History WMG / BendyAndTheDarkRevival

* Strongly implied.

* Nathan doesn't even see to know about the Ink Machine.

* Jossed, they are a ghost

* Buddy Boris does not return.

* Likely jossed, since Wilson is Nathan's son.

* Jossed, Wilson most likely would have been too young at the time.

* He chows down on several lost ones throughout the game, and Audrey (The first-person camera zooms in on his opening mouth, which is as clear as I think it can get) and I thought the implication at the end of TLO was that Bill got eaten? Although semantically 'teenager' and 'child are different things, yes.

[[If the next game revolves around the GENT corporation taking the Ink Machine, a major conflict is going to involve [[FearfulSymmetry the fictional copies of Tom and Allison going up against the real ones]].]]

* The image of her drawing with Joey seen during the credits looks younger than 10. Maybe she aged faster through childhood?

The real Tom, Allison, and others were never sucked into the Ink Machine. But Joey did invite them over to see the machine, and when they interacted with it it created an "impression" of them that became their counterparts in the Ink world. The ink beings in the Ink world that have their own personalities are all "impressions" of people in our world that had a significant effect/role in the studio, while the mindless enemies are the personifications of the minor employees and the general sense of dread and unhappiness as the studio gradually fell into disrepair.

The oldest Wilson could ''possibly'' be (this assumes Nathan and Tessa had him literally as soon as Nathan came back from the war, the earliest this could have happened) is 53, and he looks and sounds older than his father. He does not look 53. Additionally, although the Ink Demon has been gone for exactly 211 days, Henry says he hasn't eaten in ''years'', which would imply he's been in the Pit for quite a lot longer than that. We know he's gone back and forth between the real and ink worlds before, so what if Wilson has been in the Ink Realm for at least a decade, which would have given him ample time to learn about how this world works and do all the things he's doing like create an entire house, the Keepers, etc. He's the only real human in the cycle, and so he continued to age in the loop while none of the others did because they are living cartoons and cartoons do not age. This would also fit with Wilson's audio diary about being hidden in plain sight, because he has a really recognizable face. Unless, of course, he's unrecognizable to everyone because he looks a lot older than he should.

The Ink Demon being SuddenlyVoiced is never really commented on by anyone, which doesn't make much sense if it's a newly developed ability. However, a couple of things make it clear that he's not actually speaking aloud, but rather using a sort of mind-to-mind communication through the ink. Note how his mouth doesn't move when he talks at the end before absorbing Audrey. He also states at the beginning of the game that the Ink itself can read mind and memory and speaks to him, so it makes sense he'd be able to use it the other way around. This is corroborated also by that part where he talks to Audrey despite not being anywhere around her, and she responds aloud, to Wilson's surprise.
In the previous game, Allison mentions that Henry seems to be impervious to the effects of the Ink, unlike most Ink Creatures who can't touch it for too long or return to the Well of Voices, which is likely why he's also cut off from hearing the Ink Demon speak through the ink.

** Wait, where was that said? Didn’t she only say that he hired her as his housekeeper?

In the previous game, Allison mentions that Henry seems to be impervious to the effects of the Ink, unlike most Ink Creatures who can't touch it for too long or return to the Well of Voices, which is likely why he's also cut off from hearing the Ink Demon speak through the ink. So, no one comments on the Ink Demon talking because he's always been able to do that.

It's implied in the original game that the Ink Machine cannot give the beings it creates souls from nothing, rather, the only way for an ink creature to have a soul is to take one from an already-living human. Yet, in this game, Wilson says that he needs Audrey's soul to perfect his Shipahoy Dudley cartoon, despite her being born from the machine. What if Joey quite literally ''poured part of his soul'' into his work, realizing his mistake with all his prior attempts. It would explain why the Memory of Joey only appears before Audrey and not around any other character, and add another layer to why Wilson needs this specific soul to destroy the Ink Demon, as it's a fragment of his creator.

The oldest Wilson could ''possibly'' be (this assumes Nathan and Tessa had him literally as soon as Nathan came back from the war, the earliest this could have happened) is 53, and he looks and sounds older than his father. He does not look 53. Additionally, although the Ink Demon has been gone for exactly 211 days, Henry says he hasn't eaten in ''years'', which would imply he's been in the Pit for quite a lot longer than that. We know he's gone back and forth between the real and ink worlds before, so what if Wilson has been in the Ink Realm for at least a decade, which would have given him ample time to learn about how this world works and do all the things he's doing like create an entire house, the Keepers, etc. He's the only real human in the cycle, and so he continued to age while none of the others did because they are living cartoons and cartoons do not age. This would also fit with Wilson's audio diary about being hidden in plain sight, because he has a really recognizable face. Unless, of course, he's unrecognizable to everyone because he looks a lot older than he should, like a completely different person.

** What exactly determines an ‘incorrect’ soul? That’s completely arbitrary—Susie was an Alice voice actress and she is imperfect. In fact, this whole idea that a soul is needed was never actually established in game aside from one line from Thomas and Joey that lacking a soul is what made the Ink Demon so monstrous, which they easily could have been and ''were'' wrong about, since the Ink Demon’s perfect form is still soulless. Additionally, the idea of a soul needing to ''match'' the ink creature is entirely fanon, and always was. And Audrey is a totally unique being, so how did she even gain a soul; the Ink Machine cannot make them. This idea is jossed by Dark Revival unless you bend over backwards to claim that Allison and Henry have souls despite the game repeatedly saying they do not. And just claiming every piece of lore that goes against your idea is Joey lying is a stretch, especially since Henry himself corroborates not being the real Henry Stein. Having a soul or lacking a soul does not actually effect the resulting ink creature as much as anyone thought it would. In fact, many of the characters who ostensibly have souls are ''worse'' off than those that do. During the beginning of the game, Allison claims that Audrey got ''lucky'' having been created from the machine as a fully realized person rather than an inky mess, and taking all the current information into account, that’s the way it works. However perfect the resulting ink creature is when it’s made from the Ink Machine is completely up to ''luck''.

** What exactly determines an ‘incorrect’ soul? That’s completely arbitrary—Susie was an Alice voice actress and she is imperfect. And Audrey is a totally unique being, so how did she even gain a soul; the Ink Machine cannot make them. This idea is jossed by Dark Revival unless you bend over backwards to claim that Allison and Henry have souls despite the game repeatedly saying they do not. And just claiming every piece of lore that goes against your idea is Joey lying is a reach, especially since Henry himself corroborates not being the real Henry Stein. Having a soul or lacking a soul does not actually effect the resulting ink creature as much as anyone thought it would.