written entirely from the perspective of Sun and spans from his first day in the Daycare to the events of Ruin…as long as everything goes as planned, anyway.  Like a lot of my work, it’s a mixture of humorous and dark and does involve topics such as abuse, so please keep that in mind.

Before you read, I did want to mention that Sun won’t feel super in-character at first, as he’s a new AI and is still learning how to interact with humans.  Moon won’t show up until a bit later, but I’ve already written some of his future scenes, and I like my portrayal of him so far.  Don’t worry, Moon fans, he is definitely not “Sun’s evil side”.  He’s actually not a bad guy at all…before the virus infects him, anyway…

And lastly, I just thought I’d make it clear that I know very little about kids and daycares.  So I’ve done the best I could, all things considered.  That’s the problem when one of my favorite characters happens to be the Daycare Attendant, meaning I’m stuck writing about things I know very little about!  But such is life…

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FNAF: A Gaggle of Googly Eyes

Glue googly eyes to Sun's rays, and he transforms into a being of godlike power.  This has been another fun Faz Fact!

Five Nights at Freddy's is property of Scott Cawthon. 

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January-February 2024 Sketch Dump

Another sketch dump, featuring more FNAF doodles.  I have some more of my faves, the Daycare Attendant and Foxy, plus some characters I've never drawn before, DJ Music Man, Circus Baby, and Helpy.

Two of these pictures are basically remakes of old ones.  Foxy is a colorful version of an old Inktober picture I did years ago, and I redid my recent "Sun-glasses" picture, too.  Now Sun looks even "cooler" than ever.  Because we all know that Sun is the coolest guy in the Pizzaplex....  The Eclipse sketch remained un-inked because I already finished that one on Photoshop.

I'd also like to draw attention to my little Sun and Moon drawings on the right.  Sun is snuggling with his Moon plush.  Unfortunately, Moon is a little rougher on his things than Sun is...

Oh, and the Circus Baby on the left ended up with a somewhat misshapen face because my hand slipped while inking.  I didn't know what to do at that point but work with what I had.

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FNAF: Eclipse - Hugs for All

I just can't stop drawing my boys! Ahem, just another picture of Eclipse.  When you share a body with two other people, a good way to show you care is by giving yourself a great big hug!

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FNAF Sun and Moon Fanfic Update: 4 Chapter Drafts Are Done

Good day, folks, I've been making a lot of progress on my FNAF fanfic starring Sun and Moon, but first...Tumblr's been kind of weird for me lately.  Sometimes, it makes my web browser crash, and then logs me out.  Sometimes within seconds of trying to use it.  I don't know what the heck is going on...

Ahem, anyway, rough drafts of chapters 1-4 have been written and span roughly Sun's first month in the Daycare.  They're not quite ready, though, as I haven't done my final edits yet.  Plus, I keep needing to retcon previous chapters as I write later ones, as I keep getting new ideas or realizing that a certain detail should have been elaborated on sooner.

For the first 3 chapters, Sun won't seem quite as in-character.  As mentioned before, he's a brand new AI, so he's still developing his personality and learning how to communicate with us fleshy humans.  I had a lot of fun writing chapter 4, however, as this marks the point at which I'm more able to embrace Sun's silliness.  I also thought I knew where chapter 5 was going, then I came up with some new and better ideas that require some restructuring, but should be well worth it in the end.

So far, my chapters are rather long and span roughly 5000-6500 words each.  Sometimes, writer's block makes these chapters take a while, then a burst of inspiration comes, and I'm able to write 2000 words in one sitting!

Anyway, I'm very excited to eventually start publishing these chapters, but I really want to make sure they're ready before anyone sees them.  As mentioned earlier in this post, I keep needing to backtrack and change past details.  So once I have the earlier sections of the story more "set in stone", perhaps I can start posting the earlier chapters.

