It's Not Me, It's My Basement - Feed A Monster In Your Basement & Nothing Bad Will Happen

It's Not Me, It's My Basement is an RPG Maker Horror game where you must keep a monster fed in your basement everyday and night or else.
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[@ManlyBadassHero]

Welcome to the D Lightful Time Club, how D Lightful Time are ya?

[@isaiahp.4609]

More like DZ Nuts

[@romanticfishiee]

d pressed

[@cringemonarch7438]

Very

[@Voidalot]

I'm very D Lightful Time thank you very much.

[@peewee8728]

@@isaiahp.4609 Wha-

[@geebeepman]

ngl I too kinda feel bad for the doctor. sure he might come across as an annoying nosy person to some people, but he really seemed like a genuinely helpful fellow and not just doing it because its his job.

[@insertusernamehere3173]

Yeah, I'm really sad about him dying

[@arinrxn]

yea he didnt deserve that, the game did him dirty

[@cringem4st3r22]

He just wanted to help out, and the protag barely even emotes on his death

[@bluebeka2458]

He seemed nice. I wished that they will have more time to talk.

[@xiaokay.GenshinImpact]

I love your profile XD its Hanako

[@beetroob]

“it’s not me, it’s my basement” sounds like a sappy breakup line

[@MindhackDiva531]

Wait wha-

[@riceseed]

Or a light novel title

[@beetroob]

@@MindhackDiva531 you never know!

[@paleindian10]

@@riceseed definitely, the title of a Korean romance manhua or something 😂

[@chloesantos8637]

LMFAO IT DOES!!

[@agneslorinc1862]

I realised that in horror games there is always an adorable positive minded character that dies tragically

[@jessicathenobody]

*WHY. IS. THIS. TRUE.*

[@laurinha2892]

It's to give us the sad

[@smidge742]

Witch’s house….

[@laurinha2892]

@@smidge742 I mean, viola kinda fits that, even tho we only find out about it in the end

[@jacklynyeh4893]

@@smidge742 the frog

[@my_username8004]

When Dr. D. Light got thrown down the stairs I literally screamed ''NO DAMMIT I LIKED HIM" despite knowing it was gonna happen anyways-

[@thesilentmarauder3758]

Dude same he’s literally my favorite

[@calllmehazel1616]

Fr. I liked him :(

[@user-kv6zm9oz2d]

BRO ME TOO-

[@vonBelfry]

Same... He's an awesome design... He didn't deserve to die...

[@daughterofnature5564]

Thanks for spoiling that-

[@sicksilverring]

All I could think after reading the title is: “I’m sorry this can’t work out, it’s my basement”

[@zephra1675]

Good to know it wasn’t just me lol

[@Starry_Wave]

Believe it or not, this is actually used as a concept in the dark comedy/psychological horror comic book called “Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.” It's written by Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez. In the comic book, the main character Johnny is a mass murderer who keeps telling others that he needs to kill people in order to "feed the wall" in his basement. As the story progresses, it's revealed that the "wall" in his basement is literally alive and it's completely blood red. If Johnny doesn't kill enough people, the "wall" would turn into an eldritch abomination that will engulf the world within its bloody red mass. I won't spoil the ending for you guys but please check out this comic book, it's really good.

[@bluebeka2458]

Boss: What's wrong with your basement? "Why won't you come over to see it yourself?"

[@bluebeka2458]

@@Starry_Wave Just add it to my "need to read it" list. I have a big list like that, but unfortunately i'm too busy lately and tired to do that. 😞

[@submariNervous]

@@bluebeka2458 I'd suggest making sure to read the two spinoff titles "Squee!" and "I Feel Sick" as you're going through JTHM, as one is about a little kid Johnny just sorta _decided_ to call his best friend in the main story, and the other is about Johnny's ex-girlfriend. Basically, they're extended lore on the Crapsack World JTHM is set in.

[@fierysamurai8215]

“What are your hobbies?” *”Nothing.”* “Pardon me?” “I do read sometimes though.” “Oh what do you read about?” *”Nothing.”*

[@Bennyboioc234]

I laughed-

[@redacted-19]

*Nothing* itself is pretty interesting though!

[@sanemislashwind]

Pardon me?-

[@glitchyyt4282]

*XD*

[@mistywafers7623]

Im going to write a horror story called nothing

[@Floorbie_Nana]

“Well...I suppose it was a *delightful* meal” No. _Never make that pun ever again._

[@ManlyBadassHero]

The other option was DLightfully Delicious

[@dino_nuggies]

@@ManlyBadassHero I can’t tell which one’s worse, honestly at this point i might feed myself to the demons…just to avoid hearing any more terrible puns like that 😑

[@sam-sp5zk]

@@ManlyBadassHero I Love Someone Just Like My Self

[@Candelitarex23]

@@ManlyBadassHero are you a father? cus it sounds like it

[@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853]

@@ManlyBadassHero Ho, ho, ho... D. Lightfully devilish, Manly!

[@lazycoffee2314]

“Do you think I Smell, Lucille?” “YES.”

[@jessicathenobody]

Imagine if Lucille actually responded like that! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@EthanMeatan]

@•Akiroplayz• basically, lucille is the lady in the jam stand, and she asked if embry needed help with laundry, and embry replied with “do you think i smell, lucille?” And manly said YES

[@EthanMeatan]

@•Akiroplayz• im sorry if its complicated im soo bad at explaining things ‼️😍

[@prasyaspaceagency7067]

@@EthanMeatan nahh mate, that's the joke

[@EthanMeatan]

@@prasyaspaceagency7067 huh

[@mavenofkindred9670]

No ones gonna talk about how Embry’s last name starts with O, not only spelling EGO on the board but Embry O. Implying that whatever is happening is growing/evolving from them, which if you take the “bad” end in a literal sense it is true.

[@FeenieVonKarma]

Holy shit - I was blindsided by the initials being EGO... I didn't notice Embry O. Christ that's Death Stranding levels of naming. Good spot.

[@Urza26]

Nice catch

[@absolutelyshmooie7086]

Which one is the bad end?

[@notreallyagameranymore]

I don't get it, embryo?

[@notreallyagameranymore]

Oh wait I get it now.

[@FeenieVonKarma]

This feels a lot like a metaphor. Keeping the monsters in your basement "fed", taking it day by day, the monsters getting hungrier and more demanding... it feels like someone trying to break an addiction.

[@Tycholarfero]

yeah, her dreams feel like her conscience and the painting staring at embry when the door is open on the last night feels like it's silently judging her, this feels like a psyche thing

[@travislyonsgary]

I took it to be a rather literal shapeshifter just doing gaslighting stuff. But otherwhise it fits mental illness quite well too, especially at the end where she confronted "herself" where it talks about why she wouldnt want help, because she would have to actually change stuff if she did Though in actuality here this was probably just her feeling hopeless about improving the situation, not wanting people to die, and not knowing what to do.

[@bluebeka2458]

Yeah, is like when you are depressed and feel like you are a attention seeker in your mind. And that you think only about yourself. Hopeless and perhaps "addicted" to this state of mind because you are stuck and you don't know what to do. And perhaps the fact that they need to start to take decisions for themselfs and it feels like a burden that they have to carry. They need to move foward, to move one, but there will be always something that they can't let go. Idk i just feel like it fits the game story.

