Honestly, did you learn nothing from DSMP about him having 3-dimensional characters? This is the same thing that pissed me off back then. Please just look at EP 3. He was scared because who wouldn’t be in that situation?? But they were still determined to get out and showed an ability to be ruthless while still being compassionate and competent.

Even in the first two episodes he still had the name bite to him- just not to as serious as a degree since those episodes weren’t supposed to appear serious.

Right from the get-go it’s established that he doesn’t want to actually kill Ranboo, or anybody, as shown by the beginning electrocution scene, and later, when he immediately regrets killing Niki. He’s not exactly… an intimidating villain. Of course, neither was Charlie, but The Puzzler also just doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing half of the time. He constantly is checking in on people to make sure they’re ok, and a lot of the time he just sort of seems like he wants everyone to succeed. He helps them with Mouse Trap, sends more people, and even tries to derail the whole game just to hang out following the dress-up segment.

Squiggles even says that Showfall just kind of lets The Puzzler “do his own thing”, which makes a lot of sense given the way he acts, but like in that case… who is he? Why does he get killed? How did he know he was going to get killed? If Showfall or the “security” was the one that killed him, then what does that mean? And what is going on with the shrine???

When Ranboo enters The Puzzler’s room, there’s a second where you can see a hand put the audio recorder on the table, and given the meta nature of Generation Loss, it doesn’t feel like a mistake to have that in frame of the camera. But does that mean the audio recorder was a last-minute script change?

And the key. The KEY!! The Puzzler said that whatever room that key unlocked would show Ranboo “the truth” and that “the truth will set you free”. But obviously before Ranboo got the chance to do that he got interrupted by fuckin’ Hetch so we never got to see what the fuck that was about, and that of course ended up all being a part of the show, but I get the feeling that whatever was going on with The Puzzler’s final message wasn’t part of the show. And in that case WHAT WAS HE TRYING TO SHOW RANBOO??!! WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIM?!??

A title befitting this show, I believe.

I’d like to talk about those last 15 minutes, give or take.

Ranboo & Charlie, the first characters of a show that would grow so exponentially over the course of little over 5 hours.

Ranboo & Charlie, returning to the place where it all began. A first episode of confusion, but not quite fear, turning to a third in which terror engulfed the pair.

Charlie’s death was something that was expected, I’d say. Charlie would give his life to give Ranboo a chance to end the Experiments once and for all, and Ranboo would make it. Charlie’s last words were used to help Ranboo shut the facility down.

He was finished. They had completed the trials. They were free.

So, as any performer does at the end of their show, he bowed. He turned to a room empty of anyone that could applaud him and took his final bow, announcing what had to be their Finale.

Fitting. The finish was in the same room as the beginning, but the veil had been torn down.

Victory wasn’t an outcome that had ever been possible.

Ranboo had achieved all he could, but the game wouldn’t end. Nothing he did mattered, not really. It was all entertainment for them, even after he thought he had broken free.

His final bow was followed by a betrayal.

Tied to the wall, televisions projecting his greatest failures all around them with the threat of death looming over him, he was faced with a choice.

They could Live. Participate in these games forever— after all, he has been an interesting protagonist to follow— and Live. Or he could Die. End it all, right here, right now. He would be free.

But the choice wasn’t his, now was it? No, no it was ours. The audience that had been following him, that had been controlling him, would decide his fate.

They couldn’t play the games again. They had already hurt so many people. They had already been hurt too much.

Ranboo begged for his death. It was the only mercy that could be given now.

and the thing is that it's not a lie. none of the characters care. she's forgotten the moment she's off-screen, and the audience moves on. she was only there to play into the "fridging" trope and nothing else.

hello !! this is my first actual post so sorry if there's any weird formatting ! i have not seen anyone analyze ranboo's playlist for generation 2 yet so i figured i'd fill the gap !!

ok the varsity jacket gl!ranboo wears

it’s clear his assigned color is red- it seems all characters / cast members have their own assigned colors maybe to fit in with generation loss (generation loss in images can cause loss of color and quality) or something about him matching the “heart” of the mall in the end like he was destined to be there

the jacket is a varsity jacket- usually they’re used for school pride or to display personal awards from athletics / school activities (college / high school) so if you believe showfall got their cast members when they were kids this adds to that theory, also him picking the exact right option everytime until the codes in episode 3

Ranboo was sat on the border of life and death

Our votes were what decided their fate, which from our perspective was done out of mercy, but from his probably seemed like we were not forgiving them for the things they'd done in the earlier episodes

Ranboo really did have the strangest night on Sunday

It was indeed quite a show, and Ranboo's character was certainly designed to be a loner type. How are you supposed to relate to the people you keep killing? How are you supposed to rationalize the fact that they don't remember any of it?

How did he end up in the Genloss mall anyways?

And they definitely didn't get away

The box scene was definitely painful, and the crucifixion pose ties into the literal biblical rapture as well

And just like a train moves fast and yet feels so slow because of it's length, those final minutes would have felt simultaneously like seconds and a lifetime

Ranboo definitely did not feel loved in those final moments, knowing we'd seen everything they'd done, he absolutely would not have known that we chose kill because we didn't want them to continue suffering

He also trusted Hetch and look where that got him lol

Starting to sober up, as in starting to truly realise the depth of what was going on, likely when their memories were returned

How long have they been there? Has it been long enough? Too long? When have they fulfilled their purpose? When is he no longer entertaining?

What's done is done and we can't change it. We just have to live with our actions

At the very least, assuming Showfall actually let him go instead of "recycling" him (which I still stand by because capitalism) they are now free and could maybe see the sun again