I also just wanted to mention two more things.  One, this story will be published on Archive of Our Own.  And two, Sun is gonna go through some hard times in this story, including abuse.  So just a heads up.  I've got a feeling the staff wouldn't always treat the robots very well, especially ones seen as "less important", like Sun and Moon.  (It actually fits in quite nicely with his clear disdain for staff in Help Wanted 2.  It took me a while to get used to Sun's new personality in that game, but I'm warming up to it.  Finally.)

I'm kind of struggling with chapter 5 and onward at the moment.  While I like my new ideas, I'm having a hard time actually implementing them into the story.  I'm sure I'll figure something out if I just press on....  Also, I'm very excited to finally get to the part where Moon is introduced.  (Sun and Moon can't communicate right away.)  I like my take on his character.  But it might take a while for him to show up, as I think a longer build-up will have a greater impact.  Anyway, that's all for now!

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Just completing another random sketch of Sun I did recently.  I don't even know what this expression is supposed to be.  I guess you guys can decide...

Five Nights at Freddy's is property of Scott Cawthon. 

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Chapter 1 of My Sun and Moon Fanfic is Almost Done!

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a fanfic I’m writing about Sun and Moon from FNAF: Security Breach.  I’ve really been struggling with the story’s opening, but I’m finally starting to make some progress there, so getting this story published in the “near” future is starting to look more and more likely.

Chapter 1 has now been relocated to much later in the story.  So chapter 2 has become the new chapter 1, and I’m rather proud of how it’s coming along.  I want to be careful to avoid filler and make sure that every scene progresses the story, and I’ve managed to pack a decent amount of detail into that first chapter.  Oh, and chapter 1 is already over 6000 words, but there’s nowhere to break it in half!  We start at a very logical opening, Sun’s first day at the Daycare.  Splitting that in half would be weird.

Just gotta get this first section done (maybe spanning a month?), and then I should feel more comfortable publishing chapters.  I’m just struggling a bit because some of the scenes I have planned don’t have a clear order, chronologically speaking.  Especially at first, as Sun is just doing his day-to-day job, so there are plenty of things that could happen in any order.  Instead, I have to figure out which scenes serve my current purpose of progressing more abstract themes…not sure if that makes sense, but I think that explains why I’m having a harder time writing this story than I have others.  I have roughly four things that must be established during this first section of the story.  But now that chapter 1 is close to being done, I should at least have a very solid foundation from which to continue.

Last of all, I wanted to mention that the story is more or less going to be strictly from Sun’s POV.  Except for the original chapter 1, which was relocated for a reason.  At first, Sun isn’t going to be quite as we remember him in the game.  He’s still a new AI and has yet to fully learn how to communicate with humans without coming off as, well, robotic.  But worry not, for soon enough, he will grow into the Sun we all know and love!  It will take a bit more time for Moon to appear in the story, but I’ve already written a lot of future scenes starring the both of them, and I’m liking my interpretation of Moon so far.

So my next order of business: continue the story’s opening and decide on a proper title and summary!

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FNAF: A Foggy, Moonlit Night

Yet another spoopy picture of Moon.  I decided to mix things up with some fog.  Some nice, indoor fog.  Someone turned on a fog machine, is what I'm saying.  And Moon's using the cover it provides to be sneaky.

Five Nights at Freddy's is property of Scott Cawthon. 

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December 2023 Sketch Dump

This is just a page of sketches that I doodled and colored as best as I could with my markers.  Though I have limited color options, so they're not always as accurate as I would like.  Also, the light pink marker is super moist and likes to bleed a lot.  My favorites are probably Chica and the lower picture of Moon, which I also finished on Photoshop.

The only one deserving of a special mention is the one of Freddy and Gregory.  I thought it would be funny if Gregory was strapped to Freddy like a baby.  In fact, the whole idea is pretty plausible, as Gregory is a very small child for his age.  After all, he fits quite nicely into strollers, so he is clearly toddler-sized.…

Five Nights at Freddy's is property of Scott Cawthon. 