[@JuriAmari]

Yeah. Feels like this plot could be taking place in the 90s. The vibe kinda feels like a Sat AM cartoon gone extremely wrong. Another metaphor it could also fit into is seasonal depression. I’m considering that the outdoors looks rather cold and hostile, Embry’s been caring for the monster for 4 months (which can be the time period somebody goes through seasonal depression), and the D in Dr. D. Light’s name could represent day. Her parents’ absence could mean they either also are affected by the condition or they don’t really understand what’s going on either. Edit: Apparently Embry’s gender neutral. Swap she with ‘they’. Apologies!

[@tixtix9250]

@@travislyonsgary is the basement staircase really so long that tripping down the stairs just kills you

[@bardbot]

This entire game feels like a big metaphor for being unable to face your traumas. Specially bc of Embrys nightmare with Doctor D. after he died.

[@LocalLizardFound]

Wtf beidou i never knew you watched horror make nigguange watch it with you

[@EthanMeatan]

Hhi bbeidddou

[@northernalpine4350]

doc D is alive i think... he's in the recent game along with embry's mum... sooo...

[@user-ff3cu8sq7y]

@@northernalpine4350 so who's blood is that?

[@chosenscrub2009]

@@user-ff3cu8sq7y Jam

[@Number1JettDawsonShrimp]

I think the biggest clue that the "monster" is symbolic, rather than a literal monster in the basement, is the fact that when the doctor arrives the protagonist suddenly can't find the key to unlock the door & when they do find it it's hidden inside of the old children's toy in her room. Up til now, the food the protagonist has been apparently throwing down the stairs hasn't actually been going to a "monster" at all - if anything, the protagonist themselves has probably been eating it considering we never actually see them eat anything themselves - but in either case it's clear that the door hasn't actually been opened until it *had* to be opened after the doctor arrived.

[@asherlynn3635]

I was confused about the key part! I like this theory ^-^

[@mrman6035]

I think this is the most probable theory. I'm assuming that maybe the parents died going down the basement and this was her way of coping with it.

[@boarhatfisher9701]

Anyone else notice when the basement door was knocked open that the painting behind the couch started staring at Manly

[@reibedo]

YEAH I did too and I thought he would have pointed it out

[@coolice5786]

Timestamp?

[@xiutecuhtli15]

and the couch looked like teeth

[@boarhatfisher9701]

@@xiutecuhtli15 I didn't notice that, now that I do it looks even more creepy so thanks for the nightmare fuel

[@bluebeka2458]

Yus i did

[@artemismoore4176]

I'm really upset that Dr. D. Light died Like, he was a really sweet man, I liked him a lot Sure, he may sound annoying, but he is genuinely helpful and really cheerful

[@sickening_love1154]

He tried his best. 😔

[@andreabilokapi]

I wuld fucking kill a dog for doctor d light to live again

[@rwn_tree]

He was such a treasure, definitely deserved better

[@invisible3972]

I was really expecting an ending in which he would be able to kill the monster, to Embry's surprise

[@mme725]

😭 I know! Poor D. Light!

[@maddiefemmerson3126]

I like to think that in a parallel universe Dr. D Light adopted Embry and they traveled together.

[@Urog_ii]

same

[@nevada1905]

Someone please write a fanfic about that

[@maddiefemmerson3126]

@@nevada1905 I would read it. It would be so wholesome.

[@ARandomPerson--]

Traveling by train with smiles on their faces😊

[@nerathechildoflight9974]

@@nevada1905 I thought fanfics were all lewd and shit w h a t

[@ShinuToast]

This game or the end has the same aura as: “do you blame yourself?” “W-what?” “Well it’s normal for a patient to feel guilt in this incident” “what incident?” “The accident”

[@fukkthisnewupdate8882]

It... kinda does. Man, I really need to finish watching lucids

[@rosiered6712]

What's that from?

[@sinom]

With the main character not eating, and only feeding the monster, I do believe they are literally supposed to be the same, and not only a skinwalker or whatever

[@sweeetoo9875]

I noticed that too. The protag never once mention about being hungry

[@chaldeantimothy8827]

Oh yeah we playing as her perspective maybe and we not seeing behind the scene so in dream we see her predator side I guess.

[@lynaguirre6345]

._.

[@aimsmeis]

@@chaldeantimothy8827 refer to them with they/them or i will eat your bones! 😊

[@pixelty7458]

@@aimsmeis uhh why? The other characters adress Her as a girl why should we not?

[@DarkAnimeLoveAngel]

This seems to be very symbolic for me. The first big clue I got was from when you look at Embry's drawing. Their initials spelled E.G.O, like the mind. And from what Monster!Embry said about being afraid of being a monster themselves and Dr. D saying that "getting help would take away the excuse of why this was happening". It seems that Embry is suffering from some kind of mental or internal struggle but refuses to address it because doing so would mean having to deal with the ugly side of themselves. They feed 'it' to keep it quite, to ignore it, but that only makes it bigger to deal with. Harder to control. But facing it means dealing with consequences and that's scary. Like the Doctor said, you have to keep moving forward or else nothing will get done, and I think that's what happens at the end. Embry making the choice to finally face their problem instead of letting it grow and fester.

[@Sev_eros]

i think its likely just symbolism for some sort of mental dillema. as all the other NPCs at the market are simply faceless to them. not just that but they likely are the one who sees D light as just a clown for even offering to help, despite likely having been a real doctor. by the end where she just goes back to sleep it likely just means they're ignoring their problem again as the doctor failed to help, becoming just another faceless NPC during the cutscene. and like the doc said. they're likely just using that mental disorder, maybe something like anxiety or depression to justify growing stagnant i do really like the idea of it being some sort of literal manipulating shapeshifting monster though

[@Ll_ring00]

To some it up. It all means "you're your worst enemy".

[@lunarsprinkle6580]

Yeah I think embry is the monster because of the blood on the apron and the flashback with her dad where she's hiding behind the canvas or something is hiding behind (not sure) its just a theory

[@izzaniistighfar6971]

Well well well, I see... you guys are a man of culture for psychologies as well.

[@soleonshae8657]

I don't think she's evil, but feels guilty. D light said it's a big staircase, she might have caused her parents to fall and now either her, or the newly deceased Light, blames her in the end

[@CALKULTIK]

this shit was really good, especially considering how short it was. the way the doctor was humanized, made to be so likeable, before he as inevitably killed... damn. and so many ways to interpret it as well.

[@karentookthekids1267]

"It's not me, it's my basement" sounds like Embry trying to seperate themselves from the 'monster', which represents their trauma and them not wanting to deal with it, which leads to them 'feeding it' and unknowingly making it stronger.

[@DogDogGodFog]

Yes. And also 'my basement' could mean 'my depths' or 'the things I suppress'

[@PanRokador]

Man, I feel bad for the doctor. He sounds like a genuine good person who was really willing to help.

[@F.G.RGazer]

Yeah agree

[@northropi2027]

Well, that does seem to be the point. Ngl I got spoiled by just wandering down here first, and was expecting the game to vilify him, but that doesn't seem like the intent. The fact that a kinda nosy but helpful person gets hurt because of the protag also goes along with the addiction interpretation some people brought up. Therapists often come off as pressing, even if you know you're well-meaning, and the anxiety that you'll just drag others into your own problems is also fairly common.

