Honestly, every single time the whole 'poppy playtime is a bendy rip-off' stuff ever shows up I find it all extremely unconvincing and silly.
For one thing, rip-off usually is meant to imply that it's a cheap lazy copy of a better more polished thing, and uh. Sorry but even from chapter 1? Poppy Playtime is a better game than Bendy, it has a simple but understandable story, the game manages to be thrilling, creepy, and very intense at times... I mean that Huggy chase in the vents ALONE puts it way above Batim for me.
I mean BATDR had the most slow stupid chase I've ever seen [and every other encounter with the ink demon is text telling u he's there and then a timer goes down and u get jumpscared] and batim's chases were either silly or just not nearly as theatric or terrifying as that.
When making the vent sequence I mean not only is it absolutely horrifying to realize how fast Huggy is in there but also it's so theatric and cool? The fact that you round a corner after thinking you escaped only to see a terrifying animation of that thing crawling toward you is awesome! I wish Bendy had stuff like that!
And all the stuff it shares with Bendy are generic things Bendy ripped from other horror games/media anyways. I'm not saying Poppy Playtime isn't inspired by Bendy I for sure think it is but Bendy is such a generic story that somehow fails to do tropes 100 other horror games have done any comparison only makes Poppy Playtime look better.
"It has employees being sacrificed for their company" That is not a concept Bendy invented, literally look at any of the sci-fi horror series Bendy is very inspired by. This is literally a twist in the original Alien.
"It has a scary woman forcing you to do tasks for her" Once again, not a concept Bendy invented, a scary mysterious person forcing you to do fetch-quests is a concept found in tons of horror media. And at least Poppy Playtime gave you a chase with her and let you defeat her, look at poor malice. She's barely on screen for more than 10 minutes before she gets stabbed.
"It has a cult worshipping the monster" This is something tons of horror games and media have done too. I mean In The Tall Grass has a guy who worships a giant magical rock in the middle of a grass maze, Bioshock [which Bendy has only been taking more and more direct inspiration from while failing to grab any of the compelling parts] also had a lot of themes of religion and cult-ish behavior, almost every horror media franchise has at one point done a cult thing.
Bendy couldn't even come up with a reason Sammy worships the ink demon, the best motivation we've ever gotten is just that 'he's crazzyyyy the ink made him insaneeee'. Who is the cheap rip-off here?
At least Poppy Playtime gave their cultist a motive for worshipping the monster + a proper boss fight that feels intense and looks awesome! Bendy didn't even let you kill Malice [she got stabbed in front of you and then just collapsed on the floor how thrilling] meanwhile you get to kill three of the villains in Poppy Playtime and the gameplay and action in those scenes have only gotten better as the game went on.
I mean Sammy walks into a room and goes "AAA SCARY I'M BEING MURDERED" then later shows up and for NO REASON sees a normal human man and assumes it's the ink demon before once again someone else kills him for you. In Poppy Playtime you defeat Catnap as he floods the world with this horrible nightmare-inducing gas that intensifies the color palette and his design. Fight off versions of him that are illusions that you need your flare gun for, then watch in a wonderful animation as he mistakes the monster for his savior before getting killed by it, in a brutal way I might add, which game are we accusing of being cheap, lazy garbage again?
I just find this argument to be people who Really Really need to find a reason to hate Poppy Playtime which I think is silly. The devs being weird, shady people is already enough reason to dislike the game, you don't need to invent reasons why secretly every part of the game is malicious or bad. But esp when I see Bendy fans saying they don't support Poppy Playtime or dislike it bc of its devs or even saying its cringe ummmm.
I have bad news about the fact Bendy's devs are worse and it took not one, but TWO over an hour long videos to cover it all. Plus the Bendy games are just the worse games in every aspect, if I could sell my batim copy for a copy of Poppy Playtime I wouldn't hesitate at all.
Saying this as a bendy fan, we have no right to be super judgy towards Poppy Playtime. If Poppy Playtime is embarrassing cringe, Bendy is too and is way more embarrassing of an interest. We shouldn't spread misinformation just because we all want to hate Poppy Playtime, you can dislike Poppy Playtime without making up a bunch of nonsense to justify it.
