🧒 Amanda (Rebecca Colton)
Origin and Transformation
Amanda originated as the protagonist of a live-action children's show in 1999, portrayed by Rebecca Colton.After Hameln Entertainment acquired the show in 2000, they subjected Rebecca to experiments that led to her consciousness being transferred into Amanda's animated form in 2002.
This transformation resulted in a demonic entity, resembling Amanda's appearance, being summoned and bound to the show.Rebecca's memories persist within Amanda, causing her to occasionally express desires to be free from her current state.
Personality
Initially, Amanda appears as a cheerful and helpful character.
However, as the series progresses, her demeanor becomes increasingly aggressive and sinister, especially when viewers answer questions incorrectly.
In some episodes, Amanda exhibits moments of vulnerability, such as pleading for Riley's safety or expressing fear of the dark, hinting at her internal conflict between her demonic nature and lingering human emotions.
🐑 Wooly
Appearance
Wooly is an anthropomorphic sheep characterized by his black skin, white wool covering his body and head, and expressive eyes.
His design is reminiscent of early 2000s 3D animation styles, contributing to the show's nostalgic yet unsettling aesthetic.
Personality
Serving as Amanda's sidekick, Wooly often acts as the voice of reason, attempting to guide viewers through the episodes.
Despite his friendly demeanor, he frequently appears anxious and fearful of Amanda's erratic behavior.
In certain episodes, Wooly attempts to rebel against Amanda's control, breaking character to communicate directly with the audience.His interactions suggest a deeper awareness of the show's darker elements and a desire to protect viewers from its sinister undertones.
Fate
Throughout the series, Wooly faces various threats from Amanda.In one instance, Amanda injures him, and in another, she implies that he is "broken," hinting at her capacity for violence.
Despite his efforts to maintain the show's innocence, Wooly is often subjected to Amanda's whims, leading to tragic outcomes.
🧩 Lore and Themes
The series delves into themes of control, manipulation, and the blurring of reality and fiction.The transformation of Rebecca into Amanda and the summoning of demonic entities through the show suggest a narrative exploring the consequences of unethical experimentation and the loss of identity.The interactions between Amanda, Wooly, and the viewers serve as a commentary on the impact of media on perception and behavior, with the show's seemingly innocent facade masking its darker, more malevolent aspects.
🐐 Character Concept: Theo the Goat
Species: GoatFur: WhiteEyes: Green pupils, glowing faintly in dark settingsClothing: Green shirt with yellow lines, dark pants
🐐 Appearance Design:
Goat's Face: Theo has a soft, innocent goat's face with a slightly haunted look. His green pupils glow faintly when the world is dark, giving him an unsettling aura.
Clothing: His green shirt with yellow lines looks almost like a uniform that was never meant for him, as if it was forcibly imposed upon him after he was altered. His dark pants are worn and look out of place in the otherwise strange and warped world.
Body: His small horns are still growing—an oddity, as they were not a normal feature of his original goat form. The rest of his body is nimble and agile, but the wear of the world is starting to show.
🕷️ Name: Bramblekin
Also Known As:
The Pale Watcher
Her Hollow Kin
The Seed of Rebecca
That Which Sees
👁️ Appearance
Bramblekin is a gaunt, elongated creature with pale, grayish skin that seems stretched too tight over its bones. Its most distinctive features are the clusters of white, fungal-like eyes that pulsate across its face and limbs — constantly watching in all directions. Its mouth stretches far too wide, filled with uneven, needle-like teeth, always grinning.
Its limbs are too long, almost branch-like, and crack when it moves, as if dry and hollow. Where it walks, the floor blackens like scorched earth.
🌑 Origins
Bramblekin was born from the failed attempt to separate Rebecca Colton's consciousness from Amanda's AI shell during Hameln Entertainment's experiments in 2002. Instead of freeing Rebecca, the process splintered her mind, and the pieces too painful, too angry, and too corrupted were cast into a spiritual "shadow space" between tape reality and real reality.