[@Gothymothmoth]

@@northropi2027 yeah, so maybe EM here is insane, a few things could have happened then: 1 she killed her fokes and locked them in the basement. 2 her family left her cause she had issues or something. 3 her family IS don there and she killed the doctor so no-one would know

[@northropi2027]

@@Gothymothmoth eh, I'm not sure about the interpretations where the monsters don't literally exist in-universe. It's important to note that "the story is metaphorical and conveys a message to the player" and "the story happens in a universe separate of reality that significantly departs from it with things happening at face value" are not mutually exclusive statements, just so we're on the same page here. This is gonna be kinda long but I wanna cover my bases. Embry killing their parents is kinda hard for me to believe because there's not much of a hint that Embry could have done it. Other than the stairs, there's no weapon lying around and their account sounds like they saw something, but not their parents. The stairs seem plausible, but it's a bit of a stretch since frankly I don't think the stairs would be that reliable at killing people (seriously 3 for 3, two of them at the same time, other than D. Light's comment that it was a "long way down" how does that happen so consistently). There are also monster-implying events that don't make sense with non-monster explanations. The roars, the toybox, the blood, and the door opening on its own all are that things that can't be explained by the stairs. I'd be more convinced if certain other cues like the blood disappearing when Embry goes into the basement at the end were present, but since that doesn't happen any indication that D. Light died to a fall at the bottom of the stairs instead of being shredded near the top is missing. There's also the lack of any sign of the monsters not eating everything they can. The basement scene lacks, say, a pile of food at the bottom of the stairs or the not-eaten bodies of Embry's parents and Dr. D. Light, but it's also a dream so maybe it doesn't count. Then there's the fact that Embry didn't see their parents die/being dead- there being monsters implies Embry went to the basement, saw something that wasn't two bodies, and locked it up. This is supported by the implication that the monsters attacked Embry too, during the dream with their father where it shows a painting of Embry cowering from a monster. Plus that same dream implies Embry's dad has horns, so this being less of a 1:1 reality analogue makes sense. If the monsters were the parents- say, they got abusive and Embry pushed them down the stairs (how you'd kill two people that way is beyond me), that would explain why Embry sees the monsters but not their parents, because they *became* the monsters. However, this and the other explanation where the parents just left and Embry just assumes this means there's monsters in the basement don't explain all the stuff like the door opening, the entire subplot that implies the monsters have been getting out on their own, or the roars, plus I never noticed any implication that Embry's parents turned on them or vice-versa- that entire relationship seemed totally amiable. The only hint otherwise is that the dad used the phrase "eating us out of house and home" at some point, implying maybe that they couldn't support Embry? But that's never elaborated on enough to make very much of it. Heck, there's also the possibility that the parents have kind of just been chilling down there with broken legs for four months, making loud noises when food come their way, and D. Light died by means of stairs, but if that's the case, that means they've been able to get out, but never went to the police about it- which you could also say about Embry but at least they're a traumatized child. Lastly, for being honest, "small child commits triple homicide" is... sort of a bad twist. Like that doesn't really effect what the author meant but on top of the reasons it seems unlikely to me that it was set up this way it's very much a handwavey "IT WAS ALL A DREEEEEAM" twist that you could say about literally anything with minimal evidence and still be hard to actually debunk. That being said, while I feel the "the face-value story isn't canonically what's happening" explanation is kind of a reach for most of the game's events, it partially makes up for this by covering the Embry-Embry convo of the first ending in a way that makes about as much sense as a literal maneater trying to convince the protag it's the same person- but the flipside of this is the D. Light nightmare kind of working in the opposite way, implying that the problem *does* exist outside of Embry (which also makes me question if there's supposed to be a singular canon we're *supposed* to interpret- which is fair but frustrating). The fact that Embry never eats a crumb on-screen but feeds the monsters also hints that Embry might be the monster, and if we're supposed to think about that then that seems to be the obvious interpretation. It even makes the title make sense, contextualizing it as Embry trying to externalize something they're responsible for- but I'm also not fond of that line of evidence because it makes the metaphor somewhat victim blame-y. It's really hard to make any interpretation work without blowing off *something* as unintentional, or active misdirection from the author, honestly. My personal takeaways regarding the diagetic events, then, are as follows: 1: monsters are literal. The basement speech is one of them not accusing Embry of being literally the culprit but equating them to it as an enabler. Like us, it recognizes they could leave and call for help, but they refuse to because that would mean giving up some semblance of normalcy and letting their life fall apart even more- kind of child logic to let it get that bad with *literal monsters* but facing your own issues is hard for anyone. 2: monsters are literal, and Embry is a literal maneating monster in denial. This explains the lack of a weapon and also works to what something someone else pointed out- Embry's last initial being O makes her name, by D. Light logic, Embry O. (also E.G.O. with the middle initial), implying they're literally becoming something. It also adds a layer to the monsters (being Embry) getting hungrier lately- they might be developing faster- and could tie into the superficial differences Embry's family has from the rest of the people shown. This keeps us from having to go too far out on a limb of layers and layers of hallucinations without also having to find literal interpretations for *everything* but has its own problems and still kind of ends in a no u. 3: monsters are fake, parents died in an accident or left without Embry's involvement (again, I don't think Embry could/would have killed them if not because of the reasoning interpretation 2 implies) and they're suppressing that memory and replacing it with monsters, D. Light was probably pushed, lots of stuff is hallucinations. I should have made it clear I think one or two make more sense to me personally, though.

[@KASPERRRKATZ]

@@northropi2027 holy

[@kaliyanelson6106]

Nightmare D. Light is 100% in character. His mask starts slipping off, revealing fleshy insides, and the mad lad just puts it back on like nothing happened.

[@durianodialos9387]

Very true, Embry's mind seems really good at keeping people true to how they acted previous, even the monster itself. Monster's manipulative? 'Embry' is manipulative. D. Light's kind and coocie? 'D. Light' is too. Makes ya wonder. Half of me wants to say that the monster actually did get out but instead of eating Embry it decided to knock her out cause it knew she'd end up making a mistake because of it, but at the same time my other half says at that point it should've just ate 'er regularly.

[@Lh0000]

@Duriano Dialos Ah but then it wouldn’t have a semi-reliable source of food. If a literal child can see through its ruse then the people in the town might as well, and then it’s screwed.

[@notreallyagameranymore]

@@durianodialos9387 coocie?

[@amprocat8819]

Rip

[@Khrene]

@@notreallyagameranymore I saw that too and giggled my ass off. 90% sure they meant kooky. If they added an "H" to that word, technically they'd be calling him hysterical.

[@hexinthelilypond4213]

I really liked this game. I interpret it as a metaphor for using avoidance as a coping mechanism, which is something I do, so this was weirdly relatable. I actually relate to Embry on certain levels, which is something I didn't expect. The part where D Light said that she didn't want help because then she wouldn't have an excuse anymore hit me really hard. I wasn't expecting to get called out at 4 AM by the pun man.

[@slightlydistressedslug6627]

☝️

[@badbloodkiller3471]

Dr. D. Light: "Oh? But don't your clothes get dirty? And what about when you need to shower?" Embry: "I just wash my clothes during my shower." Ah, the Papyrus method.

[@stephaniecourteoreille5972]

whem embry cool:

[@ll-xz8yi]

"Im washing me and my clothes"

[@101Volts]

Cary Grant did it in 1963. (The movie "Charade.")

