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ok i finally cleaned these up.

transcript of written notes on puzzles' 'ref':

(referencing a headshot where he isn't wearing glasses) gray eyeshadow. looks w/o glasses. needs them - extremely near-sighted.

before (referencing his prior appearance)

(referencing the full body featuring the outline of his future tv head over top of his human head) he designed the tv set to perfectly fit his head. it's still in there

(referencing a shoulders-up drawing of him looking beaten up, wearing star-shaped glasses frames) bruised to shit because of wpnz lol. new frames post guns & puzzles. hair grew while in prison

there's a small "chibi-styled" headshot of him smoking, he's also blushing. the thought bubble text reads "oh god am i gay". the action text reads "*thinking about dancing with wpnz again*"

transcript of notes on wpnz's 'ref':

how scrawny wpnz is in canon scares me so i made him stockier. otherwise the design remains basically the same.

bonus content under cut ⬇️

at some point ill make a post compiling all the wpnzle stuff so far but heres something fresh for now!

transcript of written notes & dialogue under cut & a bonus karen ⬇️

I just had a few questions.

What inspired the concept in your mind?

Does the au have a proper name? or haven't thought of one yet?

What has been your favorite part of working on the au?

And this one is unrelated, and I hope it's alright, may I get your opinion on my own SMG4 Au.

The 'Human' Puzzles AU

It would mean the world to me, since you also explore darker themes with your own work, thank you for your time either way!

thanks for the interest! the au doesnt have a formal name at this time tbh, ive just been referring to it as the "wpnzle au". ive been considering like. "ghosts" or "memento mori", smth to that effect since it isnt exclusively focused on puzzles. its more an exploration of both his and karen's grief over losing wpnz.

in the case of calling it "ghosts" tho, there'd be no supernatural element at play - wpnz haunting them is entirely metaphorical. grief manifests itself in many, often incredibly messy ways, and both karen and puzzles have such different ways of handling things, exploring how turbulent that dynamic would be is VERY tasty to me.

inspiration was very much the concept of grief + the fanart ive seen where puzzles is wearing wpnz's jacket, or has fashioned it into an article of clothing of his own. ordinarily very cute!

but i was like well what if it sucked. how about that. what if he did that for a particularly angsty reason.

i havent even gotten into the circumstances of how wpnz died in this au, either, but basically: wotfi25 went Catastrophically wrong, and wpnz was quite literally ripped to shreds by the opening and closing of the dimensional wormholes. puzzles managed to eventually close the rifts that'd open in the process of all this, but, his entire reason for even doing All That Shit is dead and in pieces, and its entirely his fucking fault. delightfully devilish.

my favorite part of its been exploring karen & puzzles' relationship. mr. puzzles works at walmart is suuuuch a tease of an episode bc it gave us a common thread between karen and puzzles while she was in her right mind vs him mind controlling her, and its very entertaining to watch!

so again what if it sucked. what if the reason they Have to start to understand each other is particularly angsty - with a little levity in the form of the circumstances leading to him living with her as effectively a housekeeper being that she hit him with her car. as one does.

Mr. WPNZ is gone, and both Karen and Mr. Puzzles have to accept that, and life the lives they want to live, but seeking out eachother for comfort is a good way of doing that.

But calling it the "Ghost" AU does also hold it's own candle due to the reasons you've described, both of them are genuinely haunted by the death of Mr. WPNZ, Mr. Puzzles in a way is taking it much harder at least outwardly, being that he dresses like and takes personality traits from Mr. WPNZ.

But I do honestly think that Karen is hurting alot too, but she's far better at hiding thoes feelings or letting them out in bursts she can't control, when she's more emotional, how she handles his death is kept to herself, because she dosen't want people to worry for her, epically her kids.

In a way they are both haunted by WPNZ not literarily but emotionally, and it's only in eachother they can finally learn to move on, no matter how hard that journy might be.

