I like how blue and red are like “here take this, bye!” And green was like “BYE SUCKER”

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

LOL, they gave their friendship(??)

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

3 ай бұрын

Stop blaming Green for not giving the cat a gift! They were the first one to leave, and the other cats saw Lumi get sad and decided to give her a gift before leaving.

@HEARTS_4MEMilo

Ай бұрын

Its a joke ​@@user-ot4wp4mz6l

@Randomtoatie

Ай бұрын

Well lumi becomes red when she's damaged and she becomes blue when she's a liquid so how will lumi become green...

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

@@Randomtoatie Idk, maybe when jumping...

The story of cats are liquid is a never ending cat and mouse chase. On the outside it looks like an innocent cute game, but as it progresses it just gets more intriguing, scary and depressing and with each ending it always makes you ponder. “What’s next?”

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

True, it looks like any other cat platformer but its messages are super deep

@HikoNoMori

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser hear me out on my theory, What if lumi is a hikikomori (a person who shuts themselves in their parents or their own homes for long periods of time ranging about 2 or more years) and the “friend” who died was actually their SISTER, (I’ll explain later) and the entirety of cats are liquid is just “lumi” dreaming and the PERSON who is dreaming is looking at themselves as lumi since they don’t want to forget the last gift the sister gave. And the purple one is actually a built up version of lumi’s feelings manifesting into a being who wants to help lumi, meanwhile a weird being [the cat that the person “plays” as] is actually a built up of her terrible feelings who’s main goal is to eternally trap the person into a never waking up state, [coma] so when lumi finally says she wants to be in a better place, the monster [lumi] kills her (or traps her in coma) so she cant escape. But once that’s finally done, the monster starts to slip up explaining the neon rooms as the monster getting weaker as its goal is “achieved”. The purple one has good intentions but they won’t be as much help as the person needs to learn to cope. The “friend” in their dreams is just a part of the persons mind trying to remeber but the monster is trying to convince the person they are an enemy. Until they bring up the cat. The person slowly starts to remember but doesn’t wanna leave yet so the monster initiates a complete reset.

@autumn5358

Жыл бұрын

i just wanted my cute kitties and it gave me depression /hj

@cakewasnotfound

Жыл бұрын

@@HikoNoMori rlly good theory

@Inertia-is-my-lifestyle

Жыл бұрын

@@HikoNoMori woah, thats a pretty cool theory!

Never knew a game about cats would be so sad

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Me neither :(

@galactic_studio09

Жыл бұрын

game devs seem to like the sad cat genre

@UnsuccessfulAbortion

Жыл бұрын

I cried in end like now I yust kin a cat

@KERMastridVODS

Жыл бұрын

@@UnsuccessfulAbortion SAME

@UnsuccessfulAbortion

Жыл бұрын

@@KERMastridVODS we are rocking mental illnesses 💅

When I first found out about this game, I thought that it was a meme game, because 'cats are liquid' in itself is quite a funny statement. But I was really shocked to see the story of this game as I played through it. I never knew that this game could have so much deapth in it.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

I agree, it has a lot of depth in it even though it doesn't look like that on face value

@Evelynx_

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the fact that the more you go the more deeper it is

@Plut0TheCrypt1d

11 ай бұрын

That's how I felt when I started playing too

@channimation

8 ай бұрын

Same, but not really

@DaCatYT3

5 ай бұрын

Same, at first it was a fun gane until the other levels i started to think it was a sad game until the end.. i actually cried..

I also notice that when she is at 1 health at Abp, her face changes and at alits, when she's at 1 health at alits, she doesn't change faces

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

She really hides her feelings in ALITS

@dundsdar

10 ай бұрын

"Just keep smiling..." - Lumi at world 12

@alfonzoramirez9207

7 ай бұрын

​@@dundsdarSmile through the pain

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser She hides them all the way until the last world, then she reveals everything and kills herself

@Space_Nurde

4 ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser yea...like that one line... "all i have to do is smile...and everything will be alright"

I've got a theory about why all orange things hurt Lumi. Maybe the dead friend was an orange cat and all orange things are like memories of their dead friend. And when Lumi or the other cats touch something orange, it hurts because the death of their friend was a traumatic event. That could also explain why they are somehow alive since they are like an extension of the dead friend. And that could also explain why the Companion is immune to everything orange. Maybe the purple one wanted to show to Lumi that, these orange things can be painful, but you can move on and get out of there. Let me know what you think. Edit: Thanks for the likes!

@r4ndome

3 ай бұрын

Smart

@ferdofreemode

3 ай бұрын

also would explain why Lumi was pissed companion wouldnt tell her how it could touch orange without being hurt^^

@Smiley_Girl4410

3 ай бұрын

@@ferdofreemode Yeah, that makes sense. 👍

@jisellialbuquerque5443

3 ай бұрын

Omg this theory is so good

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

3 ай бұрын

Great theory! 1Lumi4U: ^~^

The ending of ALITS is just... scary for me, watching her just instead of going through the exit, and accepting her friend's death, she just doesn't, she resets everything by killing herself, is just so intriguing to me.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

It's a prime example of a game that doesn't have a good ending. If ALITS did have a good ending, it just wouldn't have made sense.

@azuree_yt

Жыл бұрын

​@@SuperPhantomUser Yeah

@haileyelliott3676

Жыл бұрын

That's so sad!

@marfxx1921

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser I was like 6 when I first played ALITS and I genuinely started crying at the end lol

@Georgeofthejungleisthebest

11 ай бұрын

@@marfxx1921I’m a lot older than 6 not and I cried twice during this video

Im sure someone else has said it here, but you can find the purple cat several times in the last world of ALITS, I think even possibly in the second to last level. They are kinda hidden, as they are in ABP. i distinctly remember one being up on a tower thats completely optional to climb. Anyways, that just makes the ending even sadder, if purple cat (possible parent) was there to watch lumi game end herself. Purple cat may be found outside of the last world as well but I’m not sure Something interesting is that in the neon rooms the gravitation clouds are purple (the ones that follow lumi when you are close) I think this symbolizes purples attempt to reach out in physical ways of comfort because they cannot use words to comfort lumi. However this affection is just considered an “obstacle” for lumi to get around.

@SuperPhantomUser

8 ай бұрын

Purple is found in many worlds, I think there's a total of 4 or 5 times that you can see them outside of world 9. I also like your idea that Purple's trying to reach out to Lumi with the hug clouds, gives them a whole new meaning

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

3 ай бұрын

Purple really is #kindasus

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

3 ай бұрын

Here are all the rooms where you can find Purple: W2R3 W5R6 W6R2 W7R2 W7R3 W7R4 W7R6 W8R5 W9R9 W9R10

@TobiasSchneien3825

27 күн бұрын

@@user-ot4wp4mz6l is this in ALitS or ABP? Edit: ALitS, I went through all of them and apparently you get an achievement when you find all of the Purples

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

27 күн бұрын

@@TobiasSchneien3825 Yes, but some argue that Purpe could still be in ABP, even though they are not found in the main game.

the story of this game is grim and yet it's some of the best writing I have ever seen. the gameplay is so unique and the lore is intriguing. This is has got to be one of the best games of all time.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

I have to agree with all of these. It's very well-written (especially ALITS) The gameplay itself is similar to other platformers, but the way it's organized and the unique, clean aesthetic makes it stand out

my theory about the glitches in ABP: Lumi causes the glitches herself whenever she remembers she eventually needs to leave in order to forget the pain, thus forgetting that she needs to move on.