[@rorystfu]

Life hack 👍

[@All54321]

I thought of the vine “I’m washing me and my clothes” lol

[@eldritchgod4308]

Dr. D. Light: *Paints some flowers on his mask* Also Dr. D. Light: "I am something of an artist myself"

[@Cris..]

Ah yes, articism.

[@dr.dlight149]

*Well, I didn't lie, didn't I?*

[@TheRealityWarper08]

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[@Phantom-lf1uh]

@@dr.dlight149 u have big talent 👁️👄👁️

[@Yami_Kakudou]

@@dr.dlight149 YOUR ALIVE 😯

[@SuperGreenSmartie]

The part where Embry "lost" the key, I honestly just assumed the Doctor has stolen it as an excuse to get a look around her house to see what her living situation was. Then once they were finished he just dropped it into the chest behind her back when she wasn't looking.

[@paulcrandell2198]

That would actually be a pretty clever thing to do. The only problem I see with that is how did Dr. D. Light know which key was to be used for the basement or that what the source of Embry;s problems was inside of the basement?

[@nder7123]

That would be pretty clever symbolically, with Embry having a hard time opening up to D Light, she can't find the key because she didn't want to open up to him. But as they talked more and they felt more comfortable around D Light, Embry eventually found the key and opened up a bit. At least, that's what I think

[@QuokkaWaka]

I think a lot of this is in her head, as in the game she never eats or goes to the bathroom, and after the good doctor dies his blood somehow leaks under the door, despite the game going out of its way to mention the incredibly long staircase.

[@dusted5051]

Main character: having a mental breakdown that the basement door is open Painting: 👀

[@Ghostly04]

Dr. D. Light is actually pretty adorable looking

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

Ikr I want a plushie of him

[@largeboi4678]

@@youraftermyrobotbee here’s a simple tutorial on how to make one! Step 1- splatter some red paint on the ground Step 2- profit!

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

They're both pretty adorable looking

[@icyatlasartworks]

@@largeboi4678 oh you cheeki breeki

[@GDgabe]

@@largeboi4678 I love Dark Humor

[@potatoandburger]

"Your dad used to live in the Windows Xp Desktop background?" I'm dying rn dude

[@cr3epet277]

Timestamp?

[@bullet6140]

@@cr3epet277 1:20

[@helenlyons924]

Ouch

[@tek3576]

I mean it is a place irl

[@dinamush1342]

In my opinion the basement was shaped like the digestive system, like the aesophagus being the long stairway, stomach, and intestines

[@bruh-js7tz]

“what a cool character, i hope nothing bad happens to them.”

[@notazerg]

The reason embry gets upset about the word monster is because she IS the monster. The ending where you go down and see blood splatters show on the walls out of nowhere is Embry making them as she walks through, but she still tries to picture herself as a little girl when she transforms. The ending with the doctor, he is talking about forgiving her for being a monster and that she needs to get help for it.

[@ilcagotto9837]

@Yacine Alimazou probably guilt

[@fanfight]

Embry isn't a "she",is a nonbinary child,it is written in the game's info

[@Wixiced]

@Yacine Alimazou when is the jumpscare?

[@catscratch1240]

I think the monster isn't Embry but instead the monster is a problem Embry and their parents faced. Could've been something like anxiety, depression, or something along those lines. Maybe Embry's parents died from suicidal thoughts or something like that and didn't get help so Embry hid it from everyone and hid their own problems from the world as well. The game ending is them going to get help.

[@seiikei]

666 likes

[@ZeoHidra]

The conversation where the monsters mimic their voices takes on a different tone when you watch it a second time; "Embery": "This has gone on for long enough...Do you really hate yourself this much...I want out!" Anyone else notice the plant growing when she was cleaning the window despite everything being gray and dead when she went to the market? I think the locked up "basement" is actually the front door and Embery is afraid to leave the house after losing her parents (likely due to a car accident since she says she didn't see them die), the market was just imaginary, and most likely Dr. D was just a toy she was projecting onto.

[@Lamprocapnos_spectabilis]

Oh god-

[@jumpingmoose5554]

That's a terrifying theory

[@Vandarte_translator]

But why did blood came through below the door? It's not symbolic.

[@Lamprocapnos_spectabilis]

@@Vandarte_translator he died

[@Vandarte_translator]

@@Lamprocapnos_spectabilis I know. I'm just pointing out that the theory is empty because there is not another way to explain the blood.

[@mrana4186]

Let me Tell you, that when Dr. D. Light died, tears we're shead

[@crash938]

I am sure that Dr. D. Light deserves his own thing in another game.

[@zera6653]

Good idea, Dr.D could travel around helping each patient with a specific problem with the last patient being embry but then the game finishes the moment embry approachs the doctor or we could see a different perspectieve from the doctor at the end with a ending different than the original game explaining why we see Dr.d and embry with her mother in crowscare (a game made by the same developer)

[@Stripey_Lemon]

Manly: I do not trust this man Me, looking at the exact same funky doctor: I trust this man with my life

[@goldstarburst1984]

I mean yeah dr funk beat sure had a glow up

[@Lamprocapnos_spectabilis]

I trust the man he was so cute

[@tarniabook3076]

I can tell he's the kind of doctor that doesn't harm at all when doing blood analysis, gives the best stickers, draws cartoon characters on caskets and tells the best family friendly jokes.

[@felypinho020]

I thought he was gonna be the bad guy that acts nice at the start

[@silvercandra4275]

I saw him and hear Manly say that an immediately went "I trust him! How could you not?" He had a little sun necklace!

[@Pteriidae]

The painting in the living room... The two dots on the wings, they actually moved when you woke up during the night, like eyes, now staring in your direction. It shouldn't have been as creepy as it was, but those tiny details always get me

[@returneefromthemoon]

wait, those are wings!? I always thought those are eyes, and it looks like cat's eyes to me.

[@Pteriidae]

@@returneefromthemoon They do look like both. The eye imagery is of course intentional, but if you look in the middle of the image, it looks like the body of the butterfly, plus there's a pair of smaller wings below. So I'd say both are correct

[@Ryukusune]

When i notice it- it literally spook me-

[@v4n1lla67]

I saw that too I was more freaked out then I was in the whole story..

[@rosee2007]

I wanna like this but ur likes are 888 i dont want to ruin it

[@RealFuriouspotato]

"NO WANT TOASTED OATS WANT HUMAN BRAIN" That cracked me up

[@shinyneko8136]

When I first saw the thumbnail and title of this video, I thought it was gonna be a horror game about some psychopath kid who lures people into their house and feeds them to the monster in their basement, and then at the end, it gets revealed that the kid is actually sympathetic or something. I'm glad I was wrong.

[@Flammifleure]

Yeah, nothing sympathetic about that kid.~

[@shinyneko8136]

@@Flammifleure I meant that I was wrong about the kid being a psychopath.

[@Flammifleure]

@@shinyneko8136 xD I agree. There are plenty of commenters though who think Embry was crazy.

[@Urza26]

Manly, you'll never be a commercial airline pilot Manly: Alright everyone, this is your captain speaking. We're just experiencing some light turbulence, but everything is ok. Nothing bad will happen. I predict that right after you say that, a swarm of flying vampires will descend onto the plane.

