#it's just showfall using them as a visual effect

[generationlosscorkboard]

I don't think lights were ever really an indication of the mask's power/influence state.

Sure, maybe when the lights were off or flickering, the amount of control over Ranboo was released just enough for their actions and reactions to be their own, but they were still guided in the right direction.

Ranboo states that the best way to describe the control of the mask is the following sentence: "Change someone's perception of reality, and they will act how you want."

Take for instance, dispite beginning the first episode with the mask off, they don't register that they're the cabin they're in is fake and they're on a set, even though there is an entire wall missing.

This fact is brushed over later once the lights turn on, as Ranboo notes there's is a "weird painting" on the forth wall, but it's definitely worth bringing up.

Another note is Ranboo's attitude after interacting with Hetch in the final cinamatic scene. Silent, straight-forward, cold. One could argue it's because he was motivated by the fact his freedom seemed so near, but I don't think so. Take Charlie's reaction to Ranboo stabbing the Employee. He's shocked, as if he doesn't recognize his friends actions. which, yeah, none of us did.

Also the employee was full of just wires, dispite an earlier employee who had been mauled by the wire monster was quite clearly bleeding, with no wires. So, the gore filter has been turned on again.

And lastly, what is apparently Ranboo's favorite detail:

Ranboo does not follow the first glowing exit sign's direction (to go right) after "shutting down" Showfall. (In all honesty it's a little unclear with the glow blurring it, but I'll take Ranboo's word for it)

Ranboo, despite wanting freedom, doesn't follow the first sign they'd see. Instead, they go left, towards the door, the "exit", the dark corridor (in comparison to the light that was streaming from a skylight in the "right" direction.) Right into Hetch's grasp.

So yeah, the mask lights? It's all just for Show!

#gen loss #generation loss #gen loss spoilers #generation loss spoilers #tangled tape #red pin with extra string #generation loss theory #zero thoughts #another contender for this: the lights were used during the final scene to indicate Ranboo's memories coming back #so again #it's just showfall using them as a visual effect