Home Safety Hotline - Story Explained

[@seem_okay_studio]

This is such a fun old game. Anyone remember when "homes" existed? Before the ashen flats and spiral skies? Before the lord of Keys took his revenge. Good times.

[@EE-jp5ev]

Man, it takes me back to before the NotMother transformed all those people too. #Nostalgia

[@doingmybesthere3940]

i remember living in a house before the dang ol' landlords swept in. sure we got all the ghouls and creeplies roamin around but the dang ol' landlord done went and raised the rent

[@redwiltshire1816]

Yeah things got really tough for the non-druids kinda deserved if you ask me (a druid)

[@breadbutmore5012]

Blasphemy against his holiness The Lord of Keys! Had he not granteth unto us his concrete steeples wouldn't's thee liveth in squalor still? Better sky than dirt, better air than wretched soil! Blessed be the græy king, blessed be the opener of ways!

[@SpecialInterestShow]

What is this referencing?

[@misteryA555]

Carol's actress nailed being a supervisor so well the biggest sense of dread I felt was listening to her welcome me to a job I already know is going to suck my soul every day

[@adam.n-steve]

Her disappointed face scares me as if I'm going to be disciplined by getting my salary reduced 😭

[@lancesmith8298]

Honestly the beautiful thing of the delivery is that not even the slow onset of wizard-speak disturbs the corporate horror of everything else she says. Then again I recently referred to not seeing my supervisor on inspection day as “being passed over by the angel of death”, so maybe I already talk like I know Magic Missile

[@freelemonade9695]

It's very "we're all one big family here" of her. It's so good

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

​@@lancesmith8298wizards are the leading cause of wizard crimes

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

​@@lancesmith8298I'm a motherfucking wizard!

[@riley.....]

"gnomes that poo in your shampee" has unfortunately become an instant core memory for me

[@LiarJudas666]

you can really tell he was watching a lot of YTPs when making this lmao. Saturday.. YaY

[@jonesy279]

I’m right there with you but I’m going to call it fortunate 😂

[@MythicBeanProductions]

It caught me off guard but it was so good

[@Man_Aslume]

Im seeing some of the gnomes and most of these are kinda chill

[@Man_Aslume]

Knowing how the gnomes in home safety hotline are chilling I wouldn't be if shampoo gnomes exist

[@falcongamingproductions9938]

Imagine a sequel to this game where you play as the task force but you still sort of have to guess the creature. The dispatcher will tell you what the investigators think it is, but they aren't always right. They also give you a recording of the call and if you want, you can come up with your own ideas as to what the instance is. You get to choose different kits based on what instance you think it is, and bringing the wrong gear could make the missions extra difficult

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

so S.W.A.T vs Druids? Or are you employed at the HSH?

[@TuckyBlue]

@@The-S-H3lf-Eater​​⁠i would assume you’d be a part of the home safety hotline, or at least working in tandem with them. the HSH doesn’t seem to cause any harm outside of getting a call wrong and turning shit employees into mice. granted i just started the vid so he may say something that makes them fucked.

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

@@TuckyBlue I do not trust them. So you turn a prank caller into a mouse but can't find a cure to a false beet? You think of rats as worthless but you always want peaceful resolution? They just seem to want to help plants and some insects and pests and nothing else.

[@Fireluigi1225]

​@@TuckyBluewell you're Still kinda right?

[@yournewmessiah3582]

I'd imagine a Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes kinda game, where one of you is in the call center, having to figure out what you are dealing with while the other has to actually be at the scene and deal with the problems

[@raeoverhere923]

The thing about the Fae Feast is that it's _commonly_ composed of things like flour and mushrooms, but that doesn't mean it always is. The entry says it's made of up edible things, but technically, anything is edible; some things, though, can only be eaten once. HSH encouraging people to eat the "gift" is absolutely them trying to get people to fall under the thrall of some kind of fae influence; everyone knows that you offer gifts to the fae to appease them, but you never, ever accept anything from them.

[@fyra_cat2119]

I believe the stories say that you shouldnt eat anything IN the fae realm, but earthly foods are still okay, provided it isnt toxic, so you should eat it Idk these stories are inconsistent

[@MasonShmason]

The reveal that the fae feast is actually a massive pile of fairy shit is the funniest plot twist I've ever seen

[@maximillian1109]

Fun fact: it IS flour, and fungi! It's just already been eaten once...

[@EebyDeeby413]

TBH I don't think it's ALWAYS shit, she'd just been ignoring the weirdness of the situation so long she'd offended them and only called once they squeezed one out on her table instead (would YOU sweep up some random cornmeal or flour you found scattered on your table into a jar and eat it for lunch if you didn't know vengeful fairies put it there and expected you to eat it? Nah you'd assume it was a spill you forgot about or some weirdly smart mice or a housemate prank and trash it.)

[@Nassifeh]

​@@EebyDeeby413 I don't think this is actually supported at all by the game? The description and photograph provided suggest it's supposed to be a pile, not like a random dusting of something. "Scattered" grain is not a feast! If there had been a whole pile of something else and *then* a pile of excrement, wouldn't she have said so? A huge part of the horror in this game, I think, is realizing that the info you have is not necessarily accurate.

[@EebyDeeby413]

@@Nassifeh Shrug! I guess that part just sounded too absurdly cruel for me to parse, then. I understand the entries being excessively neutral or even overly accommodating towards fae creatures but "Yeah send the info packet over that tells that random lady to eat this big pile of shit, it's a feast! She should be grateful!" isn't so much horrifying to me like 'oh no what other misleading information have I received without knowing it' as it would be just... Eyerolling? Like really? 'Eat shit and die' fairies? No matter what I do right or wrong with this call or what SHE would've done right or wrong this woman has to eat a table of shit whenever these things feel like hazing her a little or get run out of her home? That's just stupid considering even HSH advises you to straight up ATTACK mirror nymphs. As for the other thing, she could've just not connected the two situations. Several callers have weird inattentive streaks about stuff you'd think would've been more obvious to most people (that one guy with the soap fairy not knowing he didn't buy the pink bar of soap that's now chilling on his bathroom counter or thinking to bring that up more directly?)

[@MasonShmason]

@@Nassifeh that and fae are notorious for use of illusions and glamours.

[@dreamingdragon5245]

If im not mistaken, the ending where you become a mouse doesnt actually happen if you fail on day one. If they fire you before the more sensitive information about other worldly pests is shown then you just game over

[@justcommoncurt]

They each had their own arc. It was kind of nice 😂

[@toastedprocastinator]

ah, yeah that makes a lot of sense, they can't let you leave with the truth.

[@yoshifan33]

the good ending

[@KyrieFortune]

Tried it myself, you just don't get a game over on the first day even with 0% accuracy

[@mehirohouseki]

Yknow what if the only way to be able to afford a house is to buy a haunted one, I'm doing it in a heartbeat. The ghosts can pay me rent

[@K.Marie119]

Lol... even the haunted ones are ridiculously expensive these days. Hell, the one we moved into is currently sinking. It was built on the edge of a marsh. And we've turned killing all the mosquitos that get inside into a contest.

