#clancy is dead

[tylerssblurry]

Don't sleep on a boy who can fall asleep—

@twentyonepilots

#clique art #top #tøp #twenty one pilots #tyler joseph #skeleton clique #blurryface #clique #scaled and icy #josh dun #top clique #clikkie #cliqueart #tøp clique #twentyonepilots #i spent all day on this #your honor i love him #i am clancy #clancy #clancy is dead #vessel #available vessel #dmaorg #dema

[shesacarver]

Significance of "Clancy is Dead."

For about two years, from the end of Trench until The Outside’s MV, Clancy was declared dead. 

LOC Drive [ – Transcribed [ Link ] – ]. "Clancy is Dead" is spelled out on the TV behind Tyler.

Scaled And Icy, very early on, was noted to be an anagram for "Clancy is Dead"

The infraction code of Clancy’s Account Terminated page ( April 5, 2021 - March 16, 2022 ) was a cipher that read "CLANCY IS DEAD" when decoded.

The infraction code from Clancy’s Account Terminated page also appeared on the bottom of the Livestream’s promotional posters. 

A ship in Saturday's MV had ‘ 030904 ‘ written on its back, and when translated, says "_C_I_D"

Redecorate, in its entirety, is formatted like a suicide note, is in Clancy’s handwriting, and features a spoken excerpt from 988 06MOON 18. The lyric video is strictly blue, the color of defeat.

And then, on March 16, 2022, Clancy began posting letters again. The Account Terminated page was removed, and Clancy was never declared dead again.

I previously thought they had just retconned this as a creative choice. However,

" Clancy is Dead " was never meant to be taken literally. 

The Outside's MV illustrates this best. 

The video metaphorically depicts Clancy's killing off of his old self. 

He used to see Keons as a symbol of consolation, but that subservience is now dead. That part of Clancy is dead. Clancy was able to stay alive by killing his mind. 

The sharp contrast between the freedom of Trench and the oppressive forced creation of Scaled and Icy ( and perhaps Level of Concern? ) was the spark to ignite a true rebellion.  

As he stated in 022 03MOON 18, " This small eerie island has made me a weapon. We both believe that we can use it to change the momentum of this war. Now, we must return to the mainland where they should be there to receive us. We will destroy and rebuild. "

~ shesacarver

#🖊️ #twenty one pilots #twenty øne piløts #the outside #tøp #clancy #scaled and icy #sai #dema #trench #clancy is dead

[mossandteeth]

Trash's Eyes in BF

When putting up the contrast on the BF album cover you get:

When inverting the image and zooming in on the left you see what looks like a pair of eyes:

That align perfectly with Trash's eyes on the SAI cover:

#twenty øne piløts #josh dun #twenty one pilots #tyler joseph #scaled and icy #twenty one pilots lore #clancy is dead #lore #sai is propaganda #twenty one pilots theory

[roscoe-me-and-this-fuckin-kid]

dude I've gotta ask. in all these years I've never heard of there being any twenty one pilots lore, what is it?

(tw suicide mention) it's a LOT to sum up, and varies from album to album, era to era, with many different fan interpretations, but a brief description of the lore as I understand it is this (there is a tldr):

There is a place called Dema, a dystopian city ruled by nine Bishops in red hoods. Dema is a theocracy and subscribes to the religion of Vialism. Vialism is the worship of artificial light. The biggest way someone can devote themselves to Vialism is by killing themselves, and all who do this are buried in a special graveyard of neon tombstones surrounding Dema.

Outside of Dema, there is a resistance, a group of people called Banditos. They live in Trench, a safe haven. They cover themselves in yellow tape to protest the bishops' red, and use fire to protest the worship of artificial light. They save people from Dema sometimes.

There used to be a guy named Clancy who escaped Dema, and he did a lot of stuff, but the important thing is that a Bishop, named Keons, brought him back to Dema. The most recent album from Twenty One Pilots is called Scaled And Icy. If you rearrange the letters, you get the phrase "Clancy Is Dead". How he died, or even if he is truly dead, is a mystery, but most people think he killed himself in devotion to Vialism.

A guy named Tyler, the lead singer, used to live in Dema, but was rescued by Banditos. Unfortunately, he was kidnapped by a Bishop named Nico and he was brought back to Dema. He's being forced by the Bishops to make propaganda for the people still inside Dema.

All of this stuff was learned by fans by digging through different (now-defunct) secret websites, digging into codes, playing songs backwards to make out reversed audio, decoding messages from sockpuppet Twitter accounts run by Tyler Joseph, ect.

