The Many Mascots of Pastra 

I like how one of his mascots graduated to trying to torture Pastra. Many props.

I reversed the strange dialogue at the end and found a message from Lankmann: "Although I may have had different names in the past, I've always been here. And I always will be. You may find it easy now to abandon your passion, but I won't let you. So long as is mine, I will bring it back to what you always dreamed of it being. You may hate me now, but you will thank me later, I promise." On top of that, the subtitles message has Lankmann's text effect saying "No more messages. I found out."

I really like Clyde too! I feel like he has so many expressions and is super cute for a horror mascot, while Lankmann is the creepy, gone mad omnipotent mascot

At 7:15, Lankman states as follows, "Although I may have had different names in the past, I have always been here, and always will be. You may find it necessary to abandon your passions, but I won't let you. So long as this channel is MINE, I shall bring it back to what you always dreamed of it being. You may hate me now, but you WILL thank me. Į PŔÕMĮŞĘ."

I find it interesting how Lankmann has almost the opposite of Clyde's traits, having a dark void of a body with yellow striped tendrils instead of the orange and red ones that clyde has, the only clearly visible thing beside that being his face, of which Clyde's is mainly a void, and the same smile and, apparently, undefined eyes that seem to be the opposite of clyde's eyes.

So basically Clyde is sort of an amalgam of all of the mascots in a way. He has the claws, stripes, and lankyness present in multiple of them, he has Snakebats asymmetrical eyes, he even has Lankmann's teeth. I would say he is the most fitting mascot(no offensive Lankmann.. please don't hurt me).

random thing i thought about: when Lankmann cut off Pastra, not only was it used for a good transition to a spooky scene, but he also cut off Pastra before he could really start talking about him. we didn't get to learn anything about him. which would make sense, not only would Lankmann NOT want his secrets revealed, but it puts down a stone barrier around lankmann, so any info outside of what we've seen from his appearances in videos is hidden from us, making him a bit more of a mysterious character

I like how your current mascot is simply Clyde. There was Snakebat, and Winfrey, and then there’s just Clyde. He’s a great guy.

My man Lankman is scary as hell, but I love him so much for some reason. His fashion choices and looks are to die for.

a horror game reviewer with terrifying OCs AND his review series is a horror series of is own? what more could you want, this is fucking awesome!!

I thought Lankman was going to jump scare me at the end and that put me on edge. Great job with the designs, I could really feel Lankman staring into my soul

The transcript being "taken over" by Lankman is BRILLIANT and kind of eerie, I love that

My guess for Lankman not being used is the manner of purpose. Lankman seems more story-oriented than Clyde, and it is very much apparent when we see his appearances. Still, a nice behind-the-scenes video with good manner of presentation. The footage in the background foreshadows a potential game review so “Oh boy!” *jumps into a pool*

Clyde seems like he could be the mascot of Halloween, the definition of what Halloween really is A ‘spoopy’ yet fun and expressive holiday filled to the brim with popping orange colors. Clyde, IS!, Halloween

Man, coming back to this video after freshly experiencing Dreams of an Insomniac: Vol 1 is such a trip. Especially Lankman after finding out his story. I don't even know how to put the feeling into words. It's f-ing FANTASTIC

when pastra got cut off it definetly was going to end with "an arg." pastra, if you see this i'd like to say you have evolved my art (specially in horror) a TON! plus you make awesome videos! :D

It'd be fun to bring at least some of these guys back, maybe even with their own distinct voices (Like a few of them could be voiced by some of your friends). I also think you should bring along some other characters you made if you feel like it.

I really don't know why, but I get Dr. Seuss vibes from Clyde and Lackman and the others... not the children's books, but the artwork he kept private, like "Every Girl Deserves a Unicorn". The striped, twisty, long style of yours is so unique, I would love to see them in animated form!

Ok, this is the creepiest video you've put out so far, and I adore it. Lankmann cutting you off and appearing on a black background with distorted music and human eyes (which has always unnerved me), getting closer and closer to the screen is so unsettling. Surprisingly, I'd say the captions were the creepiest element. I had them on by accident from a previous video, and seeing "NO MORE MESSAGES I FOUND OUT" just appear at the start of the video sent shivers down my spine. Very excited for the next video

so sad to see grimzo go. clyde's design is BRILLIANT, but grimzo is so cute-

Seeing the title, I _immediately_ knew what was up. Also, I'd _love_ to see/play a game featuring these guys. Snakebat sounds like the ideal between-level announcer-type guy who leans on the fourth wall a little bit, as if he is presenting the game itself, while the other characters could fit all sorts of roles.