[@Grunttamer]

@@K.Marie119 Everyone said I was daft to build a house on a marsh, but I built in all the same, just to show them.

[@thecondescendinggoomba5552]

But then that turns you into something scarier than a ghost... a landlord 👻

[@K.Marie119]

@Grunttamer Well, there's a proper way to do it. Some development company bought the land and is on house #4 and clearing land for #5 since we moved in. Ours has been here for 8 years prior to when we bought it 3 years ago. And funnily enough, the neighbors (house is less than 2 years old) had major flooding issues because the crap ton of snow we had melted all at once before the ground could thaw. They spent about an hour with us waiting for emergency water removal and insurance adjuster after they came home and entire rooms were flooded. The only issue we had was that my car was stuck until the unpaved driveway dried up.

[@Grunttamer]

@@K.Marie119 I was quoting the king that built his castle in a swamp from Monty Python and the holy grail. The first two he built sank into the swamp, the third burned down before falling over and sinking into the swamp, but the fourth one stayed up.

[@PragmaticProsecutor]

Funny background detail is that in this universe gay marriage is seemingly legal in America in what is presumably the 1990s(?) like you can get gay married but your husband MIGHT get taken by the night wisps so trade off I guess?

[@samtheballoon1522]

It’s probably an endearment thing but this is a beautiful way to look at it

[@alexisw.717]

I suppose the people of this world figure they have more important things to worry about than who's marrying who lol

[@friendlysleepparalysisdemon]

reminds me of that magnus archives episode where an antique dealers husband gets eaten by a haunted vase lmfao

[@PragmaticProsecutor]

@@friendlysleepparalysisdemon yo that’s what I thought of lmao

[@alexisw.717]

@@friendlysleepparalysisdemon YESSSSSS, turns out homophobia can be funny but only when done by eldritch horror-esque monsters LMAO

[@chainsawing]

“The Stolen Child”, or, “Come Away, O Human Child” is the old world anthem for the fae; Children whisked away to a land of plenty and tempted by faerie treats, but should they eat or indulge they’ll stay forever- or the unseelie fae stealing and kidnapping children for unknown or varied reason… this is the tale as old as time! Interestingly I enjoy the use of Hobbs instead of the classic Brownie, as they’re typically more benevolent until offended. There were so many amazing references in this game, thank you for doing such a comprehensive breakdown and showing all the possible paths!

[@leroyjenkins1249]

From what I read, Fae think human children are cute. They treat them like servants/expensive pets. I even read a story, where a girl got whisked away, grew up, fell in love with the Fae King and married him, who saw her as a special beauty. Sadly that story...erm...ended poorly. As the girl had a bro, who became a knight to save her. Killing countless Fae & crashing the wedding. Lol

[@dylanchouinard6141]

Unfortunately sometimes the other reason a fae might take someone is because humans reproduce much more quickly than fae do….i’ll let you fill in the rest

[@gulliblegallade8624]

The biggest problem with playing this game or even watching a stream of it is that playing the game well (or even competently really) means that you miss out on the coolest parts of the game, that being the failure calls. This video is perfect because it goes into exhaustive depth and manages to mix the failure calls into the successful explanations for each call. Very happy with this. The ones beneath the soil are pleased as well.

[@DZ-X3]

While HSH is great in many respects, the game design is a notable shortcoming. There's no incentive to get the answers correct, because any call you diagnose correctly means you miss out on a slice of content. The coupons seem to be a last minute fix, so that you at least have something encouraging correct answers, beyond unemployment. Now, you can create a game where the mechanics are pushing you toward one thing, but your sense of decency wants you to pick the suboptimal option. Something like they tried in Vampyr or Bioshock, or Papers Please. That last one is a good comparison, because the dev mentioned Papers, Please as one of the inspirations. There are so many more layers to the gameplay of PP than there are of HSH. Most obvious is the document simulation aspect: Papers Please has you juggling tangible passports, ID cards, rulebooks, and much more. In comparison, HSH has the metaphor of a Windows 98 desktop in place of your customs booth's desk. There's really no depth here: it's just an appealing way to present the list of monsters. You can't become better at operating the computer; you can't make a mistake like leaving an important document at the bottom of a pile, and have to rummage through them. I'm not sure how you would add depth here, but its absence is worth keeping in mind. Other games that simulate a computer desktop would have you managing your windows, at the very least. Perhaps even dealing with limited RAM, or having a dial-up connection that you have to disconnect in order to use the phone lines. Another conspicuously missing aspect is relationships. In Papers Please, you can take actions through gameplay that align you with factions. You get different endings based on whose instructions you follow. On an individual level, you can also break the rules for the benefit of that one family, so this guy's wife can enter the country with him. This is a really important part of PP, and there's a perfect opportunity for HSH to include it. Once you identify a hazard, suppose you could decide how much information to send the caller. Disclosing too much might help each caller, or might put them in more danger than they would have been. Giving out a lot of information would make HSH corporate unhappy with you, but perhaps your town would appreciate your efforts. One final element that's missing is resource management, as opposed to relationship / reputation management. Keeping with the Papers, Please comparison, it has you getting paid in money. Your income is based on how much work you can do, the number of people passing through your customs checkpoint. That's tied into the time limit of each game day, multiplied by your accuracy. The player has an incentive to work as fast as possible, but without making mistakes that cause penalties. In between each day, you can spend that money on upgrading your customs booth. It also gets consumed to buy food, heat, and medicine for your wife and son. While I don't know if a time limit would fit into HSH, a money system is perfectly suited for it. Just like in PP, the game is about your job as an HSH employee: of course you get paid! More importantly, it would give a purpose to those coupons from the email. You would still have access to the same items either way, but by getting 90% accuracy you have a discount. Why would you need those items? Well that's the best part: even an HSH employee still lives in a home! Any hazard might appear in your own house, potentially even before you learn how it identify and deal with them. Make sure you set aside $3 each day to buy cheese, eggs, cream etc to placate that hob in your house. Do you want to save a few quidbucks by eating the beetroot growing in your garden? The cherry on top would be adding a real estate aspect. Make sure you can still get a good price when you sell your house, but don't be too picky! Waiting too long for a perfect offer might lead to that spriggan or boggart catching up with you. Home Safety Hotline as we know it, while certainly a compelling game, has a lot of untapped potential.

[@FolstrimHori]

Never expected to find a Ploxy fan posting in the comments of this particular channel!

[@mitty9109]

​@@DZ-X3 professional yapper

[@toastedprocastinator]

​@@DZ-X3 scrolling through this feels like that ones spongebob scene where he drops a list that rolls down for eternity.

[@aarasko]

@@DZ-X3not reading all that

[@Firestar4041]

"They are harmless to humans, no need to worry... until they aren't, then worry, worry immensely."

[@SpecialInterestShow]

The "all hail our new Junior Supervisor!" never fails to make me laugh so hard

[@pteroid11]

I wish my overtime meant I got to cavort with the fair folk of the forest

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

​@@pteroid11 You probably wouldn't want it once you got it.

