#batim it's showtime

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Been seeing some art of the Ink Demon in wedding garb? And I'm in love with the trend forming here, so here's the Showtime AU's Ink Demon in a gown <3

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Bendy And The Power Of Representation

So those graphic novel pages huh? Seems I posted my cover post at just the right time because literally minutes after I was informed the preview pages came out and uh. This is Buddy and Norman!

Oh dear... I'll put the full graphic novel pages down below but I have so much to say on how awful this is it'll need several posts. However, right now I want to mostly talk about representation and briefly touch on why it's so damn important + inform others about the current shit Mike and Meatly are saying about the books n such.

Now note: All the things I'm saying below are based on my personal experience, maybe some people don't care about seeing the representation of their identities in the media they consume. Maybe some will think I'm merely being dramatic and I might be but I'm not lying when I say I personally believe being represented and seen in the media you consume can be one of the most wonderful feelings in the world.

Look I'm not here to argue with people who think that Norman in particular was never meant to be a person of color, I would argue he is very coded but the points I'm making here are not about how Norman particularly had to be black. The point I want to make is the lack of diversity in our cast in general and how Norman's design has heavily dwindled it considering most people [including myself] rightfully assumed he was at least one of three black characters in our cast. Not according to this though and looking at the the rest of the pages our chances of seeing any kind of decent diverse character designs dwindle more.

So firstly... Buddy a character who has been said to experience discrimination for being Jewish, lacks any kind of ethnic features at all. That's... Cool but yeah I think this shows a rather grim future for the character designs as a whole.

Also, Norman... As I mentioned he was largely assumed to be black due to his southern dialect, his voice, and other factors. But nope, he's a generic white guy. With... Gross looking hair tbh...

Sadly this is not the first time the topic of poor representation has come up concerning Bendy either.

[note how he disregarded the other mentioned minorities and specifically cites LGBTQ+ characters]

This sucks as a response but sadly considering Mike's recent behavior it seems to fall in line with the Bendy team's general lack of care towards representing anyone who isn't straight and white.

So how did Mike respond to all of this? Well...

TDLR - "Who cares if the Graphic Novel we're selling to our fans for full price sucks, we now no longer consider the books canon."

This is horrible, I know Mike and Meatly are only really in this for the money, the fact BATIM is in the state that it is proved that, but they really couldn't have been less obvious about it?

So basically when it benefited them, AKA when it meant people would have to buy the books to understand important lore like Boris' identity... [the character you spend all of chapter 4 trying to rescue] They were considered canon... At least the author sure thought so.

Hell even in the tweet Meatly made here he doesn't say the books aren't canon, he just says they're not needed to understand Bendy's world. Now Mike is using that as a shield instead of doing the right thing and saying "You're right, the poc in our fanbase deserve better we'll have it fixed right away!" Like most reasonable people would considering how his studio has literally been accused of bigotry, poor rep, and general lack of diversity before. Why risk making more people avoid this franchise?

Also just... Imagine how insulting it would be to be an author who helps flesh out so much of this world and gives its characters depth like NONE of the games have managed to do, filling in plot holes, creating a timeline for events, etc... Then because they couldn't bother to change the graphic novel for ur story to be better they instead throw out all ur writing and declare it non-canon.

If I were her to put it bluntly I'd feel insulted and horrible. Why make her do all the work of making sure her works align with the timeline and game's canon if they're not part of it?

I can't speak for her obviously but Meatly and Mike know of her account, so speaking out against this could very much risk her being fired or at least not allowed to work on Bendy anymore... So I would take all her tweets on this situation with a grain of salt. She very much is not in a position where she could be honest if she was against this.

So with all that history now, the question I'm sure many are wondering is... Why does this even matter? Who cares how diverse the characters are when it doesn't affect the story?

Well for one thing, if you think like that consider having more empathy for your fellow human beings but also it does affect the story. One of DCTL's themes is about the bigotry of the period it is set in.

Now the Bendy team has managed to make the discussion of this book centering around their bigotry which is ironic in a way I almost find funny... Though this entire thing is just a bit too hurtful and upsetting to find any humor in, at least for me...

But another thing is representation can bring people such joy when it's done with care. It really shouldn't be understated how far it can go to make people feel more comfortable in their own sense of self to have a franchise choose to represent them and their experiences. I know this from personal experience.

Now if you've been following me for a while, you know I'm a big fan of Transformers. I no longer engage with it much due to baggage from the fandom's awful treatment of me, but before I left I remember being able to witness the release of Transformers: Earthspark first few episodes.

These introduced the Maltos the family who meets the Transformers and serve as our protagonists and guess what?

It's a family of Filipinos!

Now look I'm not Filipino, but I am half Mexican and I have a lot of love for that part of me. So seeing the representation of any Spanish culture in this franchise I loved made me so happy! I remember just watching the first episode I was happily telling my partner how fun it was to see people like me and my family in a world I love!!

But it didn't end with the Maltos in fact... There was another character who spoke to me, their name was Nightshade. Their pronouns are They/Them and they spoke about it on the show! Not just mentioning it and moving on but actually sitting down to speak about their experiences...

