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** Did the Clown's victims really deserve their fate? On the one hand, at the end of the game it is revealed most of the victims were students and teachers that bullied and ostracized the Clown when he was a janitor. With the exception of Madison Carpenter, who he developed a crush on. John was burned alive because of a prank two jocks played on him. Said jocks could have saved him but did not because they felt he was not worth saving. On the other hand, it's implied some of them had legitimate reasons to dislike him or find him creepy. John was giving gifts to an underaged student and had a crush on her, which a fellow teacher and a few students called him out on. However, there is no evidence John did anything else, and it is possible they mostly disliked him for shallow reasons, like being a mentally unwell loner. While a few of John's victims were despicable and hard to sympathize with, it's implied that most of his victims were people he killed for disproportionate reasons, like being mean and making fun of him.
** Was the Clown always unstable, even as John Wade, or did his SanitySlippage only set in after his NearDeathExperience? It's implied that he was always kind of an antisocial loner, judging by his colleagues' and the students' remarks. And then there's his borderline disturbing crush on Madison. However, there is no evidence that he was aggressive to any of his colleagues and students before the accident or that he had any plans to harm them.

** The Clown's reaction to Madison's death implies that her StaircaseTumble truly was an accident and that for once the Clown's intention wasn't to kill. If that is the case, what ''did'' the Clown want from Madison?

** In John Wade's previous life, he was an outcast in his job as a janitor, being mistreated by his co-workers and the students at school. It's implied that John was both mentally unwell and friendless. He also developed a crush on a student, Madison Carpenter, that was becoming an obsession because she was the only person who treated him with kindness. One day, two jocks pulled a prank on him by lighting a fire in front of his closet door. When the fire went out of control, even though the jocks noticed that he was trapped, they chose not to save him, feeling that he was not worth saving. After narrowly surviving the experience, John snapped and went on a killing spree in his new persona the Clown, murdering everyone who abused him. He also ends up killing Madison, the only person that was kind to him, much to his horror.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Quite a few people deemed John Wade as irredeemable in spite of his tragic backstory of being bullied by the students and faculty of the school he worked at because of him regularly giving gifts to Madison and calling her his love, writing him off as just a child groomer.

** Madison Carpenter's death. Madison was the only person that treated John Wade with kindness. Even when John gained a crush on Madison and started sending her gifts, it appears that she did not hold it against him and even thanked him. Then two jocks played a cruel prank on John, almost burning him alive, and he snapped, murdering all of her classmates and teachers who abused him when he was still a janitor. John eventually went after Madison and accidentally killed her. Madison treated someone who was an outcast with kindness and died for it. What sells it is how heartbroken the Clonw is by her death, even writing in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry".

** Did the Clown's victims really deserve their fate? The game itself seems to ask the player that question. On the one hand, at the end of the game, it is revealed that the Clown was an unpopular janitor named John Wade, and most of the victims were students and teachers that bullied and ostracized him. The only person who was kind to him was a student named Madison Carpenter, on whom he developed a crush on and even gave her gifts. Then one day, John was burned alive because of a prank two jocks played on him; the jocks could have saved him but did not because they felt he was not worth saving. On the other hand, it was implied some of them had legitimate reasons to dislike him or find John creepy. John was giving gifts to a female student and had a crush on her, which a fellow teacher and a few students called him out on doing. However, there is no evidence John did anything else, and it is possible they mostly dislike him for shallow reasons, like being a mentally unwell loner. While a few of John's victims were despicable and hard to sympathize with, it's implied that most of his victims were people he killed for disproportionate reasons, like being mean and making fun of him. However, that is understandable in that John Wade was driven insane by being burned alive and acting out on his repressed rage towards his tormentors.
** Was the Clown always unstable, even as John Wade, or did his SanitySlippage only set in after his NearDeathExperience? It's implied that he was always kind of an antisocial loner, judging by his colleague's and the student's remarks. And then there's his borderline disturbing crush on Madison and him saying to himself that he and Madison will be together someday. However, there is no evidence that he was aggressive to any of his colleagues and students before the accident or that he had any plans to harm them.

** Madison Carpenter's death. Madison was the only person that treated John Wade with kindness. Even when John gained a crush on Madison and started sending her gifts, it appears that she did not hold it against him and even thanked him. Then two jocks played a cruel prank on John, almost burning him alive, and he snapped, murdering all of her classmates and teachers who abused him when he was still a janitor. John eventually went after Madison and accidentally killed her. Because Madison treated someone who was an outcast with kindness, she was killed for it. John was heartbroken by her death, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, and writes in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry".

** Did Madison actually like John and was she genuine when she thanked him for his gifts? Or was she just acting nice out of fear what he'd do if she rejected him?

