This Is A Generalisation I See A Common Trope Of Joe Either Being Portrayed As A Scary And Cruel Drunk;

This is a generalisation — I see a common trope of Joe either being portrayed as a scary and cruel drunk; or a depressed and stressed teacher. But why can’t he be both? He can be hateable but still understandable…

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Love how you can see the tonal and attitude shift in the Baldi’s Basics in Education and Learning — ask BBIEAL — fandom just by comparing 2018 to 2023.

Like, we went from “This teacher is so scary and gay; the poor player is such a good friend to him even though he gets tormented by him” to “This teacher is tired and bisexual and is probably tormented by the fact the world is a simulation, and the only thing his amazing hearing™ can’t hear are the shriveled screams of a madman in red shirt and jeans; the player is on multiple wanted lists but they’re funny.”

In 2018 everyone was so hung up on this idea that BBIEAL was a super edgy joke game. People would draw pictures of Baldi chasing the player and tormenting them. Principal was the calm sensible guy, always keeping Baldi and the others in line. Or depending on which side you’re on, Principal was a literal dictator. And then the other half was smashing Baldi and Principal together like they were playing dollhouse. Because most of the fans were like either in middleschool or highschool, and at that age everyone’s obssesed with romance for some reason. People drew Gotta Sweep as hot for some reason; FileName 2 was the reaident skeptist; Playtime was Principal’s energetic bundle of joy child or niece; Bully was a little shit that had feelings for Playtime; A&C was the quiet art kid that also yelled alot. People made mods and famgames, eitehr to piggy back off the success of

And then suddenly something changed, the game got older and so did the fans. All that was left were highschoolers and college graduates. Most left the fandom and the fandom grew small, but it also scattered. And scattered far it did, mostly in Asia. Fans who were now mostly young adults or soon-to-adult teens, were now seeing Baldis Basics in a new perspective. Baldi wasn’t a scary teacher anymore, suddenly he was just a tired person. Principal wasn’t always chasing Baldi around anymore like he was a feral dog. But also he wasn’t the same reasonable trust-worthy guy anymore, he was logical for sure but that logic was misguided. He could be brash and rude, but still remain calm (he got ableist in BBCR, but honestly knowing what Baldi’s schoolhouse is like, this really shouldn’t be a surprise). Playtime and Bully weren’t lovers, they were just little kids. A&C was quiet but he wasn’t a loner, just liked his own space. People still drew Gotta Sweep hot as hell though, except he was black now.

And this all sounds really stupid and pretentious, but even the games started to reflect that too! Baldis Basic Classic Remastered — aka BBCR — was released and some new lore dropped, omg. I’ll spare you the details, but basically BBIEAL went from being a shlocky thriller horror, to an shitposting existential horror. Suddenly in the fanworks it wasn’t Baldi tormenting the player, but instead the reverse. FileName2 was no longer a resident skeptist, he was a man — or person, since now there’s a running joke that FileName2 is non-binary because his chosen name is NULL — who had seen far beyond reality and was trying to yell out a warning. A warning that could not be heard even by Baldi’s amazing hearing™. Baldi wasn’t just a teacher anymore either; he had asiprations, dreams, a family. Stuff that doesn’t exist and FileName2 knows that. The only thing that does exist is beyond colour rooms, beyond You Can Think Pad screens, and out on the other side of your screen. It seemed as though the maturity of the game spilled out with the fandom, and eventually the game itself spilled out into the fandom aswell. Tons and tons of fanworks that were meant to be short lived started becoming their own idenitities. Alex’s Basics in Biology and Zoology; Billy’s Basic Educational Game; Advanced Education with Viktor Strobovski; Dave’s Fun Algebra Class. They were all Baldi’s Basics-inspired of course, but they had created a legacy of their own so far recmoved from the source material.

Baldi’s Basics is very basic. It was the base of many things: childhood memories, franchises (EternityDev), comics, music albums (DnB, Saintza). Though ironically none of this has to do with math, so uh, L.

(I don’t know how to end this. I just wanted to ramble about Baldi’s Basics, thanks. I didn’t proofread this, so sorry if it doesn’t flow well and is messy.)

Hey so what is your favorited Bbieal au ship

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Apologies for late reply 🙏

TL;DR my favourite ships are Shybi, Billfriend, Joedina, Olivialex and Dollex.

