lacey's petshop - 2007 flash game

[@niiknook]

i find interesting that the pigs at the dining room were eating flowers. usually flowers are used as a metaphor for innocence, especially daisies. at one point, lacey compares "him" (supposedly her uncle) to a pig. she says he "squealed like a pig. just like a pig". i think the pig dining scene is a metaphor to how her uncle "consumed" lacey's innocence. kinda like how cannibalism is used as a metaphor for consumption in media, the uncle is stealing lacey of her girlhood and consuming it for his own pleassure. thats so fucked up and raw. but also genius writing. damn

[@Lizzethefizze]

also prolly a refrence to de-flowering

[@Charlakin]

Also if you pause at the frame with text it directly accuses the abuser as a pig since the “first time you touched me” as well as it saying “you took my angel” repetitively. That’s what clued me in, i didn’t pick up on the flowers.

[@isaCelkovih]

I think is maybe “Animal Farm” by George Orwell reference. Where pigs decided, that they “better” then other animals and became like people. Maybe is allegory for people who believe that they have the right to dispose of other people. Sorry for my bad English

[@Pao-vo8mf]

or it's pigs eating flowers

[@mushy3327]

I still don't get what her uncle did to her but I know he was a bad man to lacey

[@greyishmooon]

"i found a key in the middle of my edgy moment" so real lacey

[@missconstruct6968]

Lacey's a big mood

[@aidenkp1174]

im gonna fucking die bc of this i havent even watched a second of it

[@The.Mawnster]

Me when I'm upset about losing something and find it right after I give up looking

[@thepienumber]

OMORI PLUS LACEY? LETS GOO! I FOUND MY SOUL MATE!

[@str4wberryfields]

shes so real for that

[@r0see]

the deciphered texts in lacey's petshop: "uncle, have you seen puddles anywhere? i can't find her. i checked everywhere. everywhere. stop laughing." "nightmares come and nightmares go i yearn it then again and again pull my hair and my nails out then pretend it was never real what happens through the night never did" "i've always known what you are. from the moment you first touched me to the ground. (?) when i found myself stepping over remains of your skin glued to the floor. you have no regards. i had none either. you squealed like a pig. just like a pig. this has been my childhood dream. the one you took away from me. i collected all those bruises for years. my spine hurt as if a needle went through each segment. once i got used to it i didn't think about it anymore. but you made me think about it forever when you made that mistake. you made a mistake. you took my angel away. you took my angel away. you took my angel awaya tyou took myagengel waway you took my anegel away you took my angelegaway you ytook my angel away" "i'm lacey how he fucked up on my bathroom. (?) it dies. and it stinks. and it smells. oh i get it now. someone melted here. pulverizing remains enter my palms. blood and skin and rests of an eye. i suck it all up. my legs swell and turn yellow..." "this is such a game this is such a game this issuch a game th is is such agame this is su chagame" "hello child. do you like playing on your computer? i made lots of games for you. but with none of those lies. play all the real girls games. play all the real girls games." last text: "hello"

[@jadeb.3332]

At 11:38, the voice says "...but with none of those *lies.* These are the real girls games. These are the real girls games." I imagine "lies" is the word that was under the redacted.

[@necrodeus6811]

Thank u for your service

[@r0see]

​@@jadeb.3332 i was wondering about that too but got confused mid-way, i had to check the audio and make sure if i was listening correctly. for the other line i was reading too much into it, so it felt very inaccurate and thus i felt the need, again, to read the texts and dechiper the letters. this one makes perfect sense and overall conveys what i needed to hear, so thank you for letting me know

[@yell245]

@@jadeb.3332 oh, now it makes sense. So the theory in comments of the previous video was correct. All other girls' games teach lies, but Lacey's games uncover the bitter truth about our reality

[@starleaf-luna]

the "this is such a game" reminds me of that one japanese ps2 game made by chunsoft.

[@midnalazuli793]

Can we please show respect to the first customer for being the only one who was actually a responsible pet owner? Like, she didn’t ask for her dog to be superficially accessorized or grotesquely modified to her depraved liking, she literally just asked for Lacey to give him a cleaning and a trim. She was also the only customer who actually said “please.”

[@chloedeleon3230]

FRR, PRAISE THAT GIRL🔥🔥🔥

[@midnalazuli793]

@@chloedeleon3230 The fandom has given her the name "Jessica," be sure to spread this around, lol.

[@chloedeleon3230]

@@midnalazuli793 okkk 👍🏻

[@karasuper4690]

I can see why some people started shipping her with Lacey, lol..

[@midnalazuli793]

@@karasuper4690 Bruh, I love that ship so much, I wish it was more popular.

[@simon5719]

Bro the part where she crawled into the cage was so fucked up…Like she had been in it so many times it was comforting to go in there willingly. God this series is so horribly good.

[@ellastarburst736]

Maybe that's what this entire series is. Her going back into her memories just because it feels comfortable.

[@nyawrcut]

I think its more metaphorical than her literally being in the cage before. like how its can be comfortable to returnnto abhse because its all you know :,(

[@amu6666]

Yes! I think it could be literal or a metaphor. She probably has used that as some sort of "hiding spot" or it could be a way to show how shes felt locked up in a cage, going through all these games with no control. I really love this series and im excited for what next comes!

[@dusk8381]

⁠@@nyawrcut I agree. psychologically, past victims that were abused at a young age tend to find familiarity in it and attract to it. They then get into relationships or situations that are similar to the past traumas they’ve experienced when they were young.

