I tried to ignore it and pretend it's fine but its not fine and Im here for blood the moment you messed with my peakproto, poppy playtime.
Warning, rant! (rate how silly or insane Im feeling rn)
who thought or rather, i need someone to explain to me just HOW, how is a jester thematically a good design choice???? (rethorical)
it appears that they have always wanted him to be a jester, but i believe they went for vibes only bc jesters are a popular, well loved design choice.
the whole thing abt evil jester characters is how unpredictable, downright sarcastic, sometimes insane they are. the best example would be Arkham from DMC3 where he switches between himself and his alter ego (a jester). the contrast in their behavior shows how deeply abnormal this man is, he is both a cold, distant, no nonsense type of man and then he's suddenly everything but. kefka from FFVI is another villain jester, what they have in common is their behavior. the way they talk, act, move, the words they speak, they're very jester like. Acting silly, using dark humor, mood swings ect...
Now how do you take a character who is a thorough, cowardly cautious calculating planner that doesn't talk or act in any way shape or form like a jester and make him one? he makes no jokes, he doesn't challenge the player, he isn't unpredictable, it's both an insult to jesters AND the prototype (not serious).
Now i don't particularly think ALL precedent enemies had a design theme. Huggy for example is an early enemy that was SUPPOSED to be chapter 1 only, lily too i believe, doey probably has some theme if you look deep enough, maybe his ability to stretch and be molded, different doe colors, reflects his 2 personalities. Catnap's design works for his ability, mommy acts like a mother figure albeit twistedly, miss delight's design works for her occupation (her purpose).
Like, the main antagonists either have the right look or personality for their design, the other enemies could have any design in the context of play co.
The prototype doesn't need to be a jester. it says nothing about him except "he's so cool!" (he is...). It made sense that he'd look like a machine, or a jumbled mess of toys according to the shrine. what we got is crazy lazy. bc the only thing he incorporated in himself was catnap's gas that did not affect the player at all?? he is said to always upgrade and maintain himself, he's literally a genius inventor, so WHY does he not incorporate mommy's functionality in his design??? the way his front view has huggy, kissy, and mommy's arms LIKE SOME STUPID JOKE. like did they now suddenly remember he is a kid who shows battle trophies as warnings??? THAT MAKES NO SENSE BC EVERYONE KNOWS HE DIDN'T KILL THEM. he also stopped having a child's intelligence and ability long ago, before the hour of joy (but especially then).
remember CONTEXT? why would Elliot give him such a face? or how would the prototype create one when the entire company is built on CHILDREN'S TOYS. his face is deliberately made to be scary, like the designers wanted him to be scary for the players, not to fit CONTEXT. I mean I can forgive the idea that proto made it explicitly to scare off everyone but I do not like it.
now that Im done with his design, his behavior is very interesting to me i have yet to collect my thought abt it. my only problem is....some of his traits is how concise he is and how he doesn't tolerate betrayal. Yet HE LEFT GIBLET ALIVE. He also took his time to drop the player in poppy gel even tho he is fully capable of turning him into those outies, you can argue poppy was his priority, but then he did take his time being all cool, and he easily outruns poppy. remember how he MADE SURE huggy didn't move until kissy attacked him and then he still lingered?
It just appears to me that they gave up. It shows up overall in how the story went, the way characters kept being introduced, but hey. I have always said chapter 4 sucked BECAUSE of doey (god i hate him). I wanted to believe they realized how the doctor was missed protentional so they brought him back but I'll trust for now that he was always supposed to kill the prototype.
Ms. gracie/Lily can NEVER be Ms. delight and i'll die on this hill. she just seemed comically evil I couldn't care to hate her. Leith is way more daunting bc he doesn't act like he is so obviously evil. I hate giblet, "they call you the butcherer down here!" sybau you're a whole convo.
I believe that if chapter 3 was only catnap, the doctor had chapter 4 all to himself with catnap being killed by the middle, remove doey's bitch ass, chapter 5 would feel lighter.
if you think I dont desreve to have opinions ever again, fair. Im not seriously hating on chapter 5 (bc i hated chapter 4 way more), and i got to see my prototype so who am i to complain haha!
Either way, i had ollie for 3 minutes and I'm ready to burn the world for him.
