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bendy, "ink demon", and trauma responses
I've recently got back into Bendy. (tbh this shit is never gonna be going away this has been my special interest for 7 years FDKJNDSJKFD) and I did some thinking on him again. It's crazy to me on how... dehumanized Bendy was. While, yes, he's not an actual human, but he's still, y'know a person. He has feelings, he's conscious. He just doesn't have a soul. Which brings me to this post. The Ink Demon has never been called by Bendy. Which, you're all like "well, duh. That's his ink form. His other form is his toon form, just to tell which forms apart." I know that's possible the case. But I do wanna look into this attitude a bit more. When Bendy was first created, Joey literally called Bendy a THING, and for him to lock him away because he wasn't what he wanted. His literal crime was looking scary. So, Thomas Connor and Gent by the request of Joey, locked Bendy away for... God knows how long. Tbh, it's never clear on how Bendy ever acts, but Bendy was probably scared out of his mind. Can you imagine you're finally made and some people are talking. You have no idea what's going on, but this Joey dude says that you're wrong. You came out wrong. You are a mistake. You're suppose to be loveable, silent, and small. But you're not that. You're tall, empowering, posing, and not even a real chance to prove you're not as scary as you look. You aren't even called by your name, nor the title you would gain via your infamy. You are a thing. You are not someone who has emotions or needs, a thing. You are a monster. Now, you're locked away, probably terrified, and calling for help but people around you are too scared of you to help or don't wanna face the wrath of this Joey Drew.
I think Alice said this best back in Chapter 4 of the original game. At the studio, you were in someone's pocket, or someone was in yours. The studio was a disaster pit. Even if not everything happened was "real" or w/e, Joey was still a dickhead to everyone around him. Bendy was no exception. I think Bendy probably learned the best way to survive the studio, and the harsh reality around him was to manipulate. Bendy is a pretty good manipulator, he can get into someone's head, mess with them, and still taunt them. No one is born or created evil. That's a learned method.
In extreme cases of trauma, many people are in survival mode and thinking about themselves to survive, and how they can get by. This is because their safety, wants, and needs weren't being met. Not to mention, Joey and Gent just threw Bendy into the cartoon world, probably to just lock him away forever. Joey locked Bendy up for God knows how long, and now he's in this like- cartoon world version of the studio. He goes from nothing to everything in one fell swoop. This just made Bendy retreat more into himself. It just made his coping mechanism of always having to be on top, always being in control, the one everyone needs to fear. Because, fuck it.
If he's so horrible, if he's so monstrous, if he's so terrible, than he'll just become it. Minus when Bendy meets Audrey in his toon form, Bendy doesn't have anyone. Bendy has never been shown any warmth, kindness, or love in his entire life. The only thing he does know is pain, suffering, coldness, been abandoned, and been made out to be a monster. Which brings me to this - no one has every called the Ink Demon by his real name.
Even when he's technically no longer being locked away, and ruling the cartoon studio, he's still been dehumanized. Or never seen as a fellow victim of the machine and Joey. Everyone has said to BEWARE the Ink Demon, look out for him, and watch your back. The one rule down there was always beware the Ink Demon. Hell, Bendy calls himself the Ink Demon. Bendy has just embraced the title of being seen as this almighty, opposing figure. People either blindly worshipped him or feared him. They never saw him as someone who was unjustly hurt. Unjustly locked away and abandoned. Unjustly painted as a monster because he didn't turn out the way Joey wanted him to be.
You know who has called Bendy by his name? Someone, for the first time, called him by his real name and not some title?
Audrey.
Audrey is the first person to show Bendy any kindness or warmth. While, yes, it was in his toon form. He actually gets treated like a person. Someone who has emotions, and even APOLOGIZED when she, on accident, hurt him. And Hell, dude accepts it! I really hope, going forward, as a way for Bendy to heal when he's in his Ink Demon form, Audrey shows him the same compassion and kindness in that form of his. But she also calls him by his name. Bendy. Not to mention...
The cycles are interesting to me. It could possibly just being a plot thing. But it could be seen as a continuing of generational trauma and toxicity, and Audrey is the one who stops it. Joey clearly has some shit going on. He hates not being in control and wants to be in control of how other people perceive him. So, he turns out destructive towards everyone. Which is... eerily similar to how Bendy treats his own trauma. Bendy and Joey were physically and emotionally destructive to the people around them. It's also kind of sad because Bendy thinks he's in control of the studio. Dude says it's his domain, when Joey was still in control all along.
Bendy is continuing that toxic cycle. Then Wilson comes along and projects his own trauma, and issues. While the cycle stopped, Wilson didn't make it any better, and probably made the cycle for everyone in the studio just worse. By Audrey having the book now, she's putting a stop to the generational trauma via helping out everyone still trapped and helping Bendy out. That's why I've been calling Ink Demon, Bendy.
Because that's his name, after all.
ADD ON-; I just wanna say that Bendy was HARDCORE self projecting on Audrey near the end. I also wanna touch on Bendy and suffering. Bendy was so miserable, and had nobody he just gave into his own suffering, and became the Ink Demon. If he has to suffer, he's going to make everyone else in the studio suffer. He only found any purpose was in harming others. Also, obvious disclaimer this doesn't justify what he does to the people he has hurt. It explains it, doesn't justify it.
It's just downright depressing that he thinks he had no purpose, his existence was a lie, thought of himself as a mistake, and monster. To be frank, I wouldn't be surprised if Joey called Bendy a monster or a mistake. He did call Bendy a THING after all. I really hope Bendy does get to heal and realize his purpose doesn't need to be him suffering and he can have SOME peace.
