#hope ya don’t mind

[crystallizedday]

Mkay, so I just woke up & I feel like spitting some facts today while I’m still in my BATDR hyperfix, especially since I’m pretty sure not a lot of people have this idea as well & I wanna get it out there somehow.

So…

The Ink Demon is like… written SO fucking well in this game, or at least as I interpret it.

& I figured this shit out like GRADUALLY.

The first tid bit that hit me like a fucking truck was how CANONICALLY the Ink Demon is in DESPERATE need of any kind of love and affection. While it’s hinted at a little bit in the games, the smoking gun comes from the VOICE ACTOR FOR INKY HIMSELF Sean Crisden.

Yes, I looked through his entire Twitter to find this again just to prove I’m not insane.

Like… even if Sean isn’t caught up entirely on the lore, there’s no reason he would say this only knowing the Ink Demon through his lines. After all, my guy has to be told about the character to voice him, so for him to address this pretty much makes it as close to being confirmed officially as we can.

The second thing that hit me like a truck was the YouTuber Pastra’s review video on the game, where he details how the Ink Demon’s mocking in the last chapter is towards HIMSELF, not Audrey, & he’s just projecting all HIS shit onto her.

Not even I caught this, since I always thought Inky was right about the “your life is a lie” thing due to her not being fully human.

But then Pastra emphasized the “mistake” bit. Audrey wasn’t a mistake, far from it. The Ink Demon, BENDY, was. HE was a mistake, born solely to be a living mascot to entertain, & when he came out WRONG, he was locked away, neglected, abandoned by the man who created him.

So he looks at Audrey, someone who was made by the same man who made him, someone who was treated so much better because of how she came out “perfect”, & tries to bring her down on the same level as he is by berating her.

& while this is stretching a bit, him comforting her at the end feels a bit like he’s trying to comfort himself, tricking himself to believe there is SOMEONE like him, someone who was ABANDONED & lied to, & thus giving Audrey the opportunity to live so he can indulge in that comfort.

It’s a BIG stretch, but god DAMN is it a gut puncher!

Like I’m sure he also did it to manipulate her & shit, but like… he can have MORE than one reason to do shit, & if he really did try to comfort himself like that, if that really is true… then I’m gonna fucking sob, man.

BUT THAT IS NOT FUCKING ALL!!

Cause I got ONE MORE mind blower I had, mainly (but not entirely) on my own after that one!!

& it has to do with Baby Bendy.

A LOT of people think Inky got his mind split in two when he was imprisoned as Baby Bendy due to how different he acts around Audrey.

But I beg to differ.

I think the Ink Demon is ABSOLUTELY still conscious & in control as Baby Bendy. He just couldn’t do shit to anyone before Audrey came about & accidentally freed him (cause I am ALSO subscribed to that theory Pastra addressed in his video), so he just minded his own business.

Perhaps his new emotional responses spoken of in the Keepers’ tapes come from him being more powerless & vulnerable where the only thing he COULD do was cry.

& the reason he acts so friendly towards Audrey once she meets up with him near the city? Because she was kind to him, she actually gave a shit about him. She apologized to him about hurting him & wanted to take care of him.

NEVER in Inky’s life has he EVER had someone genuinely care about him & his well being, something he always wanted from ANYONE but never got. So when he finally has that opportunity with Audrey, he jumps to it, going along with it, even if he desperately didn’t want to visit the Gent labs again.

More evidence of this is detailed in a post by @jupiter-jellies titled “Ink Demon VS Vesty” which I really like (I apologize for the tag, I don’t know if there’s an easier option to showcase the post itself, but I still wanna credit you nonetheless) as it makes sense of the sequences of events that happen from when Baby Bendy first joins your party to when he disappears & the Ink Demon comes to stop you from entering the Keepers’ area. Seriously, that shit blew my mind when I read it cause it explains WHY Baby Bendy went missing & why the Ink Demon would try to stop Audrey from going THERE in particular.

It just makes sense that the Ink Demon was still HIMSELF in both forms, he just acts differently to compensate for his lack of powers & to be given the love & affection he always wanted.

… But then it gets sad.

Cause the more I thought about it, the more fucked up it became. The ONLY time the Ink Demon EVER got someone to reach out to him & make him feel cared for… is when he’s in a “perfect” form. Only when he was cute & innocent & TRAPPED against his WILL could he be EVER loved, that if only he came out RIGHT in the first place, then he would DESERVE all the love that Audrey offers him.

If Joey & the others neglecting & abusing him when he came out wrong when he was JUST created didn’t solidify this idea in his head, Audrey treating him like a friend in his “perfect” form & an enemy in his true form DEFINITELY sealed the deal to him.

