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soooo.......

thoughts on the poppy playtime pt. 3?

I'm so proud that Mark is learning to read. It's tough to struggle through words you don't know, but the more you try the more you learn and the more you know...something about half the battle I think?

Sorry, couldn't help it. I'm guessing this is a follow-up on the last ask about the ego hints, in which case: I thought it was interesting.

I guess the big thing was about 7 minutes into the video, where Mark tells Ollie/Gregory "Things are just happening a little out of order for me at the moment, I'm kind of experiencing multiple realities all overlapping." (Sounds like a typical Thursday to me.)

More under the cut which I had to move up to here because Tumblr keeps rearranging all the photos and putting them one by one instead of a cluster like in the draft. It also keeps moving the read more link around, so who knows if it'll actually be here.

And then we get several cuts, each about a frame each, all from ISWM:

In order, we've got the guy in the woods from the Hee Hoo universe, Cecil H. H. Mills, Cryptid!Mark from the timeline where you mocked him for crying (how could you, Captain?), Abe, Chef, Old Man Mark at the restaurant at the end of the universe, Dorene Whitacre in the void, the campfire scene, Lady aiming a gun in your face, and the Invincible II seen from the outside.

I think the reasonable response would be to assume this is one of the editors slipping in a bunch of ISWM references after an off-the-cuff remark. After all, the second year anniversary is coming up in a little over a month, and Mark's been known to drop hints to go back and watch his larger projects before ("When's the last time you visited Yancy? He misses you, you know" or something similar.)

But eh, let's have fun with it and keep going.

Because I think we could tease out some more (very probably unplanned) references to ego stuff.

Take the very beginning of the video, during the elevator bug that started Mark's spin off into other realities. While Poppy and Kissy Missy have trouble with gravity, Poppy continues to speak to Mark--her voice seemingly coming out of nowhere as he gets farther and farther away. Cue Mark begging her to "Get out of my head!"

A similar scenario actually happens in Wilford Motherlovin' Warfstache, where Abe is monologuing to himself while driving and Wilford, in the backseat, intrudes on his thoughts. Abe tells Wilford to get out of his head and Wilford tells him to stop shouting without either one actually saying a word out loud, then Abe almost runs into a truck. During a series of red gas induced hallucinations about 11 minutes in, Mark responds to "Poppy's" question and says, "I don't know, how am I alive?"--something Abe also questions during WMLW, until Wilford snaps him out of it.

During the multiple realities reference, Mark mentions not being able to separate fact from fiction, something that comes up again later during a second round of hallucinations when "Poppy" asks, "Do you even know what's real?"

Difficulty separating fact from fiction is a recurring problem for Wilford, and even makes up a central theme when the WAIA is speaking to the viewer during The Warfstache Automated Interview Automaton video.

About an hour and a half into the video, after Mark, eh, successfully defeats Catnap, he says, "Remind me why I was doing this in the first place, because I don't recall," slipping into the Warfstache voice as he does so. Wilford doesn't exactly have the greatest memory, or really know why he does most things it seems like.

(He also slips into the Warfstache voice after he gets the finger gun, but that's par for the course every time Mark gets a surprise gun in a video game and starts getting shooty.)

Back to ISWM, we have the Catnap fight. Or more specifically, Mark's unfortunate choice of words, "And I wait to do it all over again." Cue it becoming the recurring phrase during a montage of Mark's failed attempts to beat the boss until, after an unknown number of retries, finally succeeding.

What is that, if not the exact same thing that the Captain goes through In Space? Whether it's the ultimately futile attempts to save the ship in Part 1, or your choice in the warp core that sends you all the way back to the beginning to try again?

When Mark is greeted by Ollie/Gregory who has the audacity to say things like, "Wow...you did it," "You must feel pretty good," and "This win is yours," he immediately breaks out into a storm of cursing.

Very much the same reaction we see in the Captain after failing and being sent back early in Part 1, but especially after obtaining an "ending" only to go into the light and find themselves right back in the cryopod again.

