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lipstickchainsaw · 6 months

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what are your thoughts on contrarian? not my fav voice exactly, but i thought he was interesting in the ending where you leave with the stranger

Woo, it's been almost two weeks, but I've been thinking about this one.

I think the Contrarian is a very interesting voice, because he's just very much enjoying getting to annoy the fuck out of the narrator, but at the same time, he raises so many goddamn questions.

I first came across him during the Razor, where he (alongside the Broken, but who cares about the Broken) joins the Cheated in Chapter 3, and let me tell you, the Cheated and the Contrarian are an amazing combo, and they played off of each other well, although the Cheated is obviously more emotionally invested in beating the system than the Contrarian.

It was only when I got the Contrarian on his own that, uh, some things stopped making sense to me.

To get the Contrarian as a voice, you have to avoid the cabin as much as you possibly can, which means you don't even meet the Princess in Chapter 1. To the Contrarian, then, the Princess doesn't even exist as a real being; the only person existing outside of you (the protagonist) is the Narrator, and so he makes poking at the Narrator his entire existence.

When he does meet the Princess, he still doesn't see her as a real person, just as a vessel to annoy the Narrator, and this even makes some degree of sense! With every choice you make down there, you break reality a bit and create another Princess! So of course he doesn't think the Princess is real.

It's only when the various Strangers mix into one messy whole, where he realises this was an actual person, and his empathy rushes in to go 'oh shit, what did we do?'

'I didn't think our actions would have consequences.'

And this is really compelling, story-wise! I like it a lot!

It just doesn't make any goddamn sense!

Because the common theory is that you influence the Princess through your perception and belief of her (and your refusal to see her turns the Stranger into a Schrödinger's Princess, so this makes sense), and how the Princess sees you influences what voice you get.

Except you haven't met the Princess.

So where the fuck does the Contrarian come from? What is he? We have good reason to believe the Voices are the result of the messy split between Shifting Mound and Long Quiet, right? But clearly it's not the Princess causing the Contrarian to arrive. There's only one person outside of you who knows how you behaved in Chapter 1, and that's the Narrator, except the instance of the Narrator dies at the end of every Chapter 1!

And anyway, why isn't the Narrator ever confused about the presence of other Voices? He doesn't ever seem to be surprised when they show up, even if he might be shocked at their abilities, but at the same time, he doesn't know what it means for there to be multiple of them, either?

So what the fuck is going on here? Is it really the Narrator's final impression of you that spawns the Voice in the next chapter, and not the Princess?

But even then, the Contrarian is special, isn't he?

He's the only non-Hero voice that can show up in the Cabin at the end, if you started with the Stranger route, and you know what he says?

He says he's 'right where you left [him]'. What the fuck does that mean? Presumably it's similar to what happens when you kill the Shifting Mound and the other Voices show up to join you in the new world, but the Contrarian still plays a different role.

I feel like there's answers to be had here, but I'm clearly not big-brained enough to figure them out just yet!

#slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #stp the narrator #stp the contrarian #stp the voice of the contrarian #this one just has a lot of question marks to be honest #very much curious about other people's opinions on it

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beartitled · 4 months

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STP voices x princesses

Because I wanted a reason to draw them all >:D

Also lil bonus ✨

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toon-topaz · 2 months

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Finally finished an animation I've spent around 2 months on

#slay the princess #toontopazart #stp voices #stp fanart #stp princess #the long quiet #voice of the paranoid #voice of the contrarian #voice of the smitten #voice of the skeptic #voice of the cold #the damsel #the prisoner #the nightmare #Youtube #blood #knives #gore

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olegianote · 6 months

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I love your stp narrator! And I'm 100% sure you already know this, but secretary birds are also called killer queen! So does this mean the narrator gets called the killer king/queen sometimes by the other voices to annoy the narrator? :]

OH THAT WOULD BE SOOO FUN! I like when Narrator gets annoyed! Which is why this ask inspired me to do this little comic:

#art #artwork #olegiask #olegiart #slay the birds #slay the princess #stp #the narrator #the voices #voice of the paranoid #voice of the hero #voice of the skeptic #but also i feel like stubborn or contrarian would find joy in teasing narrator. maybe even smitten if he feels salty enough #comic #sketch

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bubblybloob · 4 months

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Skeptic wants no part in this.

