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Super Eyepatch Wolf: Horror in Impossible Places Liminal Spaces and The Backrooms Reaction Part A
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@MavrosStJohn 3 ай бұрын

Yume Niki was mentioned a few times in other Super Eyepatch Wolf videos, like I'm pretty sure he mentioned it in the Undertale and Fake Video Games videos as inspirations for the works he showed.

@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 3 ай бұрын

And the KZbinr Gobou keeps the Yume Niki Fandom alive with his awesome animations.

@Timmytimmy123123 3 ай бұрын

8:28 This isn't from a video game, this is an actual hotel. It's the Crowne Plaza London Heathrow T4

@Airier 3 ай бұрын

😮 Woah. Never would have known about that. Thanks. 😁👍

@WolfanTerror Ай бұрын

Holy shit I thought it looked familiar I've actually been there

@WishBone-ht2mx 3 ай бұрын

8:29 Fun Fact! This is not from a video game, but is a location in real life! It’s some part of an airport, if I remember correctly

@viwererschoice4454 3 ай бұрын

Normally, your pausing doesn't bother me, and I understand it's necessary for this kind of content. However, there were moments where the pauses felt almost stuttered, and I think you missed some key bits in S.E.W.'s narration. "Liminal Spaces" are all about the lack of context. Those dark and shadowed corners? You were so close when you said they were hiding something. That "something" is the underlying story, and I believe those liminal photos are meant to convey a feeling of ambiguity. "What is the wider world where this image fits in?" "Why am I here?" These questions are answered by the broader narrative, but the photos alone don't provide that. It also seemed like you latched onto the word "Horror" really early on. These images aren't necessarily "Horror," much like the uncanny valley effect isn't "Horror" by itself but in our understanding of what comes next. These images are similar to that. That "Dreamlike" quality he talked about? It covers both good dreams and nightmares. Have you ever tried to map out what happened in a dream, what you did, and where you went? I often find myself thinking, "This makes no sense. This space would never fit inside that building," or something similar. That's the missing link in these images. How does this fit into my reality, and why does it feel like I've been here even though this place doesn't follow the rules of reality? That's why everyone gets different mileage out of these liminal spaces; they hit that feeling of nostalgia. Like that image at the end with the diner booth-it feels like a liminal image that evokes a feeling, superimposing all memories of anything remotely similar and averaging them together. It's like taking a photo of a person you went to high school with every day of their life from birth to age 20, then putting that in a video so it looks like the face smoothly morphs. Now invert that, show the reverse, and loop it, and you'll see a video that feels like you've lost the thread. Everything looks right for a bit in the middle of the teen years, but it also feels "Other," like this isn't how you remember this person. I have serious depression, and I experience nostalgia not as a fond memory but as something I lost and can never get back. So, I get the feeling of both nostalgia and existential horror so much that some pictures, if I think about them too much, can bring on panic attacks. I understand "Liminal Horror" quite well, but I also understand that my experiences aren't universal. I can appreciate what an image can make others feel. Sorry for rambling, but I felt you might have missed a bit of the beauty in what Super Eyepatch Wolf was talking about. This world needs less horror and more beautiful concepts. Anyway, I love your coverage of Eyepatch's videos and look forward to part 2.

@Airier 3 ай бұрын

A lot of my thoughts on liminal space art is DEFINITELY influenced by my own cowardice. I scare easily, so the vague unknown in the dark spaces creeps me out even more than anything horrific actually could.

@SickSomno 3 ай бұрын

One of the things that gets me about liminal imagery I see a lot like Dreampools or hallways is that the most uncanny ones never have anything to sustain life. No water coolers or fountains, no potted plants, no places to sit, no handrails, no vending machines, no sign of any temperature controls or light switches, no magazine racks, no clocks, no calendars. No actual control or way to interact with the environment in any meaningful way. Nothing to pass the time while there or tell what time it actually is. I can't see the source of light out the window. Is it sunlight? or is it artificial light? I can't reach the window for a better look. How long have I been here? How much farther was it? I'm getting tired and my throat is getting dry. I could sit on the tile but its always slightly damp and not cold enough to cool myself down. I shudder just imagining it. Its like hostile architecture but instead of making only targeted people uncomfortable it makes...anything human uncomfortable.