& it only gets worse.

I was re-listening to Joey talking to Audrey at the tail-end of the game to try & snap her out of the dark mindset Inky put her in when I realized something.

The Ink Demon was RIGHT THERE, listening to his abuser talk directly to AUDREY the ENTIRE TIME, telling her how she was loved & how she’s not this monster, that she was his pride & joy, his ONLY success…

& that PISSES Inky off.

In INKY’s point of view, only after Joey had a creation that WASN’T an abomination did he suddenly have a change of heart, that all it took was to get something he always wanted to be a better person as he completely ignores his biggest mistake that was RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

That… has GOT to sting, really bad, to feel abandoned AGAIN in favor of the “better sibling” that Audrey was.

I have a feeling that he didn’t crush Joey SOLELY so he couldn’t get through to Audrey. I think he also did it because he couldn’t take LISTENING to him talk like this anymore, to be reminded that he was a failure that didn’t deserve the love that Audrey got, & lashed out to shut Joey up.

This is ALL very headcanon-y, but… it really does paint the Ink Demon in a more complex & tragic light.

The Ink Demon was NEVER just a mindless monster that killed whatever it wanted on sight. He was capable of emotion, & he could’ve potentially been capable of being something so much more if only he got the proper care & reassurance he DESPERATELY needed.

& GOD I love his character for it, he’s my favorite character in the game BY FAR because of this, GOD I hope this is canon so I can give massive props to the writers for this game!!

#bendy and the dark revival #batdr #batdr spoilers #bendy and the dark revival spoilers #ink demon #ink bendy #bendy #baby bendy #audrey #batdr audrey #audrey drew #joey drew #sean crisden #ink demon character studies #day’s morning ramblings #thank you for reading my essay XDDD #I apologize for the shitty quality for the cutscenes #i just wanted to throw some images in here to spice up the rambling & compliment it a bit #hope ya don’t mind

[mossymandibles]

The Bear

#i want to make a 7 ft painting of this guy tbh #bear #monster art #creepy art #dark surrealism #implied blood #scopophobia cw #not my usual content #hope ya don’t mind #she’s a little imposing but she means well

[alphawolfstabs]

You could like... use the ss of your silly words and qoutes as reaction pictures...

VERYF FUNNT also red is so cool, red trucks literally are so cool and just AGAGJSAOA

Red appels and red foods

I like green cause green is so cool in every shade... I wish I had some neon green hair rn..., ajhsjs

Places a draw 4

ALMOST GOT WORRIED YOU WERE GUNNA WIN.... I HAD TO LOOK BACK... YOU WERE AT 2 KARDS.... phew.... im keeping my favorite foot for now... also, it's yellow now

🌊🌊

HEY WAIT A MINUTE. WE CAN STACK DRAW 4S. FUCK OFF.

*places my draw 4* DRAW 8 BITCH

And it says on red ya hear >:3

#asks #🌊 anon #I MAKE RULES AS WE GO #you’re playing with a sore loser #hope ya don’t mind #LETS GOO

[crumbztoast]

separate versions ^^

#cod mw22 #ghost #könig #djjdjdjdjdjjs hope ya don’t mind if i drop these here

[purble-gaymer]

MY ARMY GROWS!!! [swords and blades from @kladdle-dee, @camachine, and @borbology!]

ooo you wanna send me your no-helmet sword & blade designs so i can draw them oooo

#kirby #kirby right back at ya #sword knight #blade knight #misc knights #they range from war-hardened criminal to harmless little creature what is happening..i love them #i hope you don’t mind the tag i’m obsessed with these guys #had to get this out of my system #confusing day for meta knight

[theofficialpresidentoftheusa]

Shame we never got to actually see Ed put his hair up. Shame we never got him in a crop top either so lemme just-

#ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means fanart #ofmd fanart #ed teach #Blackbeard #Edward teach #anyways. obsessed with this old man who is so pretty #am I really reposting this with the tags done different in the hopes that more people will actually see it this time? yuh. yuh. #if you’ve seen me reblog and repost this a few times-mind ya business #anyways those tattoos kill me and I need someone to release like a comprehensive reference pls #does he have tummy tatts? don’t know! did I even get what he has correct? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #should I fully render and finish this? maybe. perhaps. will I? baby I do not know #Mary arts

[risewriter]

~Smoll Announcement~

Soooo, I’m going on a small, teeny, tiny vacation~ Plus I got the flu rn so yeah hehe

I’m going to be reblogging some quotes my friends recommended~!

