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Plus Ortensia dying to the curse and leaving behind a battalion of kids I guess,, but for them they had who to rely on, especially since they are from the more upper end parts of this society and have direct connections to the stars.

And historically convents of nuns have been a safety net for orphans in times of crisis

If Bendy is indeed one it would be interesting to look over some case studies of developmental effects of institutional care and early intervention.

Especially given his unique position as a minority deemed 'sinful' by his own caretakers. My oomf actually made a great post analyzing this angle! Check it out :p

It would help in understanding his thought pattern, as your childhood shapes you a lot as an adult,, thinking thinking

I'm also inclined to believe the comic book as a whole was used as inspiration in some places since it depicts the b-bros often as mechanics and Bendy being prone to stealing.

Myth of the Machine by @nortsauce n @flygutzz

And many kudos to @mel-tdown07 for inspiring the post!! :D

All text is in images (for my sanity), I don't like Tumblr's formatting :( First two coupled images below are bits from The Iliad, needed for the Yellow Ichor segment!

This is my take! I haven't seen posts connecting them this way so I feel like I stand on shaky ground haha

Yellow Ichor turned out to be the strongest and most grounded section while Impure Ichor and Ink got messier the deeper I went; which was honestly why I started this in the first place - I was frustrated as to how these two are differentiated and how the curse itself works

There’s still plenty of overlap and unknowns, but I really like the idea of them being different states of the same primordial force. Curious to see if this holds up as more of the comic comes out and I'd like to hear thoughts on it! :D

And after the bigass intimidating wall of text images I'm gonna add a little side theory that's more speculation but whateva!!

What if Guinevere is one of the Celestials?

For context in case you don't know her, this is Guinevere from GLITCH's Knights of Guinevere (or just KOG for short), she and Pomni share the same studio! :D I believe the hand holding the gear/cogwheel might be her

Gwen's hands are dainty human-like, in her worn-down state they appear mechanical, segmented and have doll like joints

The hand is holding a gear/cogwheel – the cog is a reoccurring motif in the show

KOG heavily references Disney (and overall has a theme of corporate greed) which can tie it into the rubberhose world of the AU. It even has an illness that affects skin and predominantly lungs

Her four pointed gorget stands out as the only golden accessory on her, it would fit remarkably well as a magic fused object! :)

(Side note it's speculated the accessory itself in the show is made to limit neck movement and keep her head up high at all times, else the pointed ends could pierce her! Justa bit of good ol' trivia HAH)

Additional images cause Gwen is cool like that

I'm a sucker for the subverted "save the princess" trope and KOG and Slay the Princess are my favs!! AAAA I really hope this is true

Her broken finger in the pilot reminds me a lot of Dyle, n speaking of I really look forward to them addressing the big elephant in the room (literally) next update.

like, Dyle was THEE fumble but somehow we are reaching record lows with the recent panels

Boris saving Shelly paralleling Bendy and Dyle is js rubbing salt in the wound likee whyyy are we digging a hole and throwing ourselves in in every chapter dude.

What do the Sinny eyes represent? Is it flavor for the scene to show he's doing something morally wrong? Is it tied to his demon biology? Is it tied to his lack of morals? All of the above???

Like,,

Mugman loathes and wishes he'd never have taken pity on ya

Dyle and Bendy are both related to trains n stuff and had a cute dynamic... HAD since this bum threw him under the bus

Cuphead made up his mind and despises you

Dandy and Astro are distraught by his mere existence

N with Shelly being saved by Boris while he wanted to pull a Dyle 2.0 it's looking reaaal awkward on his end

And honestly I do like it! Having the most popular one out of the crew be pitiable for his illness whilst also making readers be conflicted with his dubious decisions making is kinda cool.

It makes you wonder how far he will go to obtain a cure for his curse and if it would all be worth it in the end

(N the contrast between the b-bros morals could make for an interesting conflict)

Yeah I hope we get more lore tid bits on how Ichor and ink work since we're in Gardenview andd im rooting for a future Ink Demon arc,,

And here's a Pebble for your troubles! :)