[@Melihkoctas]

I hate it, but I fucking love it.

[@theblankking1966]

I think the opening game represents the uncaring or artificial nature a lot of people have when “buying” a pet. It’s not a living thing, it’s a toy, a decoration, a thing. That’s what Puddles was to Lacey’s Uncle, and they weren’t perfect, so he got rid of it. Puddles was more important to Lacey than a pet, it was a friend. Her only friend. That’s why she wanted her dream cat to have ice cream with her. Cats don’t eat ice cream, but people do, and she wanted someone, or something, to be there to share happiness with. I really hope Lacey, or whoever is behind her wires, gets or found that happiness, as well as something, or something, to share it with.

[@a.t.trujillo9970]

I hope she does too

[@stuartbogigian770]

ok not to derail but my mom and i had a cat for most of my childhood who would willingly lick melted ice cream from her spoon. i still miss her

[@lambda-m1676]

rocio is the person behind the wires

[@BobbinRobbin777]

I've met a fair share of cats that apparently handle eating icecream shockinly well! So Lacey's daydream isn't _too_ far-fetched.

[@Iggy_Plush]

One of my mom's cats ate my ice cream when he was a kitten in 2015, likely thinking it was wet cat food. Cats usually develop lactose intolerance when they get older, so the daydream wasn't that far off

[@Multi292]

I feel like a great april fools video would be a completely normal, unscary lacey game where nothing goes wrong

[@yuri_lynn]

I love that idea!!

[@carnivallegf]

lacey's petshop but when the french guy tells her to elongate the hamster's neck she just says "get the fuck out"

[@YourJapanic]

@@carnivallegfLMAO YES

[@NagasakiLicious]

it could be titled “laceys haunted house “ and be somewhat of a replication of the house here but cartoony

[@bobnrobplush]

@@carnivallegf”cut the rabbits ears and foot off” “absolutely not you greasy fuck get out” THE END!!

[@Lala_086]

The first customer has gotta be the most sanest person in this game

[@Hanako-kun_22194]

I'm still wondering what this is about right now 4:48

[@miwa_kasusmii]

laceys friend died in laceys wardrobe 😭

[@christinemk9666]

@@Hanako-kun_22194 Its laceys dog i think. I had to slow it down

[@eldritch_horror_lol]

@@Hanako-kun_22194tbhk fan spotted

[@Hanako-kun_22194]

Yes, baby 😍​@@eldritch_horror_lol

[@AsimosTriouss]

I believe the skeleton cat also represends Lacey. "They hurt me! So I will hurt others!" This may be her way of coping with the past, or at least, an ideal.

[@mclijah6472]

i’ve been looking through the recent comments to see if anyone else brought that up! “i’ve been hurt so i will hurt people” is a very common mentality among ppl who were abused too, i feel like it has to be lacey, or maybe just a manifestation of her thoughts since we see she’s trying to be decent for the most part in these games

[@nosko4960]

Yea its really sad, goes to show how many abusers are usually victims themselves, but haven’t gone through the realization of there trauma and go on to do it to others.

[@bakag967]

💀💀

[@robloxcool88]

That... actually lines up with how this whole thing would have come about from a "meta" perspective. Rocio may be using these disturbing game secrets to vent her own real-world traumas, but also seems to be aware that children are being exposed to them and probably getting traumatized because of it. She even apparently goes out of her way to insult a child's drawing of the characters. She's been hurt, so she's hurting others.

[@Starrykinss]

@@bakag967lol

[@ToyFreddyGaming1987]

In all of Lacey's artwork, it looks like she's only had 2 hours of sleep at most for the past 3 weeks.

[@heartcatchprecure]

2 is probably generous for the poor girl

[@BennyWasNotFound]

Yeah, she only has 5 minutes of sleep.

[@thyy-246]

@@BennyWasNotFound girl only close then open her eyes like a sigma herself lol

[@Yoru-cake]

Hatsune Miku in an alternate universe be like.

[@Yoru-cake]

And she probably doesn't even get paid

[@minaxa]

You're pioneering the next generation of internet horror, great things are being done on this channel!

[@Yay2ew]

Digital horror is what it’s called

[@mesotolioma5089]

Can't wait for holographic horror

[@kylesweeney-stewart5358]

Like I can't sleep

[@CB-L]

@talge8799 Early 00s digital horror. IMO early 2000s stuff sometimes were pretty terrifying despite not being made as horror media.

[@Jadeddoxy]

Digital horror is horrifying as fk but I can't stop watching 😭

[@ThatOneMemer74]

“Yes, I know no one forced me back inside, but this pain hurts so comfortably.” That’s emotionally hurt me in so many ways, even tho I never went through something like this. It’s also painful because Lacey finds comfort in the cage, rather than being outside of it, since her uncle couldn’t get her when she was in there.

[@Mari.is.home_143]

New HC that she would hide in her dogs cage in her room so he couldn't get her.

