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The bendy haters are crazy bro they're out for blood😭

Yeah i can see that 😬

Be strong bendy fans! It's not gonna get easier! (Tbh it's not gonna get easier for any of the characters)

All in all if i'm being real i love the divide that people have on Bendy, it means we did a good job starting a conversation about what someone has to do versus what they choose to do.

Bendy is a complicated man, and i'll continue to say that, but its not like we made him like that for no reason.

It's fascinating to me how many people are willing to persecute as well as defend Bendy depending on what actions he's done, it's fun! I love seeing people discuss!

But remember don't take someone's hatred for a character/love for a character as an attack on yourself, i definitely understand that it can hurt viscerally when someone hates on something you like. Remember that we all come from different aspects in life and have different experiences! These are just cartoons :]

Be kind and respectful and keep up the great discussion!!!!

nortsauce

I genuinely just realized how well you’ve written bendy. Like I always thought he was well written but didn’t know why. And it’s because you write him like how someone with chronic illness thinks. Chronically ill people have to be selfish to survive it’s not about being good or bad. Chronically ill people need to be selfish or there health can decline rapidly and possibly in the hospital. And I’m speaking from experience on that one. But bendy does it also when there no cost as well because doing so is what kept him alive. Like when he’s tugging on the chain with cuphead he’s being cruel and inconsiderate to the person who essentially saved him because to show consideration at all would leave him vulnerable to simply be respectful to cuphead. Also I like the line “ they deserve to die!” About the cupbros because bendy view them as strictly a threat to his life unlike Boris who wants to see the person inside. Again showing that need to focus on one’s own survival over the bigger picture. Another is when Dyle died. Before that happened bendy was actually helping Dyle move the shipment even though it was putting bendy in danger until bendy realized how severe the danger was and said he not risking his life for the shipment. Which I think shows bendy desire to actually be dyles friend. But when Dyle got caught and unable to leave that need to be selfish to survive came back strong. Bendy says he wants to live. Which is basically saying this isn’t personal. And after he’s sends Dyle to his doom he later says there was nothing I could do. Which is true he couldn’t if he tried the both probably would just die.

I also want to talk about mugman for a sec because he’s like the opposite of bendy. Where as bendy to existent owns he does bad thing to survive. Bendy literally believes being a good person is just someone who gets taken advantage of. Where as I think mugman thinks he’s a good person but has to do bad things because he forced to do so. He refuses to take accountability and plays victim in every scenario. My favorite examples of this when he punches goob and basically say not my fault because I’m the victim of the world. Which when goob lets him go once he realizes mugman not gonna hurt anyone and says now mugman can make his own choices. And mugman is in disbelief like he was just given a gift he doesn’t know what to do with. And feels like this is the beginning of a shift in mugman world view. That not everything in this world is evil or out to get him. It’s still cruel but there good in it too. Another moment is when Boris accidentally tugs mugman when trying to alert mugman of danger. Mugman automatically starts accusing Boris of doing on purpose and trying to use that as way to prove Boris is even some how where as Boris has shown nothing but mercy and patience with mugman. It shows that mugman believes everyone is out to get him.

That was bit of word vomit so to summarize it:

- bendy is well written for how a chronically I’ll person thinks

- mugman is well written for character who is stripped of choice for so long genuinely believes he doesn’t have choices anymore.

- bendy is always making sure he’s on top so he can never be a victim

- mugman believes he always the victim so he can handle his bad actions

I just realized they are both self centered and selfish and just use different reasons to justify it to protect them.

I LOVE THIS ANALYSIS KEEP COOKING!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSS YES YES YES

nortsauce

the “I want to live” hits harder after everything. And according to his build, he didn’t even have the blot at this point in time :(

what makes you think he didn't have the blot yet?

chaoticberrybomb

Okay so normally I don't really reply to stuff like this (and depending on what happens this may or may not exit my drafts) BUT!!!!! THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE.