[@Bear-bf1sd]

For the Mirror Nymph, I’d like to think it references the rule of never telling a fae your real name. IIRC, giving a fae your real name gives them dominion over you

[@dmkq9554]

love the comical "Please Hold" after someone calls with a horrific plea for help

[@shanethebard3339]

The Fae Feast is actually the opposite of what you do traditionally when dealing with the fae. Basic safety is to be polite, but to decline all pleasantries the fae offer.

[@necrodeus6811]

Your probably going to get the fae flu either way since the fae will either get upset and attack or you'll have to eat their food. Lose lose situation

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

​@@necrodeus6811so the fae basically learned how to do modern capitalism? Either way you're forced to participate and always to your detriment no matter what. Create the sickness and the cure and use both at the same time. Good Lord...

[@cice7076]

​@@ChristopherSadlowski this comment is so good

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Indeed, and not to use any language that suggests you owe them anything. Be polite, but maintain your boundaries. To be rude is to suffer their wrath, and being over indulgant will allow them to take *literally anything* from you. Like your name, face, memory, eyes, tongue, children, future / fate, ect

[@DozleZabi]

​@@ChristopherSadlowski cringiest comment I read all week

[@Grunttamer]

At the risk of getting whooshed. UV lights would repel trolls because in traditional lore they will turn to stone in the daylight. I believe bilbo baggins escapes some trolls in the hobbit by keeping them arguing until dawn

[@liammcgill5270]

That's right

[@ashikjaman1940]

Ah, the JoJo Vampire logic, I love it lol

[@SoulBurstBlitz]

​@@ashikjaman1940you might be thinking of pillar men. Vampires just straight up disintegrate lol

[@minecraftveteranyoda4476]

⁠​⁠@@SoulBurstBlitznot even that, they just instantly get obliterated in the spot lol

[@Help_pizzacats]

@@ashikjaman1940every where I go I see a reference

[@rubinelli7404]

I suppose the best way to enjoy a Fae Feast is to wash it down with a Sprite.

[@NickiRusin]

oh my god

[@deep_sea_creature99999]

ba dum tss

[@bluewolf6323]

Or some Faeta...

[@moistisprobdead]

Want a sprite cranberry?

[@averymccoytarnished6782]

a nice faego

[@A.Z.296]

38:28 i feel that anger. My mom tried growing cucumbers when i was 8. Came back to see a fucking inchworm at the whole damn thing. Took us a month, had the supplies and everything... and it was all undone by a single, bright green worm

[@Knadire]

I appreciate you putting the effort into wholly justifying unique "wrong" answers. When I played this game with friends I just tried to "rationalize" that every answer was just bees. Imagine my disappointment when bees was a correct choice once! Fantastic analysis. I never got the chance to play the game poorly myself so I never heard the connection between the grottos and mountain. Very insightful!

[@fyra_cat2119]

Reminds me of RTgame and "Oh well you just have a really bad case of black moldc

[@dylangreen192]

Interesting that the bee description notes that "They serve their Queen". It's a detail that would seem not too important for most people, but seems very important to the druids.

[@tmaxgo4042]

i thought it was ants, but bees makes more sense

[@LeonOcto]

@@tmaxgo4042It’s meant to confuse you between Ants or Bees but the keywords are above the soil, bc Bees live on trees while Ants live in the soil

[@mullet_muffins]

I dunno why, but seeing Righty and Wrongy team up on the penultimate day felt kinda nice

[@ByWho-js5bq]

I felt so bad for Wrongy throughout the video. I'm glad he had a chance to shine at the end

[@toastedprocastinator]

same, seeing him get a few answers correct felt a lil bittersweet. made him feel more real ngl.

[@mariecarie1]

“They do not have a false face.” That phrase really creeps me out for some reason.

[@eveandaedrul]

A false face, like the face-like patterns on bugs to act as deterrents. It suddenly becomes a creepy word once used in the setting of this game though 😭

[@MelodyS734]

That detail makes me think that the prank caller is actually a more advanced boggert (I forgot how to spell it) I mean, just think about it -distorted audio -Their face is messed up because they only have a “relatively convincing false face” -keep trying to get people to come to their house -ridiculous names and not knowing what orange juice is because they are not human I have not finished the video quite yet

[@fyra_cat2119]

​@MelodyS734 that could be it, personally I think it's just a prank caller, stitching together images of people's faces and modifying their voice so they can't be tracked, since prank calling is a crime. The fact you can hear him chuckling at the end of some of the calls solidify this, plus the fact in his second to last call, when someone enters his house he drops the facade and you hear his real voice, just some southern guy who wanted to have fun messing with people

[@MelodyS734]

@@fyra_cat2119 I know that now but I had not finished the video at the time of that comment.

[@fyra_cat2119]

@MelodyS734 I see

[@dr.businessphd5304]

I really like how you wrote how in what way wrongy is wrong, how he most of the time is focusing on a wrong detail or wants it to be a particular entry much like a over zealous player rather than just being plain stupid. great job Peacock!

[@alicethemad1613]

The game never gives you an extraction method for boggarts, but all of these creatures seem pretty vulnerable to iron which is consistent with general fae folklore. I like to think if you really wanted your house back you could bust back in with an iron sword and some protective charms and go full fantasy rpg on that thing.

[@StonedHunter]

Fair but how many average people have the training needed to weild a sword against a creature that's bigger and likely stronger than you

[@Phonixfire]

Full metal jacket rounds. Alternatively steel shotgun buckshot. Seems like it would work to me.

[@rivy-lurk-869]

I mean, if I only need Cold Iron to kill the thing.... ***buys old school armor and a glock***

[@gayraccoon353]

@@StonedHunter u mean u DONT own an iron sword and have extensive training in defending from boggarts??

[@waynebritting2934]

Maybe a spear could wfok better? Though one may be harder to find but i feel like it could be far more effective then a sword

[@tomboyishruby]

The feast thing is certainly malicious! There’s a common lore practice of giving gifts to fae but not receiving gifts from them because then you’re left up to their machinations.

[@jem-alien]

It's sort of interesting how so many of the entries include details about "do not enter such and such's domain" or "do not tamper with their home" when the creature is the one who has already invaded *your* home. The concept of boundaries shifting and where *my* space and *your* space begins and ends is explored really well in this game. Are we the invaders or are they?

[@leroyjenkins1249]

Not to get philosophical/biological, but the concept of "domain/home" is very...subjective. We humans consider a "home" in terms of laws. F.ex. your contract allows you to call this concrete structure (house) and the attached green (garden) of X measuremenets to be your home. No other human is allowed to enter it normally. However, each life form has their own "laws" like that. F.ex. dogs care about domain-markings (peeing at the wall). They don't particullarly care if spiders life around "their garden", or if friendly-humans life there, but they care VERY much that other dogs don't cross into it. As humans, we hence can't per se "enforce" that a part truly belongs to us. We can only avoid having it taken over e.g. bug infestation. Rn you probably have some silverfish in your bath. Or some Drosofila aiming your fruit. Or a spider dancing in your corner. Y'know. Creatures you wouldn't call "invaders" per se -at least compared to the idea of an active ant or cockroach invasion. Spiders are even recommended to be kept, as they keep bugs at bay. That's kinda the point of the game, I think. You kinda have to just learn that those things exist and you'll have to share sometimes. That they can even be helpful -but you also don't have to make weigh for the things actively hurting you.