** Was the Clown always unstable, even as John Wade, or did his SanitySlippage only set in after his NearDeathExperience? It's implied that he was always kind of an antisocial creep, judging by his colleagues' and the students' remarks. And then there's his borderline disturbing crush on Madison and the implication that the "gifts" he kept giving her were dead animals.

** Did the Clown's victims really deserve their fate? The game itself seems to ask the player that question. It is also revealed that his first victim Gordon Baker, a pedophile with a criminal record of producing and distributing underage pornography and stalking playgrounds. Then his fourth victim Hank Wallace was revealed to have a criminal record for drunk driving and arson, making his death by burning alive karma despite how horrifying it was. However, it is revealed that the 14th victim Bill [=MacSawyer=], who was stabbed by Clown with a rake and forced into a Bale Maker, had no criminal record. The Clown clearly believes his victims deserve their fate and hate them, writing notes in their blood that they got what they deserved. And in contrast to his other victims, the Clown was remorseful for the death of Madison Carpenter, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, saying that she was the only kind one and writing in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry." The video game's ending revealed that the Clown is John Wade, a janitor at the school he worked at who was an outcast from all the teachers and students. The only person that was nice to John was Madison Carpenter, who he developed an obsession with, leaving the gifts that she accepted and thanked him for; one day, two jocks pulled a prank on him by lighting a fire in front of his closet door. John was burned alive because the jocks chose to leave him there, believing he was not worth saving. John snapped, became the Clown, and went on his murder spree on all the people that abused him. While a few of John's victims were despicable and hard to sympathize with, like Gordon Baker, you even understand why he wants revenge on the two people that left him to die like those two jocks. It's implied that most of his victims were people he killed for disproportionate reasons, like being mean and making fun of him. However, that is understandable in that John Wade was driven insane by being burned alive and acting out on his repressed rage towards his tormentors.

** Did the Clown's victims really deserve their fate? The game itself seems to ask the player that question. On one hand, most of them bullied and ostracized him when he was still John Wade, two of them were directly responsible for him eventually snapping. Then again, some of them had legitimate reasons to dislike him or find him creepy. Habit of lurking around where he shouldn't aside, he was also stalking and sending unasked for gifts to an underaged student. Sure, the jocks' retaliation prank went way over the line and almost got him killed, so it's understandable he'd go after them. But everyone else?

** Madison Carpenter's death. It's revealed that Madison was the only person that treated John Wade with kindness. Even when John gained a crush on Madison and started sending her gifts, it appears that she did not hold it against him and even thanked him. Then two jocks played a cruel prank on John, almost burning him alive, and he snapped, murdering all of her classmates and teachers who abused him when he was still a janitor. John eventually went after Madison and accidentally killed her. Because Madison treated someone who was an outcast with kindness, she was killed for it. John was heartbroken by her death, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, and writes in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry".

** Did the Clown's victims really deserve their fate? The video game itself seems to ask the player that question. It is revealed that the Clown's first victim Gordon Baker, a pedophile with a criminal record of producing and distributing underage pornography and stalking playgrounds. And what made it worse was it was also revealed that he was the Clown's coworker at the school, meaning that it's possible that he was abusing his position as a teacher to take advantage of vulnerable students; he also had the nerve to call the Clown disgusting for giving gifts to a student that was nice to him. Then his fourth victim Hank Wallace was revealed to have a criminal record for drunk driving and arson, making his death by burning alive karma despite how horrifying it was. However, it is revealed that the 14th victim Bill [=MacSawyer=], who was stabbed by Clown with a rake and forced into a Bale Maker, had no criminal record. However, it was clear that the Clown genuinely hated him and all his victims writing Nothing can stop what they deserve! Death is three gift! And in contrast to his other victims, the Clown was remorseful for the death of Madison Carpenter, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, saying that she was the only kind one and writing in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry." The video game's ending revealed that the Clown is John Wade, a janitor at the school he worked at who was an outcast from all the teachers and students. The only person that was nice to John was Madison Carpenter, who he developed an obsession with, leaving her gifts that she accepted and thanked him for; one day, two jocks pulled a prank on him by lighting a fire in front of his closet door. John was burned alive because the jocks chose to leave him there, believing he was not worth saving. John snapped, became the Clown, and went on his murder spree on all the people that abused him. While a few of John's victims were despicable and hard to sympathize with, like Gordon Baker, you even understand why he wants revenge on the two people that left him to die like those two jocks. It's implied that most of his victims were people he killed for disproportionate reasons, like being mean and making fun of him. However, that is understandable in that John Wade was driven insane by being burned alive and acting out on his repressed rage towards his tormentors. It was also implied that in the beginning, John had no interest in hurting innocent people by not killing the detective that protected Madison Carpenter, but he later lost that standard of killing cops that were in the way of his victims.