Chronic illness can still be in a person, even if they look healthy. They can be of a normal weight, appearing like every other able bodied person, maybe even going to work normally or performing tasks you think you wouldn't be able to just fine, but they're still sick.

I'm not going to get into detail since this is very personal to me, but as someone who lives with a chronically ill person, and has watched them slowly get worse since I was a child, I appreciate this response. It gives us an idea of how long Bendy has been suffering from The Blot. He's become desperate now that he's discovered that there might be a way to end his suffering that doesn't involve him dying horribly, and that's shown in the way he acts around others, and how he may treat them as a result.

I also love how this shows why Boris is as determined as he is. From what we could see in this flashback, they're both pretty young. Imagine being in the shoes of Boris, watching as your older brother, the only family you've ever had, while his health slowly deteriorates as you grow up. You're perfectly fine, but you're forced to watch as your loved one experiences a slow, agonizing death that you can't stop. If I ever had the opportunity that Boris was presented with, I know I would take it.

foresthouseowo

[ Bendys past and Boris]

So. I have a question:

Guys. Why do you hate Bendy?

Boris can't live with him FOREVER. He NEED to start living with his own.

Like a part of growing and socialization

Bendy notified him WEEKS befor, he did nothing without telling his brother and prepared him.

And did Boris was ALONE ( like Mugman)?

NO!

It feels like being a big brother/sister who wants to make his/her life and parents like: Take your brother with your walk with friends!

Bendy put his friends around him, so they can be HIS friends too! It's like: send your child to the kidgarden so he can see others people

Boris is TOO addicted to Bendy. It's not normal.

I can't understand, WHY people can't UNDERSTAND what Bendy NOT is a evil one here.

Mugman and Cuphead is different: they don't have so much OTHERS friends. Just each other

And you know? Let them..

Part 2.

And now the funny part.

Remember my and my friend theory? About Bendy been THE INK DEMON and About Nuns?

Something is wrong with Bendy..Something what even HE didn't know

But you know who KNOWS?

Boris.

And I remember Nortsauce poem. Where they talk about they past....

Bendy wasn't a little demon when they met.

The cage, the teeth... I think Boris saw Bendy in his true form.

Maybe he was in the lab. Maybe in Circus

Because there was BRANDING

I have feelings....what if, Boris is more afraid what:

Bendy will remember who he really is or will become the MONSTER what Boris saw in that day.

Like a guardian who protects him... and people around ( sheep's dog?)

By the way, I have a comic about slaps and Nuns, I will scream if it will be canon lol.

They love each other. They CARE about each other.

They are found family and someday Boris will accept Bendy's personal space

And Bendy will deeply understand Boris and will treat him more softly ( well, already sometimes)

myth-of-the-machine

skinnedroach

I will fist fight u mfs who are callin Bendy selfish, dont test me. He's literally a terminally ill guy who got abused by the boarding school and he had an opportunity to pursue his dreams. HE AINT SELFISH FOR THIS

#bendy and boris the myth of the machine #babmotm #myth bendy #myth boris

myth-of-the-machine

what would happen if you were to ask bendy if HE truly believes he's a good person?

nortsauce

I wrote the dialogue for this scene back in February, but fly and I liked it so much that we added it to the official comic

In the words of the discord

myth-of-the-machine

what would happen if you were to ask bendy if HE truly believes he's a good person?

bobinkyi

This response scratched my brain a bit........ This dude does not care for labels, AT LEAST FROM WHAT IT SEEMS-- and it's probably from the fact of how the world treated him (the whole thing with demons in their society). Acknowledging that no matter how good you are, you're still gonna get hurt and taken advantage of, it's better if you make your way in by being an alive asshole than a dead honest person -> literally his whole character is based on how much he WANTS to live.

myth-of-the-machine

what would happen if you were to ask bendy if HE truly believes he's a good person?

rainingkingofithaca66

freaking the hell out rn how are normal people doing ? :)

this just. I know this has such a depth to it but i'm not sure if i'm smart enough to write about it. I can try though?

