terf hands touched this

Aaand no one really cares lmfao.

Why would anyone be mad?

You mentioned Hogfather 🥲.

Thank you for making this video. I first played The Cat Lady several years ago, 2016 or thereabouts, and it certainly changed how I see the medium of videogames. I adore that game. I had never thought of it as cathartic, but it very much is. You feel so refreshed after finishing the game, though "refreshing" is an odd description for the story. Thank you for your work.

this is probably the best bloodborne video ever

This is a great video. I never really looked at this way. Gonna replay it with this perspective!

Absolutely LOVED this ❤

I haven't played this game but I definetely will after watching this essay that you so wonderfully explained,I am a latina and I have always suffered with my menstruations,being both,emotionally draining and physically damaging, I find this completely fascinating, I think women in games are portrayed in just one way or another,either completely insane or sexually attractive,I think this game respects our time and at the same second,how wonderfully bittersweet is our lives, how strong,how weak,how we bleed throughout all of our lives without no one noticing a single thing,only when we scream out in pain,we are labeled insane. Another great game that puts this theme very well is Silent Hill 3 one of my favorite games, but it tackles something way more horrifying as teenage pregnancy and unwanted babies (Silent Hill 4 too) Thank you for sharing,sweetie.

Hiii! I found your channel after looking for blood borne analyses and now that my schedule has cleared up, I’ve queued up a bunch of your other vids. They’re so well made and I thoroughly enjoyed listening :) Lovely to get to see some of my favorite older games also get some appreciation

Great essay, thanks for sharing.

Cute vid. Now do bayonetta

One of the best video essays on Bloodborne that I've seen, great work!

woah dude... we're like, born, from blood....

Ok fine I'll watch that episode off DS9 again. (Also that episode really hit me in the feels. I knew that the prophets werent the ones torturing Sisko with the memories and he's the one leading them around in his mind but it still hits so hard when its revealed to him) Also that bat plush's face reenacting the scene is priceless. Also where do I get that bat

Was that a Hogfather reference in the first minute? Love it!

what a brilliant analysis! we need more actual in depth content like this

33:14 in the Japanese version, it’s actually Rom the *stupid* spider instead of just “vacuous”

As a man, I’m not uncomfortable talking about female biology or childbirth, I just don’t think about it all that much, mostly because I have never and will never experience any of these issues things and it’s not my place to offer any opinions.

Ew. Blood

FOR THE LADIESSSSSSSS

I audibly said "women have it so hard in this world" about halfway through. Great video essay! Really made me think about things.

I had made those connections for sure, as Bloodborne is not exactly subtle. But it is super interesting to see a woman's direct perspective on it. Great video.

That was very beautiful ♥

I KNEW there was a reason why I loved Bloodborne I love it more than Eldin Ring 💍

Wait, it was all about menstruation? Female Players of Bloodborne: *Always has been.*

Rewatching this again. Still my single favorite Bloodborne essay <3

The music sources, Terry pratch3tt quotes and obvious anti terf statements, this woman knows how to make me very nostalgic and very welcome, no KZbinr has earnt a subscription so quickly from me. Thanks for being cool 😊

I feel like ariana is the most unappreciated character in bloodborne. She's one of only very few who will not try to kill you, under any circumstances. And on top of that she's actually quite a nice person. I also like how she isn't a belittling or demonising portrayal of a sex worker, as i feel like it is a very much misunderstood and disrespected profession. All of this makes it all the more sad that no matter what her story ends horribly.

I explored, explored, and explored this game and never considered this angle 😂 thanks for the video. Very enlightening to a dense man like me. My mom had 9 boys, no girls, so yeah I never heard much about girls upbringing and what women deal with biologically. Even as a man, there's still a lot I don't know or forget because I don't deal with it frequently

Me who has never played this game and probably never will: instresting.

Hats off to you, madame! T'was best Bloodborne analisys I've ever heard! It explained much more, than a bunch of lore videos.

Okay, lemme preface my thoughts by stating: WANTING A CHILD IS NOT INHERENTLY A FEMININE OR MATERNAL THING. Men do want children too. So! I always assumed the Moon Presence was a female because of the way it reaches out to place the Hunter in Gehrman’s place after freeing him. What was a little unnerving to me was that only human female characters such as, Queen Yharnam, Arianna and Iosefka become pregnant meaning, the Great One that “blessed” them with a child was a Male Great One. In many cases mothers have a stronger connection to their children, and in many confirmed cases where mothers gain something called Hysterical Strength, causing them to go into fits and frantic episodes. I know my thoughts and explanations may fall flat, and I’m not even sure where I’m going with this, but it always got me with the way it grabs the Hunter thinking (she?) will gently reach out, embrace her new child and the Hunter will just be all obedient and watch over the dream. Until we, the player, having consumed the umbilical cords, show defiance against what is essentially our “Eldritch Mother” and ascend humanity.

wow what a masterpiece, thank you so much for making this video!

This is a well put together and informative essay, kudos! This brought to light some themes I had only vaguely connected before. And while I still personally hold the opinion that menstruation/pregnancy are a little less important to the story as a whole (they're clearly present, but the way I see it they're more vessels to carry the message rather than a core message themselves), upon reflection I certainly agree they're more pivotal to the running themes than I'd previously thought. Again, props on this video! Very well put together, articulate, and logical.

great video!! you inspired the final essay for my class on thriller media, im writing about how bloodborne can be interpreted as a female gothic like Du Maurier's Rebecca or Siodmak's The Spiral Staircase :)

“If you have a functioning uterus you are capable of carrying children, but it’s not your purpose.” Hearing this gave me chills

This explains why trans femmes are so obsessed with this game! (It's because we have good taste xD) Great video, thank you~

1:07 where is this from?

28:03 IS THAT OMORI SOUNDTRACK FROM INSIDE HUMPHREYYYYY

I’ve just finished playing Bloodborne for the first time and this video along with VaatiVidya helped me understand aspects of the game that I didn’t catch. I am sad that it took me so long to play Bloodborne but am glad I finally have, treasuring this experience of a video game forever

Just discovered the channel, and I've already added this video go my "best video essay" playlists. Amazing video, can't wait for more ❤

Don’t the enemies summoned by the bell ringing women come from blood too?

Is that forgotten crossroads background music I hear??

Awesome video but also +1 respect for the darkwood music

"If you have a functioning uterus, it means you’re capable of having children, but it’s not your purpose." → Honey Bat just shared the Eldritch Truth with all of us. Seriously, though, this was the moment I went from mindlessly watching my nth Bloodborne analysis to giving a like and actually paying full attention.

It makes me so happy to see someone else refer to Moon Presence as feminine. The number of times I've gotten a sideways look when I say "she" when referring to her was driving me mad lol

Blood, pregnancy, womanhood, pain, stress - All horrors pass through your ancestors

great video

Wow, this was such a nice refreshing view of the world in a time where everything feels hopeless! I love the use of one of my favorite games, TWDG, as a vessel for that hopeful narrative :) ILL DEFINITELY CHECK OUT DARKWOOD TOO!! You did beautifully on this video and I hope you make many more :D 💗