Okay but "you made me immortal, did you think I wasn't going to come back" is a BOSS-ass line.

@scarlet1508

2 жыл бұрын

Now that you mentioned it yea it really is!!!

@gargantuanleviathanvoidlor4295

2 жыл бұрын

Can I get a timestamp

@Boleniana

2 жыл бұрын

@@gargantuanleviathanvoidlor4295 27:35

@Markcus003

Жыл бұрын

i know right, that why i know is cringy but i really like what captain America catchphrase "i can do this all day" or in this case forever i guess.

@loosiph7874

Жыл бұрын

@@Markcus003 ?

I love that you can see the shock in the moon presence’s body language. It knew that you killed Gehrman, and thinking you were just a hunter, tried to bind you to its will. But you were more than it was expecting. You were in the process of becoming a Great One yourself, not a tool, or a surrogate child, but an equal. A threat. And as it, the being hosting the nightmare dies, your human form breaks down. You don’t need it anymore. But the dream is a useful place to hide. And the doll deserves to be remembered. So you both care for each other, you maintaining the immediate reality, and her caring for your body. No more hunting. No more death. Just peace.

@kigurumi1624

2 жыл бұрын

But why a squid?

@Charles-dg2gk

2 жыл бұрын

@@kigurumi1624 Cthulhu or somethin’ I don’t know

@0megasight

2 жыл бұрын

@@kigurumi1624 clearly your hunter enjoys seafood.

@DarkPrince345

2 жыл бұрын

One thing to add. When you beat the Moon Presence you get a trophy called Childhood's Beginning. The description of the trophy says, "You became an infant Great One, lifting humanity into its next childhood." That's a problem, but not for the player. Remember, "Every Great One loses it's child, and then yearns for a surrogate." Humanity is screwed...

@manatea6012

Жыл бұрын

@@DarkPrince345 It was my assumption that the player was the surrogate

I had to laugh at the start of the Gherman fight here. Skyen is all "that old man is faster than he lets on" and the moment Gherman raises his scythe, Skyen quickdraws and parries immediately.

Skyen before Bloodborne: Moon isn’t to bad Skyen AFTER bloodborne: YOU’RE THE ENTIRE SOURCE OF MY PROBLEMS

Arianna's fate and what it means for the player is, in my opinion, perfect Lovecraftian horror. A woman cursed with madness and monstrosity by an unknowable entity through no fault of her own. And a hunter, a scholar, who must ask themselves: Are they willing to do unspeakable things to learn the truth? And is that truth worth knowing? It's bleak, it's horrible, nobody wins no matter what choices they make. It's perfect.

@Foogi9000

2 жыл бұрын

I do like that you have an alternative in the Iosefka imposter who you can kill for your final Umbilical Cord instead of Arianna.

@Salsa_

2 жыл бұрын

@@Foogi9000 doesn't arianna become blessed with child anyways? So long as she's in the catherdral and not killed by crazy nun lady, it's bound to happen

@JavorinaMaria

Жыл бұрын

@@Salsa_ yes, she have a child anyway, but you dont have to kill her. I tried killing only baby with throwing dagger, but still Arianna died with it, which is a lil dumb since u can agro both of them on their own

@rosevalety3408

Жыл бұрын

@@JavorinaMaria I see what you mean, and it's a nice question to ask if we forget that this is a video game with NPCs and unreal entities, and instead read at the implications. If you kill a mother, the child might survive if you manage to care for it and if it is mature enough, but in most cases, it is very hard to keep it alive. But... what about a mother you rip off her child ? Isn't it undirectly linked to her womb ? Is it the physical or emotional trauma that can lead her to her death ? Even though she doesn't want to BE pregnant, a child becomes somehow linked to you. It's not the child's fault, nor the mother's having been raped, both are... Victims. We didn't ASK if she wanted to have her child, we didn't ASK if she was ready lose it, hell at that moment we took advantage of her broken mental state to hurt her, to abuse her once more. Even if we are supposed to "be a hero", what are we in that moment but just another monster lost to violence to accomplish our desires. Ariana didn't die because of a simple error or lazyness, I don't beleive From Software's designers to be that uncoherent with the game, Ariana died with her child because she is their mother. Just imagine the torture you need to go though to break your spirit this way, she couldn't hold her will to live another abuse.

@nicholasdunlap4210

Жыл бұрын

​@@JavorinaMaria She doesn't *technically* die when you kill the baby. She screams and collapses, but if you look closely she's still breathing. I don't know if that's a good thing, god knows what state her mind/psyche is in after that.

god, the "fine" after finding ariana was spine chilling, im glad to see the discomfort in killing her and the real emotion that comes from you in this amazing series, you are not playing as just a heartless killer like most

@thearmory4922

6 ай бұрын

After reading this comment and seeing it play out I agree and am thinking about how I handled the situation, I just was eager to get the true ending.

@aerieleah533

6 ай бұрын

​@thearmory4922 I'm currently playing through. Solidly spoiled myself I must admit. She isn't going to die in my playthrough though; I left imposter isefoka alive. She can also give you a third. So I won't have to kill Arianna the way I understand it.

@thearmory4922

6 ай бұрын

@@aerieleah533 correct

@joe-583

5 ай бұрын

@@thearmory4922 I was worried that the alien baby was going to eat her, but was also worried that I would accidentally hit her as well. Turns out I didn't need to worry about that last part, because she dies anyway if you kill it.

@thearmory4922

5 ай бұрын

@@joe-583 yeah I tried aiming for the child not ariana

"Sup, f**KER. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU!" Easily the moment that made me laugh the most just because of the emotion in that delivery. Love your content.

So fun(not fun) fact about the umbilical cord obtained in this video: in my first playthrough of the game I thought that maybe I could save her if I just shot the baby, but any damage you deal to either of them kills them both.

@Adylllis

2 жыл бұрын

She has two different animations for it though. If you just kill the parasite, she still freaks out and collapses, but with her face in her hands and her forearms on her thighs. If you hit her she collapses the way she does in the video. The, "pick up item," prompt appears for her shoes either way though. I like to imagine that the stress and sudden violence in front of her just causes her to collapse in such a scenario. Though that may just be wishful thinking on my part.

@DronesOverTheMoon

2 жыл бұрын

@@Adylllis Baby abd nither are connected. Orphan of kos for example. i an unborn child. died when the mother did resulting in the nighmare

@EmeralBookwise

2 жыл бұрын

Me too... especially after having visited the choir and killing my way through more mature variants of the same kind of eldritch "infant". Kinda surprised Skyen didn't try that approach and just went for the indiscriminate murder. I can only guess that he was so fixated on FromSoft forcing the player into an impossible choice, he didn't even try to consider if any alternatives might be possible.

@IroWithinStars

Жыл бұрын

@@EmeralBookwise mhh I think it's was not that he thought he had no choice but more of a mercy. Finishing her child and her bc how can a mother live without her child ? I think he knew she would not survive the murder of her child either way.

