Thanks so much for making this video, stuff like this is what inspires me to keep DOAI going! Looking forward to making more soon :)

@CrystalAnimates

Жыл бұрын

yay!

@sir-ani8927

Жыл бұрын

Hiiii Pastra Being more serious you're a great creator and I love you storytelling and all of your content keep up the good work and remember to drink water 💙

@KaitoGillscale

Жыл бұрын

Oh yea? Well YOUR high quality videos give me hope for the horror community. So put THAT in your pipe and smoke it…

@A_Surpluss_of_Stupidity

Жыл бұрын

:D

@catpocolypse7331

Жыл бұрын

Nice

Clyde can move his eyes around his face. He just likes it when his eyes are lopsided

@plaidhatter1674

Жыл бұрын

I don't wanna know how his skeletal structure compensates.

@sothisishowusernameswork.2043

Жыл бұрын

@@plaidhatter1674 Plot twist: it doesn't.

@commanderdemonno9819

Жыл бұрын

@@sothisishowusernameswork.2043 plot twist: he doesn't have a skeletal structure

@TheTownNarcoleptic

11 ай бұрын

@@plaidhatter1674seeing as though one of his eyes overlaps with his teeth like 95% percent of the time, I don’t think there’s much of a conventional skeleton to be spoken of lol. Clyde is just a goddamn anomaly.

@GTSW1FT

9 ай бұрын

​@@commanderdemonno9819hes a wacky infallible flaying tube man

Oh God. Pastra's been analyzing every bit of horror media he can to turn Clyde into a legitimately horrifying monster. He knows EXACTLY what buttons to push.

@Bonkpunktexe

Ай бұрын

Clyde may be a horrifying monster that should be scary to encounter in a dark alleyway, but he's still some guy with noodle arms and a funky smile, i would still think he's adorable

I can't help but notice the Smiling Snatcher seems to love the number 6. He hunts for the duration of both 6 hours, he first struck on a year ending in 6, stole his outfit on the sixth and took 6 children. Also this series is just amazing and I can't wait to see it continue

@Evenifindoingidieinonehour

Жыл бұрын

To add onto that, along with Clyde, there are 5 other established Veldigun characters that Pastra made. Winfrey, Jack, Klaus, Simon, and The Flock. Making for a total of *6* Veldigun. And they all were created by an eldritch monstrosity known as *6.* That's their name. *6.* Although this may be somewhat retconned because its part of the old cannon, I have a feeling that *6* being the creator of this species may still be cannon. But we will have to wait and see. (And of course 6 has 6 eyes)

@Awesomeflame16

Жыл бұрын

​@@Evenifindoingidieinonehourif Lankman is canon and with all these references, I have a feeling it IS canon. But will be altered

@cojinmango

Жыл бұрын

Also Official Kruger was born in a year ending with six: 1956 and his real year of death is 1996

@TheTownNarcoleptic

Жыл бұрын

Every Eastridge kid born on the 6th of the month: “Well shit.”

@commanderdemonno9819

Жыл бұрын

6 is just clyde's favorite number don't worry about it please worry about it

Seeing Clyde drawn in such a horrifying manner will def take some getting used to, since we’ve been seeing him be used for Pastra’s channel for so long, but wow Is it a terrifying design when used in horror

Clyde may be a child-eating monster. But at least he knows how to appropriately ask someone out on a date XD

@Huxley_Day

Жыл бұрын

I saw the Phisnom video. I get the reference.

