How Bloodborne Tells Your Story

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Bloodborne has a unique way of telling a story that allows you to use your imagination to put together all the missing pieces.
How Bloodborne Tells Your Story
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[@moralitiesaspook168]

The dlc for bloodborne has a final boss that is the orphan of a dead mother and it wields a placenta...

[@bk1128]

'Orphan of a dead mother'...

[@AhmedSalah-ir7wp]

B K lmfao

[@tastycookiechip]

It's gherman

[@pugnome]

Mr Engels what do youlike most about Bloodeborne

[@miguelpereirasilva7662]

@@bk1128 ?

[@Cracked_Moon]

*You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it...*

[@shira_yone]

“...We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open..."

[@zeronova1484]

*"Fear the Old Blood."*

[@AidanRatnage]

Why are you all just quoting the game?

[@lhitman2222]

@@AidanRatnage because why not

[@AidanRatnage]

@@lhitman2222 Because it adds nothing to the video or other comments here.

[@toolshedvideo]

With the Bloodborne story, you HAVE to play the DLC to get the whole history. It makes much more sense after playing through Maria and the Fishing Hamlet

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Man, I am trying, but I took a really long time off the game and I can't get passed a certain moonblade wielding dickhead. I need to get back into it and relearn the game.

[@toolshedvideo]

Strat-Edgy Productions He's basically a souped-up version of Vordt from DS3. Definitely one of the toughest bosses in FROM's games. You really owe it to yourself to beat him, the whole DLC is great. If you aren't opposed to co op and want help my PSN is toolshed79. I have helped more than a couple people get through the DLC.

[@samb123078]

Strat-Edgy Productions if you need help I'd be glad to do some jolly cooperation with you.

[@toolshedvideo]

Bins Wanger Lol i just beat him for a friend a minute ago.

[@samb123078]

toolshedvideo I just sit around with my small bell rininging in the DLC areas. Ludwig and Orphan are the most popular bosses people need help with. Oddly almost no one wants help on Maria. Maybe I'm too high level since my toons are all 120 for PvP. Should make a level 90 one just to help out.

[@goobawhoba]

Bloodeborne will always be one of my all-time favorite games. I bought a PS4 simply for that game and it was 100% worth it.

[@ginosanchez7]

hell yeah it was!

[@davidbeaulieu4815]

@@ginosanchez7 they're making a second so I hear.

[@ginosanchez7]

its refreshing to see a game company not rush to a sequel just to milk the money-cow. If they dont make another one I'd be fine just cause the first one left such a lasting impression on me

[@MASHo1992]

About the idea of DS being vague, I always thought it was because you're only a man thrown into that world. That you aren't a protagonist of that world but a secondary character and while the world is going to hell you are fighting for yourself in the background. Not sure if I'm making myself clear.

[@bertschumacher2097]

MASHo1992 I feel the same about DS ye. There were many who tried and failed, you find their souls as consumable items. Also when the serpent says that the bells haven't rang in a long time, I realised some one has rang them before, I wasn't the only one.

[@Londronable]

This is what makes the stories of Dark Souls imo better than the stories where one has a protagonist. You're not THE man. You're merely A man. Beating Gods. Figuring out what the fuck have these Gods and people been doing. What happened to these kingdoms, who betrayed who? You're reading a book, you're not part of the book. Or are you?

[@chiefs2pretty4radio]

Londronable The Neverending Story...

[@SE_Lin]

In Dark Souls you explore ruined lands of ages past, in Bloodborne you are in the midst of the land being ruined.

[@unsureashell1947]

You're not a protagonist, true, but you also kinda are. You're the chosen undead. However, you're not the first. You're one out of millions of chosen undeads.You're just more determined than the others, you don't lose your head, keep going forward despite dying dozens of times. You struggle, and before you were just a hopeless undead, barely sane, and by the end of your journey you're fighting the hollowed God, Gwyn. A Hero's Journey.

[@DarkBloodSouls]

The woman in white is actually the Pthumerian Queen Yharnam; you fight her in the final chalice dungeon. Her baby Mergo was stolen by the great ones, because all great ones lose theirs, and she was a surrogate.