This clip in particular really turned them into an absolute favorite among fans and well... I'll let you see it for yourself.

This scene... Fills me with a joy I cannot describe. It is the creators of a franchise I love telling me they see people like me and find the stories of people like me important enough to include in this series. There really is nothing like being able to say there are Non-Binary characters in a franchise I have so much love for. I was far from the only one too.

This is amazing, this is wonderful, this clip and character were moving to so so many people and...

This is a joy the Bendy creators have no interest in giving their audience. They don't care how you feel as a queer and/or black person, which... Hurts...

I... Discovered I was trans while in the Bendy community... It was where I learned the word Non-Binary and started using it for myself. To me Bendy will always have that connection... But the devs themselves seem to hate the idea of being forced to actually represent that in their games... And I still haven't really gotten over that pain or betrayal if I'm being honest.

So...

With Norman now being portrayed as white here, we are down to two black characters. Thomas [who Meatly has claimed is white in the past] based on a vague conversation with Sammy in DCTL they could easily ignore... And Jacob.... A book exclusive character which according to Mike means he is non-canon.

If we don't count Thomas' vague talk with Sammy about disrespect as confirmation he's black [which the devs don't seem to think so] then we have one black character in all of Bendy... And he recently got retconned into non-existence. Great.

Look... The Bendy fanbase has always been full of wonderfully diverse designs for the staff and even more diverse people creating them. Bendy's fandom was built with the work of queer people from all kinds of places.

If the Bendy team continues to show how little they care for anyone who isn't straight or white... I wonder who they are counting on to buy this book or in general financially support their franchise?

I know right now, I am furious, I am hurt and I most certainly don't feel like buying a book that's currently just a massive fuck you to the fans and I hope I've expressed why I feel this way in an easy-to-understand way here...

Either way, I will not be forgetting this anytime soon and I hope the fanbase does the same. Maybe just maybe, if there's enough backlash to this series of horrible decisions they'll learn better.

Right now, it's kinda of our only hope for a better future, and if you know any poc who are into Bendy right now... Maybe consider making sure they're feeling okay.

I know from experience how much this sort of thing hurts, to have the creators of a world you love straight up tell you they don't intend to fix the fact no one in their stories represents your identity or life...

What I'm trying to say is...

This is a really low point for Bendy and its fans... Even more for the poc who have to witness such ignorant and careless attitudes from Mike and Meatly towards their feelings.

Please don't forget them when you discuss these tweets or this situation. That's exactly what Mike and Meatly want right now.

For them to be unrepresented and therefore... Unheard.

[howdy-folks-its-showtime]

The lovers cried and the poets dreamed But not a word was spoken The church bells all were broken

Happy birthday to Sammy and the chapter that introduced him!

[ruinationz]

trend on Twitter or something

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Wanted to post those bits of art that flash over the screen in the Samdy MAP part I created! My partner gave me GREAT sketches to work with so all love goes to @the-good-ol-art-corner for helping me with these <3!! I love how the middle one in particular looks!

[loualien]

AHOI‼️I'm Lou welcome to my blog :D

(such a good english)

About me:

-Minor (No weirdos allowed)

-Girly 🥺

-This is a post for drawings and crafts (beads or sewing)

-I'm not good at fanfics or ocs so i'd only make drawings about fandoms heheh

-U guys can tell me what to draw while is not weir (PLSBENORMALLMAO)

i don't mind reposting lol

Fandoms i'm in:

Murder drones

Bendy and the ink machine

Five nights at freddy's

Danganronpa

Your turn to die

Ninjago

Toilet bound hanako kun

Touhou Project

Pjsk (actually only W×S)

Villanous

Undertale

Deltarune

Omori

And sure more but this gotta be a big text

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Drew Thomas Connor from @howdy-folks-its-showtime for an ArtFight attack. Very pleased with how this turned out!

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Does anyone remember Showtime at the Dawn Stadium?

It was this weird survival horror game that came out around the time that BATIM was popular. It was about this TV show called Showtime at the Dawn Stadium that stopped being produced and was abandoned. (It was so obviously a Bendy Clone, what can I say) The protagonist was called Showtime Dawn, and from what I remember everyone thought she was the antagonist and was surprised when they were playing as her. I think that was mainly because she was a creepy little fucker. Her face was a sun with a creepy smile, and her body was made of dark clouds. I don't think it was advertised very well. I think some big name youtubers played it, but it wasn't that popular. It was a chaptered game but it didn't make it past chapter 1.

I tried finding old videos about it recently, but no luck. I even tried using the Wayback Machine, but I still couldn't find anything. Someone please tell me I'm not crazy.

[rosescries]

How many stories/fanfics do you have in the making or out?

Oh boy. So many.

For fanfics I have completed, but are in the process of rewriting in some cases (all unpublished currently):

Five Nights More, Haunted Comfort, Our Little Horror Story, Break My Mind, Showtime (all FNAF), Inked Roses (BATIM), Tick Tock, and There's Still Magic (not rewriting).