@donweiss2326

8 ай бұрын

​@@IroWithinStars Skyne did pull out the blades of Mercy before putting them down, so I think that is a good way to read it

Fun fact: as a perfect cosmic horror, no matter which one of the three finals you choose, everything just keep going, in a way or another 1) you wake up and ignore the whole nightmare stuff 2) you take gherman place and keep "assisting" other hunters 3) you will take the moon presence place, once grown, and keep the circle continue

@cosseybomb

Жыл бұрын

Nah who's to say you continue the moon presences cycle?

@crazydragy4233

Жыл бұрын

​@@cosseybomb Isn't the assumption that being a great one the previous rules apply to you as well is more sound than thinking you're an exception to all you learn about them?

@thaddeusgenhelm8979

Жыл бұрын

@@crazydragy4233 Well, not entirely, the Moon Presence ran the hunt and the dream according to its particular ethos and desires, but it's clear the various great ones do not all have identical drives, outside of a want for offspring and legacy. Like, do we have any reason to think Kos or Odeon would run the dream or the Hunt as the Moon Presence did? I don't think we do. So assuming you would do something different is... Not making you an exception to what we've learned about the other Great Ones.

@crazydragy4233

Жыл бұрын

@@thaddeusgenhelm8979 But in this case the "exception" is about something universal to the great ones - wanting children

@thaddeusgenhelm8979

Жыл бұрын

@@crazydragy4233 Is running the dream and the hunt in a manner identical to the Moon Presence literally the only way that desire could express itself? Because otherwise the claim that you would continue the beast hunting cycle or whatever to fulfill that desire... Doesn't make any sense? I'm going to need you to justify the claim that all great ones are obligated by their desire for children to do this. That every single one creates beast plague/hunter cycles or something in pursuit of that end goal. Because if they don't, why would you have to?

The sheer outrage in that "SUP FU**ER!" Was golden, and honestly very much deserved.

I think your struggle trying to put together a clear overall picture and the need to create a unified theory illustrates another one of Bloodborne’s themes: obsession with meaning- trying to understand and know the unknowable as an ultimately futile attempt to find inner peace

I've always liked to think the transcendence of the Hunter into a Great One, young though they may be, is a sign of hope. The distant Great Ones, who sympathetic though they may be cannot understand humanity, or the current people in power, some like Laurence and Ludwig who tried and failed to help, and others like Micolash and the Choir who commit or enable incredible violence, are emblematic of an older system. They are structures that failed and which have harmed many through mistake, purposeful action, or lack of understanding. But the Good Hunter becomes a Great One, transcending their old form, becoming something new; a Great One who was once a person. You have a new beginning but were born through the destruction of the holdovers of the old system, and in doing so are the mark of a new one. Currently small and weak, but with great potential, and with proper guidance can hopefully prevent the same atrocities that led to this. The Great Ones are all at the peak of the systems they inhabit. Ebrietas is the Great One who was found and exploited by the Choir, Rom works with Byrgenwerth to hide the secrets of their research and mistakes from the world, Amygdala connects to the Nightmare that Mensis uses and the Wet Nurse guards the infant they use to call other Great Ones, and the Moon Presence creates and maintains the systems of the hunters. So by destroying all of those entities and tearing your way through those organizations to them, you topple these structures. From there, with nothing left, a new system must be made, new and feeble to start, but one that can grow, and can hopefully shape a better world than the systems that preceded it. In this then, the player characters status as an outsider to Yharnam fits well. You start not knowing the city and its issues, and the more you see, the more your insight grows. First to the horrors of the hunt, and then to the horrors of the systems that created it. Your journey becomes one of witnessing horrors upon horrors, and using the strength you cultivate through the dream to tear it all down to create something new, in the hopes of preventing that evil from repeating once more. You quite literally dream of a new world, and in doing so potentially make it a reality through your actions.

@sluggaboyzWC3

2 жыл бұрын

When no sun to praise, slay the moon.

@IsaacClodfelter

2 жыл бұрын

You have done a good job at putting the hope I felt at that ending into words. It isn't the brightest of hope and none of the past evils will be undone but for the first time in our time there the dream has the potential for improvement and future good.

@theArab__

2 жыл бұрын

Based

@TheRealNekora

2 жыл бұрын

this perfectly summises my thougths oln that ending. thank you

@lelescarlet7184

Жыл бұрын

@Groovy I got chills down my spine reading that, holy hell! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

It's always weirdly interesting to me how different people have trouble with different things in these games. Like, in my experience Gehrman's a badass and Moon Presence is a pushover, but you absolutely wiped the floor with Gehrman and had to take a couple cracks at the Moon.

@nodripnightshade6531

2 жыл бұрын

same

@christiangarza8122

Жыл бұрын

Different builds make different things happen

@victory8928

Жыл бұрын

Tbf Gehrman is more akin to the pvp bosses so he is really easy once you have the pvp boss fights mastered. Moon is a beast of its own that some are similar better equipped to handle

@CWojcieszak

10 ай бұрын

Gehrman kicked my ass but not as much as, and I'm ashamed to admit it, Micolash... Yeah okay I had 60 Dex and no health so any attack that wasn't his punch killed me instantly and I wasn't good at dodging his attacks...

@islu4672

7 ай бұрын

I feel like he was way too powerful for these fights,or he’s just that good but it feels a bit frustrating how he destroys german while i got absolutely destroyed for 2 hours straight

The Moon Presence actually does have a name. In the Doll's prayer at the gravestone, she literally refers to it as "Flora".

@AsianAtTheDisco009

10 ай бұрын

Stupidly cute ass names for impossible Eldritch entities. Sees the entity of the deep and unknown, the personification of the things that lurk in the impermeable murk of the ocean's depth. Hi Bethany.

@just_TK

9 ай бұрын

​@@AsianAtTheDisco009 The old one of beasts and blood, brutality and corruption " Flora"

@ryeki1552

8 ай бұрын

Weirdly enough, it makes about as much sense as a name like "Kos", and is only a bit less understandable when compared to a name like "Kosm"

@leeledyke

3 ай бұрын

I suspect Nameless Moon Precense may be a play on its abbreviation: NMP, Not My Problem. Gehrman was fully going to get you out, to make you stop dreaming because it *isn't* supposed to be your problem. It's his. But you *make it your problem* when you refuse him. So the Nameless Moon Presence may be reminding you that it could be Not Your Problem again, if you just bend to it. You don't, in this ending, but still.

@aubarlowe

2 ай бұрын

@@ryeki1552actually, considering how Micolash pronounced Kosm, it seems like it's short for Cosmic? Which, yknow, eldritch basically-aliens from space--casmic! I think it actually makes sense, haha

I still can’t believe that Skyen figured out that it was the moon. Talk about a shot in the dark getting you a goddam visceral!