[@modvind]

DarkBlood Souls it's cuz the Pthumerian tried to breed with the great ones to elevate humanity to a higher level

[@josephhawkins7974]

More accurately, Yharnam was a surrogate mother, one who was merely the holder of the true parent/parents. Mergo is a true great one, albeit still a child. All great ones lose their child, probably due to them not being able to reach each other across the cosmos, which we as humans only access through dreams and nightmares. Great ones then try to find a human child to take the place of their actual lost child, for we are so unevolved that even as an adult we are merely children to great ones. We fill the hole they have in their lives.

[@josephhawkins7974]

Also, sorry for the really late response, just found this video.

[@onefourthcanadian]

I fucking love this. I never even considered analyzing the story in context of it being fully symbolic. I was thinking about the themes yesterday so it was awesome to see this. I think the primary theme is the danger of the reckless pursuit of progress in an uncaring universe. All the insight gathered were means to an end. Uninhibited medical progress destroyed Yarnham as they didn't understand what they were using. Micolash, addicted to the thrill of discovery, sold the world to understand it, in an attempt to become a god. In the old hunters dlc, horrible atrocities were committed in the name of insight. Blind, careless progress is what doomed Yarnham. We tend to assume that progress is innately good. But our attempts to evolve could easily be our undoing. There's no one to save us from ourselves. After all, we're only flies to the Gods. And what do we care of a few dead flies?

[@Welther47]

“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.”How wise Yoda is :)

[@JSession]

A fact of life ...

[@pacoramon9468]

And played both Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 but for me Bloodborne has something that make the world discovery so much better.

[@klarenceryoughi]

The creepy music from the beginning is called "creepy doll", and it's from an app called "Fantasy soundboard" :3

[@KusabiTetsugoro]

Btw The Doll is the only character in the game that bleeds with pale blood when getting hit. Not yellow, like Iosefka's or Ebrietas' blood, but white. The Doll also awakens only if you have at least 1 insight. You can not have it yet OR you can spend it all and in both cases The Doll won't be alive. The singing women in the locations of Nightmare (the ones with the brains on their heads) wear the same outfits as The Doll. It's obvious if you compare them. And the brains on their heads consist of messengers' bodies and eyes. There's clearly some creepy stuff connected to The Doll.

[@revfunk8823]

Александр Сероокий well, it represents Maria 😉 at least the dlc answered that question

[@sobrev1viente]

Willhem also bleeds white blood if I remember correctly

[@iWillWakeYouUp]

STUNNING analysis of the themes in this game. I haven't heard this interpretation in any videos yet, and although I have thought of similar things as you did, I haven't really put enough though into it and hearing it in such a well thought out video makes me appreciate it all the more. I can already smell the success of this channel. Just wait a year and put out good content on a regular basis. You'll see. You're gonna blow up to at the very least 100K in just a year, if not much more. Your latest video on hypernormalization was the best game-related video I've watched in a long time and I immediately subscribed and recommended your channel to all my friends.

[@SinnerBeta]

I think the story is abstract and weird enough that almost any interpretation will stick. I like the metaphors though.

[@maspingon]

That's a stupid statement.

[@eziospaghettiauditore8369]

@@maspingon ambiguity and allowing you to piece the story together instead of it being fed on a spoon is somehow stupid ?

[@jacksonmcmillen7043]

One of the cool things I like about dark souls and bloodborne is I'd be playing and you hear all these awesome stories of other heroes or monsters that are all so grand and epic and then I would like at my weak fragile character who seemed so small compared to the world. I'd then go to ask myself what my characters story was and I realized our characters story is the story of the end of all these other epic heroes and beast and that in itself make our characters stories one of the coolest.

[@battletoads22]

Another way you could think of it is as giving realistic perspective on the stories of those heroes. In Christianity, Saints are remembered for doing amazing things and many people feel that they can't live up to their standard, but here's the catch: Saints didn't start out as Saints. They still had their own struggles, and while they may have done great things, that doesn't mean that their lives were without conflict. Similarly, in DS and BB, you do great things and can even ascend to the position of godhood or epic hero, but you do plenty of struggling along the way.

