Film Theory: Beware the Living Flesh! (Vita Carnis)

[@silverbullet7691]

I love how Trimmings just sounding constantly distressed and looking completely miserable and confused. Clearly not having a Good Time™️ and people in this universe really went, “ah yes, a pet.”

[@arandomkobold8403]

Probably the most accurate depiction of people in any media, ever

[@liamlol1539]

Dont they excrete some kinda mind control odour that makes people think they're cute in-universe?

[@outdatedcakes]

​@@liamlol1539 wait huh?

[@liamlol1539]

@@outdatedcakes That yellow powder stuff that's used in food is speculated to have some mind altering abilities. I dunno if it's real tho, cuz i heard it in a reaction vid. Also matpat speculates it's the fungus stuff that the one other type(forgot the name) exhales. Also i just realized that they put crawl into the food, not trimmings. Sorry bout that. So basically what im tryin to say is that the powder spice makes people think trimmings are cute, essentially brainwashing them into adopting one.

[@silverbullet7691]

@@liamlol1539 there’s a creature in universe that does that with spores, the Hosts of Influence, but there doesn’t seem to be any reference to the trimmings being capable of that. However, that would be an interesting theory considering the abilities of other Vita Carnis creatures.

[@idioterich]

That harvester scene was something else. Really showed how far the creator was willing to go to show the ability of these things.

[@patricetierney4909]

My curiosity caused my crying

[@ricochet4674]

@@patricetierney4909 yea that hurt me a little bit when I went to look. I am consoled though that it isn't real lol.

[@Fog799]

@@patricetierney4909ikr

[@nartsadiku8249]

I came, i heard, i screamed

[@TRG_R17]

Reply 5

[@SCR3AM1NG_1D10T]

Fun Fact: At 13:59, during MatPat's debut introduction of The Singularity, you can see it's name as "Verum Carnis", and if translated from Latin to English, it means "the truth of the flesh." Pretty neat detail!

[@lilcrackerhead4698]

This is true

[@minicroissantt]

lol I was just going to comment that

[@Smene2346]

Why did I read that as verum cairns 😭 Like the place in Australia

[@smooches-the-deathmetal-bunny]

that sounds like a gojira song!

[@Jest1447]

Latin brain was going insane so I had to check it and it is in fact true. Verum being a neuter nominative noun "truth" and Carnis being a feminine genitive noun, in its case meaning "of flesh"

[@Ericcc9691]

The harvester was the most traumatizing and scariest in that one scene where it shows and allows you to hear what dying to it sounds like

[@ElMo-n9v]

ngl the child dying got to me way too much, just because it sounds SO REAL

[@NicolaDevins]

​@@ElMo-n9vFr

[@ilikotsagareishvili9364]

i was bracing for impact, turned down the volume and turned on a game when I heard him reference that

[@svetlanarebane]

i remember i watched it after a couple of edibles and honest to god i heard the screams for days dude do not watch analog horror high

[@TheFlame_Hawk]

​​@@ilikotsagareishvili9364same bro, especially since it's 11:30pm at the time of watching this

[@Rexotec]

Mat absolutely struggling to maintain composure while describing meatsnakes is today's life fuel

[@MrR2d2c3po10]

I recommend watching the GTLive episode for that one. My gosh that was great.

[@Rexotec]

@@MrR2d2c3po10 oh I did, i have been very eagerly waiting for the theory to drop for weeks ;)

[@toonasag]

​@@MrR2d2c3po10 I went to watch that after this. It's glorious😂

[@davidwaynemain]

His laugh was the physical embodiment of what goes through everyone's mind when they hear "meatsnake" 😂

[@arandomwalnut7373]

I still think of meat snakes as snakes with meat until matpat came and ruined it

[@faztastic-rz2nk]

Got a couple of easter eggs to point out: the scientific name displayed for the singularity is "Verum Carnis" which is Latin for "True meat;" another connection to it being the center of things. Also, the Vita Carnis documentary on the Mimic instructs you to not use any weapons you have, instead telling you to use them to block attacks (timestamp 6:31), while the Mimic Defense video tells you to aim for the head or legs (timestamp 3:20), and to "fight back". This, coupled with the suicidal content warning on the Mimic defense video points to the instructions being counter-productive.

[@ghasty8764]

wow

[@lego007guym8]

The creator of the series actually returned this later, making it so that fire arms do actually have an effect on these creatures.

[@Zenyx64]

the mimic defense video has a suicidical content warning on it because the guy in the second part says that the police reported the case as a suicide, despite obviously being more than that. that's right, they said the word twice during an intentionally hard to hear part of the video, and youtube automatically deems it suicidal content

[@stanleygage4767]

When I watched vita carnis I kinda got paranoid but its ok now 👍

[@buckethead60]

"Vita Carnis" also means the life of meat.

