#davey's thoughts

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The Epilogue.

(one last DISCLAIMER: this is askblog for TBG Davey, not the actual Davey Wreden.)

I assume you have many questions - and after my response, you'll come up with even more. But I never planned to answer any of them.

I'm only telling a story.

Once TSPUD got announced, people have asked me if I'd remaster The Beginner's Guide. That question kept showing up, and I kept saying - 'Whats the point? The story is already finished.'

And then, I was asked again. And then, again.

And then - again.

At some point, I stopped responding. It was not due to being tired of repeating myself, but because I wasn't sure if the answer was still true. I felt there was nothing more to add, and enhancing the graphics would only take away from the experience. And yet, I knew there was so much more to the story.

I looked at all the game reviews, emails, and messages I could, realizing that this was it.

Feedback or The Cookie9 Phenomenon, if you want to call it that.

In a way, I suppose, I've always been my audience's Coda. The only thing that was different was no direct contact. After the enormous, very overwhelming response from the original TSP, I've been sparingly responding to any private feedback I've been receiving.

But the emails kept not changing. I do find the mails where I'm getting 'destroyed' or 'owned' very funny but that wasn't the case from the start.

So, I've wondered - how would these people react if they could see an effect of their own words? That it's not just something they spout into the ether but there's an actual person on the other side?

I wondered how could I bring this up without making a Skip Button Ultra Deluxe Edition. While games are interactive, you still have a barrier between you and the creator of the games.

Inspiration came randomly, during one panel I was listening to. Typically, a person would have a big speech followed by questions but that one particular instance was like 70% QnA. And at the end - I felt great! Maybe I couldn't give my own feedback in the sea of hands but there was something so charming about this being such a collaborative work. At the start, the performer said "you shape how the show will go" and even if it was obvious in that circumstance, to this day I remember it.

So, I've decided to make this askblog. But as I stated in it, in hidden clues - I'm fine at the moment! I'm happy where I stand as a creator and I had moved on from the past. That, however, wasn't always the case.

I'm lucky that I was mad enough to have many diaries throughout my life. I've written down so many of my reactions, thought processes and feelings, reading through My Files wasn't that much of an issue. And since I've already played as my past self once - I could do it again.

I will leave this askblog open but I won't respond to every message left for it as I've used to. I'll spare your time and write down some of the questions that you'll probably not get answers to:

"Was Coda ever real?", "Where the Twitter screenshot real and if so, what were Coda's thoughts and reaction to all of this?" "Were Coda's answer actually his?" or any other Coda-related questions like that,

"What are you working on now?", "Are you really fine?",

"What exactly inspired you in your life to do this now?", "Had a similar situation happened before?", "How did you deal with other Fake Codas?", "Will you one day answer our questions again?"

or anything TSP/TSPUD related,

because you're not entitled to someone's work or life.

And I won't light up your lampposts anymore.

Davey, out!

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(Hi, it's me, @shinakazami1, the creator of this story. I'd like to thank everybody who spent their time to support this. I adore interacting with my own audience so this way of storytelling felt great thanks to you! My plan was to have something in the spirit of the original The Beginner's Guide in a form of an ask blog - small questions connected with themselves, telling a bigger yet short story that had already 'happened'. As Davey had said - you shape the way this could have gone. While the ending was predetermined from the start, Act 2 aka 'Coda's Askblog' was entirely up to you! For every post that you've asked Coda about something, I've already prepared a draft for the other blog. There were different versions of Coda and Davey planned. You've chosen Anxious Yet Assertive Davey and Angry but Weirdly Supportive Coda. I might talk about these more either in an edit of this post or on my Tumblr Blog, as I'd like to show a bit of a cut content :] While askblog Davey said he might not answer the questions mentioned - I might, so feel free to come and say your thoughts on this, your feedback, anything! I've myself been once again feeling stuck with creating, especially with drawing. But this project made me feel great, and it's all thanks to you. So thank you, Player. May we see each other another time. Toodle-pip!)

[cake-bread]

Does loss ever get easier?

Losing a normal ballpit pen is so common, we don't even think about it. Losing a special pen gets us sad. Losing an ID gets us anxious.

Often, in the end, we move on from loss. But sometimes, years after, even a raindrop can make it all flow to the surface again.

Loss isn't getting easier or harder. It's there, even if we don't notice, all the time. It takes different forms, different names, different meanings.

And even if you find the same type of a ballpoint pen - you don't know if it's yours anymore.

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Mr Davey and Mr Coda what are your opinions on Wednesdays

I love Wednesday ❤️

If you mean the series - I preferred the original Adams one. And by the day, I think I prefer Thursdays though Wednesdays are acceptable.

Coda's answer:

Best day.

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What exactly about Coda makes you feel...

I don't know how to describe it. Safe? Like your at home.

An empty home, maybe.

I think you described it in a nice way. It's like going back to a warm meal, spending your afternoon reading a book from your favourite author.

I like his genius and non typical thinking. His games are a separate thing that I think I've mentioned enough already but the way Coda goes about creating kinda shows up in other parts of his life.

He is very peaceful. He never loses composure. He talks very few words but gives me clues to the puzzle he is through other things. And I like feeling my brain cogs move a lot. I don't get a lot of it but I do think I'm getting better. That brings me a lot of warmth.

Especially when he compliments me. I like to make him smile and appreciate me.

I like Coda for what he is.

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Why did you call that person Coda?

I think I can make this announcement through this ask.

I've had many 'Codas' in my life. Many people have tried to reach out to me, pretending to be him. So, I've started to check the ground, saying a fake name to see if they'll react. Many of these people are also to try to get money from the game from themselves. This person didn't want it though, so I do assume they want something else?

I've talked to actual Coda about this.

So there you go - proof.

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IS CODA ON THE RUN FROM THW POLICE OR SOMETHING GOT DAMN😨

Now i see why he’s always to cryptic

Let's say that there used to be a period where he had socials with his real name or with the same username.

I really hope he isn't. But you can see why I'm still not happy with the obsession on prison games.

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I would like to add this image i found as contribution to the coda malewife conversation

I see this is an edit of an actual Twitter post! And it's actually funny because that happened once. I think I got distracted by something and I burnt pancakes for us when we had a sleep over.

Also - while Coda likes anonymosity, he would probably prefer some other handle. One that actually has meaning.

But yeah, that's funny. I like doing things for my dear friends and failing miserably.

It's fun to laugh at mistakes together.

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So are you saying Coda gives you bookworm housewife vibes. Is that what I'm reading.

More like I'm the bookworm housewife as I am trying to read into him and when we still used to hang out often, I made us dinner.

Maybe trophy wife would be a good stereotype for this? Or pixie dream girl. I'll have to look this up and come back later to discuss this further, I haven't checked the writing stereotypes in a long while.