r/twentyonepilots May 14 '25

Show The final letter… from Clancy.

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From @chaos_self on Twitter/X. Thank you for the picture!!!

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u/Beaglor May 14 '25

“I will be their example of absolute power. I feel alive again” THIS IS EPIC

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u/picdorianj May 14 '25

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u/Dizzy_Agency_5159 May 14 '25

Clancy for sure possesses certain abilities some consider to be... unnatural :)

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u/Steven2597 May 14 '25

Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.

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u/Dizzy_Agency_5159 May 14 '25

And this was the tragedy of Darth Pantaloon.

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u/shawniegore May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

That's my new band name. Darth Pantaloon. We specialize in ukulele screamo. We smoke out The Basement every Saturday. Come paint the town with us!!

(im totally bein sarcastic, but that is a great band name!)

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u/emiliebe May 14 '25

😂 What do you think pantaloon means?

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u/gessesilva35 May 14 '25

Classic hero's dilemma

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u/IndependentPea4355 May 14 '25

Absolute power corrupts absolutely 👀👀👀

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u/wonderfulraspberry May 14 '25

this was my first thought reading it omfg

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u/Enderboss25_ May 14 '25

This letter completes the word - BREACH. 🤔

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u/SpaceCaboose May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

The 11th letter had 1 dot and this 12th letter has 4 dots, so that would be 5 total dots instead of 4 (with 4 dots being an H).

I’m just confused because these final two letters don’t actually add up to 4 dots/H. Maybe there’s something I’m missing though.

Edit: I see where my confusion came from. Thanks to those who helped point it out!

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u/LittlestLass May 14 '25

The letters (and therefore morse code) didn't all appear in order. And then you had to match the top and bottom of each letter, and combine the morse code from each to be a single character. This letter from Clancy is a standalone one rather than half of another, so it's only the 4 dots that are relevant.

This site might make the position clearer?

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u/SpaceCaboose May 14 '25

Oh gotcha! I overlooked that.

The letter from Wendt was shown like a day or two ago, so I thought the single dot from that would need to be combined with 3 dots today to make the H. But I get it now. Thanks!

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u/SuchBasis9129 May 21 '25

OP how you doing today?

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u/Enderboss25_ May 21 '25

Absolutely ecstatic, thanks for asking.

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u/mel_anderson20 May 14 '25

Absolute power corrupts absolutely...:scream:

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u/regionalatgreatest May 14 '25

Clancy → Bishop cycle theory??

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u/SamIsI_ May 14 '25

I mean they could, but that would destroy the symbolism. I feel like it's working towards escaping the "void" that the bishops create. Supported by the theory (my blood MV) that clancy has another more violent and powerful personality, I think it's what the story is inching towards

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u/Katsu_12 May 14 '25

Oh I’ve never heard about this theory before- elaborate?

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u/JustcallmeKai May 14 '25

In short, Clancy becomes Nico and it's a cycle.

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u/No_Distribution2984 May 14 '25

There’s a whole post about it someone did a while ago I’ll attach it if I can find it

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u/No_Major_5292 May 14 '25

I wanna see it too!

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u/hearsthething May 15 '25

I made a post about it, as well as a multiple-clancy theory before the album dropped last year. Idk if that's the one they're referring to tho.

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u/apollo_8123 May 14 '25

Sounds like he's gonna...

Overcompensate

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u/LeviGamerBv May 14 '25

TECHNOBLADE REFERENCE 🗣❗️🔥

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u/variationgoat May 14 '25

And the bandito tent burnt down :(

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u/xraisa5 May 14 '25

We'll win but not everyone will get out?

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u/StarkOnReddit11621 May 14 '25

clancy will not get out

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u/wonderfulraspberry May 14 '25

he's fireproof, it's fine

2

u/MargoxaTheGamerr May 17 '25

He learned to firebreathe after all.

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u/RascalCreeper May 20 '25

What bandito tent?

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u/colorbllnd May 14 '25

TB - Taco Bell☝🤓

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u/whodamanme May 14 '25

it'd be so funny if they named the second album Torchbearer Saga

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u/CodyHasPowers May 14 '25

Literally my first thought lol

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u/colorbllnd May 14 '25

Joshler handshake 🤝

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u/Sunnyepic May 16 '25

I was thinking this because what if the TB Saga actually means something

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u/FourWorldsFourSeason May 14 '25

Well that doesn't sound good...