@hellogoodbye3786

Жыл бұрын

I personally didn’t figure it out but in my second play through I found evidence supporting it in the lecture hall. I believe it is in a room in the top floor, it is the third time I remember seeing the word paleblood. The second was in the unseen village (behold a paleblood sky) and the first is in iosefka’s clinic, the first note, seek paleblood to transcend the hunt. The moon presence = paleblood. But how did we know this? That first note, is said to supposedly be a handwritten note, according to the Japanese translation… so how did we know the identity of this great one?

@kayleighjennings8315

Жыл бұрын

@@hellogoodbye3786Maybe previous hunters who were searching for paleblood left those notes behind to aid future hunters, aka the player?

With the game finished maybe its safe to "spoil" certain things? All I want to clarify is one of the endings, specifically the scene with the hunter and the moon presence before the fight, so this is the last warning in case you don't want to know, Skyen: As you figured out, consuming the 3 thirds of Umbillical Cord grants the player the opportunity to achieve the "best" ending, which is transending humanity. If the player does not consume the Umbillical Cords and beats Gherman, the Moon Presence comes down from the sky, embraces the hunter (the scene you described via text as the Hunter being injected on the womb area) and...umm... Consumes them? Turning the Hunter into the new Gherman. Now the Hunter will be the keeper of the Hunters Dream, the guide of new hunters to come and their executioner when the night of the hunt meets the dawn of a new day That's all I wanted to say about this particular thing, I have other things to say that I will put in another comment

@alexspain9103

2 жыл бұрын

Specifically, that bit about each great one "yearning for a surrogate" applies to this in that the Moon Presence "adopted" Gherman, and once you kill Gherman they "adopt" you.

@EmeralBookwise

2 жыл бұрын

I will add to this that Skyen was at least spot on about the metaphor of Gehrman's wheelchair, as when the hunter replaces him as the new keeper of the dream they are bound to that same wheelchair.

Honestly, There are no true villains in bloodborne Gehrman just wanted to set you free from the nightmare Lady Maria wanted to stop you from disturbing the fishing hamlet Laurence simply wanted to bless humanity with Holy Blood Flora simply wanted to be a mother, With the horrible things she did being out of desperation and lack of understanding for humanity

@danielled8665

Жыл бұрын

But to be fair, that forces you to realize that a villain is a villain regardless of their reason. If your mother mistreats you because she is depressed, she is still causing you trauma and neglecting you. If the boy killing people in a school was bullied, they are still wrong and and morally unforgivable. If a parent is cruel to you to teach some "lesson" or for your own good in their eyes, that cruelty is not undone.

@Saltboi1823

Жыл бұрын

@@danielled8665 Not unforgivable per se, But they are still a villain regardless of redeeming factors.

@swaws7810

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but who is Flora? Edit: nvm literally the comment under this gave the answer

@TheTinMan2077

Жыл бұрын

Nope, the moon presence definitely is not a good great one when she hunt's her brethren

@Saltboi1823

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTinMan2077 Her brethren are gods, no, MORE THAN GODS. Nothing wrong with eliminating completion

RE: Gehrman's wheelchair - You have no idea how happy I was to hear your analysis of this part of his design. I'm a wheelchair user and disabled activist, so the "wheelchair = prison/limiter/confinement" belief is something I am constantly fighting against. I really appreciate your including some of the real issues of wheelchair users in your analysis (e.g. ambulant wheelchair users being harassed for standing up), while still clearly defining that the design shorthand still has a meaning even though it's not necessarily true in real life.

The one thing I will contend is that while the Moon Presence is the ultimate antagonist, I'd hesitate to call it the "villain". It never asked to be part of any of the these events, it was beckoned, called forth from whatever unlovable eldritch realm its natural habitat might be by the hubris of men. Especially in light of the previous analysis at the end of the DLC, the Moon Presence could be considered just as much a "victim" as any one else, trapped in the same cycles.

I honestly think that, "Bloodborne is a question, not an answer", genuinely IS the most satisfying take I've ever heard about this game. I'm always watching videos about the lore and the story of Bloodborne, but no matter how much I search for answers I never feel close to a complete picture of what Bloodborne is. But this, that Bloodborne isn't some kind of thing to be solved, that you, in fact, were never meant to 'solve' it at all? That actually gives me a sense of closure and completeness about my feelings towards this game that nothing else has. I guess I'm just trying to say that, in admitting to not having one clear answer, you discovered the only 'answer' that really matters - the opportunity for more questions.

@Yusei1Fudo

Жыл бұрын

SOMEONE FINALLY PUT IT INTO WORDS! I've never played a souls-borne, but everybody who speaks on one of the souls when it comes to theory crafting, it's usually along the same lines of thought. But Bloodborne is so loose and vague that I never really got a grasp. But first watching the shorts and then watching this full series, I finally realized that's the point. It's so freaking beautiful.

@miquando5033

Жыл бұрын

It's eldritch horror after all. We mere humans are not meant or capable to understand it.

@Yusei1Fudo

Жыл бұрын

@@miquando5033 That's the easy answer.

I love how at 15:15 he just randomly unleashes the most beautiful cover of fly me to the moon I've ever heard

I like how the overall happiest ending for your character is the most simple ending to get, submitting your life to Gehrman. By submitting your life you are giving up your quest for the eldritch truth, and because of that you get to wake up and live your life (presumably). Refusing to submit means you refuse to give up your pursuit of knowledge, as such you become a slave to the Moon Presence. A typical ending for your average Lovecraft protagonist, giving into the madness and becoming slave to it. But by pursuing the eldritch truth, scraping the walls for every bit of knowledge you can possibly find, you happen upon the Umbilical Cords. With these cords you can defy the Moon Presence, a Great One. You have transcended, but how much human if any is left in you? Are you still you despite being a little slug boi?

@LucasDimoveo

Жыл бұрын

I suppose the point is that those that transcend don’t care at all about humanity

@reaperofthings

11 ай бұрын

Eh, the Yharnam Sunrise is potentially good for the player, but horrific for everyone else… and remember, Djura and Eileen both used to be Dreamers. They submitted their lives to Gehrman hoping to forget the horrors of the Hunt, but both of them have faint fragments of memories. Eileen still remembers the source of comfort during her own long night, the Doll. Djura still remembers the immortality. Both of them still had to deal with other Dreamers and more long nights. Submitting your life does nothing but allow the horrors to continue. There is no certain “good” ending in Bloodborne.

@Scienzkid

10 ай бұрын

​@@reaperofthingsassuming anyone in yarham is alive. It's the Pthumarians and Loran all over again. Which makes the entire thing so tragic.

Even if the game forced your hand, it still means a lot (at least to me) that you were clearly unwilling and uncomfortable to just play out these same old problematic tropes. Thank you for always being considerate and critical.

@ElazarYershovFilms

Жыл бұрын

Time stamp?

