#Dema

[artist-issues]

I think…I don’t know, the context of these three screenshots are kind of wonky.

Midwest Indigo - He’s home and he wants to be there and wants something to be happening, but instead it’s hard to be home. Kind of like how, in freezing cold Ohio after a long bleak winter, the sunshine should probably be a welcome thing—but instead it’s uncomfortably bright. And they’re on a frozen lake—if the sun thaws it out, that’s going to be even more uncomfortable.

Snap Back - He’s in a garage where he’s been alone, pondering the space between losing-progress and a fresh-start (which is what shaving your head looks like) and then he’s not alone anymore—someone is coming into the garage. They’re going to see what he’s done to his hair, and, whether for bad or good, they’re ending that moment he was having, where he pondered it all. The moment is over when the lights come in. Plus, the lights are bright in a way that looks like he’s exposed, like a convict caught in a spotlight or a naughty kid whose hiding spot has been found.

Next Semester - He was losing himself in the music, which is describing a moment—so again, lost in a moment. Then the lights are too bright and they remind him of another time when, lost in a dark moment, headlights brightly illuminated what he was doing. And almost ran him over. And he was kind of welcoming their approach because it meant he could get out of the life he was in, even if that would obviously hurt him. At least in Next Semester, the lights are followed by a voice telling him to get out of that dark moment, get out of harm’s way.

I guess the pattern is:

Miserable Moment Where You’re Stuck Thinking About Where You’ve Been vs. Where You Wanna Be -> Moment is Interrupted by Bright Lights, Which Are Uncomfortable Because They Expose You & Could Kill You -> Ultimately The Lights Are Good Because You Need to Get Out of That Miserable Moment Whether It’s Uncomfortable Or Not, & Lights Can Move You Forward

You can’t kill the Old You til the Old You is exposed. A fresh start doesn’t come from avoiding truth. Once it’s exposed by light, it can also be burned up by light—then, start fresh.

At the show I went to in Raleigh, Torchbearer kind of appeared out of nowhere (in character) and brought his torch to the B-Stage where Tyler had been singing nostalgic songs, and Tyler got into character, looking grim and interrupted and uncomfortable, and then Torchbearer (holding that natural light) gave Tyler the Clancy jacket and he put it on and they went to DEMA to fight.

So. You know. The light seems harsh and unavoidable and uncomfortable in each of these music videos, but I think it’s actually supposed to lead to something good, even if that good is currently seen in a feared and uneasy perspective.

“This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.” (John 3:20-21)

After all, what is Blurryface? Insecurity. And insecurity is self-focus. And self-focus loves to over-analyze “Will I ever get this right or will I always fail.” That type of analysis is actually just pride, trying to “get better�� in your own power. “Nobody needs to see how messed up I am, they just need to see me fix it.” Insecurity. But the Light exposes everything—how messed up you are, and how you need Help to fix it.

Maybe this is wishful thinking.

But please oh please if the Light is representative of God, I hope it shows Him off the right way.

“I can feel the light shine on my face”

[sosclancy]

× COVER ME ×

[randomnesseva]

I've already got @idkdema in my style now it's @theslasher136 's turn!

'Goth girl'

Bonus:

[artist-issues]

Come on man

Self-Focus blinds you from the God who's always there.

Blurryface can't see God; from Blurryface's perspective, it would be crazy to believe in Someone who's so completely not you and not understandable by you much less willing to see you , really see the real YOU, and love you

Nico can't see the Torchbearer! Clancy can but Nico and the Bishops can't.

Come on! Come on! Come on Tyler, BE ABOUT YOUR FATHER'S BUSINESS.

 "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

Let's go. Let's take care of business. Have the Torchbearer save Clancy, because while Clancy's counterpart could never see him, Clancy's counterpart is the one who is wrong. He has always been there and he does have a plan he will save. Show them!

[werrrrrrrrrrrrrrrcat]

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Climb the top of the tower

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ "Show yourself, " I yell louder

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Even though I'm past the point

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ of no return.

[rainbowhoodlumart]

And they did.

[clancysstole]

[tobythetrashyartist]

.:the tøp of the løøming wall that has kept us here:.

cliquetober days 4 and 5: trapped + heights

[nerdylizard5]

Arcane style Twenty One Pilots poster!

Prints Poster prints

And a bonus: phone background version!

[mr-mistyeyed]

this island turned me into a weapon??

HELL YEAH clancy is gonna kick dema's ass

[f0linasahl0]

i can't

stop thinking

about his

deadpan stare

literally cannot stop thinking about it. like look at him he's so done.

literally cannot stop thinking about this and the fucking lore implications. look at him. he's so broken and done. he doesn't wanna be there anymore ☹️

literally looks so dead inside sitting next to these two hosts. i'm literally going insane. i was talking to my friend and like just how fucking heartbreaking clancy's story really is. i'm literally--im literally going insane i can't anymore.

the fucking way he ended this livestream with "nobody's coming for me" dude im literally--

this lore is so detailed. this story is so profound. i'm literally never going to stop talking about it

[teeentyonepilots]

burn. it. down. —clancy tour columbus night 1

[sosclancy]

– PRODIGAL SON WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE –

[add1ictwithapen]

this ruined my whole day

[demaparbat-hp]

Twenty One Pilots just dropped this absolute masterpiece of a music video for Paladin Strait and I am having so many thoughts.

The (literal) Neon Gravestones? The zombies as a representation of what we've become? (They're controlling you, those thoughts that rule over this depression city, and now this is all you'll ever be—a body seized by Them)

Torchbearer and the Banditos acting as a distraction for Clancy to face the Bishops (his demons, the dark parts of his thoughts) only for everything to end when Blurryface enters the picture (so few, so proud, so...emotional)?

I don't know what I was expecting with that ending. I don't know what color will Clancy's (Tyler's) eyes be when he opens them in that last frame. (Golden? Red?) I don't know if I want to know.

Clancy opened his eyes. Clancy opened his eyes to look straight at Blurryface when he was being grabbed by the neck (painted black—always black) in remembrance of the Jumpsuit music video. Did Blurryface take control? Is Clancy back to fighting himself? (In an album about cycles, about not knowing if you'll ever truly get better, about backsliding and pushing through and growing old with the same fears you had over ten years ago—this seems oddly fitting)

But that's not the message. You are better than you were ten years ago, if only because you're still here—still alive—and now you're able to snap your eyes open and stare your demons down (even if they're grabbing you by the neck).

[ordinaryishppl]

mentally i'm here