TL;DR - There's a dystopian city, Dema. There's nine Bishops who rule Dema. There's a resistance called Banditos who save people from Dema. The Bishops are making the lead singer do propaganda for them.

Two good videos to watch for the lore is this one x which is twelve minutes long, or if you're REALLY wanting to know stuff, this three-hour-long video explains things pretty aptly x.

#twenty one pilots #twentyonepilots #twenty øne piløts #tøp #21p #21 pilots #21 piløts #skeleton clique #scaled and icy #sai #trench #tyler joseph #josh dun #clancy is dead #sai is propaganda #blurryface #livestream experience #level of concern #bandom #takeover tour #stressed out

[bye-bye-bye-someone-in-the-sky]

REDECORATE

I don't want to go like this At least let me clean my room I don't want to leave like this 'Cause the last thing I want to do is Make my people make decisions Wondering what to do, oh Should they keep it on display Or redecorate?

#twenty one pilots #redecorate #scaled and icy #clancy is dead #top

[maluajj]

guys i figured it out

#twenty one pilots #twenty øne piløts #top #tøp clique #top clique #clancy is dead #clancy #low effort

[nemotakeit]

I love that tyler always has two answers for potential questions regarding his work- one for the lore-invested fans and one for the public/casual enjoyers. Like he explained the meaning of the "bend symbol" in the bbc radio interview that it was an allusion to a road sign meaning he should be vigilant of what lies ahead in life in case he crashes his car; but below that layer we know it's alluding to the Bourbaki dangerous bend symbol: Z

#he's so fucking clever i cant #also 'scaled and icy' being an anagram for clancy is dead #but explaining in interviews that it means 'scaled back and isolated' #he's a genius #twenty one pilots #tyler joseph #overcompensate #clancy #tøp

[justatasteofyourpoison]

The uncontrollable urge to pull this move every time you listen to Overcompensate. Whether you’re walking, driving…

#i am clancy #overcompensate #Clancy #twenty one pilots forever #twenty one pilots #twenty øne piløts #twenty one pilots fan #tyler joseph #josh dun #wanted dead or alive #trench #welcome back to trench #21 pilots #dema

[evildolokhoded]

uh ohhhhh what will they do !

#twenty one pilots #josh dun #tyler joseph #clancy and torchbearer #remember when i had an art tag #<- same art tag from main blog #if trenchler has 0 fans i am dead ! #throwing this into the void

[probablynotcy]

"leon s. kennedy, quentin smith, nicolas cage & the mad hatter meet the demogorgon in a dark forest", sounds like the start of some stupid joke, but in reality it's just me describing my most recent dead by daylight lobby. :')

#dead by daylight #dbd #quentin smith #leon s kennedy #nicolas cage #ace visconti #clancy's dead by daylight adventures #demogorgon

[tylerssblurry]

hi everyone! i have decided to start a fan project for the boys whenever they go on tour next! here is the instagram page! please DM if you’re interested in helping out!! https://www.instagram.com/p/C3_P346pv-2/?igsh=czFkM3RucDZoNzd3

#twenty one pilots #tyler joseph #skeleton clique #tøp #blurryface #clique #scaled and icy #clique art #josh dun #top clique #twenty øne piløts #twentyonepilots #tøp clique #twenty one pilots art #twenty one pilots fanart #clikkie #clancy is dead #i am clancy #clancy

[curator-on-ao3]

Hey, Curator. I wanted to do this by ask instead of by comment on AO3, because I have *so* much respect for your work on Autobigraphy of Kirsten Clancy. Your creation of Martian culture? Exquisite. Your depiction of a healthy relationship between two peers striving to be part of the same organization they love and also raise a family? Fantastic. Your depiction of grief and trauma? Amazing. So since my question feels a bit critical, I wanted to emphasize that I'm not trying to start an argument or score points - I genuinely, privately want to know.

I could say nice things about the story all day. But one thing in it that I felt disappointed by was the decision not to just challenge the moral attitude of Picard and the Romulan relocation effort, but to actively change the facts of it. I think the question of whether the Federation should be allowed to break up over saying a billion lives or more is a serious one, and one that deserved the argument between Picard and Clancy. Having a narrative that says "Well, nobody really died because the Romulans evacuated them using their own resources" seems to really gut the whole moral concept of the argument - as if to say Clancy can't win it on those terms so we have to change the facts, when frankly I think she *can* win it.

Do you mind me asking what your thoughts were behind making that change? Is it supposed to be the product of unreliable narration on Clancy's part, or are you describing a different universe?

Anyway, thank you again for a wonderful story.