For anyone who actually will ever see this. This is what we know so far Lankmann speech at the end has been almost confirmed to "All though I may have had different names in the past, I have always been here, and I always will be. You may find it evil (unintelligible), but I wont let you. So long as we settle [our lives]-(not sure about this one) I will take it back to what you always dreamed of it being. You may hate me now, but you will thank me latter, I promise. With the red text being "lankmann" "The network" and "Vincent" I and others have found out what these mean First with The network: This is a "failed" creation that being of "My happy place" this seem to be a group of hackers (which act similar to how lankmann can hack videos which probably means they are working together maybe) who kidnap and torture this character and make a "fun" game out of it Vincent: Another "failed" creation but this being of the viewpoint of one of the kidnappers it seems or someone who was tormenting the broken monkey mask I believe that they are all failed and now are the same "being" by all teaming up to take Pastra and Clyde down. Edit 2: I think we got jebaited and focused way too much on the end because at 4:55 we get a message that says GE I dont know if this means anything but it might be part of the url

I feel like Clyde was the "correct" choice, but my favourite is Grimzo. "Correct" as in Clyde is definitely the best mascot type of character. Also a FNAF channel having lore of its own is a good idea lol

I’m noticing some “clues” scattered throughout the whole channel. In this video at the end there’s a few frames with the name “Vincent” On the channel “A normal person” the capital letters in the description of the two videos on the channel also spell out “Vincent” As for “My happy place” the channel mentions something called “the network” which lankmann also mentions at the end of this video. Conclusion: I don’t have a final conclusion yet but I’m confident that someone else (preferably with a better sleep schedule) will formulate one instead since I’m very tired

Love how Lankman is just silently being the PFP waiting for his moment to strike Edit: After exploring more of this channel for like 5 minutes I've come to realize that something even more sinister is happening and I am so in

Winfrey-towering fellow, heccin bigg Snakebat-Fluffy flying snekboi. Scrapped sona-C O L O R S Grimso-Silly spoopster. Clyde-Spiky, want to hug LANKMANN-mysterious man, scary grin... h a t

I knew it! Lankman is doing this due to the fact he's resentful towards Pastra for "abandoning" him and the other mascots. Obviously Pastra loves these characters and still has use for them and loves to still reference and use them in art today. But Lankman won't really understand.... He has the wrong idea and is misunderstanding things. But I had this idea from the start since he took over the channel. The fact he was one of the characters who was supposed to be the mascot and stuff. The way he treats Pastra.... I sensed it from him the very start... But I am getting interested in this ARG/story. Hope you keep up the good work Pastra. Your characters, your style..... It's really inspired me to start drawing again and stuff and making my own characters. Hope you do well in everything going down the road.

This is kinda relatable, I used to represent myself with an OC I made Called The Emperor but after some time I decided to separate myself from him, he is still one of my main characters but I have others to represent me and I can use that excuse to evolve the character to something that definitely no longer represents me, giving him his own personality and now I think he is way more interesting, yes, I still us the Emperor as my name here but in most places I now use NECROMON

Oh my goodness i am addicted to all this juicy lore!!! These characters are so gosh dam creative! I love your art style!

I recently learnt the song that played at the end for my orchestra class, and holy cow, the odd feeling of knowing the next note but not being able to place the song followed by the slow realization that this was a song i had been playing not a half hour earlier was really scary. It’s made even worse by the fact that i really enjoy said song and found it quite beautiful and comforting almost, so hearing it distorted felt especially odd. It gave me goosebumps lol

this is the first ARG type thing i've stumbled onto organically, as opposed to going out of my way to find already established ones, and WOW I was caught off gaurd. I don't know if you planned this as an eventuallity when you made the channel, or later decided to rework your old projects but it is an absoluetly facinating concept to me for a creator's old character to just,,,refuse to be forgotten and become something else, and your character designs are perfect for it! I'm not really sure what my point is anymore but I am so glad that youtube randomly suggested your channel!

My favorite part of the Clyde design is how it looks like a costume thats been corrupted with something. The eyes and mouth sink in and out of the hood as they please, and it looks like the tendrils inside the costume are barely keeping it standing up.

ill be honest, i haven't been this invested in a youtuber's characters and stuff since hush. hush's bits were so well planned out, the characters were easy to attach to despite never really knowing what they look like (since it's all audio), and it was just a really fun dive into a youtuber

It's so cool, getting to see each of the aspects you put into the potential mascots, and how Clyde had an aspect of each of them in his design.