[@ManlyBadassHero]

Rogue magus unleash vampire zombie bees so I gotta take the whole plane down

[@starhammer5247]

@@ManlyBadassHero Goddammit, are you really trying to take us down with them!?

[@Urza26]

@@starhammer5247 The captain goes down with the ship. He's just making the passengers honorary captains.

[@starhammer5247]

@@Urza26 I didn't ask to be on this plane!

[@heroicspirit474]

@@ManlyBadassHero Wait is that a reference to Fate/Zero?

[@streled5361]

I love how confused as fuck Embry quickly became when Dr D.Light congratulated her about the bread box being her "big brother"

[@EinsamPibroch278]

"Big Brother" Bread Box means she inherited the Bread Box. I'm Guessing Bread Boxes are the sort of Kitchen appliances that double as Heirlooms.

[@VueiyVisarelli]

Kids don't get multilayered jokes. It wasn't a particularly funny joke, but I _got_ it. [confused.little.girl.gif]

[@ironysteeth]

Onii-pan. I like it.

[@embercoral]

How did he know the bread box was a he...?

[@Cozm1k]

@@embercoral You don’t wanna know their history.

[@VechsDavion]

Celeste is a game about integrating your Jungian shadow. This is a game about not doing so.

[@vulpine3431]

I think she killed them. I think something happened and she brutally killed her own parents and threw their bodies in the basement. And then, traumatised by what she had done she repressed it, but it wouldn’t keep. And she started having suicidal thoughts. If you notice, she may feed the “monsters”, but she never actually eats. I think food helps her suppress her emotions. But it’s becoming harder and harder. She blames herself and then vehemently denies it. She needs more food. Food reminds her of normality. “It’ll be okay”, she thinks. “Nothing happened. I didn’t do anything.” She lies to everyone and tells them that her parents are sick. But then an actual doctor comes. And he get’s close. Really close to discovering her secret. But she has to deny it! If the doctor finds out, then she’ll be unable to deny it anymore to herself. She tries and tries to stop him, but she never actually upright stops him. That’s her subconscious acting up. No matter how much she may deny it, deep inside she knows the truth and wants help. But when the doctor comes close? She panics. Fight or flight kicks in, and she chooses fight. She trips him, and down the stairs he goes, dying in the process, her secret is safe. And for one split second, one tiny moment in time, she feels the exhilaration, the rush of killing someone, or taking someone’s life. The very same rush that she felt when she murdered her parents. Immediately afterwards she desperately tries to suppress it once again. But it’s too late. All the trauma she went through, it’s all back to the very front. Everything she had been suppressing for months, now comes right back up. She tries to resist, to suppress it. It’s too much. She can’t do it anymore. She cracks. She decides it’s done. No more. She goes down to the basement, where the rotting corpses lie, and kills herself.

[@UnnamedReisS]

A nice theory but we will never know until they make a sequel for this game

[@angelicasysnila5476]

I like your theory

[@choerryysoda]

hey, i love your theory alot, but i just wanted to inform you that embry is non-binary. their pronouns are they/them.

[@noahoakley339]

@@choerryysoda yes, but embry appears female, and she is easier than saying they

[@cosmoloser]

@@noahoakley339 just because their physical appearance is of a female doesn't mean they identify themselves as one. Whether a set of pronouns are less complicated or not, you need to respect one's preferences.

[@natalienatz1903]

Okay but ever since I saw Dr. D Light following Embry to their house, I was already like "Embry's gonna use him to feed the monster" lmfao

[@doverboy1]

Monsters*

[@dedear8992]

@@doverboy1 a⅞

[@boinggg]

@@dedear8992 why do you have seven eighths of a lowercase a

[@MrsCutieeCake]

We'll never know if it was her intention or if it was an accident ~

[@oldfootagevideos1545]

😀🔪🤡

[@manicdemize5453]

“You’re not scared of any monsters coming out to get you in the woods?” Very poor choice of words...

[@jessicathenobody]

I believe that Embry would though dering this would be: "No, I already have Monsters down my basement thank you very much!"

[@Arunnejiro]

38:18 Imagine if when you go downstairs the doctor is still alive and the blood is the monsters blood. THat would be p insane. The doctor was like a legit plague doctor or exorcist or smthn.

[@madgear1174]

This girl's mind is broken, the monster is figment of her imagination used to cover up the death of her parents, I'm not saying she killed them, maybe she even witnessed them killing each other, either way her mind couldn't handle it. So she created a second Identity. One innocent. The other dark.

[@beetlesaretrying4621]

I saw the protag and was worried they were going to start talking about hope and despair.

[@fabiancipher5918]

It remembers me of nagito too

[@K4TAN4_B4NAN4]

i knew that im not the only one!

[@bluuowo5998]

BAHAHSHS

[@Torblis]

its not me its the death game in my basment

[@field_9125]

PLS I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST NAGITO TOO-

[@NoHer0]

That is the freshest looking plague doctor ive ever seen

[@dori6326]

*was the freshest

[@burgerhouseinthehouse2079]

@@dori6326 I SWEAR TO GOD.

[@dori6326]

@@burgerhouseinthehouse2079 I’M SORRY I HAD TO

[@GoofiestGoobie]

You never had to

[@dori6326]

@@GoofiestGoobie i'm a midori kinnie its part of my soul

[@ComfyestofBois]

I'm only gonna say this: We see the mom without a head but the dad has horns and what looks to be animal ears and we never see his face or any hurt on him... We also see a large creature moving towards a single cowering person in their paintings, the monster being the dad's painting and the cowering person being the daughter's painting. This could very well be the good 'ol "doppelganger parent" story archetype or even a Werewolf story, due to the monster (the dad) not attacking her and perhaps fleeing into the basement to try to escape later or even just return to kill her once it's over it's remorse

[@galaxychill9578]

They/Them.

[@ComfyestofBois]

@@galaxychill9578 I really don't want to sound like an asshole, but do we see those pronouns anywhere during gameplay? Again, just want to know for sure before I change anything about my comment and don't want to rewatch an entire video I've already watched more than 2 months ago...

[@CathuluGaming]

"these plants are plastic LIKE MY SOUL" -Manly, 2021

[@mistywafers7623]

“Yeah peanut butter... and jelly time.” “You gotta feed your basement occasionally”

[@American._]

Alr I have my spaghetti I didn't finish. Give it to my basement..

[@stickmanweirdadventures2550]

PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!

[@nagybalint1474]

family guy meme flashes

[@ProfessionalBugLover]

@@stickmanweirdadventures2550 *banana intensifies*

[@todd7104]

@@ProfessionalBugLover more like *memories intensifies*

[@saudaderaspberry2314]

D. light : *staring at the door* Could this kill me? Embry: well, no, but actually, yes.

[@bornmonk4234]

But also maybe no

[@KiratiTatiyagarunwong]

I could attack embry , this girl will die😍😍😍😍

[@KateHikes83TJD]

@@KiratiTatiyagarunwong what in the goddamn...

[@KiratiTatiyagarunwong]

What in the goddamn what?

[@willyaleksanderwiksaas9561]

Just gotta say, his monotone, dead voice really adds to the spook factor.