@SuperPhantomUser

6 ай бұрын

Yep, could definitely represent her trying to stop herself from remembering

Hey there! Playtester of liquid cats, Sami here. Im extremely happy that you made this video. Although i already played the games i just didnt feel like having to go through all that again just for lore- So yes im extremely thankful (mostly cuz im lazy)

@SuperPhantomUser

10 ай бұрын

You're welcome, that's exactly what the video is for! Also, are you in the Cats are Liquid Discord server? I don't see you there.

something I noticed: World 12 has ten levels, which is not enough to fit each world into a corresponding level. But, I notice that world 7 and 8 are the ones left behind to not have their own level. And both those worlds are the only two worlds to have some sort of friend, helper, or companion to help you out. Idk what implications this might have but its cool that i noticed it

@SuperPhantomUser

6 ай бұрын

I like to think that they were excluded because Lumi couldn't have had her friends help her in World 7 (because they already left), and Purple took away the Companion for good after World 8

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

It doesn't make sense. World 7 was left out because it involves friends, which already left, but why did the dev leave out World 8, which does have an ability, but not World 1, with nothing special to it?

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

3 ай бұрын

I think Lumi made the Companion in World 8, not Purple

When I first saw the "I gave my cat to you" line my brain short-circuited too but the first theory that came into my head was that maybe since they are god-like entities (creating/altering worlds, resetting time, etc) maybe they're not cats but only possessing them, and the friends gave her lumi as a gift (if lumi is the cat's name not the character/entity's name). That would be really confusing but nobody's mentioned it (that I an tell) and it's some food for thought

@user-pr6ed3ri2k

Жыл бұрын

same

@nekounyan

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm this story is confusing...

@Coloriey

3 ай бұрын

New theory about what owner means that I just need to get down: it is said that her owner locked her in those rooms. The owner could be whatever controls her emotions. Cat could equal emotion/the power to control emotion. That would also make the title make sense. At first, the friend and her death controlled Lumi’s emotions. But then, Lumi had the option to take control of her emotions. She didn’t. But she is the owner, the one controlling her emotions. She(the dead cat) was the owner(one controlling Lumi’s emotions) and gave her cat(emotions/control over emotions) to Lumi, who is now the owner. The purple one could also be Lumi farther in the loop trying to get her past self out, but can’t. The square could be her attempt to make her face her situation

Somebody: You can't make a sad game about cats! LQS & LQD: try me **makes cats are liquid**

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Kotoba Games: I could do that *Release Nameless Cat*

@azuree_yt

Жыл бұрын

​@@SuperPhantomUser Yeah

@EternalCrystalOfSeas

3 ай бұрын

do scugs count?

@aaamogusthespiderever2566

3 ай бұрын

@@EternalCrystalOfSeasSlugcats are technically cats so probably

@Hydra-House-Lizard

3 ай бұрын

​@@EternalCrystalOfSeasdrain cleaner car

THANK YOU! I thought I was the only person who actually understood the lore! This video also made realize I missed some things aswell! But I also want to address some things, the companion level pack takes place directly before world 4, lumi doesn’t remember anything anything from abp. Alits is a huge loop. After she kills herself in the final room, she goes through the reset. After it’s complete, her memory is wiped and she’s transported to the first room where everything unfolds the exact same pretty much (this is why she said the orange triangle is familiar) I wonder how the companion is in abp? (LQS stated it was before world 4, the companion level pack) also, “but I gave my cat to you” made me lose braincells

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, always glad to help people out! Also, LQS explicitly stated it takes place before world 4 in ALITS? (because if they just said "it takes place before world 4" when only ALITS was out, the words could be twisted to mean world 3 in ABP. However, if LQS _did_ explicitly state it was before world 4 in ALITS, then that raises a bunch of questions about how the Companion is in ABP, as you said). Also, it is shown that ALITS is a loop, but I think that things change between each loop - for example, I don't think that the Companion Pack is part of the ALITS loop. I think it only happened one time, and the Companion (which Purple sent) was only there in one or a few of the loops.

@izze.7414

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser Yeah! That’s why I said pretty much the same I think there would be some differences such as the neon rooms and like you said the companion. Also, I found where LQS said that companion takes place just before world 4, it’s in a video of someone playing cats are liquid (I think it was katwtfynn? I forgot how to spell it) LQS commented that the reset takes place before/after the main game, companion takes place just before world 4 but like I previously said, how could the companion be in abp? We know the one in alits is a living being so maybe the one in abp is only a tool?

@izze.7414

Жыл бұрын

Oh and they said that companion was just before world 4 when katwtfynn was playing alits and I’m not sure if abp was out then or not, don’t think so

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm, all interesting comments. I think that LQS meant in ALITS, so that really does raise the question of why the Companion is in ABP.

@justaboomer9091

Жыл бұрын

Same

The story part where everything glitched and her friends disappearing made me tear up even the last story

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

It's sad, hopefully Lumi gets a happy ending someday in the future

@-Nakime.

Жыл бұрын

Yeh i wish

@yosant.

Жыл бұрын

imagine a third game called "the last reset"

@haileyelliott3676

Жыл бұрын

​@Gato Valla that would be interesting!

@hollowknightenjoyer

10 ай бұрын

sarcasm?

Wait I never noticed but the Companion's abilities could be a paralell to the friends' abilities. Stopping time to avoid obsticles is Blue's ability while "jumping" is essentially Red's ability. None of cats can really boost, they can only turn into liquid form to be faster. However the entirety of what Companion can do, making platforms appear with trigger mechanisms is very similar to Green's ability (at least to me). Also Green is defenetly special in some way because they look different from the others (they have no mouth or tail) and the dialouge for them is different.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

1) The Companion's abilities parallel to the friends' is something that other members of the LQS Discord server have noticed as well (great job for noticing that btw) and they connect the boost to Green since Green is the only other cat besides Lumi where turning to liquid is a big part of their ability 2) Green is definitely different from Red and Blue, in the way they treat Lumi in 7-1 and how their dialogue is different when they are "fixed"

@rockstarbonett886

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser Well I was in the discord for a while as well but I either left or got kicked cuz of inactivity (can't remember). But before I joined I already theorised stuff, in fact it was the reason I did join because I wanted to talk about lore. I only noticed the ability thing now tho because of the way the video was put togerher. Hmm also about Green, I remember someone (also on discord) theorised that they might be the dead friend. It would make sense why they're different.

@saul_goodmanirl

Жыл бұрын

blue has the same type of stand as star platinum

@IAteChocolate789

6 ай бұрын

Another thing to mention is that Green doesn't seem to really have any emotions, I've noticed this through swapping through everyone's colors.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

Green is just cuter

It feels like this game represents something, like friendship, betrayal, trust or something like that.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

I think these games represent depression and what it is like to always feel worthless. It sounds sad but is true. Friendship, betrayal, and trust are also communicated through the games.

@TaratheTigerShark

9 ай бұрын

I know its really late but i just finished both games, theorized a little, but the thing its supposed to rrpresent is disconnection from reality and something else depressing, it was in the description of the game when i downloaded it

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

Betrayal is in Among Us, not CaL!

