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MY SON!!! im so proud of him look at him go

my boy doesnt get enough love on here 😔 also yes i know his eyes look silly but thats genuinely just how i look when i zone out

What if Buddy was the creator of the Cycle?

babe wake up new unfinished batim/batdr au just dropped

yes, im still working on the specifics of the au, but i have the general idea down. when i have the time, and i manage to wrangle my ideas onto a doc/piece of paper, ill drop the au plot :) anyway the name of the au is 'the puppeteer'. i dont plan on making an askblog for it due to lack of time and lack of motivation, sorry

No context bc im tired as hell.

UPDATE:

There's been speculation that this title may be tied to Boris and the Dark Survival!! And, well...

Saw that apparently JDS has a new registered trademark and NO FUCKING WAY? LET'S GO?

Shawn Flynn (Analysis)

Let's talk about my favorite JDS weirdo!

We first hear Shawn's voice in Bendy and the Ink Machine, but Joey also mentions him in Illusion of Living in passing.

Joey mentions two things here, firstly that Shawn does "an excellent job." I know Joey lies more than a kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar, but considering the fact that JDS is held together with duct tape and rubber bands, I'm inclined to believe him here. After all, how the hell could they keep up with demands (so much so that the Alice dolls were overstocked) if the foreman fucked off constantly.

Joey also says that Shawn's "creativity knows no bounds." Makes sense for his position, but also helps confirm that Joey does think highly of him in terms of his work. On a personal level, though, maybe not so much.

Based on Joey's insistence for perfection, we can infer that Shawn, like many, was just trying to do his damn job, and Joey blew his lid when things weren't exactly to his liking.

Shawn also mentions that the Alice merchandise wasn't selling well, and offhandedly proposes that they may have to melt the remaining stock down in order to get rid of it. Pretty self-explanatory tape, all things considered.

(The Bendy Wiki also mentions that he has a Dublin accent. I am not at all an expert on ANYTHING Irish but I did find out that Jacksepticeye is from Offaly, Ireland (Midland/East Ireland) and Dublin is also part of East Ireland, so...I'm assuming this is correct.)

There is also an easter egg with the Seeing Tool in BATIM written over Shawn's audio log, though this is mostly a nod to his voice actor.

Anyway, onto Boris and the Dark Survival.

In BATDS, Shawn mentions that he bought a new belt, (a one-of-a-kind toolbelt apparently,) and it was stolen immediately the next day. The perpetrator was a Gent employee, and they very brazenly wore it around right after stealing it. We aren't sure who this employee is, that's mostly speculation. But I don't think that's the point- this odd anecdote represents some of the first seeds of distrust being sown between JDS and Gent employees.

This brings us to Dark Revival.

Funnily enough, I find Shawn's departure from the studio much more interesting than his actual time employed there.

Firstly, Shawn mentions that Joey took it well when he decided to leave. Between the shift towards Gent's experiments and new technology, the funding from Gent, and the sudden irrelevance of having Bendy merch going out in droves, it's possible that Joey just didn't care.

Shawn also seems to give zero fucks about Joey's opinion, based on his Dark Revival and Bendy audio logs, which I find fucking hilarious. Not the first disgruntled employee, but certainly the most confident when faced with Joey himself.

He mentions wanting to find a cabin upstate, see some open sky, and start anew with his family. Overall it seems like leaving JDS gave him a more hopeful lens on life.

But the MOST headscratching thing about his parting audio log is the last few lines;

"But before I go, I've made one last toy. A little parting present for the factory lads. Let's see how long it takes them to find it."

We never hear from Shawn again, so we have NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS LMAO. Leave it to Shawn to be mysterious for no apparent reason.

However, there is a possible connection to be made. In the Heavenly Toys area, there's a factory output sheet slapped on one of the walls.

The last column mentions a "Bendy Starface Stuffed Toy", which we've never seen presently. There was only one ever made, and after that it was immediately discontinued.

I don't know why it would be listed at all if Shawn did leave the Starface Bendy as a gift, so this may all be a dead end. (I'm also aware that this might be a "Scarface" reference, although I really don't know what that has to do with anything.) Regardless, I find it a weird coincidence that Shawn left a single toy behind, and Starface also seems to be a completely unique Bendy toy.

TL;DR Shawn Flynn is cool and might have left an Among Us plushie at the studio for his co-workers

Secrets of the Machine (Bendysplaining)

(Full disclosure: both of the computers I have access to WILL NOT TRIGGER THE LIGHTNING CUTSCENE therefore making B:SOTM unplayable for me! Watched a couple walkthroughs to get the gist of things. I found ONE easter egg on my own lol.)

Secrets of the Machine is so out of place to me, seeming almost unpolished. I'll give it a fair shake and go over the pros and cons, but if you want a short Bendy game to play, PLEASE play Boris and the Dark Survival, not this.

Pros:

This very important bird that makes me well up inside with a positive emotion.

Ragtime Guffie. Cute character that I feel has a charm similar to the original Bendy cast. I wouldn't have been surprised to see this guy walking around in BATIM back in the day.