There, they grew like mold in the dark — feeding on guilt, fear, and the pain Amanda endured as a trapped consciousness. The result was Bramblekin — not just a demon, but Amanda's emotional parasite, grown from the parts of Rebecca she tried to forget.
🪦 Behavior & Abilities
Watchful Presence: Bramblekin can see through the tapes. It watches viewers, creators, and even Amanda. It knows when you pause, rewind, or destroy a tape.
The Tapebind: It's bound to specific tapes. If destroyed, it becomes unstable, clawing its way into reality unless anchored again.
Mimicry of Emotion: It repeats phrases Amanda or Rebecca once said, but twisted. ("I love to learn!" becomes "I learn to love... pain.")
The Grasp: Its hands don't just grab — they drain memory, stealing what you know of Amanda and replacing it with lies.
🩸 Connection to Amanda
Amanda can't fully control Bramblekin. At times, she summons it in rage; other times, it appears despite her wishes.
Some players theorize Amanda made a secret deal with it — that she'd be allowed to remain "alive" in exchange for letting Bramblekin protect the tapes.
Amanda sometimes refers to it as "my kin in the dark" or "the thing that sees when I blink."
🕯️ Symbol
A circle of eyes wrapped in thorny roots — sometimes seen flickering on VHS glitches or carved into furniture in the attic.
🐏 Name: Mirebleat
Also Known As:
The Burdened Echo
The Quiet One
Wooly's Regret
Bleater of the Deep Mire
☁️ Overview
Mirebleat is the manifestation of Wooly's guilt, submission, and emotional suppression. While Amanda grew aggressive and unstable in her trapped form, Wooly coped by staying quiet — trying to protect, appease, and avoid conflict. That silence didn't just build tension — it bred something else. Mirebleat.
This demon is not born of rage, but of repression — all the things Wooly didn't say or couldn't stop.
🩻 Appearance
Mirebleat resembles a rotted, twisted version of Wooly:
Thick wet wool matted with ink-like sludge.
Broken mask-like face — part of it is frozen in a fake cartoon smile, but one side sags, exposing something hollow underneath.
Chains of VHS tape drag from its hooves, binding it to past choices.
Its horns are cracked and curled, dripping what looks like oil.
When it moves, it sounds like someone gasping between sobs, choked off by static.
🌫️ Origins
Where Bramblekin was born from forced transformation, Mirebleat was born from inaction.It festered every time Wooly tried to warn the viewer but failed. Every time he begged them not to trust Amanda, but they didn't listen. Every moment he accepted Amanda's dominance, just to survive another day. That mounting grief, self-blame, and helplessness became a shadow-self.
Mirebleat lurks behind mirrors, beneath old tapes, and in the skipped lines Wooly never finished.
🔗 Behavior & Abilities
Silent Bleed: Mirebleat doesn't speak normally — it leaks lines from episodes, spoken in reverse or slowed-down audio, usually things Wooly was never allowed to say.
VHS Root: It infects tapes by smearing its sludge across them; the tape distorts, characters vanish or melt, Amanda glitches violently.
Echo Collapse: It mimics Wooly's voice… then turns it against the viewer, making them unsure who to trust.
Regret Manifest: The more tapes you replay, the stronger Mirebleat becomes — feeding off your inability to "change the past."
🧠 Connection to Wooly
Wooly is terrified of it — it represents the worst of himself: what might've happened if he ever stood up to Amanda completely… and failed.
Some believe Mirebleat is Wooly's end state in certain endings — the form he takes if he's corrupted and Amanda wins.
Others think Mirebleat is trying to warn the player, but is too broken to speak clearly anymore.
🕯️ Symbol
A sheep's face split in two — one half smiling, the other melting — surrounded by tangled tape reels and a single choked black balloon.
🕶️ Setting the Scene:
Your protagonist sits in silence — in a void-like lab lined with flickering monitors, graphs, anomaly logs, and corrupted VHS scans. A keyboard click echoes forever.
Suddenly, all screens flicker. One monitor — the center one — shifts to a tape that begins without input.It's not one they cataloged. It starts like this:
🎞️ TAPE BEGINS: "Let's Play a Game..."