@mariadrawz

4 ай бұрын

​@@user-ot4wp4mz6lSometimes, there are some games that may conclude Betrayal.

@SupaGamersAlt

3 ай бұрын

I believe it's grief and depression in general.

Here are some of my headcanons for the story, I wouldn't call these theories since I don't have much proof for them, but I think they could make sense: Firstly, I think that the world that Lumi and RGB created is a manifestation of their minds, what I mean by that is that after their friend died, all the thoughts and emotions Lumi and RGB had, manifested to create the world in the game. This brings me onto my second headcanon, you know how all the cats are a different colour? I think the dead friend was orange, and since this world is a manifestation of Lumi's and RGB's thought's, the grief and sorrow they felt when Orange died manifested to create the orange obstacles in the game, this would explain why the orange things hurt them, since their a manifestation of all the pain they felt from Orange's death. This would also explain why the Companion isn't hurt by the orange obstacles, the Companion was never Orange's friend so it never felt any grief becuase of her death, therefore it's unaffected by orange obstacles. Now onto the purple one, I think that Purple used to be friends with the other cats, and you know how in the ABP editor, the little face for Purple looks glitched, almost as if it were corrupted. I think that just like Lumi, Purple had a very hard time moving on from Orange's death. And eventually all the grief she felt caused them to become corrupted, and the corruption may have caused Purple to hurt Lumi and RGB in some way, which could have caused their friendship to fall apart, this would explain why in one of the neon rooms, Lumi's friends call Purple "you know who" almost as if they don't even want to mention their name, and this corruption also explains the glitch in ABP, I think the glitch could represent Lumi slowly becoming corrupted too becuase of how hard it is for her to move on. So I think that Purple is trying so hard to help Lumi becuase she doesn't want her to go through the same fate, she doesn't want Lumi to become corrupted just like they did. Also I just wanted to say that this is a great video, it helped me understand the lore of this game more and I wouldn't have been able to create these headcanons without this video, so thanks!

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Great headcanons! The color of the dead friend is never said, so them being orange like the obstacles is a really good idea. The falling out is also interesting, and if that were true then they would still be trying to make it up to the others with the Companion

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

I have a theory that Purple is the dead friend, and even though you debunked it, I debunked your debunking and I also have positive proof. I just don't remember where I put that comment.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

Their color will be revealed in the third game.

@estrela_denatal7613

4 ай бұрын

@@user-ot4wp4mz6l THERE WILL BE A THIRD GAME?????

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@estrela_denatal7613I think we will get it some day. If the dev doesn't make it, we fans will get together and make our own version. With our cool music

I hold these two games dear to my heart because I love little indie games you could beat in a day but have so much deepened lore and meaning to them. Especially when they have micro games of the other characters' POV.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Yes these types of games are my life haha

@user-me2zb1bz3u

Ай бұрын

Same ^~^

theory for the "i gave you my cat" line: the dead friend is actually referring to the purple one when saying this. the dead friend somehow manifested the purple one into existence to try to help lumi through her grief and eventually let her escape.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Good point, but when the dead friend mentions the cat they gave, Lumi says "..." while when they mention Purple later on in The Reset, Lumi perks up and tries to stop them. It seems unlikely they are the same

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

In my opinion, Purple is the dead friend, and that cat they gave isn't an actual cat, but the Companion, which is a pet, as you showed in your video. "Cat" is used as a substitute here. I know you debunked this theory, but I un-debunked it, I just can't remember where I put my comment about this

i think the "but i gave my cat to you" line might be implementing blue and red giving lumi their colors in abp when they die

@SuperPhantomUser

8 ай бұрын

The Dead Friend was confirmed to be speaking there (not the same as the RGB friends as far as we know), but I can definitely see a connection there

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

That also fits in with my theory that Red and Blue went into ALITS as Purple

33:50 my theory for this line is that the owner (presumably the one talking) gave her (the cat) freedom. So, it’s giving *her* to her.

@SuperPhantomUser

6 ай бұрын

Ah, I see. Not a bad idea for the line

it was so cute and innocent at first when I started playing.. AND IT JUST WENT DOWN DEEPER INTO THE OCEAN-..

@SuperPhantomUser

4 ай бұрын

The iceberg is real

I know I'm late, although I have a theory on 'the purple one', what if they were friends with the main cats of the storyline, and had a similar path to lumi's, where they had also continued to go through the maze of worlds and decided not to leave. Eventually trapping themselves and losing themself completely, therefore, their face disappearing entirely like how lumi's face does at the start of ABP and some other moments. And trying to help lumi figure out that she needs to move on and leave that place so that she doesn't end up like how the purple one did. It would explain how the friends might know who the purple one is. Along with the fixing thing- I think it would be them moving on from the loss. Although I still wonder what the glitch might be. Maybe, the glitch could be once lumi starts to believe she should move on, that the glitch ruins her chance of moving on. Ending up trapping her in a place where she can't convince herself to move on and that she should stay there.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

So you're saying that Purple was just like Lumi, and that's why they're trying to stop Lumi from following their footsteps? That's a pretty solid theory, and why Purple barely appears in ALITS. It's also confirmed by Dev that Purple was sort-of a friend of Lumi's, and the friends know Purple already, so that checks out.

@Catfan1290

6 ай бұрын

I think purple is the one who died.

@definitelyrealskeleton

5 ай бұрын

I feel like the "glitch" could represent depression in some way. Maybe it's a sort of memory loss thing (some people with depression can also experience some form of memory loss), which would explain the confusion. It could also be some sort of anxiety/panic attack, causing Lumi to not think and get confused

I always thought that the purple one was the physical manifestation of Lumi's grief. its colour is the combination of red and blue, just like the two friends who left Lumi a "gift", and he appears more prominently the more upset Lumi is. and I think Dev once said that the purple one didn't exist in ABP, and yet supposedly he's the creator of the Companion, even though it appears first there. if the purple one is something that split off of Lumi when she became more immersed in her pain, then that could explain this I think.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

I like the idea that Purple isn't real and only an emotional manifestation. Unfortunately, Lumi's friends and the Dead Friend both mention Purple, so I don't think that's likely. Also, Dev never said that Purple doesn't exist in ABP (I don't think so at least), just that you can't find them in the rooms.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

Then why are they found in the Editor? Also, in W5R10 the friends say: "You are the only one who stayed" "Except..." "You know who." Purple stayed with Lumi in ALITS, that means they have existed somewhere else, too.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

3 ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser We don't know if Purple exists in ABP, but maybe we can check the game files to find out. Because some guy on KZread checked the files to find out in which rooms there was a purple cat in the other game.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUserEven though they mention Purple, they only do so in the context that "they are still here", which could mean they're saying the cat can't get away from Purple

quick recap: the game is about a friend group which suffered a tragic death and one just couldn't move on so they killed themselves

