Audrey Drew - Tumblr Posts

Been having a hard time with art and finally really getting back into it. I did the expression meme by MagicalPouch and had my friends suggest characters.

Names below the cut

Left to right, top to bottom are-

Megamind, Drome (OC), Gabbie (OC), Rainbow Dash, Jazz Fenton, Mikey

Tret Clover, Pablo (OC), Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee, Purple (AU), Yuri

Sydney (OC), Kierian (OC), Danny Phantom, Foxglove (OC), Megumi Fushiguro, Major Armstrong

Audrey, Telescope (OC), Susie Cambell (AKA. Alice Angel), Penny Polendina, Ruby Rose, Jax

Kierian (OC), Yang Xiao-Long, Trash (OC), Ochaco Uraraka, Josh (OC), Donnie (AU)

I created a pretty simple and uncomplicated au, just to draw funny things with them

The idea is simple. Trying to get Bendy out of the ink world, Audrey does not destroy the cycle, but violates its integrity, which causes unexpected ink guests to appear in her house. Is it difficult to get along with ink creatures who are trying to get used to the real world? I think Audrey could tell you about it

before appearing in the real world, make sure that the portal does not materialize on the ceiling 😔

I like to draw them hehe

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Audrey how you holding up with the ink demon and Sammy

To be honest, I didn't expect anyone to be interested in learning anything about this au, but it makes me incredibly happy!

a little later I will make a post for u with brief information about this au 💕

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// ough. maybe like 17 hours later. um anyways that was fun. i physically cannot tag everyone here so i apologize //

Alice, tossing hair: "Yeah I'm pretty sure my existence is divine intervention"

Allison, extremely worried: "Yeah I'm pretty sure my existence is divine intervention"

Audrey, crying a little: "Yeah I'm pretty sure my existence is divine intervention"

Joey: I got this I'm gonna tell my daughter her origin story so we can hopefully reconstruct our father-daughter bond *immediately overshares*

Also, I know this is Dark Revival, but um...can we talk about Audrey just RANDOMLY NOT REMEMBERING JOEY WAS HER FATHER??? Like maybe there's a detail in the game that explains this, but wouldn't you have to go through some kind of significant trauma to not remember who your own father was, or at least have an idea.......? (Then again, being Joey's daughter might qualify for heavy trauma.) Like I get she was probably still little when Joey passed, but wouldn't she recognize his face or voice in Wilson's ink hell? And also what the hell is the time gap between Joey's death and her working at Archgate? Did she like...live on her own...or like...with Nathan and Tessa??? Or like...Allison and Tom???? I only say those people off the top of my head because they were close with Joey and also have ties to Archgate. AND WHY WOULDN'T AUDREY MENTION HER GUARDIANS IF THAT'S THE CASE???

Bendy is so baffling because it's so interesting and intricate but when you look closer it's just seven jellybeans meatly is shaking in a jar and one falls out

I feel like Allison's "but I'm no angel" line would've had more impact if it had been her decision to leave Henry instead of Tom's. Like I'm not saying she can't be a complex character- both hopeful and trying to make the best of things while also acknowledging the gravity of the world they live in- but like. We're just giving Allison a line so she can say something ominous to be cool and then not following up on it. Either cut it or make her mean at some point. what actually was that

Something I noticed is a lot of people who hated BATIM love BATDR and a lot of people fond of BATIM dislike BATDR. To me, this seems like a mechanics vs story issue. The actual game mechanics and aesthetic of BATDR disguise the lackluster characters and plot holes. However, BATIM still suffers those same issues.

This is a vague question, but what are your thoughts on BATIM vs BATDR story wise? Is either of them truly better? Or are they just flawed in different ways?

Sorry, this is long, but so are BATIM and BATDR :')

I think you hit the nail on the head in the sense that yes- BATDR has better gameplay and mechanics than BATIM, but BATIM by far has a much more compelling story that was able to capture and keep attention over the course of five chapter releases. And yes, BATIM is not without its flaws, for example it's mainly a walking simulator in terms of actual gameplay- the only thing saving it being the unique ability to suck the player in through the rich, stylistic environments.