** Did the Clown's victims really deserve their fate? On one hand, most of them bullied and ostracized him when he was still John Wade, two of them were directly responsible for him eventually snapping. The again, some of them had legitimate reasons to dislike him or find him creepy. Habit of lurking around where he shouldn't be aside, he was also stalking and sending unasked for gifts to an underaged student. Sure, the jocks' retaliation-prank went way over the line and almost got him killed, so it's understandable he'd go after them. But everyone else?
*** The video game itself seems to ask the player that question. It is revealed that the Clown's first victim Gordon Baker, a pedophile with a criminal record of producing and distributing underage pornography and stalking playgrounds. And what made it worse was it was also revealed that he was the Clown's coworker at the school, meaning that it's possible that he was abusing his position as a teacher to take advantage of vulnerable students; he also had the nerve to call the Clown disgusting for giving gifts to a student that was nice to him. Then his fourth victim Hank Wallace was revealed to have a criminal record for drunk driving and arson, making his death by burning alive karma despite how horrifying it was. However, it is revealed that the 14th victim Bill [=MacSawyer=] who was stabbed by Clown with a rake and forced into a Bale Maker, had no criminal record. However, it was clear that the Clown genuinely hated him and all his victims writing Nothing can stop what they deserve! Death is three gift! And in contrast to his other victims, the Clown was remorseful for the death of Madison Carpenter, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, saying that she was the only kind one and writing in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry." The video game's ending revealed that the Clown is John Wade, a janitor at the school he worked at who was an outcast from all the teachers and students. The only person that was nice to John was Madison Carpenter, who he developed an obsession with, leaving her gifts that she accepted and thanked him for; one day, two jocks pulled a prank on him by lighting a fire in front of his closet door. John was burned alive because the jocks chose to leave him there, believing he was not worth saving. John snapped, became the Clown, and went on his murder spree on all the people that abused him. While a few of John's victims were despicable and hard to sympathize with, like Gordon Baker, you even understand why he wants revenge on the two people that left him to die like those two jocks. It's implied that most of his victims were people he killed for disproportionate reasons, like being mean and making fun of him. However, that is understandable in that John Wade was driven insane by being burned alive and acting out on his repressed rage towards his tormentors. It was also implied that in the beginning, John had no interest in hurting innocent people by not killing the detective that protected Madison Carpenter, but he later lost that standard of killing cops that were in the way of his victims.

*** The video game itself seems to ask the player that question. It is revealed that the Clown's first victim Gordon Baker, a pedophile with a criminal record of producing and distributing underage pornography and stalking playgrounds. And what made it worse was it was also revealed that he was the Clown's coworker at the school, meaning that it's possible that he was abusing his position as a teacher to take advantage of vulnerable students; he also had the nerve to call the Clown disgusting for giving gifts to a student that was nice to him. Then his fourth victim Hank Wallace was revealed to have a criminal record for drunk driving and arson, making his death by burning alive karma despite how horrifying it was. However, it is revealed that the 14th victim Bill MacSawyer who was stabbed by Clown with a rake and forced into a Bale Maker, had no criminal record. However, it was clear that the Clown genuinely hated him and all his victims writing Nothing can stop what they deserve! Death is three gift! And in contrast to his other victims, the Clown was remorseful for the death of Madison Carpenter, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, saying that she was the only kind one and writing in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry." The video game's ending revealed that the Clown is John Wade, a janitor at the school he worked at who was an outcast from all the teachers and students. The only person that was nice to John was Madison Carpenter, who he developed an obsession with, leaving her gifts that she accepted and thanked him for; one day, two jocks pulled a prank on him by lighting a fire in front of his closet door. John was burned alive because the jocks chose to leave him there, believing he was not worth saving. John snapped, became the Clown, and went on his murder spree on all the people that abused him. While a few of John's victims were despicable and hard to sympathize with, like Gordon Baker, you even understand why he wants revenge on the two people that left him to die like those two jocks. It's implied that most of his victims were people he killed for disproportionate reasons, like being mean and making fun of him. However, that is understandable in that John Wade was driven insane by being burned alive and acting out on his repressed rage towards his tormentors. It was also implied that in the beginning, John had no interest in hurting innocent people by not killing the detective that protected Madison Carpenter, but he later lost that standard of killing cops that were in the way of his victims.