[@flxwer.clouds3076]

“and when he turned his back, i was the dog that bit his neck” this isnt really creepy to me it just goes hard

[@ghosttundra]

the intent was for it to go hard hell yeah

[@Maginer102]

@@ghosttundrawhat if you make a laceys supermarket video i have big brain

[@yumebloom]

​@@ghosttundrathe whole text goes hard, "worried about his sins becoming too visible on my skin" Is such an ominous sentence but it fits so well in the context of the story 😭😭😭

[@dertivede]

@@yumebloom OH NOW I GET WHAT THAT PHRASE MEANS BRUH

[@cycy8699]

@@ghosttundra full song when

[@ayysura]

LOVE the part where Lacey says “here’s the REAL girl games.” i am almost certain Lacey is a CSA survivor based on all the signs she has presented in this series, and unfortunately it is extremely common. even with that being said, there is often still so much shame around talking about it, often instilled into the victims by their abusers. girls grow up playing these dress up and cooking games , read fairy tale stories, and watch fantasy movies. then when they encounter something as horrible and traumatic as abuse, everything feels like a lie. then on top of all of it, they’re often discouraged from talking about it. and additionally, Lacey is probably sick of pretending like she’s “fine,” and that it’s all quite literally fun and games.

[@theotherther1]

Exactly. CSA victims' abusers often try to portray it as a loving or consensual thing when children are not capable of giving consent. They use the same logic when sexually abusing animals as well; dogs and other animals subject to this abuse usually need to be put down, because they're traumatized and left incapable of trusting humans. It's a living nightmare for the abused, so that's why pedophiles and zoophiles (they're usually comorbid) choose victims who are unable to speak about it or won't be believed. On the flip side, there are pets trained to provide therapy to traumatized children, but those pets are not themselves abuse victims. Lacey losing her dog robs her of this opportunity and the only friend she's ever had.

[@sug4rrrrr13]

I knew something was going on, between the used condoms in the diner and the icantsleep-esque shot of lacey with nothing but black bars covering her, while she slowly becomes nothing more than an outline. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of the story this way.

[@Zio_Goggo]

Luckly she survived the civil war

[@eigintasbaranauskas7519]

What's CSA?

[@fatcat22able]

Childhood s** abuse/assault

[@KennethV2000]

2:46 Fun Fact: This part was a reference based on a real life Popstar/Editor named Elena Lenina that dyed her cat Pink and how her pet almost died sadly from the intoxication fumes. The Kitten is doing well today and happy of course, but still have the pink dye to this day. People can be horrible sometimes

[@fishparty7]

the contacts too... im no expert but im preeeeetty sure you shouldn't put contacts in your cat's eyes

[@everythingslayer_888]

Can’t you use non toxic dye nowadays though?

[@4ndr00med4]

Sadly, that wasn't the only time when that happened. Dyeing a pet's fur is a common practice among those who want to stand out. To be honest, I expected the horror part to start exactly at that moment.

[@персик23]

maybe I'm wrong, but the name and surname seem to be a girl from Russia, I'm right.?

[@Adr3n0chr0m3]

sadly the cat died from intoxication:(

[@bugisbonkers]

someone has prob definitely already pointed this out, but i like the detail where she mentions the clock is ticking backwards 8:56. i feel it’s touching on how it’s hard to live past trauma, and you keep going back to it in your head. how it feels like time just keeps going backwards and you keep having to relive those memories in the past over and over. anyway, i just found out about this project today and i think it’s really interesting.

[@JaspreetKaur-re4zh]

That makes sense

[@eye5435]

She really pulled the music player out like she was showing you a meme she found

[@C4DD1333]

What

[@thecomet8759]

Shawty like a melody

[@Ferrari03]

She’s a Weezer fan alright

[@drpepperenjoyer69]

That clip has potential tbh

[@hectorrojas9730]

​@@drpepperenjoyer69for real

[@zodoxx]

At 10:50, Lacey says to herself that she’s Lacey, as if re-confirming her existence. But looking back at some of the theories in the comments, I believe this is just Lacey wanting to be something else besides a victim of abuse. She can’t let go of all her past trauma, something so ingrained within her that she simply can’t forget. She wants to be so much more, be that image she seeks to be, be that person she seeks to be. She wants to BE Lacey. She wants to go shopping and express herself, she wants to own a diner, she wants to be a pet store owner. She has dreams and ambitions, but those desires are overclouded by her past.

[@LostSoulSilver]

I believe in Lacey!!

[@cheese_covered_water]

I don’t think lacy is lacy at all. I think she’s a trauma manifestation of another girl, someone who controls her body and constantly takes over of her whenever she starts her “games”.

[@zodoxx]

@@cheese_covered_water That’s what I was meaning to get at. I just referred to the girl as Lacey because we don’t know her name.

[@that_objectguy]

So??? Lacey irl wants to be her mascot character? I can heavily relate 😔

[@spyderman1236]

My guess is the creator made the first game to mess with us. But as the series progressed, the game wanted to give a more human side to Lacey. I think her character is trying to move on from what happened in the past. But the responsibilities of the adult world kind of pull those memories back. That's why in Lacey's Diner, it plays out like normal if you do everything right. But if time runs out, the mood changes.

[@JessaProjects]

detail that stood out to me: When the body (Lacey's Uncle from what I've seen?) starts speaking, it's an excerpt from Beneath The Skin, a 1981 short film made by Cecelia Condit (who's also the creator of Possibly in Michigan) Beneath The Skin is actually a retelling of an event that happened to her, where she dated this man who killed an ex (iirc?) of his, and he ended up hiding her body in a trunk under the bed him and Cecelia slept in. Cecelia wasn't aware that the body was even there, because she was on a medication that affected her sense of smell. So the audio coming from the body under Lacey's bed is from a true story about a body under a bed... 😳 EDIT: Something I should also mention is that Possibly in Michigan features a stalker pursuing two girls throughout a mall, while the first Lacey video shows her dealing with a stalker, and eventually heading to a mall... COINCIDENCE? I THINK... maybe idk actually 😵‍💫

[@KennyKowalski]

Honestly, these videos kinda give me Cecelia Condit vibes in general. Such good stuff!