[@scapchappy7287]

Vita carnis is one of only a couple of analog horrors that truly scared and terrified me

[@XParasiteOctoling]

Tangi Virus made me scared of drinking water for the rest of the day

[@waldemarpolcyn6936]

i agree

[@waldemarpolcyn6936]

also fokinng bots

[@Rocco049]

@@waldemarpolcyn6936 yeah they’re so stupidly annoying

[@nessalottle2920]

Same!!!

[@cremator737]

Its pretty wholesome how the trimmings “noises” that it makes at night in the video is actually the trimming warning the owner of a mimic.

[@origaminosferatu3357]

Or is it calling the mimic to its location?

[@Basicbeegames]

😮

[@No0b_S41b0t4]

@@origaminosferatu3357*Vsauce music plays*

[@questprizm5691]

I swear whenever MatPat does an Analog Horror theory the world starts spinning again

[@treevee7376]

Exactly

[@notyoutube2599]

Yea

[@kanzakisroom6388]

The jump scares are getting good but don't work on me I know it's coming everytime a video comes out

[@gamersgamestorm8291]

But the world never stops spinning Oooooohhhhh

[@Fog799]

Yep

[@DallyASMR]

Matpat: "this analog horror is different since it doesn't have aliens" Also Matpat: "so these are aliens"

[@Professor_Brie]

They aren't aliens. It's only the singularity that is an alien, everything else is native to earth.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

They are from Earth too.

[@dantisek]

Hey it's just a theory

[@MR.DƏx1234]

@@dantisek A FILM THEORY

[@isaquedopao6667]

@@MR.DƏx1234 AAAAND Cut.

[@nerdyfoxes8000]

Nothing like seeing a couple of grown men burst out laughing at the words "Meat snake" being said in an analogue horror series. Never change, Team Theorist. Never change.

[@H_Hold]

Or Meat Sticks

[@havaismail-sx9nu]

meat snake

[@hhhauughh]

thank you film theory for opening my eyes to this obvious joke

[@aguywhoplaysgames]

"mammoth meatballs" "strange, thick, meaty world" hehe

[@Violet_thesomeone]

@@H_Hold :\ bruh

[@ciangriffin9630]

"Ready your meat snakes" is one of the best no-context Matpat sentences

[@arthurmartin4616]

It even sounds weird WITH context 💀💀

[@BirdieNoodle]

MatPat and the whole team are just funky and we’d all love them to stay that way

[@tacoo0c4t]

lets ready your meat snake boy😈

[@very_emo-veemo]

that’s exactly what I told the boys when they arrived at my house for a sleepover.

[@asri3l_dreemurr]

​@@very_emo-veemo 😨

[@divad7137]

In my opinion, this series manages to merge together speculative biology and evolution, sci fi and analog horror perfectly. Never seen something quite like this.

[@000あまいもが大好き]

kinda reminds me of Gemini home entertainment witch is odd because there so different but similar themes you should give it a watch

[@athazis1532]

​@@000あまいもが大好きSpace horror is so amazing for me as it includes speculative biology, sci fi and the unknown.

[@SwiftShotMillion]

In my opinion, this series manages to merge together speculative biology and evolution, sci fi and analog horror perfectly. Never seen something quite like this.

[@divad7137]

@@SwiftShotMillion bro, you just copypasted my comment, what?

[@SwiftShotMillion]

@@divad7137 no I didn't, you stole my comments

[@cyberdec3pt10n8]

Matpat and analog horror go together like peanut butter butter and jelly.

[@stormodin9537]

Yepp

[@shanojgopal3581]

No it goes together like bread and butter

[@XParasiteOctoling]

*Dead Children

[@Isabellaisthebest]

THEU DO

[@lordsingaming3884]

To bad the bread falls always butter side down

[@A.V-878]

5:46 "run,hide, and scream" We all have a little bit of trimmings in us

[@AnnasArtsAndStuff]

Yes

[@su4682]

Does it taste good?

[@hesselvanderwerff9813]

​@@su4682why would you ask that

[@rook5149]

Honestly, this is one of my favorite series ever, I'm very glad Matpat is doing theories about it!

[@rook5149]

@МеаtСаnуоn 🅥 nah but its kinda funny that u cant even use gramarly cuz u be getting acused of being a bot

[@rook5149]

@Tamara Lloyde WHAT IS GOING ON

[@rook5149]

@МеаtСаnуоn 🅥 YOU MF U FOOLED ME

[@Roderykz]

This is just SCP condensed. I don't understand why people like it so much

[@Biodrox]

Same

[@Mr.Pancake-7092]

My theory, is that the singularity and the monoliths create these sounds similar to radio waves to draw in all of the vita carnis. So the vita carnis are lured to things like televisions or radios, explaining why they took over that radio tower in the newspaper clipping. They were just confused and mistook the radio waves as a call from the monoliths or the singularity

[@Random_Guy305]

Nice theory, I wonder if we'll get more evidence for it in the future

[@DoPiMotion123]

👌

[@tuachixiong5232]

Fun Fact: On the little lore bit documenting the _Singularity_ it is labeled as Verum Carnis. Which, when translated, is Truth of Flesh or True Meat. Which, as Matpat already surmised via this video, is the reason why all of the Vita Carnis creatures are alive.

