A lot of people in the fandom are against eachother. “OMG IT’S THE BITE OF 87 !!!”, “No it’s 83 there’s an easter egg, play the game you dumbass”, “We never heard about the Bite of 83 it doesn’t exist, it’s just a stupid easter egg !”
Well, I think we do hear of it. It’s not called the Bite of 83 but I believe we heard about a similar incident. Once. And I’m sure some people know what I’m talking about.
“Uh, hello ? Hello, hello ! Uh, there’s been a slight change of company
policy concerning use of the suits. Um, don’t. After learning of an
unfortunate incident at the sister location, involving multiple and
simultaneous spring lock failures, the company has deemed the suits
temporarily unfit for employees.“ – Phone Guy, Night 4 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 3)
My theory : The Spring lock failures incident
Let’s say, Fredbear crushing the head of Crying Child pretty much looks like a bite, which is why many believe this is the Bite of 87 (I’ll tell later why I don’t agree) Then again there’s the Easter Egg on the TV that shows “Fredbear&Friends 1983″, and here comes the Bite of 83. But Scott always taught us to not trust appearances, so I’ll try to explain what I think (it’s kinda hard since I’m French and that English is my 2nd language). I do not claim it’s the truth – who am I to say that ? -, but here’s what I believe is what happens at the end of Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 : The Last Chapter.
First, we know that the Spring Suits were only used in suit mode by employees in one location (the one where Phone Guy recorded those training tapes we hear in the third game), until the said incident involving the spring lock failures. It’s pretty clear this is where FNaF 4 takes place.
I think this picture is clear enough. Now, what do we know about those Spring Suits ? Then again, Phone Guy will tell us.
“Try not to nudge or press against any of the spring locks inside the
suit. Do not touch the spring locks at any time. Do not breathe on the
spring locks, as moisture may loosen them, and cause them to break
loose.“ – Phone Guy, Night 3 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 3)
They are very sensitive, particulary with humidity. Now going back to the third game, we know that Purple Guy died inside Springtrap especially because it was raining inside the restaurant, the place was left to rot. As for the kid in the fourth game, when his entiere head (not just the frontal lobe) was stuffed into Fredbear’s mouth, he was crying. His tears were what caused the spring locks to fail (and the way his brothers and his friends stuffed him between Fredbear’s jaws makes the child press and touch the spring locks within the facial area, so technically he did everything not to do). Futhermore, listen carefully to the moment when Purple Guy dies and when the kid’s head is crushed :
Kinda the same sound, right ? The song of a spring lock failure and a part of the body crushed. But I have something else to share, something even more important.
Back in the first phone call of the first game, Phone Guy read our contract as an employee of Freddy Fazbear Pizza :
“Uh, let’s see, first there’s an introductory greeting from the
company that I’m supposed to read. Uh, it’s kind of a legal thing, you
know. Um, “Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. A magical place for kids
and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life. Fazbear
Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon
discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report
will be filed within 90 days, or as soon property and premises have been
thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced.” “ – Phone Guy, Night 1 (Five Nights at Freddy’s)
So when you sign that contract, if you die while doing your job, they’ll just cover-up your death. Same if you get hurt (I’ll go back to it later) Futhermore, add this :
“In the case of the spring-locks come loose while you are wearing the
suit, please try to maneuver away from populated areas before bleeding
out, as to not ruin the customers’ experience.“ – Phone Guy, Night 3 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 3)
Everything is important here : the company knows that those suits are dangerous BUT since the employees signed a contract that denies any wrongdoing from Fazbear Entertainment, it’s not a problem (heck they even created a Safe Room in case of emergency like this). Until there’s an “infortunate incident” that forces Freddy Fazbear Pizza to scrap both Fredbear and Spring Bonnie. So now I’ll ask you : if the death of an employee, or even “just” damage has occured, why does that suddently matters ? Why did they scrap the Spring models “just” because of an employee’s injury / death, when the company clearly doesn’t give a damn, since that thanks to the contract, their reputation would be unharmed ? Easy : it’s a customer, someone who didn’t sign the contract that got injured, and the company couldn’t / wasn’t allowed to cover-up this accident like they did with their employees. Keeping those animatronics after the accident would kill their reputation : I believe that’s the reason why Fredbear and Spring Bonnie were scrapped. And this lead us to the day where a brother and his friends thought it could be hilarious to stuff the little brother’s head of the former inside Fredbear’s mouth. This lead us to the end of Five Nights at Freddy’s 4.
Why isn’t it the Bite of 87 ?
