hi mrs ottiliere ^_^ i know i sound like every mf in your askbox but the consensus is right and your stuff is really resonant within the crazy dirk liker circle and so i'm also thanking you for making stuff with less of a filter on stuff people don't talk about as much. in my experiences a lot of fan content spaces are more restrictive and censored and it brightens my day a little to log onto this stupid little site and see other people also depicting or being excited about the kind of topics and themes you and some others portray. you're good at what you do and i really hope it continues to be something you enjoy. also you drop fire takes. that's it i think i hope you have a nice day
MRS. OTTILIERE... smiling at the formalities. gee you guys really know how to flatter a woman... as I've mentioned before I'm not as "tapped into" fandom as much as the average fandom engager tends to be so I really don't see the direct outcome of my postings outside of the tags people leave, the asks I get, and the very occasional @ I recieve (DO THIS MORE BTW!! i wanna see the stuff you guys make 😭). I'm just very unfiltered and unconcerned about what people think about me or my ideas because I've always been a bit "out there" and I don't really care that much hahahahah. I'm glad I was able to draw this little cluster of people together... I LOVE that you guys love the stuff I make and talk about it's so so exciting to me.
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“Do you know what my shirt is made of? Boyfriend material.”
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Gundam Wing - 2020 Rewatch - 15 - 16
What stands out now:
15. To the Battleground, Antartica
Where did Trowa just get a motorcycle from? Is this an old circus trick?
Trowa’s idea of a diversion is: ditch the motorcycle into a lake, then just casually walk away on the tightrope. Like you do.
Trowa’s Apple drop and the gun pull shot is chefs kiss
Noin has to explain that Zech’s is having a not-yet-quarter-life-crisis and he just is really into Mobile suits, the way someone might be into sports cars.
It’s weird that Alfred can just see that Zechs ordered a ton of Gundanium. Also, I know that his name is not Alfred, but I am going to keep calling him that because Pagan is a dumb name.
Alfred, panicking: Oops I almost told Relena that Zechs is her brother
Noin: I don’t mind being dragged into things for you Zechs. I’d flip my hair, but you have the long hair in this relationship.
The Treize school of parenting is that you can teach babies to walk by almost letting them die. It was 100% of the time that they don’t fall of a pier instead.
Heero flirting with Trowa: What if we touched each other’s mobile suits??? HAHAHAHAH Just kidding… Unless…?
How is Alfred intercepting Heero’s mail? Who is this guy?
How great would a AU Canon divergence be where they crash in Antartica and it becomes The Thing
Noin’s casual competence is so refreshing. She doesn’t need a fancy mobile suit, she can do what she needs to do in the Aries.
Trowa to the Oz solider on base: I hate everything you stand for, but you’re also an idiot, so I guess I have to do everything myself
How is Heero going to fight Zechs if Trowa just used all of Heavyarms bullets?? Like, I thought this was fandom exaggerating how often Heavyarms runs out of bullets, but it’s really not.
Good thing that like 20 foot drop didn’t hurt you Trowa
Heero’s like what did I miss?? You didn’t give her our names for no reason did you, Trowa? DID YOU???
16. The Sorrowful Battle
Heero when meeting Zechs: Should we shake hands? Should we kiss on the mouth?
Zechs upon learning he goes by Heero: Cool, you got a code name? Me too.
Zechs so eager to please Heero: Do you like your Gundam. Y/N
I love that Heero and Zech’s relationship is like The Masked Man and Inigo Montoya in this scene.
What authority does Relena have to ask any questions about Zeches or the Gundam?
Noin: Oh, shit Zechs you heard me standing her talking to myself about you?
Heero stretching: Hey Trowa, have you seen my guns? They look good don’t they?
Heero: What time is it?; Trowa: 2:30 am Come to bed, we have one last night together—oh wait, wrong paring, sorry fandom YOU DON’T WANT THIS DESPITE THIS LONG ARC OF THEM TOGETHER.
Gee Zechs, if you didn’t pick the South Pole to fight a battle, maybe you wouldn’t have a problem seeing in the snow
Trowa being the voice of reason after his Circus stunt is rich
Relena: HEEROOOOOO REMEMBER MEEEE. IM HEREEEEEEE
Relena seconds later: OH SHIT I HAVE A BROTHER
Look at that shot, Zechs. LOOK AT THAT. YOU SEXY BEAST. LOOK AT THAT HAIR THOSE BOOTS THOSE LEGS
Zechs: “Glory to all the colonies”; Heero: Did we just become best friends?
That’s some Iron Man/Captain America shit right there, flying with Wing holding Heaveyarms
Episode Ratings/Thoughts:
Even though these episodes are supposed to be primarily about the conflict between Heero and Zechs, Trowa is the real MVP. I love that he gives Heero his Gundam, and I love that when he needs to, he’s like well, Heero owes me, and just jumps right into Wing. He fights with Noin because he’s like someone should know what they’re doing, and then he steps in again at the end to give Heero and Zechs the time they need. I am also just shocked after all the Gundam switching that people don’t ship 1x3 more... Also, I know I’ve said this before, but I want to like Relena. I really do. But she’s the worst. I hated 20 years ago, and I hate her now.
What I think I remember for the next episode(s):
We finally get to see Heero and Quatre again after a pretty long arc without them. I think we start heading into space again soon? Oh, and I think we get the iconic scene where Zech’s helmet breaks and he returns to Milliardo.
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The Reporter’s Crows, and a Truth-seeking Deception
Sigh…
Couldn’t find anyone, huh…
“Hm. I wonder what Nim is doing?”
Though I wonder, I can likely guess… Probably “fooling around” (I mean, it’s studying, but even that is fooling around given the circumstances), and that is assuming he is awake already… Yeaahhh… Probably not.
