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So hi, mandatory cocaine warning
I was doing some research last night on the symptoms of cocaine withdrawals to make sure I’m writing something well and realized a lot of them are just. Spamton.
So for a good 48 hours at this point these painted stars has been purposely murdering me.
Obviously we know Spamton to paint, him being referenced here isn’t shocking knowing the history of Tenna and Spamton. But I think there’s a little more to it
What if Spamton is struggling with severe memory decline and every night he’s repeating Tenna and the TV Time intro so he can’t ever forget. The reason why the song HEY ! EVERY has the TV time theme in it is because he’s constantly humming it so he won’t forget
Firstly, a major sign of withdrawal, and according to some folks, the most apparent, is anger. Upon meeting Kris for the first time Spamton rambles a bit about his current situation, becoming extremely aggressive and furious at it before punching his dumpster
What if Spamton is struggling with severe memory decline and every night he’s repeating Tenna and the TV Time intro so he can’t ever forget. The reason why the song HEY ! EVERY has the TV time theme in it is because he’s constantly humming it so he won’t forget
It seemed like a pretty firm punch judging by the shake of the camera, the loud sound, and just Spamton’s pose is notable very tense, especially in the shoulders
Another sign of withdrawals are dissociative behavior, seeming “out of it”, you all know that I already associate Spamton to have DID, but if we ignore that for a sec, he is definitely stuck in his own head throughout the game, while not the staring into space kind, he doesn’t-
Another thing is depression, due to how cocaine works with your dopamine and serotonin levels and receptors, it can leave a user with extreme depression as the body no longer can produce it naturally (hence why cocaine can be EXTREMELY addictive and should be avoided)
Spamton’s depression isn’t nearly as obvious as his anger but remember depression isn’t a constant sadness or crying and can have many emotional outbursts, see his anger. But generally he seems extremely down, especially given his circumstances
I’m actually genuinely crying a bit but I’m just thinking about how Spamton probably KNEW that Tenna was the lord of screens. Had to see him at his highest and laugh and smile unknowingly. Spamton didn’t even realize he was MAKING Tenna the lord of screens until it was too late
Sighhhhh. Spamton with all the garbage he’s eaten is now extremely paranoid that his food may be laced or poisoned or have glass or metal in it so even if he’s starving he will wait and stalk people eating, wait for them to throw out their food, and eat that because at-
I think all addisons have a sort of uncontrollable urge to advertise if they see a moment to, like a sneeze, it feels impossible or even painful to not do, but Spamton’s reactions are disordered and his brain sees his own regular speech as opportunity to advertise-
I'm poking the sleeping bear and making a follow up about how the glamorization of cocaine especially is perceived so differently between someone with noticeable mental health issues and society's views on homelessness as a personal failure vs someone who's still at the top and
So hi, mandatory cocaine warning
I was doing some research last night on the symptoms of cocaine withdrawals to make sure I’m writing something well and realized a lot of them are just. Spamton.
Now anyone would be depressed given his situation, but I do think it would be interesting to note his behavior if you consider the possibility of withdrawal symptoms
From several studies on celebrities and addiction, it’s often found that stress and pressure from within the industry, as well as the normalcy of cocaine being glamorized and seen as fancy or richly to do may ultimately lead those to develop an addiction due to peer pressure
If you interact with shopkeeper Tenna on the first board Susie asks “how do I kill this guy?” And Tenna responds “get in line, kid” HOW MANY ENEMIES YOU GOT BRO !!
Spamton himself doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who’d stick to health over fame, his ENTIRE goal in life is to be big and successful, if he’s desperate enough, and we’ve seen him, he definitely is, I wouldn’t put it past him to get hooked due to his fame
Especially considering TV Time’s general theme, if he worked on stage with Tenna, he’d might’ve needed the energy and euphoric boost. Tenna is a very overwhelming and hyper character, he is meant to be “too much” and very overstimulating
While I’m not sure if Tenna would be doing drugs due to his self consciousness being very unstable and being driven to do things based on being family friendly, I wouldn’t be shocked if he isn’t taking any. But prove me wrong, I’d love to hear it
If anyone were to keep up with that, especially given Spamton’s current stresses with the phone, the show, his strained relationship with the addisons, etc, turning to drugs is a place some turn to to cope or even function at a point.
This is to generally say, if you’re struggling with an addiction, especially ones like drugs, help is available and you can and are deserving of getting better, shit sucks, life sucks at times, but you’re never hopeless, you’re doing wonderfully
Also!! Disclaimer I’m not a health professional, if I have said something incorrect or harmful do let me know, I try to keep things as respectful and scientific and fact check my sources, but I still am not a medical expert
Do you tjink Spamton would love Christmas because of how many people are looking for gifts to buy and he can give gifts because I think his love language is gift giving and become extremely flustered when he’s given a gift
This is so odd. Spamton talks solely in caps with frequent, as I dubbed them, targeted ad interruptions. But seems to frequently beg for help or to be heard via these correctly capitalized sentences
Okay hi somewhat cuter headcanon this time, Spamton stress response but in extreme distress Spamton gets very very weak and ragdolls and can’t move an inch. Makes him sleepy too so he stops moving all together, like passing out.
Spamton’s view of heaven is most often painted as a blue sky, sun, white clouds all with this dripping, hastily done paint (the star also drips) what had confused me for the longest time is, why a *star*. So did some digging
On my DID Spamton nonsense because I can’t sleep
Tenna finds Spamton wailing and screaming nonsense and when he doesn’t respond to Spamton, Tenna calls him addi and slowly gets him to calm down
The thing that’s partly so heartbreaking about spamtenna is not only did it START selfishly, it ended selfishly.