[@Klespyrian]

I will forever spread word of your channel. This is the kind of thinking that is truly inspiring, and makes me further enjoy already great games of our time. Thank you for what you do, and I look forward to your insights in the future.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Thank you for the love :)

[@martinmlgaard2621]

Paleblood is the Great One you fight at the end of the game if you use all three umbilical cord. Not actual blood.

[@shira_yone]

That's "Moon Presense" or Flora (if you go deep from the lore). Paleblood is a concept, a really vague one at that and very confusing as well, we just don't have the insight to grasp it fully.

[@ativacorvin5881]

I love your take on all this. As for paleblood it's very easy to miss but through the catacombs & scholars' writings you can find vague references to the moon spirit that you can fight at the end of the game implying that paleblood is another name for the moon spirit.

[@TheSuperSaiyan97]

Fantastic video edgy. I'm also a writer and avid gamer so these kind of dissections fascinate me. I'm sure you've heard of it, but if you're interested in the cycles of life and death and our individual paths through them, I would recommend Joseph Campbell's hero with a thousand faces and his concept of the heros journey and the Cosmogonic cycle.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

That is a fascinating book, though it surprises me that people have often recommended it to me as a guide to plot, which I have never found it particularly useful for. I find it more of a philosophical piece. It's a sort of, we are all, at some deeper psychological level, experiencing life the same way through the abstraction of of current society's technological level.

[@TheSuperSaiyan97]

Strat-Edgy Productions that's how I always looked at it as well, more of an outline of ones life as a whole as well as smaller cycles within ones life. Touching on the universal patterns that seem to appear in all of our lives in one way or another

[@ddarkworker3227]

For a while now I was thinking about making story related videos about videogames, as a amateur writer myself. You gave me massive inspiration so thank you very much. Plus, the analysis was great and opened me to a whole new look at the game.

[@arcade5765]

you deserve more views and subscribers

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Thanks for the compliment! I'm working on those views and subscribers. Maybe in a year this whole youtube thing will pan out :)

[@arcade5765]

Strat-Edgy Productions no problem man, i'll definitely be following your channel :D

[@ExBruinsFan]

He needs an English tutor.

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Strat-Edgy Productions You are good at conveying your point and a unique one at that, not that I haven't drawn the same conclusion before reading a bit deeper and I think your opinion is very right but I would add that the beast form is also adolescence into young adulthood in that you are a ravaging growing beast and will only continue that path without guidance through the wooded maze of early adulthood. My main point is that the old hunters doc not only really ties the lore up in a lot of crucial ways, Ludwig or Lawrence can be seen as becoming a full grown man facing the prospect of going from apex to withering into an older self, and Maria would be the grieving old age loss of a spouse and the clock tower with its maze of thoughts to bury the truth but also a sign of losing track of memories. Culminating into the last phase of life when you go to the hamlet with all the other old forgotten atrocities and the koz still born being uour child turned man as his monster form and placenta being a memory of who was lost and the ugliness of what remains of your last most vital relationship then off to the great beyond in death

[@revfunk8823]

Arcade yes, yes he does

[@bveracka]