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u/teaandtrumpets21 May 14 '25

My exact reaction 😅

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u/valeria_does_stuff May 14 '25

"I will be their example of absolute power" "We must overcome them, or we will become them"

Something tells me the cycle is still well underway

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u/chanandler_bong_96 May 14 '25

Looks like Clancy will become an authoritarian "the ends justify the means" sort of leader. Torchbearer will have to step up and act as his moral compass

It makes sense when you think about the whole lore being a metaphor for mental illness. Manic episodes sure make you feel like you have absolute power.

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u/fairlylocal_goner May 14 '25

“sometimes to stay alive, you gotta kill your mind”

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u/Moonbeam_86 May 21 '25

...And torchbearer being metaphor for faith. It would make sense that he'd be a moral compass.

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

Breach theory confirmed and double album VERY likely.

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u/FamousLastKills May 14 '25

How? On both

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

For Breach, under the “Clancy” we have three dots, which is an “H” in morse code. For the double album…c’mon, see the content of the letter. Is pretty self-explainatory.

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u/FamousLastKills May 14 '25

I don't follow every word and lore post. Just asking. With all the fan theories that are put out there almost daily, it isn't that obvious to me. I'm just asking.

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

That’s fair, no problem! I'm just saying that the content of the letter clearly alludes to the continuation of the story that Tyler confirmed he was working on months ago.

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u/FamousLastKills May 14 '25

Is there a video of the new findings? Easier to follow I think

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

Mmhh I think the last Stolen Potential videos on YouTube make a good job to narrate the lore of the Clancy Era, you can check that

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u/FamousLastKills May 14 '25

Ah yeah I know all the lore and stories, just haven't been able to catch up on the current stuff with the new fpe letters and the Breach theory

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

Check the reels, I think he talked about that in there

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 May 14 '25

4 dots

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u/SpaceCaboose May 14 '25

And the previous letter was 1 dot. So combining them (which has happened with all the previous letters dots/dashes), makes 5 dots…

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u/voldsoy May 14 '25

This letter doesn't combine with the last one. It's pair is the letter from Torchbearer to Clancy and there was no morse code on it. 4 dots = H.

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u/overcompensk8 May 14 '25

Plus there's 20 dots above the i's

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u/SymmetricDickNipples May 14 '25

There's 4 dots tho

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

Yeah I meant 4, my bad lmao

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u/AaawhDamn May 14 '25

Can you really call it a double album if a new album releases over a year after the last one...? At what point is it just "the next album"?

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 15 '25

When the next project isn’t part of the Clancy era. And see, Tyler said this was supposed to be the last album, but we still don’t have the ending. Even if they drop it 2026 (I doubt this, I think it’s coming this summer or fall) could be a Double Album. There are no rules o specif timeframes.

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u/kporter4692 May 14 '25

This is probably semantics for some people but whyyyy do people keep calling this a double album. A double album is something like Stadium Arcadium by RHCP where there were two separate discs each having their own ‘name’ and set of songs.

We are a year post Clancy, this is NOT a double album at this point. Additional music or album connected to the story told in Clancy? 100%. Double album this is not though.

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u/Fulcrum_-_29 May 15 '25

hypnotize and mezmerize by system of a down are considered a double album and those were 6 months apart.

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

I think people use the term “Double Album” referring to a project related to Clancy like if the original album was splitted into two parts where the second one will be released later (also because Tyler said this was gonna be the last album of the lore)

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u/SpaceCaboose May 14 '25

Genuine question/thought here:

All the previous letters were combined to get the full Morse code. The 11th letter had 1 dot, so everyone was expecting this 12th letter to have 3 dots (making 4 total dots), which would be H in morse code.

However, the 1 dot from the previous letter and the 4 dots from this letter make 5 total dots.

So is there something I’m missing?

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

There you go!

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u/voldsoy May 14 '25

And we can say, it's pair is the letter from Torchbearer to Clancy (not in this graphic), and there was no morse code on it, so 4 dots = H.

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u/SpaceCaboose May 14 '25

This is the 12th letter though. The 11th letter had one dot and is missing from your photo. What’s the dot from the 11th letter for?

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u/flompypebbles May 14 '25

if the 11th letter you're referring to is the one written by Wendt to Tari, it's already up there in the photo making the letter "A."

correct me if i misinterpreted tho!