[@minecraftveteranyoda4476]

@@leroyjenkins1249I think you’ve just described the theme of the new JoJo part

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

Another interesting thing is that they pretty much never suggest killing the pest, fungus, or whatever. I'm honestly willing to bet they actually have a cure to all the stuff, but value humans less than them. Except for mice, they just hate mice for no absolute reason.

[@saucefreakystyle]

To be fair, humans are a very invasive species

[@Dungeondaddyjackathan]

Man, this is so wild to see. Hi! Im Jackson Maxwell, I was the voice of May (false artifact caller), Hank (mole caller), Howard (spriggan caller) and about three other characters on top of that! First of all, I wanna say thank you so much for playing our game! The warm reception is so so incredible, and seeing everyone’s fan theories and excitement towards the world building is so incredible. This was a very well put together video essay, and I’ll be sending it over to Supervisor Carol immediately. 👁️👁️ Our eyes rest upon thee, Peacock.

[@flawedpeacock]

Your range is nuts. Mega props! May chilled me to my core!

[@aarasko]

dude you did SO good on all of those. they haunt my nightmares and im not even kidding

[@shimmeringscales]

your voice range is insane

[@allexxiw]

you are an amazing actor, May sounded TOO realistic it was genuinely distressing 10/10 perfect game

[@Happyface-yi4to]

Your voice range and acting it's amazing!! Hope to see more of this amazing game and world too!!

[@bryceword1111]

Righty and Wrongy teaming up by the end of the video was awesome, like Flaw got tired of berating one of his characters and just decided that he'd get the limelight too.

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

1:03:24 I agree that the Pipe growth entry is amusing, but also really adorable? Cause the procedure described is similar to the procedure for encouraging a pet hermit crab to abandon a too-small shell for a bigger one

[@lux0rd01]

The guy with the dead wife did such a good job with his lines. Its genuinely heartbreaking to listen to

[@theguy.thefellaeven9728]

Another note on that horseshoe coupon, being "verifiably forged from real Iron" is pretty important when living in a world of fae creatures, considering their vulnerability to pure iron in folklore. this is also demonstrated by the Mirror Nymph entry, where breaking the mirror with an *IRON* implement is how you regain your face.

[@leroyjenkins1249]

With other words: Really good coupon

[@vivi7645]

​@@leroyjenkins1249Pretty much a coupon for a Holy Water-blessed shotgun, but to deal with fae creatures

[@tmaxgo4042]

and the cave vid wherer you need an iron sword

[@mantisr818]

I like how you made an alter ego specifically to be wrong every time, only for it to learn and do things correct near the end

[@BearinBG]

I love your videos so much. The "trigger warning: affordable home prices" cracked me up. I started watching your videos from Suspiria analysis and just love everything you put up. Great energy, great humor and love the niche games.

[@annihlud6569]

I’m an hour and 15 minutes in and I realized that the reason why mice are called worthless is because that is what they turn their ‘worthless’ employees that can’t do the job right.

[@tropezando]

Re bed teeth. Mold can grow beneath mattresses, especially in humid environments of if they aren't properly ventilated (like when on the floor directly with no box spring). And yeah, fungus can grow in teeth/stalagmite shapes - theres even a species named after stalagmites lol. Wash your sheets, run a fan, and elevate your bed, everyone!

[@papermintairplane]

Thank you for the new fear, kind stranger. :)

[@ArmundJay]

that's horrific; thanks i hate it

[@JDM-is-my-name]

I knew that you have to have the bed over the floor and provide proper ventilation to not get mold. I did NOT KNOW IT COULD GROW LIKE TEETH. Omg, I'll be checking in so much more often, even though I take good care of my mattress!

[@TheK4man]

and if you HAVE to sleep on the mattress on the floor for any reason: -get a pee blanket/sheets to put under your normal sheets, it prevents the sweat and body moisture (i promise you, it is FAR more than you could ever think it to be) to seep into the matress. -put towels between floor and mattress and check them periodicly for moisture and smell this comes from experience and two ruined matresses. with those two things above done, it as far as i could tell at the time, eliminated all the moisture and thus the mold

[@SpecialInterestShow]

This reminded me that my blanket is in the washer lol

[@papermintairplane]

The actress for Carol is fantastic! I love the way she's able to switch from overly cheerful to ice cold on a dime.

[@Sevencatsinatrenchcoat]

Yeah, she's the creator's wife and a streamer/cosplayer called TheKurliGirli!

[@VoiceQuills]

THE NEW INTRO ANIMATION HELLO???? IT'S SO GOOD!!!! Glad that we've been blessed again with another TITAN of a video!!!

[@ryanfleshbourne3547]

The based-est VA watches the based-est video essayist? hell yeah. cant wait for the signalis collab

[@scrunghole]

QUILLS?????

[@AManChoosesASlaveObeys]

Not beating the McChicken allegations

[@uwuowo214]

Mc chicken with extra extra extra mayo

[@artmanoil]

Animator of the intro here- ty im super glad I was able to work on making his intro genuinely one of the best experiences I've had with commissioned work lol

[@Carnationpetal]

The ending singing sequence with the fae, seems to be a reference to a movie called Troll. Troll is about a troll who tries to take over an entire apartment building with other fae and transforming the buildings tenants into fae. It's main theme is sung by the fae of the movie. As soon as I saw the ending of this game, I knew that it was a reference to Troll. I really enjoyed this video and it really shows that you put a lot of effort into making it!

[@troin3925]

Nick even said that Troll was a huge influence on this game and it's one of his favorite films.

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

where the fuck do I find that movies ending on KZbin? I either find the trolls movie or the fucking trollge meme.

[@troin3925]

@@The-S-H3lf-Eater It’s called Troll (not in plural either), and type in the year it came out (or type Troll 1).

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

@@troin3925 I never typed it plural, but KZbin still didn't show it. anyway when is the date?

[@troin3925]

@@The-S-H3lf-Eater It was 1986.

[@SaIti2]

1:24:57 so I just noticed with the first case with a boggart about the desk hob that metamorphosised he had given the desk hob a name even by accident by saying he thinks it’s “bob from accounting” which I think may have been what caused it to metamorphosis and kill him

[@fyra_cat2119]

I don't think so, because the hobb's entries don't say anything about not giving them names, only in the Boggart's entry, does it say that, when at that point he's saying it's not Bob I think he got killed simply because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, saw it, which made it metamorphosize in self defense, and kill him

[@bouwny9000]

@@fyra_cat2119maybe also because whilst it was metamorphosing, he still gave lt a name, which would make it instantly attack him same with witnessing him,

[@fyra_cat2119]

@bouwny9000 doesnt matter he was screwed either way

[@bouwny9000]

@@fyra_cat2119 mhm dang bob

[@raddestoflads7771]

2:18:59 I know the answer to this one! There’s actually some fascinating implications here. Folklore says to NEVER EAT FOOD OFFERED TO YOU BY THE FAE. It gives them some amount of control over you. This kind of implies to me that the HSH is indeed a fae presence, like you’ve suggested with all this Druid talk so far.