What a colourful cast of characters! We should have a cinematic universe for all these characters, with our good friend Lankmann serving as a lovable Anta- pro..tagonist.. protagonist! Yes, of course! Obviously…

This is crazy fascinating, behind-the-scenes stuff always fits that inquisitive vibe that makes horror so alluring. Plus, anything that gives more limelight to your wonderful freaks is a bonus! Snakebat's my favorite, gotta say, I LOVE the "droopy skull teeth minus jaw" aesthetic. Perfect for an efficient dispensing of venom! I'm interested in joining the 'RU-vidr with art avatar" scene myself, so it's also crazy helpful to see the sort of thought processes involved. I've got tons of options, but forcing my pre-existing weirdos to act EXACTLY like me feels... wrong. So I've been creating a spooky mutated ice bat monstrosity from the ground-up for a fair bit now!

from what i could read in the lankmann part "Lankmann, vincent, the network. we are one in the same" I am intrigued, and you, Lankmann, have caught the entirety of my entire attention

I love the inclusion of Lankmann as a scrapped character without ruining the immersion of the current ARG.

I really Love your art style! the exaggerated proportions and large teeth have inspired my own art style!

You have NO IDEA how much I love Clyde's design, so seeing the all these other scary, brilliant designs makes his character feel like a good result of experimenting with colors, shapes and concepts! I haven't finished the video tho, but I have seen the two firsts options (and I love them). Edit: Lankmann being one of Pastra's scrapped designs for a mascot makes sense. Does he want revenge? Fulfill the only reason he was created? We will never know, at least not until this Lemon Demon look-a-like's next appearences /j

I think everyone would love to see all these characters with their own voices. Honestly the voice for lankman is perfect and it makes me want to get into voice acting even more than I already am.

I think what I like the most about Clyde and Lankman is how their designs interact with each other. They're both monsters in a similar style, but not monsters in a similar vein. It makes it so that while they can share space with one another, they cannot replace the other one.

This isn't even my first time watching this video, and the part where Lankman appeared still scared me to death. Epic transition right there.

I saw the ending bit and sat there like- “This man fr managed to fit *lore* into this- omg-“

The entire time i was asking myself “when is he gonna mention lankmann” and WOW. That ending

I like how the L̷̝a̸̛̛̫̞̋͌̊̒͑̔̐̒̈́n̶̨̺̮̫̪̳̮̼̾k̶̬͙̺̫̝̺̩̘͓͒̽̓m̴̡̛̞̰̮͙̜̭͍̆͛̀́̊̋͝ͅa̸̩̲̣̲͍̣n̸̢̤̺̠̗͖͕͆̅̑͛̽͝ͅ part is jsut really hard to hear if they’re saying something or not and it feels like an analog horror thing And all the characters definitely are pretty coo land well drawn aswell This is also an awesome video topic This earned my like

Okay so heres what the audio at the end says: “Although i have had different names in the past, ive always been here, and always will be. You may find it easier to abandon your passion, but i wont let you. So long as this channel is alive, i will bring it back to what you always dreamed of it being. You may hate me now, but you will thank me later, i promise” im very excited to see where this is headed

I love Lankmann's design. He looks like he's just some weird dude with a hat and stripey arms, but that's not all he is if you look closer. There's someone inside. They could either be someone in a really interesting costume, or someone wearing someone else's really interesting skin. My guess is that they were going to be an interpretation of how Pastra puppeteers their OCs, but I'm just making stuff up now. I like this design -because I like deltarune- because I like the concept of how us users of the internet could be taking control of our OCs brains, despite how unwilling they are, to interact with their world.

So Lankmann is basically Clyde without the hoodie. The smile is the same and Clyde's asymmetrical eyes could fit in the hollow eyes of Lankmann. That's cool, imagine Clyde like a nice and friendly spooky guy and if you try to figure out what he really is and pull back his hoodie then he changes personality and become the freaky Lankmann. Bro that's so cool.

Clyde is a perfect of cute and creepy. And that is a tough balance to get so great job, all the others are very cool too, Lankmen seriously is getting me interested in the little snippets of the story in every video. I truly wonder what made him have so much disdain for his maker.

Clyde Is probably my favorite from the bunch, he's so expressive and I love the way he looks. Not to mention pastas voice matches him perfectly. I always enjoy watching the little sprite do whatever the heck he wants while the video goes on. Genuinely makes my day

6:38 “To end things off for this video, we have my final scrapped mascot, Lankmann. Lankmann was going to be my mascot back when I wanted this channel to be a-“ Dang, really touched a nerve there, huh?

Whenever I saw Clyde I got a very "Where the Wild Things Are" feel from him.

This channel is brilliant and extremely underrated.

