kellyplier:

I’m Everywhere: an Antisepticeye theory

Way back in October when we were all wondering if Anti would make a comeback this year, I made a post that finished with the words “I’m ready for a good scare, Anti. Do your worst”. And I’ve seen people encouraging Jack when they see these tiny hints he’s leaving– first the glitchy thumbnail, then the Anti voice in Heartbound, then replying to a post in Zalgo, then the shirt he’s wearing in his Instagram story.

Now I’m wondering just how afraid we should be of him, and that’s partly because of what we saw with Dapper.

Don’t get me wrong– I fell in love with Dapper almost instantly, and I’ll protect him as best I can until the end of my days. But ever since Jack and Robin were cheeky and put that little Anti bit at the end of the compilation today, I’ve been having some more thoughts on our favorite dapper-duder, and I think I’ve cracked some unanswered questions about him in the process.

There’s a reason Jack never gave him a name, and why he has yet to confirm or deny that this character is a real “ego” of his.

That reason has everything to do with Anti, and it shows just how cruel our favorite little glitch b*tch really is.

What he did was a show of his power. He demonstrated just how much stronger he’s getting, just how far he can reach and how quickly he can reach it.

He was trying to convey to us that no one is safe from him. He showed us firsthand how easy it is for him to invade someone now– even the youngest of potential egos, and someone we’d come to love.

What struck me about this was that we’ve seen him do this more than once before. First it was Jack himself, but then Schneeplestein was targeted, too.

But this time there was something different. This didn’t have the typical Anti buildup like we’ve seen before.

A tiny open wound was all it took for him to start weaving his puppet strings into Dapper, and it only took him a matter of five seconds to finish the job. (Dapper cut himself at 5:21, and Anti started appearing at 5:26.)

This, to me, is terrifying progress. It took him pretty much an entire month for Jack, and Schneep took about 15-20 minutes.

And what kind of hurts me is that we are the ones fueling him. He gains strength from our ideas and he uses that strength to tie his puppet strings around people we love.

What I’m trying to figure out is… how the hell do we stop him?

He is right about one thing– we just watch these things happen. We don’t actively try to do anything to prevent him. He’s getting impatient with us for not taking him seriously, asking us things like “If you want him back so badly, why don’t you save him?”

Dapper was vulnerable, and Anti took advantage of that.

But I think something important to note here is that he hasn’t really gone for the same person more than once. What he did in Jack’s intro for PAX was just a repossession into a body he’s already been in, not a full-on takeover. Then he probably got bored and started making some new puppets to work with– Schneeplestein and Dapper.

He’s spreading.

As for why I think Jack never gave Dapper a proper name?

He didn’t want us to get too attached to him. Anti was already more attached.

And we didn’t listen.

So now that Anti has a hold on both older egos and new, with free reign over time at his disposal, I have a feeling that he’ll keep going after them until every little part of Seán is his. (Who do I think is next? My money’s on Jackieboy Man, what with all this attention he’s been getting lately in the South Park playthroughs.)

In all seriousness… I’m not guiltless of getting excited when I see hints at Anti, but I think a lot of us are forgetting that this he’s not exactly harmless.

But I guess we’ll have to wait and see… so until then, remember, that’s JUST a theory– A LAME THEORY!