I mean, it’s pretty handy for me that he is such a sleepyhead, even if I don’t sleep that much… But still.
Sigh…
Crááá!
“Huh? That a crow?”
Hmmm… A crow, huh... No way. I’m just overthinking things. ...But then again, when Nim was rambling about this city, didn’t he mention all the bird species living on the region? He didn’t mention crows at all, so unless this is someone’s pet...
“I mean, it’s my pet, you know.”
Oh, great.
“That has got to be rudest “hello” ever.” I say, turning around to face her.
“You live and travel alongside that sorry excuse for a human being. Thought you’d have heard worst by now.” Not towards me, at least. That’s what I think of saying, but she turns her attention to the crow and cuts me off “Oh hey there, Jesus! Any news?”
“Uh, you have a crow named Jesus?” some random guy passing by asked.
“Well, what would you name a crow?”
“Uh, I dunno’... Bob, birdie, blackey, Shadow’s Night?”
“You’re boring. Get out of my sight.” And so the man did, feeling humiliated and intimidated.
“Poor guy…”
“Pff. Anyway, it looks like Jesus has nothing to report… you can keep flying, dearie!” With that, the crow went off flying.
“...How many of those things do you have?”
“100. But I only treat 10 of them as pets, else, I would get saddened with their deaths.” I wonder if she meant more or less a 100, or precisely that number, but I quickly abandon the train of thought. I didn’t much care for that. More importantly…
“Well, I don’t really like seeing you here. If you and Nim meet, I’m afraid one or the other will end up dead.”
“Why! How insulting… I think it’s pretty clear who would die in such a confrontation...”
“Yeah, you.”
She glared at me. ...Best not to provoke her too much. She’s way stronger than I am, after all. Even if her power is directed less towards combat.
“Sigh, this isn’t to the point though. More importantly, though I don’t like seeing you here, I think you might actually be needed. We’re having trouble making any progress with so few clues to go by.”
“Well, that’s obvious. Even more obvious, is that, given some time, I could find the serial killer. Or, rather, I WILL find ‘em. Now the question is… If it is so, then why the hell should I ally myself with you guys?”
“Well, you showed up… you must have had a reason for that. Unless that reason was just mocking me.”
“Yup, that’s it actually~”
Now was my turn to glare at her.
“Hahahahah! Gee, chill. Even I’m not about to stand by and let such a fucked up murderer get away. And though I could do it by myself, I’d better get some allies. ...Even if these allies include an asshole.”
“Yeah. You’re birds of a feather.”
“...Correction. TWO assholes. I’ll be going now... Should anything come up I’ll contact you (alone, preferably hundreds of meters away from you-know-who)” She started walking away, but with with a certain air that convinced me she had more to say. Though I wasn’t sure if I should, I stayed put waiting.
Turns out, I was right.
“Oh yeah, and that guy who passed by and talked shit about Jesus totally wanted to bone you. You should go right ahead, since you and Mr. I-should-die-soon are not a thing yet, somehow. Ok, now really, be seeing you!”
...Totally not gonna’ do that NOW.
(sigh) I’d better get going. Nim couldn’t possibly be still sleeping. ...Maybe.
Well, I needed a walk to get my thoughts in order anyway, so…
Wims Fourth. A journalist who took on various cases and researched all sorts of weird incidents to try and get good material. She’s generally pretty neutral, which alongside with her unpleasant personality makes her hard to work with… but, those things are just minor impediments. If they weren’t, well, there wouldn’t be any sort of cooperation or friendship in this mental world. No, the real problem is her mutual grudge with Nim.
As for why they hate each other so much, well, that’s a long story. So much so, that I haven’t heard all of the details yet. Suffice it to say though, that although they’re both surprisingly reasonable for jerks, that reasonable goes out the window when they’re together. I wasn’t joking when I told her that one of them might do something they would regret when together.
But in spite of that, it’s good that she got involved. She’s clever, and her genius brings along some powerful utility constructions as well: apart from secret police crows, she can also summon film tape of a person’s memories and rapidly look through them. Since the construction needs to sneak into someone’s mind to take the information from there before copying it and bringing it to her, you can theoretically block it, but… it’s not like she’s erasing the memories or tampering with them in any way. She’s just sneaking inside and walking quietly, basically. Since it’s so sneaky, and simple enough she can focus on making it even more sneaky, you’d need to be much stronger than her to even detect it, let alone block it.
I don’t think there’s anyone who fits the bill. Not even Nim or that serial killer.
So, in other words, there’s a door right in front of me.
...Wait, I think I got lost in thought. Almost ran face-first on the door.
“Huh? Yo, Novalue, you here?” Nim “said” through a psychic message.
“Sure am” I send in response.
“...You didn’t ran face-first on the door, now, did you?”
“Nope.”
“Then, did you almost do that?”
“Of course not. I just got surprised because I suddenly remembered I wanted to buy some donuts, is all.” I lie spontaneously but carefully
Suddenly Nim opens the door.
...Holding a wallet.
“Oh, ok~ Sorry for thinking bad of you. Also, you left your wallet home, dumbass! Documents aren’t important because the police is made of weak shits, but what would you do if you wanted to buy something?!”
I take the wallet, and enter.
“Soooo~ anything to report?”
“I met Wims.”
(The prism spins, and senseless light is reflected with a different sense)
Suddenly, I feel like grabbing a few knives and going all Adam Lanza. No, but it was guns… Nim, you FUCKING DUMBASS!
Anyway.
“Did you tell her to go die?”
“‘Afraid it would have the opposite effect.”
“Should have called me then~ I could be the Diomedes to your Nestor~”
“Do I really have to be Nestor…?”
