Anti backstory idea/headcanon
My theory for Anti’s backstory- its a mix of a few headcanons you can find on @anti-support-group sorry if its long or doesn’t make much sense.
Anti was Jack’s imaginary friend like the creepypasta Laughing Jack he was Jack’s best friend as a kid, like the kind of best friends who are glued at the hip, Anti was so powerful from Jack’s belief in him that was very real to Jack but as Jack grew older he slowly stopped visiting and playing with Anti as much, stopped believing in Anti, until eventually he was left powerless and alone in Jack’s head.
Anti screamed and cried and begged for Jack to return ‘Please come back, please Jack please! I’m scared Jack it’s so dark… I feel so weak,,,,help me…Jack please! Its cold here Jack….Jack please come back, I miss you…’ to no avail so he starts wondering what’s going on ‘Why is Jack doing this to me? Did I do something wrong? Why isn’t Jack responding? Is Jack angry at me? Weren’t we best friends?’ and eventually the poor thing loses his mind from lack of contact with anyone. The body formed from Jack’s belief in his friend, that his friend was real fading into shadow.
'Alone, cold, need warmth? What’s warmth?…. Dunno so long… misses Jack…Jack who? Jack, Jack, Jack, J A C K, Friend….BETRAYER….TRAITOR….LIAR...D O N ’ T T R U S T! Dark, dark dark like abyss don’t look too long or you’ll become a monster….what’s a monster?…Am I a monster?’
Anti tries to die, to escape it all by slitting his throat but as he was such a big part of Jack’s life his memories, his imagination, his belief in a friend he can’t remember kept him alive that’s when Anti gets mad ‘How D A R E Jack deny me this?! How dare he keep me alive to suffer! Leave me to suffer and rot in his mind?! Why does Jack get to be happy when I’m suffering? Jack betrayed me! Betrayed our friendship!’
That’s when it clicks Jack doesn’t deserve to be happy, not after this no, no, no Jack needs to PAY for what he’s done! ‘I’ll make him s u f f e r like I suffered! Powerless and all alone in the dark and cold for years! I’ll take everything, everyone he loves and make it MINE, and…I’ll be happy again’.
But first Anti needs to regain strength, to know what he’s up against so when he senses Jack’s asleep and for a moment Anti’s surprised he can still sense that but as he’s still part of Jack’s mind he brushes it off as natural. Anti forces himself out of the depths of Jack’s mind into the forefront.
Its a slow process, a step at a time, stumbling and falling and having to force himself backup everything in Anti aches and hurts but he continues to move, anger and betrayal and vengeance and hatred fueling him it takes nearly all night but Anti makes it to the forefront of Jack’s mind. He’s weak and woozy and feels like passing out but he made it.
Anti hides in the shadows of Jack’s mind, learning about the boy now man who betrayed him and regaining his strength to the point he’s able to see what Jack sees when he wants, can subtly influence Jack’s thoughts.
Jack’s got a Youtube channel now with millions of fans Anti’s anger boils and he wants to shout, to scream at them 'Don’t listen to him! Don’t trust him! He’s a liar and a traitor and will stab you in the back first chance he gets! Don’t believe his lies!’ but he knows they can’t hear him no matter how much he wants them to.
Then one day he catches a glimpse of fan art through Jack’s eyes It’s a version of Jack with pointed ears, toxic green eyes amid black sclera and a evil fanged grin Anti’s breath catches when he sees the name of the picture: Antisepticeye. 'its my name! H-How? Why?!’ Anti jolts as a burst of…something power? Energy? Fills him. Anti coaxes Jack into searching that word, his name and hundreds of results pop up fan art, theories, headcanons, fanfics you name it with every result Anti sees more and more energy, more power fills him, distantly he notices his body changing to match the fanart in front of him hair lengthening and shortening, eye color change etc but Anti doesn’t care.
As more and more power fills him Anti realizes he’s gaining it from the fans, because they believe he exists, because they called his name, gave him his body back, gave him power. Anti grins 'This is what I was waiting for! Now I’m powerful enough to take everything from him! With everyone feeding me power, giving me abilities the betrayer won’t stand a chance!’ oh but Anti doesn’t want to make this quick no he needs to draw out his revenge make sure Jack understands exactly why this is happening, why he deserves this.
Afterwards a while later Anti notices that when he concentrates hard enough when Jack is working or playing for himself the game, computer, system or his equipment will glitch. Anti blinks 'Well that’s new…hm I wonder…’ Anti experiments and to his elation finds that though it drains him during the glitching he can momentarily manifest through the glitch, the more he does it the worse the drain is but Anti’s confident he can get to the point it barely does anything and extend his manifestations.
And to his glee the fans notice him! More fanart, more theories and headcanons pour into his search tag and Anti is filled with power he hasn’t felt since before Jack betrayal. Anti is grinning with unrepentant glee over this 'I need to do something big to use this power, something to gain more fans, something that will grab their attention from Jack'
Anti checks the date and sees Halloween is coming soon and Jack is planning to play oh what was it again…Sister Location? a week before. A plan forms in Anti’s mind 'That’s it! the veil is weak during this time, I have enough power to classify as a ghost at least I’ll start by showing myself in Jack’s game then on Halloween…’ Anti laughs his voice glitching and staticky ringing out in Jack’s subconscious.
'Prepare yourself Jack, because the time’s come for me to regain what’s rightfully mine and for you to S A Y G O O D B Y E’
So um whatcha think Fin? Any good? And see if you can catch the references I made ;P
Holy smokes this is a long read- but a great one!!
Anti’s fear of being forgotten/ abandonment is b/c Jack forgot (deliberately or not) about him in the first place is also the source of control and vengeance? I like it!