[@trapper830]

38:00 love how he didnt noticed the painting changed slightly

[@ahlres25]

I feel bad for the doctor- he seemed nice and was actually worried about embry-

[@Killersquirrel66]

One thing that hit me on rewatching is how well written the shop-keeper characters are. Even though they each only get a few lines, you get a clear sense of their personalities. And the fact they're showing concern, and offering help, and presumably letting Embry have food for free, gives the impression of a close-knit, supportive community. It's a nice change from the conventional backdrop of horror games. And somehow makes what's happening feel even more tragic.

[@jerrellmcdaniels4329]

Here’s a theory: one day while embry’s parents were fighting embry got so scared/mad that she pushed them down the basement stairs killing them and created the monster as a coping mechanism after dr.D. Light comes to check it brings back those memories and she does it again without realizing it. The next morning she can’t forget what happened so she goes into the basement and sees the truth Evidence: we never see what the monster accuracy looks like The guilt of dr. Light is one nightmare while the other is her showing that subconsciously she sees herself as a monster and deserves to be punished Embry only had good memories of her parents which can show that she pushed all the bad memories away Some things can be seen during different events such as the creepy painting with eyes looking at her which could be a form of hallucination and the shadow in the bed room

[@randomperson4429]

Poor doctor he seemed so nice and just gets killed by the things in the basement

[@ishvalda_]

Here's my take on the story; Embry lives a happy life with their parents until their parents somehow die. Three things happen to Embry; they're traumatized, they blame themselves, and they repress the memory. Embry starts "feeding the monsters". It represents them pushing down their trauma and refusing to work through it. Embry blaming themselves is why the monster looks like Embry. Embry keeps "Feeding the monsters" and getting food from the shopkeepers. They do this for four months until Dr. D Light arrives in town. The events from when Embry meets D Light to when he falls down the stairs occur. He doesn't die and just gets knocked out. The "blood" isn't actually blood and is either just in Embry's head or is the raspberry jam from the sandwich Embry threw down the stairs. The dreams Embry has are just nightmares because of trauma. The game ends with Embry confronting their trauma and going into the basement. (This next part is just my headcanon) D Light helps Embry work through their trauma like a therapist. I like to think that either D Light or one of the shopkeepers would adopt Embry.

[@raccoonnewsreporter5567]

Where is delights body though? If he was knocked out wouldn't his body be down near the stairs? *confusion*

[@ishvalda_]

@@raccoonnewsreporter5567 did you not watch the part when Embry wakes up they say that it was just a nightmare?

[@raccoonnewsreporter5567]

@@ishvalda_ I d I d but I like him too much for him to be not real so my brain thought it was rhetorical

[@ishvalda_]

@@raccoonnewsreporter5567 He might be dead but we never actually see the basement. We only see it in Embry's nightmare. So we never see if he's dead or not.

[@lizednanieves7020]

@@raccoonnewsreporter5567 maybe the monster ate him whole?

[@averagelazinessenjoyer6049]

Me after i read that there is someone in the town to help embry: *press F to pay respects*

[@cireoath336]

F

[@dogwatersoda]

F

[@poisonedidiot]

F

[@thekingzhaul5914]

"You were good girl, real good, maybe even the best"

[@averagelazinessenjoyer6049]

@@thekingzhaul5914 YeY

[@CelticGuardian7]

I am amazed at how much I wound up liking this game. The characters get some great development despite it not being long, to the point that I legitimately felt really sad about Dr. D dying. It's open to interpretation without being pretentious IMO, and that's a hard balance to strike. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this creator's work!

[@dramaticaloverload]

My take on this game is... She's traumatized of the parent's death, and blames it on herself (she may or may not be the murderer, i don't think it matters) The basement monster is kind of a scapegoat: an identity for her to shift the blame she puts on herself. Feeding the monster is feeding herself, and, because Embry is a kid, she is growing, therefore becoming hungrier. That's why she doesn't say she is hungry besides feeding ONLY the basement; SHE is the basement monster. You don't see her eating, yet, the baker says she likes sourbread. When she hears mom and dad talk, she's trying to remember them, and maybe why she feels like she killed them, but rejects that by remembering their real personality as parents (it's been 4 months without them, she's going mad) Embry has no hobbies because she's too depressed to have fun. And when Dr. D comes in, she knows he can't help her or her parents, as being a monster/murderer isn't an illness. Embrey doesn't want D. Light to see the monster that killed her parents, she's in no condition to open herself and vent the guilt she feels, so she tries to delay it by "losing" the key. When dr. D insists in going downstairs, she panics; she agreed to let him see her and her home, but not the monster that is hiding inside her. As such, Embry makes him trip, killing him. Now she is truly a monster. She has nightmares of killing Dr. D because deep down she knows she didn't kill mom and dad, and making D. Light trip made her realize that. But now, she has truly killed someone. So she confronts her monster. And locks herself on the basement, as the monster she is (and that's why the monster doesn't like being called a monster; she killed nobody until this moment) That is when the monster eats her. She is consumed by the monster that's her guilt. She admits being a killer and locks herself so she can't do it again.

[@FrickenDweeb]

Notice how she made food for them but didn't seem to make any for herself? And we're to assume that this has been going on for four months?

[@jumpingmoose5554]

Yeah there's so many questions in such a short game. I wonder what ended up happening to her

[@coffeedoodles378]

Nah man she just eats on fridays-

[@jumpingmoose5554]

@@coffeedoodles378 ha nice

[@jumpingmoose5554]

@@gutiepiettv2432 I can imagine her hunger over time when the monster becomes more demanding. I've gone a day or 2 without eating recently and it really sucked. So it made me feel more sorry for embry

[@sunki4505]

Yes!! I was thinking that too!!

[@-letspretendidontexist-8479]

NO PLEASE D. LIGHT WAS SO WHOLESOME I DONT THINK MY HEART CAN TAKE THAT HE'S DEAD GDDVBHFGDGBREG 💔

[@dontkickmychick6076]

The stairs weren't actually that long, since that whole sequence was in a dream, and therefore not real. Basement stairs are usually wood, and he had all the food down there to cushion the fall, I think hes fine. That, of course, isn't factoring in the variable of the possible monster down there if one actually exists, but since its heavily implied to be symbolic I'd wager there's a good chance hes alive.

[@vellinghem2187]

Oh why must the good die young...

[@dontkickmychick6076]

@@vellinghem2187 did you not see the message above? Hes like, got 80% chance of being alive

[@swillyills5357]

I ACTUALLY CRIED-

[@themoribundapathetic4530]

he was so relatable

[@amazerlazr]

"your dad used to live in the windows xp desktop backround?" *BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*

[@nidietayt6447]

Doctor D. Light: (says anything) Embry: I guess. Doctor D. Light: -I see

[@gayfanta9254]

Ok but why is Embry so oddly adorable?

[@K4TAN4_B4NAN4]

they looks like Nagito

[@lynndreemur3767]

CEO of waifus... Two? There was a first?

[@gayfanta9254]

@@lynndreemur3767 yup. My first channel had to be deleted. So I made a new channel a while ago.

[@Ghostrecall_M]

@Isabel Plamondon His business went under.