[@expepem189xl3]

I remember reading about this in my childhood, was trying to understand what the trick there, thank you so much!

[@The_G_in_Jesus]

In some tales, fungus would be offered as food to "paralyze" the victim and begin a fungal takeover from within. I think rather than fully taking over, it becomes a part of the host as a branding. Mischievous kinds are maliciously invasive, seeking any sort of hole in your words or actions that can bind them to you, so they can plant themselves in it; creating a catalyst event that marks the victim as a beacon for other fae/creatures.

[@danielkrantz4214]

The kobolds being dog like is actually their original depiction, even in dnd. I think it was 3rd edition where they became lizards, but some places where other fantasy settings are more popular, they remained dogs in the popular consciousness

[@necrodeus6811]

I read somewhere that the first stories about kobolds were just "long nosed" and sometimes "ugly" and from there the dog association grew into the dnd version

[@SamuraiCaveman]

Original depiction? Kobold is just the German word for goblin, DnD didn't come up with them. Attaching the word to dog creatures is the only thing DnD did.

[@entothechesnautknight1762]

No, that's the Japanese interpretation of the original German myth after it was telephoned through several Dutch traders, they used to just be goblins.

[@tidewatcher9962]

​@@SamuraiCaveman Yeah kobolds, goblins, hobgoblins, house elves, and a few others are all the same thing. The difference in words is just different cultures interpreting the same word and assigning different characteristics to it over time. In fact, a goblin being green is actually a fairly modern invention all things considered as in 1907 was a novel that stated a goblin had green skin, and the first recordings of goblins was back in the 1300s. You can even see Tolkein running with the idea of green-skinned goblins as there are two variants of goblin in his universe, with one variation coming from Moria with green shades of skin and long pointy ears and big eyes that acted tribal and savage. Although Tolkein's depiction was they were adult human in size, later folks like Peter Jackson would adapt goblins to be shorter in height like what we currently imagine. Similarly this can be seen with the Wendigo, the Leshy, the Incubus, and the Skinwalker. Their appearances and mannerisms over time modified by new interpretations of age old things. In fact a metaphorical and modern offspring of the original Windigo myth and the Incubus myth I am very certain of is The Rake. Just thought to mention it as it is rather fascinating to see the sort of history of where are current myths and interpretations come from.

[@lancesmith8298]

I think the easiest solution for the species drift of kobolds might be World of Warcraft. I don’t know for a fact if D&D or Blizzard came up with lizard-like kobolds first, but if I wasn’t super tired right now, that’s where I’d investigate

[@JulianEnsor]

The Memory Whisp is probably the creepiest out of all of the creatures. It doesn't kill you, but it takes your most precious memories of your loved ones from you

[@puritylives]

the fact that its sole intent is to leave you suffering with the fact that you will never remember the people you loved most again is so sad to think about

[@Ch405sP1r4lzzz]

As a person with short-term memory loss who doesn’t trust my own memory in the first place, I see this is an absolute win

[@ssgoko88]

If it tried to eat my most precious memory he would choke (my precious memory is "Bee Movie but every time they speak it slows by 10%")

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

I mean, they are invisible, not invincible. And fire does a waaay better job hitting invisible people than any lmg or minigun.

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

also it's technically wisps, but whatever throats your goat I guess.

[@Spamua13]

"I'm so sweaty. I'm a water type KZbinr". This is one of your best videos fr. Your content continues to get better. I still remember when I stumbled across your first few story explained videos. I love how your content has that small indie KZbinr feel but is also incredibly well thought out and produced. Your skits are always awesome and do well to break up the monotony. I also love how you're not afraid to make a long ass video and really dig into every corner of the media you cover. I always walk away from your videos feeling like I really understand the content and underlying meaning so much more as well as a newfound appreciation for what would otherwise to me just be a bizzare game. You also have great interpretations of the media that rival what any other theorist could come up with so it's not all talk you can actually back up your claims and it makes sense. Love this channel. Only criticism is when you added the "ed" to flaw :(

[@Quincunx_5]

I'm so proud of Wrongy there at the end. Literally tearing up over the cooperation of these two colour-tinted versions of yourself.

[@Tristanstjames]

Man, brother, I really hope you're being offered opportunities. Maybe it's just because it's right up my alley in terms of entertainment, but your energy and your skits and sideplays are absolutely fantastic. "This is what happens when you're affected by the beet", like brother I really feel like you should have a show on TV or be a host on something, you've got the perfect energy for it.

[@samanthae.1002]

Agreed. So creative and entertaining

[@zecaptainpegleg8820]

His form of videos isn't profitable for big businesses, supporter funding would be the best format for him.

[@noctotainlowry9246]

Ah yes a tv show so the network can drop him after a single season and keep him from making further content of that style because they technically now own i. i would much rather he just continue as he is with support from the community/funding. the moment you sign up with a tv network you run the risk of them suddenly deciding actually they don't like your content or maby it was a bad year for them fiscally and your show is not making all the money ever so in their eyes is just a drain and then once it is done? your fucked and you cant make anything regarding that ip anymore like how Nickelodeon Fucked over the creator of Making fiends

[@lilymasters2863]

100% agree. Also if "affected by the beet" was on Spotify, it would be on my driving playlist in a heartbeat~

[@NuclearTourist]

gonna start using the tea sprites to get myself to wash my mugs. “oh, you’re tired and you don’t wanna wash ur dishes? tea sprite’s gonna get ya!”

[@sashagornostay2188]

Watch your eye color!

[@cgarcia3614]

Dude, I loved when you skit guy realized the common hobb had become a boggart. You didn't need to explain it, the clues were perfect. I was like, "Oh sh*t, a boggart."

[@chrisl5662]

This video is mind blowing... The passionate explanations of the lore. The WHITEBOARD DRAWINGS. Right and wrong debates. The SKITS...the funny blooper cuts. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this, what an amazing 5 hour journey :)

[@saraismile]

Love this game! My favorite part of the world building is the fact many police and doctors know about these fantastically creatures and want none of that😂 if you catch that within the calls, its a clue that their hazard is not your common carbon monoxide

[@flawedpeacock]

Thank you Sara! Now you give me a good idea, a merging between Ready or Not and Home Safety Hotline, but instead of a swat team stumbling into a drug den its a Boggart den.

[@doghead95]

Another interesting floppiness with the Boggart, is that in the Bob the accountant call, the caller already makes the first mistake, and names it Bob the accountant.

[@sashagornostay2188]

Havent noticed it

[@troin3925]

Oh god, I missed that! Update: But that was before it transformed. If you give him the wrong info, the Hobb metamorphizes in real time right in front of him. Once they become Boggarts, that's when you shouldn't refer to them by any sort of name.

[@doghead95]

@@troin3925 My understanding is that it's already a mistake no matter the stage of metamorphosis, since it will have a connection to you this way.

[@leroyjenkins1249]

Noticed that too! I think, ground rule, never name any Fae. Same as never giving Fae your name. Fae and names don't mix

[@thecheeseburgerking2624]

And the travel hobb at the end of day 4 turns into a boggart and only attacks on the failure phone call because the caller mentions it

[@beastghostt]

As an avid Spiderwick Chronicles fan in my childhood, the moment I realized I was dealing with a world infested with fae creatures, I got so excited. It's like an alternate future where the field guide enters the awareness of average people and a business is inevitably started around it.