@GRIM1NE06 3 ай бұрын

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@damienwallace9493 3 ай бұрын

YESSS

@najpotenicewolf934 3 ай бұрын

I actually can find liminal spaces unsettling or comforting. It really depenends on my mood, lights, whether the space feels familliar to me. For example, I find empty parking lots at night unsettling, as I would probably feel very vulnerable as rather weak, alone woman. While some of those are comforting and relaxing. It's also interesting how many people from Europe and other parts of the world do not feel this connection to certain architecture typical only in the US. We can only have some familiarity from American movies, but don't share as much of this nostalgia, as we never experienced it personally.

@synderthmc 3 ай бұрын

8:20 this place is real. Its an airport hotel in london And the original backrooms location was actually found. It was a long demolished building in oshkosh wisconsin that was turned into a Revolution Raceway

@Airier 3 ай бұрын

Woah. I'm actually curious how that managed to track that down after it was demolished. 😮

@Shythalia 3 ай бұрын

@@Airier Farrel McGuire made a pretty good video about it.

@Shythalia 3 ай бұрын

42:16 The Complex is not VR. There's a curve in the visuals because your player character is holding a camera.

@delrodriguez9422 3 ай бұрын

I love that Arier is reacting to this Supereyepatchwolf video its obe of my favorites and is pretty underrated in terms of reactions just like my favorite game of all time in Stars and Time especially the Jello video

@masqueraid988 3 ай бұрын

The horror of liminal spaces is dissociation. It is a defense mechanism i have dealt with to the negative side.

@matthewdougherty1159 3 ай бұрын

44:10 i remember reading about this "game" the game maker was high on LSD or some other thing and wrote it all down and made this 🤣

@SPEEDY4004 3 ай бұрын

plus iirc that game got a big remake/revamp in the last 2-3 year - think did see some other youtubers play that game though this is the first time for me seeing anything from the original version of the game mfg Olli

@Monofett 3 ай бұрын

haha you spelt remember as remeber wahahahahaha. also, FINALLY. ya should also see Everywhere At The End Of Time. the deep dive video, not all of the album since its 6 hrs long. its about dementia

@Airier 3 ай бұрын

Gotta fix that title. 🤔

@Monofett 3 ай бұрын

@@Airier finally, got the grammar down. considering the everywhere at the end of time deep dive idea?

@MySerpentine 3 ай бұрын

It's pronounced something like 'sow-in,' because Gaelic is spelled specifically to piss off the English LOL

@matthewdougherty1159 3 ай бұрын

22:55 the ending of Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land vibes

@Airier 3 ай бұрын

... This is the first time I've ever heard of that. 😮

@matthewdougherty1159 3 ай бұрын

@@Airier a look at old Disney kzbin.info/www/bejne/np2Ze3esab96bbc enjoy lol

@angelsinthewindow 3 ай бұрын

I never heard of Liminal or Margin before of being a middle ground, but I feel like it is similar to the 'uncanny Valley' that can be in some videos. Where something has a almost real and yet not real resemblance to the human body. We see these things in CG where someone created a character with realistic proportions and textures but its slightly off to make it feel a bit eerie. I know one such picture going around to explain it would be a stuffed bear with human teeth. The way he talks about Liminal, it sounds like what sets off my anxiety, a unknowing of the future and the 'uncertainty' of what my choices will make. If you take it in that way, then if you look at a possibility map (within a game or any branching future/Universe theory), then all the lines that you put into there for the different choices are also considered Liminal from one defining point A could go to multiple Bs and its your choice that will choose what B you go to. This explains why I was so drawn to a picture of a side walk going through a large grove of trees going out into the distance. The enjoying something another doesn't just reminds me of ASMR videos and how I don't like them but others do.

@CursedHatter 3 ай бұрын

Fun fact a Minecraft’s did make a pool bathroom dimension he removed the end replaced it with his trapped his friends in it then made a even deeper lvl that’s dark af and has giant angler fish that eat you if you fall into the wrong chunk

@matthewdougherty1159 3 ай бұрын

33:05 😐this is going to sound sad but all of these Liminal Spaces and The Backrooms were my childhood when i was younger like single digit to mid teens i was helping my family work painting/remodeling in these places, home schooled in empty houses, malls after closing time, dorms, hotels, doing teardowns. even now i feel safer in these places and when i was in the Army these Liminal Spaces and Backrooms, abandoned urban areas were where we trained a lot and feels more like home than home. just me 🤔

@Airier 3 ай бұрын

That's probably more on the comforting side he mentioned. This is more familiar territory, so it makes sense if it's more comforting. 🤔😁👍

@Sevensilversuns 3 ай бұрын

@@Airier i would love to exist in eternal present. Nothing but all to live in nothing but every hall and room that conects to an empty wall, just me and those who hide betwen the doors

@Alpharius93 3 ай бұрын

Looking forward to your thoughts on the next part of the video:)

@garbage_bin2739 3 ай бұрын

20:05 That infinite hotel hallway image reminded me of that one doctor who episode with the fake hotel and the minatour-like beast. That was such a cool episode.

