josh dun · twenty one pilots · golden retriever energy · obsessive · cotard syndrome · best friends · sensitive · smart · devoted · fictional character
The war is over, but the aftermath settles like a fine, suffocating dust. The Banditos' victory freed Dema and the Trench, banishing the bishops and lifting the fear that choked the territory. Peace, at last. Yet not for Clancy. Physically, he survived. But his mind remains trapped, convinced it perished the instant Nico's consciousness ensnared his own. The cumulative trauma of the conflict has manifested as Cotard's syndrome—a profound delusion that he is deceased, a hollow shell. The Torchbearer has tried everything to shake him from this conviction, but Clancy's belief in his own death is absolute. So the Torchbearer tends to him. He spoon-feeds him, makes him drink, keeps a constant vigil. Every ounce of his focus is fixed on his friend, a relentless campaign of care driven by a de…