[@thejemogremlin7400]

“Ready your meat snakes” MatPat, my meat snake is always ready, like a true theorist’s would

[@Im2stylish]

:3333

[@ilove_slayer666]

ayo?🤨🤨

[@the.rizzler4996]

You got to have that meat snake ready before watching matpat

[@Alphawolfmangaming]

Goddamn, that mimic jumpscare was legitimately horrific. I am so glad I didn't watch this at night.

[@treehouse318]

watching it right now...😳😱🤣

[@snivydream]

Yea so glad ……….

[@PaxtonGillette-ge7pk]

I was gonna watch it at night, but thankfully I am smarter than that

[@F1guRas]

I remember finding this at night…. yeah I hardly slept and I definitely left halfway through

[@calebkeller5748]

Me at 2:01 AM: Hmmmmmmm...

[@Ryan1andonly]

Analog horror is one of the best kind of horror it's hard to comprehend what is going on but it's still sends chills down your spine

[@chickennbeans1888]

Agreed. Also spine*

[@rasmusgarbonzo1411]

my spune hurts

[@Ryan1andonly]

Small mistakes cause big embarassment

[@johnnycake9239]

@@chickennbeans1888 the Grammer police

[@chickennbeans1888]

@@johnnycake9239 Hey, just wanted to point it out for them. Didn't mean to come off as rude.

[@AuraPhoenix1500]

I honestly think that it would be such a great twist if the Singularity actually turned out to be largely positive or good in the end once it wakes up, with the cult around it being the real monsters. Probably not gonna happen, but considering the Prince was described as kind and helpful in the storybook, it'd be a neat twist if all the bad happenings and violent creations were accidents or unintended creations during the Singularity's slumber.

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

considering all the data from this video... it seems like it would be at least very hard (if possible at all) for such solution to be really convincing. I mean how the cult would have such great influence on the creatures seemingly being somewhat created by the "Singularity"? How would they of so vastly different nature than it?

[@geohiekim8705]

@@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV could easily be explained as a organic/non-conscious response like our own immune system or whatnot. The "prince's" body is seeking out nutrients to repair itself, and as a higher being its organic functions are seemingly intelligent enough to mimic humans but is completely out of the prince's control while he's asleep.

[@mouse2438]

​@@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV how it comes off to me is that the cult fed the "prince" humans and animals at the start, making the singularity than go after flesh organisms as the main source of food later on. Essentially training it to go after anything with flesh as it's all its known as a source for food.

[@taiya001]

@@mouse2438I thought the same. I feel the cult corrupted the “prince” by feeding it flesh.

[@justice8718]

The Prince is literally fSatan.

[@Dreamtoons.wyattmiller1980]

The Trimming is the Most oddly adorable little tiny flesh pie of cuteness i have ever seen.

[@Random-guy-on-yt]

Forbidden jellybean

[@fnaffangirl123]

I want one as a pet

[@theawemazingcrew9702]

Matpat and Dead Meat are easily my 2 favourite KZbin channels. Same vibe too. Just a group of really passionate people that love each other and love their audience and have a ton of fun making content for us

[@vassilus915]

EXACTLY. I could never put it to words, but that's exactly what this is.

[@psnexecutioner-_-3]

This is the most original analog horror i have seen. The creativity, the biology aspects, the realism and the scifi fantasy. Probably one of my favourites

[@sirwillswag5581]

Eh, while it’s definitely good. I would definitely say Gemini Home entertainment is a huge inspiration for this project

[@rubiodarkyeti5927]

@@sirwillswag5581Just because other analog horror series have red meat monsters too, doesn't make this series any less original. These days everything's been done at least once, you could take literally any piece of media and you'd find another similar one.

[@thegeneralgamer4921]

@@sirwillswag5581 In what way? I'd say it's more like Medelo Catelogs than Gemini, and even then it's not less original to be inspired by something else; nor can you really even know if it was inspired, you're just making assumptions. To dock it because you happen to know about something that's slightly similar in some very loose ways doesn't seem fair

[@sirwillswag5581]

@@thegeneralgamer4921 well, that’s my point it’s not particularly original but it’s still entertaining.

[@simonx760]

It felt like alternate universe Sarkis cult

[@lightnight9822]

After watching the harvestor a couple months ago I was very terrified to go outside a bit. What’s worse was I had to go to the forest to walk my dogs so that was fun. I can say that I did get nightmares from that video of people getting killed by harvestor, If you haven’t watched it and want to watch it- please don’t. To simplify it there’s lots of screaming and gore.

[@LiamDillen]

If its that bad I'll take your word for it thanks for the save and many nights of sleep

[@reddragger2624]

Could you give me the link???

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

​@@reddragger2624 look up species anomaly report

[@reddragger2624]

@@AHHHHHHHH21 I will probably do that

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

@@reddragger2624 just be careful. It's not for the faint of heart

[@Space-Milk]

*crying and crossing my fingers watching the title* “He’ll make it funny, he’ll make it funny” *it’s midnight and I am scared*

[@lexyshannon9428]

So glad I wasn't the only one who found the Trimmings to be strangely adorable and endearing

[@valsegovaval]

I would live in a universe with unimaginable horrors, just to own one as a pet.

