#boris and the dark survival

[spookyboris2]

My Sammy designs I've been using since forever, this being the first time I've drawn him digitally and colored him.

[jupejumble]

HELL YEAHHHH HE LIVED HES GOOD

i might give him a second layer of glaze to clean him up a bit idk yet

[patiann345]

OH OK YEAH THEY'RE DOUBLING DOWN? YEAH?? THAT'S WHAT WE WANT??? MIKE "IDENTITIES DON'T MATTER" D. TO DOUBLE DOWN REALLY-

"Oh no see! This was Norman the whole time! He's always been white!" GREAT. WE HAVE AT MOST 2 BLACK CHARACTERS THEN COOL AWESOME RAD.

I'm so genuinely upset and exhausted over this. After the whole "Books ain't canon" tweet I assumed they'd just,, never actually address what people were most upset over (Norman having his melanin snatched) and that'd be that. But nope sure yeah, double down, erase one of 3 black characters.

I can't believe fucking MIKE is the one handling this publically too, who let this happen????

I just. aughhh I have so many thoughts on this, but they're best saved for later or just unsaid. I'm tired and I wanna go hide in a hole for a bit.

[twinktor-frankenstein]

Sorry I'm having fun with these lol

[voidthecryptid]

i can't be the only one who thought of this right?? 💀

[lucin-kun]

Whos your favourite batim character?

Definitely the Ink Demon, Boris and Tom (in Batim, Batds and Batdr)

I just love them so much

[the-good-ol-art-corner]

I know a couple of people have already redrawn that one panel, but fuck it we ball-

This is roughly how I thought Norman would look in canon (and Buddy <3) but uh, yeah that dream is squashed ig fml

Reblogs > Likes, Thank You!

[halfusek]

Something inky this way comes! The Ink Demonth emerges once again!

The Ink Demonth is a 31-day event dedicated to the game Bendy and the Ink Machine (and other games associated with the Bendy universe). It’s based on daily themes. As long as your creation involves elements from the game along with any interpretation of the respective day’s theme – it counts!

You don’t have to create something for each day, make as many creations as you’d like. However, if you manage to do all 31 of them, you can submit a form to receive a little gift (drawing request)! In the form, you will have to provide a link to each of your posted event submissions (it doesn’t have to be Tumblr, just a site that’s publically accessible!).

Here is the link to the form (it will be opened from September 1st to September 30th):

Tag your creations with #The Ink Demonth and #Bendy and the Ink Machine. It’s important if you want to have your entry reblogged by me, which I’m going to do to everything I’ll see in this tag. (So don’t @ me, just tag it with the event’s tag and the game’s name. It’s possible that your post may not show up in the tags, if you notice that I’m not reblogging your entries for a longer while, feel free to DM them directly to me on Tumblr. My focus will be mainly on Tumblr, I may interact with posts on other sites but it is going to be with whatever I run into, as this event is Tumblr-focused. Feel free to post on other sites too, though!)

(Due to special circumstances in my life I might be especially slow this August with reblogging stuff, so if you notice that I'm not reblogging anything at all, I might just be having a busy day and will get on it when I'm free! <3)

(And, though I think it goes without saying, if I notice a post containing something I consider harmful content, I will not reblog it and will warn the creator of such content that, depending on the case, they cannot continue to take part in the event with content like this or perhaps even not at all.)

Remember to tag only the finished entries, so the tag isn’t clogged with WIPs!

You can create whatever you’d like! Draw a picture! Write a fic! Do a video edit! Take a cosplay photo! Anything you can come up with that is a creative interpretation of that day’s theme!

(Don’t try to „cheat the system”, though – don’t submit a, let’s say, straight line for each day, I will notice this kind of spam and remember: spamming is a terrible sin. You can make an entry that covers a few themes but as long as you don’t create 31 things, the gift will not be granted to you.)

The event starts on the 1st of August and ends on the 31st. Although, don’t worry if you’re too busy in August, late entries are always welcome! (…for reblogging, as for drawing gifts I’m going to give all of you an extra month, so if you’re aiming for that, the end of September is your deadline.) (I usually also give an extra month before for preparing during July but this year I’ve been too busy to make it for July so apologies!)