This screenshot I can use for memes:

This ONE scene/"jumpscare" was executed well:

The Goofy ahh can dispenser laugh

My personal favorite, this random ass arrow outside that you can follow into the darkness for about a minute until you're spat back out by the entrance arch (useless):

And last but not least, the inclusion of Gaskette and an insanely niche nod to Nightmare Run?

FIrst off, Gaskette looks killer (pun intended):

And secondly, there are at least a couple hands around the map that open and close when you click them in a very similar fashion to a hand that could be found on the menu of Nightmare Run. I was actually excited about this! (Why they didn't they just go full ham with the Nightmare Run characters for this game?)

Cons:

The first glaring issue I have is *checks watch* the FOUR Bendy advertisements thrown into the game??? What???

I'm not mad about hyping people up, but it is............LAZY?? What was the point of this? These ALL could've been Tweets!!

In fact, Lone Wolf's Announcement nearly WAS a Tweet!!

I would feel differently if the presentation was better, but you literally throw a can at some flippable....plates(?) around a screen at random and get still images. I understand that this game is meant to be small like BATDS, but BATDS was more polished, more fun, and didn't throw four adverts in as gameplay/easter eggs.

This is also gives me a Bad Feeling because if you're willing to make your smaller content into a glorified advertisement, what are you going to do with your mainline games? How are you going to treat your content? Are you going to let things cook or serve it to us raw?

ALSO...

Riley.

Riley's story itself is fine. Not amazing, not awful. Riley's parents die in a car accident when she's six. She starts drawing disturbing content, and the school counselor catches wind of this and brings it up to her guardian. Riley goes to work for JDS at the same age as Buddy (17), and is subsequently fired for drawing more disturbing material pertaining to the accident.

While it sounds cliché, the way it was presented in-game was fine. There are obviously things that could be improved, but the point here isn't the story itself.

Let me ask the audience of this post a question.

Where the hell is Lacie Benton?

Or, more broadly, why aren't M+M fleshing out characters that have been with us since *checks watch* 2017?

I'm struggling not to start doing the Macarena, because adding new characters and slowly abandoning the old ones works in direct contrast with "caring about the lore", AKA what this franchise was built on, and it's something M+M like to bring up. When you remove that backbone, everything else falls apart. When you neglect the old characters, you're neglecting the heart of the franchise.

Riley having her story isolated to one game seems to be a blessing in disguise, I'll admit. However, this is ALL just BATIM: Red Flags. Disappointed, but not surprised. Scared for the future of this franchise, but trying to stay optimistic.

AHHHHH YESYESYESYESYES <33 - 🖋 (Demo, the resident splitroject of several people, but is mostly Bendy)

Here’s some positivity/a source call for fictives from Bendy and the Ink Machine and Bendy and the Dark Revival!

All fictives, regardless of their source, are welcome on this blog! Whether you’re from BATIM or BATDR, whether you’re a major character or a minor one, whether you see yourself as your source or see yourself as separate from it, you belong in this space and are a welcome part of the plural community.

It’s okay to be a fictive from a source that hasn’t been released yet! It’s okay to be a fictive from a video game! You are loved and cherished, and we are so proud of how far you’ve come!

Fictives from Bendy games who are looking for sourcemates, please comment on or reblog this post to help find other fictives from your source!

You can learn more about the Bendy games and the studio that makes them here!

Good luck - we wish you happiness, positivity, and connection with your sourcemates!

Requested by: @asphyxiation-and-wither-roses

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Here’s a relatively comprehensive list of my interests separated into categories based on how well I think I know them:

God itself does not know this like I do:

BATIM

Vita Carnis

TMA

The Darkside Detective

My knowledge is extensive, yet incomplete:

Gemini Home Entertainment

Paper Mario (JUST THE FIRST ONE)

Led Zeppelin (I had a phase in middle school)

BATDS

Kirby (would be higher but I haven’t fully caught up on lore since Star Allies)

The scythe book series

TMAGP

I am no expert, but I am no fool either:

FNAF (I used to consider myself an expert in FNAF lore. I have since been humbled)

Whale sharks (just the animal)

BATDR

The Matrix

Star Trek

Monument Mythos

Liminal Land

Harmony and Horror

Angelology

Human anatomy (bones, organs, muscles, ect)

Pokémon

Lethal company

The Bible (I am not religious)

My knowledge is rather limited in the grand scheme of things:

Bugs

The Walten Files

Colour theory

Mincraft (I know a lot, but only up to the water update where they added dolphins and stuff)

BATIM but specifically the books

Animated Barbie movies

Demonology

Space

My knowledge is but a drop in the ocean of information:

Elden Ring (and Bloodborne and all the souls games really. I would like to know more about them though)

Dinosaurs

The meanings flowers have

Psychology

Ghosts

Junji ito books (I am not in the financial position to purchase any)

I don’t know shit (but I want to):

Greylock

The last of us

Bauldurs gate