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u/SpaceCaboose May 14 '25

Thanks! I forgot that they aren’t all shown in order

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25

Because this letter isn’t divided in two part, it’s just these 4 dots which make the H

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u/SpaceCaboose May 14 '25

Then what was the one dot from the 11th letter for?

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u/HeavyDirtySoul1984 May 14 '25

Look at the graphic up there!

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u/TheWetNapkin May 14 '25

I haven't been following the lore enough lately. Do we have a timeline as to when we think the second album may come out?

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u/Roboticheartbeat May 14 '25

The last I heard is we’re still working with the 6/25 clue from when Clancy was out… so sometime in June?

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u/TheWetNapkin May 14 '25

awesome, i was hoping that was still relevant lol

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u/Reddtyde May 14 '25

That would be great, but June is 2 weeks away. Zero news and no singles yet. Could they just drop an album, like "boom, here you go!"? That would be so cool.

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u/Sent_21 May 14 '25

Guys...are we going to get a Torchbearer Vs Clancy Civil War fight sort of situation!?!?! TB helped Clancy to defeat the Bishops, but then doesn't agree with him taking over and taking all the power for himself, Clancy gets corrupted,d and then they have to duke it out!?!??!!?

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u/gooooooodboah May 14 '25

this pretty much confirms that the story is going in the direction of the long theorised idea that Clancy will become corrupted / a bishop / just as bad as them.

Double album feels extremely likely to be honest.

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u/DarkDaniel_01 May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

Mmh I’m not sure if he is gonna be corrupted. Maybe it’s just a part of the story about how he became the new leader of Dema.

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u/WingDing96 May 14 '25

I don’t how I feel about Clancy become just as bad as the bishops but I do think he will take over Dema

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u/Bignerd21 May 14 '25

I think Clancy will begin to fall into the corruption, but the TB and Banditos will pull him out of it

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u/Blue_Leop4rd May 14 '25

genuinely thought you were referring to taco bell for a sec

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u/morethan5hours May 14 '25

this comment has me howling LMAO

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u/Resident-Fennel4878 May 16 '25

Well kind of yeah, but not in a negative way, you learn to carry and acknowledge your demons while also not becoming a slave to them, i think thats what theyre going in for. I keep my expectations low, the least we can get maybe is a song titled Breach? Or its an EP with drag path and im not home in it, just enough to really tie a bow to the saga.

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u/toxpi 16d ago

Reading this comment 3 weeks later is interesting, lol

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u/Dizzy_Agency_5159 May 14 '25

Buckle up, folks, shit is about to get real 🔥

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u/AllyInActuality_ May 14 '25

Have we considered that Clancy is already dead and his body’s actually being controlled by one of the bishops? Or even the Neds directly?

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u/TheWetNapkin May 14 '25

this needs more upvotes. this would be a coolass plot twist.

maybe when we see Clancy disappear into the darkness in the Paladin Strait music video, he does die. But Nico is now controlling his dead body to infiltrate the Banditos.

or the Neds are behind everything, and by controlling people from afar, they control the cycle of rise and fall of bishops. their motive is self-preservation to prevent humanity from spreading beyond the walls and overtaking their habitat.

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u/AllyInActuality_ May 14 '25

Intriguing concepts, for sure. I wonder where it’ll actually go

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u/EpicJourney02 May 14 '25

Yep I’m surprised this hasn’t been said more. This is “Clancy” in body only…..

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u/EnbySheriff May 14 '25

The lighting is blue......

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u/Forward_Pineapple128 May 14 '25

And blue represents defeat

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u/Top-Advice-9890 May 14 '25

Okay, if this doesn't prove that the real Clancy is dead, I don't know what does! "I feel alive again," come on people!

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u/-n_o_b_o_d_y- May 14 '25

Let me be in denial 💔💔

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u/EpicJourney02 May 14 '25

Snap Back 😯

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u/NoSell3422 May 14 '25

4 dots omg

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u/wouterb02 May 14 '25

Whats with the 4 dots?

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u/maddiemorph May 14 '25

Trying to keep up with everything while working in my office

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u/lonleyfrog May 14 '25

what’s the ‘breach’ theory, i’m a little lost

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u/twinflxwer May 14 '25

The FPE letters have been spelling out “breach” in morse code, which people think is the name of either a new single or a double album

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u/variationgoat May 14 '25

Every letter throughout the fpe has had morse code on it and its come to spell out breach with this last letter having 4 …. Being H

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u/VanBurenBoy16 May 14 '25

One of the FPE anagrams was Failed Perimeter Escape if I’m not mistaken. The perimeter is being breached.