I played this game when I was in middle school and am revisiting it in college. I relate a lot to how Lumi feels and am crying because I'm just so sad about it. I really would like a third game even though it doesn't sound like they're planning on it. To end it with her 'stuck' in a loop of her own creation makes sense because some people become prisoners to their grief and cannot move on, but it just makes me sad. I really want Lumi to escape. I want her to meet her friends again in the real world, or wherever they are right now, and I want them all to move on and find happiness again together. :( Edit: As someone professionally diagnosed with bpd, I honestly did see myself in Lumi (and the symptoms of bpd specifically) as I played but didn't dwell on them too much since sometimes I relate too many characters to it just because it's comforting to feel seen even if it's just a single behavior. But seeing that you believe that as well, I can say that I agree. 1. Her fear of abandonment / being abandoned in some way. Her friend died, and we can see through her conversation with the dead friend that she lashes out and blames the friend for 'leaving her' here, 'abandoning' her. The friend obviously replies that they can't be blamed for their death, and Lumi just says that she could have stayed home. In grief, but I think especially with bpd, sometimes it's hard to accept that life is just tragic sometimes. It was an accident. No one could forsee that she would die. But it's hard to just accept that reality because it feels so unfair. It _is_ unfair. Life is unfair. But who wants to scaly that? Sometimes it's easier to blame someone, even the person who died. Because you _do_ feel abandoned, even though it was not abandonment by choice. And to avoid those feelings, she goes through the extreme measures of living in a constant loop in a world that is ultimately bad for her and her recovery. Even though every time she will feel confused and hurt why she was locked in here, try so hard to get out, and feel panicked as she loses her abilities. It's not a happy loop at all. But at least... nothing is permanent. It can all be reset. And maybe, right now, that hurts her less than the irreversible reality that her friend is gone. Those other cats, whether they were all friends of the dead friend and put themselves in these worlds trying to cope, or if they were all separately dealing with grief from losing a loved one and became friends through that shared trauma meeting in these rooms, all left after they were 'fixed.' After they moved on. Because that's what they were supposed to do. But she can't move on. She can't leave but they won't stay. So has been, in a way, abandoned. They _could_ stay, technically. But it's not good for them, and they won't go down her path of self-destruction with her. So they leave, and she feels abandoned. Her extreme measures this time being, creating a whole new world that she traps herself in, erasing her memories, keeping herself in this painful loop where no progress or healing can take place. And now I'm realizing how long I'm going. I'll try to be more brief with the others 😿 Unstable, intense relationships: after the cats leave, after the Companion disappears, her initial reaction is intense anger from the hurt. She goes from loving her friends deeply, to feeling lost, listless, pointless without them, to feeling rage and lashing out and feeling that she can do things on her own now, she's _better off_ on her own. For the square, when it disappears, she goes from appreciating it and caring for it to 'hating' it and finding it selfish for never telling her anything to missing it intensely. Just like she probably misses her friends, deep down. Your emotions can change on others so quickly when you have bpd because your emotions are just so unregulated and can change so quickly, often out of your control unless you have trained yourself to control it or have gotten treatment to help control it. Rapid changes in self-identity: I feel that she doesn't know who she is anymore. This can be because of grief as well, but they aren't mutually exclusive. Constantly switching between states of matter, she is literally changing her identity. And mentally, I feel that she is lost in terms of identity. She was [dead friend]'s friend, but now they're gone, so who is she? She was the friend of the other cats, now who is she? She's alone, now she's the Companion's friend. Now the Companion is gone. She doesn't know who she is again. She might trap herself in this world because she doesn't know who she is anymore, so even if she left and went back into 'the real world,' she wouldn't even know how to act. At least in this world, she has an identity: the cat whose owner started acting weird one day and trapped her here, the cat that wants to get out of here. And even when she has that script to follow, sometimes she finds herself listless and feeling pointless anyways when the things she ties her identity to are gone, like her abilities and the Companion. Paranoia and loss of contact with reality: paranoid that her friends will hate her and feel that she doesn't appreciate them just because she needs time alone, also paranoid that they might be getting her to do something bad for her and not understand that (like when she felt paranoid about the world around her and red cat suggested she play in their world to distract herself). Paranoid about the world around her, which is why she can pick up that purple is watching her / there is something that isn't 'quite right' which is why she is uneasy in the first place. Since she's living in these fictional worlds and refusing to face the reality of her friend's death, you can easily see how she's lost contact with reality and refuses to confront it. Impulsive behavior: constantly putting herself in 'danger' and letting herself die over and over and over, even 'killing' herself at the end, just to prove that she can't die here. Putting herself through so many resets just because there are no consequences. It's not healthy. But it is comforting because it reinforces the fact that she can't die here. And in a world where 'death' has no consequences, you don't have to face the death of your friend. Suicidal behavior and self-harm: she kills herself at the end of every reset. She puts herself in harm's way every reset. Because she doesn't want to confront reality, she'd rather hurt herself and self sabotage every time she gets so close to moving on. Because she's survived it already. And, to her, doing it all over again will hurt, but it won't hurt as much as remembering who she lost and how she can never get them back. Especially when it's... _death_. It's not just that they fell out and she doesn't know how to repair the broken pieces. They're _dead_. There's nothing that can be done to get them back. Mood swings: after the Companion disappeared, she was immediately really hurt and angry. Just a room later, she was reminiscing and missing them and appreciating them. Ongoing feelings of emptiness: Especially after her friends disappear in ABP, and after she loses her abilities and the Companion in ALITS, she feels empty. I think she is chronically empty. I think she also chooses to reset every time because at least in the excitement and confusion of being trapped in 'a strange new place' and gaining new abilities, she can be distracted from the emptiness she feels. When she nears the end, she loses those things. And she cannot distract herself from the emptiness anymore, in fact it is emphasized by the hole they've now all left. So she resets to a time before she discovered and lost these things. Inappropriate, intense anger: I think with bpd, anger is really mixed in with hurt. She's so hurt her friends left her, and then becomes so angry she decides she doesn't need them and she'll make her own world without them. Even though it won't be as good. And she gets lost in the hurt and anger and emptiness. But she makes the world anyways. Her anger is intense to the Companion when they disappear, even though later she even acknowledges that her anger was inappropriate because all it did was try to help her. And it's pretty clear why it's inappropriate for her to be so intensely angry at her dead friend... for dying in an accident. But in the moment it doesn't feel inappropriate because you're just so lost in all the anger and the hurt and the loneliness and emptiness, you feel like you're on fire and you lash out. That was very long and I don't blame you if you can't read all of it, lol. Also to disclaim, I don't excuse these behaviors just because they are symptoms when they harm people and I also hope my explanations don't lend themselves to further stigmatization of bpd. I was simply going through the symptoms and explaining how I believe they match her and how I think she felt mixed in with how I've felt before. People with bpd are human beings and deserve the same treatment as others at the end of the day, praise for being a good person and criticism when being bad. I am glad that Lumi is so nuanced and people can relate to her and I'd be happy to attest to her having bpd, especially since I think she's generally liked and can be positive representation for us. Last note, if we were to go with the bpd theory, we could say that Lumi had such a hard time moving on since that friend could have been her fp (favorite person), a title more specific to bpd. The fp of a person with bpd is the bpd haver's favorite person (as the name implies) and are the most important person in their life and they can be what decides a person with bpd's mood, sense of security, confidence, etc. If the dead friend is her fp, losing them is like losing herself. If you read this all, thank you!! Haha I got too invested

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your valuable insight on the Borderline Personality Disorder theory! When I first made this lore video I stumbled upon the disorder and connected it to Lumi's condition so much that I decided to mention it here. I expanded it in my Theories video. It's one of my favorite theories and one that I still believe after all this time, but actually having someone who suffers from this comment is incredible. I couldn't read it all but many of the points you made were good and are definitely related to how Lumi thinks/acts. Thank you again, I hope you stay well :)

@Hua.-

Жыл бұрын

@Super Phantom User Thank you for making such a great video putting together everything, it helped me understand things better! And of course, I am always happy to speak up about my disorder, especially when the character who has it would be a positive representation of us!

