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[sorrrowfull]

[zipsunz]

i am my father's child

[expressions-of-nature]

Kuju Flower Park, Japan by Daikokuya

[pocketmilo]

sheep in disguise

[artbugjuice]

The TARDIS has landed in the backrooms

[garzooka]

I need to talk about something that one of my friends pointed out immediately after watching the backrooms that i've seen no one else talking about, and its taken up permanent residence in my head.

Spoilers after the break !!!

The metaphor we get for suicide is actually insane. We watch Clark, clearly a deeply troubled man, latch onto the backrooms as a form of escapism instead of taking responsibility for his life. In here, his wife doesn't argue with him and he can do whatever the hell he wants without worrying about his job or money or getting kicked out or whatever else.

And you know, in the beginning, I sympathized with him. He seemed like a guy who was just down on his luck. But as the story continued, its clear that many of the troubles in his life are his fault. He blames his wife for kicking him out of the house after an argument, but I know that he did not drop that glass. He tells us the story in a way that makes him the victim, but I know there is more than what he is letting on. He blames her for the money troubles when she is the one going to law school in an attempt to make a better future for their family. He is an abusive alcoholic with the largest ego I've ever seen.

And instead of owning up to this, he runs away.

The backrooms welcomed him with open arms. The endless yellow walls gave him everything he needed to avoid responsibility. They let him play pretend that everything was fine. And when he finally does have to face his actions, he decides that he is not going to change. And what is life without growth? What is the the point in living if you never strive for something better? Are you the same person you were five years ago? Are you going to the be the same person in ten years? No! To live and to love is to change. Growth is the human experience. Standing still gets you nowhere.

Clark denying himself this is his suicide. With nowhere to go, there is no point for existence. Captain Clark is the physical manifestation of all that is wrong in Clark's life. He stands still, knee deep in his rotted problems, and lets it consume him (both metaphorically and physically).

[wormyapples]

i have loads more i could talk about but really, i should have started working out 25min ago, so i'll keep it brief and maybe say more later.

what i think was really interesting about the captain clark, thing, uh. in the backrooms movie, is the design, most specifically the face, but i think, aside from obviously being a pirate costume like he wears in his captain clark sales persona thing, is that the costume is just that, it's a costume. nobody wears things like that ANYMORE. but they did, they used to, in a real past that ends up being scrubbed down by the modern day. kids get all sorts of pirate media, but you don't typically see kids throwing thief-terrorist themed birthday parties. a harmful part of the past is reshaped into something that we look back upon with fondness and longing, much like most everything else in the backrooms: and you don't even have to actually like it! you have to be comfortable with it, just comfortable enough that it comes across as better than something being different. same way clark keeps putting on the costume although he loathes every part of it, and is frustrated and juuuust about to boil over with venom at the whole store, the same way he ceaselessly keeps the thing moving.

but, ah, the part i wanted to talk about, the face. i like that it's afraid. it isn't an angry face, or an evil grin, this is a very obviously frightened and despairing expression that captain clark has its face twisted into, in perpetuity. and i think that does really, very much suit how clark feels about himself and about the person he puts himself out to be. because we all know that he says that he just hurts people, and that it's the way he's wired, yeah? but he follows that with the fact that he doesn't want to do it, that he thinks he deserves to be alone because of it. and then, nonverbally, he follows that with more harm. it's his big cycle, that he hurts people, and he hates it, but he won't move on and he won't change it. and i think that captain clark, this ego or self that disgusts him so much, going about and devouring everything, destroying it, suits him, yes, especially devouring clark himself: he gives into captain clark and the construct of the things he's decided, even if he loathes them, he just has to be - he likes it here, but he does it all afraid, deeply, deeply afraid, perhaps of what he, himself is doing. but not afraid enough, it seems, or maybe TOO afraid, to stop himself. very clark!

[tapeworrmart]

I don't want to change 🪑

[zipsunz]

i am my father's child

[theriverdraws]

"...another fight."

Day 2 of drawing Asgore everyday until the chapter 5 release.

[nikoco11]

cooking up somethin

[taxkha]

Weapon exchange

[sunsetagain]

[stray-tori]

caterpillar

[terrifiedmouse]

Passing the curse/torch to the protags in Fortune's Weave.

[thechuppster]

[soaransky]

The children! Oh the poor children!