Fics that are technically finished but I keep periodically digging up from their graves:

Babybones, Babybones Dreamtale, Nightmares Never End, and Lady In Black.

For fics I'm currently working on, which are published:

The Undertale Collection, The Writer, Can I Keep You, Dust Coated, Goodbye To Spring, Bad Habits, The Freddy Files, and Bendy's Cracked Up Comics.

The Fics currently in production hell (aka unpublished drafts):

Requiem, Safe And Sound, Help Me (I Am So Lonely), Poppy's Toybox, Rose Gold Crown, and Neighborhood Stories.

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Tag guide

List is not complete, more will be added when relevant.

Please remove my personal kin tags when you reblog my posts.

General tags:

#Confession Booth | Asks

#Recollections | Kintype Memories

#Divine Comedy | Funny posts

#Preaching | Original textposts

Kintype tags:

#Nothing Is Certain Except (Fate) | Death & Taxes

#Press Start To Begin (Polybius) | Independent source. Living arcade cabinet (not the Cabinet Man, but similar)

#Memento Mori (Grim Reaper)

#Daisy Bell (HAL 9000) | 2001:ASO

#Always Watches (Slenderman) | Not Marble Hornets canon

#Octorazzi (Korosensei) | Assassination Classroom/Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

#Cogito Ergo Sum (AM) | IHNMAIMS

#Pumpkin King (Jack Skellington) | The Nightmare Before Christmas

#Nightlight Daydream (Daycare Attendant) | FNAF:SB

#Justice & Splendor (Archangel Gabriel) | Ultrakill

#Drop Dead Gorgeous (Mettaton) | Undertale

#Showtime On The Hour (Funtime Foxy) | FNAF:SL

#Hopping Mad (Alexander) | Café Venus Flytrap

#Gold Rush Glutton (No Face) | Spirited Away

#Swan Lake (Odile) | Swan Therian tag, not actually related to Swan Lake. Odile is the name I use for my swan theriotype.

#Terrible Fate (Happy Mask Salesman) | LoZ:MM/OoT

#Final Ferryman (Charon)

#Pawmegranate (Gloomy Bear)

#Crybaby (SCP-096) | SCP Foundation

#Laugh Is Fun (SCP-2030-1) | SCP Foundation

#Channel Surfer (Tele-Vision) | Independent source

#Batter Up (The Batter) | OFF

#Until It Is Done (Doom Slayer) | DOOM

#Severed Skull (Dullahan)

#Un Un Un (Regigigas) | Pokémon

#Taser Happy (AUTO) | WALL-E

#Calm Before The Storm (Dragonkin)

#Carbon-14 (Deinonychus) | Carbon is the name I use for my deinonychus paleotheriotype

#WWW (The Internet)

#I Don’t Bite (Vampire)

#Smear Frames (Bendy) | BatIM

#Buy Gold (Bill Cipher) | Gravity Falls

#Cat Dead Details Later (Herbert West) |Reanimator

#Not All There Myself (Cheshire Cat)

#Fearful Symmetry (Golden Tiger)

#Red Light (Calamari) | Squid Game square mask soldier

#Eternal Silence (Music Man) | FNAF:FFPS/UCN

#Sweet Tooth (Candy Cadet) | FNAF:FFPS/SB: Ruin

#Distracted (Henry Stickmin) | The Henry Stickmin Collection

#Second In Command (RHM) | The Henry Stickmin Collection

#Rose Tinted Glasses (Swatch) | Deltarune

#??? (Oddball) | Independent source

#Ad-Blocker (The Chosen One) | Animator VS Animation

#The Manager (Peddler) | We Happy Restaurant

#Yet Darker (Gaster) | Undertale

#Best Friend (Kinito) | KinitoPET

#Even Death May Die (Cthulhu) | H.P. Lovecraft

# Think Fast (Dr. Reflex) | Baldi’s Basics

# Smile. Always. (The Smiler) | Alton Towers

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I was getting bored and there were no asks in the inbox yet soo...

Have Ele as each of the Project Sekai group outfits! ^^

1. Wonderland X Showtime fan outfit

2. Nightcord at 25:00 fan outfit

3. Leo/Need fan outfit

4. MORE! MORE! JUMP! Fan outfit

5. Vivid Bad Squad fan outfit

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Having a wonderful time Missing you dearly XOXO, Sindy F. <3

I made a desktop wallpaper! With my baby girl, Sin ^^!! I dunno how well it'll fit every desktop screen, as I made it to fit my specific dimensions, but hopefully having the white borders will help

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👀👀👀 Hey Bendy fandom~

[howdy-folks-its-showtime]

Happy 414 Bendy Fans!

We're uh, late again... Aren't we?

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Some of my favorite stills from that Mind Electric animation I made with help of the wonderful handsome @the-good-ol-art-corner !!

I had such a swell time doing these and putting so many fun details into them!! And I'm so so proud of how it came out <3!! Can't wait for the finished product of this collab to come out!