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2023 Art Summary

My 2023 art summary...I think I'm improving.  Slowly.  I've been drawing more "finished", less sloppy sketches lately, and it might be helping.  You can kind of tell what games I was playing at different times of the year.  Plus, I clearly got obsessed with FNAF again at the end of the year.

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I drew a whole bunch of sketches recently (which I'll post eventually), and this is the one I felt like finishing.  I think Chica turned out rather cute.

Five Nights at Freddy's is property of Scott Cawthon. 

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My headcanon is that Sun used to be as kind to the adults as he was to the kids. Then the staff and parents mistreated him for so long that he grew to dislike adults in general. But he'd likely be his usual sweet self to any adults that gained his trust.

But yeah, I still don't see him being actively antagonistic to anyone, though... He could be really OOC in HW2. I feel like someone totally unfamiliar with his character wrote some of his dialogue.

I really hate what they did to Sun :( He's always been such a comfort character to me and many of the fandom.

SB AND Ruin imply he's this big sweetheart, everyone was begging for sweet Sun, and then BOOM.

Sun is horrible. That doesn't even begin to cover it. In his minigame we're a child. A CHILD. And he threatens us, insults us for not being good enough, and makes fun of us, low-key imply he's going to let Moon kill us.

Honestly a large part of my love for him is imagining how gentle he is with the kids he looks after. But he's downright abusive.

I can't even imagine how he would treats kids with learning disorders, mental health problems, SEN etc if he's threatening and being cruel to a kid just for not matching the painting exactly.

Help wanted 2 has ruined him for me completely. He's just an asshole. I honestly thought Steel Wool would listen to fans given that the DCA has SUCH a huge fandom DEDICATED to Sun being a sweetheart, and then they gave us Ruin where he was loveable and soft, and gave us sympathy for Moon.

Honestly fuck Sun.

EDIT:

Yes I know we're likely meant to be a worker in this - in some of the games it's harder to tell as the instructions basically make it sound like we're a guest to the Plex.

Either way, Sun threatening a new worker with death really isn't much better. I loved Sun (as an adult myself) because I believed he would treat people kindly. I mean, Steel Wool KNOW we love them for that. Heck, they have more levels than anyone (including all the Glamrocks combined) and have been revealed to be extremely lore relevent. But for someone who loved Sun as a caregiver figure, seeing his Theatre snark isn't cute. I've seen people say what he did isn't even bullying. ??? He threatens us with death, screams and us, and constantly tells us how bad we are. Yes, he IS bullying. Severely. That's not a former 'actor' thing, that's an asshole thing.

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Moon’s Eyes in the Vanny Ending of Help Wanted 2 + Other Thoughts

I’ve been watching Dawko’s playthrough of Help Wanted 2 lately, as I don’t have a VR headset, so I can’t actually play the game myself.  Today, I watched his video showing the Vanny ending after you get the Bonnie mask in Princess Quest 4, and I noticed an odd detail that I haven’t heard anyone else bring up yet.  When you get the Vanny ending normally, Moon has black pupils.  But if you get the ending after getting the Bonnie mask, Moon has red eyes like he usually does in Security Breach.  That’s gotta mean something, right?

I’m still conflicted on what this ending means.  It seems pretty straightforward on the surface, that Vanny is crushing Glitchtrap and freeing herself from his control.  (Glitchtrap even reacts in fear when she does this.)  But then other people theorize that this is Vanny taking Glitchtrap’s place as the new villain, I think?  I must admit I’m a bit confused, as I thought Vanny was just Vanessa brainwashed by Glitchtrap.  So Vanessa getting revenge on Glitchtrap makes more sense than her wanting to get rid of him and continue on his work without him.

