While the month may be ending, we’re still gonna be here and be queer, no matter what. 💪🏳️🌈
Thank you to the ever-so-lovely ChickieDee for this piece of our main fellas reppin' their flags. Reminder to check out her Twitter and Bluesky for more great art!
Also, fun gay fact: unless stated otherwise by us, all SnaccPop characters are canonically pansexual~!
I know you’ve alr gotten an ask saying this, but I ADORE the way you draw Komodo!! Idk what kinda crack you put in your drawings, but it’s paying off!! Much love!!
Thank you!! I really appreciate it, comments like this motivate me to make more lol.
I am glad you like the way I draw Komodo. It brings a smile to my face fr 🥹🙏🙏
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Have these to feed ur soul,
Not sure if I’m finishing this one tho cuz it’s taking pretty long 😵
I wanted to do a lore deep dive since I've been hyperfixated on this game for the past fortnight, so here we are. Also I have an Evil Dead the Game one coming out soon, but that's for later. Before we start, please note this game is a prequel to the first film, so Sally and her friends haven't met the Slaughter Family yet.
Essentially the main story of TCM (the Game) is that these group of friends go searching for Maria Flores, Ana's sister who has been missing for the past month. Since other crimes are happening throughout Texas, Maria's disappearance gets drowned out and the police are unable to help. Ana gets her close friends together, this being (so far) Connie Taylor, Leland McKinney, Sonny Williams and Julie Crawford, and she tries to find out what happened.
In their search, the group come across the Slaughter Family, and all of them are kidnapped and either held captive in the family house, the slaughterhouse, the gas station or Nancy's house. Through gameplay the player chooses their fates, and so far there is no canonical ending so it's unknown who exactly was kidnapped, where they were kept or who, if any, survived. (Update: There is now a canonical fate for each character, check the end.) During an opening cutscene, one of the 5 victims tries to escape but gets killed by Leatherface before everybody else even wakes up.
In gameplay only 3 members of the Slaughter Family actually appear, though Leatherface is mandatory and canonically is one of the killers hunting these group of friends. (Update: Leatherface is no longer mandatory to start a game, but considering the game was made with the intent of him being mandatory I'm still saying he's canonically one of the killers, it just makes sense.)
So what exactly happened to Maria? Well we have the prequel game "Petals" to answer us. Essentially, Maria had gone on a roadtrip where she stopped to take photos of random things that interested her, and every so often sent a postcard to her family to let them know she was safe. At some point, a man began to follow her around and she felt like he was stalking her every move even if she couldn't see him. In Newt, Muerto County, Texas, Maria's car broke down and she decided to kill time by taking photos. What she did not know was that Johnny was following her at this point, being the guy who had been stalking her. As she takes pictures, he follows her around before unlocking the front gate to the family house, leading to Maria entering out of curiosity. As Maria took her last photo, Johnny finally revealed himself and stole her camera. This caused Maria to realise who he was and flee towards the closest house, begging for help. Unfortunately for Maria, this was the home of the Slaughter Family and Sissy answered the door, and she and Johnny held Maria down as Leatherface killed the poor girl. After this, her body was taken to Black Nancy's house, where it's possible her friends found her (if that is where they spawned.) Since she had told her family about the man stalking her, and she'd stopped sending letters, her sister instantly became worried and began to search for answers, becoming paranoid after her car was found abandoned.
Whilst this is the main story, there are other behind the scenes lore related to the characters, mainly the killers. Since Leatherface, Cook and Hitchhiker are already well known I'll only talk about the new characters.
First, Sissy. Sissy is one of the original characters introduced for this game, however she was actually a scrapped concept from the original film that Kim Henkel removed, likely because the film was too crowded. (It should also be noted there is a member of the family named Sissy in the 2013 film.) Sissy is sister to the Cook, Hitchhiker and Leatherface, however at some point during her adolescence she ran away from home, and went around the country joining various different cults, most notably joining the Manson Cult where she learned the songs she sings in game. It's implied she wasn't always insane but became so after joining the Manson’s. During her time in the Manson Cult, she learnt how to make poisons from flowers and she used this on her victims as her MO. It's implied she was part of the cult during the murder of Sharon Tate, meaning she’s been in the cult for at least 4 years. Only recently she returned home to the Slaughter Family, where she quickly became a favourite of grandpa and a useful member of the team due to her innocent and sweet appearance. Sissy is seemingly the most beloved member of the family (aside from Grandpa) as Leatherface, Hitchhiker and Grandpa are on good terms with her, or at least as good as you’re getting in this family, with only Johnny and Nancy seeming to dislike her. As to why she isn't in the films, it's likely after the game she left the family again to either go off on her own or to join a new cult.