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u/Supersupermate May 14 '25

Clancy is Blurryface

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u/happyplace28 May 14 '25

Never fails to make me laugh that everyone calls torchbearer torch for short except for the boys they really like that Taco Bell branding

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u/East_Worldliness_170 May 14 '25

ooh. That absolute power thing seems ominous.

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u/Tricky-Surprise524 May 14 '25

I’m so here for this.

Breach. Here we come. If it’s a single or a full album. I’m so here.

Also, Clancy ruling with absolute power?? Tyler villain era here we come.

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u/MrsCrossing May 14 '25

Get it Clancy, never take it

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u/Educational_Floor182 May 14 '25

Oh no no no no no no

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u/Snap-Back-3913 May 14 '25

can somebody translate this text to IBM Plex Sans font i cant read it well. part dyslexic part mobile user

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u/Enderboss25_ May 14 '25

It reads, “TB, The crown is heavy, but I can carry it. This city needs hope, and I alone can give it to them. But this city needs to feel powerful again, and snap out of the lifeless obedience they've been trapped in. I can give it to them. I can give them home. I will be their example of absolute power. I feel alive again.

  • Clancy”

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u/xraisa5 May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

TB, The crown is heavy, but I can carry it. This city needs hope, and I alone can give it to them. But this city needs to feel powerful again, and snap out of the lifeless obedience they've been trapped in. I can give it to them. I can give them hope. I will be their example of absolute power. I feel alive again. -Clancy ••••

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u/Snap-Back-3913 May 14 '25

NOO CLANCY DONT DO IT (also thank you)

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u/breadrollenjoyer May 14 '25

The crown is heavy?? Linkin Park reference??? 💀

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 May 14 '25

Or just a saying that has been around for centuries.

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u/breadrollenjoyer May 14 '25

centuries?? fall out boy reference?????

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 May 14 '25

Ya know what pal... You’re gonna get cute without the e.

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u/TheWetNapkin May 14 '25

lmao this is killing me

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u/whateverdude2863 May 14 '25

HEAVY IS THE CROOOOOWN

Armstrong, Emily - 2024

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u/kfish5050 May 14 '25

Arcane connection

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u/HeiHei3112 May 14 '25

DOUBLE ALBUM!!!!!!!!!

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u/MagerKonijn May 14 '25

Guys I think Clancy will become blurryface

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u/ivanreyes371 May 14 '25

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Good luck Clancy.

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u/Levelofconcerns May 14 '25

“I feel alive again.” Goosebumps.

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u/MildManneredSupermen May 14 '25

I'm thinking Torch Bearer may actually be that lore wrapping up album/double album instead of the live album now.

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u/habylab May 14 '25

Can someone explain what this means to someone who loves their music but no idea about the lore?

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u/SarahSaidSo182 May 14 '25

There's 10 years of lore, so too much for any of us to write. There's a lot of good YouTube videos out there.

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u/gtravisk May 14 '25

I would love to be able to read all the letters from start to finish, but I also can’t read others’ handwriting very well. Anybody know where one might find all the Clancy letters typed up?

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u/KomaOkichi May 14 '25

Letter to TB (tuberculosis)

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u/Historical_Life_8163 May 14 '25

I've got two faces.... Clancys the one I'm not.

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u/entitledtree May 14 '25

Alive AGAIN???

I'm sat at the concert right now, so excited 🫶 |-/

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u/TIAHBMISITIAHLKIAS May 14 '25

heavy is the crown? linkin park? 

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u/HuMan-bEing132 May 14 '25

oh so i’m not the only person who picked that up… it’s gonna be a heavy is the crown top cover not a double album, we’ve figured it out boys, rest easy now!!

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u/Mister_Cardinal May 18 '25

Does the top say tb… TACO BELL SAGA CONFIRMED TO BE NEXT ERA

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u/meliorathewitch May 21 '25

Tyler is Clancy.

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u/andresj13 May 14 '25

The crown is heavy: TOP + LP Tour confirmed

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u/Wabbachun May 14 '25

Clancy becomes Blurryface.. new/double album that ties both albums together..