It’s your right to doubt of my theory. But now if you believe FNaF 4 is about the Bite of 87, I’ll try to explain why I don’t think it’s the case.
First, ask yourself the meaning of FNaF 2. What is the second game about ? Why does it take place in 1987, as we can see on Jeremy Fitzgerald’s paycheck ? Honestly even given that, if the second isn’t about the famous Bite of 87, I really don’t know why it even exists ; besides the fact that we know that Purple Guy used a yellow spare to comit another set of murders :
It oubviously take place in the restaurant of the second game, and there are corpses everywhere in the restaurant. Also :
“Ok, so uh, just to update you, uh, there’s been somewhat of an, uh,
investigation going on. Uh, we may end up having to close for a few
days… I don’t know. I want to emphasize though that it’s really just a
precaution.“ – Phone Guy, Night 4 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2)
“Um, from what I understand, the building is on lockdown, uh, no one
is allowed in or out, y’know, especially concerning any…previous
employees. Um, when we get it all sorted out, we may move you to the day
shift, a position just became…available. (I swear to God this guy got killed or something)“ – Phone Guy, Night 5 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2)
“Someone used one of the suits. We had a spare in the back, a yellow one, someone used it…now none of them are acting right.“ Phone Guy, Night 6 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2)
((This video however isn’t about the murders in the second game. Foxy and Pirate Cove are an active attraction, which they never were in game ; futhermore, Foxy does nothing to Purple Guy when he see him. If he was haunted by the spirit of a dead child, I think he would try to kill him. So I’m pretty sure that the Go Go Go ! minigame is about the Missing Children Accident.))
Okay, okay, there are murders in the New Freddy Fazbear Pizza. But the restaurant didn’t shut down because of the murders. Check yourself :
If that was really because of those murders, why are the Toy animatronics scrapped ? Why not the old models ? The Toy models were said to have “possible malfunctions”, so one of them must have done something. And besides the Bite of 87, what do we have ? Absolutely nothing, nothing at all that would justify the destruction of the Toy animatronics only. But most importantly, this article doesn’t tell anything about the Bite or its victim. Which lead me to think, like a lot of other people, that the real victim of the Bite of 87 is our Jeremy Fitzgeral.
Remember, the contract. That very one contract that allows Fazbear Entertainment to cover-up the death or the injuries of an employee. If the victim was a customer, they couldn’t cover-up the Bite and we would’ve known what really happend. Not here. (Futhermore the animatronics act strange with the staff only, not the children : “But the characters have been acting very unusual, almost aggressive
towards the staff. They interact with the kids just fine, but when they
encounter an adult, they just…stare.“ – Phone Guy, Night 4 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2), and Jeremy is supposed to stay close to the animatronics. Poor baby.)
And if we add to this the fact that Fredbear doesn’t exist in 1987 (he is now a withered, empty suit called Golden Freddy), that the place in the fourth game isn’t at all the same than the new restaurant of the second game, that only a Toy animatronic (Mangle perhaps ?) could have done the Bite during the birthday after Night 6, and even given the Easter Egg in FNaF 4 that says “Fredbear&Friends 1983″ (why on Earth would they rerun this in 1987, now that the company has a new image, with a new restaurant and new animatronics that could allow the customers to forget about the rumors of the old location ?) and the goodies of the old animatronics that we see everywhere in the fourth game (plushes, mask…), there are less and less evidences that proves that the Crying Child was the victim of the Bite of 87.
Conclusion
An “infortunate incident” happened in the very first Freddy Fazbear Pizza that makes the company scrap the Spring models, Fredbear and Spring Bonnie.
New Freddy Fazbear Pizza closes its doors and the Toy models are scrapped, due to “possible malfunctions”.
If an employee dies or get injuried, the company can, thanks to their contract, cover-up everything. They can’t do the same with people who didn’t sign the contract a.k.a the costumers, and they must do something to preserve their reputation. Try to connect everything. Does that make sense ?
Feel free to tell me what is your opinion on all of this ! Anyway thank you very much for reading :3
Oooh, I’ve been waiting for someone to ask, haha! The “gem covering headcanon” and its counterpart, the “gem exposing headcanon” are aspects of gem culture that I integrated into the Homeworld T Series – the former is mentioned in Trust, and both come into play in Tenacity. These are physical gestures that gems would use to convey sentiments without words.