“Huh? Well… Achilleus to Patroklus?”
“Wait, I’d be dead then.”
I clasped my hands and smiled with malice:
“Your corpse is worthy a rescue~”
“...So, anyway. About Wims...” Suddenly, I got in a bad mood.
“Yeah, yeah I know. Just don’t go about expecting too much, yes?” Novalue was about to speak, but I shot him a discreet glare, and complemented the “shut the fuck up” with additional flow of information “More pressingly, let’s go take a look at the police files again! There ought to be a few left, né?!”
“You just want to take a look at the files again, don’t you?”
“Nein...”
“(sigh) Fine, let’s go.”
We walked towards the precinct without a care in the world. But who needs care when you have style? Surely the passerby were gazing at our mutual beauty with much envy~!
Upon getting there though...
“Wait, you’re the ones from yester- yes, of course we can provide the files for usage. Also, Nim, you’re the greatest that has ever lived: I can’t even imagine how one might surpass your fundamentally lofty and superior existence.”
Novalue gave me a glare. Well, maybe not a glare, but a Novalue glare. Most people would think he was feeling sleepy or some shit
“Nim. That last part was unnecessary.”
“Whatever moooom!” I replied, waltzing and skipping towards our destination. I suddenly stopped, however, as if remembering something.
“Então tipo, hey, Novalue! Can you tipo, like, uh, go ahead and shtuff? I need to do something here first~” Novalue looked at me with distrust:
“You’re not gonna’ do something awful now, are you?”
“By the love of the T bearded idiot crow Novalue! Have some more trust in me, yeah?! I feel like a train going to a station full of passengers wantingtogotoanotheroneandexpecti-AHHHHHH” I inhale “Ugh, fuck, I couldn’t say all of it at once. POINT IS. You should trust me more!” I finish with a pout.
“That, however, doesn’t answer the question.”
“No, I’m not gonna do anything awful.”
That seemed to convince him. Hey, I wasn’t lying! I was about to do something justified, not awful.
“Heeey, Mr. Guaaaard~”
“Huh? I’m not a guard, technically, and I do have a name you kn-”
“Oh golly. The magic trick wore off, great. (sigh) Individuality is wasted on you, not gonna’ lie. I mean, the same can be said about me, but… Mmmm, I’m awesome and you’re not. So, whatever you. Is what I’d say, or just think. But, ya’ know. Uh, not sure how much you actually remember from yesterday, since I wasn’t the one on memory-wiping duty, buuuut. I, the great ME am still with my memories intact~”
“Memories…? Ah! Then, you must be the one alongside that fagg-”
Suddenly, his body feels light and his head is slammed at the table. Totally not by me.
“YOU DAMN PIECE OF SHIT! YOU MESSING WITH ME, HUH?! YOU’D BETTER START THANKING ME FOR SHOVING YOUR HEAD INTO THE SURFACE OF THIS TABLE, ‘CAUSE IF I HADN’T SHOVED YOUR HEAD INTO THE SURFACE OF THIS TABLE AND INSTEAD ALLOWED YOU TO FINISH THAT WORD, YOU’D BE FACING REPERCUSSIONS OF A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL!” I threw his body back into the chair “YOU DAMN WASTEFUL SACK OF MEAT!” I turn my gaze to a mug of coffee alongside it’s ingredients “Oooh, coffee.”
“Man, coffee sure is bitter. I can’t take mine without tons of sugar. Generally, if I am to make coffee, it’s for Novalue, so I’m more experienced with making black coffee, though. Here, lemme’ make some.” I add in enough coffee for it to become saturated “Ah, whooops. Maybe a teeeensy bit to much.” I throw the sugar at the floor “won’t be needing that. Let your family feast on it. Now, say “aaaaah!””
“aaaaah!? GuulphgMMMM!”
“Theeeeere weee... go.” with a jerk of my hand, I break the mug on his mug, cutting just the right amount of flesh, before pushing his chair to it’s limits and making him fall to the ground.
Pom.
“Ouch, that looked like it hurt. But see, you could have broken something. If we had met, say, an year back, you definitely would have. Which reminds me, I’ll be taking this key.” I pick up the key for the emergency exit “Wait, I didn’t beat you that bad… I’ll be leaving this key.” I put the key back on his pocket. Would be bad if someone got trapped and they needed it… Though that’s not the reason I did this, it’s just that I realized Novalue wouldn’t much mind this.
Speaking of him…
“Yo! Novalue, I’m coming~”
I open the door and find him looking through some documents. He then looks at me, seeming bored and closes the file.
(The prism spins, and senseless light is reflected with a different sense)
Well, he sure took his time… can’t trust him to have kept that promise. Not that I much care. I close the file.
“It’s no use. Honestly, I’m thinking the killer must have some sort of connection to the police: sure, accessing the file wouldn’t be a problem regardless, but in order to be this through… if not a policeman, then maybe a lawyer or a judge.”
“Seems likely. I’m, uhh, guessing you didn’t find anything?”
“Nope.” I went to store the file away. “This whole trip is seeming useless to me… Maybe we should visit the regist-?”
“Hm? Whazis’?” Nim interrupts me, picking a file.
“What’s with that file?”
“Dunno’. Felt a little ajar to me, though I’m not sure why...” Hmm… though he alternates between not trusting it and boasting it to the point of unreasonability, Nim has a remarkable intuition. Might as well see where it leads. “Sebhbos Mmsseptnote? Ugh. Just looking at the photo disgusts me. Wonder if he was some jerk I met and forgot?”
“...I really doubt you’d forget something like this.”
“Tee hee~ Weeelll. Even for my most grand majesty, it could be possible… have I met him as a child, perchance?”
“Well, is it anything interesting?”