[@Doodles1265]

@@KennyKowalskipossibly in michigan but the creepy factor is up a notch

[@nyawrcut]

So this must be why tundra made a reference to possibly in michigan prior to the upload.. sneaky

[@PeteQuaint]

The unicorn killer! That’s cool.

[@stop4690]

Another thing to add; In the Lacey's Diner video, there is a distorted sound that is an excerpt from a meme, where this pakistani(?) news reporter is neck deep in floodwater, and the same sound but longer can be heard

[@koxiq.]

when i saw that hamster I realised "damn that really is animal abuse" like how can you be so cruel to make it french

[@paprikante]

This is the type of video to pop up 13 years later for kids with no parental supervision on their phone

[@lucidfantasies2732]

I can't wait for Gen alpha to get exposed to the horrors of indie KZbin

[@Athenz86]

​@@lucidfantasies2732 I'm someone from gen alpha Im showing this to the pick me kids that want to be sa'ed

[@eerror4044]

lol..

[@someone-pe3yt]

​@@lucidfantasies2732im from gen alpha and i made the mistake of watching salad fingers-

[@junouno5]

@@lucidfantasies2732i am not afraid .. hehe

[@pokeguyzilla5597]

I gotta respect that the moment her Uncle messed with her dog, she was done with his shit and took him down.

[@Creedoo]

ikr i look into the comments and this is the very first mentioning anything about what is actually shown in the game and not based off of interpretations

[@Kyumifun]

Dang i didn't realised the uncle hurt the dog, i thought the dog was the reprezentation of the uncle since it bit her a lot

[@amoraacho6181]

@@Kyumifunno I think the uncle was a “pig”

[@GaleGameTTV]

She's the fucking Jhon wick of lacey games bro she got raped like twice a day and she didn't say anything until they killed the dog

[@offandsphere6788]

lacey pulled a john wick damn

[@Steampoodle]

It seems she killed her uncle and hid his body under the bed, but became paranoid that he was still out to get her. She couldn’t leave under the idea that her uncle would come out form under the bed and berm her.

[@T37-y6m]

And glued his skin on the floor

[@lillysparrow]

​@@T37-y6m🤢

[@can0cringe]

@@T37-y6m I'm wondering if maybe he wasn't "glued" to the floor via actual glue but through blood/decomposition? Like she said, it'd been at the very least days since she had moved because of how afraid she still was of him. So she couldn't move him even if she tried to because of how long he's been rotting under there-- he's basically another floorboard at this point.

[@Steampoodle]

@@can0cringe that’s what I was thinking. Unless her way of killing him *was* gluing him to the floorboard, it’s most likely bodily fluids. The cause of death was probably her mauling him, since she mentions biting his neck. She probably ripped him apart and shoved him under the bed.

[@evelynnjones5442]

In the cooking game it pretty much explains why

[@skinundermychills]

13:51 “he’s still under the bed.” “he’ll look at me.” lacey killed her uncle and stored him under her bed, but shes still scared that he’ll come out and get her, resulting in her not leaving her bed or even her house. it still unsettles me that even when she puts an end to her suffering, she’ll never find satisfaction, and will always be scared since her uncle robbed her of her innocence and permanently traumatized her.

[@emmacarpenter1516]

Pretty sure she killed her dog, not her uncle. Good guess.

[@fedgirl]

i never want to sit through this again and i mean this in the most _complimentary_ way possible. the artstyle, the grotesque elements, the cheesy humor and how these elements are all balanced out to create the perfect sense of utter _terror_ literally left me dissociating and i genuinely have never had another horror video do that to me before

[@OneClick2go]

all of this with your cat pfp is funny

[@Fabi_SZ]

Yeah, you just described everything i thought of

[@Fabi_SZ]

@@OneClick2go XD

[@Ihaventbeenwell]

This exactly

[@VinVeloci]

Spoilers Okay, obvious plotline here is Lacey’s uncle (abuser from the other videos) killed her dog, the last straw after all of the abuse, which led to her killing the uncle and leaving his body under her bed. She won’t leave the house now, too overwhelmed with what happened. So it seems Lacey is a manifestation of Rocío (founder), and the world she wanted to escape to. Potentially, she put herself into the machine? Which would be all of the wires attached to her. So Lacey’s Games became a literal method of escapism, as she won’t let herself leave the house, instead becoming Lacey and living out the 2000’s teen fantasy. However, her past won’t leave her, corrupting the games and her fantasy. Poor girl However, I couldn’t make out all of the corrupted text and things she was saying- can anyone decipher it?

[@greenhowie]

Oh that's what you think happened? Interesting.

[@Bubblelion14]

OOOOOH I THOUGHT IT LED TO HER KILLING HIM AND SEVRING HIM TO THE CUSTOMERS IN LACEYS DINER. I thought it tied them both together...