“Gem covering” is essentially flipping someone the bird (middle finger). It’s a gesture that would be considered extremely rude and meant to convey contempt. Gems would use this gesture when they wanted to tell another gem to “fuck off”. It involves making a very obvious scene of one covering their gem. For example, a pearl would cover her forehead gem; our Ruby would hold their hand aloft and very blatantly clench their fingers over it. The idea is that these creatures habitually keep their gems, which are their true bodies, open to the world; to obviously cover it at one person is to say, “I don’t respect you, so you only get to see my hologram.”
In Tenacity, when Ruby and Sapphire are reforming Garnet in front of Pink Diamond, they fold their gem hands together and intertwine their fingers, which displays intimacy between them and, by effectively covering each other’s gems, derision for the diamond and her thoughts on fusion.
“Gem exposing” is meant as an extremely sincere method of apology. In the same way that humans bow their head to expose their neck, which is a very fragile part of our bodies, gems would make this gesture a very conspicuous subjection of the source of their life. Depending on gem placement, this could involve turning one’s head away or down, tucking hands behind one’s back, or kneeling. The idea is that the presenter is so genuine about their sorry that they would stake their life on it. If the gem being apologized to were to find the apology inauthentic, they would have every right to destroy or damage the presenter’s gem – and have a very easy shot at it.
In Tenacity, Rose prostrates herself in this way to show Garnet that she is regretful of her earlier treatment of the fusion. This is a very ancient aspect of gem culture that isn’t often employed (and very much less so by the Crystal Gems, who, after 5000+ years, have become more Earthlings than Homeworlders.)
Now i’m not the best at making theories and i’m not the most observant person. However. For those of you followers who are theorists, let me give you some food for thought.
So while the fandom is wracking their brains trying to figure out what in hell we missed. Don’t focus on what we didn’t see. Focus on what was in plain sight that we missed. I feel like we’re all so used to looking so deep in these games, that we could be missing something that’s in front of our eyes. What i would focus on most is the fact that scott said that there were no “random” easter eggs. Which implies that nothing was meaningless.
For example, in the game some people have noticed that on the nightstand by the bed, objects range from flowers to medical supplies. That definitely has something to do with the story.
In the minigames there were strange little things that didn’t make sense also. Those are some of the things that i would give thought to. For instance, Mangle has a plush that is torn into pieces at one part of the house. Mangle has always stood out as a character to me because she always ends up being in odd spots. She was in FNAF 3 when no other toy was. As an easter egg. She wasn’t even listed in the jumpscares. And in the house, the boy has no other plushies besides the original four and fredbear. Again, no Toy animatronics. Yet mangle makes an appearance.
Now also, if the fourth game’s minigame was Fredbear’s, then where are the original four alongside Fredbear and Springtrap? And as we all know very well, the original four were in a previous location prior to fnaf 2 because of the older models (withered animatronics). Where have they gone?
Another thing that people seem to brush off is Scott’s “interesting design” with Foxy. Foxy has never failed to have something wrong with him or off about him. In the first one, strange and unexplained things such as the “out of order sign” and the fox’s ability to sprint. Now someone can brush that off and say that he could have causally malfunctioned and the faculty just shut him down. Which is a fair claim. But then we go to FNAF 2. Foxy has now another odd quality. He’s one of the only two animatronics who can see that it is the night guard behind the mask. And it is not because his facial scanners are better or worse than anyone else’s because even his fellow generation of animatronics are still fooled by the disguise. Isn’t that odd? Now there isn’t much to be seen of Foxy in the third one besides the phantom. But something else that is off about the phantom is that, unlike all other phantoms, foxy appears with no warning. And finally, the fourth game. Something odd that people haven’t seemed to investigate here is the fact that foxy is very big in this game. Why is the plushie’s head ripped off? Yet, the mask that is worn most is Foxy’s head. Foxy throughout the series has always had a secret spotlight on him. And i find that odd.
Like i said. I’m not the best theorist, but it’s something. Hopefully someone will find the secrets sometime soon. But i can’t help but wonder, we’ve (the fandom) have always cracked the secrets before. Why is it so different now? What has changed? What has Scott hidden so well, that we can’t catch? I’m so curious to find out. And hopefully soon, we will have answers.
I was thinking why the brother used the foxy mask to scare his younger brother out of all of them and then I realised why. It was his favourite and he felt guilty about what he did and ends up working at the establishment because he feels guilty and is trying to make up to his brother for what he does. He leaves recordings for the person after him to help them survive.
WHat I’ getting at; who is phone guy’s favourite animatronic, Foxy? And the older brother wears a foxy head, so it’s his favourite and works at the place because of the guilt and most likely to pay for the medical bills. I know it has a lot of holes but it’s just an idea
A discourse on theories of fnaf 1-4 in general by Mod Cupcake
Part 1: The box
Scott said he will not open the box. We need to work out why he said that, and if he means it as in he is not going to be responsible for finding a way to open/actively opening it for us, or if he means it in the sense of opening it will never happen.