Next is Johnny, being based on real life serial killers who used their good looks to attract victims, especially women. Like Sissy, he was a scrapped concept that was reused for the game. He is not directly related to the Slaughter Family, as he is actually adopted and is only cousins to the main siblings. As a toddler, Johnny's real mother was murdered by Black Nancy, who for whatever reason, took Johnny in and raised him as her own, lying to him and saying she was his Aunt. Growing up he became sadistic and enjoyed using his charms and handsome face to attract his victims and kill them. Despite being good at killing, and excellent at drawing prey in, he is rather disliked by most of the family who find him too hard to control. Whilst the family are murderers, Johnny is a serial killer and causes trouble for the family by murdering girls all the time and drawing attention to them as reflected by the voice lines said in game. He got a scar on his left shoulder, from the "Pflugerville Incident" where he'd stabbed a girl to death, but her roommates woke up and fought back. Opposite to Sissy, majority of the family doesn't like Johnny, as Sissy, Hitchhiker, Cook and Leatherface all seem annoyed by him. Johnny is the one who inadvertantly starts the game, as it is he who stalks and eventually kills Maria, leading to Ana and her friends going after them, and this is one of the reasons the other family members are so mad at him, especially Cook who states he doesn't take pleasure in killing like the others do. It's likely he isn't in the films because he wasn't with the family, but rather with Nancy or off on his own.
Black Nancy is a black widow killer, using her meek and innocent apperance to draw in men, who she eventually married before they "mysteriously" disappeared. Unlike the other characters with an outside life, Nancy has a bad reputation giving her the nickname "Black Nancy" although nobody can prove she killed her husbands. In her backstory it's stated she didn't really kill her husbands for money, but rather because they couldn't fill the void in her heart, yet raising Johnny did. It's unknown what relation she has to the main family, but seeing as Johnny is considered a cousin to Sissy, Hitchhiker and Leatherface, it's likely she is their Aunt making her the sister to whoever their parents are (which might be Grandpa, idk lore's very weird.) Since she isn't part of their direct family, she isn't as close to the rest of them, however she is very much obsessive over her "son" in an odd juxtaposition as she is very motherly to Johnny, whilst also being sadistic and cannibalistic. It's likely she keeps Maria's body in her house to protect Johnny specifically. Since she isn't as close to the family and doesn't live with them, it's likely she didn't appear in the films because she was doing her own thing away from the rest of the family. She also seems to have a connection to Cook, but nothing has been confirmed. Some think she might be his partner, but considering she's a black widow, it would be weird. That and he could be her nephew so I'd hold off on shipping them.
Ana Flores is the unofficial protagonist of the game, being the one who gets all her friends together to go searching for her missing sister when the police were unable to do anything. Despite being a regular girl, she has the best endurance and takes hits easier, likely being due to her willpower. She is so determined to find her sister she literally tanks hits from a chainsaw, just to discover the truth. Likely following where her sisters car was found, she comes across the Slaughter Family along with 3 of her close friends, and they end up being kidnapped and hunted down in one of the four maps. It's unknown whether Ana or any of her friends survive, but considering the original film shows no signs the family were close to being caught, it's possible the victims were all killed, or Ana was unable to convince the cops of anything. It should be noted that Ana’s character is referred to as “The Final Girl” implying she might’ve survived. (Update: She doesn’t survive, check the end of this post.)
Finally there is Danny Gaines, Maria's boyfriend who went looking for her. He didn't go with Ana or her friends, he instead went off on his own and came to Black Nancy's house to find answers. Nancy knew what happened with Maria, and to protect her son she decided to try and kill Danny, which might've led to him being taken to the Family House which is right next to Nancy's house, being kidnapped alongside the others. Since his fate is not mentioned alongside the other survivors, it seems to be canon that he was killed by Nancy.
Some other small tidbits is that the Hitchhiker's camera is actually stolen from Maria, and is the same one he uses in the first TCM film. Majority if not all of the radio broadcasts are related to the Slaughter Family, such as a person getting poisoned by Sissy, the "Terror of 1-40", and Johnny's Pflugerville murder case.
Regarding canonicity, this game works with the original writers and actors, and nothing contradicts anything in the original 2 films, so I consider this canon to the franchise, as does the creators. If a new character comes out that is somebody like Sally Hardesty, that definitely won't be canon, but it is an online asymmetrical game, so not everything will be 100% canon.
These are really fun, but after Evil Dead the Game I don't think I'll do another since Friday the 13th didn't really have lore and Dead by Daylight has way too much lore for me to cover. As always, if you have any questions about the lore of this game, just ask, I don't have all the answers but I know most of the lore so don't be afraid to ask.
*UPDATE* The game devs have released an official lore post about the story! I’d recommend checking that out:
Creative Director Ronnie Hobbs dives into the lore integrated into The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
*SECOND UPDATE!! The Devs have revealed the canon fates of each character. Unfortunately every survivor dies in the game. First to die is Leland, then Sonny, Connie and Ana. Julie does escape the house but bleeds out and dies on the road. Personally IMO I think it’s odd they characterised Ana as the “Final Girl” just to have her not only die but not even be the last one standing? Like just say Julie is the final girl or make Ana the one who dies on the road… Since Danny is also dead, this means so far, nobody has canonically survived the Slaughter Family. I should mention, the opening cutscene where a victim is killed by Leatherface appears to canonically be Leland, since he's the first to die.
