Ontology

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• Ontology: Methodology by an_introspective_beat

  Fandoms: Twenty One Pilots, Breach - Twenty One Pilots (Album)  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  07 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Clancy/Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Clancy (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
  • That one guy from the end of the City Walls music Vid
  • An OC but she's cool guys she's here for exposition and banter
  • Banditos (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Bishops of DEMA (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Nova Bishop (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Nico (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Various NPC's in Clancy's Reality
  • Eventual Fix-It
  • time loops
  • Alternative Universes (Quite Literally)
  • Swear down I didn't just write this to torture Torchbearer
  • (Or did I?)
  • A little bit of emotional torture is good for resilience anyway...
  • So much exposition though I'm sorry
  • Clancy is very much a child for most of this lads
  • (He grows up and gets interesting and then I CUT YOU OFF)
  • we have fun here
  • but it's not all fun and games
  • (Fun and Games will be limited to 2 funs and 2 games per ticket)
  • Discussions of Death
  • Discussions of Suicide
  • Discussions of Self Harm
  • Child Neglect (Institutional)
  • Historic child abuse (emotional/few instances of physical)
  • Foster Care System
  • Themes of depression and anxiety
  • Disordered Eating
  • Parental death(s)
  • Death in general
  • I'm really selling it so well
  • Might take this opportunity to point out that this in part does take place during active war
  • Drug and Alcohol use (in general and also occasionally underage)
  • There is banter - a good amount of banter...
  • And some scenes of a musical nature
  • ...This band has ruined my life.

  Summary

  Love is the constant, even when the world resets.

  Trapped within a cycle of multiple realities, Torchbearer fights to find and protect Clancy - the Creator whose music and imagination give their world the hope for something better. When the Breach begins to malfunction, fragments of forgotten past and present collide, forcing them to question whether the Cycle can ever truly be broken and choose between sticking to the plan… or following their hearts.
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  Part One of the Ontology Series. Buckle up, because no one expected there to be this level of world-building – least of all me.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Ontology

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  342,622

  Chapters:

  30/30

  Comments:

  403

  Kudos:

  71

  Bookmarks:

  19

  Hits:

  3,217

• Ontology: Ethnography by an_introspective_beat

  Fandoms: Breach - Twenty One Pilots (Album), Twenty One Pilots  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  11 Oct 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Clancy/Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Clancy (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
  • That one guy from the end of the City Walls music Vid
  • An OC but she's cool guys she's here for exposition and banter
  • Actually lads there's now many many more OC's that probably deserve a tag as much as she does
  • This is what happens when you build a fantasy world around a storyline with three main characters
  • Banditos (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Bishops of DEMA (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Nova Bishop (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Blurryface | Nicolas Bourbaki
  • Various NPC's on both Trench and the Reality
  • ngl these tags are going to get changed up as we go along
  • so don't get too attached
  • Eventual Fix-It
  • time loops
  • Alternative Universes (Quite Literally)
  • This one is more fun
  • but that's not to say it will be a walk in the park all the time
  • Or maybe we're in the park but it's raining a lot and the ducks stole your sandwich
  • Discussions of Death
  • Discussions of Suicide
  • Discussions of Self Harm
  • Historic child abuse (emotional/physical)
  • Life in the Care System
  • Themes of depression and anxiety
  • Disordered eating sometimes (recovery)
  • Parental Deaths
  • everyone's living the existence of a Disney protagonist basically
  • Drug and Alcohol use (in general and technically underage for America)
  • musical numbers
  • Clancy's new gig is burlesque-adjacent
  • And you'll pleased to hear he's still a cheerleader
  • It's going to get quite porny
  • they've been waiting a long time and will continue to do so
  • slowest of the slow burn
  • Not kidding
  • there's already 30 chapters of pining before we even got them in the same location
  • I hate summaries but I fucking love a tag
  • ... This band has ruined my life.

  Summary

  I created this world... To feel some control...

  Trapped within a cycle of multiple realities, Torchbearer fights to find and protect Clancy - the Creator whose music and imagination give their world the hope for something better. When the Breach begins to malfunction, fragments of forgotten past and present collide, forcing them to question whether the Cycle can ever truly be broken and choose between sticking to the plan… or following their hearts.
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  Part Two of the Ontology Series. And I still hate summaries.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Ontology

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  100,089

  Chapters:

  8/?

  Comments:

  114

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  664