*** The video game itself seems to ask the player that question. It is revealed that the Clown's first victim Gordon Baker, a pedophile with a criminal record of producing and distributing underage pornography and stalking playgrounds. And what made it worse was it was also revealed that he was the Clown's coworker at the school, meaning that it's possible that he was abusing his position as a teacher to take advantage of vulnerable students; he also had the nerve to call the Clown disgusting for giving gifts to a student that was nice to him. Then his fourth victim Hank Wallace was revealed to have a criminal record for drunk driving and arson, making his death by burning alive karma despite how horrifying it was. However, it is revealed that the 14th victim Bill MacSawyer who was stabbed by Clown with a rake and forced into a Bale Maker, had no criminal record. However, it was clear that the Clown genuinely hated him and all his victims writing Nothing can stop what they deserve! Death is three gift!
And in contrast to his other victims, the Clown was remorseful for the death of Madison Carpenter, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, saying that she was the only kind one and writing in blood on her window, "I'm so sorry." The video game's ending revealed that the Clown is John Wade, a janitor at the school he worked at who was an outcast from all the teachers and students. The only person that was nice to John was Madison Carpenter, who he developed an obsession with, leaving her gifts that she accepted and thanked him for; one day, two jocks pulled a prank on him by lighting a fire in front of his closet door. John was burned alive because the jocks chose to leave him there, believing he was not worth saving. John snapped, became the Clown, and went on his murder spree on all the people that abused him. While a few of John's victims were despicable and hard to sympathize with, like Gordon Baker, you even understand why he wants revenge on the two people that left him to die like those two jocks. It's implied that most of his victims were people he killed for disproportionate reasons, like being mean and making fun of him. However, that is understandable in that John Wade was driven insane by being burned alive and acting out on his repressed rage towards his tormentors. It was also implied that in the beginning, John had no interest in hurting innocent people by not killing the detective that protected Madison Carpenter, but he later lost that standard of killing cops that were in the way of his victims.

*** The video game itself seems to ask the player that question. It is revealed that the Clown's first victim Gordon Baker, a pedophile with a criminal record of producing and distributing underage pornography and stalking playgrounds. And what made it worse was it was also revealed that he was the Clown's coworker at the school, meaning that it's possible that he was abusing his position as a teacher to take advantage of vulnerable students; he also had the nerve to call the Clown disgusting for giving gifts to a student that was nice to him. However, a later victim was shown to have no criminal record, hinting that he died for a pettier reason.

** Did the Clown's victims really deserve their fate? On one hand, most of them bullied and ostracized him when he was still John Wade, two of them were directly responsible for him eventually snapping. The again, some of them had legitimate reasons to dislike him or find him creepy. Habit of creepily lurking around where he shouldn't aside, he was also stalking and sending unasked for gifts to an underaged student. Sure, the jocks' prank went way over the line and almost got him killed, so it's understandable he's go after them. But everyone else?

** Madison Carpenter's death. It was revealed that Madison was the only person that treated John Wade with kindness. Even when John gained a crush on Madison and started sending her gifts, it appears that she did not hold it against him and even thanked him for his gifts. Then two jocks did a cruel prank that burned John alive, and he snapped, murdering all of her classmates and teachers that abused John. John eventually went after Madison and killed her. Because Madison treated someone who was an outcast with kindness, she was killed for it. John was heartbroken by her death, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, and wrote in blood on her window, " I'm so sorry.
** In John Wade's life, he was an outcast in his job as a janitor, being mistreated by his co-workers and the students at school. It was implied that John was both mentally unwell and friendless. While John had a crush on a student in Madison that was becoming an obsession because she was the only person who treated him with kindness. One day, two jocks pulled a prank by setting a fire in the school; even though the jocks noticed that he was trapped, they chose not to save him, feeling that he was not worth saving. Eventually, John snapped and went on a murder spree with everyone who abused him. John eventually killed Madison, the only person that was kind to him, to his horror.

** In John Wade's life, he was an outcast in his job as a janitor, being mistreated by his co-workers and the students at school. It was implied that John was both mentally unwell and friendless. While John had a crush on a student in Madison that was becoming an obsession because she was the only person who treated him with kindness. One day, two jocks pulled a prank by setting a fire in the school; even though the jocks noticed that he was trapped, they chose not to save him, feeling that he was not worth saving. Eventually, John snapped and went on a murder spree with everyone who abused him. John eventually killed Madison, the only person that was kind to him, to his horror.

* TearJerker: Madison Carpenter's death. It was revealed that Madison was the only person that treated John Wade with kindness. Even when John gained a crush on Madison and started sending her gifts, it appears that she did not hold it against him and even thanked him for his gifts. Then two jocks did a cruel prank that burned John alive, and he snapped, murdering all of her classmates and teachers that abused John. John eventually went after Madison and killed her. Because Madison treated someone who was an outcast with kindness, she was killed for it. John was heartbroken by her death, revealing that he did not want to kill her, only reunite with her, and wrote in blood on her window, " I'm so sorry.