IS THAT WHY HE WANTED TO PLEASE HIM SO MUCh

IS THAT WHY HE WANTED TO PLEASE HIM SO MUCh

guys do you ever think that mephone made fan a diehard fan of II was so he could have someone appreciate his work and praise him because cobs never did?

steve fucked this kid UP

Follow Up Post [How the show hints towards MePhone4's creation of the show & his trauma]

The characters could've been based on his experiences. For example, Fan could've been created as a diehard 'fan' [haha] because MePhone wanted appreciation for what he created without strings attached. He wanted validation; this is obvious with his reactions to Ballpoint Pen's review.

Look at this. Doesn't praise him, doesn't congratulate him. Just expects results. Meanwhile fan knows everything about the show.

More examples include Yin-Yang hinting at MePhone and 4S's past relationship [I STILL BELIEVE THEY SHOWED THEIR CHILDHOOD ROOM], Knife being violent as a hint towards 4S [stretch but i digress], Balloon could be a reference to how MePhone himself has changed over the seasons, Lightbulb being, well, herself so MePhone didn't feel invalidated for his weird quirks, The Cherries being the epitome of a childhood he couldn't have [aka with 4S], Taco being an example of how you can be the victim and the 'abuser' at the same time, I could go on but you get the gist.

2. The foreshadowing. Aka, the characters not remembering who they are because they don't have past lives. This is an obvious tell but MePhone COULD'Ve given them fake memories, but he didn't. Why? He didn't want them to leave, searching for said pasts. He wanted them to stay so desperately. He probably despised his childhood so much that thinking that his characters could've had good lives had him jealous, even.

"It pains me too much to remember." JUST LIKE CABBY IT HURTS TO REMEMBER

[btw this doesn't invalidate her arc. she can be created and still be ableist representing]

3. Time perception. MePhone canonically has a bad perception of time, so he could've unintentionally warped the time perception of everyone, including himself, to make it seem like he had only been gone for a day during season 3.

4. MePhone's lack of knowledge about the world. As Cobs said, the world he created is fantastical, though out of his control at times. He doesn't get food, proportions, and even more, because he wasn't taught about the world. He was couped up in a dome, but he does learn from his mistakes.

He has an imagination because Cobs limited and shunned his to near demolition.

For all we know, 4S could've been a figment of his creation during season 1 because he longed so much to have him back. I doubt the theory of 'he never existed in the first place', but MePhone could've brought him back, and let himself die just to see him again.

And yet he pushes MePad away because of their creator, and his own fears.

more to add to this post

Apple is 20 COMPARED TO MARSHMALLOW

Nickel is 15 while Baseball is 21

and the only reasonable ones are above 23 or more

WHO THE HELL

i checked a wiki on the ages of II characters and im SO GLAD these are explicitly not canon cause

WHAT I THOUGHT WE STOPPED INFANTILIZING SUITCASE AND TACO BEING 16?!?!?

OH AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THIS

AND THE WIKI SAYS TEST TUBE IS 18 AND FAN IS 20

WHO ESTIMATED THIS

i checked a wiki on the ages of II characters and im SO GLAD these are explicitly not canon cause

WHAT I THOUGHT WE STOPPED INFANTILIZING SUITCASE AND TACO BEING 16?!?!?

OH AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THIS

AND THE WIKI SAYS TEST TUBE IS 18 AND FAN IS 20

WHO ESTIMATED THIS

episode 16 doesn't have me crying

it has me thinking about Knifecase kiss scenes and confessions

yknow what tumblr can have this too