Tomorrow still has a new quote, but after that there will be 14 days of reblogged quotes. I hope you’ll like them regardless of if you already know them or not~!

-Risewriter 🐢 🧡

#risewriter talks~ #Hope y’all don’t mind! #I’m gonna miss ya #But I’ll be back soon!

[hannagoldworthy]

So. This got photographed, because I finally blocked the IP address (bye Felicia) but I can’t stop laughing at how little this “anon” has bothered to disguise her writing style. Oh, this asker uses the word Kenobist like it’s a clever insult and writes like Sheev Palpatine having a quick fap over his own perceived superiority between meetings, just WhO cOulD iT bE?

(Golly gee whiz, Domina, that “block” didn’t last very long. I’d bet my left buttcheek you don’t know where the block button is, just as you don’t know how to work the tag or content filters.)

But thanks for confirming that you’ve never darkened the doorstep of any university with a decent engineering department, if any university at all. Nor have you ever spoken with an engineer, because if you had, you’d realize that a decent majority of engineers have Big Himbo Energy. The engineering fraternity house at my college looked like the house in Flubber before the dean made them take their little machines down. I briefly dated an engineering student with a 4.1 Honors GPA who bought a shitbox car and souped it up to drive in drag races on weekends; I broke up with him after the first date because he drove the car up to my parents’ house and showed it off to my entire family while it was literally smoking and leaking oil on their driveway. A meteorologist - basically a weather engineer - who worked with my father once ran out, bare-headed, into a storm of golfball-sized hail because, and I quote him verbatim, “HOT DAMN I WAS RIGHT, LEMME GET A SAMPLE!”

And…you’re saying that’s NOT Anakin Skywalker? “Modified the Twilight until it was practically unflyable for anyone but him” Anakin? “Ran face first into a lightning attack because he didn’t think his strategy through” Anakin? “Did not realize his wife was pregnant after regularly SpaceTiming her for months, lifting her up and twirling her, AND full-body hugging her” Anakin? “Had a prophetic dream where Padme was still having labor pains after giving birth to one baby and interpreted that to mean she was dying and not GIVING BIRTH TO THE OTHER TWIN” Anakin? THAT Anakin, from the high canon Lucas movies, which you have most definitely watched front to back?

You underestimate the power of your own blorbo, Domina. Anakin Skywalker can be both a mentally unstable himbo AND an engineering prodigy, and in fact, HE IS. And I would think that his number-one stan would be the first to point out that those two very different facets of his personality lend depth to his character. But, then again, I am talking to the idiot who drags Obi-Wan Kenobi into every conversation, even in other fandoms, and then accuses everyone ELSE of being obsessed, so I suppose I should not expect that very basic level of perception from you.

Oh, and also? Thanks for that extra boost of motivation! Now my plans to get my computer fixed have been moved up, because I intend to write even MORE Himbokin Skywalker, just to spite you! Mission Failed Successfully, HUZZAH!

#“Anon” asks #tragicfantasy-girl #again #hope you like that IP block ya pretentious bint #I’m going to try and imitate your style for Sidious fyi #it fits his grubby little mind perfectly #also #if you can’t get a job #a boyfriend #OR a hobby #why don’t you try actually watching Star Wars? #I think you might understand them better if you sit down and watch them all the way through #instead of just skipping all the scenes that don’t have Hayden Christensen #Anakin Skywalker #is a Genius Himbo #it’s like an idiot savant only for tumblr

[hxroic-wxlls]

@tahinnia

Continued from here!:

“ Popular? Well, we’re still working on that part. But I can promise you that by the end of this year, we’ll be publicly revered as the world’s greatest super heroes! The Great Saiyaman’s pretty cool, too, from what we can see on the data of him. “

Hmm…maybe he should try and get in touch with the guy? Super hero team ups are always a big hit with the people!

“ Well, I’d LOVE to practice some poses, but my party pooper of a partner simply won’t cooperate with me. “

“ If I remember right, you complained during our last practice the whole time because I kept ‘criticizing your sloppy form.’ “

“ As I said, again, my form is NOT sloppy! Jeez, man, learn to have a sense of flair… “

If they weren’t super heroes, they’d probably make for a pretty great comedy duo act.

#tahinnia #{dramatic hero: ic} #{serious hero: ic} #hope ya don’t mind if I continue it from here! #this interaction’s already so much fun lmao

[ruinsofxerxes]

Hi Nikki! I just read through your answer from your most recent anon ask and your amazing tags too, of course. anyways. pls say more things.... 👀

I love this post-cos HC. so interesting!

