#linda stein

[smallpwbbles]

I've missed these lot, pretty happy with Linda particularly

[doberart]

Happy 4th! 🇺🇸 Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

[magicicephoenix]

portable son!

[berlingotesque]

Interrupting my 40+ asks to post this experimental illustration I did for Valentine’s Day to practice painting backgrounds + featuring my favorite batim ships on romantic dates

[halfusek]

Abomination [Part 69] [Epilogue] (6/11)

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[katlyntheartist]

Could you draw your Linda and Henry from Batim? I've been following you since your first blog and I miss you drawing them, they were so good in your art style :)

It's been 80 years since I last drawn them

[inkdemonapologist]

[BatIM Cthulhu AU] I'd suggested that, while Sammy is trying to get over his nerves around music and performing after the events of Season 3, he might offer to play songs for Henry's kids as a low-stakes way to ease back into performing, and Maf immediately assured me that if Sammy came over to the Stein household, Henry would invite him to stay for dinner. THIS IS SO CUTE TO ME..... Sammy would be very socially unsure but like, he is not going to turn down homemade bacon soup.

[mermaidicecreamsstuff]

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

[sammylovesbendy]

ship requests from the discord for valentines

[theotherfootofdoom]

I got back into Bendy and the Ink Machine recently, and naturally it's started haunting my dreams.

Do with this post what you will.

So the next installment (I think?) of the franchise is The Cage, which is once again from Henry's perspective, and takes place during the events of Dark Revival, documenting Henry's escape from the pit. So I had this dream that it had come out, and I was playing it. I think the main inspiration that kind riled this dream from the depths was this image from the game's steam page. (I brightened it for convenience sake.

Henry appears to be in some kind of cage (haha, titular) and Sammy is probably taunting him from behind the bars. That's... Honestly what my dream was about. But there was more to it that I think would be really interesting to see in the actual game. (It'd be cool to see, but I doubt I predicted anything that will happen.)

So Henry wakes up in this cage, and Sammy's taunting him with his usual nonsense when Henry realizes his wedding band is missing. (For reference, here's a picture of the wedding band on Henry's character model.)

So naturally Henry freaks out, because that ring is the only thing he really has of his wife Linda, and that's when Sammy, like the smug bastard that he is, reveals that he took it from Henry while he was unconscious. Obviously Henry demands Sammy to give it back, and Sammy eggs him on a bit, but eventually he agrees to give it back on one condition: Henry has to sing for it. (I think the singing part came from the fact that Henry's VA theMeatly is a really good singer. He actually sang Build our Machine as Henry in a video once, it was awesome.)

I woke up before there was any real conclusion, but if I had to finish the scene, I'd say that Henry sings a song for Sammy (I'd imagine either Willow Weep For Me or Wayfaring Stranger.), Sammy is moved by his performance, returns the ring, a bit of banter back and forth between these two because I crave it so, and eventually the two agree to team up because a team up between these two would be like 49 Christmases in one.

I feel like I should write this scene, or draw it out...

[fandomcenteral]

did a redraw of an old BATIM world i had :3

[owlclawstudios]

ink demonth day 2 : tea

[doberart]

A very Merry Christmas to all! 🎄✨

[cosmic-frost-main]

Have some little Audrey sketches of the adoption AU

Yes, demon puberty involves crawling on ceilings

[berlingotesque]

What are your ships for Batim? :D

VERY GOOD QUESTION- I know my answer should be rather straightforward but I feel I have to put some context to my answers since they may seem contradictory/paradoxical otherwise, so bear with me-

Sammy x Norman : Well. I think that one was pretty obvious, anyone who's seen more than 3 of my posts knows that I'd die for these two. They're just so PERFECT for each other, from their complementary personalities to the fact that their relationship allows us to delve deeper into batim's historical and social context. Sammy and Norman have one of the few relationships that develop the most during the game's lore : Norman originally complains vehemently about Sammy's frenetic behavior, only to end up lamenting to Buddy and Dot how 'Sammy isn't the same anymore'. What's interesting about this statement is that he says it in relation to Sammy's strange behavior : clearly, the two men have grown close enough for Norman to differentiate Sammy's extravagant habits from his ink-influenced behavior.