[@troin3925]

Only the business is run by the creatures themselves.

[@beastghostt]

@@troin3925 I like to imagine Hogsqueal is CEO

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

Spiderwick fan!!! I loved those books.

[@leroyjenkins1249]

I don't know Spiderwick Chronicles, but it gives me Inside Job vibes. Like, MC is a human exterminator working for HSH. The characters regularly deal with these "special" exterminations like Boggarts, or exploring these cave-basements. Partner would be a Malfoy "better than thou" Fae. Running Gag would be the sheer cognitive dissonance of them/Fae leadership connected to human needs ("the child is already in the TV. Just get them a memory whisp", "no. No Raeknok, we'll get him out.") The universe could show a Fae/human society. Incl. other related buisnesses. Maybe even have crime drama. Like Trolls being in underground crime. Or bureaucracy hijinks related to random portals. False beet support groups. Etc.

[@troin3925]

@@leroyjenkins1249 That sounds like an awesome idea for a fanfic.

[@nocturnGER]

I like that Home Safety Hotline tapped into the underappreciated horror of being haunted by fae / fairytale creatures

[@CaptainNucleus]

One of the aspects of the existential real estate horror is that it plays off of the existential dread of being unable to maintain your house. With all the things going on in the modern world, it is easy to be uninformed about things that go wrong in your house. A lot of the homeowners here have to leave, but those that don't now have the lesson to learn that they must maintain their property, or else! I think the best example of this is the guy who only showers once a week; if anything he's upset that he has to make time in his week for regular hygiene. Likewise with the guy who is upset at having to leave a bowl of cream outside every night, while there is definitely an element of wondering "are these guys really joking?", there's a similar feeling of "I am going to have to add cream to my shopping list now every week." The little things, mixed with the very big things.

[@Hotchocolaterabbit]

I saw a beetroot today and thought of your "ONCE 👏 YOU 👏 GET 👏 AFFECTED 👏 BY 👏 THE 👏 BEET" and had to come back here; your videos live rent free in my head. Thanks for all the great content ❤️

[@shadycanopy15]

I love how Wrongy gets better at guessing in the last couple days, like it finally clicked with him. I know I've had those times at jobs where it took me a few weeks working there for something to really click.

[@goatguy5789]

Theres something so small but cute about the Pipe Hob's audio, and it might be nothing but you hear subtle shuffling, what could be something being knocked over and falling a very small height and then a little "Eek!", almost as if the audio was of a Pipe Hob accidentally knocking over some soap and then getting spooked. And not to mention the intresting fact that a hob, under the circustances the game gives, won't go througj metamorphosis UNLESS they are messed with in some way. Hobs are kind and most of the time willingly do household tasks for humans, but once mistreated they become more mischievous, starting to break things, and then turn to Boggarts, full on willing to kill the human they were perviously helping. I also love that this game has made one of the stupidest but funniest joke of hearing a caller describe any humanoid beast tormenting them and then just going "oop, MUST BE A HOUSE FIRE!"

[@aarasko]

The hobs do seem kinda cute. The ideal roommate, too; they always clean up after themselves!

[@Help_pizzacats]

Nah just tell them it is black mold

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

Except for fracture and toilet hobbs. they might've been mistreated before. I also like how the hobbs will leave if you give them food.

[@Spookworm]

Seeing this video pop up in my feed has figuratively pulled me right up out of my grave, dusted my shirt off, handed me $50,000 in cash, a pair of house keys, and told me I had a guaranteed job interview on Saturday. A blessing in these downtrodden times, for me, truly...

[@Deadrum]

Seeing this on the Saturday from the future is the cherry on top

[@lunarwaning]

it’s very funny to me that you felt you had to specify that you meant this figuratively

[@acleus]

Not gonna lie, the line "Gnomes that poo in your shampee?" made me subscribe. That's just good writing. lmao

[@expepem189xl3]

I used to call gnomes gnomes, but after i heard you say duende i cant stop calling them that, its sooo cool. Like they are epic dudes.

[@dreamingdragon5245]

When you talked about the bees possibly interacting with fantastical pests I hadn't even considered that. For some reason the idea of normal real world issues leading into, or worsening, fantastical issues hadn't even crossed my mind, I just assumed they meant another insect would arrive to prey on the bees, same with the bed bugs, but the fairies being pulled in by bees or enraged when stung by one is SUCH a cool idea that solidifies the believability HSH has

[@sarahthesarah2850]

Honey is a favorite offering and attracts all sorts of fantastic beings in faerytale lore. A beekeeper friend of mine has a place she leaves honey away from the bees and her property just in case. Bees are sensitive to moods and motions according to her. She is one of the calmest most mindful people I know.

[@GreasyProgrammer]

Wake up yall. Floppy has completed his civic duty and blessed us with a vid.

[@GooseWithAPassport]

Praise be the civic duty of the floppy

[@wolf_izzy]

Praise be the Floppy! May he bless us all again, in a time-frame that works for his life and doesn't lead to burnout.

[@HelloThere-.-]

sir yes sir

[@Kayta-Linda]

All hail the flop.

[@UltimateArcade1]

This is how he get out of court duty lol

[@drpepperofevil]

I love the eye colour change motif. Did you realise that our supervisor's eyes change colour when right after we learn she uses a glamour stone? maybe the magic works best when you are not aware of the magic. Our knowledge lets us see a little of her true form.

[@OdaSwifteye]

I feel like False beet is a reference to a Courage the Cowardly Dog where Muriel eats a plant that embeds into her body and compels her to grow and explode. The Desk Hobb one may be a reference to Phantasmagoria 2 where the protagonists' computer is tampered with by his coworker/rival Bob.

[@jonesy279]

“ONCE YOU GET AFFECTED BY THE BEET” is the perfect encapsulation of what I love about your work 😂 I’m caught up with everything now and I can’t wait for more! Thank you for your excellent work ❤

[@jonesy279]

Also, the HOMM tangent hit me with some solid nostalgia ( The “nos” comes from Chronos 😉) I put hundreds of hours into HOMM 3 back in the day ❤

[@Kayta-Linda]

1:22:42 “Take a listen to the audio entry” *Ad starts playing* Oh my god… truly the most horrifying of sounds! 😱

[@Man_Aslume]

"uh i was told to call this number and i was hearing im shopping like a billionaire."

[@spiralhaze2070]

19:56 Fun fact: there are actually some types of flowers that produce the smell of rotting caracsses to attract flies as pollinators. Like rafflesias and the titan arum.

[@musicobsessive123]

the gross smell of bradford pears is to attract flies too!

[@SpecialInterestShow]

I haaaate rafflesias. I got one in my animal crossing wild world game and I've been traumatized by that gross ugly thing ever since

[@Lil_Ms_Dipst]

I believe those flowers are the inspiration for the Pokemon "Vileplume"!

[@sarahthesarah2850]

There are fungi that can too like the stinkhorn.