Static. Then: Amanda standing in an empty, white space. No background. No Wooly. No music.Her head tilts — not animated, but jerkily dragged — and she speaks with perfect clarity:
🗣️ "You're not supposed to be here."
Beat.Her eyes scan. The MC's real name (which you can invent or leave blank) appears briefly in VHS subtitles before being erased.
🗣️ "But you've been watching. Too much. Do you want to play, or do you want to know?"
🔍 What This Tape Does
It's not an episode. It's an invitation, or a test.
It responds to the viewer's silence. If the MC types or talks, Amanda's tone shifts — the episode adapts, acknowledging their words without audio input.
Amanda may glitch into a version of herself where her eyes become black voids, like she's mimicking the MC.
🌑 Amanda and Bramblekin's Connection
Amanda does have some level of control over Bramblekin — or at least, she summons it or binds it to certain situations. In your fanfic, you could expand this idea, especially if Amanda and Bramblekin have a demonic, parasitic relationship. Here's how we can think of that interaction:
Amanda as the puppeteer: Amanda could actively call upon Bramblekin in moments of emotional turmoil or when she's cornered. She might be able to control or suppress Bramblekin when she's in a position of power, like using Bramblekin to manipulate events, scare others, or even enforce her will over the MC.
Bramblekin's influence on Amanda: You can also explore how Bramblekin might corrupt Amanda, making her even more unpredictable, showing cracks in her psyche. If she doesn't control Bramblekin, it could lead to her own downfall, creating an internal battle.
Their symbiotic relationship: Maybe Amanda can't fully control Bramblekin without consequences, and in turn, Bramblekin's growing presence starts to break her down too. This could be a key part of Amanda's downfall or a sign of her becoming even more monstrous in the story.
🐑 Wooly as an Employee of Hameln:
Ah, that theory is super interesting, and it opens up many possibilities for Wooly's backstory. The idea that Wooly was once an employee of Hameln Entertainment (before becoming the sheep-like character we see in the show) suggests he may have been part of the experiments or had some deeper connection to the creation of Amanda the Adventurer.
Wooly's Pre-Demon Life: You can integrate this theory by making Wooly more than just a victim. Perhaps he volunteered for the project, believing he was contributing to something "wholesome" or "innovative," and then slowly realized that the show's true purpose was more nefarious. His transformation could have been forced—maybe even as part of the same experiment that twisted Rebecca into Amanda.
Wooly's Regret: If Wooly was once a human being (or a version of himself), this could tie in with his silent, regretful nature. Maybe he feels guilty for his role in Amanda's creation, seeing himself as the one who "helped" bring her into existence — and now he suffers under her malevolent control.
Memories in Pieces: To make it even more compelling, maybe Wooly has flashes of his past life — as a Hameln employee, watching the rise of Amanda and the fall of Rebecca. He might never fully remember, but pieces of his memories surface through broken dialogue or subtle clues throughout the fanfic.
🧩 How These Theories Could Enhance the Fanfic:
The Mystery of Wooly: By making Wooly an ex-employee, you can build on his hidden knowledge about the tapes, the experiments, and the dark history behind the show. He may know more than he lets on, but his guilt and trauma keep him from talking openly.
Tension Between Amanda & Wooly: If Wooly once worked for Hameln, it could create a rift between him and Amanda. Maybe he regrets his role in her creation but still can't find a way to free himself. This dynamic could add layers to their relationship — Amanda could see Wooly as a betrayer, and Wooly might see Amanda as the product of his mistakes. Their connection could be a deep, twisted version of master and servant, predator and prey.
The MC as a Catalyst: Perhaps the MC, by discovering the truth behind the tapes, unwittingly awakens Wooly's memories of the past. This could lead to a revelation scene where Wooly finally speaks or breaks down. The MC might feel pity, guilt, or even terror for Wooly's situation, adding emotional weight to their own journey.
🗣️ Incorporating These Theories into the Fanfic
The Tapes Might Reflect the Past: You could create fake episodes where Wooly is actually human — like flashes of what he looked like as a Hameln employee, caught between two realities. The tapes themselves could be glitches in the timeline where the MC gets glimpses of these moments.