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

Well that comment was a big boi

@Hua.-

5 ай бұрын

@@user-ot4wp4mz6l Never underestimate a passionate person seeing positive representation of their disorder LMAOOO

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

I noticed that World 8 where the Companion leaves has a green color scheme, and so does World 4 where the Companion appears. Maybe the Companion is stuck in its own loop?

Menu theme named - "Machines can Dream" and in ABP "Machines can hope"

@mr.shapka228

11 ай бұрын

I guess it's mean this: Companion can feel, Enemy Cubes can feel cuz they machines

@Coloriey

2 ай бұрын

Maybe the song names are unrelated, maybe it’s just named after what it sounded like to the developer?

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

It might mean that Purple is in some way a machine...

ALITS ending was so depressing. Lumi loses everything and everything what once was a thing became nothing and how she accepted her fate. Now I am strong man. But it was too emotional for me

@SuperPhantomUser

11 ай бұрын

A really sad game and lore

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

3 ай бұрын

@@dianavasile6949 Is that a request for the third game?

I noticed something in the two games, in abp when blue and red say they were fixed lumi when turning into liquid was blue and losing life was red, in alits was like this

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

Exactly.

I literally cried at the ending of ALITS, because i immediately understood that lumi kill*d herself (there was a white thing that lumi released, after that the spikes fell) and the release pack looked like a afterlife place to me. And i really liked youre theory! Its the best abd most explaing

@Ragenedary-dumlab

8 ай бұрын

true

I noticed that since that they assume Lumi is the owner because the friend gave their soul to Lumi in the "I gave my cat to you" scene. And the friend says Lumi locked herself in there. She didn't want to leave anyway. AND i also noticed that Nameless Cat is looking for their owner, so when the owner says that Lumi reminds them of someone, the someone could have been Nameless Cat.

@SuperPhantomUser

6 ай бұрын

I always felt like the "reminds them of someone" was the owner (as the cat would remind someone of their owner), but if the games were in the same universe, that could be a plausible connection

@whyismilkywaycookiesocute

6 ай бұрын

yeah,@@SuperPhantomUser but the devs are not the same. they could be in the same universe tho, as you suggested..

So based on green saying he's fixed now and can leave at 11:04 it seems the rooms are made by the cats for the cats to help them past some sort of difficulties or struggles before they leave. Like a set of rooms for therapy and improvement. Like they all came together to build the rooms agreeing the rooms would help them be fixed so they could move on but lumi grew attached to her freinds and the rooms she didn't want to move on and she didn't want them to move on she wanted to stay in the rooms forever and adventure with her freinds in the world they made together where death wasn't a concern and they all had great powers

@SuperPhantomUser

9 ай бұрын

Yup, I agree with all of it! Everyone was happy when they were fixed, and even Lumi knew at the beginning that they would all have to leave someday. Lumi was the only one to get so attached that she couldn't be fixed.

One of the reasons I like CaL more than, for example, Nameless Cat is that there are no villains, no bad guys, no fighting involved. Red: good guy Green: good guy Blue: good guy Lumi: good guy, just gone a little crazy Purple: actually a good guy Dead Friend: IDK, but my theory is that they are actually Purple Companion: obviously a good guy, it is a good guy's pet

@SuperPhantomUser

4 ай бұрын

It's sad that so much suffering comes from when there is no one with malicious intent, but it's true that sometimes we're our own worst enemy, and it's definitely a strength of the game

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser I 100% agree. When there are no villains, we just become them ourselves and ruin our own lives

Also I can't remember in which level, but there's a wall you climb up in ALITS, an arrow tells you to go a certain way, but if you keep climbing, there's a second arrow telling you to go the same direction. If you still keep going up, you'll see purple. Edit: whoops i made this comment in the middle of the video and didn't know you'd bring it up later, sorry 😅

@SuperPhantomUser

8 ай бұрын

Yup, that's where I found Purple for the first time!

I can't tell you the amount of peace, quiet and loneliness I felt as I progressivelly got deep into the game and eventually finished it during midnight

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

That must have been super disappointing, pulling a half-nighter just to get an ending that wasn't even good

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

NoSleep4u

24:57 always gets me laughing

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Lol, just bonked it away

@IvyLuvsYuo

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser and then it oyasumied itself

@Robin_Grasss

Жыл бұрын

i cried when i saw it for the first time

@Evelynx_

Жыл бұрын

Fr like it suddenly fly to the air

@eveliiin_ngy

Жыл бұрын

Shit made me cry and depressed for a whole day bruh 😭

Wait what if because red + blue makes purple? what if those purple cat that appear in certain levels were red and blue (the cats friend) combined? because how they know what lumi is doing if they're "dead" ? and for green maybe green is the only true friend here. other than green not being mentioned too much maybe green is a traitor? or maybe helping lumi?

@sillycatte

Жыл бұрын

oter theory: what if purple is really still there? well, since purple create the square, could purple turn AS the square? and in the companion world thing, maybe that where purple is?

@sillycatte

Жыл бұрын

Other other theory: Maybe, those "cats" that one of the friend said is maybe all of lumi's friends. Maybe, The "owner" could be one of lumi's friends in the game? and maybe lumi in the "other world" had red, blue, green, as friends but in another kind of world? but maybe.. the owner is.. purple?

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Theory 1: the red+blue would certainly be possible, especially with Lumi gaining "gifts" from Red and Blue at the end of ABP. I don't think Green is a traitor. Also, the friends aren't dead, they're just "fixed" which we don't know exactly what that means. Theory 2: In the Companion Pack, you can see Purple at certain times, so I don't think that would make sense. Theory 3: All of those could make sense too. The last one would have to be in a physical sense though, as the Dead Friend says Lumi is the owner, and yet they also talk about Purple as a different figure.

@gerald7304

Жыл бұрын

My theory is that in the final level of ALITS the font at the end is the owner who is somehow with the cat like the friends are in ABP and it's the owner talking to his dead friend in the reset.

@gerald7304

Жыл бұрын

Also you forgot to mention the music packs in extras such as Cold and empty could be a reference to the companion.

i remember first playing this game, at first i was getting confused, confused why i was lonely, i had a feeling id meet someone eventually, so once i saw the friends, i felt comforted, then confused when they disappeared, when the blue cat disappeared, i though that was them fusing with lumi (because i never read dialouge) i kept on going...so confused..then comforted again...