Some more things I wanted to add but aren’t as lore important.
I brought up the radio broadcasts, but didn’t mention specifics so here’s a few.
The “Pflugerville Case” mentioned is the incident where Johnny murdered a woman but didn’t realise she had roommates, who then woke up and tried to grab Johnny leading to him getting that scar on his arm.
The “Terror of 1-40” mentioned is actually Sissy. She would hitchhike with random truck drivers and then kill them with her razor blade.
The Slaughterhouse is mentioned, with it being stated it was shut down because the meat was contaminated (likely with human meat) and the owner was arrested. This is why the family are using the Slaughterhouse ingame.
Various strangulations are mentioned. This is Johnny’s main method of killing.
Multiple poisonings are mentioned, with this being Sissy’s main method of killing.
Mentions of grave robbing and mutilated corpses are made. Both of these are things Hitchiker does in his spare time, being responsible for the macabre “art” throughout the house (the chairs made of bones.)
There is mentions of a man buying animal stuff (bones I think), only to discover it was actually human. This is likely Hitchhiker’s doing, but might’ve been Cook.
Maria Flores’ disappearance is mentioned, she was killed by Johnny, Sissy and Leatherface.
Some of the radio broadcasts are just random unrelated crimes or incidents taking place in Texas with no relation to the family, which might sound odd but the entire thing of the first film was that it was just one of the strange and bizarre things happening in Texas at the time, so these unrelated incidents are part of that.
Johnny found out he was “adopted” at some point during his teenage years, when Hitchhiker decided to blurt it out to peeve him. This led to a confrontation with his mother, where Nancy cut his face giving him that scar over his eye.
Now some things that directly lead into the first film.
In the prequel game “Petals”, Maria is shown to be taking photos of various things up until her eventual death. One of the killers (likely Johnny) took her camera, but Hitchhiker is the one who claims it for himself. He uses this camera to take macabre photos, including their family portrait and various selfies that can be found in his room. In the Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, Hitchhiker shows an assortment of these Polaroid photos to Sally and her friends, which grosses them out.
Also in this scene between Hitchhiker and the cast, he grabs a weapon and cuts Franklin with it. The weapon is actually Sissy’s razor that she uses in game, which implies either she was actually using Hitchhikers razor during the game (which would make sense, she had only recently returned home) or that Sissy had gifted it to him (that or he’d just stolen it from her.)
The reason Sally and her friends were even going to that area was because Sally had heard of some grave robbing’s occurring and wanted to make sure her Grandpa’s grave was safe. The only reason she’d heard about those grave robbing’s was because Hitchhiker had been digging graves up to mutilate and create gory art from. He mentions this to Sissy in game multiple times (“Hey Sissy, did you see what I left at the graveyard?”) So basically TCM was all Hitchhikers fault.
The Gas Station is completely out of fuel in the movie, with it being revealed that the reason for this was because the gas was always being used for the generators at the Family House. The game reveals what the generators were actually used for, as they power the electric fences, floors and gates to stop people from entering (or leaving.) It’s also possible that the electric fences were only powered after Ana and her friends infiltrated the house, so by the time of the first film, Cook usually did have gas but didn’t at that point because they’d used it all on their generators trying to stop Ana and the other victims from escaping.
In this game, it’s mentioned that the Slaughterhouse was recently closed because of meat contamination. This is heavily hinted to be because the Slaughter’s used the Slaughterhouse for their human meat which mixed with regular meat. Because of this, the owner was arrested and the family took over and now use the Slaughterhouse as their base. In the first film, Hitchhiker shows photos he took at the Slaughterhouse to the main characters, which he took with Maria’s camera likely after it had been closed and they took over the building.
I will probably add more eventually, this game has tons of great lore, and is especially good at connecting it to the first film through small tidbits like the camera and the generators.
"A Light in The Dark" - PAGE 1 of my mini-sketchy Harry Potter comic. This one won't be long. It'll be sketchy and rushed, no coloring. That new AU I just HAVE to get outta my damn system.
This comic will contain Snily (Severus Snape x Lily Evans) & Severitus❗️
What does Obi's powers look like in action? I know we have seen some pictures and we have descriptions of what it is, but I don't think we have seen much of it in use.
I created this pixel animation a while back with Obi using his abilities.
I think it still needs some work but it gets the point across.
Somebody asked me to voice Derek's lines when he's arguing with Celia at the Auction hehe. I just decided to do ALL of his lines at the Auction since there's not that many of them and they are mostly all the same (I might have missed some though?) I did some alternate takes too! Enjoy...I guess, and feel free to do whatever you want with them. He's such a little shit. <3