[@Deadblud]

also known as corpse flowers

[@aidan4292]

The fae feast description creeped me out and seems very sus to me, as in a lot of folklore (and especially the folk practices I grew up with) one is often advised to never accept food from fae and similar. "We must not look at goblin men/We must not buy their fruits" and all.

[@justpassingby298]

Bunch of fae simps if you ask me, I say give the damn tricksters a combustible lemon, see how they handle that!

[@cosmonauta___]

3:11:38 so, i know i'm late, but kobolds are usually depicted as dogs specifically in japanese fantasy stories because of a mistranslation of d&d, where it stated that kobolds had "dog like snouts". That got mixed up, so now in Japan, whenever there's a medieval fantasy scenario, if there is a kobold, they'll probably be dog humanoids. One recent example that appeared in anime is Kuro from Dungeon Meshi, a kobold that is literally just a dog person.

[@slairtox2794]

One thing with the bat and "the one above the soil" and the fact that it sound similar to "the one below the soil" it might indicate that the same way there is a dimension below us, there might be a one above. It may even go like this forever in both direction

[@wolfgirl535]

My only complaint is the utilization of the Pooka/Puca. Stories often depict them as being either the funniest little guys, or genuinely monstrous and frightening. I'm not going to die on this hill, this game is genuinely creative. I just wish one of my favorite otherworldly beings had a lot more PRESENCE.

[@necrodeus6811]

It would have been fun if they metamorphosized into something on the more threatening side of the legends

[@kathrineici9811]

My dad used to blame the Puka when stuff went missing, so I grew up with the Silly Guy version Just don’t hurt the puka and the worst they’ll do is make the socks end up in the space behind the washing machine. If you murder one of the puka’s children, however…

[@angreyalligator3811]

A reinterpretation of the pooka/puca I love is Changeling's the dreaming's version of them as a playable Kith. With that aspect in mind, you can have the Monstrous Unseelie Trickster, holding secrets they learn over other's heads or a lovable Seelie prankster, who can always be a shoulder to cry on for almost anybody in the freehold [or any other diner, bar, or hideaway really(;]

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

they are pretty much there since the hobbs exist. Hobbs are the silliest little guys, but if you mistreat them, they'll be the most dangerous threat.

[@Man_Aslume]

I love how the game has horrors But then we have the little slippery boys of the stairslugs Laundry gnomes having a blast in washing machines Why can't i be happy like night gnomes who are content with watching people sleep And Unicron fungus kills itself

[@mrpieceofwork]

LOL tomato hornworms! Talk about horror. Nothing more panic inducing than seeing their telltale frass on the leaves and the soil. I have many memories of frantically searching all over the plant in order to pry those damn things off, and toss them in the neighbor's yard.

[@flawedpeacock]

They're gross. I remember one time I was transferring some old soil to a new planter and I found DOZENS of curled up pale hornworms. Idk if they were dead on arrival, or about to wake up, or what, but it was FREAKY. Oh man I have so many genuine skin crawling stories. Spider mites, aphids, caterpillars, mold.

[@nightshadetq2453]

scariest creature in the video tbh

[@nachgeben]

Also, the reason the housing market is so bad, is *corporations* are buying out massive subdivisions and holding onto them. Not old and new money, corporations. As of last year, corporations owned something like 20% of the housing market in the USA, and it was increasing rapidly. Meanwhile, the groups you mentioned (and China) are buying out our land, which raises the cost of raw land, and they don't use it for farming and food production, so that causes food costs to inflate.

[@flawedpeacock]

My bad, I thought within the colloquial term, "old money" encompassed long established corporations and realty groups. Moneyed entities.

[@epunk4402]

China isnt even in the top 10 countries buying up land here. Last I read they made up .9% of land investment by foreign governments, while Canada is at like 30%

[@DaFieFie]

No China is not buying out mass swathes of american land. This is such a dumb myth. They aren't causing your food costs to inflate either. It's good 'ol USA fuckery. Inflation is largely because of CORPORATIONS raising prices... because they can.

[@ashikat413]

I think the pink/purple eyes is just a symptom of interacting with fae and their magic. Like, being turned into a mouse must use some crazy fae magic, the fae flu is magical, and the mind controlling unicorn fungus might be magical or fae related as well. It just seems like a generic magic symptom

[@birdup1_2]

Love when I call a house pest hotline and they tell me singing mushrooms are definitely a house fire and I need my fire alarm checked and sprinklers installed

[@cragraven]

not done with the video, but i have an idea about the fae flu: the reason it doesnt mention fatality in the actual page for it is so when it is sent to the infected caller, they are not as immediately alarmed, but it does at least render the subject "dead" in a traditional sense, ie; now a servant of the fae. thats why the case of someone getting the flu listed previously resulted in them being immediately taken away by some unknown presence, presumably either the fae beings that now own him, or the HSH come to quarantine or simply kill the infected person.

[@fyra_cat2119]

I'd agree if other pages didn't strictly say "if youre affected by this, you're going to die, all you can do is find peace" like Dorcha, false artifact, sprig tree, false beet, etc

[@sphinxriddle4]

"all hail our new JUNIOR SUPERVISOR" fucking kills me EVERY TIME

[@doktorphlog2143]

HOLY! 4 hours? My friend, this is a whole 8 course meal, the Flawpy Fanclub eating good today.

[@Grunttamer]

@granderf8 you’re right, why such a short video this time?

[@bobcrafttheking2014]

This guy does way more than pyrocynical does 😭

[@alesiadoneff9417]

Not sure how often you see these but I think the reason Clair had a feast instead of the trash hob is because the entry doesn't specify that the food had to be edible. It's crap made of wheat and mushrooms.

[@silva_jay1424]

Thank you for removing that call of the mother mourning her kid 😭 I love this game but thinking about that incident always makes my heart hurt a bit. Great acting from the mom and good horror. Poor Jeremy :’(

[@monotolang]

I love that the creator used dog-like kobolds. In Japan and other places in the east the same DnD creatures that were illustrated as reptiles in the west were instead illustrated as dog-like creatures, and that stuck. You see them in jrpgs sometimes.

[@monotolang]

The ending song also reminds me of a Jim Henson movie.

[@Dragonatrix]

They appear as dog-like creatures in most things because thats what they are in the original Germanic folklore OP

[@ErikaCartet]

@@Dragonatrixi thought kobolts were household sprites with more like a gnome/brownie appearance? i see subtypes of them interfering on ships and mines (where the word cobalt comes from) and instances of them appearing as cats or as flames, but i haven’t seen much about them originally being dogs except in cases when they can take the appearance of many different animals

[@badadvicejoe6203]

Idea on the whistling fungi. Knowing that many fungi spread airborne spores, could the unison singing be them releasing their spores all at once, possibly infesting the tenant's body? I would imaging they even go through the ears and infect the brain in some way due to the singing

[@talullah1065]

There's no physical way for objects to go past your eardrum unless you burst it

[@gallifreylegonetworkreal]

DOCTOR WHO REFRENCE “tenant”😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@fyra_cat2119]

​@@talullah1065probably it's the throat then, it sounds like she's choking in the call

[@bouwny9000]

w fungi is in my opinon the scariest entity for me. is it the trypophobia holes? my idea is that the singing is either a warning for a deadly entity, like a boggart is in the house or it could be what you said, the failure call of the woman choking or smthn would make sense what if the plants strangle them

[@sashathesheep8912]

Idk if anyone commented this, but the whole Bed Hag thing actually has a bunch of different origins from different folklores. I'd say the most prominent one is the Mære or Mara from Germanic, Slavic and other European folklores. The idea is that these old creepy looking spirits perch on the chest of a sleeping person, making it difficult to breathe and causing nightmares and sleep paralysis. I'd imagine they came to be because people couldn't quite understand hallucinations during sleep paralysis. "Stealing breath" was phrased a little bit weird, but I think this was in reference to specifically the how closely respiratory problems and sleep paralysis are linked. It's so fun to have games so closely focused on folklore!