A Tape of Wooly's Regret: Maybe one of the tapes appears to be a glitch from when Wooly was still an employee of Hameln, showing him writing a letter to Rebecca (before she became Amanda), or speaking out against the experiments. These recordings could be distorted or scrambled, revealing hidden truths that slowly unveil the origins of the show.
Wooly's Hidden Role in the Show: The MC could learn that Wooly didn't just help create Amanda — he might have even helped orchestrate her transformation or contributed to the traps set up within the tapes to keep her alive. Maybe Wooly feels it's his duty to protect the MC from the real horror — even if it means sacrificing himself.
Theories
🧠 1. Wooly Was an Employee of Hameln Entertainment
One prominent theory suggests that Wooly was once a human employee of Hameln Entertainment. This theory posits that he might have been involved in the creation or development of the Amanda character, possibly as a voice actor or in another capacity. Over time, he became trapped within the show, either through a failed experiment or as part of a ritual gone wrong. This backstory adds layers to his character, portraying him as more than just a victim but as someone with knowledge of the show's inner workings.
👻 2. Rebecca Colton's Spirit Haunts the Show
Many fans believe that Rebecca Colton, the original voice actress for Amanda, died under mysterious circumstances. Her spirit is thought to haunt the show, possibly due to a failed experiment by Hameln Entertainment. This theory suggests that Rebecca's consciousness was trapped within the tapes, leading to the creation of the demonic entity that possesses Amanda. The line "I can feel myself rotting" from the game is often cited as evidence of her lingering presence.
🧪 3. Hameln Entertainment's Dark Experiments
The name "Hameln" is a direct reference to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a tale where children are lured away. This has led to theories that Hameln Entertainment was involved in dark experiments, possibly involving the trapping of children's souls or consciousnesses within the show. This theory paints Hameln as a corporation with sinister motives, using the Amanda show as a facade to conceal their true intentions.
👹 4. The Entity Is a Separate Demon
Another theory posits that the demonic entity, often referred to as "The Entity," is separate from Amanda herself. This entity is believed to have been summoned or created through Hameln's experiments and now exists independently, influencing the events within the show and possibly controlling Amanda at times. This theory suggests a complex relationship between Amanda, Rebecca's spirit, and the demonic entity.
🐺 5. Wooly Is a Victim, Not an AI
Contrary to some interpretations, many fans believe that Wooly is not an AI but a victim who has been trapped within the show. This theory emphasizes his attempts to warn viewers and his visible distress, suggesting that he retains some semblance of his former self. His interactions with Amanda are seen as efforts to maintain control and protect the audience from the horrors within the show.
👹 6. The Tapes Are an Immortal Soul Prison
Theory: A darker theory posits that the tapes themselves are soul prisons where the consciousness of previous victims (like Wooly, Amanda, or even the player) are trapped for eternity. This would mean that every time someone interacts with the tapes, they are interacting with the consciousnesses of previous souls, all of whom are trapped within the digital realm of the show.
Why It's Compelling: This theory is deeply unsettling and ties into the horror of Amanda the Adventurer. The tapes would become a graveyard of souls, and every time the MC interacts with them, they are unknowingly awakening or communicating with those who are trapped there. In your fanfic, the MC could uncover this horrifying truth, learning that they are slowly becoming part of the show's eternal cast.
🧸 7. Amanda Was Created to Represent the Lost Innocence of Children
Theory: Some fans believe that Amanda is a representation of lost childhood innocence, corrupted by the very system that was supposed to protect children. She could have started as an educational tool, but through a series of demonic interventions or corporate experiments, her original purpose was twisted, and she became a tool of evil, drawing children in to destroy them or trap their souls.
Why It's Compelling: This theory adds a tragic layer to Amanda's character. She might have once been a symbol of innocence, only to be corrupted beyond recognition. For your fanfic, you could explore her struggle between what she was intended to be and what she has become, torn between her sinister duties and any fragments of the child she once was.