Cna you explain more about shame frost and the Moonjumper part of the story? I've seen it pop up here and there but I'm confused on it more than anything
Ok so Shane Frost is the person who made most, if not all, of the concept art for subcon forest. In it there was a character called the MoonJumper who was one of the 3 main characters for subcon, the other two being Queen Vanessa and the Snatcher. MJ was cut from subcon, his backstory being merged with Snatcher to create the subcon we see in the game. However, a year or two after the game’s release Shane Frost started posting small comics about how his version of subcon would have gone.
It is all very interesting but it is important to note that it is not canon to the game, just how the original concept would have gone in his mind. I will try to summarize the comics to the best of my understanding.
In it, the prince is simply a painter who is in love with princess Vanessa. Vanessa is also in love with him, but her mother is unhappy about it. She also seems to be abusive, threatening to lock her in the basement again if she goes near a white tree in their yard that is surrounded by ice cold flowers.
The Snatcher is a shadow left behind by a time traveler. He now spends his days taking things from people, hence the name the Snatcher.
MJ is a being of nightmares from a cold place at the end of everything where there are no stars. He seeks out warmth and love, destroying them bit by bit. MJ attacked Vanessa in this way, taking her love and warmth and leaving a bitter cold behind. He then learned of the Painter, named Neth, and jumped from Vanessa to him. Taking full control over Neth, he then set his sights on the rest of subcon, turning it into a fozen place where only spirits remained. Eventually something sealed him behind the moon, but the damage was done. The only thing that can defeat MJ is green fox fire, a fire that burns even in the cold depths of space.
Hat kid seeks out the fox fire to defeat MJ. During the confrontation on the moon, MJ takes Hat Kid, intending to snuff her out like all the rest, but he is stopped by Neth, who will not let MJ take anyone else, like he had taken Neth. Neth was being controlled by MJ to take over subcon, and is used as a sort of body/anchor for MJ. Neth asks Hat Kid to do what he could not and defeat MJ. Hat Kid exits the place MJ had taken her and fights him. She almost fails but Neth, puppeted by MJ, snaps the threads connecting them with the green fire. He then falls down to subcon, burning up on reentry and subsequently destroying MJ.
Subcon is free’s from MJ’s influence and returns to being a normal forest, Vanessa is also freed from her old lady shadow form and is back to normal. Neth survives the fall, but without his legs and memory. He is then found by the fox fire he named starlight years ago, and given what MJ wanted most of all, love and warmth freely given, not taken.
This is how I have come to understand the story, and I hope it is satisfactory.