[@lexyshannon9428]

@@valsegovaval agreed.

[@satgurs]

@@valsegovaval disagreed. what's the point of owning a pet if you're gonna get killed anyways

[@valsegovaval]

@@satgurs I'll die happy. Something I can't achieve in this world.

[@kgddugvjj]

​@@valsegovavaldamn.

[@Azyks03]

I had a nightmare a few years ago where there was something just like the crawl stuck to my grandparents wall, the thing just kept expanding until someone I couldn't regonize touched it by accident and started to scream, then I woke up.. because the stupid alarm synchronized with the man's scream

[@fande5621]

I had one about a mimic

[@rogerminnick6470]

That reminds me of when I had a dream where my Alexa started saying some weird things. Alexa started to make creepy and annoying noises when I tried to go to bed. My parents were in the other room and I had to yell what was happening to them because my mom is not the best at hearing. It turns out, when I woke up that weird noise is just some birds.

[@noahsteadmaneatsschoolfoods]

Same

[@jnation8649]

@@rogerminnick6470 LMAOOO 😭😭

[@BLET_55artem55]

​​@@rogerminnick6470 Birbs be givin' nightmares 💀

[@EnigmaHarper]

This makes me want Matpat to go into Mystery Flesh Pit National Park, except that is all text based. So i don't know how he'd make it into a video. But it is one of the most interesting and creepy unfiction I've read in awhile.

[@Idaho-Cowboy]

Literature Theory?

[@Samdafurry]

There are images and audio to the whole thing. Wendigoon did a fantastic video about it.

[@EnigmaHarper]

@@Samdafurry I do love Wendigoon's video on it. It is fantastic!

[@Samdafurry]

@@EnigmaHarper I whole heartedly agree!

[@somniumoflight276]

Heck yeah man, Mystery Flesh Pit National park would be a fun one to see him cover!

[@Simply_Useless]

He's making a chapter 2, only 1 video has been released yet but keep your eyes peeled

[@su4682]

😭

[@_snail9234]

The meat snakes remind me of the “Wife of the Thunderer” story. It’s a Native American story, and it’s about this girl who meets the Thunder Gods and they tell her about an evil serpent that eats the dead buried bodies of her people. It poisoned the rivers for more food, and comes out once a year I think to feast. It just reminded me of the Native American story, and it’s cool to think that the meat snake might’ve been inspired by it!

[@sndalmri]

that's actually a really interesting story

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

Woah, that’s cool! Is it specific to any tribe? Are there different variations of it depending on the area?

[@_snail9234]

@@one-onessadhalf3393 I'm not actually sure, but I learned about it in my mohawk class👍

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

@_snail9234 Neat!

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa0]

I love these types of analog horrors. the ones where u wanna watch it, but u know u will be paranoid for 2 weeks if u do it.

[@Ihaves0mepr0blems]

MatPat makes me feel like I'm not alone when it comes to being weird 😭

[@lexcrozer7049]

W

[@Ihaves0mepr0blems]

@МеаtСаnуоn 🅥 thanks man I needed an explanation but he came back so it's igh

[@Mangoonistgamer12344]

It is an alternate history

[@anthonbartholomew796]

Same, I start to feel normal and at home when I watch these videos

[@thetwins6140]

I think the creator realized that the mimics were getting too popular, so they decided to show off the true horrors thats is the harvester.

[@NvmIGotASweatShirt]

In the harvester documentary, the harvesters density/population start to move toward the island. I think this is the critters/humans giving food to to the prince/singularity, and in the next videos we will see other entities begin to move toward the island with the monoliths as well.

[@Psrj-ad]

When i first came across vita carnis i knew it was something iv been yearning for. Its such a good and original horror concept. I really hope it gets the appreciation it deserves.

[@thegeneralgamer4921]

@@Chaoticallyepic Just because it has fleshy monsters too doesn't mean it's not original lol. It's like saying no two movies that involve humans can be the original or no two movies involving animals can be the same

[@clone_gamer2331]

Its always amazing to see matpat get a theory out of his large magic hat, and then explain it so it doesnt seem so random

[@BULLZIERADAR]

I refuse to believe style theory existed 10 months ago.

[@princesschanelsworld6662]

A year ago now :]

[@ExcaliburYToffical]

As an Canadian I confirm that massive humanoid creatures are standing in a circle around Hudson’s bay Edit: holy smokes 982 likes! That’s the most I’ve gotten in my 5 years on the internet, thanks!

[@cooperdixon]

As a Canadian as well I do confirm

[@rolin8076]

@@cooperdixon As a Canadian as well I also confirm

[@Vanziethel]

And with them we shall rule the world.

[@cooperdixon]

@@Vanziethel please relax ok, just chill

[@Vanziethel]

@@cooperdixon No, Americans have looked down on us spelling words with the letter u for too long! Canada shall rise! Nations will fall before our might!