Bravo! You've given me yet another strong view on the _deep_ ideas behind Bloodborne, and made it simultaneously more beautiful and horrifying to me. So far as I know, your theory about the game overall being about-and playing on the themes of-the cycle of life within a dream is entirely original. It's wonderfully poignant as well. Although Vaati eluded to the childbirth thing once, it was never so concise. To further reinforce your theory that the messengers are [stillborn] children, another attribute is their skull plates; they aren't yet fused together either-something I just now noticed. About two years ago I bought the two Collector's Edition guidebooks, which are great. Upon ordering them, I thought they'd contain some deep lore and give me more _insight_ (n.p.i.) about the game, but they didn't. They did/do give some excellent technical descriptions of nearly everything in the game-all of the enemies' and bosses' attributes and how best to fight them, weapons and "armor" set tech. info & lore, detailed maps of every area, etc. It's all done in great fashion too, with high-fidelity images to go along with the text. While I wouldn't want one for my first playthrough, they're excellent books for getting trophies and I highly recommend them to any die-hard Bloodborne fan. In retrospect I'm very happy that those books didn't contain what I was originally hoping for, which was an explanation from Miyazaki telling the reader what the game's all about. A precise explanation from the creator wouldn't make the game's story better in _any_ way, in fact it may wreck it in some aspects. I'd much rather us fans continue theorizing and dreaming up different ways to explain the journey that the game takes us on-which to this day 2½ years later, still wows me. As a final note, I also wanted to say that you're spot-on about how the feeling of insignificance that Bloodborne gives the player makes it more horrifying. And as you stated, it evolves throughout the game into a more & more mature insignificance. It's the polar opposite of how most games make you feel. In 99% of games I've played these days-both good and bad ones-I play the role of this person or thing that's extremely powerful, confident, and above all, feared. In Bloodborne, _you're_ the one fearing everything around you, and a "hidden" mechanic is to constantly fight-off this fear. It's incredibly scary and satisfying, and even after playing it for over 100 hours, I still get anxious and upset when I play it, especially at certain points of the game. I could go on for hours about it, but this one attribute of the game seems to make or break most people's love for it; if you can't handle the intense emotion the game provokes, you'll likely put it down before you make it to Father Gascoigne. Great job on this video my fellow wise hunter. This was positively excellent!

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Thank you. This is still one of my favorite videos :)

[@endisbegun27]

Cool videos dude (came from morrowind), this was definitely a different story then I took away from BB but it's a very interesting take. Would love to get your take on Dark Souls 1-3 as a whole

[@StratEdgyProductions]

That... Is a great idea, actually. Gives me a reason to go back through the games. I'm working on an animation video based on a short story I wrote, but once that is done, I think that may be the next video ;) We shall see.

[@RavensOfRubicon]

Just keep making great videos! I came from the Morrowind video. I swear, the thematic you applied to this video.... I've never had such an emotional connection to a video on YT, at least not typically from this type of video. Really captivating x.x Id k how to explain it.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Thanks a lot. This became a bit of a passion project for me. I loves the souls series, but something about this game just clicked with me.

[@RavensOfRubicon]

François Maspuche Not really, I like the way he puts across his opinion even if I disagree, I enjoy the way he composes his points. I just happen to agree.

[@SplasH74rul]

The background music and sound effects in the video were just perfect. Not everyone appreciates it and the time it takes to search for these and use them, but I do, good job

[@IganoHouku]

Quick thing about your theory, the hunter representing a waiting husband outside of their wife's birthing chamber, is a bit flawed considering you can play as a woman.

[@NetPathfinder]

*THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME.* I wonder did the devs thought that deep when they designed the game? This channel is purely gold, this is my 6th of your videos in the night and I can't stop.

[@kreep182]

I swear you said exactly whats on my mind through this video. In fact, I wanted to make a video just like this one. Bloodborne is the only game, or movie where the amygdala, the part of the brain responsible for fear, is an actual monster, that the protagonist gets to fight. There's also one more point you mentioned in your video. The idea that everyone has to come face to face with the fact that they are insiginificant. That's exactly what I thought too. This is actually the strongest theme in the whole game imo. Thats exactly what I personally felt.

[@anthrosound]

This adds a great backdrop to whatever I think my characters personal ambitions are while playing.

[@roccoseganti548]

You're the first one who made a video that I could understand about what the "hidden story" of bloodborne. Fascinating, thank you.

[@francisr8563]

It's more his interpretation of what certain aspects of the game symbolise, it's not strictly accurate to what the story is actually saying. It is a fascinating analysis though and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@himeraozaur9206]

its hard to concentrate on your voice when the music is so loud

[@modvind]

Himeraozaur music adds atmosphere, dude

[@Bloodhurl67]

@@modvind 1 year old comment I know but he's saying that he should lower the volume of the music. Not that he should turn it off completely.