[@youtubecommenter4647]

@@K4TAN4_B4NAN4 H O P E

[@willpenneth9407]

I kinda wanna mention that the layout of the basement seems like the route of the body's intestines. And the long staircase down symbolizes the esophagus, slowly swallowing her. I just think it goes well with the whole "the house is alive" thing people are talking about, like the eye painting looking at Embry around the 37 minute area, with the white couch looks like teeth. In fact, it kind of goes well with the metaphorical phrase "going into the belly of the beast" and another theory I think is cool to dwell on: What if the basement itself is the monster? The basement is full of so much stuff that Dr D Light didn't fall that far, but was genuinely eaten by the basement, explaining the blood. The Embry inside of the basement could then be a representation of her guilt, and fear. She's feeding into her guilt and fear by letting this continue and the longer she does, the more it threatens to find a way out. That is why the door is open and she gives in to the monster by going in, she's been overcome by fear and guilt.

[@isabelfranqui3504]

I think the dad hurm embry and mom was killed by dad trying fight back.

[@willpenneth9407]

@@isabelfranqui3504 That could also be a possibility. It's one of those theories that doesn't really fit in properly with the tone of the game's story, but it's also easily applicable to any situation where the parents are seemingly nowhere to be found.

[@Marsthegreaat]

Cool but I’m pretty sure embry is non Binary

[@elgatochurro]

Also thought the couch looked like teeth and the corridor was a stomach

[@funkyrgbmess1463]

@@Marsthegreaat is that important

[@xrainpap]

38:15 did anyone else realised that the painting was looking at the character

[@lemonwolfieuwu6127]

Yes a lot that I fell off da bed

[@airbeetle8206]

"Dr. D's dead, he's locked in my basement" - M&Ms

[@cringemonarch7438]

Me: Aw, the protagonist looks cute! I hope nothing bad happens to them!| Me: *sees the game is a horror game played by Manly* Me: oh...

[@MindhackDiva531]

Lol mood

[@anonymousdreamer81]

No matter what the meaning behind the story is, no child should have to go through this type of trauma.

[@devillass6025]

Well good thing it's fiction, right?

[@atticusdrot8638]

@@devillass6025 hehe. Well you see, symbolically speaking... Its very possible. No matter the translation you come up with. Literally tho, im with you on that one.

[@mitsuzawa]

Embry : * push the doctor * Doctor few hours later : uno reverse card goes brrrr

[@UncommonAlly]

"this basement is either very sybolic, or very weird" *theres a man eating monster down there-*

[@gachareacter4170]

I usually don't get attached to characters, and I knew that Dr. D. Light would die, but DAMN IT IT HURT MY SOUL AND ALMOST MADE ME CRY

[@glueisjustbonelesstape106]

Bro same RIP dr d light

[@notreallyagameranymore]

:(

[@sirbriskets]

Same and I feel heartbroken as fuck

[@dr.dlight149]

*Well I hope you're alright, and please do not fret, Everything will get better, promise.*

[@siregrungelord]

Lol imagine having a basement. -this post was made by flats gang

[@vozcosmos7987]

I couldn't imagine *not* having a basement -Your Local Child Kidnapper.

[@booperdooper9762]

Eyy

[@guwon1864]

Lol imagine having a basement -this post was made by Hawaii Gang

[@lexo632]

I could also imagine having a basement, but I'm not going to - a Brit who doesn't have a basement

[@recmonika9751]

This post was made by the boiler room gang

[@cosmickoi4676]

I’ve been following this artist for years now and seeing you play their game is so surreal

[@S0M3R4ND0MDUD3SRD]

This horror game probably has the most deepest meaning I have ever seen in my life.

[@VV-sque]

When the doctor fell down the stairs I literally screamed, he was so wholesome 😭😭😭

[@stephaniecourteoreille5972]

same here, the doctor immediately became my favorite so as soon as that scene began I let out a verbal frustrated noise :.)

[@ImTired17]

Ikr 😭😭😭

[@sweeetoo9875]

My heart dropped when Dr D. Light fell down the stairs

[@Haru-rs2su]

Ayo pizza here

[@grapekork101]

@@Haru-rs2su StOp

[@maybejackbright1581]

@@Haru-rs2su This give me Omori vibes

[@utatanepikoV5]

@@maybejackbright1581 haha yes!

[@dr.dlight149]

*O-oh! Well I hope you're alright.*

[@justin2308]

“I’m not sure I can trust a doctor with a pun name.” *Shows doctor* “Yeah, no, I’m not trusting this doctor!” 😂

[@iloveleona]

Why do the cheerful characters have to die, I literally screamed when he fell.

[@striderk-jin5387]

Funny.....this sounds like an episode from “Are you afraid of the dark?” When a guy had something down in his basement and it rewards the person who fed it.

[@camiepotatopattie8754]

OMG I LOVE THAT ONE.

[@HyakuyaFutaba]

funny??

[@Parasolhyena]

Is that the one where he acidently fed his sister to the basement monster or was that a goosebumps basement story.

[@striderk-jin5387]

@@Parasolhyena yep of course it happens off camera. His sister was telling him to come upstairs for something or he get in trouble. And the guy gave off a mean and happy smirk at the camera and that’s it lol

[@vulpiixfoxx]

@@striderk-jin5387 what’s the name of the episode?

[@TrioHorrorProduction]

"Your dad used to live in the old Windows XP Background?" Dude. That's not just a burn. That's a fucking ROAST!!

[@ashleyhansen4479]

I mean, what if he actually did? It would explain a lot.

[@Wilus0]

Bliss

[@atom8248]

@@Wilus0 interesting name

[@ASweetShortCake]

I feel as if the name is sort of a representation of people. Like, “Dr D Light” is the light for the girl. I person that could pull her out of her self loathing. But...she misses the opportunity for help because of how deep her self loathing is.. (that’s why he is eaten)

[@necro819]

Depression... No matter how much you try to feed it small, pointless things, it never goes away. It is only until you let someone in that you can even begin to feel better, but the moment Embry opened the door for someone who wanted to help, she got scared and shut him away, along side the depression. All Embry could do was lock it away, feed it, and then ignore it. We never once saw her eat, nor imply she ever went to the bathroom. She didn't think anyone could help. The two flashbacks, in my opinion, were metaphorical; she was the flower who grew easily, but once there was no one to keep an eye on her, she wilted. She was also the painting, she tried so hard to cover up what was wrong that the entire picture became ruined. The basement is Embry, the truth that she is trying to lock away, her trauma that she is trying to disassociate from. And in the very end, she realizes the truth and finally opens up the door to confront the truth about herself. If one wants to take the metaphor further, than you can say that the basement contains all the people trying to help her, including Dr. D. Light and her subconscious.

[@texasrex2222]

The way the painting of the eyes looked towards the left after the door busted open was a really great touch

[@Haru-rs2su]

Ib flashbacks

[@VibeDPyro]

I wish there was a alternate option where embry could ask Dr. D. Light to help by taking her with him, or just burning the house down with the oven

[@snail.doodle9389]

Yeah

[@mrana4186]

Same

[@eunoiamorosis]

Mhm

[@galaxychill9578]

*them

[@eebbeeb6032]

embry actually uses they/them pronouns, just informing you

[@Pizza-ro9cj]

Based on the title, I would agree with the no monster theory. I think the monster she portrays is herself. Some sort of accident might have occurred in the basement maybe her parents fell and passed. Maybe she blames herself for it and these monsters are a result of some sort of trauma. The monsters are merely a cover up so she doesn't feel guilty about it and her mind fabricated the monster but there is no monster. Referring to the comedically long basement represents a suppressed idea that she is the monster.