All of your character designs are so delightfully spooky!

Honestly I really appreciate how Clyde ended up being the mascot! He suits the channel's needs really well and matches your voice nicely. The only other designs that could work for your voice is Grimzo and your horror persona. Frankly I'm glad we live in this timeline where we have a funny altered voice for Lankmann, because his current voice REALLY suits him. It would be interesting to see your other scrapped mascots come to life though, just to give the channel some more lore hehe

Every one of Clyde’s expressions give me so much joy. He’s a funky guy. Peak character design

Ok I know I'm a year late but holy crap I never realized you can completely change the transcript of the video. I went to the transcript to see if maybe it said something about what Pastra was going to say before getting cutoff by Lankmann. Seeing it be something entirely different really caught me off guard. Good job Pastra!

The idea of snakebat being a tv host,wow,i liked it,maybe You could bring him back for quick announcements or something,but is your choice honestly

I love Clyde! He feels both spooky and friendly, somehow :). Lankmann is uhhh,,, yeah he’s here too

I honestly love these monster-style designs. I really enjoy this channel, not only one thing, also with a main problem. Kind of like a story. It appears to be have seen. This is… unfortunate.

clyde is also the name of the orange ghost from pacman! comparing the two they seem similar combined with your other interests! i find that really cool

Clyde and his art style is how I discovered you’re channel which is super cool!

All of the scrapped ones are amazing but Im happy Clyde's the one you went with. He's such a funky lil guy and his mascot status means it's easy for me to imagine him as just a normal dude that also happens to be an eldritch horror.

Clyde is definitely my favorite of the bunch, between the colors and expressiveness Clyde gives me the vibe of like an old sock-puppet that's moving on its own. Very endearing and super cute while still being creepy.

I love how you give some of your monsters casual names like Clyde and Winfred and other are named scary things like lank man and stuff

Bro I love the creepypasta-esque feeling to this channel, it's really re-awakening the love I had for that era with a new fresh experience! The message "We're one and the same" from Lankmann at the end has me rather curious... I wonder how connected to Clyde he is? I love your unique character designs as well, I'm glad you chose Clyde as your mascot since he's the most complex and expressive of your other characters, however I wouldn't have minded any of the other characters to be your mascot. It was very interesting to hear your detailed explanations for each potential candidate, it's something I haven't seen from another RU-vidr before.

Oh the GOOSEBUMPS when he was about to say "arg" but then we're just left with nothingness with His face. The eerie-ness and hanging tension that filled the air around me! Also while I'm here, I fully intend on trying to figure out this whole puzzle, starting with who vincent might be.

Man it's so interesting to just hear about someone's original characters/mascots, it's better than just hear someone talking about something that many other people already have.

The moment I saw this video I thought: "Lankman is one of the scrapped characters isn't he." And thus, I would like to say... I FREAKING KNEW IT!

You have no clue how fast you have rocketed up to be my favorite youtuber! Your designs are so uniquely creepy and fit your style so well and I love them all, but I'm happy that Clyde was the guy we got to see in the end. Never stop doing what you're doing, it's amazing!

It's so nice seeing your art and ideas all mix together in this characters, i adore your artstyle ^^

Your amazing and creepy designs of Clyde and your thumbnails are one of the reasons I subbed to this channel. I just love them

As someone who loves to draw and is a sucker for character design, this video was very enjoyable to watch. Love the cryptic and Sleep paralysis demon type characters!

Ok as someone working as a character designer myself this makes me so SO happy and inspired! Seeing your art style slowly evolve and morph into what it is today made me grin so giddy and happy as well. I can't wait to see what more you do with these characters in future videos to come!

lankman at the end says this from what I can tell: "All though I may have had different names in the past, I have always been here, and I always will be. You may find it evil (unintelagble), but I wont let you. So long as we settle [our lives]-(not sure about this one) I will take it back to what you always dreamed of it being. You may hate me now, but you will thank me latter, I promise.

Imagine these guys in a horror game. That would low key be cool.

The captions are really interesting. Most people won't turn them on unless they've seen that previous upload, and this video says nothing about it. It's "optional", so turning them on feels like you've stumbled into something strange. And how nothing else shows up for the whole video shows there actually were consequences when people commented on the captions. It's simple, but very well played

Clyde is the perfect mascot for your channel,but Lankmann is just so cool!