[@donchindle2958]

I really like your idea of how the game an analogy of dealing with the horrors of aging! What's even cooler is that from this perspective, Bloodborne is even more so story of overcoming those horrors! Even though the Hunter is a relatively small character in a universe controlled by cosmic abominations, we as the Hunter are able to become powerful, traverse the cosmic beyond, and shove a Saw Cleaver up the assholes of those who see humans as slaves and playthings. Although there are many things to be afraid of, those things serve as the stepping stones of the betterment and empowerment of the individual!

[@n1lknarf]

The orientation of bloodborne is about how the player has no control or impact over the character and world, yet they do impact the player's imagination into creating more than just absorbing. The difference between dark souls and bb in this term is that in DS the character reacts to things exactly like the player would, while in Bb the character reacts knowing what it's happening, and the player's feelings are completely left out, in order to create separation from the player's mind and the character's mind.

[@logen99999]

This is a fantastic analysis. you touch on a lot of the points and themes that I thought while playing the game. Bloodborne is really a special game. It's rare we get games this deep and meaningful.

[@basedSHARK]

Really great use of music in this, without even realizing it I was feeling tension just listening to your analysis and the really dark themes matched the music. Bloodborne's 'story' I feel is the most solid and concise out of the Soulsborne series and it's one of my favorites because of that.

[@MrZabersuv]

a fuckin masterpiece of modern game design and story telling i love bloodbourne

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

I’ve gotta make a correction, the Souls games and Bloodborne do have a story. Maybe not a “plot” per say, but they do have stories. Also, there’s a lot of videos that have taken hours upon hours of research to make that do deep dives into item descriptions and info given by NPCs and the visual story telling that the Soulsborne games are known for. There’s a lot of video that are “fan theories” yes, but there’s also quite a bit of videos that only use the information readily available in-game and information given by the Director himself(can spell his name but you know who I’m talking about). Anyway, the whole point was that the Dark Souls games and Bloodborne do have a story within each individual game. You just have to talk to the NPCs listen to what it is they are saying, where it is that they are when talking to them and the effect that your actions have on not just the immediate setting but also on the NPC you come into contact. There is a story there, just maybe not mucho a plot.

[@varunkapur5640]

This is the only video of all the videos I've watched about what Bloodborne's all about. It's the only one that made sense

[@unholymalformationoffisto2131]

I enjoyed this video alot. I found your detail on how bloodborne kinda represents life really intriguing. I love hearing other peoples thoughts on the game as I think the designers made it so people could make such drastically different perspectives. I think the beginning was a tad bland but it really started amping up and getting my attention further. As for the music honestly I was able to disregard it and get the general idea of the video, really well done! It always suprises me seeing more high quality from smaller channels.

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

Actually Paleblood is the name given to the Moon Presence by Laurence and his associates. And the woman in white is Queen Yharnam, the Queen of the ancient Pthumerians who first discovered the greats ones and used blood to turn themselves into a race of nearly immortal super humans until they were eventually destroyed for whatever reason only to be rediscovered by the healing church, her child was the great one Mergo, you can tell because he cries throughout her entire fight.

[@unregisteredassaultbutterk1185]

Letting Gehrman kill you is my favorite ending because I view it as the hunter accepting that the world around them is uncontrollable chaos and just rolling with it. Over the course of the game over and over again you see people who lose both their minds and humanity in their desperate search for knowledge and power, trying to escape their impermanence. The point of lovecraftian horror is that humans aren't supposed to unravel the secrets of the universe, because we can't handle them. How long will you survive as a new Great One before some spaz with a giant spinning flaming sawblade rustles your jimmies?

[@Spike2276]

I find it fascinating how many people have interpreted the meaning of Bloodborne into so many disparate themes I've heard it's about the fear of industrialization (mostly because of the victorian setting), about a Freudian need to rebel against the parent, about dealing with personal insecurities, about sheer Lovecraftian horror of actual space aliens who are infinitely greater than us, and now i've heard your opinion where it's about life and the stages of fear we go through it

[@StainlessPot]

These are *themes* though, not the actual *story*.

[@terminator572]

Bloodborne has no story on its own.