Honestly seeing people just blatantly be unfairly mean to Poppy Playtime only makes its critics look worse and makes it hard to take any backlash to the games seriously. Because surprise surprise if you spread misinformation to make a point people will quickly stop listening to Anything you have to say bc they won't trust you're telling the truth anymore.
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📂 u can have a kiss too 💋
“Sit,” you told Soonyoung, pointing to the chair placed in the middle of the bathroom. Your tone was soft and had no hints of command.
He sighed, “This fucking sucks.” You had never seen him so defeated.
You placed yourself in front of him, hand moving to brush his hair to the side in an attempt to provide comfort. “I’m sorry.”
His shoulders moved in a shrug, “It’s not your fault.”
You were at work when you got a call informing you know Soonyoung was at the hospital. There was a situation at the dance studio with one of his kids and he ended up breaking an arm and spraying his ankle. Now, several hours, a cast, and a big pharmacy run later, the two of you were finally home and Soonyoung wanted nothing more but to take a shower and sleep it off. He hoped it was a nightmare and that he’d be in one piece by the morning.
Given his injuries, he’d have to rely on you for basically everything for a while. Even for the stupid shower he wanted to take.
“I know,” you acknowledged, “but I can imagine this isn’t easy, so I’m sorry you’re going through it.”
Soonyoung gave you a faint smile, “Thanks, babe.”
You just nodded in response, “Can you raise your arm, please? Let’s take this shirt off.”
He tried to help you as much as he could, but the cast made everything harder. He hated it. All of it.
Soonyoung had always valued his freedom and independence. And much like any other human, he liked to be in control of the situation. Not being able to do something as small as taking his shirt off made him feel insignificant. Unworthy.
It must have shown on his face, as you questioned him a moment after placing his shirt on the laundry basket. “What’s with the frown?”
“This fucking sucks,” he repeated. “I can’t even shower by myself. This is such a stupid injury.” You offered him a sympathetic look. Knowing him as much as you did, you understood he just wanted to vent for a while. Complain about the situation he found himself in.
So when you didn’t do anything besides pet his hair, he continued. “This is gonna make everything so difficult. Not just for me, but for you too. And you’re already so stressed with work that I feel like I’ll just add another burden to it and—”
“Hey, no.” Soonyoung looked up at you, lips shaped in a pout. “It doesn’t matter that I’m stressed with work. You’re not a burden, and you won’t ever be that.”
Soonyoung shook his head in disagreement, “You’re literally having to undress me so you can help me shower. How’s that not a burden?”
He didn’t like this conversation. He didn’t like any of this. His thoughts, his feelings, his pain. He hated it. In theory, Soonyoung was well aware that you didn’t see him that way. But the frustration that was growing inside him at every passing second clouded his mind in a way that he couldn’t see this mess in any other way.
“Remember when I got sick a couple of weeks ago, and you had to clean up my vomit from the floor? And do everything else, basically?” He nodded. “Was that a burden for you?”
“No,” he answered, biting the insides of his cheek. “Never.”
“Exactly.” You took his free hand between yours, palms caressing his skin. “When I say I love you, taking care of you is just another way to show it.”
“It’s just. Urgh.” He couldn’t externalize his thoughts properly. “I don’t know. I like being independent.” Another sigh left his body. “And the timing for this is terrible. You have a lot going on, and I don’t want to add to it.”
You smiled at him, “I’m a big girl, I can handle it.”
Silence. Soonyoung hated all of this.
“Don’t think too much of it,” you declared. "It’s okay to be annoyed and sad." He needed to understand you weren't trying to dismiss his feelings. This was, indeed, a shitty situation. So he had every right to feel shitty over it. You just wanted to show him that you were there, and that love didn't cost a thing.
Not for you. Not for him.
"Just don’t see this as oh my god this awful thing that will consume me and make me tired.” You squeezed his hand, “I love you, and this is just something we do for the people we love.”
His eyes were slightly less sad now. It was barely noticeable. You guessed it would take some time for them to recover their usual stars.
“This just really, really sucks,” Soonyoung said, once again. A broken record. A broken Soonyoung.
“I know.” You leaned in, hands still holding his, and placed a kiss on his forehead. Gently. Lovingly. “It’ll pass.”
Everything passed. Everything but your love for him.
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