Heyo, I'm one of the people that worked on decrypting the letter from "In Loving Memory". Unfortunately, we don't have the transcript for the second letter since we didn't notice it until a day later, and haven't even fully finished the first since burnout hit like a freight train. But this is what we managed to gather after a few days' work: " To my dearest son, I know that you may be confused by everything going on over the last year. It's not fair that you have had to deal with it and I'm sorry that I can't be the father you need me to be to help you get through this. Truth be told, your old man has had a hard time processing it himself. You spend so long with everything being the same that the moment everything changes you can't accept it. I might be wrong, but I just can't. I think every day about what I would've done if it were you that were chased by that thing. _ _ other children __ _ __ ___ __ it makes everyday __ _ ___ ___ _ ___. When you grow up, I hope that one day you'll be able __ ___ your own son __ __ ___ __ __ deserve to be happy _ __ ___ ____ __ __ ___ who's _ _ _ _ _ _ __. I'm sorry I won't be able to give you that life. But trust me, it's do or die. [UNINTELLIGABLE] - Kenneth Kruger " This is all we got so far, maybe I'll take another stab at it in the next few days, but no gurantees. I encourage others to give it a shot if you feel so inclined. Any little bit helps. Oh, and one final thing. The image of the Smiling Snatcher in the first contact scene isn't just an image, it's an entire 3D model that's just sitting in Pastra's computer somewhere, waiting to step into the light. So sleep well knowing that :)

@liammclin5722

Жыл бұрын

Doing gods work, thank you so much for being smarter than me yet still spoonfeeding me info I am not smart enough to figure this out on my own lmao

@rickyjohnson1901

Жыл бұрын

You’ll be able to HAVE your own son I think it makes sense context wise

@t0nyxaka90

Жыл бұрын

I think that the last message in the 3rd paragraph has this in the ending: "it makes everyday a nightmare."

@ASonicPlayer

25 күн бұрын

i think in the fourth paragraph it says "When you grow up, I hope that one day you'll be able to have your own son because you deserve to be happy _ __ _ __ __ __ _ who's _ _ _ _ _ _ __." (dont know if this has already been solved yet or not)

I think the mom is also missing her eyes, kind of an antithesis to the phrase "you have your mother's eyes" or "you have your father's smile", since the child lacks the same features as the parents.

It’s kinda sad to see that this series is so under appreciated. It’s sad too because pastra is such an awesome creator and you can tell him and his team put so much passion into the series and it just underperforms more than any of his other projects. I am glad someone is covering this series and I look forward to what pastra will be doing in the future with this series! Keep up the great work dmuted!

@clamdeity

Жыл бұрын

im gonna be real, when pastra mentioned DOAI in the "my past channel mascots" video i assumed it was like. a book or something. like a physical book i may be stupid

@Nekoszowa

Жыл бұрын

Idk who that Pastra guy is but this series just sounds like old creepypasta you'd read on creepypasta wiki, so that's probably why no one's talking about it

@anubhavnair2592

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, his yt account completely stopped coming on my feed for some reason and I assumed he stopped uploading, now I see he's still uploading. Gotta love the algorithm

@gayhem

Жыл бұрын

another ik pfp 👩‍🦲

@gayhem

Жыл бұрын

@@a_brightdawn1527 I know

“Junior’s eyes have gone on vacation” “The father thinks this deal is alright” I just love the subtle humor sneaked here and there throughout this video😆

8:32 I think that face might be the face of Kruger that's censored later when he's all emaciated and stuff, like showing what's gonna happen to him in a way that you'd only understand if you were watching it back, caught the image as it faded, and were able to put two and two together. Terrifyingly subtle if true

@Cowbuzz4

Жыл бұрын

I thought so too!

@ic0nic707

Жыл бұрын

Pastra actually confirmed this on one of Th3Badd3st’s streams.

@Cowbuzz4

Жыл бұрын

@@ic0nic707 sick! (I never watch streams lol)

@ScoutTrooperMan

Жыл бұрын

@@ic0nic707 which stream was this revealed on?

@ic0nic707

Жыл бұрын

@@ScoutTrooperMan I don’t remember, it was a while ago, it was one of Th3Badd3st’s streams analyzing DOAI. Can’t guarantee if the stream is even listed anymore.

So glad Clyde was able to settle down and become a KZreadr

@Ashen_LovesWaffles-sf3bj

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he chill now!

@batatinhagamerx6329

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he is finnaly "getting" some children

The number 6 is actually very relevant to the Veldigun. There's six Veldigun in total, with them hunting in pairs of two, those who survive attacks of the Veldigun say that they saw six eyes staring at them, and the Veldigun's creator is literally named Six.

