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snowblindmods) wrote2015-04-06 10:43 pm
snowblindmods) wrote2015-04-06 10:43 pm
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REVISION REQUEST
We would like to know more about Masky; you mention that he's a second consciousness, so we would like to know about how this second consciousness thinks and perceives the world.
Please reply to this comment with your revisions within three days or your slot will be forfeit.
Re: REVISION REQUEST
What's the deal with Masky?:
Wouldn't we all like to know. Its motivations are largely an enigma - it seems to defer to Brian/Hoody and their plans whenever applicable, and it's pretty clear that it works in opposition to the Operator and Alex. That doesn't make it a force for good, by any means - it can be violent and unpredictable, and has an unpalatable fondness for lurking in dark corners and tackling people. When it's acting independently it tends to favour this more chaotic behaviour, but it's more than capable of following organised plans if the situation calls for it. As such, its almost animalistic and primal behaviour is pretty clearly a lack of direction rather than a lack of intelligence.
Behavioural patterns like this are really the only insight we have into how Masky thinks, since it typically doesn't speak. It delivers a short, menacing message to Jay through one video ("We will wait for you no more. Control is being taken away from you. From the start, it has been a game for us. Not anymore. I'm coming for you, and you will lead me to the ark."), and it growls "no" at one point when it's under threat of being unmasked. This seems to have nothing to do with the fact that being unmasked would reveal Tim's identity - on the contrary, Masky seems to give precisely zero fucks about that (it's pretty obvious to everyone except Jay that Masky is Tim on its first appearance. Those sideburns, man. They're unmistakeable). Since Hoody/Brian also covers its face despite there being no real advantage for doing so, it seems logical that these entities are averse to showing their faces in general. Themes of identity and the idea of self tend to show up strongly in things related to Masky and Totheark, so I headcanon that the mask is a way for Masky to assert itself as an independent entity. It's creating a very clear barrier between Tim and Not Tim, effectively marking its territory.
In Snowblind, Masky will essentially be separated from everything that motivates it. There's no Hoody/Brian, no Operator and no Alex. Whatever the Ark is (we still don't know), that's not in Norfinbury either. That will leave Masky bereft of all goals except survival, which is hardly unusual in the context of the game! However: Masky doesn't have the same moral inhibitors as humans do, so it isn't exactly going to be picky about how it goes about the survival process. If it needs to steal from people to get supplies that its host might need? Sure, no problem. If those people fight back or try to retrieve their stuff? It will do whatever is necessary to stop them. If it would be advantageous to hurt someone or kick them out of a building just before dark, Masky will do so without thinking twice. It isn't a matter of malevolence, it's a matter of practicality.
That probably won't stop it creepily watching from a window while any evictees freeze to death outside, of course. I mean, it has to make sure the job is done. Geez.
ACCEPTED
A standard two-story house with a basement. The first floor has a kitchen, living room, and dining room, while the second floor has two bedrooms and a bathroom. The house is decorated in religious paraphanalia, from the "BLESS THIS HOUSE" plaque in the entryway to the crucifix hung up in the master bedroom. The other bedroom seems to have housed a very young child, with the bed suited for someone just out of toddlerhood and painted in soft pink.
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