“Nah. He visited this city a long time ago. So not much is said. Doubt it’s him we’re looking for.”
“...If you say so… In that case, let’s look some more”
“Yes, captain!”
(Time passes...)
Well, today was an useless day. Every day felt like one, but this one actually was.
...And to top it all off, it seems Nim has no intention of letting me sleep.
“Wake up. Up up up.”
“Ugh...” I wanted to ask what time it was, but I had no energy to do it. Luckily, Nim was able to guess:
“4:14 and 57 seconds. Figured this time would be safest. Now get your head out of that pillow: I’m pretty damn cranky that I couldn’t have my intelligence sleep.”
“Mmm… safest?” I ask, still refusing to let go of the pillow.
“Yes. Thing is, that serial killer has been following us all day.”
“What…?” the news remove a bit of my sleepiness, but far from all of it; I am, however, now alert enough.
“It started with a bad feeling… so I decided to try searching using the Mental World, as well as paying close attention to everyone around us, though never actually intentionally doing it. And guess what, though I couldn’t see him well, nor properly identify him, there was always this sharply-dressed, thirty-something blonde man around, as well as a constant presence of a monstrous power that, although contained, I eventually identified as being his...”
“Before anything else… how powerful is he?”
“About… as powerful as me. ...P-Probably superior”
Huh… that makes him way more powerful than I am. Well, whatever. About Nim though...
“Don’t get anxious about it. First of all, there is an age discrepancy. Secondly, he probably doesn’t have much combat experience… or any sort of on-the-field experience with the Mental World. And finally… I’m here with you.”
He reacted simultaneously well and unwell, but didn’t complain. Probably because it was more of the former than the latter, and he was too sleepy for that.
“Well… So, about the plan.”
“Yes?”
“Basically...”
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Henry’s Unfortunate Ink-antation [Part Two]
[submitted by: @the-elusive-blue-skittle]
Ink steadily flows from a small, two-ounce bottle and onto the wooden floor.
“Now, Henry,” Bendy grabs the new toon’s attention, tossing the empty bottle behind himself. “This! Is an ink pool.”
Henry nods, placing a finger on his chin. “I see that. So what?”
“So what,” the little devil mocks. “Watch and learn, fresh meat.”
Bendy proceeds to dump another bottle of ink about twenty feet away, on the other side of the room. “Stick yer arm into that puddle.”
“What? Why?”
“Just do it, Henry.”
Henry follows Bendy’s orders and sticks a gloved hand in the puddle of ink. Nothing happens.
Bendy whispers to the massive wolf standing next to him.
“Uh-oh… He isn’t getting the gag. What are we gonna do?”
“Gee, I dunno, Bendy…”
Suddenly, a lightbulb appears over Henry’s head. “Oh, I think I get it now,” he exclaims, trying again at sticking his right arm through the ink puddle on the ground. With some effort, he manages to have the other arm pop straight out of the second ink puddle. Henry grins a big, goofy grin, giggling to himself giddily. The ‘toon mindset’ is getting to him again.
“This is real neat!”
Bendy grins with his creator. “Good! Now try jumping through the whole thing!”
“Bendy, I don’t think I can fit..”
“That’s crazy talk!”
Boris decides to butt in. “That’s not crazy talk! THIS is crazy talk!“
The wolf proceeds to make a variety of babbling noises, accompanied with raspberry sounds with his tongue. Bendy is provoked to smack his best buddy upside the head to get him to stop.
“Do me a favor and shut up, will ya?”
“Aw, but why? Look, he’s laughin’!”
“… Really?”
Bendy looks across the room at Henry, who is covering his mouth and giggling like mad. He never found that stuff funny before! In fact, it’s a rare sight to see Henry smiling at anything at all! He’s usually got a bored, unimpressed expression plastered on his face.
Boris looks so pleased with himself, too.
Henry stares quizzically at the puddle on the floor. “Maybe we should add more ink.. Yeah, that’s gotta be it!”
“NOW we’re talkin’,” Bendy exclaims with a mischievous smile, as he runs over to Joey’s desk to retrieve another bottle of ink. “This should do the trick!”
The little devil quickly dumps the contents of the bottle on the floor, making the large puddle even larger. “There we go! Try now, Henry.”
Henry hesitantly dips the tip of his shoe into the puddle, as if testing out the waters before jumping into a swimming pool.
“Gee, fellas, I don’t know about this…”
“It’s totally fine,” Bendy confidently states, placing his hands on his hips. “I’ll fish ya out if you get stuck!”
“Well, okay,” Henry mutters, wringing his hands nervously while staring at the puddle. “Here goes nothing..”
The new toon plugs his nose and hops in the pool of ink, disappearing from sight.
…
He doesn’t come up for a while. The other boys look at each other with concern, then back at the puddle.
“Should I take a look in there, Boris?”
“I dunno, Bendy… Henry’s a pretty capable guy..”
A loud SPLASH sounds from the other side of the room as Henry attempts to pull himself up out of the ink.
“Fellas… A little help here? I’m kinda… Stuck.”
Bendy runs over and takes Henry by the hand, hoisting him up out of the pool of ink. “I gotcha, Henry, don’t worry..”
Henry wipes imaginary sweat from his brow.
“Phew… That was a close one,” the new toon exclaims, flicking an ink drop from his shoulder in a way that shouldn’t be physically possible.
“It’s not too much to worry about, pally. Like I said, if ya get stuck, I’ll always come to help ya.”
Henry smiles at his toony pal. “Hahah… Thanks, Bendy.”
“Now let’s try it some more around the studio,” Bendy cheers, pumping his fists above his head in excitement.
“Well, alright, if you say so…” Henry smirks playfully as he follows the other boys to the music department. He’s getting a lot more used to walking with the goofy gait of a real toon.