I also agree with you on that one Walmart episode, it did feel like a bit of a tease, but I like that with your story, your acutally letting us see more of what could have happened if Mr. Puzzles and Karen acutally interacted more, and I'm genuinely excited to see what you do next!

Textless and flat versions

wow

Marvin's Valentines skin from Multiverses which I used a lot, plus some other outfit ideas I had for him and Stripe for Halloween. A jack-o-lantern and a bat.

i drew this to practice color choosing

...and to feed hatty fans U_U

Meggy likely felt very betrayed, very confused about her feelings, she felt angry at puzzles, but just as she was about to head home for the night, I like to think she would have stopped and thought about that one sentence he said.

"I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU, LIKE I LOST PATRICK!"

At this point she could tell she knew he was a machine, not a human, honestly she never really thought too deeply about that before hand, but it's in this moment I think she'd start to question 'was that real human skin he was wearing? and if so who's was it?' She had always assumed Patrick Gigawattson was a name he came up with to appear more human.

But Meggy is smart, and based on that one sentence she remembers hearing him shouting.

I would like to think Meggy would have done some digging of her own, just like Mr. WPNZ ended up doing as well.

She would have found out the same things WPNZ does, found out who made Mr. Puzzles and why he was like that.

I don't think it would have changed the story much, but I do think Meggy's hate of the machine would simmer, maybe not enough to fully trust it again, but just because she understands that loss, she can blame him for somethings.

But I do think Meggy as a person would against her own better judgement, would want to help him, finally help him accept he's a machine, and maybe in accepting that about himself, help him become a better person, one completely separated from his creator, no longer guided by what he thinks patrick would want.

Though we all know the way things acutally end.

I do think Meggy would be alot more hurt by the loss of Mr. Puzzles because she saw in his final moments, she was not only worthy of redemption, he was just broken and lost, he never wanted to kill her, he really just couldn't process the idea of losing her the same way he lost his creator.

Toomp Still leaves, Mr. WPNZ get's to apologize to Karen and the kids in person, at first Karen wasn't happy to see him at the castle.

But she saw how tightly he was clutching onto Mr. Puzzles bowtie and could tell he was in alot of pain, so she didn't cause a fight then.

I feel like WPNZ would have sat with them all during the dinner to celebrate saving the universe, but also he would have sat close to the door at the end of the table.

He likely talked to Meggy about Mr. Puzzles, and their shared experiences with him.

"... I wish I pried closer, I wish I tried harder, I wish I didn't let my anger get the best of me, none of this would have ever happened."

"Dammit I would have followed him into that damn portal! I would have joined him, but that damn bastard just went and had to play hero, pushing me out at the last possible moment."

Raising his voice and putting his hand to his head.

Meggy would have chimed in and went "None of us could have predicted what happened, but I think he didn't want that because he was worried it would have lead to your death, in the end he wasn't a monster... not like I thought he was."

I feel like he would have looked at her as he was trying not to cry before replying.

"... I thought he was a monster too, just a damn machine pretending to be a person, but it turns out he was more human then the rest of us, he was just god damn lonely."

"I remember our fight that day, that little slip up he had, I remember what he shouted to you, as he was on the floor begging you to forgive him."

"I don't want to lose you like I lost Patrick."

"... despite barely being able to see, due to what he did to me and Toomp I remember a deep pit in my gut once I heard that, but my anger was in full control."

"I only ever knew him as a machine, I don't know what I would have thought of him, if I met him while he still looked human, still had all of that guys skin."

After that little talk he had with Meggy, and after the dinner, I feel like Mr. WPNZ would have struggled alot with himself, and his emotions.

But I also think he'd wear that blood stained tie left behind by Mr. Puzzles and genuinely would have his redemption arch because of all that happened.

He would have likely said to himself, or Meggy, maybe even Karen.

"I'm going to live the life he wanted me to live, he wanted me to live my life and I'm not about to let his last wishes go. He might be gone but who knows... Maybe he was right and we'll meet again some sunny day."