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Why Pennywise ?

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  • The_Meh_Teh
    The_Meh_Teh Member Posts: 136

    I didn't know there was already a clown character when I mentioned it.

  • The_Meh_Teh
    The_Meh_Teh Member Posts: 136

    BTW, is the clown a good character to play? I was thinking of buying him with my shards. Thoughts?

  • Snavels
    Snavels Member Posts: 1

    Well, Pennywise isn't just a clown. If you want to get confusing with it, Pennywise (or IT, but I will be referring to IT as Pennywise as to not confuse) is a multi dimensional entity that crashed onto Earth.

    Pennywise is a shape shifter (Literally endless possibilities). It is implied that Pennywise has eaten many other worlds but finds humans to be the best to feed on yet since our imaginations are the most complex. Specifically the imaginations of children. It isn't only limited to children. It could hunt adults if it so chooses, but it mainly sticks to children because their fears are often more tangible and taste better. (in fact, it actually does hunt a few adults in the book.) It's easier for it to replicate say a giant spider rather than replicate someone dying alone, but it still has the ability to do so. It haunts a character named Beverly with her abusive relationships, and terrifies Ben by convincing him that he will die alone and that he's not good enough for anyone. Pennywise can embody any fear and only through extreme mental control can you defeat it.

    Pennywise chooses to be a clown most of the time because Pennywise is it's favorite form (Being scary and being very fun). Throughout the book and movies we see Pennywise become a Mummy, Werewolf, Nosferatu, The Black Lagoon creature, a terrifying painting lady (Judith), Leper, Paul Bunyan Statue, A swarm of locusts, A Giant Spider (the closest thing the human mind can comprehend to it's true form, The Deadlights) anyone who looks into the Deadlights instantly goes insane.

    Pennywise would be a great choice and it could be very very different than the existing clown. It could take on multiple forms with different (albeit weaker) abilities. Shoot, I'd even go as far to say that if it were included, there could be 2 'skins' for it. The 1990 one (voiced by Tim Curry, he is still a voice actor) and the 2017 one (Voiced by Bill Skarsgård)

  • meatisadelicacy
    meatisadelicacy Member Posts: 1,920

    Anything to reduce the amount of Ghostface games will make me happy, to be honest.

  • Hag.is.Dtier
    Hag.is.Dtier Member Posts: 1,398
    edited January 2020
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/960806#Comment_960806

    Pennywise or IT has never been a Slasher. IT is a shape shifting entity from another dimension that feeds on fear. Just like DBD's Entity feed's on hope.

    Freddy was a 'human' serial killer who killed children for his own pleasure. Like most real serial killers, Freddy had an abusive childhood.

    NOES is a Slasher franchise, IT is not and if it was then Stranger things would be too.

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