ANALYZING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POPPY PLAYTIME CHAPTERS 1-3 AND 4-5
I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN THE WRITING OF PPT CHAPTER 4 AND 5 THAT IMPROVED THE STORY IN A MEANINGFUL WAY
IN CHAPTERS 1-3, MOST TOYS IN THE FACTORY WERE GIVEN LITTLE TO NO SYMPATHY BY THE NARRATIVE
OCCASIONALLY YOU WOULD GET A TAPE WITH SOMETHING VAGUELY SYMPATHETIC, BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THESE TOYS ARE INHERENTLY EVIL MONSTERS
IT FELT LIKE CHAPTERS 4 AND 5 PULLED AWAY FROM THAT IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY BY CENTERING THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TOYS A LOT MORE
FOR EXAMPLE: HUGGY'S PORTRAYAL IN CHAPTER 1 (EXCLUSIVELY THREATENING, SUPPOSED DEATH PLAYED FOR COMEDY/CATHARSIS) VS. HIS PORTRAYAL IN CHAPTER 5 (STILL A THREAT TO THE PLAYER BUT MUCH MORE SYMPATHETIC, DEATH PLAYED FOR TRAGEDY)