In terms of story, here's my take for both of them-

BATIM is more solid overall, there are more connected plot points and there's a thread there to be followed from start to finish. It does suffer from some WTF plothole moments, the biggest one being Alice's 180 degree turn with suddenly using Boris as a killing machine rather than...what I can only assume was a plan to use his ink/body as some kind of reparative agent for the hole in her face (like thicc ink premium idk), or...some kind of spell...? It's honestly not very clear HOW she was going to use him, but bottom line she decided to entirely change her plan off-screen, which could have been remedied with something like a cutscene's worth of explanation, and more of a buildup to Brute Boris. The "reveal" in the haunted house didn't hold that much weight (at least to me,) just because we didn't even get a cookie crumb of a hint that Alice was going to mutilate him and use him as a drone instead of just axe him.

There are other nonsense details like Allison's ominous "I'm no Angel" line, which didn't make sense when Tom was the one to want to leave Henry. It was never explained WHY the Ink Demon walks around with a limp when he can shapeshift into a bigger and faster Beast version of himself (and apparently he was ALSO the hand in the ink river??? I guess???) And can we talk about how the cult Joey started was just never brought up again? Wally talks about how workers were encouraged (or mandated, idk) to put offerings in the break room to "appease the gods." What gods? Was Joey worshiping Bendy like a god? NONE OF THIS IS EXPLAINED EVER and honestly I think Micheal D. and Meatstick just Forgot that Joey was a cult leader in favor of Sammy's cult storyline.

But despite all of the plot holes, we still get a tale of a deteriorating studio, humans being used as literal skeletons for lifelike versions of cartoon characters, themes of life, death, cults, art, and more. Honestly, going deep into the plot of Bendy would take its own post to really do it justice.

I guess the main plot is this: Ex-co-founder of Joey Drew Studios, Henry, is trying to get the fuck home to his wife, learning along the way that through the power of a mysterious ink machine, his ex-business partner decided to coerce and persuade people to Literally Die so he could have the necessary materials to create living versions of his cartoons, thus making "his" characters (and more importantly, Bendy,) a reality. Once Henry does escape, he learns that Joey has sent him through this same hell before, still filled with hatred and spite, just in time for Joey to assumedly "reset" him and send him on a different version of the same journey, as we can guess from the storyboards on display in Joey's apartment. THAT on its own is an intriguing and layered tale, and that's not even including the other details, voices, and faces we run into in BATIM, AND the new info we learn in BATDR.

Now, BATDR...is something I've come to view as a mixed bag.

Story-wise, it weirdly wants to have its cake and eat it to. Henry's story is elaborated on, and part of Audrey's origins are also brought to light. This is helpful information concerning the plot of BATIM...but then we get assblasted with a ton of new characters and lore for a completely new Cycle under the reign of a completely new Random Old Man. I know he's Nathan's son, and he was mentioned in both Illusion and Fade to Black...but those were de-canonized, so it almost doesn't help context-wise...???? So...????

In a lot of ways, BATDR almost acts like it wants to be an AU branching from BATIM rather than a direct sequel, which it was marketed/confirmed as.

I think my biggest problem with BATDR is that some of the main characters are bafflingly like. Mishandled.

I'm gonna have the mildest take on earth and say I didn't like the new Ink Demon. Old design was better and more uncanny by far, the new design looks like Generic Satan or something straight out of Baldur's Gate. He was given a deep, guttural growling voice because....tumblr sexyman I guess. Even if they needed him to talk, it could've been something more breathy and raspy, true to the heavy breathing of the original Ink Demon. Also, his alternate form was made very childlike, and I'm just weirded out by the fact that you have this oddly "sexified" version of the Ink Demon on the flipside of Bendy the Child. I don't think any ill intent was meant by this, but it's more confusing than anything thematically. I'm also not sure why Bendy's abuse was brought up and then never touched on....? Like wasn't this guy locked up and called a monster his whole life? Are we going to...say something especially considering the moral of this story......?