@essneyallen6777

Жыл бұрын

@@ElazarYershovFilms don't remember the timestamp. The whole Arianna situation.

@fpedrosa2076

Жыл бұрын

@@ElazarYershovFilms 7:30 for those in posterity who are curious.

@teeth5374

Жыл бұрын

@ElazarYershovFilms also for posterity, this is when he addresses the ariana situation specifically (1:02:01), but he discusses the concept as a whole for a couple minutes before this point.

@InvaderTak176

Жыл бұрын

I think the point of this is to highlight the problem of these tropes

Fly me to the moon Let me kick it’s fucking ass I’ll show it what I learned In my moon jiu-jitsu class Awesome series Skyen, I haven’t been able to stop watching over the past few days. I loved experiencing this game with you, and hearing your thoughts and theories about this game. I’ve never been big into league, so the boss designs series has been my favorite content on your channel. It’s so unique, and It’s honestly one of my favorite KZread series’s. I hope to see more great work in the future :) ❤️

Dunno if anyone have told you this: But there are 4 "third umbillical cords" you can get, so you don't *need* to kill Ariana to get the third one. It is attainable without violence. So provided enough information, in this sense, it is possible to "break the cycle", without first perpetrating it against her. Edit: Like people pointed out, the 4th one still requires violence to acquire. I forgot about that detail.

@rayseodium

2 жыл бұрын

Correct me if I am wrong, but don't you always have to use violence to get the third cord? (Technically you can get all 4 in one run) You get one by defeating the wet nurse and the other in the old workshop. Now, either you murder "blessed" Arianas unwanted child or you murder Iosefka after some event has triggered. Iosefka experimented on people and herself. Being part of the church/choir she may have injected herself with the essence of a great one to bear its child. This seems unlikely (there are no hints to this), so my guess is that she was also "blessed" by the red moon.

@Twizzid255

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, the way to get the 4th requires killing fake iosefka so you have to use violence one way or the other, its just one is on an innocent, and the other is on an antagonist.

@Twizzid255

2 жыл бұрын

But I also thought if he had known that it would've been the preferable decision, I also don't remember if he's already killed iosefka in another episode so maybe that was off the table to begin with 🤷‍♂️

@killyoux5

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's not... really true, is it? Cause the 4th cord still comes from a person you have to kill to get it. Like yes in a single strict sense you don't have to kill Ariana specifically, but his analysis that the only way to "end the cycle of violence is to perpetuate it by enacting violence on another first" is still completely true - I'll grant you that the other source of the cord isn't an 'innocent' like Ariana and is arguably a more willing participant in the whole womb blessing thing, but to say "it is attainable without violence" is just, blatantly not true.

@1Kapuchu100

2 жыл бұрын

@@Twizzid255 Oh right, that's true. Still, Fake Iosefka isn't really innocent, so... one could argue it isn't as morally bankrupt=

One the one hand, I’m sad the series if finally over. On the other, I’m genuinely blown away by the quality of the whole thing, truly, Bloodborne is probably my all-time favourite game and this is the quality of content it deserves. This series has been absolutely fantastic the whole way through, and every episode was worth the wait.

The reason the Moon Presence embraces you is to transform you into the next host of the dream aka the next Gehrman. But if you have all the umbilical cords, it rejects you and tries to kill you instead. It is hypothesized that the Moon Presence doesn't like other great ones.

I think the fact that you can't give it a neat little bow to tie it off, as you say, is only even more fitting for a game like this. Bloodborne is mostly an enigma, with the vague things that are happening, things not being clearly explained, but it also makes you feel....a lot! Makes you wonder, feel disgusted, confused, terrified, excited, curious. The list goes on! There's definitely a story, an explanation probably as well, but first and foremost it was just a really good experience. And so was this series! I'm sad to see it end, and I'll miss it. But I'm also happy I got to experience it.

The biggest standing ovation, congratulations, “hats offs”, and chefs kisses to this series, as it is one of my favorite pieces of media I have ever consumed. Well done mr skyen, may the odds be ever in your favor.

I find it an excellent bit of thematic storytelling that the Healing Church committed atrocity after atrocity to ascend humanity to the divinity of the Great Old Ones, perpetuating a cycle of violence and cruelty only to fail. But the Hunter succeeds by ending their cycles of twisted obsession.

Well at least something good comes out today looking forward to the episode

@Blaze-nm1uh

2 жыл бұрын

What about Elden ring?

@chained2052

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blaze-nm1uh comes out tomorrow in my timezone

@hat-eating-cthulu-goat3221

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that something good being the episode xD

"How do you end violence?" The answer isn't always reactive, it shouldn't be. You will most likely know more about what you can or cannot do than what could or could not happen. Why trouble yourself with ending a potential cycle of violence in the future, when you could instead be proactive and have *insight* to know the possible repercussions of your actions.

@madmank7881

Жыл бұрын

The answer is simple but disturbing you'll have to wipe out all life

@primaryone3468

6 ай бұрын

"...when you could instead be proactive and have insight to know the possible repercussions of your actions" that is what I wish people would do when someone they care for is harmed. I know this is more tangential than exactly on- topic but the vigilante/retributive justice seekers never seem to grasp how much further injury they cause to victims. It plays over and over in media and in commentary everywhere, people talking about the harm they will do to the perpetrators but never talk about the healing they will support in the ones they supposedly love. Just sad.

One of the most telling things about you, Skyen, as a person is that you had the audience sit through the credits. You don't gain anything from it, it doesn't drive engagement. But you experienced something special created by others and you wanted to make sure they were recognized. Well done

Every theory is right, and none of them are absolute. I used to think vaatividya was the gold standard, entirely unreachable by others. But I was wrong. It's skyen and vaati. This series was phenomenal.

I love how at 5:20 when you are grasping at straws, the loading screen has the noble dress right up your face and you missed it

as a transmasc person, and as someone who’s pretty severely chronically ill, bloodborne is… this massive knot of things in my chest that i can’t really fully explain. i feel bad, that i spent too long waffling on what exactly i wanted to say about it and never submitted an essay for you, though i’m excited to read the thoughts of those who did. i won’t subject you to my theories, for though i have many i’m sure they’re completely incomprehensible to those without a very eclectic life experience. you did good. thank you for the series!

I've never been interested in a soulsborne game until now, often viewing them as the focus of edgelord gamer boys. Thanks for proving that wrong, and giving me in the insight to see the secrets and depth to this game and those like it. I will miss you yelling at the moon.

@MaebyBaeby

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve always found it tragic the way “get good” and the difficulty frequently dominate the discussion around these games. The sheer love put into the crafting of the world and the atmosphere, the way they use the medium of interaction to TELL that story, that’s what makes these games so special. Bloodborne especially uses being a game to create cosmic horror better than, I think, any other medium could

@JustAJauneArc

2 жыл бұрын

The difficulty of these games were never the point, and dummies use that to jerk themselves off about their gamer skills. The strength behind the souls games are their incredible worlds dripping with atmosphere, where every map detail and item description screams the intent of a puzzle waiting to be solved. What happened to these great civilizations? What took these strong beings and reduced them, and this world, to such a state? And it's about how a small souls tenacity and hope can topple even gods if they're bereft of it.

