I-I-I-I'll put yøu øn the map 🌌🩵

the stole being an extension of the tape, which was a symbol of added comfort and protection… the stole becoming part of that extension of clancy’s own comfort and protection as he goes into battle against the bishops

woah mama i tried to water bucket clutch in the nether

🟦 speedrunner-elvis follow

woah mama you suck

🟪 minecraft-elvis

bitch

🟦 speedrunner-elvis

wooaaahhh mama @/elvis-corrector he didn't say the line woah mama

🔫 elvis-corrector follow

say the fucking line or you go to the big toilet in the sky

🟪 minecraft-elvis

woah mama i'm being threatened *wiggles my legs in defence*

🔬elvis-scientist follow

this elvis is clearly in distress, they only wiggle their legs in such a funky way to ward off predators, the little guy thinks his life is in danger please be more responsible with your elvis husbandry

🔍 elvis-detector follow

okay, hear me out on this one!!!!

i've seen a lot of debate surrounding weather clancy will end up becoming a bishop after paladin strait (or that he already is one depending on how you view who is able to use the sizing ability). usually i see bishop!clancy portrayed as malevolent--working within the existing system and with nico because as a bishop, he has no other choice

naturally, this is a super downer ending to the storyline, and people (me included) would find this to be an upsetting way to conclude clancy's character

on the flip side, the easiest happy ending to envision is that he successfully kills all the bishops, they burn dema to the ground, and clancy never even comes close to becoming a bishop himself

now, i think this is a little reductive as an allegory for mental health. mental illness isn't something you can simply destroy- something you can burn to the ground and never have to deal with again. dema will always need to exist in some capacity, because it's part of who you are. you have to learn how to live with it, not destroy it

that being said, i think clancy becoming a bishop might be the most hopeful ending to the story in my mind. not as an evil bishop, but as a force of change within the existing system. he could overthrow or kill the current bishops with his newfound power and govern dema himself

as someone who used to be a citizen, he would show more kindness and compassion to the citizens than the bishops ever could. vialism would be disavowed, of course, but he could help people when they inevitably still feel its pull. he could take down the city walls, encourage citizens to go and live their lives in trench. but if they ever find themselves back in dema, clancy will be there to help them through it. just until they're ready to get back on their feet again

this also rings true because Clancy (the album) has a core theme of relapse and feeling like you've lost the progress on your mental health that you worked so hard for, but still pushing through it and continuing to live on at the end of the day. i don't think it's fair to assume that tyler would encourage an ending that falls on either extreme. depression is something you learn to live with, and you become better and better at living with it as time goes on

even if you sometimes find yourself returning to the city, maybe with support and experience it can be just a little less scary. maybe when clancy has made peace with the fact that dema needs to exist, he can take the first real step towards making it a better place

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