[@ExplosivefartAAAAAA]

​@@Bubblelion14yeah well in the first game she was killed, the lacey series isn't very consistent

[@VinVeloci]

@@Bubblelion14 that might be something that happens! I feel like a lot of the Lacey’s games are more manifestations of trauma and an ideal perfect life, so I’m not sure how much literally happened. It seems that in all of the games, it’s a feminine, girlish experience that is overshadowed by a perverted, masculine figure, probably her uncle still having a presence in her mind even when she got rid of him, combined w the general public being terrible, which could represent her general disillusionment with the world

[@aromatixx]

At 5:52, it look like "...pull my hair and my..."(I can't really make the first part out, sorry lol. Then it says "face pretend I was never real what happens through the night never did." I feel bad for lacey :( she seems like a sweet girl who had so many bad things happen to her.

[@amor1064]

It may be a real deep cut ,but I really love the metaphor of the hands of the grandfather clock in the living room turning backwards. For me it means, that despite us being shown Lacey dreaming about what she could do she could never trully look forward to the future .She is stuck in the past,taking revenge on those who wronged ,abused and put her down,but because of that she has made her life her own worst nightmare.

[@leftyonthenet]

Well, Lacey should not be blamed for this. I'd go savage if anyone did what Lacey's Uncle did to her to me. Abuse victims should not be blamed for being unable to let things go, Nobody should.

[@amor1064]

@@leftyonthenet Well maybe in my coment I came of as judmental,but I know that Lacey shouldn't be blamed for all that surrounds her ,she just happend to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@lMegumemesl]

She sat in cage with a grandfather clock going backwards. It's clear that she feels trapped in her past

[@soleydasoleyda]

What do you think she should have done then, instead of seeking revenge? Cuz honestly if it was me… I don’t think I would be able to let it go either, I’d want to get my revenge too. 😕

[@EmeraldAshesAudio]

@@soleydasoleyda, the sad part is that she did get her revenge, but she's still suffering.

[@LlamaLlama213]

cant believe i never noticed the first time round but its interesting to me how the last two male customers demonstrate the expectations forced onto how girls are supposed to look and behave Old man wanting turtle with teeth to smile at him -> “you should smile more” Bunny’s features removed due to being distracting -> women being forced to cover up due to their features being too ‘distracting’

[@pixelgitzby]

That's actually a pretty cool detail...

[@bugisbonkers]

ohh

[@dangdao8068]

I thought bunny meant something else like “Woman being a toy than actual person”

[@PsychedelicCharm]

So, by that logic, the female customers, with one exception, demonstrate the unhealthy beauty expectations put onto women. Girl who wants a clean, playful puppy -> women being encouraged to look and smell fresh, and to be fun Woman who wants a purple cat with red eyes -> "you have to look a certain way if you want people to like you" Bird being dyed grey and forced to wear dark boots -> women being told to act "normal" and conform Hamster's neck being stretched to a morbid degree -> eating disorders and cosmetic surgery(?)

[@itz-lorry7492]

​@@PsychedelicCharm woah you're absolutely right

[@esquivelcruzcarlosbenjamin4253]

For the emo gal who wanted a goth parrot. Why didnt she just got a raven?

[@АнастасияКиселёва-у1д]

I questioned it too. Ravens are natural goths, why dyeing a parrot? Though i forgot that i questioned it because... because... THAT DAMN HAMSTER PART- ahem, anyway, i think she liked parrots, but wanted hers to be black.

[@texasbiggalcatlover8200]

@@АнастасияКиселёва-у1д It was a guy and nobody owns ravens, they eat meat ya know

[@Iggy_Plush]

Either because she lives in the U.S. or Canada (it's illegal to have ravens as pets because of their sacred status) or she just wanted a badass goth budgie

[@CoalEater_Elli]

​@@АнастасияКиселёва-у1д well, there are parrots that are naturally black, but they are probably expensive.

[@Iggy_Plush]

@@АнастасияКиселёва-у1д I think it's because this horror video takes place in either the U.S. or Canada, because owning ravens is illegal in the two countries cause of their sacred status amongst First Nations people

[@chipkid]

Lacey seems to genuinely hate this. Hate what she’s doing. She can’t control this. She’s watching you do this, harm these animals all because you wanted to watch a story. You wanted to see a “bad game” and she hates it. She doesn’t want her story to be seen like this. She doesn’t want this to repeat.

[@Mike-kl5yc]

it started to get real weird after the 1st one. Who the fuck tries to dye their animal's fur?

[@Artie_2015]

@@Mike-kl5yc Yeah only the first one was normal. The second one with the contract lens on the cat was really weird, but the context was a game so I guess it could be write off as just exaggerating things, same goes with those ridiculous shoes for the bird. But than it gets really inexcusable for the hamster, the turtle, and the poor rabbit. Those sick people are making Lacey harm the animals. And idk about Lacey but I think she might not know any better too until she had to cut off limbs and ears from the rabbit. Maybe she's been mistreated so badly that her morals are messed up and the only thing that finally made her realize that what she was doing was terrifying was cutting off limbs.

[@holyhawks]

@@Mike-kl5yc dyeing your pet's fur isn't harmful if you use the right dye, and it actually helps owners identify their pet (e.g. kidnapped)

[@Artie_2015]

I feel like her having no control seem to be a reoccurring theme. Like in Lacey's wardrobe when she begged not to be taken outside to meet the stalker. I was thinking about the same thing. She probably wouldn't want to do anything like this. But we made her do these things.