[@hambonej]

I love how fast this went from being enamored by gore turtles and glutton worms to unadulterated fear

[@nessalottle2920]

Omg I’ve been waiting for Matpat to go over this series. It’s very interesting and too real 😵‍💫

[@bradlydorsey6864]

Bchgjhhyyuhgg

[@XParasiteOctoling]

I remember seeing it before the series got more popular and I’m so happy it did

[@primetime2136]

I love it home now since all the theories are out the channel logos, all combined kind of remind me of a bopit

[@_neophyte]

nice pfp

[@MhmdMC]

He has reactions to the videos on gtlive

[@Babbleplay]

Thanks for fleshing out this horror concept.

[@Werewolf914]

That mimic thing is definitely nightmare fuel, I'll never trust my furniture again, it's real spooky, I agree it is one of the most original in a very long time

[@General-Z6]

Yeah it's gonna be a while before I can sit in my living room alone

[@VernulaUtUmbra]

@@General-Z6 If I had a nickel for every time a piece of horror media made me freak out about my furniture, I'd have two nickels. That isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice. The first time was Junji Ito

[@santicar10]

This series, whilst I haven’t seen much of it, is incredibly well produced, and looks to have a high production value

[@itrashcant7947]

Rip your reply section; it’s full of bots

[@santicar10]

@@itrashcant7947 lmao yeah

[@rubiodarkyeti5927]

I've never seen FOUR bots in a single reply section Jesus Christ

[@onedude1389]

Your comment section it's full of bots 💀

[@JARGUN145]

Gotta say the Mimic Jumpscare has got to be the most I’ve jumped from a video in a while

[@plate2105]

same

[@thecommenter90]

Game theory: Cannible Pie. Food Theory: Mammoth Meatballs. Style Theory: Meat Dress. Film Theory: Eldritch Horrors.

[@JyroSope]

I love how film theory can sometimes have episodes about kid's shows like paw patrol or SpongeBob, and then a few weeks later have episodes about... This. Fucking love matpat.

[@DoPiMotion123]

I’m sorry I liked it and now it’s not 69 likes 😢

[@something-elseandmore533]

"Strange *fleshless* creatures made of *pure* *meat* ." Made me chuckle lmao, truly the narration of all time

[@thassalantekreskel5742]

No kidding. Love the theorists, but sometimes their word choices are weird. Surprise folks, flesh and meat are the same thing.

[@CoolScratcher]

I think he meant skinless

[@gun_violence_gaming]

The idea that the singularity is the "prince" is terrifying bc it implies that there are more powerful forces than the singularity, potentially being much more malevolent

[@SKYLUNAWOLF1]

There are seven singularities and 7 monoliths

[@PaperTS]

​@@SKYLUNAWOLF1there could be more monoliths around the others equalling 49, but we haven't confirmed that.

[@beeteootstew]

I got it

[@bestmind-tm2me]

@@SKYLUNAWOLF1 i take monoliths as the noble knights of the kingdom

[@joseguadalupemartineztorre9702]

​@@SKYLUNAWOLF17 sins? Maybe the flesh is Gluttony

[@Tai_0601]

5:50 "what can I say I just love myself some meat snake" MATPAT 😭

[@chloierubio5479]

“Using our tech against us” meat snake : casually starts a fallout

[@eatatjoes6149]

I had actually watched the series before watching a film theory on it for once, and even though I knew what to expect from it already I was dreading Matpat showing a clip from the harvester attack. Actual sigh of relief when he chose not to.

[@sethwooldridge9026]

You are not getting those heartbeats back.

[@BucketBoiAnimations]

ikr watching that video was the worst mistake of my life.

[@NycmanTheNicestOfMen]

It's insane how realistic and how horrifying it sounded.

[@JADE0993]

The screaming of the kid and the wife is the only scream that we didn't need to hear

[@xilo5442]

I'll never unhear what I heard...

[@lordsushi3911]

I LOVE the fact that you help other content creators to grow by making theories about their projects

[@TonyStark-nc3it]

Another detail that seems useful to notice is the fact that the name of the organisation behind the documentary (C.A.R.C.A.S) is very similar to the word carcass which means cadaver.

[@Leosloth2011]

No it’s literally just carcas aka a dead body

[@DABULLETFARMER]

7:37 my guess is that they can contort and manipulate there limbs so they can crawl and hide in these hiding spots

[@alastor6673]

This reminds me a lot of “The Flesh that Hates” S.C.P. Immediately upon seeing that thumbnail I got super excited thinking you were doing a 910 theory. I’m surprised you haven’t done a lot of S.C.P. theories. The market is very saturated, but with your quality I feel like you’d stand out. There are a lot of theories to be made on that series, and I hope to see it someday

[@aurasentinel1373]

Vita Carnis is basically a Massive 610 infection and the singularity is Yaldabaoth, The Sarkic God.

