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Joey Drew is Gay and there's no way around it (Pt 3)

Let's rewind a bit to when a young, 19-year old Joey Drew lived in Greenwich Village.

According to the Library of Congress,

"Greenwich Village was a refuge for undiscovered artists and free thinkers. The cheap quarters of the village allowed these bohemians to escape the dreary, industrial world and live a penniless, enlightened lifestyle."

It was also famously home to a lot of queer people.

This brings us to Detective Sinclair.

Sinclair shows up to Joey's place of residence out of the blue. They get to talking- he's investigating the murder of Walter Richmond, and Joey notes that Sinclair is taking inventory of the apartment. He suddenly becomes a shade more self-conscious, and after Sinclair later makes a dry comment about its barren appearance, Joey is noticeably very irked. He seems to care a lot about what this detective thinks of him already.

Cut to later on: Joey has now been tailing the detective for a while (per his own personal request.) We're supposed to infer that he's following Sinclair because he doesn't want to be unimportant to the detective's "story" (he even says as much.) But I'm going to be real, you're a 19 year old from Greenwich galavanting around with Detective Looker, this is not a straight endeavor.

Later on, Sinclair invites him to dinner on business terms.

It becomes increasingly obvious that Joey wants Sinclair to notice and appreciate the way he dresses. He not only fixates on this, but gets irritated with him when he doesn't seem to care.

When they arrive, the butler comments that dinner has just finished. Joey's reaction?

You could boil this all down to Joey being an attention whore, which I won't argue with. But he's an attention whore we see making a valiant effort to present himself in the best possible light to this detective that won't remember him by Saturday, specifically wanting him to notice and appreciate the way he dresses, AND he gets huffy when he's not actually going to dinner with him.

However, Sinclair is only our second stop. Let's jump forward in time to a freshly 30 year old Joey, who seems to have his affections directed towards...a more familiar face.

PART 4>>

analysis of murder drones. because i love it

Seeing as the Orientation Notebook has a few teaser images now, may as well go over them!

Transcriptions first, because the quality is very crunchy 💖

Candy Cat

"In the 1970's there was a danger of our products seeming old-fashioned, so in 1979 we launched Candy Cat as a more free-spirited character with a mischievous, even rebellious side. She loves candy! What made this design really successful was Candy's lolling tongue, which kids could roll up and put back into her mouth. Meanwhile, the hatch on her back meant you could literally stuff her with candy- or whatever you liked! She's still available to purchase in the Gift Shop today."

Bunzo Bunny

"Bunzo is a cheerful yellow rabbit who loves to celebrate birthdays and clashes his symbols together when he's excited. This toy is equipped with the ability to remember up to eight birthdays and deliver greetings on the day itself. Kids love to freak out their family and friends when Bunzo tells them when their birthday is!"

Eddie M.N. Ritterman

| Head of Research |

"Eddie has been working on new facilities here at the factory. We can't tell you much about what he's working on- he doesn't always tell us much about it!

But we're sure it will lead to great things!"

Note: "NO ONE HAS MET EDDIE. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT HIM IS JUST RUMOURS. HE DOES EXIST THOUGH...I THINK."

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A Few things to Note/Speculation:

Firstly, the mention of putting "whatever you liked" in Candy Cat's hatch. We remember the Candy Cat cutout in Chapter 2 begging us to stop feeding it, and if I had to hazard a guess, this is a subtle nod to the fact that some of the child experiments were fed something toxic. A few of the other cutouts seem to be speaking about the childrens' experiences, so this might fit thematically.

Alternatively, this could hint at a Bigger Body Candy Cat having smaller enemies inside, or something otherwise hazardous.

And secondly, we get a bit about Candy Cat's personality. This may mean nothing at all, OR it may explain why the Prototype picked Mikayla Hyssop in particular to put under his influence. If she was paired with Candy Cat on the basis of personality (which may or may not be the case), then she might have had a rebellious streak as well- hence why the Prototype might find it easier to have her bend to his whims. If he is indeed trying to save the children, she might have been his first attempt at trying to find someone who was able to save herself and the other children via the power of his influence.

Bunzo and Eddie's sections are pretty self-explanatory for now. There may be context with Eddie I'm missing, but that will have to wait. (I've got a lot of information to re-teach myself between Poppy, Project Playtime, AND the ARG's, lol.)

Saw that apparently JDS has a new registered trademark and NO FUCKING WAY? LET'S GO?

Men kissing while I work on stuff 💋