The box is introduced at the end of night 6, saying that ‘some things are best left forgotten, for now’. This can mean different things: the box is a red herring, the box is not important, the meaning of the box has not been realised, or it could be because it may become important later on, possibly through a hint that may be dropped in the Halloween update.
Or it could be because we have not been approaching opening it properly, or we have no reason to open it, as the clues may be right under our nose.
Like the Joker said in Arkham City, ‘How do you keep a secret from the World’s Greatest Detective? You hide it right under his pointy little nose, and wait.’
So I think that the box requires a different angle of approach. Maybe we need to unlock it like the process to unlock the 8th night. Maybe we need to think outside (or inside) the box to work out what is inside it, without opening it.
But I think that clicking on locks to make them swing is not how you open it. We need a key, like with any other lock. We may not need to worry about the box, we need to worry about the key.
-mod cupcake
P.S. I may post more of my theories later on. If anyone has any questions, send me a question on my main blog, www.the-fuck-is-a-blog.tumblr.com
TL;DR Stop clicking the locks on the fnaf 4 box, find a key for those locks.
So one of the coolest, most intriguing parts of Steven Universe to me is the concept of fusion. I am a huge frickin nerd and I will spend hours just sitting here trying to comprehend what it must be like to experience being a fusion.
For a long time though, there have been certain things that have had me stumped:
1) How could Pearl hide her intentions from Rose and Garnet during their respective fusions?
2) How could Jasper not realized Lapis was going to trap her while there were fused as Malachite?
3) Why was Alexandrite so quiet and (imo) uninteresting during fusion cuisine, despite being a fusion of so many gems?
Before, I was under the assumption that when gems were in sync during a fusion, their minds “melded” and became one. However, the above scenarios wouldn’t make sense if that were the case.
But then I realized, we’ve been blatantly told how fusion works. And during one of the most memorable episodes at that.
“I am their conversation.” What if we take this statement as literally as possible?
How about this: When gems are fused, each gem in the fusion is actually having a conversation with each other. In order to stay fused, the gems have to communicate, agree, compromise, debate and plan together. When this is done perfectly, their voices “sync up”, and the fusion’s amalgam personality arises.
At the same time, whenever gems within a fusion have a difficult time communicating, the fusion’s personality dissolves and each gem speaks separately through the fusion’s mouth.
The concept of fusion as conversation also perfectly explains how Pearl could hide information all the time during fusions, as well as how Lapis could fool Jasper while becoming Malachite. Because a fusion can only know what each gem discloses.
THIS ALSO MAKES ALEXANDRITE FRICKIN HILARIOUS. She wasn’t quiet and to herself because she lacked personality. She barely talked because Ruby, Sapphire, Amethyst, and Pearl were so awkward and had no idea what to say or do. But she had a stoic face because they all agreed they had to play it cool.
Viewing fusions as conversations just changed so much for me about this show, there’s a lot of little things I’ve noticed that I don’t want to get into cause this is already really long. Overall, it’s deepened my appreciate of the fact that fusions are metaphors for relationships. Remember what Garnet said to Stevonnie:
“You are not two people. You are not one person. You are an experience.”
Because relationships aren’t about changing, or gaining, or becoming something new. Relationships aren’t about who you are as individuals or as a group. Relationships are what is created between people. They’re the result of conversation and contribution and compromise. They are an experience.
It’s no secret that recent events have begun to make people paint Rose in a… different light. Matt Burnett even hinted at something incredibly dark and foreboding that has been foreshadowed throughout the entire show so far.
Recently in the episode “Keeping It Together” we learned that a host of terrifying force-fusion experiments on innocent gems took place deep below the Kindergarten. After discovering the monstrosities, Garnet nearly has an existential crisis.
But I think Garnet is dead wrong. Not only did Rose Quartz know, but she was the original mastermind behind these Dr. Frankenstein-esque experiments.
First, let’s look at the terminal used to activate the chamber.
The terminal features a diamond on the palm and is left-handed. There is a similar terminal that was featured earlier in Lion 2: The movie.
It features Rose’s emblem, but more importantly, is also left-handed.
In Sworn To The Sword we saw a flashback of Rose Quartz in battle.
Rose Quartz is wielding her sword in her left hand. Rose Quartz is left-handed.
Next, let’s look at the state of the gems used in the experiments.