@atmosfera9558 3 ай бұрын

21:10 Hilbert's hotel

@JulianDanzerHAL9001 3 ай бұрын

14:48 there are several companies named skynet as well as 3 military satellites

@Airier 2 ай бұрын

... 🤦‍♂️ I'm not even surprised.

@VooshSpokesman 23 күн бұрын

Love from a SuperEyepatchWolf and Vaush fan!

@greenhydra10 3 ай бұрын

It would make sense if you've heard of Yume Nikki before. The impact it has had on non-surface level popular culture is... difficult to overstate.

@the0neBoio 3 ай бұрын

finally, this is my favourite Super Eyepatch Wolf Video

@DragoSonicMile 3 ай бұрын

7:58 , Yeah. Let's all just kick back, relax, and crack open a Corona Light beer.

@Airier 3 ай бұрын

Don't you mean a Cervesas Crystal? What do you mean I missed the joke. I don't covid what you meme?

@firewheels5885 3 ай бұрын

If you're interested in some video recommendations for later, Nick Robinson has a some: This Is What a "Second-Person" Video Game Would Look Like (since you have done English stuff, it's something you might find interesting) I visited the infamous "Church of Maizono" (just go into it blind, trust me)

@yukimishima7854 3 ай бұрын

Waiting for Godot may be a bleak play, but it's also very funny. I saw the movie version and I still rewatch Lucky's speech all the time

@Ansixilus 3 ай бұрын

The Infinity Hotel is used to illustrate the difference between countable and uncountable infinities, to show that you can do math on countable infinities, but not uncountable ones. Basically, if a bus arrives with infinite new guests, you can check them in by moving all current guests to even-numbered rooms, thus creating an infinite string of odd-numbered vacancies that can accept the new guests. Voila, one infinity added to another, you're still left with infinity but you did successfully check in the new guests (addition function completed successfully). You can scale this up however much you please, have a ferry with a googol of busses, each with an infinite set of new guests, or have a spaceship with eleventy-gajillion oceans which each have umpteen-hundred googolplexes of ferries that have their own googol of busses... but you can just run the math anyway, and deal with the ridiculous number of infinities one at a time. The math continues working. The difference comes from an uncountable infinity. If you have a newly arrived planet with infinite busses of guests, then there's no mathematical operation that you can perform to ever add them to the Hotel. No matter how much math you do, there will always be infinitely more math awaiting. The number (infinity) is uncountable, and therefore cannot itself be dealt with via math. We can add infinities to or subtract them from each other, just like we can with normal variables in basic algebra, but if we cannot count them, then we cannot deal with them. A + A can be transformed into 2A, that's easy, the math works normally, but A + AB cannot be further changed. We can't count the unknown variables, so we can't know how it can be changed. It's one of those things where the math sounds mind-boggling, because most people who talk about it are mathematicians who don't understand how to explain it to non-mathematicians.

@breakfastatmilliways 2 ай бұрын

Okay, waiting for Godot isn’t amazing or anything but rozencrantz and guildenstern are dead which was directly based on it? One of the best plays/movies ever and so worth waiting for godot as a result.

@musicreatively 3 ай бұрын

I can find liminal spaces comforting,but the way it was described as "eventually everything here will be forgotten" is not comforting. Deep down I know that nothing is permanent. That my life will probably not be one that survives very long in the world's memories. But to be so blatantly confronted with that fact is not a comfortable sign to slam into with so little warning. Liminal spaces are comforting because as much as they are disconnected from reality, they are also so very connected to memory. Often the memories they connect most with me on are ones where I was with other people. Joys nearly forgotten but at the same time shared. Kindness that has etched its way into my mind so deep that echoes of it bring a soft joy. I do not live for what is truly forgotten, but for what remains even in fragments and shadows.