#i prolly thought too deeply into this but idc#batdr#batim#bendy#bendy audrey drew#bendy ink demon#toon bendy#bendy joey drew#bendy wilson arch#bendy and the dark revival ink demon#bendy and the dark revival joey drew#bendy and the dark revival audrey drew#bendy and the dark revival wilson#bendy analysis#abuse tw#batdr analysis#toon bendy analysis
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I'll show you your purpose.
I'll show you... the truth
And now... we die.
#batdr wilson#batdr art#batdr fanart#bendy and the dark revival#bendy and the dark revival wilson#batdr audrey#rice#I'm in a drawing mood recently! 😁
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Doodle dump time! Took some character suggestions on Twitter for some warm-ups.
#bendy and the ink machine#bendy and the dark revival#batim#batdr#bendy#wilson arch#batdr keeper#sammy lawrence#ink demon#batdr Betty#batdr carley#henry stein#joey drew#alice angel#thomas connor#the projectionist#video games#cartoon#drawing#art#my art#sketch#dobermutt
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The Ink Demonth
Day 3: Hoax
There is nothing to fear.
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happy pride joey drew
#batim#bendy and the ink machine#batdr#bendy and the dark revival#joey drew#audrey drew#wilson arch#sammy lawrence
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The real reason why Henry + Sammy and Malice/Susie were threw into the prison cells : Wilson can't stand cristism of his oc
#bendy and the ink machine#batim#bendy and the dark revival#batdr#wilson arch#henry stein#sammy lawrence#susie campbell#batim henry#batim wilson#twisted alice#batim sammy#keepers#batim keepers#Shipahoy Dudley#MyArt
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I just thought way too much about how slowly Sammy plays when you see him in the Cyclebreaker prison................
#batdr#batdr spoilers#batim#bendy and the dark revival#subject 418#sammy lawrence#when in doubt just keep drawing#iT LIKE... SOUNDED LIKE HELLFIRE FOLLIES AT FIRST#BUT VERY SLOW AND SOME NOTES WRONG#and i couldn't stop thinking about it#Sammy remembering a love of music just like Henry remembers loving Linda#but it never actually happened#wilson arch#i know wilson probably only calls audrey 'my dear' but i personally just think it would be neat if he did this to Sammy too#an ink stained nightmare forever stuck on repeat
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I wanted to draw character faces
#bendy and the dark revival#bendy and the ink machine#batdr#batim#bendy#wilson arch#joey drew#henry stein#alice angel#allison angel#audrey drew
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Copy - The Ink Demonth 2024 (Day 12)
Hey now, something’s a little off about this new character… almost like there’s a bit too much pop and not enough soul…
#the ink demonth#batim#bendy and the ink machine#batdr#bendy and the dark revival#bendy#shipahoy dudley#crackle the crab#doodle dump#drawing prompt#i can’t get over the way Dudley is revealed in batdr. it’s so hilarious.#wilson’s like “look at him. so perfect. so powerful.” and meanwhile it’s just a random colorblasted character on an easel#and audrey too! just nodding along to wilson going “yes for sure this character will overpower the ink demon. this is exactly what we need”#wilson literally calls dudley “simple” but this guy’s design is Leagues more complicated than bendy’s i don’t understand fr#anyway. soulless copy / replacement of a beloved character! woohoo!
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Did som cute chibi Christmas doodles! 🎄(goofy aah)
#bendy and the dark revival#bendy and the ink machine#sammy lawrence#susie campbell#henry stein#batdr audrey#batdr wilson#batdr betty#allison pendle#thomas connor#alice angel#batdr#batim#christmas#sketches#goofy ahh
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InkDemonth 2024: Day 17- Sailor
When we were talking about a sailor, why not draw our little Dudley? I know there isn't much art of him, and I think he deserves this space. :D
Also, Ponyo inspo!
#bendy and the ink machine#bendy#art#bendy and the dark revival#the ink demonth#batdr#artist#illustration#digital art#audrey drew#shipahoy dudley#wilson batdr#wilson arch
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Bendy: Across the Ink-Verse AU
Character cameos belong to: @doberart @inkspottie @trashboatprince @Elwensà (Twitter) @bravagio @inkdemon-whore @inkyvendingmachine @halfusek @a-rae-of-sunshine @keyblack @katlyntheartist @sky-lia @inky-lacuna-numinous @bertrumstrousers @akiraidraws
#batim#bendy and the ink machine#batdr#bendy and the dark revival#audrey drew#henry stein#batdr porter#allison pendle#allison angel#batim tom#wilson arch#batdr heidi#linda stein#batim bendy#sammy lawrence#joey drew#bertrum piedmont#Bendy: Across the Ink-Verse AU#my art#my drawings
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Do the Monster Mash! Happy Halloween! 🎃✨
#bendy and the dark revival#batdr#audrey batdr#audrey drew#henry stein#bendy#ink demon#wilson arch#bendy and the ink machine#video games#cartoon#drawing#art#my art#Halloween#dobermutt
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He needs to be protected at all costs.
#batdr#batdr spoilers#batdr fanart#bendy#audrey drew#audrey batdr#bendy batdr#batim#bendy and the dark revival#bendy and the ink machine#wilson arch
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Betty in Bendy Royale ❤️
Wilson design by @artblockau414
#bendy and the dark revival#bendy memes#batdr#wilson arch#the keeper#keeper batdr#betty#the bendy royale#bendy-banned-inator#bendy and the ink machine#batim#dreams come to life
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you should toooootally draw wilson someday .. eheh .. /nf
i know what youre after
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