#Norman x Sammy

[corpsezinthecloset]

Ahem

#bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #batim #batdr #batim fanart #batdr fanart #sammy lawrence #sammy lawrence fanart #batim sammy #norman polk #batim norman #sammy x norman #norman x sammy #normmy

[reanimationstation]

i was having trouble deciding what ship i wanted to draw last night, so i figured, why choose? ive been wanting draw a parody of the "Go for it, Nakamura!" manga cover for a while now anyways

#victors art #sammy lawrence #jack fain #susie campbell #wally franks #norman polk #henry stein #joey drew #joey x sammy #jack x sammy #wally x sammy #norman x sammy #henry x sammy #susie x sammy #bendy and the ink machine #batim #THERE ARE SO MANY SHIPS THAT ARENT BEING TAGGED BETWEEN EVERYONE WHO ISNT SAM LMAO #i think he deserves all the partners #the simplest solution to a love triangle is a polycule

[malix4583]

"What did you wish?"

WOOO BACK TO SILLINESS

#batim #bendy and the ink machine #norman polk #sammy lawrence #sammy x norman #norman x sammy #normmy #lgbtq #gay #bisexual

[itsavacado]

#bendy and the dark revival #bendy and the ink machine #batdr #batim #sammy lawrence #norman polk #sammy x norman #norman x sammy #normmy

[from-thoseghosts]

#batdr #batim #bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #bendy #poll #my polls #tumblr polls #polls #batim poll #batdr poll #idk #i put some random names #but yeah all these ships are real #some are just in the deepest abyss of the ink #poly #sammy x henry #sammy lawrence #bendy x sammy #norman x sammy #sammy x bendy #sammy x norman #sammy x jack #sammy x joey #sammy x susie

[inkdemonapologist]

Thoughts on Sammy x Norman?

It’s a good ship! I confess I like it best when it’s Weird. Norman’s strange and insensitive, Sammy’s weird and rude; it just feels like it should be built on something like, mutual roasting and an unspoken understanding that neither of them really fit in the world or trust it, and they like it that way.

As far as canon goes, I’ve talked about this before, but until I read DCTL myself I’d always assumed Norman “crazy weird” Polk would be pretty flippant about Sammy’s losing his mind – but… he isn’t? And not only that, he’s THE ONLY CHARACTER (other than Joey) that isn’t; as Sammy becomes more and more irrational and volatile, everyone in the story just chalks it up to Sammy having a few screws loose… except for Norman. His comment that “Sammy isn’t Sammy anymore” is the closest thing in maybe the entire franchise to an acknowledgement of loss when Sammy’s completely unravelled by the ink in his brain. It’s not much, but surrounded by people who either don’t care or notice what’s happening to Sammy, it feels significant.

But even then, in my own headcanons at least, there’s an inherent conflict between Sammy and Norman that I find interesting and important to preserve;

it’s the big thing I wanted to explore with Escape AU Norman and Sammy in Heart to Heart – the idea that the two of them have a very fundamental incompatibility where, under pressure, Norman makes light (ha) while Sammy becomes more intense as he swaps between defensive and deferent, and it’s so easy for the two to misunderstand each other’s intentions. Norman tries to keep things from getting too heavy, and Sammy sees someone trying to poke fun at his weak spots. Sammy lets himself be open and genuine with Norman, and Norman is immediately uncomfortable with a care that feels patronising and smothering. Sammy’s snarling is all defensive, a protective front that’s angry at his own anxiety; Norman isn’t nervous, he simply keeps the world at arm’s length because it’s more comfy there. It’s a significant gap that they have to figure out how to cross if they want to be close on more than a surface level. Because, like, it’s super easy to imagine them getting along great as coworkers until things actually start going supernaturally wrong, and the projectionist’s mistrust of Joey Drew and morbid fascination with this disaster is no longer endearing to the stressed musician who desperately needs to believe his whole world isn’t falling apart – while Norman is of course going to detach and quietly watch from a distance the more volatile and insecure Sammy becomes.

Anyway I think it’s a good ship. There’s a lot of complexity between them and I like the idea that in order for them to really make it work, they have to learn to understand each other, to trust someone who has a very different outlook. I love the “had a fondness for each other >> it all goes wrong during Joey’s mishandling of the studio and manipulation of his employees >> try to figure it all out again in the aftermath” narrative for batim ships, and this is one that could fit really nicely in that.

Also I feel like these two might ping each other’s gaydar INSTANTLY.

#norman x sammy #i'd say there was magic there #i know you have questions you always do

[brightpallet]

Shipping in the au lmao

Norman X Sammy (last memory au stuff) I attempted to actually try with the art instead of the cartoony look- and gave up halfway through while making this at 5AM- so enjoy lmao

Sammy is literally half of Norman's height which makes this even more funny

#norman x sammy #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital illustration #drawing #ask blog #batim #batim ask blog #batim au #batim bendy #art #ship art #shipping #batim ships #batim sammy #batim norman #the projectionist #the projectionist x sammy Lawrence #sammy lawrence

[m-iz-here]

I really like them

#norman polk #sammy lawrence #normmy #norman x sammy #sammy x norman #batim #bendy and the ink machine

[rainbowspinch]

Missed the old au a bit now that I talked about it, so. Old Au Normmy doodles

#digital art #bendy and the ink machine #batim #batim au #norman polk #norman Polk batim #Sammy lawrence #Sammy lawrence batim #norman x sammy #Sammy x norman

[yellowmellow182]

Posting old Sammy/Norman stuff because I'm too tired to make something new

#batim #bendy and the ink machine #sammy lawrence #norman polk #ink frosted brownies #norman x sammy #sammy x norman #susie campbell #jack fain #wally franks #something about the night changing #i'd relly love to add context to this #but... i don't have any #parties at JDS can be surprising sometimes #mell draws stuff

[sammy-l-yourfavprophet]

Inspired by real events 💀

#history #Norman x Sammy #batdr sammy #batim #sammy lawrence #cute #bendy and the dark revival #bendy fan art #bendy

[corpsezinthecloset]

Short hair Sammy

#bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #batim fanart #batdr fanart #batim #batdr #sammy lawrence #sammy lawrence fanart #batim sammy #norman x sammy #sammy x norman

[reanimationstation]

dont look too hard at the inside of the projector

i have always wondered if norman can set up and play reels on his own head... it's gotta be difficult, right?

#sammy meanwhile has been banished to the time out stool for being annoying #victors art #batim dnd #norman polk #the projectionist #sammy lawrence #norman x sammy #bendy and the ink machine #do they have a ship name? samman... 🐟.. normmy 💀

[malix4583]

Y'all. Hear me out on this headcanon.

Imagine when Sammy killed Norman, Sammy actually harvested his heart to appease Bendy (Like the Aztecs did to appease the sun god Huitzilopochtli) and that can be why Norman, as The Projectionist, collects so many hearts, maybe he's trying to find his own somewhere?

This also makes me question the speaker that's lodged into his chest even more

#batim #bendy and the ink machine #norman polk #sammy lawrence #norman x sammy #sammy x norman #normmy #gay #lgbtq

[itsavacado]

Happy Pride to the Bois <3

I've included my own headcanons of their sexualities, with Sammy being a gay, (obviously) transman, and Norman gay and asexual.

#bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #batdr #batim #sammy lawrence #norman polk #norman x sammy #sammy x norman #normmy #gay #asexual #transgender

[himbo-artist]

Their relationship dynamic💝

#my art #digital art #fanart #batim #bendy and the ink machine #modern au #norman polk #batim norman #batim projectionist #sammy #sammy lawrence #sammy batim #normmy #Norman x Sammy