6:48 L̸̼̞̰͘â̸̠̋n̸͉̠̘̲̼̼̩͗͒̕͝͝k̴̼̺̤̗͒͐͊͜ͅm̶̜̍̄â̸̠̋n̸͉̠̘̲̼̼̩͗͒̕͝͝ did not get his 𝘊𝘖𝘍𝘍𝘌𝘌

Tried my hand at the audio between 7:16 and 7:40 and got this from reversing it: "Although I may have had different names in the past, I've always been here, and I always will be. You may find it easy now to abandon your passion, but I won't let you. So long as this channel is mine, I will bring it back to what you always dreamed of it being. You may hate me now, but you will thank me later. I promise."

Dear lankman, bring the old mascots back to get revenge on Pastra

Boy oh boy, we love a good mascot! Can't wait to see more :) also can't wait to snoop around lol, can't believe i only found that from the last video by checking the transcript on THIS video

Maybe it's because I'm used to seeing him but Clyde fits your personality and voice the best. The expressions are great and fun and I really like him.

What I think Lankmann says at the end of le vido. (Phyziks helped with this little translation!) "Although I may have had different names in the past, I've always been here, and I always will be. You may find that these steps will abandoned your passion, but I won't let you. So long as this channel is mine, I will bring it back to what you always dreamed of it being. You may hate me now, but you'll thank me later. I promise"

I need to see Clyde doing the trollface

In order: 1. What story is Winfrey from?? You're making me wanna read it now! I love his design, and even though we can't see more of it here, I would LOVE to get to know him better! 2. Snakebat is adorable and I would LOVE to hear more of him! It'd be fun if he helped manage channel announcements, or maybe made cameos in other thematically appropriate videos! It's ultimately your choice, but it'd still be cool to see more of him! 3. Honestly I do like the spooky-sona, but I do agree it was probably a good idea to go with something a bit less self-portrait-y. Helps you stand out a bit more among the other art-avatar RU-vidrs. Clyde's pretty perfect, what can I say? The idea of this one changing colors with his expressions IS really cool, though, and it's a really interesting design idea! 4. GRIMZO IS BABEY AND I WANT MORE OF HIMMMMMMMMM!! Sure, he isn't super complex, but him being a minor character that can come back every now and then would be absolutely amazing! 5. Honestly, ARG and fear to upset the current channel runner aside, I really do adore every single thing about Lankmann, and his presence on this channel is absolutely stunning. His design is terrifying in THE most appealing way, his voice is amazing, this whole channel takeover is absolutely phenomenal and makes me really invested in him, and hooooooonestly I might like him more than Clyde. Clyde's a close second, since he's so expressive and varied and dynamic, but Lankmann has all of that along with a sheer PRESENCE that Clyde doesn't have on his own, and I adore that to the highest of heavens and the deepest of hells!

i love the idea of the news anchor, seems like it'd be really fun to tune in to some guy talking about some house burning down then reviewing fnaf 4 shortly afterward

The second I saw the video's title, I knew you were gonna be on some next level Lankman shit by the end.

I actually really like the design of Grimso. It's a neat design! Also, I really like the design of Simon as well (the sack dude you put on your Instagram) Both these characters look really good! You can probably make them side-characters (if you want to, I don't want to force you to do anything, just a little happy suggestion (: )

The expression of clyde with no mouth and the left eye lower (1:26) i always see as him lookin to the right with a cheeky smile and its my favorite one

Your videos are pretty cool ngl

for lankman, there is no explanation needed lmao! his personality just by looking at his face made me feel that he was more of a manipulator, a character that only gets what he wants. he is prebaby my favorite just because of how anonymous he is compared to the other characters. great designs!

I like the idea of Pastra putting random Lankmann moments around his videos like what Sean did with antisepticeye

I love the fanbase pastra is gaining. Honestly pretty inspiring

pastra in almost 2 videos made himself my new favorite horror content creator. and clyde re-enforced that. thank you for all the good content!!

Question for Lankmann: Where do, ummmm "discarded" mascots go?

This video was just SO GOOD!! And I love Clyde, the lil abomination

I've been trying to find you again for years after seeing you once on my old computer while watching videos on how to make a proper mascot. I'm glad I finally found your channel again. Even if the analog horror got me scared of my favorite holiday

I would love to see these guys come back and have different little interactions and have fun with each other, like maybe you could do playthroughs of horror games but use voices and an animation of these guys overlaid in the corner to react and interact with their surroundings, or maybe even have a video series where two of them talk about video games, kind of like you do now with Clyde, but more in character? Or if you really wanna get meta with it, maybe these guys exist on an alternate plane of reality that interacts with ours through videos and Clyde is just your avatar in that world, could be a nice subplot. No matter what you do with them though, I'd like to see some lighthearted interactions with these guys! Especially Grimso, I love that funky little dude.