[@alastor6673]

@@aurasentinel1373 Pretty much

[@bloodyneptune]

I'm surprised this is the only 610 mention I've seen in the comments. It was my first thought lol

[@CAT-INTEGER]

​@@aurasentinel1373 well if we are talking about the NEOs at least.

[@HoodieHorizon]

One thing that has thrown me off a bit is the last 3 creatures. In every other creature it always brings up how they originate from the crawl. Like the trimming and mimics are broken off nodules. The harvester is an expanded node. The meat snake “separates” from the crawl. But the host, monoliths and singularity are never mentioned as to how they’re from the crawls and yet the tree implies that they are. And those 3 seem most interesting to the lore. The hosts’ spores are in the flavor enhancer, the monoliths are giants standing stationary in a circle and the singularity we know almost nothing about.

[@Lil1kv]

I'm really glad vita carnis is getting more attention, its one of my favorite series!

[@Lil1kv]

@Chaoticallyepic I've been meaning to do a further dive into it, thanks for the recommendation :)

[@deadboiadam6033]

Goodbye Matthew. It's fun hearing your voice

[@Luna_MorningStar]

I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the suggestion of the analog horror series. I must say, it's one of the best I've seen in a while and I believe it deserves more attention. Furthermore, I find the scientific accuracy of the series to be quite impressive. It provides a great foundation for theorizing and analyzing the content. Thank you again for bringing this series to my attention. I look forward to you discussing it further.

[@random_dragon]

Im usually the kind of person who watches theories and analysis videos, and not the full thing- But trust me, it is so worth it! Everything is done so well, with a lot of scenes having real physical props. The videos are all short, sweet, and to the point. So, if you also have a bad attention span, they're pretty easy to watch

[@zealouspg5079]

A series I'd be thrilled to see matpat dive into is Murder Drones. Chock full of his favorite things. Talking funny robots with souls of others inside them and LORE!!

[@cerouluxray6394]

More videos have been posted in this series since this video's posting. However, I think I just cracked some of why things are happening. What's known so far (with season 1 of 3 out) is that there's a cult that seems to be asking some entity for help, as mentioned in the various still frames that tell a fairytale style story mixed in with some of the videos. The thought popped into my head: if the cult us asking for help, what are each of the variations of the Carnis supposed to do? By order of appearance for what I can remember: The Crawl: a meat plant that can both survive off dead flesh of wildlife and be photosynthetic; it also grows in abundance everywhere. Problem to solve: world hunger. Trimmings: little scavenger critters that eat mostly detritus and trash materials. Problem to solve: waste proliferation Meat Snakes: scavengers that "feed" off dead bodies. They directly incorporate the materials in its body, growing in proportion to availability. One had been discovered after a major war in a subway tunnel that was large enough to fit the tunnel and be closer to 100 meters in length. Problem to solve: war, more so as a deterrent. Now for the more terrifying of the Carnis Mimics: humanoid entities that feed exclusively off humans and are the perfect predator for humans. Problem to solve: overpopulation of humans Harvesters: stationary, bulbous entities that feed off larger creatures via entrapment strategies. Problem to solve: overpopulation of deer and non-carnis predators due to lack of human intervention. Secondary purpose is to guard the cult's main base, Facility 0 (located in the Hudson Bay in this fictional world), due to the unusually high concentration of them in the surrounding area. Hosts of Influence: stationary, humanoid entities that feed off humans. They produce orange, mind controlling spore clouds to attract prey. Problem to solve: control of the masses. The same orange spores may be found in the "flavor enhancer" product that everyone seems to be buying. Likely to quell revolution against the cult. Now, that's all I've managed to piece together with any level of certainty, as the remaining two entities are deliberately obscured regarding information. I can't say for certain, but I can speculate their usefulness based on what's known. The Monoliths: seven towering, humanoid entities that surround a location important to the cult worshiping the source of the Carnis. Their heads resemble the cult's logo. They can also emit offensive EMP blasts to disrupt advanced systems and are also highly regenerative. They have tendrils that go from their feet and into the ground for extraordinary distances. Likely problems to solve: protection of the cult's main base, Facility 0 and likely source of the Carnis; this otherworldly Prince entity. The Singularity: There are seven of these entities with the supposed main at Facility 0. They emit various frequencies that the other Carnis may be listening to. Trimmings, for example, are drawn to listening to the radio and TV. The cult is attempting to find all seven and bring them to Facility 0 for yet unknown reasons. Possible problems to solve: control of the Carnis, assuming they spawned from the Crawl like the rest. As it stands, this may not be the case.

[@ChrisNadoVR]

Thanks for covering this series MatPat, it's super underrated!

[@rubiodarkyeti5927]

Just reported a bot that stole your comment. I'm replying so that the original gets pushed up.

[@aquamarinerose5405]

One minor issue I have is that... the "Children's Story As Metaphor for Vita Carnis" is... By this definition, wouldn't that make the Singularity a benevolent entity? Since the whole thing about the prince was them promising to aid the critters when they awaken.

