Symbolisms, huh? Dunno had just that random thought about this moment before you enter giant ink machine when ink demon just casually walks behind a glass wall… it always seemed weird to me because he’s not reacting even if you don’t stay hidden… and if you walk slowly alongside him… then it’s like another metaphor of mirror.
I’ve never thought if it this way, but if it’s intentional then holy crap, it’s cool.
Speaking of symbolism in chapter 5, the fact that Bendy’s throne is literally Joey’s chair (boss man’s) and he even made it look like a wheelchair always struck me as very symbolic.
There’s even Alice Angel halos hanging off it like metaphorical chains.
It’s so weird in retrospect. If the Story Theory was true, then it could be just Joey’s own imagination and lack of acceptance towards his disability. But the novel disproves that.
If Joey had already been disabled, when he was still in power over Bendy, it could’ve been seen as Bendy emulating him, because he sees himself as the new boss in the studio. But the novel disproves that as well.
If Bendy was Joey, then the symbolism would be obvious.
But he’s not.
IDK what to think anymore. There’s that silly conspiracy theorist in me thinking that maybe, just maybe, if Joey died mid-BATIM, and Nathan bought the entire Bendy library, that library included Joey’s BATIM sketches. And maybe, just maybe, Nathan started to make changes in them. And maybe, just maybe, the ink machine made those changes real.
Perhaps when the Handbook tells us that Bendy transformed again when he changed into Beast Bendy, it’s alluding to Bendy changing his model in-between different chapters?
Well CRAP that does change everything. I didn’t even notice the wheelchair. I swear every time I come back to this series, I find something new!
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