The trio soon reaches the music department in the basement of the studio, where Sammy is peacefully writing music in his office. Bendy ruffles through his sudden pockets for another vial of ink as Henry looks on at Sammy’s door nervously. What would happen if they all got in trouble? What would Sammy do to them? His teeth begin to chatter as his legs wobble underneath him nervously. Boris gives Henry a reassuring pat on the shoulder.
“Don’t worry, Henry. If Sammy says anything, we can just explain what happened and-”
“That’s not what I’m worried about, Boris. So far, the only ones who have seen me like this are you, Bendy, and Joey.. And you KNOW how Sammy laughs at anyone and everyone's misfortune…”
“Aw, you’re afraid of him laughin’ at you? Why, that’s no big deal at all!”
“Maybe not to you, but this is just… Really embarrassing to me, you know? Maybe I can just hide until this is all over..”
“Aw, nonsense, Henry! Who cares who’s laughin’ at you if you’re having a good time?”
“Well, you’ve got a point, there, buddy..” Henry smiles up nervously at the wolf, tugging at his tie to find something to do with his hands. “I guess you’re right..”
“I’m ALWAYS right.”
Bendy finishes up pouring ink all over the place with a smile. “Now THIS is what I call a training field!”
…
“HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING, FLOODING MY OFFICE LIKE-”
Sammy pauses in the middle of his yelling to snort loudly. Uh-oh. Here it comes.
“HAHAHAH! Henry?! Is that really you down there?”
Henry crosses his arms and pouts, looking in the opposite direction with a ‘red’ face.
“Shut the heck up, Sammy..”
“HAHAHAHAH, HECK…”
Henry slowly begins dribbling ink from his form, small glops of grey ink splattering on the floor as Sammy starts to simmer down from laughing his blackened lungs out. The tiny toon chooses not to say anything, wiping his face with a goopy sleeve.
“My LORD, I haven’t had a laugh like that in ages!”
“Hey, Sammy? News flash. You’re only supposed to laugh if he does something funny. Not something he can't help,” Bendy sneers, rolling his eyes. “You wouldn’t like it very much if it happened ta you, would'ja?”
“Tch. He’s tough. He can get over it.”
“Lookit ‘im! He’s a literal mess over there,” Bendy points back to the new toon, who is now kneeling on the floor with one hand pressed to his face, the other helping him keep balance on the floor. “I suggest ya get back ta work b'fore I tell Joey about this.”
Sammy swallows hard. He NEVER likes when ‘Joey hears about this’. It usually ends in him getting threatened to be fired. Sometimes, he’s even put on Ink Machine duty with Wally, which is even worse. The man blinks a few times, nodding slowly at the devil’s fierce words.
Bendy sticks his tongue out at Sammy before carefully lifting Henry over his head with both arms. Henry jumps a little, struggling, though weakly. He needs to rest, and FAST.
“Bendy,” he croaks. “Put… Put me down…”
Bendy replies, though Henry doesn’t have a chance to listen before he goes unconscious.
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How long has he been living like this, in a world of black and white? He’s given up on trying to count, being this way for far longer than originally intended. The toon is only allowed to see his beloved wife twice a week, every week of every year. He misses when everything was colorful. He misses when he was tall and handsome and capable, now reduced to a small, little insignificant toon that never gets to see the light of day. He can’t even go out in disguise. Everyone would be far too suspicious.
Henry doesn’t quite fit in with humans, and for all he knows, he never will again. All thanks to that little prank that happened all that time ago. He’ll never quite fit in with toons, either, due to having previously been human, and therefore, taking on a more humanoid form than the rest of his kind.
“Another day, another dollar,” he moans to himself as he climbs multiple stools to punch in for the day. ‘A dollar for what? It’s not like I can buy anything since I’m stuck here…’
The toon hops down from the perch and drags himself over to the desk he’s wasted so much time in, and will continue to waste time in. He picks up the mug of ink sitting on his desk and takes a big, long swig. He’s used to the taste by now. It’s not like he can drink anything else.
Ever since he, himself became a character in Bendy’s cartoons, he’s never looked at life the same way. Now, he’s just a tool. A character model for the guy on the screen.
He longs for normality. For any semblance of a reminder of once being human. Henry puts his head down on his desk and begins to dribble, thinking harder and harder about his situation. He’ll never get to see his family or friends again. He’ll never have kids, or fulfill a happy life. He’s doomed forever to be the property of Mister Joey Drew.
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Henry wakes up with a startled shriek. Gentle hands carefully push him back down on the warm, comfortable bed as an ice pack is placed on the toon’s forehead.
“Hey, it’s okay, Henry… You’re okay…”
“A-Alice..?” Henry rubs his eyes under his glasses and stares up at the cartoon angel. “What happened…”
“You blacked out. Bendy carried you all the way back here. Do you feel any better?” Alice asks with a hint of worry in her voice.
“Am I still melting?” The smaller toon asks, holding his right hand above his face. Nothing out of the ordinary. Well, if ordinary meant ‘a gloved hand with four fingers and a strange black outline.’
Henry begins to think about his nightmare, expression softening and contorting to one resembling intense fear and regret, though he doesn’t start to cry like he did last time.
The cartoon angel quickly notices this and wraps her light, comforting arms around Henry, stroking the back of his head with her right hand.
“Henry… Please try to stay calm, okay? It took HOURS for you to reform completely.”
“Reform..?”
Henry finds intense comfort in Alice’s cozy embrace, especially with the addition of the hair stroking. It’s like his own little slice of heaven. The new toon hugs the angel back, nuzzling his head into the crook of her neck.