[@monoclesquid9667]

Mensis is also in relation to the phased of the moon. Menstruation was originally derived from it as the menstrual cycle roughly followed the moon's phases. Micolash, and the school of mensis at large, wears the cage to imitate the amygdala, as if you look carefully, its brain is protected by a cage-like skull.

[@marcogianesello6083]

The 90 pages essay is the paleblood hunt and it's absolutely brilliant, check it out 100%, it deepens the understanding of the game in a way i didn't even think possible, it really shows what a masterpiece in storytelling these games are, bloodborne first and foremost

[@breechare]

Each video of yours I watch makes me wonder why you don't have more subscribers, you're a great youtuber so keep it up!

[@joebailey8294]

As a lore fanatic, a lot of these connections seem tenuous but I like these ideas.

[@wakkosick6525]

I actually just got out of a game. By that I mean, I got a game, played it for abotu 2 months with very little sleep, absolutley destroying it, then turning up the difficulty, destroying it, then modding it to make it harder, then destroying it, and now I am done with the game. So I am kinda depressed and down, in search for a new game. Then I found your videos. And I started watching them, listening while doing chores around the house, playing them while i slept and then watching the ones I listened to while sleeping again when I woke up. Your opinion and logic are like a breath of fresh air after walking miles thru dead rotting bodies. I just wanted to say thanks for clearly articulating what I am thinking to the rest of the world.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Wow, thank you. That means a lot.

[@hopebringer2348]

I don't personally agree with all of this, but this is a brilliant and convincing analysis. Well done!

[@Fook_Yu]

12:15 that loft actually contains a giant creature that looks like a malformed brain with one eye. Its sort of a secret that you have to go to to obtain ingredients for one of the last chalice dungeons

[@hellosalem2664]

Man I really love the Rom boss fight in this game. Not because of anything crazy gameplay or visual wise but because it was the first time in a game where I did something just because I felt a sense of something being down there(my first souls game btw) I had no idea that I was supposed to dive into the water but after some exploring and standing around looking at the moon with the old man dying behind me it was the last thing I felt needed to be done. For me to end it all and so I dove into the cold dark water

[@MrDenizYildrim]

excellent thesis and analysis of the game. this side of KZbin including you and others like ragnarox is one of the best

[@everettgaspar3482]

There is nothing more terrifying than being insignificant. So fucking true

[@hauohakuthaksi3204]

10:30 C'moon you know what it looks like, no one thought that it looked like a flower.

[@guywithknife]

Bloodborne is an amazing game.

[@hutche]

Dude, you're paying for my surgery; my jaw just dropped...

[@aoiminase]

The mensis cage which micolash wear, it represents to restrain the will of one self, forgetting who you are or some sort like that

[@denisonfagundes8200]

The moon presence in paleblood. A note literally call it that. There are clues around that tease it too.

[@skrotosd]

Dark souls has a story and you always know what to do, the chosen undead has even a character ark

[@Bluecho4]

I think the "eyes on the inside" thing has a much simpler metaphor: it stands for self-awareness. The ability to look inward and objectively codify one's thoughts, feelings, and actions. You cannot move beyond beastly idiocy until you can grasp the root causes of one's cognitive decisions. Such as when one is brought into a rage, and then can stop and ask, "Why am I angry? Is this response reasonable? Is lashing out really productive?" There's that famous Lovecraft quote. That the greatest mercy is that the human mind cannot catalog all of its contents. In another quote, that humanity will reject the horrors that come from science, and flee to the safety of a new dark age. If a human would cease to be a beast - and, by extension, cease to be a human - they must go beyond action that lacks self-reflection. To really see oneself - to reject ignorance or the comfort of a dark age - is to become something more than human. To ascend, know thyself.

[@operatorjuno5348]

Holy shit.....my mind is blown in the first couple minutes. Subscribed

[@patrickrauh996]

Why your vids about games become always a lesson about psychology and life at all 😂 I love it 💕

[@Astral161]

I saw the bloated head enemies as less about child deformity and more about how it is actually the size of our brains and large skulls that were the leading cause of mother and infant mortalities during childbirth. A sense that our cognitive prowess literally killed us for the majority of human history; knowledge to be feared.

