Board Thread:King for A(nother) Day Discussion/@comment-31549837-20200102213532/@comment-71.161.203.37-20200110072435

Also I'd like to point out that Snake pointing out Nintendo Power got "two new franchises" to Reggie during The Party - Part 3, is as close as King for Another Day came to referring to Etika since of course those two franchises (Fire Emblem and Xenoblade) were a leftover from The Joy-Con Men. Aside from the Lifelight rip, which like the other non-contestant rips with say Self-Indulgent Team and Nico/Jeb weren't acknowledged by any of the characters, that's about the only time even a vague mention was given to him, you'd think at least Reggie, HyperCam or John Notwoodman would reference or imply a reference to him, but sadly no, he just kinda dissappeared out of existence, which kinda leaves his King for a Day incarnation's fate up in the air.

Judging by his KfAD2 appearance in Lifelight, he more than likely passed away as well, but hopefully for different reasons. Who knows, maybe the reason nobody remembers him or acknowledges him is maybe he was accidentally erased and retconned out of existence by MissngNo. joining? This would actually make sense surprisingly, as the announcement of his replacement with Bill was in the exact same Direct as MissingNo.'s trailer.

So my headcanon is:

Etika disbanded from The Joy-Con Men as stated in the second Direct, because he decided he wasn't feeling well and decided he needed some alone time to stream and do his own thing, Reggie understood and he thanked Reggie for the chance to get to work with him though, which Reggie returned in his own way and went back to streaming but more relaxed and chill streams. He was in the middle of reacting to the 9.21.2019 SiIva Direct when Hinchy suddenly glitched out talking about the album, he was annoyed for a bit, but the Direct kept running, showing a reveal trailer, so he continued to watch. As MissingNo.'s trailer began to play his mic began to slightly malfunction, not noticing he continued to react accordingly to See Me For Who I Am, the moment the screen turned black to segway from the gameplay styled segment to the lore segment, his lights began to flicker massively, further creeping him out, but he played it off with a comment about shitty electric bills, however, the moment MissingNo. said ".....you've got a lot of nerve." in the interview, his lights went out. Afterexclaiming about it for a bit, he began to fumble off-camera apparently looking for the light switch, his room illuminated only by his computer screen. Suddenly the camera starts to glitch up as MissingNo. gets more upset in the trailer and begins talking about itself and how it wants it to stop, suddenly the stream gets interrupted, as the regular Twitch "no camera" screen shows, Etika begins to exclaim about something, sounding like he's getting in a small confrontation, before a loud high-pitched tone cuts through, the audio heavily glitches out, Etika's voice can be faintly heard repeatedly shouting JOY CON BOYZ through the static, until the audio cuts out, the Twitch chat continues to react for a short bit, before the stream abruptly ends, displaying a Content Not Available error screen.

In that same instant, shortly before the visuals cut out meanwhile, elsewhere in the Gaylord, Reggie is shaking hands with Bill and talking about how odd it was that Etika wanted to leave, and hoping that he's doing alright, making a comment that after the Direct is finished he may go to his room in the Gaylord and check up on him, with Bill responding in kind and hoping he's alright. Bill reaches back for a donut as Reggie opens his mouth to speak again, but the lights in the confrence room suddenly flicker loudly and suddenly as both of them suddenly pause in their tracks. Reggie shakes his head, as Bill blinks, then continues to reach for the donut. Reggie bats his hand away, making a quip about how it's bad for his diet as Bill makes a rebuke. Reggie then responds by asking what it was they were just talking about, with Bill, munching away, not remembering either but commenting how delicious the donut is, with Reggie momentarily making a confused thinking expression, hand on his chin, then saying that whatever it was couldn't have been that important if he forgot it, then saying they should probably get ready for their next appearances soon in the tournament, getting up from his chair and telling the moaning Bill to clean the crumbs off his jacket, that they have a big couple of days ahead of them, and they need to look their best.

No disrespect intended, due to some references to his arrest (the high-pitched noise and him shouting), this is sort of a fan headcanon scene, it was merely used as a reference to him and his fate, not his passing, as of course he did return to streaming after he got back in real life. I would believe that in the KfaD universe, Etika never passed the same way he did irl. He merely became a sort of retconned being, wiped out of existence, but still sentient and otherwise fine, he still continued to wear the outfit he did for the Joy-Con Men (hence the gray Switch in his art contrasting Nintendo Power's colored ones) and still lived on watching the rest of the events of King for Another Day, but without the ability to be seen, remembered or interact with anything, basically becoming a ghost without being dead. (a good somewhat parallel is Rob from TAWoG, who everybody entirely forgot the existence of, but unlike Molly he wasn't saved "properly", meaning not only was his appearance glitched up, nobody remembered his past even when he reminded them. Unlike Rob, Etika's appearance wouldn't change, he can't interact with anything, but he'd probably have minor glitch powers, maybe related to YouTube/Twitch to in-universe explain the Lifelight upload.) As for the halo? Well it wouldn't really bother him much since he'd probably be ignorant of it's existence, since hair has no feeling in it besides the folicles and it's not like he can use a mirror if he doesn't exist. (Although maybe his Switchboard would count? It's kinda reflective. >_>)

All respect intended, his insta-disappearance from King for Another Day and him not even being even vaguely brought up kind of irritated me, though I understand why, since it would put a damper on things. I just wanted to make a semi-plausible in-universe excuse why that was, as you'd think at least the KfaD1 contestants would remember him, or at the very least Professor K, since he actually lost to Etika in King for a Day. Instead, he just laments he was removed in the first round without ever actually mentioning who, which you'd kinda think he would if his loss upset him so much. .--.