“Well, you basically… Puddled,” Alice states bluntly, smiling as she pets Henry’s grey hair. “That shouldn’t happen again as long as you learn to control it. I can teach you how, if you’d like.”
“That’d be great, Alice, but could you… Just hold me a little longer? Pretty please?”
“Aw, how could I say 'no’ to that face?”
Henry smiles as Alice remains holding him close. This is nice. Especially after the emotional turmoil he just went through.
part one | part three | part four | part five | part six | part seven
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Tagged by: @toasttbutt THANKS FRIEND AHHH
Rules: tag 9 people you want to know better <3 <3 <3.
Relationship status: Single YEET (who wants a significant other when you can have a platonic puppy pile with your best mates, am I right or am I right?)
Chapstick or lipstick: Neither??
Favourite colours: I think last time I did this meme I yelled ‘COLOUR IS HIGHLY CONTEXT DEPENDANT’ at this point, which is still true, but I have a particular love for turquoise-y blue at the moment.
Last movie I saw: *looks at the mess my blog has become* OH GEE I WONDER (hint: it was The Greatest Showman)
Top 3 tv shows: AGH SO MANY GOOD ONES but let’s say Stargate Universe, Traveler and Gravity Falls
Top 3 bands/artists: Brand New (full disclaimer: I know about Jesse Lacey. He is the worst. I just like the music), Fall Out Boy and Starset (but @toasttbutt - I also absolutely adore Sleeping At Last!!)
Books I’m currently reading: Hahahahah does the TGS ao3 tag count?? Also I’m technically reading a book called Saturn Run which I haven’t actually picked up in about 3 months, and a mega sci fi anthology (and I mean MEGA - it’s 5cm thick)
Tagging: AHHHHHH only if you guys want to! No pressure! but: @philippcarlyle @barlyle @endae @circusprince @wolf-zaa @fb-phe13 @wierdogal @archervale and @a-million-chromatic-dreams (pff I know I know some of you super well already and/or that you’ve already been tagged by Toast but hahahaha I do what I want)
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Joe Dub - WCI, 2005
Alright, tell us about your childhood in SF, the records that had an impact on you..
Growin up in "the city" was cool... It's one of the most diverse and open minded cities in the States. A lot of pride... Not just for the city itself but for culture as well. Music and art is not only embraced, it's encouraged. I started off singin in a choir and playin the trumpet. Plus my Mom would paint so I'd get in home art lessons. But I was hella into sports also. I played baseball from like 5 or 6 years old through high school. I was a raw ass in fielder... But couldn't really hit too well though... Haha! But yeah I had a typical childhood I guess. Gettin into trouble... Girls... Yunno that kinda shit. It wasn't really until like 85 that I started rhymin. It was more some fuck around shit we'd do in the schoolyard at lunchtime. Just freestyle shit.. Braggin and baggin.. Recorded some shit just for fun... I still got those tapes.. Fucking funny stuff man.
Around 86 or so I remember listening to KPOO (local hip-hop radio station in the bay) when they had dj's like... KK... Marcus Clemens and Dan the Automator. One night I remember they played Eric B and Rakim "Check out my Melody," Mixmaster Gee "The Manipulator" (check artist), BDP "My 9mm Goes Bang" and Just Ice "Latoya" in succession. I recorded that show still have that tape in fact. Anyways, once the show ended at that moment I knew I wanted to do this shit seriously. The beats moved me but I was more trying to rap then. It wasn't till 90 or 91 when I into making beats.
As far as records that inspired me rapwise? I was a fan of all of the old stuff. Flash, Kurtis Blow, Spoonie G, but it was the progressive shit that had me buggin. Anything that Kurtis Mantronik did... Just Ice (dopest mc of all time imo)... T LA Rock... All that... Schooly D was like a surrogate father to me as a child. Quite the role model!!! Hahahahah!
Let's talk about the Westcoast Workforce. How did y'all came along together, the records/ tracks you did collectively... Everything. I once read about a reformation with you, Sub, Radioinactive, Xinxo, Liferex and Omid.. Is that true?
Well the Workforce was around before I was put on. It was Xinxo, Sub, AntiMC, Radio, Premonition, Memorex, Rhetoric and some other folks. It wasn't until 99 when I was at the B-boy Summit that I met Sub and AntiMC. We traded tapes and that was that. That was like February or March. Then in July of 99 P-minus hits me up and is like "Radio and Antimc are in town and trying to get at you" gave me the number. I called em... Chopped it up for a good second but we never got a chance to hang out then. In September, Deeskee, Maleko and I rolled down to LA to kick it at the Shapeshifter house in Westwood where Rob One (RIP), Exist, Bleek and Dr. Lewd lived. We left SF at about 5 AM and got in at 10 PM. Pull up to the house and Rob is sitting outside car full of records, sayin "cool you guys are here... Let's go." He had a gig and was waitin on us. So we go to the show... And i'm outside smokin and sub walks up and he's like what's up, you wanna be down with the Workforce? That was pretty much it. Megabusive, Liferexall and them got down right after that. As for getting back together, me, Xinxo, Radio, Subtitle, and Rexall, got together and talked about it when I was in LA in 2004. Some of the old names came up, but due to differences and conflictin schedules we left it at that. Omid and Premonition were included as well. But with everyone doing solo shit right now, it's just a name we claim, no albums or tours will be coming anytime soon. Me and Xinxo joke that we are the Workforce. But all of us still work together... Still hang out and what not... The timing is just off right now. I'm trying to get a Workforce song on my album... We'll see!
You probably have one of the most prolific discography in the bay, tones of collaborations and obscure groups... What were the most important ones to you? Also there's this one called The Citadel, which was supposed to be you, Sub, Liferexall and Megabusive.. Does this one only ever existed?