Sure the start it was just business gain, but when Spamton ran away after the phone Tenna chose the phone to get his secret
I REALLY love the idea that Tenna would just naturally be drawn and attracted to addisons given that TV is really just a massive ad with entertainment. They were made for each other. A platform to advertise, and the attention and excitement of products.
Spamton would love fresh fast food because he’s so used to eating out of the dumpster or garbage of people’s discarded meals, when he can eat it fresh and hot and catered to his likes he’s in heaven. He cried a little when Noelle bought him some cheap burger or smth
You know I think the fact that Tenna’s usual game-show, stand up type comedy needing to change to something slapstick in his new place in Castle Town to be accepted by King is interesting. For the past however many years he’d been stagnant and not changing his style, people even
I love the different Spamton characterizations I have on my timeline
Pregnant cat to take care of
Bad boy with ego and intimacy issues
Meme lord crackhead
Haunted by the sins ever known to man
And EVIL NUANCELESS BAD MAN WHO SHOULD BE EVIL !!!!
My fav are the first two
least he’s comforted by the fact he knows it’s safe. Tenna puts a surprise ring in Spamton’s food, loses ALL trust and now Spamton either has to watch the food be made or Tenna has to eat some of Spamton’s portion
Did my little spamton headspace things, it's pretty rudimentary and some things don't make sense but here's how I think his little brain shattered featuring my self projection slightly becauseeee some of these are suspiciously a lot like my own parts.
@noeltistic c'mere pookie
I need you all to know this is how I’m coping with my eating disorder, is the idea that Spamton would be so terrified he’d need me to eat with him so I can’t skip meals (shockingly, this is working)
This paranoia developed AFTER they split so Tenna had no idea until they reconnected he just sees The love of his life cowering in fear over things he did so easily before. He’s patient but he’s oh so worried and unsure how to help but he’s doing well with Spamton’s trust
First obvious note I had, stars are smaller than the sun or at least are presented as such in these types of imagery. When discussing, a friend brought up the possibility that this may have occurred shortly after receiving a glimpse into what Spamton described as Heaven
How to make Spamton terrified and throw him into a bad anxiety attack
“I tried a new recipe with this one!” Or god forbid a “I put something special in it”
The food could be entirely fine and made by chefs and he could be told it’s perfectly fine, but he just REALLY needs to eat with someone to reassure himself
This is actually EXTREMELY UNHEALTHY !!!! Care for your Spamton should NOT involve big bodies of water as Spamtons are KNOWN for being poor swimmers and quite SCARED !!!!
I’VE RAN IT THROUGH THE COUNSEL BUT WHAT IF MIKE IS JUST ONE OF SPAMTON’S ALTERS
He “changed” after Spamton left
He seemingly has NEVER been there yet Tenna is so attached to him
(This is more fanbase than canon but) when the people portray Spamton and the polymikes-
Nobody thinks Spamton is a Pedophile anymore and if anyone Does they're a Very Small Minority. I Myself Made an entire Thread against that belief too when it was Picking up Ragging on the Overcorrections
To pull a reference to HP Lovecraft, more specifically “The Colour Out Of Space”, it describes an alien substance that crashes to earth, infecting the waters of a farmer’s well. It changes the colors to something “otherworldly” however
Another thing about stars, in the S-Rank room once passing by this wall patch a single star will fall to the ground. If a star is a representative of angels it’s possible that this could mean the fall of one.
Now these painted stars is SPECIFICALLY in a brief cut scene. It’s not JUST in the background, it’s specifically in the scene where Tenna takes a call where he feels the most alone. He had taken a call previously on a stage but either he felt this was MORE private
Furthermore, Neo and Tenna indirectly reference each other with a very similar attack (a star and a heart on a chain with triangle shaped projectiles) flung at the player. The heart is free from the battle box while Tenna’s remains inside it.
It’s an interesting theory I’ve seen that Spamton (Neo especially) represents angels and heaven meanwhile Tenna represents devils. This is further backed up by the battle info on the Mike Crew having the number of the beast as by revelations 13:18
I just got egged on to write the creepiest letter of all time to Tenna that features a taped on piece of his nail clipping, and a smear of blood for roleplay
When these stories are visualized I often see the use of rainbow or randomized colors fading into each other. Now, I bring this up to possibly equate this to Spamton’s paintings. What he saw was so incomprehensible, he could only paint something simple to describe it
Went ahead and doodled the whole thing. Enjoy my evil headcanons.
Also idk how to write Spamton's speech thing, I did my best
#spamton#spamtenna#doodle
Since his brain doesn’t make the disconnect, he advertises CONSTANTLY and he can barely get through a few sentences without doing so. It didn’t always start like that, it just got worse and worse overtime due to a mix of mental health, trauma, stress, and other factors-
Another thing about star symbolism, In revelations 12:4, “Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born.”
In like. 3 hours or something. I will make maybe the biggest purchase of my Spamtenna fan life. And I need everyone to commission me immediately after.
@SpamtennaZine
Or the scare from Susie made him change where he took the call. Either way, the fact that stars are often equated to as messengers of god WHILE Tenna takes a message is interesting.
The stars are, while not pixel perfect, decently even. More than what we know Spamton would stylistically paint. So given the heights, sizes, style, and Tenna’s odd attention to them it’s clearly representative of possibly Spamton and Tenna together