[@JohnDoe-bx1bw]

Man, your videos are so great like documentary stuff. I watch them instead of movies.

[@delbedinotti6622]

I watched about five of your videos last night and have to say you are able to articulate what is wrong with video games today. Seems like you have some great ideas as well. You should have more subs.

[@blizzardcrow3051]

well that was soul-crushing

[@user-bk9cp9xn3l]

I assumed Dark Souls is about religion losing its power (fading light = loss of faith to a god or sth) and the transition to an age of man (without light), while letting us choose which path is better.

[@NetPathfinder]

Interesting thought. Indeed, the fading light can be compared to the loss of God now...

[@festethephule7553]

Alexandra Kieler Ya know, he didn't actually state an opinion about religion. He was simply making an observation.

[@NetPathfinder]

+Kendra Kieler These are social falaccies. Faith in God is much deeper and significant for the whole world perception.

[@agentmaine4746]

Absolutely brilliant analysis. This deserves more views.

[@aFewBitsShort]

In Eldritch horror the main theme is the insignificance of humans and Bloodborne is unashamedly Eldritch.

[@runningcommentary2125]

I've always thought that cosmic horror would have more impact on a teenager or a young person, and fear of loss, pregnancy, aging, etc. is more likely to have an impact with older people.

[@Razkunn]

Damn, you made me re-think the Mensis Head Cages. They died during a ritual, because they craved knowledge, but rejected the accompanied change. Thus their normal minds received the knowledge, without filling out with eyes on the inside, thus overfilling and killing their brains. Random thoughts.

[@GreedAndSelfishness]

Great video. Reminds me more of Silent Hill analysis videos than Bloodborne lore videos which is a good thing. Theres some mistakes like the frenzying light coming from nowhere. Its coming from the brain of mensis.

[@trufreedom]

I just found your channel. You produce some excellent, thought provoking videos. I wish more game "analysts" took this kind of approach.

[@erikmacaluso]

"Some people in certain circles," lmao. Nice

[@itch433]

For content about video games this is actually pretty interesting and entertaining. Inspirational in a way even. Hope your videos will get the views they deserve some day.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Thanks! I hope so too :)

[@jimmyramosf7]

This is an excellent analysis. I had not thought about the life cycles. Also, about the moon, is usually a sign of motherhood, and fertility.

[@vikingo987]

Man, the way you narrate... it's the best I have seen in youtube. What do you do for living? what did you study? If I recall correctly you said that you hadn't the wealthiest of childhoods. And you now work at EA, knowing things like how to 3D model stuff for videogames. And you are a writer on top of that? I'm impressed. If you have writen a book, pm me the title. I will buy it.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I have a book that I was trying to publish last year when my channel was at 100 subs. Now that I have an audience, I am going to attempt it again, so, maybe soon :)

[@ryleyreishus1089]

While my interpretation of this game was very different from yours, I thought your interpretation was awesome because not only was it unique it had many inngame thematic elements giving it credence. My interpretation was dual focused around mankind's history of reacting violently to things that threaten them or are unknown often to horrific results with a secondary theme of existensional dread. You nailed it on the the head that the thing that makes bloodborne's story so great is the way you have to peice it together yourself while the developer's leave bits of lore, themes, and story plots that give direction but are still open to interpretation.

[@istvanandras725]

I salute your well written narration!

[@commanderpreacherlocust1439]

finally some one who appreciates micolash

[@joebailey8294]

Not really sure at times if you're talking about story (what's happening to the player) or the lore (how the world is). If you still haven't watched any lore videos, I think you should because they give a really solid and comprehensive perspective of the big picture and smaller details in a very specific way.

[@derrickbonsell]

"Called the third eye in some cycles but is really..." Spotted the guy with the calcified pineal gland ;)

[@WXVA9]

Micolash certainly didn't want to die in the dream! He is distraught about how dying means he'll wake up and forget everything!

[@dhashennaidu6116]

Wow...your interpretation made so much sense.