Why in August? I figured that since August is the month on Joey’s calendar in his apartment and August is the month during which BatIM takes place, it should be the one! 

Please, make sure to tag appropriate trigger/content warnings!

Thank you for taking your time to read this. Reblogs are appreciated in order to get the word out.

Have fun everyone! 💛🖤

You can view the text version of the full month under the cut~

1. Pencil

2. Friendship

3. Creator

4. Choice

5. Benevolent

6. Machine

7. Flow

8. Pen

9. Failure

10. Creation

11. Reason

12. Angel

13. Children

14. Puddles

15. Color

16. Legacy

17. Eye

18. Purpose

19. Ghost

20. Factory

21. City

22. Radio

23. Contraband

24. Keep

25. Cycle

26. Demon

27. Pit

28. Devour

29. Meat

30. Duck

31. Revival

[ynisa8]

Borisss :]]

[abandonedtelevision]

[gameplay rant incoming] ultimately, I do like Boris and the Dark Survival for what it is, there are many things I like about it, but also a lot of things I do not. but I think the biggest pet peeve that I have is that they made Sammy a playable character rather than an enemy. I mean that's cool, I guess, but I just hate playing him and I feel like it doesn't make as much sense as him being an enemy. the fact he can't sprint irks me to no end and also when you teleport through a wall opening you just go somewhere random with another wall opening, which is a huge disadvantage when you don't know where you are or how to get back to the elevator. it's only really an advantage when you're running (or, well, walking) away from an enemy and there, by luck, just so happens to be a wall opening besides that, I just think it wastes potential to showcase to people how threatening his character can be. it doesn't make sense to me why he'd be in Boris'/Buddy's safehouse when he uhh.. kind of is partially the reason why Buddy is there in the first place- and maybe they didn't think that through prior, but it still irks me regardless and doesn't make sense to me because Sammy is portrayed to feel like just the type of character to sacrifice almost anybody he sees to the Ink Demon and I feel like he'd make a way cooler enemy because of that. I don't know, this is all just a personal irk of mine but I just remember being extremely excited about that update and being immediately disappointed about him being a playable character and him sucking as a playable character. not as badly as playing the lost one in my opinion, but still. he'd be so much better as an enemy. so anyways, here's my fan-made concept art of that idea of him being an enemy, that is kind of messy. uh, long rant lol my bad

[amberheavendremurr]

More BATDR Memes cause I laughed-

These are accurate ig xD

[the-ink-that-drips]

Butcher gang :).

[kinoselynn]

more lost one duos, this time with the intense artist maniac and the intense artist supporter

[patiann345]

NO BUT LITERALLYYYYYY

And in regards to fnaf; these books are way less wack than those and fit really comfortably in the timeline/universe! There is no reason to claim "Oh actually they're not canon" except to try and save their asses (which isn't working!! People are pissed, rightfully so!)

Kress didn't say anything about it (and, why would she?), and look, I don't wanna put words in her mouth or assume how she feels, but if it were me? This whole situation about them claiming now that they're non-canon, them white-washing characters who were very POC coded, and just generally how this novel is turning out.. to me, I'd feel insulted. These books (at least in my opinion) are the BEST pieces of media this series has. Kress is carrying this series, on god. LIKE,, JDS CAN'T EVEN FIX THEIR FLAGSHIP TITLE, BATIM IS STILL A VERY BROKEN GAME. Fucking hell man,,

I know a lotta people regard Meatly as the lesser of two evils, but I am so sick of him and Mike. According to them, they essentially say yes and no to products, merch, etc. And they said yes to this. And then Mike gave the worst response he could muster. Not to do better, not to fix the issue and actually address it, but to spit on Bendy book fans (and in general Bendy fans) and ignore it by pulling the ol' "Not canon" card.

They're both awful, and they've hit some lows, but this? This is a new kind of low.

[twinktor-frankenstein]

3 hours? On a sonic fandubs reference? It's more likely than you think.

[archer-kacey]

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