HI!!!! First off, I have to say I’m quite honored you messaged me because you’re one of my fav fma artists!! When I think of my early years in this fandom, your art is one of the things I think of 🥰🥰

OKAY. SO. POST-COS. Like I said in my previous post, I think they definitely fudged Alfons’s papers for Alphonse. Ed was his roommate, he would have had possession of all the stuff Alfons, my poor boy, left behind, and it was the 20’s, it wouldn’t have been too hard to forge the documents a little further to match Al’s age, appearance, etc. Idk why, but I feel like they would have lied on the papers and said Al was older than he was, maybe to get government agencies off his and Ed’s backs in case they wanted to force Al into school or foster care or something. I could see them saying he’s like 15/16, and since he is mentally like 16, I don’t think it’d be too hard to pull off. He’d just be a little short for his supposed age (oh how the tables have turned!!)

Anyway, I think directly post-movie, Ed and Al (and Noah!) went on to have adventures all over Europe while trying to find and destroy the bomb, similar to how they ran all over Amestris to find the stone. And this is a more lighthearted hc but imagine them getting to travel to all these amazing places and learning all these brand new cultures!!! I know Al’s had his body back for a while post-CoS, but I think he would absolutely love all the new foods, experiences, etc.

Did they succeed in destroying the bomb? Either they did (great!) because the Axis powers didn’t use uranium bombs, or they didn’t and somehow it ended up with the Americans. Oppenheimer who??

Either way, personally, I think the boys stayed in Europe through the war. I mean, it would have been difficult to leave after a certain time, but they’re also not ones to leave a fight when they can stay and help people. Also, I feel the need to point out, by the time the war was in full swing, Ed would have been late thirties, so for this next headcanon, you need to be envisioning older, Hohenheim carbon-copy Ed. But I think Ed and Al would 1000% join the underground resistance. Can’t you see them doing that?! Secret missions to blow up or set fire to government buildings to destroy as many records as they could, sabotaging railway lines, things like that. They both have incredible knowledge of science, especially chemistry, and Ed was in the military, these things would have made them super knowledgeable and super effective to a resistance.

But I also think they would have been in constant danger, I could see them having to stay hidden or be on the run constantly (but hey! They’ve done that too, so they know how to do it!). Idk, I just feel like they might hide out with a resistance and help others to hide with them. And there would definitely be some doppelgängers in their midst, you just know it!!

That’s all I’ve got tbh. They would probably stay and try to help rebuild too after the war, but at the same time, I can see them just being tired of the constant fighting and running and turmoil they would have been through for over 30 years at that point. I can see them taking a step back and trying to lead more or less peaceful lives once the war ended.

As for how they ended up in Japan? I have absolutely no clue haha. I feel like after the war, maybe they continued to travel in search of knowledge, similar to how they did it at the end of the manga, and somehow it lead them to Japan, and they liked it, so they settled there!

Also, 84 year old Ed was definitely in attendance for the grand opening of the first Hot Topic in 1989. Just kidding (sort of…)

Sorry to everyone that has to scroll past this, this ended up much longer than I thought it would! Lol. Anyone who has post-CoS headcanons, feel free to come share them because honestly I think there’s a lot of directions they could’ve gone after the movie!

#I usually answer non-anon asks privately but I thought other people might wanna join in on the headcanon fun so I hope ya don’t mind!! #ask #I recently watched A Small Light about the Dutch resistance and tbh thats EXACTLY what I would imagine Ed and Al doing! #bees-not-boys #headcanons #long post

[ignify-caligo]

abt ur tags!! (spoilers for what happens in the spring lvl after duke dies if u mind) but alyosha insists that duke could still be alive and they should've waited for him because "came back from the library and its the same thing here". idiot then recounts how they all had drinks ready for his honor and sam delivered a eulogy until duke appears and goes "hey, wheres my drink?". its funny and sad at the same time cuz as far as the player knows, hes dead..

anyway, the reason why me and some ppl think hes the one u play in the dlc is bc 1. duke was on a dangerous mission from the library and 2. the dlc description states that its a trainee hoping to prove himself, which is v in character w duke

Oh my, I’m so happy I managed to keep Duke alive during my play through I wouldn’t have survived seeing the bad ending scene without crying during it from what ur saying and describing 😭 (also I don’t mind spoilers so ur good :D )

Also, I def I’m on the “duke was ranger trainee from Kshatriya” bandwagon now bc it for real would make sense for him to make a “comeback” so to say as a fully fleshed supportive character, especially having in mind like you said him being real on the “proving myself” side - and what better way to do so if it isn’t going into the librarians den so to say, and later getting recognised and recruited by Miller and the Spartans thanks to the dlc challenge in Kshatriya!

