User blog:SimplyOddest/Freddy's Pastas...

So, lately, I've been reading FNaF Pastas. Oh boy...

I'm not pointing out to any in particular, but...FNaF, as a concept, just DOESN'T WORK for a Creepypasta. FNaF is something you expect to be creepy, and you know what to expect from it: animatronic animals jumping in your face and screaming. Oh, and a Puppet...thing. If you know what to expect from FNaF Pastas, how are they gonna work as horror stories?

Now, USUALLY, people use one of two premises for FNaF Pastas:

1: A retelling of the Bite of '87. Be it you were some kid who was playing around in Pirate Cove, or got too close to Foxy, or a criminal who comes in undetected and Foxy lunges at him (or Mangle, since they're supposed to be tied into criminal databases?), for this story, have someone enter Freddy's, be near Foxy/Mangle, and have them get bitten.

'''2: A summary of a Night Guard's work time there. Or, in other words, a summary of one night from the games. '''For this premise, literally all you'd have to do is introduce some character who'd be the Night Guard, then have Phone Guy call, and then check cameras every 5 seconds to see if the animatronics are there. Oh, and have Bonnie and Chica occasionally pop up at the doors, or have Foxy run towards the office, only to be locked out in seconds.

Look, I'm not saying that ALL FNaF Pastas are like this. But from most I've read on the internet, those are usually the premises for the story. For the first one, it's not...awful. I mean, it's not scary, but it has a sense of mystery usually added in. No one has a legitimate answer as to who caused the Bite of '87. Those kinds of stories could be considered Theories on the Bite Of 87 put into actual stories.

As for the SECOND premise...it's just lazy. You might as well just show a video of Night 1 from the original game and be on your way. From the kinds of stories I've read, those with this premise are just boring, and lazily done. Either the Night Guard dies, or survives.

Now, FNaF theories are different. I actually enjoy FNaF Theories, even though some of them can be quite farfetched...but I'm talking about Pastas. I won't get into that right now.

IN CONCLUSION: If you enjoy writing FNaF Pastas, that's fine. I've actually seen quite a few good stories based on FNaF. I was just going over some of the problems with FNaF as a concept, and the two most overused FNaF Premises I've seen in stories.

That's all for now.

Oddest of them all! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 15:23, January 3, 2015 (UTC)