#benjamin brynn

[1-jar-of-stars]

My dealer: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “THE GREAT LIFE OF BENJAMIN BRYNN” 😳 you’ll be zonked out of your gourd 💯

Me: yeah whatever. i don’t feel shit.

5 minutes later: dude i swear i just saw the liar birds start screaming

The Ferryman pacing: Benjamin Brynn is lying to us

[thenotorioushmk]

omg the gnu brainrot is real. quick doodle b4 bed

some benny and isaac!! my boyysss 🥺🥰💖💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[our-future-is-up-to-us-2]

In A Sky Full Of Stars

Double digits, finally! It's fic number 10 @narcosfandomdiscord (and the backlog continues to grow...)

Prompt #7, Book Of Time-Travel: Constellation

Word Count: 658

Relationships: Benjamin Brynn & Chloe, Benjamin Brynn/Chloe (up to the reader's interpretation!)

Warnings: Canonical character death, vague mention to terminal illness

~ Read the fic under the cut ~

The night before his audition, Benny leaves the house. He listens to Chloe’s hushed instructions on the phone and nods, pleased with himself. 

His parents are none the wiser. 

He’s cosy in his sleeping bag, feeling the cool sand underneath him, and watching his neighbour as she speaks. 

To Benny’s surprise, she opens up, drifting off in thoughts: “I like how you let me talk, how easy everything is…” 

Well, because he doesn’t always have the best things to say, but he smiles, and laughs, and interacts with the world differently. He picks up cameras to take photos, indulging in the musical whimsy of a piano… 

Right. The big audition. A knot grows in his stomach, and he turns to face the night sky. 

Everything is peaceful here. Quiet. Simple. He doesn’t hear his mother, Elle, chiding him about his timing. He doesn’t need to follow the metronome, he’ll play the pieces based on his gifts alone. 

She doesn’t need to raise him like this, but she does! She never had the chance to thrive, so she’ll project it on Benny all she likes.  

She’ll project it on Benny to the point that he escapes, and Chloe’s voice becomes background noise. 

The stars twinkle, some bright, some dull, and some barely visible. The boy sighs and blinks, trying to make sense out of the light. It should just… Exist, right? But, in Benny’s brain, everything has to connect. 

It’s like music, art, or photography. Everything has to tell a story. So what to say of these stars? What do they reveal? 

He relaxes as Chloe rambles on, and the growing winds, cold and bitter, do not faze him. One star catches his eye, and he drifts away, imagining something only he can see. 

A mystical constellation. A plea with himself. 

Stay in the moment. Enjoy the night. Your neighbour is here, and she’s beautiful, warm, and trusting.  

STAY HERE

***

Benjamin Brynn enters the music hall, blinking as much as he can to keep awake. 

Even if he did practise for the audition, get a good night’s sleep beforehand… Benny feels as though it wouldn’t change a thing. Because, being with Chloe… That was worth it. What if he became a master of piano, but lost his only friend? 

He would be devastated. 

Paintings cover the walls, all one in the same: Prestigious, bored-looking figures standing or sitting in chairs. 

Does he really want to be here? 

His mum certainly thinks so. 

Sitting down at the piano, he takes a deep breath, hearing a, “Whenever you’re ready, Benjamin Brynn,” from the instructor. 

The boy places his hands over the keys, moving quickly, scanning the music for reference. His muscles remember the notes, memory remembers the notes– But then his body gives way, he slows down, speeds up, feels his head spin. 

“ You’ll have to come back next year… Y’know, maybe after you’ve practised. ” 

***

But I did practise! Benny thinks as he sinks into the car seat, half-asleep as he hears his mum scolding him, I practised forever! How can one night be the end?!  

***

At least, when Benjamin Brynn finally meets his end, he’s comforted by the fact that he can rely on people. Not things, not objects, not abstract concepts or hobbies. 

But people. 

When Chloe winds up by his bedside, venting to him about her own struggles accidentally… All of that is music to his ears. And then the relief floods his veins when she apologises for all the trouble, for not realising the pain that had been haunting him for months at a time. 

She leaves a note for him that he can’t quite read, but he sees the signature at the bottom, Love, Chloe , and the whole world feels like a warm safety net. 

He can go in peace. 

