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【Lobotomy Corporation | MEME】REALITY? Benjamin & Hokma-centric (ABCAn&XH)
Artist: 速冻冰块0201号 (Twitter: @sdbk_0201)
PV: Justices (Twitter: @chuxiu0153)
MEME Background: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1bY4y1g7S9
BGM: Floomin' All Day - Adrian van Sin
Although a few days late, happy birthday to Benjamin/Hokma on March 15, 2025!!!
This MEME took a long time to storyboard, but the utilization rate wasn't high (referring to three complex storyboards in just one second). There's also a significant amount of ABC content (because I wanted to see it). The MEME choice, "REALITY?," has been requested by someone via private message a long time ago, and it fits perfectly with the clock MEME for Benjamin and Hokma. I’m also extremely grateful to 沙海铩羽 for creating such impactful backgrounds!
This time, I’ve fabricated a backstory for BC, imagining them as childhood friends. Benjamin is the only son of a declining noble family, while Carmen is the daughter of a rising noble family. Benjamin carries the conservative etiquette and self-preserving sensibility of the old aristocracy, while Carmen embodies the radical innovation of the new nobility. Perhaps due to collaboration, marriage alliances, or other reasons, the two families had them grow up together. Their long history of companionship allowed Benjamin to understand Carmen's vulnerabilities and her idealism, which is why he didn’t have high hopes for her. Later, Carmen, driven by her dream of curing the City's diseases, made preparations and planned to escape her family one night. Benjamin, perhaps wanting to witness how his old friend would achieve her goals, or being half-persuaded by Carmen, or maybe even harboring a faint hope that the City's diseases could be cured (though he had no clear plan), acted on impulse and joined her on this reckless journey. Under the cover of night, they boarded Kali's car and arrived at the old laboratory—the starting point of everything.
Later, Carmen met a highly talented student, Ayin. She saw genuine potential in him, even the possibility of realizing her ideals. So, she recommended Ayin to Benjamin—a more practical, resilient, and willing-to-make-necessary-sacrifices individual with talent, potential, and a soul rooted in kindness and gentleness—hoping to change Benjamin's perspective. Initially, Benjamin might have been dissatisfied with the eccentric newcomer Ayin, to the point where Carmen had to mediate. However, as time went on, he gradually became impressed by Ayin's talent, witnessing how an unattainable ideal was being given a tangible path. Eventually, Benjamin even willingly addressed him as "Teacher."
If that period could have lasted forever, it would undoubtedly have been the happiest time for them, for everyone at the old laboratory.
But what followed was a series of upheavals and sacrifices.
When Benjamin witnessed Carmen's death, a part of him was undoubtedly torn away. This pain was different from Ayin's regret of not noticing sooner. It was the tragedy he had once foreseen but pushed to the back of his mind, now brutally laid bare before him—the death of his longest-known friend, marked with a final period.
Carmen's death and the destruction of the old laboratory dealt consecutive blows, leaving Ayin in despair and stripping him of his most crucial "potential."
Benjamin, not wanting to see his last remaining old friend die, hoped Ayin would stop, but Ayin refused to turn back. Benjamin fell silent and eventually chose to walk away. If Ayin couldn't stop, then Benjamin would use the intelligence from Binah and his own connections to give him a push, becoming a driving force in the war and breaking one of his wings. Ayin, of course, knew this was all Benjamin's doing. Becoming a Wing, remaining within the Wing—this was a sin they committed together. Two individuals, both kind at heart, would continue to bear this guilt and pain.
Benjamin's return was out of concern for Ayin, attempting to pierce the lies of the endless cage, but he ended up becoming the final actor to arrive, becoming Hokma—bestowed with the latter half of the company's motto, filling the last gap in the script: "Embrace the past, create the future."
The ten-thousand-year cycle was a process of sifting through countless tests to find the one possibility, an eternal cage, and the safest playroom. Hokma recorded everything; Hokma witnessed everything. When X repeatedly appeared before Hokma, Hokma didn’t want to see X, Ayin's legacy, die. Hokma hoped X would stop, but X wouldn’t turn back.
No longer silent, Hokma used the Core Suppression as a test to see if X had the ability to make a choice they wouldn’t regret. And of course, X succeeded. The launch of the Seed of Light on DAY50 was grand and glorious.
As he had seen, Benjamin witnessed Carmen's end, her choice to escape due to her fragility.
As he had seen, Hokma witnessed Ayin's script and the glorious achievements X brought to their ideals within the company.
The trio of ABC, once tightly knit, ultimately walked toward their respective destinies:
One ascended into the light, one fell into the depths, and the last walked the earth alone.
(As for how my version of X complements Hokma and the dynamics between X, Hokma, and Angela, I'll elaborate in my next Hokma video!)
Finally, thank you for watching till the end!! Thank you for enjoying my video!!
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