Furthermore, Sammy is a very gray character morally, a perfectionist who is extremely socially maladjusted (surely due to the fact that he's coded on the spectrum and autism wasn't properly diagnosed at the time), naturally ostracizing him. For his part, Norman comes from a rural background (which surely earns him the animosity of the people at the studio, given the historical context and the fact that he could very well be poc) and also seems ill at ease socially : to me, it's fascinating to see two characters excluded from their peers because of differences they can't change (being autistic or poc and gay) getting closer to each other, to the point where Sammy, who is deeply misanthropic, naturally compliments Norman by describing him as very bright. To me, Norman is the perfect partner for Sammy : ready to apprehend him as he is, since he's completely free of social conventions, without taking any shits from him.

I think Sammy and Norman can really get the best out of each other, during a historical period when being different was strongly proscribed. I think I'd have trouble enjoying Batim as much without their dynamic at its heart (considering how narratively rich it is) : Norman is Henry's confidant, Sammy is Joey's, both remain morally gray deuteragonists fundamentally opposed to the ink machine, while remaining fascinated by its powers. And who wouldn't love a good old enemies to lovers ending tragically with the unwitting murder of one by the other ? After all, Norman's main flaw is that he's too curious for his own good, and it was Sammy who inevitably led him to his doom..

Allison x Tom : what more can I add. She's everything. He's just Tom. I've always been drawn to characters/ships with a vibe completely opposite to the vibe of the work they originally came from, and the 'turning poison into positivity' energy that Tom and Allison bring to Batim has always fascinated me. In a world as tragic as their own, I find it touching to see these two find beauty in all the ugliness and manage to ask themselves 'what if we were happy after all ?' It's really striking and brings a narrative richness to the work, since they directly mirror what failed with Sammy and Susie : Allison is perfect, but that was never what was at stake in Tom's eyes. Tom was looking for humanity, not perfection, and he managed to go beyond the image of the muse to discover a friend, unlike Sammy with Susie. They're literally Romeo and Juliet but, well... Not dead.

Joey x Henry/Henry x Linda : oh boy. These three... Let me get it straight right away : Henry and Linda are perfect for each other. She's exactly what he needs to be happy : she's present, patient. There's no denying that he loves her immensely. But Joey... oh Joey is undoubtedly Henry's soul mate. The subtlety is that Joey can't bring him the stable happiness Linda can : Joey tugs at him, pushes him over the edge. He knows exactly what to do to push him beyond his own limits. The love Joey offers Henry is an uncomfortable but unconditional one, one that would allow Henry to go beyond what he thinks he's capable of achieving because no one knows Henry better than Joey ! And let's be honest, Batim only exists because Joey refuses to move on, to live his dream without Henry in it. He's stuck in unrequited love and refuses to learn to live with it. And that's the tragedy of this trio : Henry sincerely loves Linda but is truly himself with Joey, which prevents him from hating OR loving him (And Joey exploits this information by remaining extremely toxic and convincing himself that he can wear him down lmao). Henry is stuck with this dilemma : Existing peacefully with Linda or living painfully with Joey. And that's why I love the dynamic of this love triangle : because there are no solutions that will satisfy everyone.

Joey x Sammy : okay, don’t get me wrong : these two are HORRIBLE for each other. Does Sammy periodically want to quit just to piss Joey off? Yes. Isn't Joey's fascination with Sammy intimately tied to his refusal to forget Henry, who was a genius like Sammy? Yes. Nevertheless, it's impossible for me to read The Illusion of Living without feeling embarrassed and like I'm reading Joey's diary : whether you ship them or not, Joey is practically canonically smitten with Sammy. I sincerely don't think Joey and Sammy can sustain a healthy relationship with each other, but oh boy, surely that won't stop me from exploiting their bizarre obsessive love-hate relationship, where it's hard to determine whether they're going to throw hands or make out.

[eviethenut]

(make sure to unmute it)

Haha

imagine joining this 7 days late

I

honestly

didn’t know what i was doing, so, I kinda, just started from prompt 1: Nostalgia

even though I’m late

sorry if I did it wrong

😀