@majorghoul9017

Жыл бұрын

Wait, so if they hunt in pairs then that means it's likely that the Smiling Snatcher isn't actually acting alone. I may have a theory as to who it is too, as one of the characters mentioned in the series is a person named Klaus, which is a name of one of the vendiguns

@wobblewokgaming655

Жыл бұрын

@@majorghoul9017 Clyde's partner is Winfrey, that big blue guy. Klaus's partner is Jack, the one that looks like a Jack-in-the-Box. But I don't think Clyde was working with anyone at this point in the story, as we only see him and him alone doing these things.

@majorghoul9017

Жыл бұрын

@@wobblewokgaming655 oh yeah, that's a fair point

@Awesomeflame16

Жыл бұрын

​@@wobblewokgaming655who is Lankmans partner?

@wobblewokgaming655

Жыл бұрын

@@Awesomeflame16 Lankmann isn't a Veldigun, despite his appearance. He was once a normal guy that underwent some freaky body mod stuff to make himself look more intimidating, if I recall correctly.

I really like how the static photos of characters in this series seem to be made using AI. not only does it make things much easier than trying to use photos of real people as stand-ins, but it also adds just that little bit of the uncanny valley

@FoolOfTheStars

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%

@beingmegucaissuffering.5326

Жыл бұрын

Actually interesting use of AI images, nice

@SleepyKatAlt

Жыл бұрын

THEY WERE AI GENERATED??! THAT EXPLAINS WHY ALL THE EYES LOOK SO WRONG

I haven't seen anyone else mention this, but during the Halloween PSA, you can faintly see a pair of smiling eyes in the orange throughout the whole thing.

i think that the detail of the whole series having an orange tint to it really sets it apart from other series like it. it really makes it all feel uniform and part of the same world

@turtletaco9872

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! Alongside the very-obviously Pastra-style drawings in the cartoon section, it gives the series this whole 'upbeat but actually quite concercing' vibe that, as you say, ties it all together :)

10:13 I love the matter-of-fact way you said that. “Anyway, it scared the piss outta me…”

I love how in the intermission scenes where DMuted uses the same song as Pastra's title cards

I still can't get over how I had a nightmare with similar creatures. Except I never saw what they were. A friend in the dream did. And because we were in the same building... It began to target all of us. Only difference is when they mimicked voices, it was like hearing someone say something to you, but you weren't listening. It sounded English, but was more like simlish. And the tension and fear I felt, watching my cat in that dream stare at the door of the house, as what sounded like MY voice called out to it, speaking not even a word, was horrifying. Trying to get Siri, which somehow had access to locking and unlocking doors, to unlock the door... Listening to it be able to activate Siri, and getting so close to telling it to open the door. Listening to it get better with each try... It was learning how to talk, and it was horrifying.

@lostgem8225

Жыл бұрын

"It sounded english but was more like similish" ah so welsh-

@wouldntyouliketoknowwesath7789

Жыл бұрын

@@lostgem8225 maybe, but more like a creature trying to mimic english, but not knowing the language

@lostgem8225

Жыл бұрын

@@wouldntyouliketoknowwesath7789 yeah that's just describing welsh-

@uncroppedsoop

Жыл бұрын

@@wouldntyouliketoknowwesath7789 I sorta picture something like those videos of cats "talking", but closer to a human voice

As impressive as all of this is I think clyde being the mascot FOR pastra's channel greatly diminishes the scare-factor for people familiar with his channel, too used to his presence he becomes not scary

@cosmicandy4620

Жыл бұрын

yeah... I would def still hug him, even knowing I would probably die 😅

@LeviTheDemonDragon

Жыл бұрын

but, i feel like thats also whats scary. knowing something innocent and safe- only for it to become horrifying.

@SleepyKatAlt

Жыл бұрын

That is the point, you put your guard down around him, and he'll get you

@lemonpaperplanes

Жыл бұрын

For me it doesn't have that same effect at all, maybe I just never found Clyde scary in the first place idk

@cosmicandy4620

Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyKatAlt yeah I know, I'm gonna get caught instantly

4:24 honestly, taking us the viewer out is a good idea in my mind, even if it feels a little forced. Because WE the viewers dont have to worry about going insane by watching the scary content. We just watch it. Means that Pastra and his team can focus more energy on the actual story instead of on external things.