"Even now, at the end of the journey, I am not quite sure what it all meant" is perfectly acceptable conclusion to this game Thank you for this series, I love the game and I loved every video you made about it. While I have huge passion for Bloodborne, I have never been able to put it in words, so hearing someone else so beautifully analyse it is just awesome Will we get "Boss designs of Bloodborne PSX demake" at some point too?

To me it always felt like a metaphor for how helping without understanding things can do more harm than good, none of the old gods things or cosmic creatures are malicious, iirc, they want to help the people in one way or another.

You should be proud Skyen, this was a really fun series and I loved the final episode with the combines humor and soft silences

24:40 ran across a Bloodborne comic that had Frasier and Niles as the Hunters. when the Moon Presence descends, Frasier gives the usual "oh God, it's too horrible to witness!" bit, but Niles just waves with a "Hi, Maris!" and that just slayed me. XD

Thank you Skyen. Thank you so much for this wonderful story you told. Thank you for the metaphors, the character design analysis, the Karl Marx jumpscares, the Snake Eater ladder climbs, the memes, the complaining about bosses being tough, everything. It truly has been a pleasure to watch you play this game. I'll write a more definitive conclusion when I'm finished watching your playthrough of Elden Ring, but for now, from the depths of my heart, thank you Past Skyen, thank you Future Skyen. And thank you Present Skyen, if you so happen to be reading this comment. But now, let's go find out who "Her" is and why that one guy wants to "solo her". See you then.

12:19 This is one of the most powerful moments ive ever seen in a playthourgh of a video game. The thing is, the loudest part of it is the intense silence beforehand. That silence was truely deafening

hey! just wanted to drop a line here saying that i've just finished binging the entire boss designs of bloodborne playlist and i enjoyed every single episode. thank you for taking us on this journey with you; bloodborne is the kind of game i'd never actually play myself so watching your playthrough of it and listening to your lore analyses has been a really great time. thank you :)

Skyen: "I feel like I'm missing something" The game: shows Noble dress in loading screen

My interpretation is that Gherman sees YOU and all the hunters in the dream as martyrs.

Weelchairs as a "prison" in character design also come from something real, the thoughts of their users. People that is fully disabled have this thoughts of them being tied to the chair because that without them they are "useless", but at the same time, the feel that they still are "useless" and "a burden" to others, making them suffer from mental illness like depression and unhealthy mindsets. They are imprisoned, but not by the wheelchair. Their prison is their own mind. It does translate perfectly to Gehrman, because when he gets in the mindset of having to force to forget, he stands up from the chair, he gets out of his prison with a strong will, something that you need in order to fight mental illness. You will never fully win, but you will keep yourself able to stand.

@pepi7404

2 жыл бұрын

People with disabilities often find wheelchairs and other aids liberating. They're not stuck in the wheelchair, the wheelchair is saving them from being stuck.

@thomasbinder396

2 жыл бұрын

I'm LTTP but having spent part of my childhood in a wheelchair and still needing a cane to walk today, I wholeheartedly agree to both sides. As a child until young adult, I felt like a burden to my friends, always struggling to keep up physically (and fight depression), yet without these augments I could not have left my house at all. It's complicated, but we all have to keep struggling (yes, a Berserk reference 🙂) Cheers! EDIT: stellar analysis Skyen, thanks and have a great day!

That analysis at the end was beautiful, Skyen. Thank you.

@TBSkyen

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

I'm one of those terrible people who usually doesn't comment on videos, but I just had to give a huge thank you for this series. I've been occasionally watching Bloodborne analysis videos in the background while I work/travel for a few months, and your take on this series is probably my favourite. It was really refreshing to hear your ideas, and I 100% plan to watch these again when I can properly concentrate on them. Absolutely incredible, thank you again!! Now I've found your channel I have a lot of other videos to keep me entertained, and I'm looking forward to it.

“Bloodborne is a shitpost about how menstruation sucks” HAHAH YES PERFECT

Skyen: ”Perfectionism reared its ugly head, and finished is always preferable to perfect." Also Skyen: "Dreams, by their nature, are questions, not answers, and so too is Bloodborne."

@themostracistofthemall

Жыл бұрын

My man gave up on perfection , allowing him to achieve it. Poetic shit really

The other thing I wanted to comment is about the science bit of the video To me, there is no such thing that humans should not know. Knowledge is a very powerful tool that can bring both great help and horrible damage depending on how they are used. A prime example that springs to mind is Nuclear power. Humans discovered how to split atoms, and that doing so releases a lot of energy. That is the knowledge, and two major applications of said knowdelege are generating electrical energy and weapons of mass destruction. On the hand of electrical energy, nuclear power is thousands of times better that fosil fuels. It produces a lot mor electricity using a lot less material, leaves behind a lot less contamination and could allow to have more energy plants in hard-to-reach places (like a disaster zone). While on the other hand we have Nuclear Warheads and Atomic Bombs. Devices that leave behind undescribible destruction, insurmountable pain and harm, and deep scars on anything and anyone that encounters them. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl... To me, the problem resides on unchecked motives and goals. On following the greed and or lust for what the knowledge can give you. On that thirst of power, of unbound strenght. The recklesness that follows hurrying to achieve something without understanding what you're doing

@colbyboucher6391

2 жыл бұрын

I think BB actually adapts eldritch horror for this mindset a bit. It isn't just *knowing stuff* that leads to this situation, it's some people going "hey, this seems like a good opportunity for attempting to force induced evolution on people"

I really enjoy the lack of a neat bow on the ending interpretation. Because I know I'll think about Bloodborne and your series of videos again in a months time, or a years time, or five years time, and I'll come watch it and play the game again and find something new. This series got me to finally play Bloodborne myself, and that is more than enough to appreciate it. But you've also created one of the most engaging (both intellectually and as fun entertainment) series I've seen on any platform. Thank you TB Skyen, and I'll see you in the Boss Designs of Elden Ring and in every video of yours that I rewatch again. Youre my favourite artist on KZread!

Not the first or last time I'll say it, this is the best playthrough of Soulsborne on youtube. Looking forward to Elden Ring.

The squid thing you become from the last ending resembles what a young version of kos that you see washed up on the beach in the final fight of the dlc.

Re the moon presence not having a name: the doll actually has a bit of dialogue that indicates a possible name. Spoilers under cut: "Oh Flora, of the moon, of the dream. Oh little ones, Oh fleeting will of the ancients. Let the hunter be safe, let him find comfort. And let this dream his captor, foretell a pleasant awakening. Be one day, a fond, distant memory." Maybe this Flora she's praying to is the name we humans gave to the moon presence? I doubt its real name could even be understood by us.

