I’m still missing out on a huge piece of lore by not replaying lbp 2 and not playing lbp 1 at all, BUT... here’s my view on how Popit even works:
In lbp 3, the tutorials feature a cool mode called the Popit Academy; and when you think about it, the entire Sackboy world is essentially built around using the Popit! In other words, they train for it much like we get a university degree (the game doesn't explicitly show this, but I imagine sackthings to first complete general schooling to cover basic Popit skills (stickers and costume options), writing and reading, culture, and so on, before going to the Popit Academy.
But how does Popit even work, exactly? I don't really see it as a visual thing.. Surely its not a visible menu like in the game. It’s sort of like - God forgive me for saying this - that thing from TADC, where you can control reality by imagination..
Popit is literally sackthings' whole life and their greatest gift. I think that sackpeople are some sort of concentrated form of dreams from the entire imagisphere, which is why they are capable of literally creating objects out of their imagination.
As I think, each of them do it in their own way: some have mastered construction and building, others do mechanics, and some focus on creativity and artistic expression. I think costume creation could be a high status profession and a huge industry! (Zoom-Zoom actually confirms part of this idea as canon, since as Sackboy we BUY clothes rather than MAKE them ourselves, yet with the right skills, a player can craft their own unique costume)
(Also, Felicia tells us the story of Newton, who couldn't even make it through the academy's first semester; this, btw, further confirms that sackthings LEARN to master Popit, rather than just born with the skill to use it... which makes my headcanon/theory even more canon. . . .)
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