Yeah, clearly I’m a bit confused by FNAF lore (aren’t we all), so I’m sure I have some details wrong.  I don’t totally even understand Glitchtrap’s goals or, by extension, Vanny’s.  I thought Vanny probably killed 9 kids before the events of Security Breach.  What was her motivation for this?  Is she killing kids just because Glitchtrap wants her to?  Is there a greater purpose?  I know that Sister Location had all this confusing lore relating to Afton creating the Funtime animatronics to kill kids because of his weird experiments with remnant or whatever.  Because he wanted to revive his dead son.  (Honestly, I really struggle to follow the lore anymore.  When I’m sitting through another FNAF-related episode of Game Theory, I’m typically so confused.)

If Vanny is gathering kids for the same purpose that the Funtimes were basically built for, why would she wish to continue on with Afton’s work independently of him?  Then again, I know that the theory now is that Glitchtrap is related to the Mimic.  Which just makes things even more confusing.  So…what’s the Mimic’s goals, then?  Other people theorize that Vanny’s goal is to get Glitchtrap an actual body.  Again, what would her goal be with Glitchtrap gone?

Anyway, I’m very torn on which theory is more correct concerning the Vanny ending of HW2.  I’d really like it to be representing Vanny freeing herself from Glitchtrap’s control and getting vengeance on him and that this is part of Vanessa’s plan to help Gregory get rid of the Mimic.  But that doesn’t mean my favorite interpretation is right.  Though I do believe it’s more straightforward and less confusing.

As for Moon’s role in all this, if my preferred theory is correct, does that mean that Moon has joined Vanessa and Gregory in defeating the Mimic?  Why?  Does Moon’s presence in the claw machine even directly correlate to Moon or is he representative of something else?  (One theory said Moon represented Gregory, though I’m unsure about this.)  If any animatronic is working with Gregory and Vanessa, I’d think it would be Freddy.

On the other hand, if Vanny is simply destroying Glitchtrap and taking on the role of the new main villain, why is Moon helping her?  Is he doing so willingly or because he’s infected by a virus like many of us assumed?  Because if he’s not infected and is serving Vanny willingly, what is his motivation?  I see no reason why he’d want to willingly join this evil woman’s cause?

Again, there must be some important reason why Moon’s eyes are red in one ending and have black pupils in another.  Red pupils implies a virus and black implies no virus.  But aside from changing whether or not Moon is a willing participant in all this, I’m unsure what other significance there could be.

It is interesting that we seem to have confirmation that Moon has a special role to play in Vanny’s plans.  Many of us, including myself, believed this.  There was always something off about him.  Based on that note about a kid being unable to sleep in the dark after spending time in the Daycare, clearly Moon (and possibly Sun, as the kid wet the bed with the lights on) was scaring kids before the events of SB, even though I don’t think the Glamrocks got infected by the virus until shortly before the game’s events.

Furthermore, even Freddy seemed afraid of Moon.  While he had a hard time accepting that his friends would attack Gregory, he had a much easier time believing that Moon was dangerous, stating that Moon WILL find Gregory if he’s not careful.  He also referred to Moon as “it”, which I thought was odd.  Even in Ruin, Sun/Moon are called “it” rather than “he”.  (HW2 is the first time I can remember either of them being referred to as “he”, and that’s by Sun himself when he says about Moon, “He’ll wake up”.)

Anyway, obviously Moon was acting weird before the events of SB.  I know the books say that Sun and Moon were originally a theater robot, with Moon being the villain of their show, and Moon was never intended to be a part of the Daycare at all.  But…

1: With all the merch and other artwork for both of them (including large statues outside the Daycare entrance and inside the gift shop), it seems Moon was definitely intended to be taking care of the kids alongside Sun.

2: Cassie’s comments about the Sun and Moon plushies in Ruin imply she had fun playing with Sun during the day and found Moon to be a comforting presence at night.

3: It would just be odd if Moon was not reprogrammed from his villain role at all.  I don’t believe that part of his act was telling kids to go to sleep.

What all this means is…Moon clearly was meant to work in the Daycare and oversee naptime, and Sun and Moon were once good at their jobs or else Cassie wouldn’t have had fond memories of them.  So something clearly happened to cause them to start scaring the kids.  And Freddy, apparently.

