So, everyone been thinking about Anti, and what kind of influence Jack might take from IT to adapt to our Glitchy boy. I will admit, I know nothing of Stephen King stories in general, but I did some research into the story IT. Specifically, the abilities of Pennywise. So, here’s some of the abilities of Pennywise:
– Possibly Photokinesis (light manipulation)
– Telekinesis
– Brainwashing/Mind Control.
– Partial Invisibility.
– Illusions
– Shapeshifting
So now that we know a generalization of what Pennywise can do, let’s look at what we’ve seen Anti do.
– Illusory sounds (in Say goodbye, Jack leave on multiple occasions due to “hearing things”) (this is when Anti hijacks the video for those split seconds before Jack enters the room once more)
-Some form of brainwashing (Once again, in Say Goodbye, Jack goes into a trance like state and “kills” himself; like wise, in Kill Jacksepticeye, Shneeple begins to strangle himself with the Headphone cord, but then resists)
So we already see a few similarities between Anti and Pennywise. They both use some form of illusion and Mind control.
But consider this:
Anti adapting more of Pennywise’s powers. Specifically, Shape-shifting. Anti has already expressed some form of this, as He hides the scar from Say Goodbye from us while he is in control up until he repeats his cycle of attention seeking.Why do i mention this? BECAUSE ALL THE EGOS HAVE THE SAME FACE. So it wouldn’t be too far off for Anti to gain the ability to Shapeshift and steal the attention he depends on from them by impersonated the other egos, just like how he impersonated Jack for MONTHS.
So it’s widely accepted that Anti will gain more inspiration from Pennywise, specifically, a greater focus on Illusions and misdirection.
I couldn’t agree more that this might be the case in terms of Pennywise’s influence, but I’m going to shift gears a little and go a bit further.
There’s a detail in Kill Jacksepticeye that i think everyone has been overlooking. Wanna know what that is?
THE SYMPTOMS
Hear me out here, because i know everyone is familiar with Shneeple mentioning Mood Swings, but there’s more to it. I took screen shots of every diagnosis involving the nervous system in Kill Jacksepticeye.
First, let’s take a look at the results of the PET scan:
Nervous Breakdown
Chronic Stress
Dementia (i.e Memory loss)
Parkinson’s disease
So for this argument, I will be focusing on the Dementia, Chronic Stress and Nervous breakdown. Now, the later two I’m going to tackle together, as they are fairly close knit.
So according to this, Jack is dealing with Chronic stress and, because of this, he is having a Nervous breakdown.Then the memory loss. What would Jack need to forget? Maybe, oh i don’t know, certian posts and updates in Zalgo.
SO, what does this have to do with anything I’ve been talking about? Well look at the other symptoms that aren’t listed in that screenshot:
Now everyone Jumped onto the Mood swings bit fairly easy, but i want to focus on the Anxiety and Paranoia. Now we’re getting somewhere. According to Kill Jacksepticeye, Jack is dealing with many mental issues. So this begs the question: what is he anxious and stressed about?
Answer: His Paranoia. Specifically, the paranoia about Anti.
Remember when i said Anti and Pennywise shared the ability of Mind control/ Brainwashing? well this is where it come into play. Pennywise uses his abilities to Terrorize his victims into desperate fear, so that when they are at their weakest, he can kill and eat them.
While Anti’s goals are a little bit less gruesome, he does share that need to use his abilities for his enjoyment. Anti toys with us. He loves mocking and jeering and taunting us. So say he were to adapt a more sinister and Pennywise approach to this. Say he began a video with, oh i don’t know, another Ego. We’re ecstatic, because they’re back and they’re fine. But then we start hearing things. Voices of people who aren’t in the room, but the person we’re watching doesn’t notice a thing. That’s when we start to see the Ego in question is not in their sound mind. The screen and lights begin to flicker and we’re suddenly aware that this is not what it seems. The Ego in the room start yelling that there’s something in the room, but we can’t see it. Why? Because Anti wouldn’t want us to, just like how Pennywise can make certain people see things, while everyone else thinks they’re being paranoid and losing it.
If anyone has corrections or objections to the Pennywise bits, let me know because i had to research Pennywise’s character and motives in order to make this theory.
About the ego in the room who starts hearing something: reminds me of that binaural audio stuff. And I’ve always thought how ironic it was that the in-game Jack suffers from chronic stress and anxiety, while real Jack sometimes tends to overwork himself a little.