Forcibly glued together. As far as we know, the gems don’t have access to current technology like the goop used to restore the gem warps. That doesn’t rule out another factor though: Rose’s tears.
A cracked gem, sealed using the power of Rose’s gem. We know it’s possible for gems to be glued together without the use of Peridot’s robonoids.
What about Peridot? In The Return she said the mission was to “check on the cluster”, implying that someone had been toying with these gems far earlier than Peridot was around.
In Marble Madness when Peridot first reveals the tubes housing the gem fusions, she was reactivating them, implying they had been there far earlier.
The last two points I’m about to make are the most chilling. In Keeping It Together Garnet said the gems that were broken into pieces were buried, most likely by the Crystal Gems.
Only Rose and the Crystal Gems knew where these shards were. It would be very easy for her to hide a few of them to use for later experiments.
Lastly, every single forced fusion in the Kindergarten took the form of a hand, foot, arm, or leg.
The bubble in Secret Team happened to contained a variety of gem body parts like arms and legs.
It was a Rose Quartz bubble.
This fucked me up
You guys know what else this implies?
Rose only saw Greg/giving birth to Steven as another fusion experiment
Thought I’d contribute. After the last episode (Friend Ship), I noticed something kind of interesting about Peridot: She has absolutely no idea how her own gadgets work.
I mean look. Here she is being completely surprised that her stasis ability even works:
And here she is being shocked by the power of own arm cannon:
And even though we’ve seen her helicoptering around for a while, she still seems to be inexperienced with it:
post-“Jail Break”, a lot of us rather inevitably and understandably started using its ‘Garnet is a fusion of Ruby and Sapphire’ revelation to both interpret Garnet in subsequent episodes and to recontextualize her admittedly stoic, withdrawn behavior throughout Season 1.
this sort of ‘recontextualization effect’ encouraged some funny fandom trends–like figuring out what Ruby and Sapphire were feeling/thinking during moments like Garnet’s infamous telephone conversation with Dr. Maheswaran in “Fusion Cuisine” or the duration of Garnet’s fusion with Amethyst in “Coach Steven”. and those were mostly harmless, but allowing Ruby and Sapphire’s love to determine our understanding of Garnet as a wholly happy, healthy relationship–even over behavior that suggested something deeper and different–really does Garnet a huge disservice.
Garnet isn’t just Ruby and Sapphire in a trench coat, or Ruby and Sapphire copiloting Garnet’s body.
Garnet embodies Ruby and Sapphire’s love, and she’s a gestalt–her own, distinct person, with her own personality and experiences, who’s quite literally greater than the sum of her parts.
during The Week of Sardonyx, a lot of us–including myself–noted that, because she embodies Ruby and Sapphire’s loving relationship, Garnet couldn’t really comprehend the depths of Amethyst’s and Pearl’s loneliness, insecurity, self-loathing, and lack of self-esteem…
…and while there’s definitely more to it than I originally understood before my Garnet-targeted canon rewatch, I still believe that point hasa little merit. while Amethyst and Pearl once had Rose to help them work through their issues and remind them that they were valued and loved, Rose ultimately abandoned her physical form to have Steven–and even before that, it was impossible for Rose to always be there for Amethyst and Pearl in the same way that Ruby and Sapphire are for one another, because they’re “always together”. like Pearl, it’s very likely that Ruby and Sapphire experienced marginalization and oppression on Homeworld…but by fusing out of love, they’re able to lend each other constant, unconditional support and achieve a transcendent sense of togetherness.
that unconditional love, constant support, and transcendent togetherness of Ruby and Sapphire’s fusion are the foundation of Garnet’s very being. in her own words, Garnet has told Steven on two separate occasions that being a fusion makes her feel like she’s never alone…
…and the relative emotional stability and security she feels because of that–along with her unique abilities and amplified strength as a fusion–are probably the qualities that made her the best candidate to step up as the Crystal Gems’ new leader after Rose gave up her physical form.
but–and I cannot stress this enough–none of those qualities preclude Garnet from longing for significant connections with others, experiencing loneliness, or having her own insecurities. Ruby and Sapphire may always be together, but Garnet is her own person with her own feelings, thoughts, emotional needs, and relationships with the others. Garnet’s needs are different than Amethyst’s and Pearl’s, but hers are just as valid as theirs.
in fact, Garnet’s behavior and interactions with the other Crystal Gems throughout the series establish that she wants connection keenly…but deliberately distances and holds herself back from her teammates emotionally, hence her ‘stoic’ and ‘put together’ exterior.
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