A Plague Tale Requiem Has a Hidden Threat

[@ottozumkeller]

This video is literally the best in-depth psychological analysis of A Plague Tale on KZbin. Really a Masterpiece. You have implemented the visual design and OST of Requiem incredible well in this video. Hope this gets more recognition.

[@purroblematic]

comment for the algorithm gods!! MAN I'm so into your analyses. I've so rarely seen anything on this game, and I loooooove your delivery and observations. I've been binging your videos - I hope more people find them!! Thank you for all your work ♥

[@TheTuubster]

25:00 The "Macular" from my point of view is a metaphor for sociopathy caused by trauma in a child prepositioned to become sociopathic by experiencing violence (and the "thresholds" are the stages of sociopathy developing in the psyche). The rats are a metaphor for the force of destruction which a sociopath can bring back into the world as a mirror of the violence experienced. Hugo himself even becomes a metaphor for WMDs, with psychopaths like the count seeking to possess it to use it as protective shield and force to destroy, and in the end Hugo literally "going nuclear" turning Marseille into a Ground Zero. So for me the story is both about trauma but also about sociopathy/psychopathy and both Amicia and Hugo are a mirror of the violence they experience and the story shows their struggle to maintain their humanity. While Amicia due to being more mature could win that struggle, Hugo lost that struggle, gave himself "over to the Macula" (became a sociopath) and reflected the violence he experienced back into the world, harming others like he was harmed.

[@Bobthepetferret]

Interesting perspective! Not really thought of it that way but I can see it.

[@miles_tails0511]

Excellent nonlinear, character-centric take! I didn’t quite get why Amicia did the mass killing in the barn, and you explained it in the most satisfying way 👍

[@Bobthepetferret]

Glad it helped! It seemed obvious to me, so the video was mostly just praise for the depiction, but I suppose it does make sense that not everyone would instantly understand what was happening there.