[@toxicradiant9858]

​@@holyhawksthisss more people need to be aware you can't use human dye on an animal, you have to research brands and choose the right ones. Of course animal temperament matters too, it involves lots of water and patience sometimes so it's probably not for your typical cat or squirrely skittish dogs

[@moonbeam714]

the part where lacey expresses the urge to curl up in a small enclosed space because it feels safe, begs the player to let her do this, then dismisses her own genuine moment of vulnerability as "edgy" hit me hard in the childhood neglect

[@Lica_The_Furry]

"I know. Nobody forced me back inside. But this pain just hurts so comfortably" is easily my favorite line in this entire series so far. It's such a relatable sentiment for me, as I often find myself willingly perpetuating a lot of the same suffering that I had no choice in as a child (namely, not eating). It's a shockingly easy pit to fall into, but it does make sense: People who have been abused and neglected their whole lives are often conditioned into thinking such treatment is normal, even if they logically know otherwise. When finally freed of the abuse, the outside world is so jarring and alien that some will end up seeking out fragments of the way they were treated by their abusers, simply because it's all they've ever known. The pain is comforting. Obviously, this does not apply to every abuse victim; however, I imagine it is as relatable to some others as it is to me.

[@chriiiiis]

God that poor hamster. Forced to be french.

[@АнастасияКиселёва-у1д]

"Forced to be French"😂😂😂🇫🇷🥖🥐

[@kinga4438]

If i were that hamster i can handle having an extra long neck... but becoming french ? Hell no

[@toastedprocastinator]

bro really wanted to put that hamster thru an bakery 😭💀 ( if you know you know )

[@C4DD1333]

@@kinga4438LMAO

[@Lovangeline]

I was forced to be French. I started saying "oui oui baguette" uncontrollably.

[@Axoltolion]

I love the commentary on society’s way of treating pets like objects, manipulate them how you want then when your down with it, let ‘em go like they are furniture.

[@EmmetsPage]

I have never met anyone that treats their pets like that lmfao what are you talking about.

[@annagtace]

​@@EmmetsPageever heard of pugs

[@missconstruct6968]

@@EmmetsPage Have you ever heard of purse dogs, puppy mills, all the unwanted animals in pounds because they're not purebred, all the inbred unhealthy animals in dog shows??? Do you know anything about animals

[@requiesticat]

​@@EmmetsPage Betta fish. They're bred for looks, then shoved into small cups to be sold in pet stores, put right next to each other even though bettas are territorial fish and need to be kept alone. Too many owners think it's okay to house them in vases or goldfish bowls. A lot of people get animals, then proceed to mistreat them, not understanding how much care they need. It's terrible. There's so much abuse in different industries, especially shelters. Even fish, like I mentioned earlier- small pets like hamsters, reptiles, aren't exempt from it.

[@EmmetsPage]

I am smoking weed btw

[@calebh373]

Ghosttundra: "I don't like depicting animals getting abused." Also Ghosttudra: (stretches hamster's neck and turns him Fr*nch)

[@Bloody0Lovely]

I fucking hate being fr3nch

[@thisisaguy6613]

How could they, transporting that poor hamster to France with a neck like that...

[@MrMizerable]

The French was the worst part here

[@taiIsthefox]

​@@MrMizerablebunny part was too

[@buryingbrightness]

​​@@taiIsthefoxat the very least the bunny was spared from turning french

[@AndaPrahoveanu]

I love this series so much. I can't put it into words why I find it so amazing. You really went from silly creepy flash game parody to ART that expresses pain and trauma and deep emotions. You're very talented for your age. I also really like the music.

[@domonkosmarek3828]

Watching this as a 22 year old man, recoiled into my chair out of sheer discomfort. These videos do such a good job emulating the horror of the mid 2000's internet, when people realised they can use it to traumatise kids for free. I can clearly remember old flash games and animations that scared the shit out of me, and these videos capture that energy perfectly. Also, Lacey is one of the most likable horror protagonists I've ever seen, she's great. Her design feels so period appropriate, absolutely captures that "I'm 15 and I think I know how to draw anime" energy that is synonymous with the mid 2000's.

[@floraspond666]

I don’t think that’s the point of these videos. The creator is exploring most likely the efffects of child abuse in adulthood.

[@domonkosmarek3828]

@@floraspond666 Agreed, the point of this series is almost certainly an exploration of childhood trauma, heavily implied to be CSA specifically, but the fact that it's done through the medium of Flash animations, a format that almost every 2000s kid has some form of residual trauma from, is a genius move on the creators part.

[@allahvscovid19]

@@domonkosmarek3828 COUNTER STRIKE ALARM 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[@FenexTheFox]

Can Your Pet? vibes.

[@TwoOrdersOfFries]

​@@floraspond666Can't be said for sure, so I assumed it's a great PSA of CSA.

[@ananyanyan]

"These are the real girls games" God that sentence hurts so much. It reminds me of the time I played flash games. Around the time my mom started telling me to change my clothes because my father's friends were coming. Around the time old men started whistling at me as I walked down the street. Around the time you start to realise something is terribly wrong, how cruel and gross the world actually is. These flash games promised you your life as a girl was fun and glittery, and you just end up feeling betrayed, almost. They were basically the sparkly lie we all escaped to.

[@iheartericcartman]

oh my god yes. once i started developing even a hint of a shape my mum would scream at me if i wore shorts or something when my dad’s friends came over even when it was summertime. she made me become ashamed of my body and i always blame myself when a guy is weird or gross to me because i figure it must be because of my body and i hate it!!!! i wish the world wasn’t so perverted and disgusting and unsafe, especially for girls and women

[@TheHeavieKiwie]

​@@iheartericcartmanI thought it isn’t much anymore in the west at least now.

