Currently thinking about characters with a fawn response. Particularly those who are way too nice to people who don't deserve it. From what I've read, those who fawn do it out of fear or as a survival mechanism. Reacting to some perceived threat.
Makes me wonder about what would happen if the Player (ppt) fawned instead of fighting back or running away.
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★ Fawning, also known as the fawn response, it's often associated with trauma and/or prolonged stress. If you haven't experienced it before? You undoubtedly have now, stuck inside this abandoned factory.
★ Individuality is nice and all. But keeping yourself alive is also very important. Each choice you make could be the difference between life and death. Mommy, Sawyer, Catnap, the Prototype... even Doey. Each encounter shook you more than the last. All in different ways.
★ Strangely enough, Huggy was the only time you ran away instead of fawning. Only because seeing what you thought was a statue move had caught you off guard. Huggy walked slowly instead of sprinting at the Player. Somehow that was worse.
★ Seeing a big purple cat that looked half-starved was terrifying. For the first time since entering the factory, you were too scared to say hello. Even waiving at Huggy when you first laid eyes on his smile.
★ Making it to the Games Station, Mommy had invited you into her web. A "playmate" she had said. Following most of her rules helped. Being agreeable almost made her like you.
★ Doey, another poor soul so thoroughly traumatized by his surroundings, he honestly gets it. You're not the first person he's met who'd rather play along than risk tempting whatever horror happened to be laying in wait.
★ In a way you're a lot like the toys. Smiling critters that can't properly defend themselves (the fight response) and the bigger bodies who are too big to hide (flight.) The Prototype hunts everybody. What changes is the circumstances. The compliance of his current victim.
★ Take a look at Lilly. She figured out being "perfect" was the only way to survive. Maybe that's a contributing factor to why she's so screwed up? Agreeing with Prototype despite how she truly feels.
★ Nowhere to go. Nothing to hide behind. Erasing her identity to make sure she's not left behind, or loses the Prototype's favor. Be careful... The very same thing could happen to you.