@FatalHog

Жыл бұрын

Another thing that pastra might go into later is that making us the character who's watching this might open up the door later for this to become a ARG, which alot of creators enjoy making their series' into.

1. Absolutely love Pastra's art style, like omg. 2. I love hearing about all kinds of ARG! If there are any others you like, I would love to hear about them.

8:40 that face is the uncensored face of kenneth post attack

@linkal_8097

Жыл бұрын

Why hello Preston

So glad to see someone review and create theories about Pastra's series, explaining what little we know and what's going on! I'm not one to need spoonfed information, but.... it helps sometimes. Then again I haven't been trying to piece clues together myself, maybe I would be able to come up with something. I'm a complete newbie to analog horror videos, lol.

@liammclin5722

Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure like 90% of an analog community has no clue what’s going on until the smart people explain it to us most of the time lmao

the note "To my dearest son, I know that you may be confused by everything going on over the last year. It's not fair that you had to deal with it, and I'm sorry I can't be the I need to be to help you through it. Truth be told your old man had a hard time processing it himself. You spend so long with everything being the same, that the moment that everything changes you can't accept it. I might be wrong, I just cant. I think every day about what I would've done if it were you that was taken by that thing. It chases after children. not just me. Though does it make everyday the key remains of why we're here? When you grow up I hope that one day you'll be able to protect your own son to have such a life you deserve to be happy, Had no better choice. Speaking of, my father who's a deadbeat won't be here. I'm sorry I wont be able to give you that life, but trust me its live or die.

why does he say "loving men" so casually it makes me laugh so god damn hard

SHE DREAMS MY OF TILL I INSOMNIAC!!!

@jesterguy7799

Жыл бұрын

YEEEE

@k.okirbe

Жыл бұрын

she insomniac on my dreams till i volume 1

1:27 “his ugly… arguably attractive head” 🤨

23:50 I noticed that the mother is actually missing her ears, which means this family photo is likely a representation of Hear/Speak/See No Evil. Don’t think this means much of anything story-wise but I thought it was something interesting to note

I love seeing Pastra getting attention on his projects! Also 1:27 Pardon?

Clyde is no longer friendly looking. Clyde is spook.

@AmaryInkawult

Жыл бұрын

It's like a PoV switch. Being in Clyde's hideout where he cosplays as a KZreadr by day and goes child snatcher by night.

Pastra has previously discussed the lore of the Veldigun before the series was announced. They absorb the consciousness, traits, personality, and name of their victims. This is the reason Klaus has the name of Kenneth’s son. Lankmann is a human, and his appearance in the ARG is how people under the effects of the Veldigun’s illusions see him. More information here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2mavLRrhK6Yf5s.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/a5isutVqZs3Ihps.html Though you did say that Pastra said anything revealed before the series isn’t important, so a lot of stuff probably changed.

@jonathangoodwin5609

Жыл бұрын

I guess this would also explain Clyde in KZread videos. This could be his origin story, and eventually he will take on the name and personality of 'Clyde'.

@-alovelygaycat-

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathangoodwin5609 I believe either Clyde or Winfrey got their original personality from a schizophrenic painter. Someone in the KZread comments gave me a link with a bunch of info about the Veldigun but it was before even the ARG so idk how canon it is.

Kruger's disfigured face triggers a fear in me. I have a deep fear of a kind of warping on a realistic human face, like the fetus from Resident Evil Village, and that gets me. Idk why it gets me so bad but omg...

Love Pastea, they have such a cool insight in games and are just so enjoyable to listen to

Pastra is such an inspiration to me, story and art wise! I'm so glad he's getting much more attention, he truly deserves it!

Wow this really is a great ARG, even the name “Dreams of an Insomniac” is really chilling. Great video man👍 keep it up can’t wait to see more from you

This was a pretty awesome video! I always love this kind of content because i really physically can't watch horror content in general despite being fascinated by it due to my extreme case of phasmophobia, thanks for helping me finally check out this series that I was always curious about!