OHWOW! This makes me so happy? Basically my two fav things in one
This was meant to be a quick warm up, but it turned into a comic that I’ve wanted to draw for a while. This is something that is extremely important to me, and I appreciate it if you read it.
A while ago, I heard a story that broke my heart. A family went a cat shelter to adopt. The daughter fell in love with a 3-legged cat. The father straight up said “absolutely not”. Because he was missing a leg. That cat was that close to having a family that loved him, but the missing leg held him back. Why?!
Many people have the initial instinct of “nope” when they see an imperfect animal. I get it, but less-adoptable does NOT mean less loveable. 9 out of 10 people will choose a kitten over an adult cat. And those 10% that would get an adult cat often overlook “different” animals.
All I want people to do is be open to the idea of having a “different” pet in their lives. Choose the pet that you fall in love with, but at least give all of them a fair shot at winning your heart.
Don’t dismiss them, they deserve a loving home just as much as any other cat. They still purr, they still love a warm lap, they still play, they still love you. Trust me, next time you are in the market for a new kitty, just go over to that one cat that’s missing an eye and see what he’s all about!
Let me tell to you a thing.
This is Lenore. I first saw her in a little cage at the Petco I frequent (I used to take my parents’ dog in for puppy play time), and she looked like the grouchiest, old, crotchety cat in the world, and I fell instantly in love. She was cranky, she was anti-social, hanging out at the back of her cage. Her fur was matted because she wouldn’t let the groomers near her.
She was perfect.
But I didn’t have a place for her. I wasn’t living in my own space yet, and where I was, I wasn’t allowed cats. So I pressed my face to the bars of her cage and I promised that if no one had adopted her by the time I’d bought a house, I would come back for her.
I visited her every week for over six months while I looked for a house. At one point, they had to just shave her entire rear-end because the mats or fur were so bad. They told me she clawed the heck outta the groomer that did it, screamed the entire time, and spent the next two days growling at anyone that came near the cage.
A couple of weeks later, I closed on my house. I went back and I got an employee, and I said: “That one. I need that cat.”
They got the paperwork and the lady who ran the rescue that was bringing the cats in told me that Lenore (at the time, Lila) was 8 years old, had been owned by an elderly lady who had died, and brought in to a different rescue, who’d had her for six months on top of the time I’d been seeing her at Petco.
This kitty had been living in a 3×3’ cube for over a YEAR because she was older and “less adoptable.”
I signed the paperwork, put her in a cat carrier, and drove her to my new home. I had pretty much nothing; a bed, an old couch, a couple of bookcases, and a tank of mice I called “Cat TV”. I let her out of the carrier and onto my bed, and I told her “I told you I would come back for you when I had a place. It’s not much, but it’s yours too now.”
Lenore spent the next three days straight purring non-stop. She followed me around the house purring. Sat next to me purring. Slept next to me purring. Leaning into every touch, purring, purring, always purring. She still purrs if you so much as think about petting her. She’s amazing, and I love her.
So, you know, if you’re thinking about adopting, and you see a beast that others consider “less adoptable,” think about Lenore.
Wow I have…. tears???
The only problem you will have with a deaf cat is that they have no idea how loud they can get, so they have no volume control and will yell at you a lot.
For some people, this is the opposite of a problem.
Honestly my two babies are “less-adoptable”
One is super grumpy and territorial but he’s a sweetheart who’s just scared of life and he will constantly purr at you (also he’s autistic, which make him even more special)
The other is a freaking giant goof ball who eats everything and opens the fridge when he wants to but he’s slightly blind and has a lot of energy.
And I love them both and I would never change them for the world. They’re my pendejos and I love them.
I have two “less-adoptable” cats and I love both of them.
This is Ducky. You know how she got that name? Because when she was a kitten, she was close to starving and her vocal cords got messed up. Now, when ever she meows, it comes out as a little “quack”. But she loves attention and is super playful! She is beautiful.
This is Smokey. See his back leg? No? Yeah, he’s missing one. We moved into this house a few years ago, and our neighbors said a man that used to live here shot him. Why? He didn’t like the cat being on his property. “Oh, well it’s his property.” It’s four acres of forest. I don’t think a cat being here would cause too many problems. Despite his lack-of-leg, Smokey runs super fast. The first time I met him, he crawled into my arms, trying to get attention. This little three-legged feline actually crawled into my arms all by himself. I love him. Sometimes, when I scratch his ear, his back nub will move, like he’s trying to scratch the ear himself. I think he believes he’s the one scratching his ear. Yeah, you are, little buddy.