[@laraprisma6381]

I remember watching gameplays of this game and never understanding the purpose of that video of the mouse saying "help", but now it's explained! Every gameplay I've seen never got the bad ending, and now that I know what the ending is you turning into a rat, that video makes a lot more sense. So ceepy!

[@explolsivecake2045]

I know its unrelated to the lore stuff, but I find it really delightful that righty + wrongy eventually start comparing notes + working together, its just very charming to me :))

[@lekoe961]

"This video took a while to come out" maybe for the breakneck pace you release these videos, but compared to other creators that put out multi hour game analysis videos this came out super fast. I'm constantly blown away by how quick you put out such entertaining and well made videos, this one being no exception

[@BadNewsandBadBreaks]

I got so invested in the skits for this one! The ending got me going "oh that's *GOOD*" out loud. I love these parallel-universe kind of OCs you put together, where there's gentle liberties taken to play around in a creative sandbox inspired by the source material but staying true enough to really feel like they belong there. It's always a treat to see what you'll write next!

[@wasababi]

The fact bed teeth is first fantastical pest that we encounter makes me think about how sometimes small insignificant things can seem like a bigger deal to certain people. So like it mentions small growths on your sheets or blankets, it literally could be talking about cloth pilling eventually becoming teeth and causing agitation on the skin.

[@fyra_cat2119]

Tbh bed teeth are one of the fantastical ones that you could tell me was real and I'd believe you Sure, the name implies something supernatural, but in it's description it's only described to be a fungal growth that causes irritation and can be solved with good hygiene of the sheets, or replacement of the sheets, which isn't that far fetched And let's be honest, there's definetly someone out there who'd discover something like that and decide to name it something rly freaky like "bed teeth"

[@polnapanties]

Showed my Hispanic girlfriend this video and she nearly collapsed in on herself laughing at the duendes de caca bit. Later, when I tried talking about the night gnomes, she misheard 'noches' as 'leches' and now we just keep mentioning the fucking milk gnomes. Banger video btw, love having it on the second monitor whenever I draw. Also defs binged a ton of your other vids, very well made.

[@kal_bec]

I really liked the "skits" in-between the days. Unique bit that added interesting headcannon to the world

[@Blupomelos]

Yeeessss the seedling one was scary 😭😭

[@thepineappleyempireofsuper9612]

I'm saddened that house fires aren't their own ending caused by answering every problem in a day with house fire. It just seems perfect for one's manager dropping the script full stop in utter bafflement.

[@m0n5a80]

"The captain did it" from Obra Dinn but "It was a house fire". It would've been so funny.

[@pinkfeiry]

The supervisor being a druid makes so much sense actually.

[@Sevencatsinatrenchcoat]

She's actually a fae lol

[@Sagdira]

On the troll and UV repelling them. Here in Norway the folklore of Trolls say that the sun turns them into stone, so the UV rays replicating the sun probably scares them. BTW i really reccomend the movie Trollhunter to see the folklore in a modern day depicition c:

[@DZ-X3]

This reminds me of the modern day vampire movies, where UV light is often weaponised against the bloodsuckers. What's interesting is that the troll caller mentions setting up lights, so he's almost done the right thing by accident. If only the lights used a wider (more natural) spectrum, he would have been safe.

[@vibujicilemi]

​@@DZ-X3 Well, since even wide spectrum lights don't emit any UV light (unless they're defective, in which case they're a huge hazard), it wouldn't have helped

[@DissedRedEngie]

recently remembered. Both Dwarves and Trolls both turn into stone in the sunlight in the norse mythology. Which is why UV lights are effective against trolls. Also, a game based on helping people with these problems has so much potential.

[@AdamK370]

3:53:30 what i find weirdest about the spriggan is that doesnt like when you weed, mow ur lawn, or hurt wildlife... but also doesnt like you eating fruit? in keeping with the "not harming nature" theme, this sounds like it makes sense - but it doesnt. fruit is meant to be eaten, trees want you to eat their fruit: it holds seeds that animals, including in ancient times humans, would eat, digest, and defacate in a different area to move seeds to a new location and reproduce for the tree. i dont think this is a lore thing, i just think the developers forgot/didnt know that fruit is meant by nature to be eaten.

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

I think it's the "wild" part that pisses the Spriggan off. It probably knows must humans have places they use for producing their own fruit and whatnot, and thusly gets upset if you pick a wild plant to eat. Think of it like this: from the Spriggans pov, the human wandered into its home and stole its food, and ate said food in front of it, when it knows Humans have their own food, at their house.

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

​@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123It just doesn't make sense. The real goal of plants is to survive. They wouldn't care that you grow trees and plants and whatever at home, and you can use them instead of "wild" fruit. They only care that somebody ate the fruit, and the seed will be planted.

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

​@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123I also think that you are treating the spriggan way too much like a human, when it is not a human.

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

I don't think the spriggan should hate people harming wildlife, it should hate people who hurt and kill them but don't eat them. The lawn also feels pretty unjustified, since literally nobody is eating from it. That's not really hurting wildlife and nature. If anything, that makes the spriggan have double standards, according to zekrom. So it hates it when you eat wild fruit, but also hates it when you mow the grass you produced?

[@theflyingspaget]

Perhaps it knows that humans shit in toilets so the seeds are wasted

[@loisrabies8713]

I’m glad someone did a deep dive on this game. A lot of people played it but it was dismissed rather quickly without anyone getting into anything.

[@UmbraBorealis]

Had the pleasure of playing this completely blind shortly after release and immediately going to my partner and friends to yell about how well written and fun the game is. Love the story behind the development of this game as well. Really inspiring! They're working on a new game as we speak!

[@datguyuno98]

As someone who's family is half from New York and half working in HVAC you played a nearly perfect New Yorker HVAC worker. Accent could use a little touch up (it's always a little tricky to get an authentic New York accent despite how prolific it is) but the vocabulary and appearance was spot on. Hilariously authentic work Floppy

[@lioedevon4275]

I’ve said it before but finding out the creator of this game puppeteered the Fae king at Evermore was the biggest jumps are of all

[@travelkingable]

Also, about the Fracture Hobbs, their diet being Cheese could give credence to your theory, since Cheese is essentially "Decomposed" Milk, and Milk is the diet of a Common Hobb.