I like how Clyde normally looks like a spooky guy who wants to have fun, but in DOAI his artist rendition actually makes look really creepy.

Thank you so much for making this. I like hearing rundowns or reactions to horror related stuff before watching it myself(big scaredy cat that way), and it’d looked so cool from everything I had seen in teasers etc and I was a huge fan of Pastra’s writing during the Lankmann ARG so I knew this would be good. I can now proceed to watch the series and still manage to get completely scared.

29:00 maybe if humans can be turned into Veldigunds (prolly spelled wrong) then he’s not kidnapping to eat, he could be kidnapping to help his species stay alive?? Maybe lankman and his foundation view this as wrong (I’m inclined to agree, seems traumatic and physically painful for the kid) and want to protect the people of the town from Clyde

Thanks for this video! I watched it before I went to school today. Really brightened up my morning! ☺️

I love Pastra and have been looking for a Channel that reviews dreams of an insomniac so thank you SO MUCH for reviewing this series

As a fan of analogue/VHS horror i am pleased As also a Pastra fan i AM MORE THAN DELIGHTED i live the series and i love your reviews!

19:35 Oh we tried, we tried hard, but pastra's low quality image and his psychological warfare attacks stopped us.

This is really well made and I'm excited to see where it goes, while I don't find pastra's character that scary, the quality and world building is really good, as well as the dialogue

not gonna lie, i really like the ai generated images, really adds to the uncanny valley vibe

It's so cool to see Pastra's work getting covered by other youtubers!

So glad to see DOAI getting featured, the series definitely deserves more recognition and praise!!

It’s so strange how The Smiling Snatcher and Clyde can have the same design and yet I’ll be terrified of The Smiling Snatcher watching DOAI and then be laughing alongside Clyde in the very next upload.

man i hope we get more of this from pastra soon, its cool

I don't know if pastra had read this piece but there is a book named "end of the childhood" which tells the story of mankind making contact with an alien species that came to earth to aid them on their daily lives. And uhm, spoiler alert: the alien species mankind made contact with actually looks like the interpretation of the devil. However they are not evil, they are just feared by the humans because in the past they showed themselves to mankind and later showed them the greatest fear of a species can have. Which caused humans to have an unconscious fear of the devil in religion. Oh also in the book, god is non existence and the religion is made up? It's a bit complicated and doesn't really explain much but that is what it implies. I hope this comment helps people to see this series in a new lens!

PASTRA'S SERIES GOT FEATURED?! 2 of my favorite channels together!!!

I love this series so much and it is a genuine inspiration for my upcoming comedy horror series: The Blind Demon Show!

honestly I really appreciate how it takes you out of the experience for a moment, when I found my first ARG (Welcome Home) it stressed me out when everything I looked up about it (Wikipedia pages, official page, etc) implied that it was real. I kind of knew in the back of my mind that it probably wasn’t, but the fact that it was so difficult to find confirmation really bothered me.

DOAI is absolutely underrated, and seeing it finally get the recognition it deserves is just satisfying.

18:17, genuinely didn’t expect to laugh in an analog horror analysis 😭 also.. relatable 😂

Mecha made a video on all the pre-DoaI info we got. One of the things the say is that Lankmann is a crazy human who experiments on veldiguns. They also mention how Clyde kills Lankmann and becomes the leader of veldiguns but this could be something that happens later on it the series

@dmuted

Жыл бұрын

That's unfortunately irrelevant, as Pastra has said that no information from before DOAI matters to the series

@animatronicsgamer

Жыл бұрын

@@dmuted ah sucks

Gosh im so glad to see some of Pastra's work get some recognition!

I enjoyed seeing Pastra’s take on analog horror.