[@ananyanyan]

​@@iheartericcartman Same. I was literally 8 the first time she told me that. I grew to objectify and blame myself so much and I hate it

[@vakanimates9208]

​@@ananyanyanThat is so fucked up...

[@altagarcha]

The cold slap of reality hurts...

[@themusikmachine]

next game idea: lacey goes to therapy 😍

[@PR1CK3DBY0U]

yay,that's exactly what 70% of us need rn 😍😍

[@jeanettereyes4231]

yes this is what we wanted😍😍😍

[@thebestdoggo3673]

"Lacey's Therapist - Lost 2008 Flash Game"

[@vucijaz]

If it existed, i imagine it would have a morbid pun on the therapist (the-rapist)

[@Subarubdub]

@@vucijazShit bro that’s really dark but now I kinda want to see an idea like that come to fruition in the series

[@Moe_xx]

The scene with the pig in the room was gut wrenching.

[@TheSameGoobyGuy]

4:53 I like how Lacey only got scared once she had to cut a bunny’s limbs, like she was totally fine with stretching a hamster’s neck and giving a turtle teeth 😂

[@John-mp4qc]

Yeah shouldn’t she be scared while doing the other 2 owners demands

[@АнастасияКиселёва-у1д]

I would be traumatized for life if i'd be forced to do THAT to a hamster (or any living being). But honestly, look at Lacey's face throughout the whole gameplay. She's not fine at all. She silently screams "HELP ME!"

[@John-mp4qc]

@@АнастасияКиселёва-у1д she sayin more like this “god what da f### am I doing with my life”

[@skytellerr]

I usually don't watch stuff like that as I find it too disturbing for myself. Gotta admit I skipped over the bunny part because I didn't want to see that but the turtle and hamster weren't too bad

[@alibouk227]

Bro she looks dead inside across the entire video, I'm not sure she's ever fine.

[@Apolemia]

I hate how realistic it is. As someone who has repressed trauma that would usually leak into my nightmares, the whole "house part" is too relatable and even made me cry a bit. No one can convince me that the creator of those games didnt had to go through traumatic events like mine because this is straight up the kind of things you ll experience afterward...

[@SashaahsaS6174]

How is the house part relatable? Can u explain what u think It means? i still confused about this episode

[@reiinon]

@@SashaahsaS6174 as an abuse and sa/csa survivor, i can attest that i have trauma dreams every other night. they mostly, if not always, revolve my childhood home in some surreal or mangled state. i believe this what the op and original video are taking reference to.

[@violettshy]

I had those type of nightmares for years, but i could never figure out what they meant.

[@supotter377]

Same. I have awful nightmares about things relating to my trauma and the house was eerily similar to some I’ve had. The wavy walls and doors, the loud sounds that come on suddenly, having rooms not make sense, etc. It hit so hard

[@Puri_.Masquerade]

@@reiinon used to share a house with my bio dad mom and sisters (I live with my mom sisters and step dad rn) and I used to have nightmares of the house tilted or me being in bed in y room and alien sort of creatures surrounding me (my bio dad was very Abusive )

[@angelabryant9766]

This is awesome! I love how even it's scary it strangely still flows like a proper flash game, and even tries to have a 'happy ending' or have 'jokes', like it's not even a true horror flash game, it's somebody who thinks this is just, kinda normal, just goofing around and thinks this is silly. It reflects how I think Lacey's mind is, whether she's a ghost or a living person, that the abuse she suffered has led her to have a permanently child-like mind, like how her thought bubbles have the same cartoony artstyle as the games she makes.

[@keebs5780]

Huh. Kind of an interesting take that factors in the juxtaposition of the cutest artstyle and the more grim stuff going on. Never thought about it that way.

[@marekkozina7693]

Just found the Lacey series and ghosttundra about an hour ago and I'm blown away by the depth of her work. These tales evoke such dread and despair all wrapped in the package of an old flash game the likes of which we all saw in the late 90s through the 00s. These bubble up introspective doubts and insecurities in my own life and offer a glimpse of what it might be/feel like to endure trauma that never really goes away. Great work. Subbed!

[@luislee3247]

Is it just me or is Lacey's art skill gradually improved throughout each game?

[@TDdemeter]

Yes, I think she is actually drawing lacey now bc I found the base from the first two videos on Google images

[@luislee3247]

@@TDdemeter It's good to know Lacey's creator at least had some good outcomes from her trauma coping processes. Story aside, looks like the author is getting a hang of this indie flash game artstyle 😆

[@midgetballs7831]

i thought it was cool bc it has that beginner style of actual 2007 flash games lol

[@Mamaluigi13]

Idk why but the cat casually saying “a bird stole my skin :(“ is so hilarious

[@TamWam_]

not trying to downplay the metaphor (?), but honestly the cat looked much cuter as a skeleton 😭

[@EchoesOfArson]