@sugar1905

2 жыл бұрын

what is flora, what are plants, if not the children and parasites of the earth? if not the centerpiece of the food chain, propping up all fauna, all beasts? fitting that its tendrils look like roots.

@serpentine48

2 жыл бұрын

Flora are plants...she may just mean plants.

@musculusmouse

2 жыл бұрын

@@serpentine48 I believe the word in the games subtitles is capitalised which indicates its a noun and therefore the name of something or someone. But as with all things in Bloodborne it's up to interpretation.

@sirvinter

2 жыл бұрын

@@musculusmouse it is indeed capitalized. in the japanese version it is also written in katakana if i remember correctly, which you wouldnt do if you were talking about actual fauna. so im fairly sure its a name in this circumstance.

@fraelikkriil830

2 жыл бұрын

@@serpentine48 why would she be praying to plants?

Holy crap, this is an awesome series! I’m someone who has always sort of… *Thinking back on the… really, impressive number of failed English assignments in elementary and middle school, considering where I am today*… struggled with understanding themes and deeper meanings. Watching this series has been really interesting! Your voice is very fun to listen to, your theories/analysis of stuff always make sense, and your style of gameplay - analysis is great! I guess what I’m trying to say is thank you for making this, it’s been very fun watching

I read the wheelchairs as a status symbol, that the more senior and authoritative one is, the more removed they become from muscular demands. Many of the wheelchairs have throne or high business elements, including padding and intricate wheels. Rather than a wheelchair, it's a "carriage for one".

The fact that Skyen doesn't have a neat little bow to tie Bloodborne because it's meaning keeps changing in his mind, is like a dream itself and in a way, like blood: Because while a dream can kinda of exist outside the mind in goals much like blood with out something to contain it, it changes something more unsettling.

I had enjoy your shorts on league of legends and Pokémon. This series is the first long form I watched from you, and boy you are amazing. I do not play any video games, but your interpretations and analysis still draw me in immensely. Thank you for your work and I hope you are having a wonderful 2023.

Since I don’t have a PS4, I’ve never had the pleasure of playing this game myself. But watching Skyen to his blind run has been a satisfying substitute. One’s first playthrough of a SoulsBorne game is a truly unparalleled experience.

took me a few days to watch your Boss Designs of Bloodborne and i loved it so much! i only played Bloodborne once a long time ago and i didn't remember much, so discovering the game again with you was really cool! i love your analysis, and maybe i wasn't mature enough to understand the different meanings of the game back then but with your videos and your analysis, i thought about it again to make my own! just a pity i didn't discover you when you posted those videos so i could join a live or two but i'm here now i might stick around and watch the last video about the many meanings of bloodborne and watch some League of Legends bc that was how i found you so thank you so much for this series and it's okay to take time to make videos and yes done is better than perfect! take care! (- a small viewer from Belgium hi)

There are a couple of thing I want to mention. Firstly, with the depection great ones being slug-like tentakle creatures and the hunter consuming a great ones umbelical chord, it seems safe to assume that the hunter transformed into an infant great one. One, that knows about the horrors of the hunt and has the ability to break the cycle. 2. The Moon Presence is the big baddie in this story or rather the reason all the bad stuff happens. But what are its motifs? Why does it do, what it does? The easiest solution I was able to come up with: Moon Presence is a great one that "hunts" other great ones. The MP guided humans to the great ones, leading them to seek ascension. This, in the long run, killed many great ones (or like the Brain of Memphis/Amygdala enslaved them). If not for the hunter, who broke the cycle, humanity would eventually have ascended and under the influence of the MP, would have continued the violence against the great ones.

I’m sad I only just discovered this series. Bloodborne is my favorite game ever (though elden ring has been amazing too), and I would have loved to have submitted something for the many meanings of bloodborne. Since I’m too late for an official submission, I’ll put my thoughts here. One theme I felt strongly throughout my play through but seemingly absent from Skyen's was the theme of evolution. From the lecture building notes, "Master Willem was right. Evolution without courage will be the ruin of our race." The goal of many major characters in the lore was to contact the great one's, but why? To learn from them, become like them, to ascend to their level and become gods. When they find the old blood, the blood of the gods, they swallow it to gain their strength. Just how in christianity consuming Christ's blood and flesh makes us like him, so too in Bloodborne does drinking the old blood make us like the great ones. The moon presence is like a beast, and so the people of Yharnam become beasts. The scholars of byrgenwerth sought knowledge, power, and finally godhood through an evolution of their minds and bodies. Many characters either are or become monsters throughout the game, and every time that character had chosen the path of blood. I think there are many literal and thematic examples of evolution and what appears to be de-evolution in this game, so I will just give one here as to not take too long. The research hall is a horrifying place where people were experimented on to become the celestial emissary. It is here we can see every stage of their "evolution." A new patient, a bag head with body, just the bag, the living failures, the blue creatures, and finally the emissary. Evolution through the blood and insight in my mind defined how I initially saw bloodborne, seeing how treading further down this path makes you stronger, but less human. Gaining blood without insight makes you a beast like the Ludwig or Lawrence, insight without blood leaves you empty like Willem or Rom, and following both is incomprehensible as seen by everything Mensis related. Despite being a terrible person, Micolash "evolved" effectively as he retained his sentience, got his own astral realm, communed with the great ones, and generally attained everything he wanted. To go back to Willem's quote, "Evolution without courage will be the ruin of our race." This single line is the mentality driving many of the atrocities committed throughout the game. If we are going to do these things, we might as well do them so completely and terribly that a result is guaranteed. Evolution is a natural concept, that it is simply a part of nature, and it will happen eventually with or without our asking. Why not speed it along and evolve sooner, and become like the gods themselves? Another note that I think it is interesting how the closer to the great ones a character becomes, the less effect they have on the real/waking world. Micolash fully ascends to the nightmare and thrives and believes with his death he will wake up, but in reality he has no living body to return to. Gherman has what was once a paradise for him, his dream, where he has a living doll of Maria ,a workshop, and the graves of allies to mourn, but he no longer has any impact on the world than being a mentor to a chosen few hunters. Willem likely became so full of insight he probably saw beyond all barriers of reality and knew most truths, but was incapable of sharing even a single word with us. Finally the hunter themselves are the only character to make a complete evolution and become a sentient and powerful great one, but they are still a child, and likely will have no strength for likely centuries or more. Almost as a sick joke, even if you could say all the pain, sacrifice, torture, and everything else actually did result in something tangible, a true human great one, they would not have any impact on human life. Everything that was done to create a great one benefits no one but the great one themself, and even if that great one wanted to they could not help anyone from the real world. In what I believe was a lovecraftian note, all our suffering and sacrifice is ultimately pointless as none of the benefits will ever be felt by the people who were hurt the most.