This just makes me think of him being like a Artyom doppelgänger kind of situation bc both of them would have the “I survived the Library” as their first big achievements and being another parallel between them as well.

#metro exodus #duke #igor dukov #caligo answers q. #caligo talks #got to say that ​duke is truly growing on me <3 #hope ya don’t mind me just answering this q in the open lol 😅

[wowieeitsisa]

1st year in artfight n my 1st attack (Ikute for @beemers-hell) XP

oOoOOo you wanna check me out soooo bad

#IsaArt #HAI; I hope ya don’t mind being tagged #(if you see this) you got so many cool stuff 👍 #artfight #artfight 2023 #art fight #fanart

[mossymandibles]

My brain said “put that beast in a situation” and I complied :3c

Kraw unwittingly becomes part of a “catch and release” wildlife program by some rather oblivious field researchers.

I may do a continuation since I’ve become attached to my little haphazard team of researchers trying their hand at nature filmography, but I have so much other stuff I wanna work on 😰

I wasn’t even going to ink this thing. I blacked out and somehow ended up here.

#monster art #sea monster #comic #monster dude #kraw #I was going to make the ginger guy a human but then I thought nah he needs a tail #I imagine he sounds like Varney from Castlevania #poor guy just wants to be the next david attenborough #cant tell the difference between the wildlife and the locals #hope ya don’t mind brief kraw sheath #tumblr crashed when I tried to post this before #lets go again

[agirlwithmagicpals]

Sarah sun starlight’s sunrise surprise

🧡The Pasuapassionate🧡

Franklin’s franchise spinner

Edwin R jr’s honeyjack bugshot mix

In this au Eddie dear’s and howdy pillar’s sons are dating each other and absolutely love making bothdrinks and inventions together those cheeky little buggers 😆😆😆

#agirlwithmagicpals #welcome home au #blackberryverse #howdy pillar #eddie dear #i wanna make howdy’s kid half bee 🐝🐛🦋 hope ya don’t mind! #picrew shenanigans #picrew creation #au ramblings #alternate universe #going around scamming the other neighbors tee hee #cheeky buggers they are 😊😊😊 #poppy patridge #sally starlight #frank frankly #welcome home puppet show #au aesthetic

[editsxshowtime]

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Tamari replycons for @monokuromogai

Reblog + Credit if used!

#hope ya don’t mind the new divider ! #☆ - request complete! #ghost and pals #vane #team 6x111 #tamari #tamari ghost #reckless battery burns #replycons #ghost and pals edit #ghost and pals icons

[floral-hex]

I’m fucking disabled

#I had this conversation with my therapist last week. I’ll give you the secret HIPAA breaking rundown #I HATE calling myself disabled #I don’t know why. there’s no shame in it. it’s just ya know it’s just what I am #but I still can’t get it into my head that yes I’m kinda fucking disabled #because here I am sitting on this creaky futon unable to understand anything anyone is saying to me bc my hearing is so bad #it’s a bad hearing day! it happens! some days are good! today is very much not so good! #so I told my therapist I’m way cool with telling people I have mental health issues #but when it comes to hearing it’s ‘oh no I’m not REALLY disabled. I just uhhhhh can’t uhhh fuckin hear sometimes 🤷🏻‍♂️ that’s normal right?’ #and he’s like no my sweet boy you are disabled you need to own that shit #okay… he didn’t say it like that but this is my flashback please let me have this #let me be a sweetie boy in my own mind #he said it’s usually the reverse: people don’t like to admit mental health issues but will mention physical disabilities #I just… I spent 30 something years with great hearing and then it all just got taken from me out of the blue and no one knows why #and I hate that. I’m so angry. I’m so fucking angry and scared and alone #and I hate admitting that yes I am disabled. like really disabled. it feels like defeat. #and it shouldn’t. like I said it’s just kinda what I am now. It’s like saying I breathe or I’m allergic to birds. it just is me. #sorry I’m just having a rough day #I got about an hour of sleep and now I’m holding down the fort while a home inspector and the new buyer look through the house #and I can’t talk to either of them. I can’t understand them talking to each other. it’s isolating. #I have therapy later and I’m hoping I’ll be able to communicate and hear during it. I really just need someone to talk to #I miss talking to people in person. I can still do that it just can take a bit of work and I hate subjecting people to putting up with me #I feel so needy. I just want some human connection. I want to know I can still make this work. #gosh this is whiny. sorry about that. just needed a quick vent to get me through the next few hours #anyway I love you. probably. maybe… ehhh #you can ignore this #text