#or im reaching too far

[sourcherrysconezz]

Overarching Story of Dema, Trench, and Clancy - Theory / Insight

I haven't listened to Twenty One Pilots this deeply since middle school. With the new album coming out, I decided to look more into the lore of Tyler's universe, and I have a theory on the overarching story; what the story could representing.

TL/DR at the bottom

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I view all of this as representation of feeling trapped by mental illness. When you run, it pulls you right back. The Bishops represent the struggles that come with mental illness, or those habits that bring you back. In the Jumpsuit music video when Clancy is caught, Nico marks him with black paint before trying to take him back to Dema. The black-out paint on Tyler/Clancy's neck and hands from bits of Trench and all of Blurryface may represent that weight of mental illness, along with the labels and marks coming with it.

Clancy tries to run, but he can't escape. Nico will always find him. Scaled and Icy may represent the mask put on to hide everything going on in his mind.

Now, in the new album and next story arc, Clancy is returning to Dema and therefore, facing the Bishops. He is facing his demons. He is facing his mental illness. He's learned he can't run, but he can fight back.

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TL/DR: The Trench and Clancy story may be a commentary on mental illness and the inability to run away from it, but the ability to fight back and conquer it. OR I could be projecting.

[pokeberry5]

something like tim convinces himself that robin has to be a Boy™ and then steph becomes robin and shatters that conviction and all his repressed gender feelings come spilling out, but actually letting go of that conviction isn’t all that easy

if there's no homoerotic tension between you and the manifestation of your alter-ego that you’ve constructed in your mind, do you really have identity issues?

closeups + refs (leyendecker) + bonus:

[swordmaid]

they saw u from across the room and they really liked ur vibe (they’re gonna rob you later)

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

hi qsmp fans ive got a curiosity

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

sometimes i wonder about the people ted left behind in the us. i mean, the way he is, the little we do see of his coaching from then, i have no doubt he had a great impact on his players and staff there, too; that they loved him, too. but like, we never see ted still connected to any of them. i understand why like, on a doylist level--narratively it would just clutter things to have this whole other cast, and beard is already there showing his previous important connections, but like. i dunno. i just wonder.

[salsa-di-pomodoro]

Ok but can we talk about the absolute horror of being watched and monitored 24/7 that the ancients must have had. The citizenship drones being like an Alexa that's constantly following and listening to you (except it's five pebbles and not Alexa lmao). The fucking OVERSEERS. THEY'RE CALLED THAT FOR A REASON. BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING THEIR CITIZENS AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENT ALL THE TIME. (I would talk about the fact that they all show arti fucking ads as well but honestly idk what else to say about that. Capitalism got yet another society 😔). That's some fucking nightmare fuel dystopian society settings we are being hinted at. You know the Big Brother Is Watching You thing. The book. Yeah that's what it reminds me of.

The Iterator Is Watching You.

[ganondoodle]

something i didnt say over here but probably should-

i, in truth, dont know if im actually as annoying or "childish" or aggressive as i feel like im being

i feel like, i got a uniquely bad case of autism obsession and over-emotionality, constantly guilty for feeling so much, like me failing to keep my own emotions under control is purely a failure on my part, like i shouldnt feel this much, i am not allowed to feel like this, no one else seems to fail it like i do, over and over again i get overwhelmed by my own feelings and even if it isnt a full breakdown-

(meltdown? which i think is soemthing else and honestly ..... i do not want to have ever again, its the ultimate loss of control where i dont even feel like im piloting my own body, like im possessed by something, which is not really something that happens online, that is a thing that happens to me rarely in real life)

- i still feel so overwhelmingly stupid, like you jsut watched yourself turn into a toddler screaming bloody murder bc mom didnt buy the thing you wanted, and then are suddendly back to yourself but to everyone else you didnt change at all so everyone looks at you like you just lost your mind over nothing and thats just how you are normally

that together with being online and people likely seeing only a fraction of who you are, plus my tendency to ... be like this mostly when im not liking something just .... makes me feel so damn guilty, maybe something like public shame too? or the old problem of feeling like a burden?

i dont know, i cant seem to imagine people can see me like that and not be annoyed or weirded out by it, especially when they only realyl see that side of me, and i feel so damn guilty for it, the class weirdo who randomly starts to cry over seemingly nothing like i have always been, and i shouldnt be, i should have grown and gotten better and be in control at all times by now i just ... "havent tried hard enough"

[mkzmerryfriend]

Alright I'm here for another

The Oldies Station bridge feels like a mantra at first, like telling yourself "you don't quite mind how long red lights are taking, push on through" when you feel totally overwhelmed by the passage of time, the song being on the oldies station give you anxiety but you tell yourself it's good, you try to make yourself believe that you have the fight for survival down, that you'll make it though again, one last time, you imagine yourself at your child's dance recital, trying to use the image like a portal to when you really feel this way

Then, you listen the seventieth time, and suddenly it's the moment you realize those mantras have become reality. Realizing you don't mind anymore, realizing you actually do have the fight down to a science, realizing you're glad to find your favorite song on the oldies station, realizing that you actually have made it to the moment you dreamed about, that you've made it this far, kid

[iridescentis]

We are back with WWY and BACK WITH A CHOICE!

[rosypenguins]

I think about this a lot.

Like… what do you mean you think you’re annoying? How deep does your self-deprecation run? Did you go home and overthink your previous interaction with Elliot because you overshared due to the excitement of finally being able to talk to someone you’d been wanting to talk to for a while? DOES THE MENTAL HEALTH POSTER IN THE BACKGROUND HAVE SIGNIFICANCE DO YOU HATE YOURSELF??

[lecliss]

Alright I'm on team Sunday now. Like whatever he's about to do I'm sure is gonna be taking it into antagonistic and villainous territory so like, don't do that. Don't turn this into an Artorius situation cuz then I'm just gonna be mad about always painting us as horrible uncaring people but Sunday's core philosophy so far is like, yeah I 100% agree.

[waywardsalt]

anyways. my very first attempt at malenia

[7swordsmen]

no yeah miri's mom was NOT the ""villain"" and she definitely was not presented as such either.

with the smile spell miri mentioned earlier, and just overall despite the situation she was forced into, misaki clearly did her best with miri even with her conflicting emotions.

the only obviously "bad" choice shes made so far was sending miri, a 4 y/o all alone into the city but 💀 to some degree the thought of sending her to be with her dad is also. yeah. like shes not in a place where she can take care of miri properly, and even if miri seemed to be some sort of... bargaining chip?? miris dad has the resources to help miri more than her mom could

and kazuki isnt the ""good guy"" either nor was the situation presented as so black and white. both parties said things that they've internalized due to their own separate situations, and while kazuki was mostly projecting due to his own losses and experiences, itd be good if he manages to learn about some other worldviews.

but yeah tldr: neither misaki nor kazuki were villains, and they werent PRESENTED as such either. they just said whatever and you the viewer have to interpret it.

i am aware a lot of series often demonize women who dont want their children or are in similar situations etc. but thats not what happened here luckily

[crystalkitty1220]

Man I wonder where the leader of the fear realm could've gone, it's alMOST LIKE NEVIN HAS AN

[hushberry]

i am enjoying some silly block game rp content by some silly creators. far off in the distance, i can hear the rumbling discourse of twitter as it sets itself aflame for the eighth time in 24 hours. i close my window and draw my blinds. i continue to enjoy silly block game rp content by silly creators.

[plantteaful]

idkkkk there’s just something about both durge and gortash keeping journal entries abt each other beside their respective beds/houses (along with cherished jewelery/valuables) but idkkkk