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Thinking about how Harlequin’s Son / Michael Mayne was conceived of as having been an Obsidian rogue at some point or another- queer themes and family ties aside, I think it would be really funny if DC used this to canonize humor as Obsidian’s primary weakness.
No, I’m not joking.
His powers are deeply tied to his emotions, and his ability to torment people with their own soul/sins/fears/traumas is one of the most terrifying in the DC universe. How hilarious would it be if the best way to keep him from doing so…was to make him laugh?
(As I’m sure the Harlequin’s Son would attest, easier said than done)
Guys, I had this dumb hypothesis at 5:00 a.m.
FNAF is just Vaporwave: The Video Game Series.
Hear me out.
Vaporwave may be known for its weird environments and use of pop culture/products from the 1970s-2000s, but it has a satirical edge. Vaporwave often focuses on motifs of soullessness and false grandeur to poke fun at capitalism and consumerism.
What about FNAF?
The weirdness has always been there with the hallucinations/Easter eggs (Golden Freddy, secret death screens, etc.), even if the environments aside from the Pizzaplex don't lean too hard into the 80s aesthetic. The characters do, though. ShowBiz Pizza Place, which operated between 1980 and 1992, was known for featuring a group of animatronic animal characters. Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre followed suit in 1981. The FNAF crew may not be entirely realistic, but their theme fits right into this relic of the 80s.
Then there's Fazbear Entertainment. Fazbear Entertainment was greedy from the start, paying Mike minimum wage to fight for his life with limited electricity and no access to the restrooms. Help Wanted kicks it up a notch by having the company actively try to cover up the murders that have happened at their restaurants, and Security Breach bumps it up to cartoonish levels. VIP-only fire escape? Needing a pass to enter the building, then one to enter the atrium, then one to visit one of the attractions? Only selling Faz Cams in Monty Golf, where flash photography is banned, just so you can confiscate them and sell them again? Fazbear Entertainment might just be run by Mammon.
Let's not forget about the soullessness and false grandeur. The FNAF 2 location, for example, looks all shiny and kid-friendly, but the employees can't even be bothered to fix Mangle anymore. Some people believe that the bodies from the SAVE THEM minigame may be hidden just out of view of the cameras, too. FNAF 3? Fazbear's Fright capitalizes on the rumors of the murders and hauntings instead of treating the matter with respect. Sister Location? Shiny and futuristic animatronics, but there isn't even a pizzeria. It's just a dark, empty warehouse. Security Breach? The Pizzaplex is basically a monument to Fazbear Entertainment's properties and profits--four stories of neon lights and wall-to-wall Freddy Fazbear. There's also a room perpetually on fire, a slew of generic S.T.A.F.F. bots in place of actual employees, and a mountain of forever-ignored complaints. They aren't hiding anything. They're too rich to care.
In short, FNAF features strange imagery and characters reminiscent of 80s pop culture. It also heavily criticizes corporatism through its story and darker humor. If that isn't vaporwave, then...well...it isn't vaporwave. I just kinda wasted my time. But this was still fun to pick apart.
IF COCAINE was switched with water, the world would eather be a lot better or alot worse. This has been 5am thoughts. Have a good sleep, if you dare.
Cognitive dissonance is a terrible phenomenon as it can put all of our fates as humans at risk, especially for a person that has dealt with trauma and abuse. Yes we are all responsible for our choices, but sometimes those choices are often autopilot actions. People have road rage, humans don't treat others the way they want to be treated, someone can accidentally bump into somebody or step on their shoe by accident and suddenly people are ready to kill over such miniscule split second happenings! Which is unfortunate because people don't WANT to do bad things to other people.. at least not intentionally I think. But sometimes "good" people end up doing things that they regret and it's an unfortunate result of cognitive dissonance, and cognitive dissonance existing within a person who has dealt with trauma or abuse seems to be the main reason why the abused, often times, become the abuser. It's a result of the person not knowing how to handle the emotions resulting from the trauma. So in a given, sudden, situation that causes a certain stress or trigger, the person is at risk of defaulting into mirroring or reenacting their abuse experience, even though it goes against their true morals and even if its not with malintent. Cognitive dissonance can have it to where a person is aware of conflicting views or desires but not knowing what to do with them. So the persons reaction to the cognitive dissonance may be stress, crying spells, anxiety, isolation, depression or worsening depression, and it can keep people trapped in drug abuse or cause people to start abusing drugs and new development of other mental health complications or, as foretold, reenacting or mirroring the abuse. A very unfortunate fate.
too sleepy to get out of bed. too awake to fall asleep. agony