#batim dnd

[reanimationstation]

some bnb art where sammy is having a fine and great time

[inkdemonapologist]

really been enjoying the lil snippets that @reanimationstation has been posting of their BatIM D&D game and couldn’t resist tryin to draw some solidarity for two tabletop Prophets!! and Victor’s sammy has such a dang lovely design; I HOPE U DONT MIND ME DRAWIN UR BOY,

im sure they’ll run into trouble whenever they realise that one of them worships ACTUAL Bendy and the other one worships NYARLATHOTEP, THE CRAWLING CHAOS in a Bendy mask, but as long as they both just keep calling him “my Lord” maybe they won’t notice...?????

[banjosandbetrayal]

obsessively thinking about the themes of parenthood throughout the campaign. its like a nod to the original game, and its frankenstein allusions.

(this got long so my ramblings under the cut)

not only have we got the base of joey being neglectful to his creations getting this whole mess started, but we also have henrys (partially) accidental neglect of them as well. he didn't know they existed for a long time, but once he did he didn't step up to his responsibilities as creator more than what we see in game. he has his own life and family to get back to, he doesn't want all of this responsibility on him.

except, he couldnt help but grow fond of prophet through a fatherly lens, throughout the course of the campaign. and yet prophet isnt all that he seems, and sammy isnt exactly partial to getting a new father after his own personal life experiences. but henry attaches himself anyways, and tries to mold prophet into the perfect son, which was never going to work. sammy (and prophet, since they are technically one and the same) is ultimately someone afraid to get attached. sammy got hurt in his closeness to joey, and as prophet he got hurt in his devotion.

yet sammy tries to put down his walls anyways. and gets scorned for it, because henry told prophet that he liked him more than sam. prophet tells ben, ben tells sam....it goes as well as you would imagine. a son being told that his father only loves one part of him, the part he personally despises. sammy had made a number of mistakes up until that point, but he had hoped that henry would side with him, not see him as lesser than the half that had been dormant for them. that relationship is now severed, and it hasnt been fixed yet.

but sammy has other things to worry about than henry, like, most pressingly, Bendy. once the ink demon, now a son basically attached at the hip. sammy basically domesticated ben, at first trying to get him to stop being life threatening, and then to stop being a little shit (derogatory) when he first got turned into a proper toon. now hes just a little kid, and that ended up putting sammy squarely in the place of his father, which quite frankly nobody expected. that role was presumably henry's, but henry did not accept it, so sammy took it up himself with a silent promise to be better.

and oh boy is he going to break the cycle. sammy is oh so terribly not equipped to be a dad, dealing with his own trauma, addiction, and cartload of mental (and physical) issues, but he is trying so hard. he wants to be a good dad so desperately, despite his complete lack of experience, and he would do anything for ben. which is sort of putting him right back where he started, devoting most of his time to bendy, albeit in a different manner.

due to things that have happened in the campaign, they both VERY MUCH have separation anxiety. sammy essentially carries bendy around everywhere, even with a broken ankle (which i would not recommend, sammy is just stubborn and stupid). bendy carries the guilt of sammy dying, and sammy feels guilty for dying. he doesnt want people worrying over him, least of all his son.

is this separation anxiety going to pose a much bigger issue once theyre out of the studio and bendy gets a human body? absolutely. too bad sammy doesnt trust therapists anymore after his last one worked for the ink machine.

[mimikip-stuff]

Planning a Bendy DnD campaign with @sassinapaperbag and @phoenixvitae and I got to make myself for the campaign! I get to be a Clockwork Soul Sorcerer, traveling through the studio to save my friends!

Len also has some amazing art and character designs for it as well, and they'll show up throughout the Ink Demonth!

[hoodieimp]

Also on the subject of today's session: I canNOT stop thinking about how just prior to The Fight That F@$&ed Us Up, Ig and Dizzy were bickering and teasing each other after Ig (jokingly) shoved her into a vent and NAT 20ed her face first into a wall, and it was while she went back through the vent to get Cade (off Vibing on the other end of the flooded hallway) that Iggy wandered off on his own and got attacked+literally started slowly dissolving in the ink

And if Ig had died there (and he came pretty fucking close) that would've been the last interaction he'd ever had with Dizzy and oh God I'm not okay--

[reanimationstation]

still pushing my dad sam agenda

[reanimationstation]

dont look too hard at the inside of the projector

i have always wondered if norman can set up and play reels on his own head... it's gotta be difficult, right?

[reanimationstation]

two mini coffeecake comics (and a bonus ben)

i love drawing dnd jack, he is the guy ever 🥰