in the first panel he's looking at his hands like he's actually wondering the same thing or looking for some way for him to be a good person and then he's upset because he knows he's not

like it's stupid to imagine that he's good knowing what he's done and he's annoyed at the asker and himself for not realizing it

and then. because obviously he said when dyle died 'i want to live' and he's making peace with the fact that he prioritized that he chose himself over someone he maybe could've helped. he didn't know for certainty if he would've died if he took his hand but he knew that it wasn't worth it to him

sorry this is all obvious stuff I'm gonna stop

spicyraeman

“hes a woman to me” IS HE? or are you equating women with submissive character traits you've arbitrarily put on a random man

skinnedroach

I hate the "hes a woman to me" shit cuz he clearly isnt, you're just lwk being misogynistic or afraid of using the transfem label. I keep seein ppl who say that stuff also hatin on men and turning every male character they like into a woman and i js dont get it? Maybe it's some typa projection? I'm not too sure.

Its also the fact that men arent really allowed to be submissive without being called feminine or a woman. Its just stereotypes re-colourised to be feminist, its annoying. The same way women cant be bother vulnerable or headstrong, they always have to be one or the other.

Also where's the "She's a man to me" or the "He's transgender af to me" people. Where the transmasc hc ppl at? we need more transfem and transmasc hcs.

nortsauce

Im gonna be honest, while alot of people infantilize Bendy, I see way more people going on a hate train, and quite frankly, wanting him dead. Maybe im just in the wrong part of the fandom, but i dont see the babying as much as the demonizing (lol). Maybe that's just me? It just kinda goes to show that ppl cant understand complicated characters that often and immediately jump to either extremes. I will admit, I was one of the ones that thought Cuphead was controlling Bendy cuz of the red shit. The portrayal was a lil confusing but afterwards i did realise it was just Cuphead's way of telling lies.

But yeah, overall it just feels like no one is willing to give Bendy the benefit of the doubt whilst also making sure he still has his agency. I wish people would stop jumping on the Bendy hate train just because he isn't portrayed as the super mega king protag. He's a complicated person with an even more complicated background. I find it hypocritical that people are so harsh on him but alas, it is what it is i guess.

No i get what you're saying, and i agree that people jump to conclusions very quickly with these guys.

It sucks when your fav has a lot of vitriol aimed at them, i definitely understand

ultimately though: I do like that people are kinda giving us the two sides of what we want: Genuine reactions and character discussions!

Point being: I love bendy too, but i also know that we wrote him in a VERY complicated way and it's not easy to understand his actions or his behavior.

I can't blame people for thinking Bendy is an awful person just like I can't blame anyone for thinking Oswald doesn't care about his children: Bc ultimately we haven't even GOTTEN TO SHOW HOW THEY ARE YET!

We're only in the beginning of chapter 2, and things won't get better immediately: But we hope you'll enjoy regardless :]

la-unicornio-satanico

Rolling Girl Motm ver.

Credits: @cinismile on YouTube!

rolling girl is one of the firsts animation meme's btw.

I just hope to put the kajis well, I love this song, is literally me! (I fell down the stairs when I was a child and rolled until hit my head on the floor)

nortsauce

YESSSSSS

skinnedroach

Fanart for @cheese-on-milk 's motm csm au.

I dont have an art acc on tumblr (i only post on th, insta and bsky rarely) so just enjoy this rare occasion.

idk how to censor things on this app, so sorry for the body horror and gore lol

cheese-on-milk

OMGG OUMGGGG jdhiuy4rfyudvbfd

BROOOOO

I'M FUCKING DIE, WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS BEFORE OUGHHHHH

I love it, thank you!!!! I'm gonna eat this for dinnerrr RAHHHHHHHHHHHH

skinnedroach

yourlocalfunkyjester

I don’t think people realize how much Nort and fly cooked w the dynamic between Bendy and cuphead in motm.

Like one guy just found the will to live and will do literally anything to regain control of the life his illness took away from him

and then the other that’s incredibly reckless because of the fact he just can’t die (I’m assuming, based off the info we know on the collectors) even if he wanted to.