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I found these on Instagram from theoutsiders.archives. I can't provide a link to their page because Reddit won't allow it, but do check them out. They have plenty of rare photos like this.

These are my favorite rare images of these two. It really captures how traumatized they were with what had just happened. And that hug in the second photo is heartbreaking. Johnny looks relieved that at least Ponyboy was still alive even though he was obviously wet, cold and miserable.

Catnap's bigger body took me forever to color, but I loved how he turned out.

Character based off an icon I found online.

I've been working on a dissection of Wooly (Marcus) throughout all the tapes, and when I looked back at the "When I'm Grown Up" tape, there's a demonic ritual scene that plays right before the actual show begins. During this sequence, a man's face flashes three times for a fraction of a second, giving us a brief glimpse of what the actual transfer process looked like.

​What does this have to do with Marcus? Well, as you can see in the attached brightened images, the face appears to look exactly like him. The receding hairline, high forehead, and long jawline give him away. His eyes are purposely blacked out, tears stream down his face, and his eyebrows are aggressively furrowed to capture the absolute pain and terror he went through.

​You can hear him screaming in agony, and by the third time his face flashes, you can faintly hear him screaming, "No!" through the distortion the exact same way Wooly screams."No!" in the "When You’re Feeling Bad" tape from ATA 2 if you answer with "horror." The final photo shows heavy digital corruption completely swallowing his face, symbolizing his human form being erased as he transforms into Wooly.

​Because of the heavy filters and audio distortion, it’s easy to miss at full speed. But from a narrative standpoint, it wouldn't make sense for this to be a random person. Marcus is the only confirmed adult whose consciousness was transferred into the tapes. Using the sole adult victim allows the developers to show the terrifying, agonizing reality of Hameln's procedures without showing a child in graphic agony. It really emphasizes how horrific this process was if even a grown man was brought to tears and screaming in pain.

​This was a really interesting detail I hadn't seen anyone talk about yet since it's so easy to gloss over during a normal playthrough. I'd love to hear your thoughts and theories!

EDIT:

A somewhat fun fact that I just noticed... maybe. During the second time his face flashes on screen, with how the camera was angled and you can faintly see something moving behind his head, it looks like he might have been banging on something, most likely his stasis pod. You have to watch that part of the video to see it because screenshots alone won't capture it. If he was banging on his pod, it shows he didn't truly want this. He wouldn't be screaming and banging on his pod if he was as submissive as we're made to believe via Hameln's words. That's a theory for another day and I could be reaching with this one, but I thought I would add it in since it does look like he was banging on something lol. But even if he isn't banging on anything, screaming and yelling "No!" sends the same message.

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It's 100 Bold & Easy Cute Coloring Book for anyone who's curious.

Basically what Rebecca and Marcus look like in the screencap if they were themselves dress as their characters.

Made concept art for what Rebecca (Amanda), Jordan (Chicken Scratch), and Marcus (Wooly) would look like after the 20-year timeskip as their respective characters. I wanted to make their clothes their character attire rather than dressing them in full animal or exact replica costumes. I keep fucking up Marcus's hair though lol. His hairstyle always trips me up. I'll get it eventually.

Probably what most days at Hameln felt like.

Based on an icon I found online.