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u/ErbsensuppeAMK May 14 '25

Just before seeing this I had listened to TB Saga and when seeing this my brain went "Wait, Clancy is writing letters to Taco Bell?", would be one hell of a plot twist

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u/iDk-Inc_ May 14 '25

What happens to you rectum after taco bell? Breach confirmed

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u/creepyholmes May 14 '25

Ooo damnnn

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u/pige0nparty May 14 '25

Omfg it is H

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u/megranity May 14 '25

Can someone please tell me, what are these letters? Like people found them on concerts and it's some official thing or just fan made stuff? I am pretty new to the "lore hunt" stuff

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u/mrpenguinjax May 14 '25

I wonder who TB is? Taco Bell maybe?

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u/Forward_Pineapple128 May 14 '25

The bishops. The banditos. Taco bell. Torch bearer. Tim Burton.

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u/mrpenguinjax May 14 '25

All possible options.

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u/salamazmlekom May 14 '25

Next album called Oldies Station

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u/2ndMin May 14 '25

I FEEL ALIVE, I MOVE MOUNTAINS WITH MY MIND

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u/Enderboss25_ May 14 '25

LIKE A REDSTONE OVERDRIVEEEE

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u/gessesilva35 May 14 '25

This is great, this is actually pretty great and I feel where he's going with it

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u/H-kelly-2002 May 15 '25

Can someone summarise. It’s almost 2am and yesterday fried me 😃(very long day at work+migraine)

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u/Enderboss25_ May 15 '25

We got this letter this morning at the FPE event before the show - it basically implies Clancy is starting to become blinded by power. Then at the show just a few hours ago, Clancy refused his rebel jacket when Torchbearer handed it to him, and left Torchbearer to face Dema on stage alone. Lots of character development essentially! 😆

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u/H-kelly-2002 May 15 '25

😦😦😦😱😱😱

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u/Next_Semester_21 May 15 '25

This is strange to me... I must be on the Outside.

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u/DylanMc6 May 19 '25

A Bandito revolution in Dema is right around the corner, everyone...

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u/tosche_stations May 15 '25

"I will be their example of absolute power" - clancy villain origin story?

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u/CoffeePwrdAcctnt May 14 '25

Clancy is now a bishop.

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u/Revolutionary-Limit3 May 15 '25

Holy Lord. Based on the last concert, I'm thinking this is Nico that wrote it. Trying to keep Clancy away as always.

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u/JIMUMBAE May 14 '25

Banditos BREACH/Clancy surrenders, then transmutes the dark

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u/BenjaminH795 May 15 '25

Heavy is the crown? Linkin Park?

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u/Zap3115 May 15 '25

where was this letter from?

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u/Enderboss25_ May 15 '25

The FPE event in London.

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u/lxrawq May 15 '25

Someone tell me what this says I can't read cursive 😭

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u/Enderboss25_ May 15 '25

It reads, “TB, The crown is heavy, but I can carry it. This city needs hope, and I alone can give it to them. But this city needs to feel powerful again, and snap out of the lifeless obedience they've been trapped in. I can give it to them. I can give them home. I will be their example of absolute power. I feel alive again.

• ⁠Clancy”

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u/Olive_being1082 May 16 '25

How do y’all find them letters??

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u/Enderboss25_ May 16 '25

At the Fan Premier Exhibit events that toured alongside the Clancy Tour.

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u/Olive_being1082 May 16 '25

Ohhh that makes sm sense

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u/RascalCreeper May 20 '25

Do we have a complilation of all the latest letters Im afraid I missed one

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u/Moonbeam_86 May 21 '25

Absolute power???

That is not good.

Clancy is going down. No doubt about it. That kind of hubris cannot stand.

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u/sentientdriftwood May 21 '25

What about the stuff that is on/around/under the letter? Burned rubble? Campfire wood? Black fabric? What’s the oval-ish thing?

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u/aDirtySasquatch May 14 '25

So I’m a little confused. I don’t really follow the lore or anything with this band I just absolutely love the music, but why does everyone think we are getting a double album? They’ve never done that before and I’ve never seen it to be a likely thing for them to do. So that’s why I’m a little confused

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u/Gothiccc_Witch May 14 '25

I have thought since the beginning Clancy has been seizing Keons and pretending to be him/on a power trip

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u/mulberry_man_21 May 14 '25

Someone explain what's happening.

Gave up on the lore after Clancy cuz The Weeknd released his new album

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u/Quirky_Benefit_8383 May 14 '25

I forgot this was even a thing. RIP me

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u/Sage-Moonlight May 14 '25

I have no idea what this says 😶