@damianstarks8974 2 ай бұрын

Opening the cabinets on a mirrored cabinet and stick your head in between them and look deep into the void…I think that could be liminal..mine has three mirrors so I stuck my head in between a triangle of mirrors so it looks really like the deep endless space like these..in a more odd feeling.

@r.l.r.7550 3 ай бұрын

Liminal spaces always make me feel a blissful Peace, not once has a liminal space alone made me scared or uneasy. Am I alone in this.

@Bibienneh 2 ай бұрын

WAIT YOU'RE IN A GREEN SCREEN???

@Airier 2 ай бұрын

Trying something new recently.

@mechaghost2003 3 ай бұрын

to paraphrase the fear of liminal spaces "You are not afraid of being alone in these spaces. You are afraid of not being alone in these spaces."

@frederikbuttenschn7562 Ай бұрын

I feel like that misses the point of liminal horror somewhat. In that case, it is not the places themself that are terrifying, but some entity within them. And if that’s the case, liminal spaces stop mattering in the equation. Something like House of leaves doesn’t draw on the fear of monsters and killers. Being alone there, forever lost in the maze, eternally falling into an endless abyss, is a big part of the terror in that work, as well as the more existential implications.

@mechaghost2003 Ай бұрын

@@frederikbuttenschn7562 *shrug* fair point, but honestly that would depend on the "victim" and the liminal space in question. like, if I was in the pools and didn't have to worry about food and water. hell, I'd stay in there forever or at least a long time.

@frederikbuttenschn7562 Ай бұрын

@@mechaghost2003 That is very true. I personally find many liminal spaces comforting, but I really love exploring the idea of horror in liminal spaces. Let's take a liminal space I usually find comforting, like a hotel. Let's imagine walking down carpeted corridors on the way to your room. You're walking, lost in thought, when it occurs to you that the room numbers have stopped making sense. Room 2b is directly adjacent to room 416, and next to that is a room C. You look at your key, and you realize you have no way of finding your room based on the numbers. You keep walking, endless identical rooms on either side of you. How long have you been here? It's hard to tell whether the dark outside is evening, early morning, or simply a painted surface directly outside the glass pane. Your phone and other belongings are in your room. and it strikes you that you don't remember which floor your room is on. You don't remember which floor you are on, either. You don't know how long you've been walking, or where you're headed. You haven't seen another person all this time. You hear something that might be chatter behind one of the doors, but you can't be sure. The buzzing of flourescent lights make it hard to pinpoint specific sounds. After what must be a good, long while, you find an elevator. Finally! You'll just take it down to the lobby, and the receptionist can help you find your room. You must be tired, that's all it is. Fortunately, the floor numbers in the elevator are the same as always. You hit the button for the lobby, and the door closes. You feel the elevator move, and it seems to move for a very long time, and in directions that don't make sense. There is no music, only the electronic hum of the lights. Finally, you arrive at the lobby. And as the doors open, you get a sinking feeling in you stomach. No front desk, no potted plants, no waiting area. Just another hallway with the same carpet, the same lighting, the same nonsensically numbered doors, the same darkened windows. Your feet are starting to feel heavy, and you're having trouble thinking straight. It's ridiculous, right? Surely, you've just gotten a bit lost on the way to...Were you heading to your room? You don't remember. You were heading to the lobby before, you remember that, but before that? Where were you going? You look again at your room key. There is no room number. You start banging on doors, screaming at the top of your lungs, to no avail. You still hear what might be voices behind the door. but if someone is there, they can't hear you. You move on to the next door, banging, screaming, trying to fit your key in the lock. Nothing. You keep going, and you keep going, and you keep going. That' is liminal horror to me. If a skeleton popped out and started chasing you through the hotel, the threat would be much more tangible, easier to understand and deal with. Being trapped somewhere completely isolated, in a space with no identity and no way out, is in my opinion horrifying. Sorry for the long rant, I am a horror nerd.

@fanita91 3 ай бұрын

Being in a hallway or luminal space is like being in limbo.

@Evilgamesvlogs 3 ай бұрын

Bro Minecraft is literally my favorite game

@Shythalia 3 ай бұрын

I guess the reason why I don't feel as terrified as you are with these images is because of how mundane they are to me in a strange way. The lighting can make some of them creepy and there are some that could creep me out if I think about it more, but all these images to me have their own beauty. They are mundanely beautiful in a surreal way. I like that. Edit: Add the fact that the images are lonely & seem quiet. That's something that can be peaceful or serene.