@SoftieGirl4NoReason

8 ай бұрын

And Blue, Red And Green Fused her And Green Was The One Made The Switch charact

1)in ALitS in the neon rooms says that "WE were your friends","You trusted US before" and "trust US now" it means that its not only the dead friend talking there 2)what is the glitch in ABP? 3)i guees that the accident happend to the dead friend is more logic to be with purple, purple got far away and had an accident so she couldnt come back home and the friends thought she died, so she was creating her worlds and began watching from the shadows 4)how can someone die in a world where death has no quenseceses 5)in ALitS she locked herself with no exit but at the end an exit appears

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

1) Lumi's friends from ABP are talking in the neon rooms. That's why they use "we" and "us" as pronouns 2) No one knows. I think it is either Purple trying to get Lumi to realize the truth, since Purple's face itself is glitchy too, or Lumi "glitching" her world when she sees something that she doesn't want to face, such as her friends being fixed 3) That's very logical, since Purple has no face in-game so it seems like they're kind-of "out of the world" but at the same time the ALITS achievement says that Purple is always watching. It would also make sense how Lumi's other friends and the dead friend know about Purple too 4) Right before Lumi dies in 9-10 she loses her ability to live. This is represented by her spitting out a checkpoint. Without this ability when she dies she actually dies and goes to the afterlife 5) There are no physical exits in the ALITS world. When the giant door appears, it represents Lumi finally about to move on (and probably being "fixed" too). When she kicks the door away, it's showing that she refuses to move on

@Coloriey

2 ай бұрын

I think purple is future Lumi, that would explain the glitched Lumi face, as well as the “always watching” thing. And the “did you know the purple one is still here”

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

The big exit doesn't mean anything, as Lumi doesn't use it to gt out anyway.

I think the thing that pulled Lumi away was the companion 12:31

@SuperPhantomUser

6 ай бұрын

Ah, I didn't even think about that! That makes perfect sense

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser I don't feel like you are telling the truth

also "lumi" in Hawaiian means "room"

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

That's very interesting, and it definitely fits with Cats are Liquid!

@IIIsBIGGEST-FAN.

Жыл бұрын

Wait so Lumi is just a cat as a room then?

@theclayguy6494

Жыл бұрын

@@IIIsBIGGEST-FAN. no it's Lumi who's controlling the rooms

@asobbob

Жыл бұрын

My not serious brain immediately thought of mushroom.

@user-me2zb1bz3u

Ай бұрын

#holdup

Cats thoughts crumbled upon himself , this shows effects of isolation

I think that when lumi says: when I can feel all this like brand new" It's not the first time that lumi was feeling all like new

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's probably not even the first time the ALITS loop has happened, and the Dead Friend confirms this at the end of the Reset Pack by saying "see you next loop"

Green:shock(no mouth, acting different, making platforms as if it hasn't processed there's no ground) Lumi:Denial and maybe bargaining(locked herself up in this world, smiling face, ignores everything else) Red:anger(grumpy face, bouncing off like it's shoving away, parting gift is active when hurt) Blue:depression(sad face, acting glum, freezing time like it's just stuck that way, parting gift is active when watery like tears) ???(maybe purple? Or companion?):acceptance. It's a decent match for the stages of grief.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

I didn't think Green could show shock instead of calmness, thinking of their ability to make things appear and disappear as if they hadn't proceseed it yet is very different.

The lore in ABP feels like it's someone who made a Minecraft server for him and his friends to play inside. The "fixed" friends describes how each friend has finished their own role in the server, while the "glitches" can be assumed to be the motivation of the person's friends going out due to new interests in their lives or when they're aging in general The companion cube can symbolize as a wolf that the person himself/one of his friends tamed that made him a bit less lonely The powers gained by Lumi could be referred to the Minecraft mods the person himself has made or just symbolizes what he'd do irl (like the Ice Block mechanic would be the same as trying to reach out to a friend asap) In the end, all of the player's friends have grown up and went on their own ways, leaving behind the player as he only has him and his friend's world to himself only, and that he'd make a better place than this or try to be better than the server he and his friends were in, just enjoying it everytime

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Very specific, strange, like the Metaphor Theory but in a Minecraft server. As crazy as it seems this actually makes sense(?) and could be a theory of it's own lol

@sandanth6122

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser To be honest I only have this in thought for the lore of ABP while that theory just simply breaks apart whenever trying to continue it to ALITD, but it feels weirdly coincidental lol

3:21 what lumi says and the ability in world 2 could be proof of the world not being made before, but instead while she is playing it. Or it could just be a coincidence

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

It definitely could be that Lumi is making the world up as she continues. After all, in both ABP and ALITS the worlds are seemingly accustomed to the abilities she has. I theorize though that Purple is the one putting the rings before/after each world, so Lumi can have the right abilities (and so they can give her the Companion)

As I watched the video I was thinking "but maybe.." and you literally gave my most in-depth theory!

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

Which one?

I started theorising in my head after the first glitch and came to the conclusion that they might have been the real cats and the "friends" might have been the clones which might explain why they were confused, because Lumi could've been replaced as well, but in the purple world (the one with the eyes I forgot which number) I thought that maybe the cats might have been dead. I guess I wasn't too far off from the general idea?

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

That definitely could explain that, and then the friends in world 7+ are only an illusion, or clones made by Purple. Because the friends were confused before world 3, it wouldn't make sense for them to die in world 3, bu world 3 does seem like the Purple world. And there is no "general idea": the lore was summarized in this video, but the theories can range widely.

@autumn5358

Жыл бұрын

YES. CLONES.

@amatal_rahman1437

Жыл бұрын

Can you explain to me the story of the game?? I already sealed it but I don't understand it.🥺 🙏

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@amatal_rahman1437 Watch the video man

cats are liquid game makes me feel some different type of way. scared, excited, paranoid, happy at the same time. ive played this game 5 times in a row and I'm happy to say i think i got the lore. i also wish there were more people in cats r liquid fandom i hardly see any but i love this game so much

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

The Cats are Liquid lore is a bit complicated, but it is super emotional for those who understand it Also there aren't a lot of people in the community but if you want to find people then I suggest joining the Last Quarter Studios Discord server - I am on it and so are a lot of others who care about the game

@imapedophilelmao

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser yeah. im just not finding alot on youtube or other platforms sadly so yeah lmao

@Luna-ux9by

Жыл бұрын

I honestly love that it's small and want it to stay like that because there's no toxicity.

@HPtheChaos

11 ай бұрын

​@@Luna-ux9bytrue, the only problem I have with the fandom is that they ship characters sometimes, Other than that The fandom is perfect

@mr.jitterspam9552

11 ай бұрын

​@@HPtheChaostrue, they're literally just cats

Finishing this game for the first time is SO refreshing. The lore was actually kinda sad and the 2nd to last world was so sick. I hope this game gets a third part

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

Refreshing? Seeing her push away the big exit and drop spikes on herself? That is refreshing?!

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

Everyone wants a third part. Ok, I'm going to LQS KZread channel and commenting the request on the most popular video.

