“Think about it. I’m just a reflection – I only show you what’s there. Would a mirror ever lie to you?”
There’s been a bit of… let’s say, confusion regarding Bendy’s reflection in the Toon Henry AU.
Bendy’s reflection isn’t necessarily the true nature of the demon that was turned into Bendy. He’s also not just Bendy himself. He’s a reflection.
Think of what a reflection is. It shows you your true face and form, right? Well, what is Bendy in this AU but a haphazard amalgamation of a real demon and a cartoon character?
Bendy’s reflection is, essentially, indicative of Bendy’s true nature. He’s Bendy without all the childlike innocence, the demon with the added cartoonish attitude. He’s both, and as a result, he’s neither just one or the other.
When Bendy loses himself and starts becoming more unstable, e.g. when the demonic nature of what he used to be starts leaking through, the bits of Bendy that make him the lovable cartoon character scatter amongst the things that represent only the cartoon character – merchandise, posters, things like that. What’s left behind is just Bendy’s ink – just some of his core thoughts and emotions, and nothing to suppress what little of the demon remains.
The only thing about Bendy that stays constant, no matter what, is the fact that, at his core, he is both the demon and the cartoon character. To deny one or the other is to deny what he really is. This is a fact that he doesn’t want to face, which is why the “mirror gag” isn’t just a gag – it’s Bendy’s true self that he refuses to acknowledge.
But it’s also just a reflection – whether Bendy is behaving like his cartoon self or “Bendy” is on a rampage, the reflection is unaffected.
In other words… he’s still in the mirror, should anyone choose to look.
You always say that we’re just watching, powerless to do anything more than watch whatever happens in front of us- or it would seem- just like puppets.
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To the people in the comments saying the guy is doing this “just for show”
He’s not
With this kind of bird, they are VERY attached to their cages, so if you need to replace the cage, you need to the show the bird you’ve destroyed it so it will accept the new one. It’s upset bc the cage it liked is gone, but the cage was too small for it so it needs to be replaced. The bird is fine.
Thank you for explaining that! I’ve been wondering about this video.
That bird was livid!
that bird sound like a white frat boy who found out his momma cut off his xbox live subscription
I’ve had this in my drafts for DAYS (why didn’t I post it earlier?!), better late than never (and by god with a similar Undertale game/ Anti himself active, there’s no better time).
I’ve been rewatching Undertale, and Flowey talk about his time travel powers from genocide route:
We know Anti has similar time travel abilities. Some thoughts;
Maybe Chase actually is Anti- but from an alternate timeline. What about the “Jack” we see?
“Fucking circles” takes on a whole new meaning if Anti has been through the same repeated series of events “again and again! Over and OVER!”…
Can Anti reset his own timeline with the slit throat? So he can go back to his beginning after the video ends, if he chose? After all, Flowey brought himself to the “brink of death” to return to his “save point” as long as he had determination…
Was he a good and trusted friend to the other SepticEgos? Or did he kill them countless times too?
Were WE ever more accepting of Anti? Where we didn’t see him as a villain since he actually didn’t exist/ was shown to us as one?
… Was there was evera time he was genuinely happy?
If Anti has this power in common with Flowey, I think we could add that they might be more similar than we think.
Flowey wasn’t always evil, right? He was initially a kind and caring kid that lost his soul after something big and disheartening happened. And then he started killing, just to entertain himself.
What if the same thing happened to Anti? Or better said: what if Anti is the soulless version of Jack who just enjoys killing? So, like you said, he uses his power to reset time and space every time he slits someone’s throat (he still is mimicking Jack’s death) and then he does the same thing over and over again.
Infinite deaths. All reset in a few seconds.
… Holy shit Mariel. O.o
Jack (during Flowey’s dialogue talking about his powers) himself said:
“That is a weird thing to think about; if you had the power to continuously reset timelines, would you stay good forever? Or would you start not caring? Would you just give up?”
Looks like he took more inspiration than we first though- might explain a thing or two or more with Anti…..