#samael yapping

1. We Never get a Full Shot of his Chest

honestly, thinking back to this part of the story is what initially started my headcanon turned half-serious theory. why would his chest be bandaged up? looking back, (i originally thought) i couldn't see any sort of injury he had to warrant that

it wasn't until after i had planned to make this post that i realized that the blot attack possibly-probably left open wounds on his body, which would also explain why his limbs are bandaged up too. DOESN'T MEAN SOMETHING AIN'T BEING HIDDEN THOUGH !!!

now, i don't think this is a form of (very unhealthy, mind you) binding- that doesn't make sense anyways. right before this, we get shots of bendy with his top unbuttoned, without the bandages. looking at those panels, they immediately disprove that theory.

if anything, if this silly headcanon-theory is somehow correct, i'd say that chances are he has top surgery scars. okaaay, then what's the point of the bandages? bendy definitely didn't hide them himself. like i mentioned before, the bandages weren't there prior to felix and sheba knocking out him and boris. i also doubt that felix and sheba would intentionally hide his scars for him, for whatever reason or another.

no no, none of these possibilities are meta enough.

if bendy does have scars being hidden, it's because fly and nort don't want us, the viewers, to see them yet.

i do actually have a half-stable basis for that by the way! but you'll have to read further to find out, that's an entirely separate point i'll be making

now, what about those scenes where bendy's shirt is unbuttoned? you might be thinking to yourself "sam, we DO get shots of his uncovered chest, you've brought up the scene where we do multiple times no-"

INCREDIBLY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER !!!!

yes, we do see bendy with his top opened up, but we don't actually see his chest completely uncovered- only ever partially. i double, triple checked those panels, and i'm CONFIDENT that if he had top surgery scars, they wouldn't be possible for us to see with the way his shirt is on.

2. His Insecurity about his Height

now, don't get me wrong, anyone and everyone can be insecure about their height. men, women, cis, or trans, whatever. I'M JUST SAYIN' that, as a trans man myself, height insecurities are suuuper relatable- even if one's height is actually normal and average and everyone else is just stupidly tall (which is what's stated to be bendy's case)

would like to note now that everything kinda devolves after my first point; you will NOT see any explanation that long ever again for the rest of this post

3. He is Literally Me

hear me out, hear me out.

if bendy is so relatable that i deem him "me for real"

and I'M transmasc

then, by association

bendy must also be transmasc.

completely sound, factual, unbiased reasoning, ain't it? and if you disagree then ummm you're transphobic and you hate me /JOKE

4. It- wait what the fuck IT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE?? NORT????

ok, in all seriousness? i freaked out over this post (in a good way though)

based on the fact that nort can't say who, i've come to two conclusions about this all:

this character's transness isn't just a fun fact; it must be relevant to the story as to share now would spoil things, therefooore

i believe that whoever this character is, it's someone more important- someone from the main cast

now, i have no idea if this character is bendy. it could be boris, or cuphead or mugman or even shelly (or the mystery cast member from the holidays post, who totally isn't alice)

what i do know- what i'd be willing to bet my soul on- is that this mystery trans character has gotta be one of them. not only that, but i'd also bet that later on, we'll get a scene of them coming out as trans to someone! (or something similar)

i'd looove for it to be bendy, just to have this random headcanon i cooked up to be right somehow, but i'll also be just as happy if it ends up being someone else. gotta love to see more rep

5. Trust Me

look man. i'm the knower. i'm The Knower™ i just Know™ things ok? so you gotta trust me when i say i'm in the right here. i'm always in the right forever and always regardless of the situation. just trust me man.

anyways yeah that's all i got. go check out motm if you haven't already it's actually goated

ok now that i'm looking at a list of all the fears, we're not marked by *all* of them but? holy hell it's close

the buried : unmarked but susceptible

the corruption : marked

the dark : marked

the desolation : unmarked (?) but susceptible

the end : marked

the exinction : marked

the eye : marked

the flesh : marked

the hunt : possibly marked? susceptible regardless

the lonely : marked

the slaughter : unmarked but susceptible

the spiral : marked

the stranger : marked

the vast : marked

the web : possibly marked, susceptible regardless

so that's

counting my fingers

10-13? marked by 10-13 out of 15 of the fears 😭😭 9-12 outta 14 if you don't wanna count the extinction ig but booo booooooo tomato tomato that's boring the extinction deserves more attention

anyways- ig i could just go with whichever of those we're aligned with the most ? except nooo, I HAVE DID AND IT CHANGES BASED ON WHO'S FRONTING. HEAD IN HANDS

though i suppose, if the only constant is that we're nonconstant, perhaps we'd be aligned with the spiral? not to mention that dissociation and amnesia and whatnot are typically associated with the spiral (when not w/ the lonely) but. UGHHHH THAT'S SUCH A BORING REASONNN

for the record, i'm aligned with the desolation. a would-be avatar of the desolation, i dare say.

the web and the lonely can fuck off too they scare me (i say oh so affectionately to all the weavers and foresaken out there) (stay away from me tho /joke)

at the end of the day, i feel like it encompasses all that makes homestuck. well. homestuck. and works as an amazing adaptation despite how compressed it is

it's definitely different? there's a charm to the webcomic that the animation just doesn't have—not to mention all that had to be changed and cut from the original—but this was smth i was already expecting w/ the change in medium and i think plenty of others were too, sooo

the only thing i raised my eyebrow at was dave's characterization. granted, it's been a while, and my memory's not the greatest, but i could've sworn he was a lot moreee. blunt? i saw someone else here use the term stoic—compared to how he's portrayed in the animation

besides that, i really liked it! and i'd definitely recommend it to anyone interested

also, i'm thinking abt finally going back and re-reading the webcomic just so i can properly compare the two—so, if anyone comes across this, make sure to stay tuned in for that

ALSO !! jade harley mentioned we stay winning