#batim showtime

When he was just a young adult, Joey gave Showtime the task of managing the toons, trusting in the oldest among them to organize them properly. Showtime took to the job quite well, wanting nothing more than to show Joey what he was capable of, he kept everyone in line to make sure that they all played their parts in keeping the studio working and resolving issues among them. While his attempts to lead sometimes borders on bossing the others around, Showtime is almost always putting in a ton of work to make sure everything runs smoothly. He’s so dedicated to his job and responsibility in fact, that breaks are rare for him and even when asked to, he’s very hesitant to take a day off.

That’s one of the reasons Sin, a very close friend of Showtime has taken to being the demon’s right hand man. Where Showtime goes, she follows, helping him keep organized and calm as they do their work. Though it was like that before they were coworkers as well. She knows how to help Showtime not overthink every decision they make around the studio and the two have only grown closer while working together. Showy would have no clue how to keep himself from puddling constantly without her and he says so very often. He’s very honest about his love and admiration for her, but how deep his love flows he is not so open about...

While there is no doubt for how much Showtime is grateful to have Sin by his side, his constant need to keep as clean an image as he can of himself does lead to quite a bit of conflict between the two and others as well. Showtime is an extreme people pleaser and his need to be a perfect role model for children and as uncontroversial a figure he can be leads him to deny himself many simple pleasures in his day to day life. Even when the cameras and spotlights stop shining on him, Showtime seems very invested in not doing anything people would deem inappropriate or out of place for a Bendy character, citing the fact that while humans are born, he was created. The machine created him first, gave him to honor of being Joey’s oldest child and he takes that responsibility very seriously. He was chosen and their had be a reason, he had to prove he could be Joey’s true son despite his adopted toon status. He was another one of Joey’s creations and Joey always, always, strives for perfection.

Joey couldn’t be prouder of the little toon that the ink machine blessed him with and Showtime can’t think of anyone more blessed than he is. Despite his anxiety and frantic nature, Showtime is determined to prove to himself and the world there was a reason he was given this responsibility. He has to rise to the expectations of his father and his friends.