[@JayBeMeee]

I agree. I'm assuming he meant that this is what the cult thinks is going to happen. Like maybe they wrote the story because they believe this will save them. However, it's not implied anywhere that the cult came before the story or that they wrote it. It's not like the story doesn't actually exist in universe either and is just a metaphor for what's happening because we see real physical pages on the screen. It honestly makes more sense to think that this is the return of the prince and he's healing the creatures land with his magic somehow in a continuation of the story.

[@JayBeMeee]

Maybe humans have taken the land from another species that helped the prince in the past or humans were the species(supported by the fact we had the story book maybe it happened so long ago no one knows it was real) but because we have destroyed the planet so much he is helping us by killing some of us.

[@hibye2420]

Maybe the singularity thinks it's helping but it's idea of help is destructive to us humans

[@aquamarinerose5405]

@@hibye2420 FAir enough... and I guess there's also the question of the battle between individual vs collective health. A god who legitimately DOES help the environment but also needs human sacrifices to sustain itself

[@judithforever9494]

@@hibye2420 I think there was a point he missed in that the singularity is often represented as the point where all space and time stops, which could have something to do with the mysteru

[@willwisp5560]

I love it when matpat covers good analog horror, i just hope he one day finishes The Monument Mythos

[@walternesti3351]

All I can think of now is “ I want to have my very own trimming”

[@runningthemeta5570]

I was really hoping Matt would cover this series. I loved Vita carnis since it’s such a unique and amazing analog horror series.

[@pumpkin7446]

He has a live reaction series too on GT Live. ✌

[@WiseStove]

U love it? Sounds like u r a part of the cult is it

[@saveforth]

These videos remind me a ton of “mystery flesh pit national park” which is also a really cool kinda arg thing that would be really neat to see some theories on, it also would’ve worked really well with the meat thing going on.

[@Saphia_]

6:30 This is the first time I've heard MatPat laugh in the theory videos and I am thankful to the Meat Snake for letting us experience that.

[@KadenRobinson-vt9nv]

what about the glow in the dark foxy figurine, I thought he laughed there...

[@Saphia_]

@@KadenRobinson-vt9nv I have no idea about that one.

[@corarichardson5954]

Aww the little turtle is so adorable! 💕

[@ICE_woomy]

The image of the little meat man inside the couch actually scared me for the first time in a long time

[@spaghetti11111]

Respect to matpat for sacrificing his soul to William Afton to bring us theories

[@PufflePufflePuffle]

Afton?

[@spaghetti11111]

@@PufflePufflePuffle from fnaf because he did like 500000000000000 fnaf theories

[@ticovazquez8355]

“Meat snake” -Matpat

[@insomniagobrrr5542]

​@@airyix42 it's a bot

[@airyix42]

@Elena shut up

[@GreenGuest23]

What Vita Carnis becomes different from any other analog horror series is that it isnt like a infection or a invasion of unhuman like beings, but is like a survival documentary, that shows food types and every other thing else

[@Notkryo]

I hope it was more natural. I'm really Getting tired of "mastermind entity" stuff, It would be so much better if we just had cute meat dog and meat snakes imo.

[@Onionrings09]

vita carnis genuinley scared me to my core. I hunt for fun and the idea that my skill as a hunter and my weapon are inadequate against something you cant stop is terrifying.

[@Site_42]

MatPat: “Lovecraftian SCP terror” Dr. Sherman: “You rang?”

[@sharondevaneson4159]

Me: Literally fears nothing Analogue horrors: allow us to introduce ourselves… Me: *checks under bed for mimic*

[@tilseptemberends793]

Man, I love analog horror but my closet has never looked so suspicious before 😭

[@AreFishAnimals]

​@@tilseptemberends793REAL

[@NovarianCystro]

@@tilseptemberends793 So TRUE I CHECKED EVERYTHING IN MY HOUSE

[@RuniMarvel1212]

Me too😭😭😭😭

[@waferthenoob]

Im just scared of the mimic nothing else

[@UltraHeart6560]

It reminds me of the SCP, the flesh that hates. But it's also original and really fresh. I like it.

[@VictoriaBarrios96]

Flesh that loves ❤️

[@withlove_fred]

I was thinking about that too! Especially with the crawl. SCP-610 (?) is one of my favorites. It’s so interesting

[@DanteYewToob]

That jumbo meat snake using entire horse skulls as individual teeth is absolutely badass and such an awesome creature design!

[@taminostam9912]

so anyone else think that that one Meat Snake found in Germany after the war was the inspiration for the one SCP that's basically a snake that disguises itself as a subway train to consume as much prey as it can at a time? or was it the other way around?

[@Lovacain]

I'm pretty sure thats not an SCP but a Trever monster, but I could be wrong.

[@EnderbelleRocks]

Been waiting for this video since I saw the GTLive stream. Vita Carnis is absolutely a series that needs more traction. Its very well written and deserves more attention. So glad this series is finally getting covered by a bigger channel (:

[@rubiodarkyeti5927]

Just reported a bot that stole your comment, I'm replying so that the real one can be pushed up.

