Here’s a short narrative inspired by the phrase “Deliver Us from Evil,” set within the Bilibili community during 2020 — a year of uncertainty, isolation, and unexpected digital connection. Deliver Us from Evil Platform: Bilibili Year: 2020
“They told us to stay home to stay safe. But some of us were already trapped. Deliver us from the fathers who shout. From the mothers who drink. From the silence after the slam.” deliver us from evil 2020 bilibili
By June 2020, “The Lantern” had 80,000 followers. Bilibili’s official team noticed and offered server support. The original video—20200401—never resurfaced. But its ghosts found a home. Here’s a short narrative inspired by the phrase
The video was grainy, shot on what looked like a 2010s camcorder. A child’s bedroom. Posters of Naruto and Sailor Moon peeled at the edges. In the center, a boy sat cross-legged, maybe ten years old, staring into the lens. Then he spoke: Deliver us from the fathers who shout
Lin Wei spent the next week building a simple Bilibili collective—no algorithms, no ads. A channel called (灯笼). It hosted anonymous audio submissions: kids reading poetry, playing piano, or just breathing into a mic to prove they still existed. He added hotline numbers in the description. Crisis resources. A comment section moderated by volunteer psychology students.
In the spring of 2020, when the world felt like a held breath, Lin Wei, a 22-year-old college student in Shanghai, found himself scrolling Bilibili at 2 a.m. again. The pandemic had turned his dorm into a gilded cage. His days blurred into livestreams, danmaku scrolling like digital rain, and the hollow comfort of autoplay.