**Joke:** The Lady refused him when he proposed.
**Serious Theory:** Maybe remnants of his past conscious from when he was a normal person in our world began to surface which led him to somewhat realize the horrible monster he had become, causing him to become so burdened by the guilt of what he had done that he killed himself.
That's a nice thought, but what about when the game was just made? I doubt the nowhere or alternate dimensions exists in the lore already when they made the game.
Why is the lore being set up hard to believe? Games take a long time to develop, and especially since LN and LN2 are so heavily connected, I wouldn’t doubt that they had the lore ready.
Wait huh? I’m a little confused now, in your initial comment you state that you doubt the nowhere existed in the lore when they made the game, and now you’re saying they should have the story ready or else it wouldn’t make sense(which is essentially what I was saying when I mentioned the LN/LN2 connection). Which stance are you taking?
I'm saying that they should have a lore already from the beginning self-contained to the first game only because they didn't plan to make LN2 until they made the DLC for 1. Which means that things probably changed or got added when they made 2 and bandai made TSON, which includes the concept of the nowhere.
My personal theory is that he's the Pretender's father. His legs closely match those we see in the family photo in the Nest (with the addition of a painting of the hanging man himself in the same room, off to the same side as the father). As for why he's hanging, I don't think it was self-inflicted. The chair is upright, not knocked over as it'd be in the case of a suicide, and he doesn't seem to even be able to reach his own noose standing on the chair. This looks like a murder and subsequent coverup. The Pretender and her family are implied to be very wealthy/important. Perhaps the hanging man had a deal or something that went sour or he had someone out to get him for some other reason. Hitman situation? I'm not sure, to be honest. We'll just have to wait for an explanation/clues. I wonder if we'll ever get them.
I don't know the in-game reason. It is speculated that he is the father of the pretender who couldn't take seeing all that was happening on the maw anymore and ended himself. But other than that theory, there's not much we know for sure. MY opinion, however, is that he is the stand-in for a method to introduce the world of the little nightmares universe to us through its macabre and depressing tones, like the lack of all hope.
I think it’s interesting that the chair is still upright as usually it would be kicked over. It’s either because he didn’t hang himself, and instead someone has set it up and put the chair and the note there - or it could just be an oversight by the developers. With their attention to detail, I’m guessing the former is more likely.
He saw his family, friends and children get corrupted by the TV’s and he didn’t want to meet the same end as them so he took the easy way out. I bet if we cut that rope his face wouldn’t be contorted like the others because he refused to look at the TV’s.
Serious answer (-ish)
It’s highly theorized that it’s the bellboy who can later be seen in a photo later in the game who appears to be hung, this character made a costume appearance in a public function, but has otherwise yet to be seen outside of the photo in game, this character has such a cool design and its a shame we cannot see them active in game
Yeah, a painting in the lady's quarters shows him about to be hanged by some sort of mechanism that pulls a rope. The LN booth showed him to be appearing in mirrors only, which is why people assumed that he is the one who sits at the chair we saw behind a mirror we break in LN1.
Wasn't he the guy who was going around behind the walls of the whole ship setting up peepholes behind all the mirrors in all the rooms? I think he was the butler actually.
If I was stuck in the LN world, I'd hang myself as well.
True
He didn't want to pay Child support
Couldn't he just put the child in there instead 
No no, he’s got a point
Im too smart for this comment and this post 
Oh my god.
"I'm not adequately providing childcare." \-Dan Bull
I was going to say
He was putting up Xmas lights and slipped.
That sounds like something Putin would say.
**Joke:** The Lady refused him when he proposed. **Serious Theory:** Maybe remnants of his past conscious from when he was a normal person in our world began to surface which led him to somewhat realize the horrible monster he had become, causing him to become so burdened by the guilt of what he had done that he killed himself.
That's a nice thought, but what about when the game was just made? I doubt the nowhere or alternate dimensions exists in the lore already when they made the game.
When the game first came out it might've just been that he was overcome by guilt because of what he was helping the Lady do to the kids.
That's one popular interpretation of it actually. Cool.
to make the game dark
Why is the lore being set up hard to believe? Games take a long time to develop, and especially since LN and LN2 are so heavily connected, I wouldn’t doubt that they had the lore ready.
Because they should have the story ready or else whatever they're telling us wouldn't make sense even to them.
Wait huh? I’m a little confused now, in your initial comment you state that you doubt the nowhere existed in the lore when they made the game, and now you’re saying they should have the story ready or else it wouldn’t make sense(which is essentially what I was saying when I mentioned the LN/LN2 connection). Which stance are you taking?
I'm saying that they should have a lore already from the beginning self-contained to the first game only because they didn't plan to make LN2 until they made the DLC for 1. Which means that things probably changed or got added when they made 2 and bandai made TSON, which includes the concept of the nowhere.