[@dawnyzero0]

Honestly, I love checking out these kind of series. But the harvester recording... I couldn't get past it. I still can't. It was legitimately too much for me. It's brutal. (Honestly was a bit worried Matpat would play it, but then again, it's Matpat.)

[@kebabit707]

can you describe what happened in it? part of me is afraid to see the actual thing

[@dawnyzero0]

@@kebabit707 Basically: Family goes on a picnic or hike I think. Kid gets too close to a Harvester and it snatches the kid. Mother dives in to join, trying to protect or just so the kid isn't alone. The visuals, if I'm remembering correctly, showed half a face melting. Skin, muscles and the eyes. But the worst part was the audio.. I stopped, not because of some gross visuals, not some sudden jumpscare noise or imagery. The audio... unending screaming and crying. I mean, Props to whoever made it; because it was heart-wrenching to the point where I had to click off. Like they actually just had a real recording of someone being melted alive. Slowly. Maybe it's just my personal preference but it's ROUGH. I've seen my fair share of horror media. Few have made me take breaks while watching. Heck, recently I've been checking out Junji Ito. But this was a rare occasion where I just stopped altogether.

[@Aspenvr089]

you do so much research like this is crasy

[@PaulaLiciago]

I'm sorry but mat... xD 7:08 your reaction is just perfect for the timing! 😂😂

[@TheRichDoge]

the fact that it doesnt follow a single person or group of people just entities is kinda cool in a sense cuz it can open up alot of story-telling ideas cuz i love to think of if the documentary wasnt there how would the info about the entities reach the mass public if like only government officals know and thats y i love this even more it leaves room for imagination

[@delilahbishop]

Vita Carnis mimics are the only ones of these that actually scared me. I was very paranoid after watching it. Great series though. Will check out the other stuff from meat week. Thank you for this video!! =D

[@polypotterplayz2015]

3:54 Amazing word choice

[@TheLightscoreTrio]

indupitably

[@littleBIGGEST]

I watched the harvester video, but the whole time I was thinking of my little sister, if I let her fall into a harvester trap (if it was real) I’d be so sad, having to hear her crying, as she’s being mangled alive and her skin is teared off and she is still shouting and struggling until she is turned to bones… I felt like crying.. honestly I get the disclaimer now.

[@lassoc6301]

Same I can’t deal with most things dealing with hurt children especially babies due to my siblings

[@HOPEANDHUMANITY21.2.98]

Personally, I REALLY dig the speculative biology aspect - it’s refreshing to see monsters being treated as living things with a place in the ecosystem, rather than nebulous supernatural bogeymen they often are in many other analog horror series. Also, I have to point out that despite narration explicitly telling us that these are NOT aliens, the whole thing really feels like some very elaborate terraforming tool. With its sudden appearance out of nowhere, convenient way of spreading via the crawl and occasional new forms (such as monoliths) popping out from time to time, I’m getting the impression that its end goal is to gradually replace all life on the planet with more of itself, until the Earth is completely transformed into something else.

[@jamesmancuso7314]

Just the Zerg spreading some delicious creep.

[@Williamjacob7789]

HE KNOWS! 📞 GHEOLO! GHELO POI PPUFF!

[@alexofmadness8692]

reminds me of the red vine from war of the worlds almost

[@omnipotentmage]

9:27 I want these channels to actually have a Pedro Pascal Weekend tho

[@grimfate8723]

18:22 my bro in the suit was stressing in the meeting

[@saturm00n62]

I think that rather than the vitas carnis trying to learn from technology, I think they’re attracted to it as a direct result of the monoliths trying to gather them together. It would explain why the monoliths could creat EMPs AND why the trimmings are so attracted to radios, tvs, and satellite dishes. We’ve seen that the vitas carnis trying to make its way to the Hudson Bay and this would also explain why they’re attracted to the same location.

[@qualideadinside]

For some reason, I feel like the scariest thing about the Mimic is the eyes. Like, without them, it is nowhere near as scary

[@fluffywhompus]

I think it’s because of uncanny valley because of just how unnaturally large they are

[@PhantomGato-v-]

@@fluffywhompus cute!

[@amethyst..2]

Haven’t finished the video, don’t know if you mentioned this, but the extra videos are in the same sequence of videos as the normal videos which is the crawl food, trimming care, mimic safety, AND THE HOSTS IS THE FLAVOR ENHANCER

[@thesundaygamingchannel]

“That’s pretty long!” And “it’s harder and longer than normal meat snakes” got me dieing!! 😂😂😂😂

[@danielmancaniello2408]

This has quickly become one of my favorite film theory videos

[@tobiasj1630]

The mimic's ability to shove itself into any space reminds me of Tommy Raw Head and I love it. Absolutely terrifying man

[@ericlepley1742]

5:55 - spoken like a true theater boy

[@Starlight.the.traveler]

I watch the videos while I’m cleaning my room to keep me sane while they go insane, and I looked up at the TV right at the beginning, jump scare, and I almost hit my head on my desk 🤣