Phobelight

**Debut** | TBA

**Phobelight** is the Simplicitrix/Stabilized Simplicitrix's DNA sample of a Schmitzgeraldmith Shedder from the planet Utkrsta-Gulābīslipa.

## Appearance

Phobelight is a flashlight-like alien with a tan cylinder-shaped body bordered with black, with a large black rectangular handle on the top of his body and eight legs with the appearance of dark reddish purple fingers with long bright red nails emerging from the bottom of his body, with four on each side and fleshy veins crawling up his sides.

Phobelight wears the Simplicitrix symbol as his lens.

## Powers

* Phobelight can manipulate the light sensitivity of anyone illuminated from within his radius, either making them more resilient against the darkness or inducing them with crippling photophobia that causes even the slightest exposure to instantly force them to recede into the shadows, and in more extreme cases, render them completely stunned and paralyzed for as long the light remains focused on them.
	+ Phobelight has different effects dependent on the illuminated individual, such as instantly exorcising demonic spirits and forcing them out of host bodies, befriending anyone with nyctophobia who isn't naturally adjusted towards the darkness through easing their fear towards it, and negating the night vision of other species, regardless if it may be a biological ability of theirs, through temporarily blinding them.
	+ Phobelight can concentrate his light into a small singular point, transforming it into a razor-sharp beam that should it slice off the head of a living being, will automatically transform their decapitated head into a magical mask that Phobelight's holder can wear in order to physically and spiritually disguise themselves as the species of the deceased individual, gaining access to their powers and abilities in the process.
* Phobelight has nimble finger-like legs that can let him crawl around at fast speeds and sharp nails.
* Phobelight and the unique preporties of his light renders it immune towards those capable of light manipulation.

## Weaknesses

* Phobelight's abilities are limited within the radius of his light, meaning he has a large blind spot behind himself.
* Phobelight's magical masks will persist for as long as the deceased individual's soul remains inside of it, meaning that extracting it will automatically revive and resurrect the individual in question through their decapitated body no matter its actual condition, as if they were never dead to begin with.
* Phobelight's unique light preporties are still susceptible towards those capable of light absorption.
* Phobelight is a magnet for the supernatural.

## Etymology

* Phobelight's name is a play on "phobe," as a person who fears or dislikes something, "strobe light," and "flashlight."
* Phobelight's species name is a play on Mike Schmitz, the FNaF 1 nightguard, Jeremy Fitzgerald, the FNaF 2 main game nightguard, Fritz Smith, the FNaF 2 custom night nightguard, and "shed," as in shedding light on something.
* Phobelight's planet name is the Marathi translation of "pink slip," which every nightguard ends up receiving at the end of each game.

## Trivia

* Phobelight was suggested by WTB amongst several other transformations inspired by characters from FNaF as a fun, semi-canon collaborative project between him and Shark.
* As with his species and planet names, Phobelight is primarily inspired by the nightguards from *Five Nights at Freddy's*, with his appearance and light-based abilities referencing the commonplace flashlight mechanic within most if not all of the games that allows the player to survive the night, with his light paralysis specifically referencing how some animatronics can be stunned through continuous or repetitive flashes, most notably Withered Foxy from FNaF 2, and his magical mask creation referencing the Freddy mask mechanic from the same game, which allows the player to trick most of the animatronics upon entering their office through disguising themselves as one of them.
	+ Phobelight's homage to the nightguard is reflected within his etymology, with his species name being a play on the three known nightguards' names, as the FNaF 3 nightguard hasn't been specifically confirmed, the Crying Child from FNaF 4 has yet to be officially named despite being a member of the Afton family, and any future protagonists, such as Michael Afton and Gregory, do not fit into the nightguard category. His planet name references the fact that all three named nightguards end up getting fired at the end of their respective games, each receiving a pink slip that reveals their full names.
* Phobelight comes from the same system as Bear Hug, Circalien Rhythm, and other transformations inspired by FNaF characters, explaining the shared prefix of their planet names.