AYYYYYYYYYY PASTRA'S SERIES! SOMEONES TALKING ABOUT IT! He's moving up in the world :D

The actual definition of underrated unlike many other things. DOAI is legitimately underatted, none of the episodes even cross 240k views at this time while other less quality analog horror videos get millions of views, the newest entry took 1.5 years to make and it didn’t pay off in terms of people seeing it as unfortunate it is, it kinda makes me angry tbh

I love that the face that appears behind officer Kruger in Volume 0 is the uncensored version of his mutilated face. Great foreshadowing

I've found myself spending over an hour watching this guy... I love it

Did anybody else here "the Freeman" whenever he said the name of the monsters😂

@ic0nic707

Жыл бұрын

Follow Freeman!

This kind of makes me think of “The Black Phone” for some reason. But I love analog horrors. I’ve already listened to the popular ones so finding ones like this is a treat.

This is probably a bit off topic, but I just love how far FNaF as come for it's music to be used in analyzing not just a analog horror creator, but a FNaF content creator as well.

Im so happy that someone saw Pastra's arg and made a video about it

I’m so happy pastra’s analogue horror series is getting love

10:06 you forget that veldigan can change their appearance!

I think the face is kruger himself, after his encounter with "Clyde"

I dabble in some of pastras videos, and I've figured there's lore, but never knew there was a series

I’m terrified of the drawings of Clyde they look so terrifying

23:14 important to note that these phrases about being terminated are also shared with a lot of SCP content, so that may also be a connection between the lankmann foundation and the SCP foundation, or maybe I’m just grasping at straws

26:40 _aw hell naw, the Falcon was here... where's the Winter Soldier?_

Great video!

Seeing Clyde drawn in such realistic and disturbing ways scared me shitless.

Lankman is now contained here at the Tarlov Asylum. Side note: we’re currently trying to find the other Valds

Honestly Pastra is one of my favorite creators on this platform, and Dreams of an Insomniac is one of the only Analog Horror series that legit scared me. So why the fuck have I only heard this now?

quick side note, Lankmann IS NOT a Veldigun, he only appears the way he does because of a sort of subliminal messaging that Winfrey created that follows him around that makes people hallucinate that this is what he looks and sounds like. There can only be 6 existing Veldiguns at any given point in time, and those 6 are: Clyde, Winfrey, The Flock, Simon, Jack, and Klaus

Nice vid :)

The picture behind officer kruger when he says that he'll "find the children and catch the culprit" is himself in the future when he got attacked

13:04 omg land ursula? I'm sorry this actually does seem like a bomb series and I love it already

I cut wood in the Forrest, and i decided to listen to this video as I do, I almost shit myself when I heard the knocking in the video

I only knew this guy as a youtuber who likes horror games! I had no idea he had a analog horror!

10:02 since Clyde can just twist, stretch, and contort himself himself like a creepy elastigirl or Mr fantastic in pastra’s vids, he probably moves them around just because he can. Hell he can even grow limbs and stuff like the thing

I think that I might know what that face was hidden beneath Officer Kruger. I think that it was him after the smiling snacher attacked him.

I Never knew Clyde was wearing a onesie I thought it was just how His body looked like

I couldn't even finish the first episode. Wonder what makes this series so good.

The fact that Clyde seems to be the bad guy blows my mind. I would have expected the mascot character to be the good guy.

Man Pastra really is a Jack of all trades isn’t he?

It'd be very interesting if Lank is a chaotic good in this series. That or he's merely a competitor to The Smiling Snatcher.

I’m guessing lankmann is trying to get rid of any and all competition by mimicking a business man, running a foundation trying to deal with his own kind, and do as he pleases. He’s also a control freak in pastra’s vids so maybe he just wants control of the veldiguns

Fascinating truly fascinating….. That raw power and ability’s it’s intelligent as well! A formidable opponent indeed, I might get a closer look….after all he can’t harm something that doesn’t have a physical form…

YOU GOT A SHOUTOUT FROM PASTRA THATS AWSOME!

As a insomniac, can confirm this is what my dream looks like

If you're curious about how an insomniac dream, they daydream

I reality like your videos. Also you should check out artis named soulbrine. Idk if he makes analog horror ,but he recently started a new horror series.

18:22 That's awesome!

Pastra also voices the "whispering kid" in the as of writing this comment, latest episode. He does a great job in my opinion, not only writing and directing this, but straight up voice acting in it as well.

i love this series!