AHHH I've been a fan of this game and theorizing since I was 12! EXTREMELY well-put together video, very concise and good points are made! You don't exclude other's theories, you rationalize with other people, I love seeing this! In all my years of theorizing and thinking, I've come almost to your same conclusions (thank you for clearing up my view on the owner and the dead friend) but couldn't resist making my own interpretations, even if they diverge from what is actually most likely to be the real story here. Like for example I've always thought that the purple one had been once part of the same group of friends as the other cats, only something happened (along with their friend's death) and the purple one distanced himself from the group and they somehow grew to resent each other (in the neon levels, it seems like the friends dont even want to pronounce Purple directly, only with "you know who..."), just like Lumi kind of did when she said she didn't need RGB anymore. And so they remain in 2 in these worlds, but purple already lost hope (maybe he already was in there for much longer) so he at least wants Lumi to get out, only does so with the wrong method, and as you said, we can see this is canon. But your theory about purple being kind of an authority figure really blowed my mind, it does make sense! I love it so much! I'll always prefer the theory I thought about for all these years tho, I'm too emotionally attached to it now 😔 (noo what tells you that I'm a Purple cat fan)

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and your feedback! Honestly there are so many CaL theories that range differently that I couldn't sum them all up in my video For your theory, Purple being one of the friends does make sense, since even the Dev said once that Purple was "kind-of Lumi's friend" Furthermore I love the idea of Purple doing something wrong and distancing themself, because you're right, the RGB friends don't even want to mention Purple Purple could really be anyone, from another friend to an authority figure to even Lumi's own conscience, but no matter what they do have a big impact on the CaL story And lastly, keep onto your theories - no one knows what's right or wrong (except maybe LQD, lol) and we still have a long time until the next CaL game releases Oh btw, you should join the LQS Discord server if you can, there are lots of CaL enthusiasts there :)

@Hmmm1p3050

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser Didn't the dev say they don't think they'll make another game, or at least for now? I was in the Discord server before, but I rarely use Discord in general so I think I exited? But I remember sending fanart there, I made more (of course of Purple, who else) but I don't think I'll be posting them ^^ Nonetheless, I'm always interested as ever and your video is a goldmine for this game, i can't believe it was in my recommended after 2 whole months :0

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the dev is working on other games, still with how good CaL is, I'm excited for the two new games they are working on :) I like think my video is a reference to find all the lore information while making theories Though I am making a video on CaL theories

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@Hmmm1p3050 ^^ > ^~^!

I like the metaphor theory, it's sad but it's logical at the same time

An odd thing is that in ABP, Blue and Red have a connection to Lumi, as in turning to water turns Lumi blue and getting hurt turns Lumi red. But green does not get one. Also, after Red and Blue get fixed, Green never does, and yet when we are leaving, we say ALL of our friends, yet green was never met.

@SuperPhantomUser

3 ай бұрын

It could be that Green had a closer connection to Lumi, or maybe they did give her a gift, and we just don't know about it - it is an interesting detail

I never thought this game would actually have a video about it, it is the best free mobile platformer imo (Well, honestly, i even thought it was very underrated)

@SuperPhantomUser

8 ай бұрын

I specialize in mobile platformers, haha, this one is no exception!

I made a good ending for Cats are Liquid. Lumi wakes up again. She doesn't remember why. She feels different. Blah blah blah blah basically the same thing happens again ftom the previous stories but the ending is the good part Lumi is about to make another world where she can be happy but a flash of memory from the first game reminds her of pain and sadness but also happiness. She feels real emotions for once. She goes through the door instead of restarting. She wakes up. She realizes that she's not a cat. She's a spirit. She finds out that her friends and her were all cats on earth but after they died they warped into another dimension where they had some control over the worlds. Then after she learns the truth she sees her friends. They don't talk. But they understand. Now that they are finally free from the alternate dimension and they found their way to heaven the can be happy souls.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

I like this ending. I feel like it's one that actually fits with the CaL series. Also, what would happen with Purple?

@Fishwolfcrow

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser i dont know

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

Here's my ending idea: Purple goes through ALITS too, trying to not get caught by Lumi. They prepare a hookshot and hover near the big exit in 9-10. Right after Lumi pushes the door away, Purple comes down . They pull back the cat and then the exit. Blah blah blah blah

@Fishwolfcrow

Ай бұрын

@@user-ot4wp4mz6l oh wow that's a pretty good idea and I totally forgot cats are liquid existed

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

@@Fishwolfcrow What do you mean and is this sarcasm?

Does anything disprove that the purple one was given to Lumi by her friend. This could have happened to help Lumi, which explains why the purple one would be doing everything, including creating the Companion, to help Lumi.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

While nothing explicitly disproves it, I don't think it is likely. When the dead friend says that they gave their cat to Lumi, she is silent. When they mention Purple, however, Lumi reacts much differently.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

It's weird for a older, more important cat to be given to a younger cat.

in world 10 room 1 it was talking about the companion. The companion dragged her far away

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Ah ok, that makes sense, since she didn't really know where she was going

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

Except for that this was World 9 and not 10

You put it togerher really well! I've had almost this exact same theory but I couldn't fully wrap my head around it and some other things. But yeah this makes the most sense.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And yeah it took a bit of lore diving and thinking to fully realize the theory I was going for, but once I did it seemed like it was correct. Still, there are tons of other theories that the community has made, which I'll discuss in my next next video (the video after the next video I make)

Maybe this isnt that bad as it could be seen.. Like the reset means that lumi is still alive and the line "the reset was done" may mean that after "killing herself" somebody may have called ambulance or something like that and lumi is saved. Lets see this in the next part of *Cats* *Are* *Liquid*

@SuperPhantomUser

8 ай бұрын

That could be true, she like starts over her process of getting better

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

No, in The Reset, she was a ghost, and then she respawned like normal.

I never really understood the lore, but even without, me and my friend who found it at an sleepover understood that it's really dark... Especially the ending of Alits.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Lore really is dark, even without understanding the full story most players can tell that

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

5 ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser These small channel owners are so friendly: they respond to every comment!

I kinda think in ABP is supposed to be lumi past, but she forgets it on ALITS

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that is specified in the lore

God do I really want a trilogy...

Will always wish they make a 3rd game 😃

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Me too, doesn't look like it'll happen anytime soon though

@autumn5358

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser i rly want Lumi to get a happy ending but idk how

@user-hx5hh3tc9v

Жыл бұрын

@@autumn5358 she will be fixed after the 501th loop

@autumn5358

Жыл бұрын

@@user-hx5hh3tc9v wdym, she will be fixed somehow or r u just making fun of that Lumi wont have a happy ending or, like, being fixed with her friends? We dont exactly know if being fixed'' is good, i think is kinda related to the death but like- idk how to explain it

@user-hx5hh3tc9v

Жыл бұрын

@@autumn5358 being fixed is good i think. She just keeps on continuing the loop. So bruh. The third game must be called escaping the loop

The only thing I don't understand is why blue and red cats' faces became blurred when they got fixed? Maybe it's just how Lumi saw this from the shock of loosing green cat.

@SuperPhantomUser

6 ай бұрын

I feel like it's representing the cats becoming less and less in contact with Lumi before they leave entirely

I want to see a third game where the cat escapes the cycle

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

Ай бұрын

Same

Something I found out from this video is the text at 35:56 I have ALitS but I’ve never seen that text ever. Normally when I do the reset pack, as soon as I enter the dark it immediately cuts to the ending with the credits.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

I think it depends on the speed you're going when finishing the Reset Pack

@The_Dr_Fate

2 ай бұрын

it doesnt show the "see you again in the next loop"?

Holy shit this was my entire fucking childhood I am eternally grateful for this

I think it's all about dealing with depression from losing someone very close to you

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

That is indeed what the theme seems to be

I never continued playing this because I couldn't beat it, but also because I thought it was just a simple cat game and nothing else. Never knew this game has deep lore. Might play later

33:37 as a year later i think I have a theory myself. “I gave my cat to you” so, you see the dead friend probably had the same icon as Lumi. But then the dead saw Lumi and gave Lumi the cat. So now the dead friend is the purple cat with nothing because Lumi was I think originally the purple one.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

I think that Purple is the dead friend, I have proof.