I don’t know if this meme has a name, but I felt like doing it with the voices. I think it’s funny how you can literally see how I draw them change slightly over the course of the drawings, the hands especially.

#slay the princess #stp voices #voice of the hero #voice of the cold #voice of the cheated #voice of the opportunist #voice of the paranoid #voice of the hunted #voice of the smitten #voice of the contrarian #voice of the stubborn #voice of the broken #voice of the skeptic #art #my art #comics #meme

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mcnotok · 14 days

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All my fellas <3

#my art #stp fanart #stp #slay the princess #stp voices #voice of the hero #voice of the broken #voice of the cold #voice of the cheated #voice of the contrarian #voice of the hunted #voice of the opportunist #voice of the paranoid #voice of the skeptic #voice of the smitten #voice of the stubborn

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ivydbomb · 4 months

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Slay the princess how I love you so.

#slay the princess voices #slay the princess #stp long quiet #stp contrarian #stp smitten #stp voices #art #animation #meme #they’re so silly

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dr-awkkward · 19 days

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Slay the Princess text posts, part 2

[part 1] [part 3]

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lovelylittlewordsmith · 2 months

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I don't think we can heart lungs liver nerves our way out of this one boys

#paranoid when faced with the Razor #slay the princess #stp #voice of the paranoid #the shifting mound #stp voices #stp princess #voice of the hero #voice of the cold #voice of the contrarian #voice of the smitten #voice of the cheated #voice of the hunted #voice of the skeptic #voice of the stubborn

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voiceofthesilly · 6 months

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So we played the fury

#absolutely histerical that he just shuts the fuck up after “rage-boy”#voice of the contrarian casts vicious mockery #voice of the stubborn #stp voices #slay the princess

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artificial-radiance · 2 months

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Path Through the Woods: The Discordant

The Discordant is more than willing to let you leave, though his guidance and demands lead you to go in circles. He seems to be playing up a character, though his mask has cracks beneath the surface.

The Discordant represents the Voice of the Contrarian in Path Through the Woods. His foil is the Voice of the Splintered.

#art #concept art #path through the woods au #clove's au: path through the woods #stp au #slay the princess #slay the princess au #voice of the contrarian #stp contrarian #stp voices #stp the long quiet #the long quiet #stp:pttw discordant

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juoreze · 7 months

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some designs for the sillies + princess and player doodles

#slay the princess #stp #black tabby games #art #voice of the contrarian #voice of the hunted #voice of the cold #voice of the stubborn #voice of the smitten #voice of the broken

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beartitled · 5 months

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❗️Potential spoilers for Slay the princess?

Slay the princess characters ✨

Anyway I liked the game a lot and decided to draw da characters

proceeds to make the most stereotypical version of a crow person with a British voice

Also my spin on the voices✨

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toon-topaz · 4 months

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Very rough outline for an animatic lol

#toontopazart #slay the princess #stp voices #stp narrator #stp protagonist #the long quiet #voice of the hero #voice of the contrarian #voice of the cheated #voice of the paranoid #the razor

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mrpristineblade · 3 months

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Voice of the Smitten

Voice of the Contrarian

the Long Quiet to the Shifting Mound

the Narrator

the Witch

Voice of the Opportunist

the Prisoner

#slay the princess #stp #voice of the smitten #voice of the contrarian #stp the long quiet #stp the shifting mound #stp the narrator #stp the witch #voice of the opportunist #stp the prisoner

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themossycauldron · 3 months

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My personal take on The Hero's design, as well as a few of the voices

I always liked to imagine the voices were represented by little necklaces/charms that they would use as a vessel to speak through-mainly just because I like designing accessories. I might do more in the future, but for now here are my favorites!

#stp #slay the princess #stp voices #stp hero #stp smitten #stp stubborn #stp contrarian #stp paranoid #voice of the smitten #voice of the hero #voice of the contrarian #voice of the stubborn #voice of the paranoid

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