Shybi 😮🧤 (Shy John x Billy)

Best friends to lovers trope + “Light in the dark” trope — very cliche but I adore it very much. I think that Billy always tries to portray himself as “well-made” to the public, but behind closed doors he’s literally everything except “well-made.” He’s emotional (Non-Emotional Creature being used to “clean up trash”); he doesn’t know how to deal with his emotions adequately (Vending machine of Beer, need I say more?); he’s tired (shoutout to Billy’s three jobs, mad respect to single-parent fatherhood 💪); he’s arrogant sometimes (This isn’t inspired by canon, I think Billy would have an ego from being always told he’s “well-made”); he’s haunted by things that aren’t there (The Great War, circa 1985, from CBA).

But despite all of this, there’s always one guy who has his back. And it’s his best friend, Shy John (⌒▽⌒) Why do I think that? Well, in the mods the only character to consistently appear is Shy John. Wherever Billy is, Shy John is there too. And of course Billy is very greatful for Shy John’s care. So much that he makes prioritises Shy John’s well-being over his (Funfact: Shy John’s sprite is the only one that is “undamaged” in “11 Years Later”). But not in an obssesive way, more of a “As long as he’s okay, then everything is okay” — self-destruction is not well-made!

Billfriend 🧤⏰ (Billy x Girlfriend/Old Friend)

So much of this is headcanon/personal interpretation because Girlfriend & Old Friend literally have 0 personality in the source material 😭

I think their relationship is tragic, Billy loved his old “friend” so much he built a robot to subsitute her. But the robot is a robot, therefore she can’t replicate Old Friend perfectly. I also find it poetic that Billy’s Girlfriend is only known as “Billy’s Girlfriend,” a title is the only thing she can replicate. She can never replicate his old friend… Someone that shared memories, struggles and celebrations with him…

This is also equally tragic from Old Friend’s perspective. She’s perceived as a dead soul, when in actuality she’s very much alive but trapped in The Office™ like she’s “Kaiba getting banished to the shadow realm.” If we’re to assume this is the same Office™ that FileName2 is trapped in, then Old Friend can still see Billy. But only as a spectator. She can’t interact with him; only watch his life progress with others, as her’s is trapped in purgatory alone.

Joedina 🍾🥔 (Joe x Baldina)

They’re both losers, therefore they should kiss. And then maybe along the way, they’ll help eachother become not losers. Mutual improvement!

Olivialex 🫒🌷(Olivia x Fake Alex)

It’s not the killing that they’re infatuated with. Olivia wants to genuinely hunt down and kill Alex for justice; Alex wants to hunt down Olivia as a way to mess with her and keep her for himself. Olivia is playing hero, while Alex is acting like a wannabe-yandere. Though they want to kill eachother, they just can’t… Olivia sees Alex as a fascinating discovery, something to be studied and cultivated; Alex sees Olivia as a desireable asset for doing work and keeping him company. They say they don’t want to be friends, but perhaps in a timeline where they didn’t want to kill eachother so bad, they could be co-workers.

They hate eachother so much it wraps back around to infatuation. They don’t love eachother, they’re just so obsessed with killing the other that they end up dedicating their whole lives to it. But once they actually get to killing or losing the other person, suddenly it feels wrong. Because after death, what do you do now?

Dollex 📓🌷(Dolly x Real Alex)

Mostly headcanon for Real Alex because he has 0 personality in source material ⚰️

From a bus stop to a weird house, Dolly and Alex are good friends who’ve gone through alot. When I say “gone through alot,” I mean Alex’s depression. Alex is troubled by many things: his work, the value of his life, his aspirations and most strangely… His house. To qoute Dolly from the MrDrNose discord server, “It was a weird and old apartment.” Maybe it’s the scratches on the walls; or the empty plates with steak juice despite Alex saying he’s not fond of eating meat; or the copious amount of broken broomsticks. Either way… Dolly thinks it’s best to ignore it. The only demons she knows about are Alex’s inner demons that make him feel miserable. And those are the only demons she’s willing to deal with. It’s not her job to care for him, it’s her choice. She loves Alex and wants to see him get better, Alex is in denial that someone can be so caring and kind towards him. But over time he learns to accept Dolly and her kindness into his life. And when he improves he’ll remember all the times Dolly helped him, so he’ll surely help Dolly when she’s in her darkest moments too! Snap out of this self-loathing and self-pity, finally do something with his life and help another life! So that both lives can live happily.

At least, that’s how it was supposed to go. If it wasn’t for the demon (literal) in the house and the demons (figuratively) in the mind…

Happy Birthday to me 🥳

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