This is the hand gesture of someone (silently) cursing their existence.

Mark slowly turning to stare into the camera while going through the vents (twice) and suggesting he could come crawling out of the screen is just normal Mark behavior though, not sure what else to say about that.

#markiplier #cracked theory #iswm #poppy playtime chapter 3 #if you were actually asking about my opinion on the game itself #i uh #haven't actually played it for myself #so i'm in no place to speak one way or the other #dog day seems cool though

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*shaking you wildly*

WAKE UP WAKE UP

NEW VIDEO WHERE MARK DECIDED TO FUCK WITH US BY ADDING TONS OF EGO REFERENCES JUST DROPPED

#markiplier #gues I know what I’ll be doing after work tonight… #(also thank you for letting me know!)

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"But if Unus Annus taught us TWO things, one was to not soak in your own urine, but two was to appreciate the time you have left."

I'm glad MatPat took away all of the appropriate lessons from Unus Annus. May we all do the same.

(But in all seriousness, the theory channels won't be the same without him. I hope his retirement from YouTube treats him well, and that he gets to spend more time with his friends and family.)

#matpat #game theory #unus annus

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Not a theory, I just feel you all should be aware that in The Stupendium's latest song on Game Theory, A Little Theorizing, Mark gets a brief shoutout.

...Or rather, MatPat's attempts to make a Markiplier smash-worthy pokemon do.

#markiplier #not a theory #the stupendium #game theory #a little theorizing song #song is also a banger #they make so many awesome game songs

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Spoilers for Loki season 2 under the cut? Or at least an image from the mid-season trailer for a future episode, in case that bothers anyone.

Can’t believe Mobius turned out to be a variant of Stan the Water Man.

#markiplier #cracked theory #stan the water man #mobius #loki season 2 #loki spoilers

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Okay, I’ll admit it: this one was a little funnier in theory than in reality. 😬

Last month near the end of the PowerWash Pals video (around the 1:41:25 mark for those looking), Mark floated the completely hypothetical scenario of if someone that MatPat knew were to be filming something early next year, would he be available to be part of it, and Matthew said yes, especially if it was with a director he’d known and worked with and respected, which is awesome and great and also super intriguing but of course not a whole lot to speculate on just yet.

Now, cut to today and Blumhouse has announced the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie would begin filming in February of next year. (For realsies this time, they swear!) I’ve already seen people hoping Mark and MatPat will be involved in some way (along with the other familiar names such as Dawko).

It would be tempting to try and connect the dots between these two things, but a) Mark specifically mentioned a pilot and not a movie ; b) both of them seemed doubtful that the FNAF movie was ever going to be a thing at the time, which is fair ; and c) I think the alternative would be hilarious:

Casting director for FNAF: Okay, so filming starts in February–

Mark: Yeah, sorry, I already have another project I’m going to be working on then.

Casting director: Really? But this is FNAF!

Mark: And I’m the king of Five Nights at Freddy’s, sure, but I’ve been planning this for months now, everything’s already set up and I’m really excited about where this is going to go. I just don’t have the time.

Casting director: No, no, I get it, it’s fine. Well, at least we know we’ve got that guy from Game Theory on lock.

Mark, hissing: About that…

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Dark has officially entered his last year of bad luck, after breaking that mirror six years (and a day) ago. Just one year left, and he, at least, will be free.

Assuming trapping an innocent district attorney in said mirror does not add or reduce the traditional seven year run, of course.

#markiplier #darkiplier #who killed markiplier #cracked theory #cracked mirror #wkm district attorney #call this dark’s Unus Annus period #what would you do if you only had one year left to blame all your failures on bad luck?

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#markiplier #iron lung movie #wilford automated interview automaton #wilford warfstache #cracked theory #poll

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Alas, it is Monday.

Manifesting an Iron Lung trailer this weekend.

I don’t actually know what manifesting means, but by golly am I really hoping for one.

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Manifesting an Iron Lung trailer this weekend.