I've been blessed to work with the people I have! My favorite one would have to be with the folks I know the most. Friends... Not just MC's doin songs together... People. Cuz there's no chemistry there. It's not just like "Hey let's do a song to do a song". It's because you know the person and you know they'd fit the mood of the song, whatever it may be. Some shit is fuck around and some is serious with money involved, but either way if it's the homies... It's fun! The folks I like workin with are like... All the Workforce, Deeskee, the Shapes, Khule, Topic, Tommy V, and the list goes on. It's laid back and relaxed when we work. Bustin jokes... Talkin story... That's what I like. Like me and 2Mex did this song when he was in Hawaii... Some quick shit... He's talking about his trip to Hawaii... I was talking about mine to LA. It's probably won't ever come out... But those are the best collabs when you do it for fun.
Citadel? HAHAHA. How'd you hear about that? Yeah we did that at Sub's mom's house in Mid City. Me, Megabusive, Subtitle, and Life were kickin it hard. We all made beats and rapped so Sub had the idea let's each make a 2 beats and do songs in like a week. But the only way Sub would let me rap on it was if I styled hard....HAHAHA! See he saw me freestyle once and I was stylin it up... Haha... Blowed style. But that's another story... So yeah we did that shit... Came out tight. But it was just for fun... Wait so you have a copy? Cuz I don't. I think Sub is the only one with it.
You moved recently to Hawaï... Tell us about it, how's life out there, differences with California, the hip hop scene, if it's a good place for cratedigging... Anything.
Life in Hawaii is slow. A far cry from the pace of the rest of the States. Everybody out here does things at their own speed. Where as in Cali everythings done on a schedule. I pretty much work between the two... Though it's tough sometimes. It's a small island so the scene is smaller than I'm used to. There's some good talent and the fans support. I don't get out that much though so I can't speak on it too much. Yeah man there's a few dope spots for diggin out here. I left a lot of my records back in Cali and I have like 5,000 here in Hawaii. Most of which I got here, some common shit, some rare shit, but theres a lot of come ups, not many people out here are lookin for the kind of stuff I am. So I always find something worth while. Plus, the prices are cheap... No record is ever over $20... Almost everything is under $5... I'm kind of spoiled with that!
Do you have a job besides hip hop?
Nah, I haven't had a 9 to 5 in about 3 or 4 years. Music hasn't been great to be but it's been good enough. I just sell beats and work on music all day. Hit the beach and drink myself to sleep.
You got an album with Ellay Khule called In A World Of My Own that will be released soon... Can you tell us about it? And also, what about this 8′’ vinyl released by Anti-Party? I'm curious to see what a 8" looks like?
It's actually called "In My Own World". The album came about through a mutual friend of Khule and I. He told Khule to check out my beats and I've always been a fan of Khule since I can remember so I was obviously down. At first I'd send him beats in the mail... Then he wrote the songs... Then I flew out to LA to lay the beats and vocals down.... I prefer doing music in person not long distance. It helps the chemistry. But yeah, I didn't want to give him elaborate beats... I wanted his vocals to be the focus... There's something for every Khule fan on the album... There's some hard Rifleman shit... Some Ellay Khule aggressive styling... And some real heart felt personal shit... This album is probably the most complete project i've worked on to date... Me and Khule have talked about doin another project together so this definately won't a one shot deal... As for the 8′’... It's a collection of about 5 or 6 songs off my old "Noise Pollution" tape... Yeah DJ Plankton from Anti-Party really wanted to release the whole album on vinyl but... I'm about moving forward... Plus the sound quality on that tape really wouldn't cut in on vinyl... So we agreed to bust a limited run of 8"'s with some of the songs off Noise Pollution instead... It should be coming out in july... Very limited though... I heard something like under 100 are being pressed...
What's your opinion on the evolution of the underground scene?
Umm I mean... Damn... Haha... It's weird... I'm kinda removed from the Cali scene being out here in Hawaii... But... I’ll say this... The way the scene used to be... Everyone knew their place... You had the MCs/ DJs/ producers/ B-Boys... The vendors... Promoters... And the fans. And who you were was cool. Everyone respected it... Now with all the advancements with technology and free programs for computers... I'd have to honestly say that 70-75% of the people in the scene are MC's or producers now... Now i'm not saying that people shouldn't be allowed their voice... But... Go through the proper channels... Pay dues... Hustle... No one has to hustle anymore... We used to take the last 100 bucks we had... Go get tapes made... Have about 20 bucks left... Spend that on gas and roll to LA... Just to slang tapes at shows...n Ad to tap into a different region... Get our shit out there... Sleep in cars... On couches whatever... We'd sell about 50 tapes or so in a weekend for 5 bones... And come back home broke... But to us the trips were always a success... Now... Everyones got a website with a store... It's so easy now... You don't have to leave your house and you can move 1000 units no sweat... I'd have to sum it up by saying that there's less passion nowadays... I really don't want to go any deeper into this.... Haha.
How do you see yourself at 50? And do you project yourself in the future as a rapper, I mean, do you have plans of doing something else?
At 50?.... If i make it that far... I'll still be making music....if i'm rappin still it'll probably just be for myself....but i'll still be producing...i'm a proud drop out...so....i don't think i'll ever rock a career or a 9 to 5 for that matter again....but if my life changes drastically by then....i can say i'll always have music....
What are you listening to right now... and your all time 5 favorite lps..?
Right now....i'm listening to ellay khule-califormula...alot of mandrill.....gong....totally insane....young ed....alot of my beats(not because i'm an ego maniac...but because i'm kinda forced to listen to them as i make them)....and all the myspace mc's who want me to "check out their tracks".......all time 5?......shit.....here i mean.....i'll just give you 5 incredible albums i'm listening to now.....utfo-lethal earth wind and fire-greatest hits...sade-love deluxe......cid-harder they come.....just ice-back to the old school
What about your future releases? do you plan to have some other artists on Asita?
