Continuing the puzzle origins, how did puzzles get his powers and the eldritch keyboard? Also I like the origins you give him, gives him a lot more insanity problem than explored in the canon.
mr puzzles was a regular human kid, with a father and yet he somehow was one of most powerful character in the smg4 universe with the ability to even brainwash the entire world with 5 stars rating and to control entire theme park and to be able to transport between TVS
he definitely didn't get these abilities by random chance, he sought them out
possibly through some kind of eldritch entity, perhaps by making a deal or some sorts in moments of desperation in order to get his brainwashing, tv dimensions abilities and to completely become part of the TV as he always have dreamed of. but it came with consequences which is corruption from the eldritch power/demonic goop that can corrupt others and himself
im still pondering on this, but i do have a bit of idea of what demonic goop is and what it does. so ill just put my thoughts about it
probably a lot to read below. literally just thought dump
so from what i see
the demonic goop seems to be an organism that is attracted to negative emotions (such as hopelessness, hatred and sadness) since it consumed peach when she was feeling hopeless that nobody came to save her, essentially corrupting her to a point where she's consumed by her hatred as shown in saving peach episode
it manifested from the eldritch keyboard that mr puzzles presumably created and gave to smg4. it doesn't seem like it can be controlled by mr puzzles with how it moves on its own and stayed underground for years. it was still in the smg4 world after mr puzzles departed in wotfi 2025, meaning it may be connected to mr puzzles but doesn't directly come from him. rather it came from something else that mr puzzles took advantage of to make the keyboard. its implied by smg4 characters as i recall that it didnt have any "meme energy" its something entirely different, something that doesnt belong in smg4 universe
but it can also affect mr puzzles himself. as in, to corrupt him/or make him consumed by hatred just as it did peach. because of these two facts
how it showed up in puzzlepark arc
it being attracted to negative emotions
it showed up after meggy was brought back by mario and mr puzzles, having lost his only friend, was upset before he became outraged. then just right after that, demonic goop started taking over the entire puzzle park. if i had to guess, hes blinded by his rage/hatred for smg4 crew and as a result of that, this happened
by end of it meggy snapped him back to reality by meeting with kid puzzles as leggy and befriending him. then everything was back to normal with mr puzzles being his cheerful self again talking about how he just learned important life lesson (before getting sent to the asylum) which is similar to what happened with peach in saving peach video
id say eldritch power/demonic goop is basically a drawback/consequence of brainwashing ability and other abilities that mr puzzles that is part of him
i was talking about the recent post and this post with mr puzzles' antennas working like cats' ears and that they responds to sounds then it suddenly hit me
in canon he has one bent antenna and one straight antenna so i thought of a little headcanon where mr puzzles is hoh, being deaf in one ear (left antenna) since its bent and the fact crt tv uses antennas for receiving signals
ive been playing sons of forest (and being a coward) and thought of a funny au where mr puzzles and mr wpnz ends up stranded on a island with cannibalistic monsters
and mr puzzles'd be a scaredy cat and gathers food or water while mr wpnz'd one mostly defending the base, fighting the monsters and gathering resources. they'd explore together except mr puzzles is always clinging and following behind mr wpnz
the components in the tv broke from the hard impact on it when he fell to ground. so because of that, he can't hear anymore and he sometimes bluescreens or glitches
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i like to think that mr puzzles' antennas function similar to cats' ears. they're static that doesnt bend nor do it wiggle, but it can be moved/adjusted at the base. like a cat, he'd flatten his antennas back when annoyed or pointed up when attentive
and he'd also direct his antennas to sounds or if hes trying to listen in to conversations, he'd turn his antennas toward it
basically how you adjust crt tv's antennas for better reception
i was talking about mr puzzles' faces last night and then realized that one of mr puzzles' horror face works so well with the concept of mr puzzles only cutting off his face. my art of it
so im thinking... if his human head is directly behind the screen, it would make kinda sense for him to have this face in particular
i more especially love the fact that mr puzzles' creative control song have classic film references in it, like the shining (1980) or king kong (1933), indiana jones (1984) and robin hood (1938) and so on
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