Misconceptions in TSPUD
Stanley and The Player are separate people. Stanley does not control what he does, only briefly managing to seize control in certain instances (Bucket Escape Pod Ending, Bucket Destroyer Ending, Freedom Ending)
The Narrator isn’t the one in control, you are. The man can’t fix everything with a snap of his fingers, it’s up to you to stop the cycle.
The Narrator doesn’t know Stanley’s not in control. He only finds out in the Not Stanley Ending. As for the Broom Closet Ending? See next point.
Stanley is playing the game. When you click any key, you hear keyboard clicks. On the title screen on the original 2013 game and before the TSP 2 Expo, you see Stanley’s computer with the game’s menu displayed. That’s why there’s miscommunication - you are controlling a man playing a video game where he himself is the protagonist.
Settings Person doesn’t care about Stanley, he cares about you. They talk with you before even starting the game, when you’re not in control of Stanley, they never refer to you as such, and if he cared about Stanley - why did he leave him in the Skip Button Room? Stanley would’ve been completely awake and aware but unable to move the entire time, same thing happened in the Not Stanley Ending.
The Narrator is a prick, a real prick, but he’s not an absolute asshole. You paid for the game, play it, and break it apart, and you’re shocked that he’s upset? Imagine some person breaks into your house, starts tearing everything up, you get mad, and then you’re framed as the asshole.
Adding onto the last point - this shit’s a video game. The Narrator knows he’s not actually leaving you forever in the Hole, or sentencing you to a painful death in the Countdown Ending - it’s a video game. He knows you’ll just reset. He literally says this in the Half-Life 2 mod version of the Games Ending - when he abandons you, he says he expects you to reset the game.
Istg almost all of these come down to the fandom forgetting that it’s a fucking self aware video game
Good news, I’m off my antibiotics now, so I should be a whole lot more patient with the discourse lately.
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Hey everyone! I’ve decided that I’ll be posting my short film inspired by the Stanley Parable at the end of next week on YouTube! In the meantime, here’s a turnaround sheet of my design inspired by Employee 432 featured in the short!
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A Board Meeting.
Stanley insisted to coming to this meeting, not wanting to be left alone completly. Not even 25 minutes into it, the office worker has fallen asleep against his Narrator.
Bonus
The meeting wasn't the best. TK and Curator got into a fight about why Narrator gets to bring his keeper parable, while Timekeeper can't. Line checked up onto the four, and no one knows how the bucket got there.
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Designs by @cym-k ! Finally figured out how to draw their Narrator. Also a 432 that I might colour later.
Putting these all together so I’m not tagging them a bajillion times in separate posts.
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I DID IT. I FINISHED THE COVER ART FOR MY AU. It’s a redo of an older piece I did a while back. There’ll be another I’ll make in the future but yeah!! I’m super excited bc now that I finished this, when finals are done, I’ll finally be able to post comics for my AU! AAAA we’re almost there!!!
For those who don’t know, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road is my AU of the Stanley Parable, detailing the origins of Employee 432 and how they become the Timekeeper. It also goes into depth about the relationship between the Narrator and 432. (Btw, for those who might be confused or don’t know, I turned my Stanleysona into Employee 432, so now they’re the same character XD).
I’m hoping to get the story out through various comics, maybe some writing and animatics! Mainly comics tho cuz my biggest inspiration for this project is the Lab Rat comic for Portal.
I’ve been working on this since December and it’s taken over my brain for a good chunk of time now. So I hope I can successfully get it to infect your brains too hehehhehe.
I’ll probably be posting the comics and all related information collectively on my toyhouse or smth. It’ll also be available on DeviantArt! I’ll figure it out.
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Made this for a friend and decided the masses (like 20 people maximum) should enjoy as well
Lovebug au by @things1do !! (Sorry for two pings in one day hoohoohoo)
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