For me i got my new album "pooretry" almost completed...that should be coming out in like sept/oct of this year....the pain killers album...which is me and my homegirl topic...that's gonna be out on beyond space ent....not really sure of the date there....but that one's bangin....we got beats from...sach...deeskee...liferexall...matth...meaty ogre...alex75 and many many more.....like i said before....the khule album is pretty much done...we're just waiting for califormula to drop....before we release it.....yeah there's gonna be alot of other folks comin out on asita....once i finish my album...i'm going to start a project with nocando....he's a younger cat coming out of blowed and his crew customer service...he's got some specific shit he wants to do so i'm making sure i'm free of all commitments before i start on that....plus an asita/la2thebay beat series....the first installment i believe will be myself...deeskee...liferexall and sach....just all instrumentals...some old some new....we'll be puttin out new ones like twice a year...featuring all the producers in the family....and i'm currently trying to do a couple projects with some other folks but so far it's just talk.....
Thanks a lot for the interview.. any last words?
I guess just thanks to all the supporters world wide....from hawaii to europe....and of course one love to all my family....blood/friends/musicians.....the people i do this for... be easy.
Interview conducted by Pseudzero for West Coast Indies, 2005.
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Challenge Mode: ALL EVEN NUMBERS
oh gee ok lets go this is gonna be a while isnt it
2. Are you outgoing or shy?
uh im both like most people i jump between the two. id say moreso shy bc anxiety tho
4. Are you easy to get along with?
i like to hope so! ask my pals
6. What kind of people are you attracted to?
nice people and cute people
8. Who from the opposite another gender is on your mind? (fixed question bc theres no such thing as an opposite gender)
lots of pals
10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?
uh not sure tbh probably my pals Xtina, Poppy and the squad
12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?
kinda answered!
14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?
i say i dont but tbh its p obvious i believe in luck to an extent
16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
if they were single/in an open or poly relationship now then yes!
18. Do you still talk to your first crush?
answered~!
20. Do you like your neighbors?
answered~!
22. Where would you like to travel?
everywhere but esp america and japan
24. Favorite part of your daily routine?
sleping
26. What do you do when you wake up?
force myself out of bed after ages, poop, get dressed and eat
28. Who are you most comfortable around?
my best pals
30. Do you ever want to get married?
one day
32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?
idk off the top of my head but uh alison brie and idk who else with off the top of my head im v tired im sorry
34. Do you play sports? What sports?
does sm4sh count
36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?
HAHAHAHAH OH MY GOD YES
38. Describe your dream girl/guy?
idk someone cute and nice and patient w me
40. What do you want to do after high school?
uhm... i finished high school like 5 years ago...
after my post grad ends i want to be a video game producer and eventually a lecturer
42. If you’re being extremely quiet what does it mean?
probably anxious or thinking i dunno
44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?
shoot me into space
46. What are you paranoid about?
my friends leaving me
48. Have you ever been drunk?
hell ye
50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore?
big green
52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself?
id like to be able to communicate better
54. Favourite store?
idk tbh but i do like shops like forbidden planet
56. Favourite colour?
red
58. Last thing you ate?
chicken burger
60. Ever won a competition? For what?
i cant remember tbh sorry but twice now ive been in a team that’s ALMOST won a game jam
62. Been arrested? For what?
no
64. Tell us the story of your first kiss?
drunk friend took pity on me and pounced on drunk me
66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends?
implying tumblr friends arent real friends
i like all my friends
what kind of question is this
68. Twitter or Tumblr?
twitter these days tbh
70. Names of your bestfriends?
nad, ruaridh (sorry if i spelt your name wrong bro!), poppy, maiko, tara and rob
72. What colour are your towels?
blue and sandy
74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have?
3 or 4
76. What colour is your underwear?
grey rn
78. Favourite ice cream flavour?
choco or irn bru
80. What colour pants?
my trousers today were mustard
82. Favourite movie?
inception, to kill a mockingbird or shawshank redemption
84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street?
idk probs jump
86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo?
probs dory???
88. Last person you talked to today?
lou
90. Name a person you love?
all my friends
92. In a fight with someone?
no
94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have?
4 jumpers and 3 hoodies
96. Favourite actress?
off the top of my head idk sorry
98. Do you tan a lot?
im ginger so no
100. How are you feeling?
lonely ngl
102. Do you regret anything from your past?
i try not to but i regret a couple things
104. Do you miss anyone from your past?
im human ofc i do
106. Ever broken someone’s heart?
sadly
108. What should you be doing?
slep
112. Who was the last person you cried in front of?
no clue
114. Have you ever been out of your province/state?
im not american
116. Are you listening to music right now?
yes
118. Do you like Chinese food?
some
120. Are you afraid of the dark?
yes
122. Is cheating ever okay?
i dont think so but maybe it depends on the situation i honestly dunno
124. Do you believe in love at first sight?
no
126. Are you currently bored?
yes with this meme tbh i dont like some of the questions
128. Would you change your name?
no
130. Do you like subway?
yes
132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?
didnt i answer this one earlier
134. Can you count to one million?
probably not
136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed?
closed
138. Curly or Straight hair?
depends
140. Summer or Winter?
winter bc less Big Hot and also my bday and christmas
142. Favourite month?
december bc bday and chrimbo
144. Dark, milk or white chocolate?
milk or white
146. Was today a good day?
frustrating
148. What’s your favourite quote?
anything from douglas adams or to kill a mockingbird
150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page?
“Foaly chewed a nail.”
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