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Chapter 3 blurs the seemingly obvious lines of "every Darkner belongs in the Dark World that created them", asks what does it really mean to 'belong'. A Plugboy (Ramb) and plenty of Pippins were brought to life via the Dark Fountain that created everything in TV World… and yet there are characters expressing the idea they don't belong due to their Dark World Backstories that means that they come from other Worlds - even if these obwere still totally in Kris' living room when those those Dark Fountains were opened.

And then it messes with it even further by having all the Pippins be totally fine, while Ramb the Plugboy and even one of the Zappers got petrified. It seems like the idea of belonging or not belonging in a Dark World is a lot more abstract and emotion-based then we previously thought. The Pippin's dialogue about Ramb implies he got petrified simply because he never really made friends, because he never fit in.

And that just… really helps the atmosphere of the endgame of TV World. The way that Tenna's obsession and breakdown is causing his world to crumble all around him, causing his own people to feel alienated. And this idea of feeling like you never really belong in your own home obviously fits in with the undercurrents of Dreemurr Family Drama that run through the entire chapter.

Meanwhile in Chapter 4, the Petrification is used to emphasize the narrative element of Predestination and, well, Prophecy. Because it's not just that the Darkners from the original "Dark Sanctuary" manifest as Petrified when Susie creates her "Second Sanctuary"

The Darkners of the Second Sanctuary already appeared Petrified in the First Sanctuary.

3. We'll be Right Back After These Messages! - Darkners After Dark (Pages 16-19)

I was chomping at the bit to draw tenna begging pathetically okay

YAYYYYY MY COOK IS FINALLY COMPLETED idk how i did this so fast. Hyperfixation powers ig

🫵find my subtle visuals/details pretty please I love analysis yum :3

Tbh no real reason for this comic beyond “hey what if battat shadow crystal holder au but the plot isn’t just her being a secret boss but instead the manipulation/downward spiral aspect of it” specifically I wanted friend (just gonna use it as stand in here for “thing fucking with the secret bosses/revealing shit to them”) to give batts hints/leads, but never any actual answers, just leading her on a goose chase til she breaks. Knows too much but still knows nothing. That sorta deal I have like no other plans for this plot bc it was specifically engineered to be a one shot type thing but if anyone wants to expand on it any please please please do 💜!!! if that be like art or fic or just yapping about it shrugs idc I just had a lot of fun with this lol

Anyway my cool hint for the numbers on the board: may or may not be connected to the mike room code number. Completely unrelated but baTtat is NIce aNd Epic and loves solving cyphers :)

also! Og thumbnail sketches! (Page one was added last minute so doesn’t have a sketch womp womp)

Ramb yaps to Pipis Baby (2/2)

This turned out sadder than I meant it to.

I wanted to throw in so much stuff but my hand started hurting.

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