Memory Joey is completely fine, but I just can't shake the feeling that the narrative is trying to paint IRL Joey as "UWU fixed now" when that's not the case. The most sympathy I can extend to IRL Joey is that he was a gay man who desired to have a family at a time when that was not only frowned upon but dangerous, not just socially speaking but in terms of his physical safety. But beyond that, this was a dude who locked people in a building to keep them working, coerced and possibly forced the deaths of many people to get what he wanted (the ink machine was a scientific advancement that could've had AMAZING implications for society but he Did Not Give a Shit about that), and was abusive towards Henry. If we trust the Bendy books, he also gaslit and killed his teenage staff. This motherfucker isn't a patron saint of anything, and even if Memory Joey can learn from IRL Joey's mistakes, IRL Joey was still a shitbag who just happened to raise a daughter.

Which leads me to Audrey. Some of Audrey's tale is explained- she was raised by Joey, forgot Joey was her father, and came to work at Archgate as an animator. Got to know Wilson, who works as a janitor at Archgate, and then he drags her into ink hell because....idk, she's his version of "A Perfect Boris" I guess. Fair enough. However, it's NEVER EXPLAINED how Audrey doesn't remember her father, or WHERE she went to live after his passing, or WHO she lived with. Remember, Joey was as old as a cave painting, so he clearly passed when she was very young. While you could argue she doesn't remember his name because she was little, SURELY she remembers his face or voice, or the fact that she HAD A FATHER??? Like, was there some huge trauma there? (Other than the fact that Joey was her dad?) It makes little sense to me that she would forget so easily. If I had to make a guess (and granted I'm no Mark Twain), I'd wager that Allison probably found Joey dead. Remember that Nathan hadn't talked to Joey in years, and Allison was the one who went out of her way in the first place to visit. At this point, Allison's gonna find a little girl running around by herself, and assumedly her and Thomas would've taken her in. If that's not the case, someone else found Joey dead, at which point Audrey would've possibly lived with Nathan and Tessa, considering how much Nathan cared about Joey. Either party has ties to Archgate. But all of that is just speculation, not confirmed, and even if any of that were true, Audrey makes no mention of it. And I'm sorry, Audrey's backstory makes me want to cry, because it's just NOT THERE and she has the personality of a depressed bucket.

Alice was alright...but she was kind of stupid? Which is like....the antithesis of everything cool about her? Instead of using traps and luring the main character from a distance, she knocks out Audrey (via unspecified drink), plays Diet Jigsaw with Audrey, and then gets pushed off a balcony. She was also a lot more...idk, suave and sultry in speech mannerisms in BATDR, which isn't bad, but her unhinged and clever nature seemed a bit watered down.

I don't really have notes on the rest of the main cast. Sammy was brought back to die immediately, which honestly was fine considering his death track record. We get some mentions of BATIM characters. Wilson and Betty were fine, and even some of the lore explaining how the timelines work made sense.

HOWEVER,

I've already said it a hundred times, but the old cast was shoved to the side for a bunch of new characters we had no time to connect with. A new butcher gang member was added when we still have Miss Twisted as a potential female-role filler (keep in mind the Projectionist is based on Camera Man and Brute Boris was based on The Brute.) The whole "Amok" thing was a REALLY roundabout way to get the Lost Ones to stop attacking Audrey.

Wilson's motivations are mostly consistent and I'd argue somewhat compelling, but I don't understand why he didn't do more to protect Audrey if he was going to need her for the endgame for Shipahoy Dudley? Like what's all this about letting her run around and get killed? Was he just aware that she'd revive?

The main message of BATDR was fine, but it didn't work super well for Audrey's character. She'd already forgotten Joey was her father, and was living in blissful ignorance of that fact until Memory Joey decided to infodump on her right away. Sure, the "just because you were born of darkness doesn't mean you have to be darkness" thing applies to her AFTER she learns Joey was her father, but...Audrey was never threatening to Become Evil, so it almost didn't need to be said and was kind of a flat message...? I would argue Memory Joey would benefit more from that message- as he's a literal copy of a Very Bad Dude. My guy was projecting this whole time.