One of my games of all time: the neon style, an amazing story, neat platforming for a mobile game, and sad but powerful endings; it is a masterpiece.

this is definitely something that was thought of during 3AM motivation

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Of course, only the best/darkest ideas are created at that time

Me at begining: oh its normal tragedy happening huh Me at end: I KNEW IT WAS DEPRESSED CAT OWNER LOCKING HIMSELF IN FANTASY WORLD

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Lol same, we all thought it was just gonna be a nice cat game...

@arkansamana963

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser the end of ALITS looks like the scene of those low effort but cool exe games I keep seeing but cool game nonetheless

The ending of cats are liquid is so sad. Also the fact when they get hurt is sad when you got a weak heart too

@SuperPhantomUser

10 ай бұрын

Only happens in ABP though, makes ALITS a lot sadder

Amazing video! I'm so glad I finally had the time to watch it. Very comprehensive, you put everything together really well. This is a real treasure of a resource!

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was supposed to be exactly that! I tried not to focus on my theories and speculations too much so people could create their own using the lore given from the games :)

I thought the friend was DEAD and I was not even shocked or surprised.......it just.....haunted my soul-

@SuperPhantomUser

10 ай бұрын

You okay-

The first time I SAW the purple one was in the end of aLiTs, if you backwards on the very last room, you can see the purple one. (Also fun fact I played aLiTs before ABP)

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Nice, and I played ALITS first too :)

This certantly is interesting, and while i did not miss much, i did somehow get the secret achievement without finding ALL instances of purple, but other than that i certantly think i found almost everything, even coming to similar If not identical solucions before even joining discord. Also its worth pointing out How the song "there id no paralax" from aLitS has what seems to be a heartbeat type thing as part of the song, and It eventualy flatlines so to speak, which considering both where It plays ingame and the song name, It certantly hints at part of the lore, even If unintencionaly.

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

- Maybe you encountered them without even realizing, like you got close enough. Either that or you just have to find Purple a set number of times to get the achievement - Oh wow great noticing in the There Is No Parallax, that's a cool fact and it does relate to the lore :D

@Luna-ux9by

Жыл бұрын

You only get the achievment after finding purple in the last room. Whether you found them in other worlds is irrelevant.

I also like how in abp she turns blue and red and she keeps that in alits

I played the whole thing like 2 years ago. It’s an amazing game.

Also I think its funny how in alits lumi also becomes blue when liquid and red when takes damage

Oh my god both cats are liquid games were some of my favourite mobile games I’d played EVER!!! I never thought I’d see anybody cover it! I might have to replay the games again before I watch this though, it’s been a while

All of this makes sense to me, I think you are completely right with your theory!! I didn't know that this game's story could be this deep... Thats so freak 🙀 and at the same time, so amazing! I can't explain, I just love this game.

37:09 doesnt it say that Lumis owner locked her in, instead of the owner? If the owner is referring to Lumis owner, how can she be her own owner?

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

My theory aside, the dead friend tells Lumi that she is "the owner." Lumi doesn't have an owner in real life and instead she locked herself in the ALITS world. She is "her own owner" because she doesn't have an owner, and in the Reset Pack the "owner" is a term used to define who/what forced Lumi into ALITS. If you include my theory, Lumi is "her own owner" because Lumi as a consciousness/person represents a real owner in real life (in the game world). That person was given Lumi by her dead friend after they died, and Lumi reminded the person of their dead friend, sending them to the ALITS world.

I'm so glad this video exists!! I just finished this great game and i was asking myself so many questions. Thanks!

well I can see I'm in the fandom of cats are liquid? initially when I saw this game, I saw alits and thought it was just a cat game, but I realized I was wrong when I got to the neon levels, I didn't understand it very well, so I played abp and it clarified some things for me, but this video made me It helped a lot, this video is very well done, I hope you continue like this, you have a chance

@SuperPhantomUser

Ай бұрын

Thank you! The games have so much lore to unpack that I felt like it needed a dedicated video just to lay everything out (before even making theories), and yeah, on the surface it seems like just a cat game but it is so good

Now my big question is, Would be the dead friend a kind of mystical entity that Lumi wanted to talk to somehow?

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

The dead friend was once a friend of Lumi's, and Lumi can talk to them when she goes into the afterlife in the reset pack

@Markomilicic012

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser so why did not she stay there?

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@Markomilicic012 Because The Reset is just a path she has to take to return to the beginning. To do this all again. Over and over again.

The cats were with the abilites because of the glitch and when lumi was with them she help them to be fixed and because of this they didn't needed help anymore

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Lumi was their light, but unfortunately there wasn't a light for her

@hiro_5

Жыл бұрын

Yeah...

when i first watched this after completing both games i didnt quite understand, but rewatching it again months later is just. its like all the pieces are connected together, and how everything is an endless cycle.

I played this game a long time ago and just couldn't stop thinking abt it, I'm glad to see other people acknowledge it

This is kind of a sad story ngl

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it is

@tunisiathegoofball2023

Жыл бұрын

Yes

I know I'm late I just knew about this game a month ago and I didn't quite understand the whole story but damn it means... ALOT. I really need more dark stories like ABP and ALitS that just makes u overthink and create theories about it!! Btw thanks for the explanation I really needed it :D

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Really dark, you might want to check out Nameless Cat, more sad than dark but still Also you're welcome!

@DaCatYT3

5 ай бұрын

Oh im worse i started playing weeks ago rather than months and right when im done playing it i straight went to yt for the whole lore😭

@DaCatYT3

5 ай бұрын

​@@SuperPhantomUseri played nameless cat and then after a few days i played CaL, i havent finished nameless cat even tho nameless cat has less levels than CaL, NC is lirerally so hard, the lore is different NC is easier to understand but very sad..

fun fact: when i first saw red i was like "uh oh! evil guy!"

ALSO, In ALITS Lumi Still Flashes Red when taken damage, and turns blue when in liquid form. So basically ABP was actually like a game before ALITS. It all conects now.

finally, someone else who's played cats are liquid

Another thing I noticed when playing through ALitS is that not only the cat's face fades away when she gets closer to the end, but also the door fade and become darker and closer to grey. The fading face symbolizes losing hope, but the doors, I think, symbolize something a little more specific: "I don't want to continue, I don't want to go through that, what's the point going further?" Edit: Wow, someone actually put a like on my comment!

@SuperPhantomUser

4 ай бұрын

I definitely think that this is true: at the beginning, each door symbolizes a chance of freedom, but by the end, its meaningless.

@user-ot4wp4mz6l

4 ай бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser Yes. Also, the last world is the place where it is revealed that the cat doesn't actually want to get out of this place, so she might not want to go through doors for a chance of freedom

Amazing video, these games actually made me cry when playing them. Such a great series.

The names of the square and the white cat were confirmed on guess when... ON MY BIRTHDAY!

@SuperPhantomUser

Жыл бұрын

Wow, your birthday shares the date of the confirmation of two of the most important pieces of Cats are Liquid lore! Congrats!

@Izaria3436

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPhantomUser thank you its so coincidental