Some distant voice tells him to close his eyes, and from there, Benjamin Brynn floats on a cloud, and through to some place beyond himself. 

[papsutimu]

It may not be interesting at first, but if you keep going out there every day, You'll be surprised by how much it changes.

The only way to fight against time is to create a work of genius, which might live on after you're gone.

Those who can't remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

You know life can take you to some incredible places, if you're really good at something.

[makethosenarratorsfight]

UNRELIABLE NARRATORS; SIDE B

Alex Eggleston (YIIK: A Postmodern RPG) vs. Benjamin Brynn (Before Your Eyes)

Alex Eggleston

Benjamin Brynn

Voting ended onJun 15, 2023

Alex Eggleston Propaganda:

Alex tells the whole story to you, the player, and COMPLETELY embellishes it in every way. Even when he whines about how he’s not a good person and that he keeps fucking up, he still finds ways to make himself sound like a victim and a good guy! Everything about the story revolves around him. He’s literally the most important person in the universe, albeit for a bad reason (destined to destroy every reality). BUT he tries his best to make himself sound a little better. Like, just ONE example, when you can make a character (Rory) kill himself by being so cruel to him, there’s an ending where Alex lives out a complete fantasy where Rory tells him that his death isn’t Alex’s fault (which is OBJECTIVELY UNTRUE, BECAUSE YOU MAKE THE ACTIVE CHOICE IN BEING CRUEL TO HIM). (He has many others but I just wanted to use the most egregious one as the prime example)

Benjamin Brynn Propaganda:

HE SPENDS THE ENTIRE GAME JUST MAKING UP A LIFE HE NEVER COULD HAVE. this silly guy. this FUCKING GOOFIER. he goes to the afterlife and the person there asks him how his life was like. however (spoiler alert), benjamin died as a kid, of a terminal illness. so instead of saying his real story, he regales a fake tale he wrote while sick, envisioning a life where he lived to be a adult. this story is taken as fact until the gatekeeper calls him out on it and forces him to reveal the real story

[makethosenarratorsfight]

REVIVED UNRELIABLE NARRATORS; SIDE B

Benjamin Brynn (Before Your Eyes) vs. Charles Kinbote (Pale Fire)

Benjamin Brynn

Charles Kinbote

Voting ended onSep 16, 2023

NOTE; This is a revival round. These narrators are not fighting due to being dead

[makethosenarratorsfight]

UNRELIABLE NARRATORS; SIDE B

Ted (How I Met Your Mother) vs. Benjamin Brynn (Before Your Eyes)

Ted

Benjamin Brynn

Voting ended onJun 20, 2023

Ted Propaganda:

There are multiple scenes where he changes details to be more friendly for his children, or outright lies while telling the story

Benjamin Brynn Propaganda:

HE SPENDS THE ENTIRE GAME JUST MAKING UP A LIFE HE NEVER COULD HAVE. this silly guy. this FUCKING GOOFIER. he goes to the afterlife and the person there asks him how his life was like. however (spoiler alert), benjamin died as a kid, of a terminal illness. so instead of saying his real story, he regales a fake tale he wrote while sick, envisioning a life where he lived to be a adult. this story is taken as fact until the gatekeeper calls him out on it and forces him to reveal the real story

[makethosenarratorsfight]

UNRELIABLE NARRATORS; SIDE B

Benjamin Brynn (Before Your Eyes) vs. Mima Kirigoe (Perfect Blue)

Benjamin Brynn

Mima Kirigoe

Voting ended onJun 23, 2023

Benjamin Brynn Propaganda:

HE SPENDS THE ENTIRE GAME JUST MAKING UP A LIFE HE NEVER COULD HAVE. this silly guy. this FUCKING GOOFIER. he goes to the afterlife and the person there asks him how his life was like. however (spoiler alert), benjamin died as a kid, of a terminal illness. so instead of saying his real story, he regales a fake tale he wrote while sick, envisioning a life where he lived to be a adult. this story is taken as fact until the gatekeeper calls him out on it and forces him to reveal the real story

Mima Kirigoe Propaganda:

the whole movie is just the embodiment of unreliable narration; mima confuses reality for fantasy and vice versa to the point where the audience isn't sure of what's real or not