Oh my goodness, @ruckafangirl, your praise for that story means so much to me — and the elements you mention are quite close to my heart. Thank you, thank you! ❤️

I welcome questions (I feel like it’s an author’s dream to be asked why they made writerly choices), though I must admit I was confused at first by yours. The narrative in that story is 100% in our universe with those millions of Romulan deaths happening. Clancy’s argument with Picard following the destruction of Mars and Utopia Planitia — and her view that the Federation can save either itself or the Romulans, and the Romulans should have the resources to save themselves — is meant to be in light of readers knowing that Clancy won the argument at the cost of the future of the Romulan relocation effort since the Romulans did not turn out to have (or use?) the resources to save themselves.

I went back to the story to try to figure out what could have given you the impression that the Romulans didn’t die. Because you’re exactly right that Clancy is an unreliable narrator. She doesn’t lie whole cloth, though, and she’s painfully aware that most of her life is documented via official records and logs. I therefore worked to make her omissions both visible and sensible (e.g., she only reveals the extent of her closeness with Edward Jellico in the acknowledgments because, as she explains, he didn’t want her to talk much about him in her book). I wonder, was it Clancy’s press conference following Picard’s TV appearance that suggested the Romulans didn’t die? Because the journalist’s question, “What is your response to Picard’s critique of Starfleet’s decision to cancel the Romulan rescue?” is a fair one. And Clancy’s answer, “Starfleet is proud to have successfully handed off the Romulan evacuation to the Romulan government, which ensured the safety of its people,” is truthful, yet glosses over what “its people” means. Not all people. Not most people. And what about that handoff would have been proud in any way? I attempted to show the unreliable nature of Clancy’s glib, soundbite-oriented, political theater press conference answers by immediately having Clancy reflect on her training for press conferences from both Admiral Brand and her mother. Clancy, per her explaination of that training, focuses her press conference answers on what she views as “relevant information” while knowingly avoiding mention of deeper, uncomfortable truths — including what she perceives as Picard’s erratic behavior and his need for a brain scan (begging the question: Does Clancy know about Picard’s Irumodic Syndrome diagnosis or are her instincts that good?). Clancy correctly believes that the Romulan government took over the relocation. She possibly incorrectly believes that Starfleet therefore has no responsibility for the relocation’s failures. So she doesn’t mention them.

I hope all this makes clear that I wholeheartedly agree with you, @ruckafangirl: the moral concept of Clancy’s showdown with Picard requires those Romulans to die. And they most definitely do.

Note because of the times we live in: The Romulans die due to canon consistency. Their deaths are not a statement on my personal beliefs, their deaths are a fact of the Trek universe.

#i love asks #thank you again for asking #ruckafangirl #i am considering changing ‘which ensured the safety of its people’ to ‘which was responsible for ensuring the safety of its people’ #i don’t usually change things other than typos but this ask definitely has me worried the narrative wasn’t clear enough on that point #also #i feel like the math would make more sense for it to be billions of romulans dead but the transcript says millions #i don’t think the math works for the number dead on mars either so i did some authorial tap dancing to help that make sense within the story #the autobiography of kirsten clancy #kirsten clancy #star trek picard fanfic

[mossandteeth]

Twenty One Pilots: Colour Theory

Colour has been a prominent part of twenty one pilots pretty much since the beginning. During the vessel era, there were some hints at how significant colour would become - especially with the guns for hands music video and the vessel era logo.

From Blurryface onwards, the colours being used became very intentional and a significant amount of meaning was put behind them. This was seen all throughout the branding, music videos, performance outfits, live show visuals, etc.

Here is what I've been able to gather / theorise about the colours twenty one pilots uses and what they represent:

Red

The main colour for the Blurryface album and era. This was seen everywhere: the album cover, Tyler's beanie and tape on his fingers, every part of branding. The deep voice in songs is blurryface's voice, and Tyler has red eyes in the music videos, representing BF (his voice / control). The bishops wear red as they embody blurryface. Red represents what blurryface represents. It's theorised that the two red circles (ride + stressed out) on the album cover were those songs because they are the two most popular and controlled songs, blurryface had the most "control" over those songs being released (leaking, etc.). Red is mentioned in songs throughout albums, e.g. "rebel red carnation", "that shade has turned to red". The original logo had a red "/", same as the BF era logo.

Orange

The colour appeared in the heathens music video, where orange is a bridge between red and yellow before the Trench era after Blurryface. Orange hasn't been a prominent colour in an era, but it has been lurking around. Tyler has an orange beanie that he wears, there's a photo of Tyler and Josh next to an orange part of a phone booth (that they intentionally edited, as irl it is red), there's little bits of orange in the SAI branding sometimes, etc. Orange could represent a transitional colour in general, but it was likely a one off for BF -> Trench.