I don’t actually know what manifesting means, but by golly am I really hoping for one.

#markiplier #iron lung movie #god I love the word golly #and don’t use it nearly enough #not a theory

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The change in his settings kind of makes it look like someone already got to him...

Has Mark been a zombie this whole time? 🧐

#markiplier #who killed markiplier #zombiplier #cracked theory

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And the final results are in! Looks like we're giving him permission to violate one NDA of his choice.

I'm 100% sure this couldn't possibly turn into a monkey's paw situation in any way!

Items not listed and reasons why:

A broken nose - mean, and he’d give it to himself anyways

3 Scary Games #100 - it’ll get here when it gets here

Chica’s love and affection - he’s already got it all

Our love and appreciation - already got that too

Birthday cake - I actually forgot about that one until just now, my bad

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Items not listed and reasons why:

A broken nose - mean, and he’d give it to himself anyways

3 Scary Games #100 - it’ll get here when it gets here

Chica’s love and affection - he’s already got it all

Our love and appreciation - already got that too

Birthday cake - I actually forgot about that one until just now, my bad

#markiplier #not a theory #poll #depending on your time zone it may already be here #last minute gift

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Oh, bless these poor innocent souls in chat who actually think Mark is going to reveal any sort of secret this stream.

#markiplier #certified manifestation of secret's desire not to be known

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In Space (Part 1), there is a scene with narrator on Wug’s ship where he mentions the Captain’s deep, dark secret. Mark asks you what that secret is, but the scene quickly moves on and it is never brought up again. So…

#markiplier #in space with markiplier #iswm captain #the people need to know #but Mark’s not telling us so let’s make something up instead

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Would Squirrel Stapler receive the King of the Squirrels’ Stamp of Approval?

This sure is a game, and a let’s play in which Mark, somehow, managed to get through the entire video without once reminding the world that he is the King of the Squirrels.

To make up for that, let’s break down whether the ego (as a separate entity) would approve of such Squirrel-Stapling hijinks.

To start off, there is obviously the whole hunting squirrels in order to do the titular squirrel-stapling. As king, this violence against his subjects would not be tolerated...if it were someone else doing the violence. The King has been known to accept (and even demand) sacrifices in order to keep his subjects in line in the past. He would also no doubt understand the motivation to make your wife as beautiful as a squirrel and support such “works of art.”

Maybe. I don’t know, it’s pretty messed up, but then if you said the King of the Squirrels was a messed up guy I’d look at this face and say, “Yeah, probably.”

Overall, I think the King of the Squirrels would approve of the motivations of the main character doing these actions out of love (for the wife and for the squirrels), said main character’s respectable squirrel-calling abilities, how the game illuminates the dangers of squirrel hunting (vengeful squirrel ghosts), and the flurry of squirrel facts peppered throughout the game.

Sure, Mark calls out that at least some if not all of said squirrel facts are clearly false, but misinformation campaigns are just one weapon in any king’s arsenal in controlling his subjects, I say as someone who knows as much about monarchies as Mark knows about squirrels.

(That fact about how squirrels are always watching, though? Definitely true.)

All of these points together would likely allow the King of the Squirrels to put his Stamp of Approval on the game itself, if not Mark’s habit of losing track of squirrel bodies, ignorance of squirrel facts, and for some reason choosing to walk back into the stone circle that does nothing but hurt you (not a masochist).

But Mark reflexively shooting God at the end is 100% Wilford Warfstache approved.

#markiplier #cracked theory #kots #king of the squirrels #Wilford Warfstache #squirrel stapler spoilers #was this entire theory a prelude to that last line? #yes yes it was #might be wrong about the no mention of being king of the squirrels in the video #entirely possible i missed it #in which case my bad for the misinformation

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Okay, but for the record I don’t think we can entirely rule out the possibility of a romantic comedy just yet.

I haven’t forgotten about Sucker for Love…

#markiplier #iron lung movie #joking joking #or am I?