@loganroux3995

2 жыл бұрын

Now that I posted that I think I should also say why the theme of evolution matters, instead of just how its presented. Bloodborne blatantly and repeatedly shows why and how using the blood is bad. You become a monster, you go mad, you become lost in nightmare realms, you are forced to bear children, and so many other things. This is all because of forced evolution, trying to skip ahead to where we want to be instead of focusing on where we are. Everything I just said is later effects of the blood, things that happen because the scholars and clerics pushed to hard in their research and beliefs. But what did they ignored something amazing about this blood. It cures people. One of the first facts we learn about the blood is its restorative properties. It cures illnesses, like Gilbert's disease, and it cures terrible (and maybe even otherwise fatal) wounds, like those experienced by the hunter repeatedly. The blood is a magical cure all potion like out of a fantasy. It is these curative powers that made yharnam so wealthy and so full of people at one point. Imagine if in our world if we discovered this blood, all ailments cured, every injury fixable. It would be a miracle, so many could be helped so easily. The discovery of the old blood was a wonderful thing that had at first no terrible side effects. However because of the power hungry nature of humans, that was not enough. The scholars beckoned the moon to come, and only then did the line between man and beast become blurred. Only when they tried to become gods did madness set into the minds of people. Only when they tried to evolve to godhood did they devolve into beasts. I hope this clarifies why I think evolution is an important aspect of this came to consider, though of course it is not the only theme present.

Hey Skyen, thanks for creating this series. Bloodborne is one of the only games I've ever earned every trophy for, and as deeply as I scoured the nightmare, you went far deeper still, and brought back treasures beyond imagination. I genuinely enjoyed your blind playthrough, your surprise and shocks, the reactions and the triumphs, the persistence and victory against all odds. I wish I'd been as capable with a cane during my own playthrough! Your analysis was incredible, truly spectacular. You seem to see everything in an important, highlighting aspect that brings to the forefront subtle points that might go overlooked - I never ever realised the Orphan of Kos wields a fouled fish-hook as a weapon! - and present your observations in an engaging, accessible, and very human manner. This series really rekindled a new, exciting interest in the game, for me and I'm sure for countless other viewers. Not only that, your editing and comedic timing was exceptional throughout. All the little speech bubbles, the Git Gud counter for deaths, the smash cuts and Marx jumps, the Make Contact TranceWave Party segment, all that and more, elevated this from an interesting series to an engaging and entertaining one. I have no further comment, really, beyond thank you, well done, and I hope you enjoyed making this as much as we enjoyed watching it. I'll watch your channel with interest going forward :)

I got into this series because I had watched a bunch of your shorts where you analyzed the bosses and the ones on Lady Maria and the Doll were the ones to have hooked me enough that I started watching. I absolutely adored the series as someone who had not known much about bloodborne but had an aesthetic appreciation for it. I found your insight and analysis of the bosses incredibly fascinating and I'm 100% sure that I will be revisiting this series a few times in the comes weeks as I loved hearing your analysis of them all! Thank you Skyen for doing this wonderful series!

So, wow, that was a marathon. I found you through the Elden Ring video and have been marathoning the other SoulsBorne games, and I've got to admit Bloodborne has been my favourite read through/watch along so far. Amazing work!

@TBSkyen

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@a.harrington1634

2 жыл бұрын

@@TBSkyen Very much. I can't really play those sorts of games without startling myself, so your playthroughs were a real treat. The analysis at the end with the opportunity to look at the artwork in stills was great.

It's hard to believe this journey is... finally over. It's been a wild ride with all sorts of twists and turns and well is something I will cherish... And while I know there is more to see and do especially with Elden Ring now out and soon will begin in about an hour of writing this... it's still sad to see it go. And while you don't think you made the landing Skyen, I still believe it to be a wonderful sendoff to this series. And I'm happy I got to take it with you, walking by your side till the end. (Especially since I got to be in the final episode technically since you had the Queen Yharnam footage.) And I now wish you luck as you go forth from this dream/nightmare and begin to seek Grace.

How do you stop violence? Well, the problem with that question is that the answer is... Having power. In order to be consodered "docile" you need the ability to do violence. If you don't have the ability to do violence to begin with you are not docile, you are harmless. You can think about the "peace" we have in the real world, that was only achieved through mutually assured destruction. If a nuclear bomb goes down, everyone else also goes down, that sort of thing... But on a more bright, and more personal view, you can read it as meaning that the cure for the cycle of violence is forgiveness. Having the power to get revenge and making the choice of not doing it is what ultimately breaks those cycles and brings peace to the world

I love the moon presence's 1HP attack so much it's basically forcing you to attack it to recover, baiting you into succumbing to your bloodlust right before the end. it's nowhere near the hardest boss in the game, but it's the "most" bloodborne one, thematically. having the final boss encapsulate the themes of your game this much is really impressive.

"The nameless Moon Presence" has a name. It's Flora.

Was not aware you could go back to Rom’s arena from Byrgenwerth after beating her. Neat

I started by watching your design talk about lol characters, loved them so much you made me crave those videos on something more important, consistent, deep... Then I found this series, about my all time favourite game, by you, who made me quiet literally open my eyes about (at least from the videos) designs of character and stuff... Not just this, but also the analysis and gameplay part well divided by your "masks", if you'll pass me this term, to keep both of them entertaining and interesting to watch... You made me re-experience this game in a way I wouldn't have been able to, not by far, and I hope I'll be able to thanks you enough for that one day. By the deep of my dry heart, this helped me a real lot, which is wierd since it's a thick and heavy cosmic horror, but you got the point

this was such a great end to a fantastic series. i've thoroughly enjoyed every episode of this, everything from the gameplay and editing to the wonderful thought out analysis of every boss. i really love your specific perspective and interpretations based on real world issues and politics thank you so much for all of the work you put into these videos and for sharing it with us ! i can't wait for more, i'm super excited for your elden ring and ds3 series (as an aside, i'd so love to see your analysis or opinion on ebrietas ! is there any chance of a mini/bonus video or an extra section in the wrap up episode ? i'd hoped for a video similar to the one you made for priscilla in the Boss Designs of Dark Souls series, though i totally understand why you didn't and wouldn't want to make one after you were spoiled about her and the way some people acted about you missing certain things)

@brendonbraz2515

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, may you tell me where can I find his thoughts on ebrietas? :)

@sourmudkip3704

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendonbraz2515 he discussed ebrietas a bit when he found her - during the celestial emissaries episode (ep #13) but nowhere else that's watchable (i'm p sure he talked a little about her once at the beginning of a stream but it was before he started recording)

The achievement for the true ending says that the hunter became an infant great one, so the hunter might grow to become something as powerful as the moon presence.