Yellow

#FCE300 is the hexcode of a yellow shade that the bishops cannot see. The colour represents banditos, yellow is a code for freedom from the bishops / blurryface. The banditos wear yellow tape on their clothes as a symbol to other banditos. The colour also appears in the eyes of whoever or whatever is experiencing a psychokinetic link (moving with the mind). A ritual in The Outside's music video and in a DMAORG post shows how this link can happen, and how one person can control another. This doesn't necessarily mean yellow means control - since red already has that role. While being a code for freedom, yellow may signify influence, which would line up with it being one of the three main colours in SAI. Trash's yellow flames could be the reason the banditos wear yellow, since Trash has been influential in the Trench world and has helped the Tyler (Saturday MV, whether it was his own control or not).

Interestingly, this kind of yellow is very similar to pure chlorine. "Straight chlorine" would presumably be shown this colour, but in the Chlorine MV, it's shown as a blue colour. There are some interesting theories out there about why this might be, but I won't go into them here.

Green

Green hasn't had much of a symbolic role yet, but it has been one of the main colours of the Trench era. Green is worn by banditos, as a kind of uniform. The textured green camo print was the banditos theme, emphasising on them hiding out in Trench, with yellow highlighting their cause.

Blue

Blurryface tweeted back in 2016 that blue is a sign of defeat, and to wear it on stage is a sign. Whether it's still a sign or it was just for that one time - the meaning remains. In Scaled And Icy, blue is one of the three main colours of the era. Part of SAI indicates a defeat, likely hinting to the anagram Clancy is dead - whether this is real or propaganda is another theory though...

Circling back to Chlorine - pure chlorine is yellowy, and when chlorine made for pools is put into water, it dyes the water a light blue. In the Chlorine music video, the liquid is shown to be blue rather than yellow.

Pink

Pink is a diluted, whitened red. Josh's powers shown before the livestream started show him turning three objects pink, before beginning to transform a Trash model, but ending up turning Tyler's hair pink by mistake. A theory I have is that pink represents control. Tyler's hair being pink this era shows he is under Dema's control, and that the twenty one pilots experiences (livestream, cinema, the album + songs themselves) are all products of Dema, which has been explicitly stated "controlled by DMAORG". Josh turning Tyler's hair pink would connect to other theories about who this version of Josh is, which I might make another post about. Red being close to pink would show blurryface's / the bishop's control "behind the curtain" (like red being diffused through something). Pink (control) and blue (defeat) have been the two main SAI era colours.

Black

Black on Tyler's hands / neck has represented his insecurity around creating with his voice and hands. It's a physical manifestation of blurryface. Black has also been seen painted on skin in the livestream, where Sally and Dan have black painted on the lower half of their faces around their mouths, like a mask. The theories around why this is would be a separate post, but the representation of the way black is a manifestation of restriction and control is clear. Tyler is smeared in the Jumpsuit MV with black on his neck, heavily referencing black neck / hand paint from the BF era and what it represents.

#twenty one pilots #twenty øne piløts #tyler joseph #josh dun #twenty one pilots theory #twenty one pilots lore #theory #lore #clancy is dead #sai is propaganda #scaled and icy #colour #color

[a-vicious-faithless-angel]

Doodle smoodle ploodle dump <3333

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#cry of fear 🔪 #resident evil ☢️ #left 4 dead 2 🦠 #Clancy Jarvis #cry of fear sophie #sophie leatherhoff #ivy baston [Oc] #l4d2 keith #simon henriksson #l4d2 #cof #re7 #plus a pic of my cat smigal #resident evil 7 biohazard #left 4 dead 2 #cry of fear #lyrics from Simon drawin is A Soreness so Familiar it Soon Becomes Unquestioned by Crywank

[artist-issues]

come on

tell them how it is

#dead come alive #Fullofeyes #Clancy #twenty one pilots #skeleton clique #holding onto you #entertain my faith #Christianity #Christian #Tyler Joseph

[wosoandstuff]

Since overcompensate came out, the only thing I've been thinking about is Clancy, how Josh managed to get in and whether dema will fall.

Also I just want to know how Tyler and Josh manage to create a whole universe with their music, like I know other artists do stuff like that but the Blurryface concept, trench, etc is so amazing.

El verdadero cine🚬

Además, ver las manos y el cuello de Tyler (a.k.a Clancy) me trajo full memorias, man que locura esta gente diosmio💨

#my honest thoughts #twenty one pilots #clancy is not dead #blurryface #estoy flipando ok?