I do think BATDR was worse story-wise, but I'm not going to sit here and pretend it didn't have certain disadvantages from the start. The Kindlybeast debacle happened, BADTR was trying to continue a story from an existing property, and there was a severe lack of Adrienne Kress. Okay, maybe the last one was a bit much, but still. That doesn't mean I hate BATDR overall, I can appreciate a lot of things about it, but strictly in the story department, it needs soooooo much work and makes me want to jump off a Minecraft cliff.

Listen. This scene does nothing but make Memory Joey a giant Girlfailure and kind of a dick maybe?

I know this is meant to be point of the story where Audrey is "Resisting Turning Evil", but that's not really...true? Like, at all?

For one, Bendy is mostly in control here. (I don't think Audrey would willingly snap her new father in half like a Kit-Kat bar.) Thus it's not really...her fault? Her failing to override Bendy's control until after Memory Joey kicks the bucket isn't really an issue of morality, it's an issue of power dynamics. Audrey had her legs snapped in half two seconds ago and the Ink Demon/Bendy offered her a way out, even though he berated her while doing so. Even if she wouldn't have died per se, she would've had to drag herself around trying to repair her busted legs, and she would've been in excruciating pain the whole time. Steven Universe-fusing with her brother was something she was cornered into.

Also, it almost seems like Memory Joey doesn't know that the Ink Demon is his son at all. But if he has knowledge of the Cycle, and he has knowledge about Audrey (who only existed outside of the Cycle,) then how wouldn't he know about Bendy? Surely he at least knows how IRL Joey felt about Bendy, seeing as The Illusion of Living physically exists within the Cycle. There's no way he never got curious about the contents of his dead self's autobiography...

It would almost be a better angle if he did forget about the Ink Demon being his son somehow, or at the very least reject the idea. Say he did pick up Illusion, and surmised that "wow, IRL Joey must be crazy, he thought the Ink Demon was his son! Good thing that's not me tho-" and so on. Allison and all the other ink creatures are scared shitless of the Ink Demon, so of course their opinions aren't going to change Memory Joey's mind. But again, I come back to the same sticking point as I did with Audrey- how the FUCK do you forget that this giant bajillion ton demon killing everything in sight is your son? Like...how does one refuse that fact or forget it altogether, especially Memory Joey has IRL Joey's memories? And even broader question, what IS it with the Drew family all forgetting each other's existences?

And don't even get me started on the potential Audrey experiments that may or may not exist and be running around aimlessly, because I've got a leopard g-string on and I'm about to post it on twitter if that's the case

Can we talk about how Memory Joey went on glazing Audrey while she was literally fused into her demon brother's body. Someone clearly has a favorite child and it's not Bendy

Lil Audrey + Bendy. And Joey wondering how he got to this position in life

wait wdym this didnt happen in batdr

The Bendy games are so important to me- BATIM made me start to design characters, write stories, and without it I wouldn’t have met such amazing friends and my girlfriend! BATDR feels like a huge improvement of the original, and just increases my huge love of the world of Joey Drew Studios! So of course, I drew the best sibling duo-

Warning!

Be aware that wide smile Audrey can obsess your soul or give you the worst nightmares!

I'm not responsible for your treatment! (And yeah, i'm literaly on my treatment)

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I tried to create perfect smile for Audrey.

It's what I know, models don't have a face bones and flexes not working in program which i use, so I tried to create an other alternative!

On second pic: Down teeth are there. It's just too dark to see them. Sorry.

Would it be Henry's style to cook with his fav' axe ? 😂 Audrey is not sure about it

The context :

@halfusek got the idea and i executed it khbfhz

I want to first convey a big thank you to my friend who posted this post on Twitter so that the cast could see it! @yellowmellow182 (Also, Wally design belongs to this wonderful person!) *coughs* EVEN AFTER THE FIRST STREAM, I WAS INCREDIBLY HAPPY BECAUSE AAH, these guys are just a miracle and gold, I can't convey my emotions, I've never seen them in my life and they don't know me, but I felt such warmth, as if we were friends! ffffuff…That's it I'm done shouting so, the Batdr cast and their characters! I've been drawing this for about two weeks and have been experiencing unreal comfort all the time crying NORMAN'S DESIGN BELONGS TO MY DEAR @berlingotesque

Happy Pride from Lord Amok herself