[@MiksusCraft]

They* On game page is note that Embry is non-binary or the gender don't matter so they don't "have" one.

[@Pizza-ro9cj]

@@MiksusCraft I don't believe in such ideology sorry not sorry

[@jacobisverycool]

As soon as everyone told her to bring the doctor to her house i knew that he would fall in

[@jessicathenobody]

Makes sense, but Embry's pronouns are apperantly They/Them (I also didn't knew that until I saw the comment section)

[@eebbeeb6032]

*them no offense just informing you

[@jacobisverycool]

@@eebbeeb6032 yeah i know

[@jacobisverycool]

@@eebbeeb6032 why you respond this late

[@eebbeeb6032]

@@jacobisverycool i was tired and didnt check the dates

[@FeenieVonKarma]

everyone else is taking about the painting looking at Embry (which was a great touch, btw) meanwhile I'm fair shiting myself at D. Light's mask "slipping"...

[@WhoCaresDotCom]

Literally the scariest thing in this entire game. WHY WAS IT JUST FLESH

[@embercoral]

@@WhoCaresDotCom And then it became v o i d

[@SairinEarthsea]

I was completely fine until that happened but I think it was supposed to be a metaphor for how he actually thinks and speaks without a "mask".

[@dr.dlight149]

*Ah, I'm sorry, my mask has been getting harder and harder to keep on my face, my sincerest apologies.*

[@mckinzibrown9701]

When was that? Did I miss it?

[@AA-bj2rr]

The title is like saying “Im not hacking, its my gaming chair”

[@trkeepout5923]

XD

[@dumbdannia6326]

Lmao

[@gracjan3033]

"Im Not Gay! It is my Toilet Paper!"

[@099nine4]

Im not mad, but who broke it?

[@----------------------163]

@@099nine4 relatable

[@imperialearthling4425]

Ok here's my theory on the whole thing. I believe there is no monster and Embry did kill her parents and the doctor. However, I don't think she did it on purpose and the "monster" is actually an allegory for her struggle accepting what she's done, how others view her and how she is repressing the truth as well as the past. I believe Embry accidentally pushed her mother down the stairs, ending in her death. She would be shocked and horrified of this, but even more so if someone found out, and she was afraid that she would be in trouble. After all, she is a child. In a fit of panic, she could have also pushed her father down the stairs when he comes to check on them, acting more on impulse that really thinking so in a sense though it was her fault it also wasn't. Evidence of this is when Embry first talks to the "monster". The "monster" in actuality is her repression of reality, blaming something else rather than accepting what she has done. This guilt manifests in multiple ways to get to Embry as a way for her to "face the music" in a sense. However it's unhealthy if she ends up embracing it rather than accepting and making amends with it. She could fully lose her sanity like with others who do not take responsibility for their actions if she merely says "Yes I did it. This is who I am." rather than accepting that it happened, but it was a mistake and it doesn't have to define you. In short, it's her guilt and she's trying to pin the blame on something else so she isn't the bad guy. It first uses the voice of her late mother, a memory she's repressing of good times and the guilt that she no longer can experience them. But this is only the first. The second voice the "monster" uses is her fathers. This one is angry and demanding, something that Embry notes is unlike her actual father. This is her previous guilt during the impulsive moment she pushed him down the stairs because she feared he would be mad at her, which is why subconsciously she decided to stop it from ever happening, and now regrets that, and if she opened the door she could reconcile with that. The third one is the "monster" speaking to her as herself. It's a final chance for her to accept what she has done and realize that her continued denial of what she has done is hurting her and will only continue to hurt her until one day the truth will be forced to reveal itself. She herself deep down knows the charade can not last forever, but like with all the others she represses this notion, rather living the painful lie than accept the truth because she believes the lie is less painful. In the last part, the doctor who represents people from the outside trying to help is seen as happy and cheerful. This is a true representation that people really do worry about her and she is not seen as a monster, but someone who's in a very bad situation. Her interactions with the doctor are cold not because that's who she is but because she's putting up walls so people don't know the truth of her situation, which she fears will turn them on her. However, the reality is that even if people did know, they would support her because they see the reality that a little girl who at her core is a good person is struggling alone. In her interactions with him, she actually does start to heal a bit considering she hasn't had anyone who was persistent enough to break through her defenses. This brings me to the key. In reality, I believe the key never moved spots and Embry had it with her the whole time. However she does this unsubconsciously and to her the key really was missing, in reality it's her guilt wanting her to spend more time with the doctor so she can finally start letting people in and helping her so she can properly heal. But then they reach the basement and her guilt manifests to it's fullest and she immediatly reverts back to her "comfort zone" thinking the doctor will despise her and probably punish her in some way when he finds what she did. However, this is proven untrue through their interactions as he compliments Embry, her drawings, her house and all the work she does. I'd like to also talk about he other human characters. At the market, despite the stall venders having names Embry views them as faceless gray silhouettes as they are just a means for acquiring stuff she needs, not really giving any thought to them other than a simple obstacle. The doctor however is viewed as bright and colorful, an aura that she subconsciously is perceiving because he's the first person who is persistent yet caring. Perhaps someone that Embry deep down thinks will understand her plight and will not be mad at her for the truth. I also don't believe that is how he is really dressed, it's merely Embrys subconscious perceiving the doctor as such. This is evident when she says he looks like a clown and to be fair what doctor does look like that. Even the vendor though courteous would admit that, but he insinuates that Embry was being rude hinting that to the vendor Doctor D. Light was in reality dressed like a real doctor or just wearing standard clothes. But as soon as the caring doctor, the first person she's both literally and metaphorically let in who has proven himself to be a caring individual reaches the door and opens it, he crosses a line too fast and Embry panics, reverting back to her previous state of paranoia. Like with everything though, she denies this truth and unsubconsciously pushes the doctor like she did with her dad, once again blaming the monster for taking him. This leads to two things. One: her continual denial of the "monster" which leads to her dreaming about the doctor which the "monster" has now manifested as and Embry merely continues the lie that the "monster" exists. Two, she faces the "monster" and realizes that it is in fact herself that has been causing herself so much grief and comes to terms with it. However, this story does not seem to have a happy ending as I believe at the end, she walks into the basement and throws herself down the stairs just as she did with her parents, in the end doing what was feared would happen to her all along. In the end, that's why I believe this game is called "It's Not Me, It's My Basement". It's an allegory for guilt and denial, blaming something else because you believe you will become something your not. Worst of all, if you don't address the situation properly, you will become the thing you fear in the end.

[@stephaniecourteoreille5972]

goDAMN that's a lot

[@pabloraulpereyra4948]

👏

[@axelpenner5659]

I can't believe i read it the whole way through. Still very interesting!

[@etac774]

“It’s not me it’s my basement” No, it’s the freaking sandwiches. at least put butter on them, you cheapskate.

[@heyyou322]

Lol

[@lemonwolfieuwu6127]

HaHa 😂

[@ashlirabid9614]

I love how you call a preteen with no parents or financial income a cheapskate

[@figarozxkill1294]

I'm over here screaming on the inside on how much manlybadasshero sounds like so many voice actors

[@Something.amiss5401]

In 36:53 we could see the painting is normal but at 38:04, it started to stare at the basement door

[@hasikon]

with how short it is they could easily have made a different ending, its a shame they didnt