So that was September 2023ish. Someone mentioned the Stitchwraith could be who that was, and I went "no idea who that is, time to research". Rabbit hole happened, I cried over The Real Jake, and by then there were more episodes and I realized I was a big fan of smug bastard villains like this guy. Also he disliked Creator so that's a point his way.

For a while I was operating under the assumption that MGFS!SW was mostly like the books (two souls, similar backstories just with Foxy inserted), but they'd 'grown' into adults. I also used book knowledge to assume who was who in the body once they got confirmed to be two souls. Now, my assumptions were wrong with the names, but only because that's the curveball... Uh but also in the end I was still right with their TRUE natures. But also also Matt legit just read the wiki about the guy, iirc, to get the main bits down, and didn't remember the names/personalities himself, so.

Honestly I just was really into MGFS' story, and SW was their villain. And I loved FC so their link made me invested in SW since it would affect FC!

And then after their talk with Earth, what seemed to me to be pretty sincere self-reflection during 'therapy' and then warnings about their 'father,' I started to soften towards them. They hadn't done anything *too* bad at that point; just gossiped about Foxy, a little blackmail, a little arms dealing. They played games with Eclipse, Phantom Freddy, and Ruined Roxanne, and they enjoyed themselves; even if it's not canon, I softened a bit towards them.

... alright maybe not TOO much.

Then he tortured FC for half an hour by blasting star power through him and I lost all sympathy.

Then there were hints they were kids, I processed that and went "oh god oh no that adds so much depth to their reactions/actions/backstory, my child psychology classes are coming back to me". Then they were confirmed to be kids when they appeared in their shared mind. My little teacher heart went "OH NOOOO."

And I basically latched onto exactly what Matt says here, the thought process of "These are kids. What would it have taken for them to do the things they did?"

And then SW died. Andrew was inexperienced in moving their body and took it over forcefully, leading to Bloodmoon(s) breaking the body down. So then, Jake died saving FC. But Andrew was still left. And I just latched on to the idea of this broken little boy, who lost everything LONG ago and had lied and bullied his way into making SOMETHING out of the scraps he could access, only to lose it all again. Who has to cope knowing that even if Jake wasn't ever his friend, he was still the person he was closest to, the only one he had, and he used him and hurt him and got him killed. Who has reached rock bottom, again, but this time with people around him offering to teach him how to climb out. Who wasn't really ever imagining any sort of normal life ever again, who has to now actually deal with the fallout of what he's done and the people he's hurt.

AND THEN MATT LEFT THE SHOW AND THAT HAD TO BE PUT TO THE SIDE AND I AM STILL SO SAD ABOUT IT. THAT BOY IS NEVER GONNA GET A CHANCE TO REALLY PROCESS HIS TRAUMA (the Creator) OR THE TRAUMA HE CAUSED OTHERS (Foxy, FC). Closest we got was a YEAR AGO, when April 15th they had an episode with him being cagey about April 14th because it's both his Jake's death day AND the day he and his Jake died in the first place. Which made me cry btw but it hasn't been touched again. also Matt did that Q&A post-EAPS finale and I still can't stop thinking about it, the monster

That's why I'm glad that, at least, I could kinda help the kid out (or 'help' depending on how angsty you wanna be) by making that teenaged model. That he's got SOMETHING visible, something outside of his own mind, to show that he Went Through Things. He didn't stay the age he was when he died like Andy or Jake or TJ, he spent 4 years in that suit and he felt every minute of it; might as well look it.