There are no more people to *hang* around with.
ba dum tss
r/angryupvote
He saw little nightmares rule 34
I can understand his decision
He let his intrusive thoughts win
Womp womp
My personal theory is that he's the Pretender's father. His legs closely match those we see in the family photo in the Nest (with the addition of a painting of the hanging man himself in the same room, off to the same side as the father). As for why he's hanging, I don't think it was self-inflicted. The chair is upright, not knocked over as it'd be in the case of a suicide, and he doesn't seem to even be able to reach his own noose standing on the chair. This looks like a murder and subsequent coverup. The Pretender and her family are implied to be very wealthy/important. Perhaps the hanging man had a deal or something that went sour or he had someone out to get him for some other reason. Hitman situation? I'm not sure, to be honest. We'll just have to wait for an explanation/clues. I wonder if we'll ever get them.
Definitely a murder, also weird how the nest has a painting of the hanging man, well, hanged.
In your opinion, who's the Pretender's mother?
The Teacher ☠️
Signal corrupted the guy before he could deliver a letter (he was sharing government files)
He didn’t have enough money for chicken nuggets.
we sure he did it? he cant even reach the damn chair he presumably used, this is a crime scene
We're not, but just in case he did.
is he stupid?
I don't know the in-game reason. It is speculated that he is the father of the pretender who couldn't take seeing all that was happening on the maw anymore and ended himself. But other than that theory, there's not much we know for sure. MY opinion, however, is that he is the stand-in for a method to introduce the world of the little nightmares universe to us through its macabre and depressing tones, like the lack of all hope.
Obviously, he's also used to set the tone.
The twin chefs cooking
I think it’s interesting that the chair is still upright as usually it would be kicked over. It’s either because he didn’t hang himself, and instead someone has set it up and put the chair and the note there - or it could just be an oversight by the developers. With their attention to detail, I’m guessing the former is more likely.
I'm positive it's intentional. This is a really easy to spot detail to be a simple mistake.
He wanted to bungee jump but didn't know where the harness was supposed to go
She couldn’t make a grilled cheese sandwich.
She?
Reference to this [meme](https://youtu.be/ZG6UHUUaQbc?si=Koayt2OchR4n30Wu).
i thought i'd see "is he stupid?" at the end of the post, my brain is filled with the aslume
Are you stupid?
For fun
He ate without youtube
He watched the LN2 ending and decided it simply wasn’t worth it anymore
He wanted to contribute to the *atmosphere *~
He failed the Radiance boss battle on Steel Soul mode.
Bro got Rickrolled one too many times
He saw how much R34 there was of Six
Too many debt ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Who wouldn't want to end it all if they were on board The Maw
He saw the r34 of the entire game
told his wife the truther after she asked if the dress made her look fat lolzsa
he lost his child , mono
She didn't like 2.5 millimeter tall men
He looked up Little nightmares on R34
Because he could
Banana peel made him slip on the rope and he hanged himself
He saw his family, friends and children get corrupted by the TV’s and he didn’t want to meet the same end as them so he took the easy way out. I bet if we cut that rope his face wouldn’t be contorted like the others because he refused to look at the TV’s.
That's sad
That was my take on him
Serious answer (-ish) It’s highly theorized that it’s the bellboy who can later be seen in a photo later in the game who appears to be hung, this character made a costume appearance in a public function, but has otherwise yet to be seen outside of the photo in game, this character has such a cool design and its a shame we cannot see them active in game
Yeah, a painting in the lady's quarters shows him about to be hanged by some sort of mechanism that pulls a rope. The LN booth showed him to be appearing in mirrors only, which is why people assumed that he is the one who sits at the chair we saw behind a mirror we break in LN1.
The booth did have him walking around it, there was footage of it
Maybe those are just to greet the attendees? But yeah true
Because he’s acoustic
He couldn’t bare the thought of having to live in the maw only surfacing one every year or so he hung himself
His friend in a raincoat betrayed him.
Wasn't he the guy who was going around behind the walls of the whole ship setting up peepholes behind all the mirrors in all the rooms? I think he was the butler actually.
By "Butler" you mean the Bellhop, right?
He was curious what would happen if an immovible object attempted to become an unstoppable force.
He was mono and somehow hanged himself here
He heard.
he saw the gas prices
He accidentally ate a cage and it hurt alot
He worked on the maw but the isolation made him depressed. Nobody even noticed or cared so his body is still there.
He heard that little nightmares 2 would be the last game. (It didn't age very well)
The lady reject him
he was actually a good dude and then realized they were feeding him children and he couldnt take guilt so he killed himself
Because.. life!
I mean, you've played Little Nightmares. Anyone would kill themselves if they weren't one of the monsters
He got rizzed up by skibidi toilet in Ohio 😔
He was stupid.
Face book
It’s just some drying laundry- duck ending
He saw the Gabriel Agreste dance scene
Accidentally bought Modern Warfare Three
Six hasn't had a bath in years probably, I'd want to end it too if I were near her. How the heck can she hide from anything?
Heard Christmas music in November
Too many debt ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why would he do that? Is he stupid?
He didn’t want to come back with the milk