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OK SO I REWATCHED SCORPY’S CHRONICLES OF BENRY VIDEO AND GOT INSPIRED TO MAKE THIS :33

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The last time i used this was three years ago .. and do people still like hlvrai here

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hellooooo could i request. a benrey playing on 3DS :)

Yes you can! Sorry it's taken so long, I randomize my daily warm-up :3

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I watched Holly's Chronicles of Benrey recently, so I couldn't stop thinking of this haha!

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i have so many thoughts about scorpys chronicals of benry. there is something there that i am constantly trying and failing to capture in my art. something something absurdism and horror are next to eachother in the animal kingdom of media genres. i cannot put into human words what those 14 minutes make me feel.

the chronicles of benry

(originally drawn: april 1 2022)

how does chronicles of benry tie into gordon streamman, if at all? is it like a joke stream benry does randomly for april fools day or is it actual lore?

It's got lore, but it all hinges on which Chronicles you're talking about: Holly Edition or Scorpy Edition. If you've seen them, you know that they have VERY different tones.

Spoilers for both streams and for existing Streamman works below. Prepare for rambling.

Events from Holly's version have been referenced obliquely in Don't Spell Memory Without Me, and will be discussed further in future stories. Memory establishes that Benrey does not have any pre-game history aside from what others "remember" about him, and being the only one with no past upsets him. At the end of the story, Benrey sets off with Tommy to talk about inventing a backstory, "mentioning something about a dairy farm." Since the Hollowtones Chronicles of Benry stream is established to be a story/movie being told by Holly from Benrey's point of view, I've interpreted the ideas present in it as Benrey's fantasies, or the backstory that he's created for himself. Heck, maybe he's even gone into gmod at some point and fully acted the whole thing. You can play dolls sometimes buddy it's all good

That leads into Scorpy's take on Chronicles, which is rather more... abstract. For the record, I adored watching this stream in real time. Surreal horror that makes you unsure if you should laugh and defies you to find meaning is my jam. That being said, I don't think this stream works as something literal that could just occur in a Streamman story. If I wanted to interpret it as a literal experience Benrey has, it makes a fascinating character study. Perhaps some sort of dream journey or Silent Hill style physical/psychological journey of self-reflection, perhaps due to data fuckery. Maybe even between the game being shut off and being brought into the new program.

However, I'm not currently interested in interpreting it like that. I think the stream is far more interesting when read as a meta-commentary on trying to catch lightning in a bottle for the second time. HLVRAI was such a smash hit, and people are still hounding RTVS for a sequel or a return for the characters. As a creator, that's difficult to handle. The pressure of living up to your own success, of being able to give the people what they want. What if it's not what you want? You might still love your breakout hit deeply, and love the attention it gives you, but will you always be able to feel that way? What are you sacrificing to chase the feeling it gives you? Are you making this sequel because it has worth on its own, or because you want to feel that way again? You can never feel exactly that way again, whether you're the creator or the fan. "How do you know when it's time to let go?"

That's my reading, at least. Yes I took lecture notes during the original screening. I have the heart of an academic, but the constitution of... not an academic.

Anyway, I do think some elements of the stream can worm their way into Streamman, both literal and nonliteral. The theme of recapturing something impossible cuts me very deep, so I like to reuse it, but I also think I can use some of the locations and surreal imagery within the Streamman setting. I haven't brought it up before, but Benrey's house in the home program is a lawless land. He likes to experiment with programming and create his own little domain, the place is much bigger on the inside. One day Gordon could go over to return something that Benrey left at Tommy's and walk inside to find a gmod map full of crucified amonguses.

...man I really dedicated one paragraph to the stream that I'm actually using and then a fuckin' essay to the one I'm not lol

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Hi! If you don't mind me asking, what happens in the chronicles of benrey? I was never able to find them

I got u

Holly's Chronicles is basically her messing around for 2 hours in gmod_flatgrass with various models from various video games and a phys gun ! I haven't watched it all the way through but the clips I've seen were really funny goofy stories. I could be wrong abt this but I think this is where the idea that benry grew up on a farm came from. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuNLKaAqyk

Scorpy's Chronicles was streamed 5 months after Holly's, AND on April Fool's, so most people thought it was gonna be a joke, but after Scorpy messed around with some gmod amonguses and grenades for a few minutes, the stream takes a Sharp turn into smth more existential . The security guard model is suspended before a black background and distorted and dismembered(? in a fucked up 3D model way). This is interspersed with visuals and questions that mimic news broadcasts on degraded magnetic tape. It's not 100% serious (what with the Pol Martin guest appearance etc) but i Highly recommend watching it for urself, it's only 15 minutes long & it's wild !!! the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDy8EyFpii8 (watch out 4 flashing lights though)

every time someone mentions emmett calhoun holly hp_hollowtones grows stronger

I watched the chronicles of benry yesterday and “fists of an angel (18+)” has no right to be as funny as it is

what have you given up to be who you are now?

THE CHRONICLES OF BENR[E]Y

you are all too afraid to admit that benry is a mamas boy and a youngest child. but i have seen the ancient texts. i remember……..

This is just filler tbh 😭😭 But yeah, I finished hlvrai!! And I am emotionally damaged tbh... But I decided to watch the Benry chronicles and that damaged me even MORE!!! So yeah, I promise I have something better in the works chat... But take this little thing I did for fun for now (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)!

Holly's Chronicles Of Benry stream was posted to her channel November 28th

johnwicklover1994's username literally has the year 1994

Therefore Benrey's birthday in my beautiful world is November 28th, 1994

Meaning he'd be about 25-26 during the Rescas (since it takes place 2020, and in canon it happens either in March or May), and would be turning 29 today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE LITTLE FREAK OF NATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!