[@ChaoticDeluge99999]

What a wonderful interpretation of the story and themes! Who could've thought after the countless hours of Bloodborne analyses I've seen I could look at the story in whole new ways. This is why literature studies are so fun

[@crestfallenknight7983]

This channel is fricking underrated!

[@magnusg8964]

I've never heard an interpretation like this. This is really cool man i enjoyed it

[@XITZNAPTIMEX]

I love your insight and philosophy on this game. it's quite beautiful.

[@liFE-gt6or]

I could go on and on and on and talk so much about I why I love the soulsborn series more specifically about how I love bloodborne with a burning passion but I’m not cause I already did it and it took a while but something I love so much about Bloodborne and this extends to Dark souls is how we all have our story our interactions in completely different sequences and how we all have a different understanding about the story we all have our interpretation for BB and none of it is true mostly cause the lore is so rich and deep but we aren’t told what we are why we should do this or that or our motivation or what is our place for example I believe in BB I’m just someone in the background doing my own thing surviving during the hunt while there’s tons of other things happening outside my reach and I have my own interpretation of the story from the environmental clues and all the text I’ve read on armor and weapons and almost every item I don’t mean to diss last of us I really enjoyed it ( really enjoyed it ) but it’s the same game for everyone it’s the exact same way it’s a linear path you go here talk a lil kill a couple of ppl watch a cutscene and a sequence of set pieces activates soulsborne doesn’t have and that’s one of the many reasons I adore this game/series ( not talking about none from soft soulsborne clones I really don’t think they’re good they don’t have anywhere near the charm the from soft soulsborne does )

[@jeova0sanctus0unus]

OBJECTION! the Person that makes Josefkas Blood Vial that you get in the beginning, is not the same that makes the Celestial Emmesaties is not the same person! She gets killed and an imposter takes her place. Also The Nightmare of Mensis is NAmed after the School of Mensis, which itself is named after the Moon, as "Mensis" is latin for "Month" . All of it is a reference to the Moon Presence that the School of Mensis was researching.

[@broccoli_lad]

Everything about this video is perfect

[@akumarajio2691]

I always considered Dark Souls to be a story of no purpose into being given reason to be and to do and without that you have no reason to be and fade into nothing (to go hollow for example). Bloodborne on the other hand is the opposite, to dream and have purpose but not to be consumed by it or to overindulge lest you forget the bigger picture. You can have an insight of brilliance and a primal goal or desire but you need a way to couple both in a way where neither lose sight of the other and can eventually transcend higher or escape from them before we are trapped in either.

[@sentientist]

You had a largely different interpretation than I did, but that's a sign of great art. Really enjoyed your video!

[@sageoftruth]

Very interesting. Thanks. Do you have any thoughts on the doll, or the fact that she doesn't come to life until you gain some insight? After all that you said, this part sounds like it could play into the theme in some way.

[@spreadformula2598]

"imagine the unimaginable horror"

[@sonofmenov]

Bloodbornes story is fashioned in the same way as H.P love craft storys witch with the eldritch horrors and the idea of the great old ones is about the insignificant of us against the cosmos

[@Rafael-nq2ob]

freud just played bloodborne and he has a take on it

[@tdwwerv9179]

I really like your interpretation of the story. Grate job, man

[@Maloparic]

All of your videos are interesting but music is WAY TOO LOUD. Please, pay attention to it before publishing...

[@NatetheNerdy]

I believe the soulsborne series are always up to your own interpretation, that there isn't one true story as in other games, and I love your idea that it's about growing up, but at the same time so much of your information is wrong or missing a part. The bleeding woman is Queen Yharnam, the glowing light in the Nightmare of Mensis is the Brain of Mensis, Micholash doesn't say much to you in his boss fight (he's praying). Ultimately I'm split between being fascinated by how much evidence there is that the different stages are based on childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age, and feeling like a lot of your points are wrong. But I guess that's the point of Cosmic Horror, we'll never know it all and can only see fractions of portions of the whole story.

[@cg4432]

Intersting theory but I'm not sure if it holds up. Micolash is asking for ascension from Kos, or some say Kosm, an outer god. That's what happened with Rom would ascended into a celestial being.