I loved this series a lot, so much so that I actually rewatched the whole thing, and the entirety of the unedited streams, just a couple weeks ago, and doing so spurred me to strike up a Co-Op run with my friend, in which we did the whole game again, DLC & Chalices included (I make new characters and play them to completion on all the soulsborne games constantly, but it was his first time playing it again since the year after it came out) and it was a blast! And what I mean to say is, this series, just as the other Boss Design's did before it, brings me so much joy, and it reaches further into my life than just watching the video; it leaves me thinking about the games in new and deeper ways, it drives me to play them in slower and more analytical ways, and in this latest instance, it provided me an opportunity to spend quality time with a dear friend and for us to both re-experience something we love together, and you wouldn't believe the amount of times I talked to him about the analyses from this series in particular as we played. I will rewatch it again, as I have before, and every time the opening plays, I will smile. And that's an incredibly special thing for you to have created, and something deserving of incredible pride. Thank you ^_^

This series was absolutely fantastic, thank you for all your hard work Skyen ❤️

This was hecking FASCINATING! The "lack of a single clear meaning" actually really resonated with me, for some reason; it's a thing that can be perceived, but not all of it at the same time, and since we're talking MENTAL not VISUAL perception, we don't have the words for it as a coherent whole, but you can still "feel" it.

Geez this series is so good and this episode in particular is awesome. So much work went into this series and you can tell. The game play, the editing, the commentary…thank you. You also really went above and beyond talking us through all your theories on the meaning of Bloodborne. I understand not being able to settle on just one of them, there was a lot going on and I only watched these videos and not the hours upon hours of gameplay I’m sure went into this. I’ve never been interested in playing any Dark Souls games and know next to nothing about them other than they’re very challenging to play, so I’m sure it took forever. Your analyses and your theories in every video were fantastic and despite my lack of general Dark Souls knowledge, everything was so well put together and explained that I didn’t feel out of the loop on what was being discussed. It also seemed well researched with references to historical events, religions, and cultures which was particularly interesting and felt very comprehensive. This series was such a pleasure to watch and I’m so glad I found your channel. Thanks for all your hard work! On a related note, I’m having trouble finding the wrap up video that was referenced - the one with the essay submissions. Does anyone know where I can find it? If it’s still being worked on (which is understandable with 100+ submissions and I don’t know what TB Skyen does for a living, but likely not this full time), please don’t come for me, I just want to watch it and am too stupid to find it apparently.

@TBSkyen

Жыл бұрын

The wrap-up video is still on the way

@k.s.5683

Жыл бұрын

@@TBSkyen Awesome, I’ll keep an eye out! Thanks for letting me know!

Just as a note, you don't have to kill arianna to get the third cord, if you kill imposter iosefka after the blood moon she drops one.

@celestial_illusions

Жыл бұрын

Only if you leave her alive long enough for her womb to be "blessed," after beating rom, which skyen didn't do.

Thank you Skyen so much. This has been an absolute blast, a treat, and my favorite piece of art I've ever consumed on KZread. You have inspired me to take on my own Bloodborne journey and to ask myself critical questions on my beliefs and pre conceived notions. Quite a lot from a video game blind playthrough. Bravo good sir, Bravo.

I have waited for this for months! Thank you for making this amazing series, which got me really into character design and critical analysis of games.

Man. This journey has been truly, truly amazing. This was one of the best series I've ever watched- Your interpretations are always so interesting, and seeing you get better and better at the game as you progress is very satisfying. Thank you for putting out amazing content Skyen !!! Huge fan of your videos

Thank you so much for this series! Every episode was a joy to watch! Can't wait for more!

I watched this whole series in a week and I gotta say, hats off to you. I don't think I could have found a better way to experience this game. Your analysis and comedy made this a thoroughly entertaining and insightful playthrough to watch.

I have been waiting for this ever so patiently and, as always Skyen, you deliver a video that makes all the waiting in the world worth it. I'm probably going to binge the whole series again at the earliest opportunity. Great work, I look forward to the wrap-up video.

I absolutely adore the way to handle this subject matter. Such nuance, grace, and well…insight! I’m always blown away with how much detail you’re able to glean from your experience. Well worth the wait ❤️

Jesus, that was good. Watching a T B Skyen video is like eating a hot meal; this series has been the most fun I’ve ever had on KZread. Thank you so much for the hours upon hours of engaged, thoughtful, skillful work it took to create the Boss Designs of Bloodborne.

i so love love your blind playtroughs and analysis! great job as always skyen xx

I loved this series. The Boss Designs Of is my favorite series on youtube and I dont think I'll ever get tired of it, honestly. Thank you for making it, I think it takes a lot of vulnerability to be honest with yourself and others in such a public space about the way that art makes you feel, especially when that feeling is so complicated and unresolvable.

Having just finished bloodborne on my own, I want to say just how much this series added to my experience. During my playthrough I was always excited to beat a boss because it meant I could watch another boss designs video. Feeling very inspired to think more consciously about these worlds and make my own interpretations.

There is another way to get the third coil, because there are technically four thirds, though only 3 are needed for the "secret" ending. If you go to the clinic after killing Rom, and kill Iosefka, she drops another third coil. Though yes, the game does push you to kill Arianne, in that Iosefka's cord is missable, and there isnt much direction to push you there

Hey Skyen I just wanted to say how much I respect you and love this series. You make all of this absolutely incredible analysis look effortless, but I can only imagine all the countless hours of effort behind the scenes. Thank you for making this, and I’m absolutely looking forward to seeing your takes on Elden Ring.

Boss Desings is def one of my favorite series on this platform, thanks for all of this skyen

Went on a binge of this series, and absolutely fell in love with this style of content. I love in depth talks about lore inside games like this and blind reactions to bosses like this too. Best of both worlds, baked into a series that was a joy to watch with well-edited funny moments. Thanks for creating this! After discovering your content from your shorts you've got a fan in me. Now I just hope to take inspiration from you in my own creation moving forward

genuinly my favourite series i´ve ever watched on youtube, your interpretations for some of the bosses are incredible and watching you play the game along-side me as i beat each boss and then watched your video on it afterwards was such a fun experience. I think I need to play Dark Souls II next so i can watch one of these series again

Finally got to the end of this series after abt a week and a half… loved everything about it. Thank you so much for all of your hard work! And for kickstarting my newest hyperfixation. Looking forward to the final wrap-up, I know it’ll be absolutely incredible.

This has been a great series to watch, didn't catch all of the livestreams but this has been an incredible journey to see you go through.

While I do find your analysis interesting, there is something you didn’t mention: what is paleblood? And how does it impact the story? It’s commonly held that Paleblood refers to the Moon Presence and the Blood Moon, and that you were seeking it the whole time.

@Reskrox

2 жыл бұрын

Well you could argue that pale doesn't mean colour, *spoiler ish* Skyen got the best ending because he consumed an umbilical cord, wich come from new lifes, wich arent "stained" with anything, so they are pale, wich would explain why the cords lets you transcend

A perfect ending skyen. I started watching your videos because I wanted to re-experience a game that I love, but stayed because you always had such interesting things to say about it.