i make fun of kristophs pouty >:C sprite so much i keep forgetting klavier does the same face. oh my god. oh my god. vast differences in body language virtually no sprite overlaps but as soon as theyre being minorly inconvenienced it becomes clear that theyre brothers. theyre so fucking funny. pov mama gavin didnt let them eat another kinder überraschungsei

[img ID by @toadstoolillustrations: Two images, showing Kristoph and Klavier Gavin’s annoyed sprites respectively. Kristoph crosses his arms and glares intensely at the viewer with a frown and extremely sour expression. Klavier has one hand by his side, the other in his pocket and his facial expression mirrors his brother’s. end ID. thank you!]

what was the fandom like in the early days (it seems like sorta dying but not quite dead rn?)

Woah this is gonna be long, sorry!

It was just more lively, really. More fanart being produced, more ask/RP/AU blogs popping up, more fic being made (ao3 barely updates now), A LOT more memes and shitposting or other humorous shenanigans. I never looked at this particular part of the fandom but, I had no clue that people were also making So Many baldi animation memes..? I rarely saw them crossposted to tumblr so I guess that’s why.

Like I would describe the early fandom as being a lot more... funny? There was lots of hilarious posts and really good blogs like ‘baldibuthesugly’ (deactivated, rip) that gave me lots of laughs. It did get pretty crazy and I (and others) got lots of crazy ask. Like the one anon who wanted to lay eggs inside of Baldi’s stomach or something.

Also because we were more active we often got attention from the outside, people just being like “wtf y do u guys exist??” or taking peoples art and putting it in cringe comp vids lol

Another thing was- from my perspective- we had surprisingly little drama for a fandom like this..? Like stuff did happen and people did fight but there was never anything really major (that I witnessed) that caused a divide in the fandom, or mass deactivations, or even cause the dev to step in and tell people to stop like I have seen and heard of happen with other fandoms. Which was always kind of funny bc I remember back in 2018 people outside the fandom kept yelling about how we were super toxic when......we werent... at all?

I would definitely ask other blogs who have been around this long this same question, anon! Sentryworm has always been a side blog, and I never followed many bbieal blogs (and still do) because I’m already following too many blogs to properly keep up with my dash. So my exposure is mainly through the baldi tag, asks ive received, and looking at the few blogs I did follow. Honestly I feel like I probably missed out on a big chunk of the fandom because of this. i’ve always regretted keeping this as a sideblog and not turning it into an account of its own but its way too late now.

But yeah to answer the other part the fandom is dying and everyone whos still hanging on is hoping that it will pick up after baldi’s basics plus comes out. You can actually see how the fandom is dying by going into the archive of any blog that has been around since 2018, and compare the amount of notes that posts received back then to what they receive now.

Currently the most active part of the fandom might be the japanese part of the fandom on twitter. They really love baldis basics and put out tons of great art all the time. the fan games like alex’s basics and billy’s basics are also really popular there too, so theres lots of fanart with baldi and the characters from those games.