I must admit that I’m rather biased against the idea of Moon being evil and serving Vanny willingly.  But I also think there’s a lot of evidence to support my idea that Moon didn’t voluntarily assist an evil woman in killing kids.  He seems to have had a more gentle nature when Cassie knew him, and again, there is zero motivation for this robot to help this murdering rabbit lady or whatever the heck Glitchtrap is in whatever the heck their evil plan is.

That’s why my theory was always that Moon was infected by the virus earlier than the other robots.  Maybe as a test subject.  And he was probably chosen because his weird behavior would be less noticeable than that of the Glamrocks, who are the main stars of the Pizzaplex.

Mini Generator Rant: I mean, clearly the staff did notice an issue and put in those generators.  Which are horribly ineffective because the lights still go out every hour.  On the hour.  Even in the Daycare.  Even after you turn the generators on.  And honestly, what’s the point of generators that don’t start up automatically when the lights go out?  What, so the kids are responsible for crawling into the play structures and turning them on?  All five of them?  Which are required to light up one room?  It’s just bonkers, I say!  Bonkers!

Some final thoughts…I have mixed feelings about the implications of HW2’s endings.  While many of us already believed that Moon was working with Vanny, I guess I’m not the biggest fan of having direct confirmation.  I kinda preferred it when this was left open to interpretation.  That’s how I prefer most of my mysteries, really.  I also just hope they don’t confirm that Moon is actually evil.  Because I like Moon, and I’d prefer it if his evil side is due to a virus and not because that’s his true nature.  Plus, I just dislike Vanny, so I’m, naturally, not too fond about one of my favorite characters teaming up willingly with one of my least favorites.

Anyway, those are my lengthy thoughts.  Long story short, I’m just curious if anyone else noticed the difference in Moon’s eyes in these two endings and what that might mean.

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The Duck Dreams of a Fortune-Telling Sun from FNAF

The night of December 16, I had a weird dream that was very FNAF-themed.  I think it started with mom and I watching the second Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, though we had our doubts that it would be very good, considering how quickly it was released after the first one.  Then, Mike and Abby from the first movie were in the theater, though the theater was a lot more open now, with seats only sporadically placed, and not terribly dark.  Abby was collecting these blue gems for some reason (probably because I have been playing Kao the Kangaroo lately), but she didn’t want to get caught by this bad man.

I was then in this place that was a mixture of outside and indoors somehow.  Like I remember some indoor seating area with wooden walls and drawers, but then it transitioned seamlessly to outside.  Anyway, I was still looking for these blue gems in every nook and cranny, which seemed like an impossible task.  This included having to go through people’s possessions, which people were surprisingly cooperative about, but which was a rather awkward affair.

At one point, I went to the outside portion of the area, where Sun (from FNAF) was performing on stage for some kids.  He was dressed a bit differently, with blue pants with big yellow stars, a bit like Moon’s, except they weren’t puffy, and he was singing a song.  I guess he and I were friends because, when he noticed me watching him, he gave me two thumbs up to acknowledge my presence, a gesture which I returned.  Apparently he also had some fortune telling abilities, as at the end of his show, he would make a prediction that always came true.  I left to look for more gems, only to wonder if Sun’s fortune telling skills could also allow him to tell us where the gems are.  I tried looking for Sun, however, but was struggling to find him now that he was no longer on his stage.

I was then looking at this computer screen, though I can’t remember why.  It had a list of robots on there, I think, and Moon in particular was causing trouble.  Everytime I clicked on his name in the list, the computer would act up, and then I’d lose track of him again.  Eventually, I managed to read Moon’s entry on the list, and to my dismay, it said that he was scheduled to be decommissioned soon due to bad behavior.  Not only was this bad news for Moon, as I cared about him, too, but this also meant that Sun would be destroyed, as well!  I can’t remember the rest of my dream, but no doubt I was frantically trying to figure out how to alter Sun and Moon’s fate.