The scene with the cage hit like a truck, “nobody forced me back inside, but the pain hurt so comfortably” are two incredible lines. It’s like, even though she isn’t being abused in that moment (like is what is heavily implied to be going on), the pain from it still hurts. Traumatised people can act in a way that tries to make sure they never get hurt like that again, and we see that a lot from Lacey in this video. I think the cage is imagery for the way trauma can ‘trap’ someone and can make them feel like they can’t fight back, and just accept it. In order words: “the pain hurt so comfortably” Additionally, I love the line at 10:50, because it can be taken at face value as a grounding / coping mechanism, but can also dive so much deeper. As someone who’s been through therapy, one of the first grounding techniques therapists teach are ‘confirmations’ (“I am [name]” “I am real” “I am safe” etc), so this could just be taken at face value as this. But, another way of viewing it is to consider how Lacey has obviously gone through some *intense* trauma, and that changes people. I think a more interesting approach is to consider *Lacey* referenced at 10:50 as a different person than the Lacey we see, the Lacey dealing with this past trauma. And the “I am Lacey” is more of her trying to become the real, true ‘Lacey’, the Lacey before all this trauma. The Lacey who could go out shopping, listening to records and cds, before losing “my little angel”. It was a massive aha moment seeing “my little angel” at 14:25, I was really confused at 8:31 reading the flashing text after seeing the pigs, I originally thought it was someone else talking about Lacey as the “little angel”, as we know what happened to Lacey in Diner. I think the “you” in this bit of text is the uncle, the speaker is talking about abuse which we know the uncle did, as well as a heavy implication that “you” was killed (implied to be killed by Lacey given the tone and “you have no regards. I had none either”), and we know the uncle was killed because he became an ingredient in the ‘food’. I need to make a wholeass essay talking about this because I have so much to say about this MASTERPIECE

[@Bro-WTF]

Ohh I really loved the way you analysed this video of the game, if you know more about this please tell me cause my dumb brain didn't understand the hole video until I entered the comments section heheh

[@bluebeka2458]

Masterpice? Is well maded, but i don't think that's necessary a good thing here.

[@TheGInLGBTQIAIsForGangstar]

I think the little angel was Lacey's dog, that the uncle killed(?). I'm thinking that maybe the part of I'm the dog that bit his neck is supposed to represent that Lacey's dog attacked the uncle (either defending Lacey or simply because it was being abused too). This is described as a mistake, because it's probably what pushed Lacey from a feeling of emptiness to outright killing her uncle because he took away probably the only thing she loved in her life.

[@Kyumifun]

Oh wow i like how you connected another game to this (the restaurant one) Nice analysis!

[@selenite3890]

i think "my little angel" was her pet, named puddles. read the text at 10:13

[@haruu-chan7104]

"But this pains hurts so comfortably" I know this line feels stupid but i feel it ripping down in my heart because i felt pain and suffering my whole life and now i'm addicted to it...i like watching myself suffer and letting the pain inside eat me ,and it so comforting to hurt myself emotionally ....... I really would like to thank the creator because to me , lacey games are pretty comforting as i see myself in these ..fk me my mind is twisted 😂😂👾👾

[@lidyamarapaiva9606]

O que? 😨

[@notvishu1762]

I will pay the cost of your therapy sessions 🙂 Please take care of yourself, I had this pain and don't want someone to suffer cause of it. 😖😞🤕❤️‍🩹

[@LoopyMoopy-vf8rq]

top 10 sigma quotes

[@thesmilingman5621]

Fun fact: ghosttundra's father watches almost everything she makes, quite wholesome

[@EvaIdk__Romania]

Wot mate?

[@Chair_Gaming]

Where did you get this information?

[@thesmilingman5621]

@@Chair_Gaming marcelocolato is her father, check comments on imigrantes road episode 2

[@codebreaker-gl9rg]

what... where you know that? wth

[@Chair_Gaming]

@@imdisappointedinyourrecent9603 okay, thank you

[@claus.ninten]

I like how this one actually had some tidbits of humor in it. it’s always good to have breaks in between moments of horror so they can have more of an impact, and also so it doesn’t feel as though you’re trying too hard. I love the story you’re telling here, and the ideas behind them!

[@GooseWithAPassport]

B I R D S H O E

[@marianasobrenome3316]

The emo bird made me cackle loudly

[@namesarenotimp0rtant]

fr*nch hamster

[@R_ickety]

“I’ve been hurt, so I will hurt others.” I know there are a lot of other details that are more important than this in the game, but this stood out to me. This might be about her abuser, or even Lacey herself causing harm to others on accident due to what she’s been through. (Of course, this is a huge conjecture lol) This means more, doesn’t it? Hurt people hurt people.

[@anaj835]

i think its talking abt lacey since in laceys diner (bad ending) she hurts customers with her "dish of hatred"

[@S0m3B0z0OnTheInternet]

@@anaj835 I’m pretty sure she’s talking about the trauma, abuse, and overall harm and pain her uncle caused her especially when he forced her to go out with that creep in “Lacey’s wardrobe” who’s hinted in sexually assaulting her as her arms, thighs, and chest are shown dismantled from the rest of her body, implying that’s where he touched her.

[@LostSoulSilver]

You don't have to hurt, Lacey. You can be better 🥺

[@vistagreat9994]

Hurt people hurt people hurt people hurt people, and so on and so forth.

[@littlehorn0063]

it's just like the popular saying "Chris Christodoulou - Ashes to Ashes, to Ashes (to Ashes) | DEADBOLT (2016) [w/ Christos Spirakis]"

[@Harrow567]

This video was very great. It really symbolises the feelings of how someone would feel because of losing a pet or just someone wrong you. You are doing great.

[@SnoozeCruisin]

The scene with the cage is small compared to the other horrors, but that part hit home for me personally. Choosing to return to your cage even though it hurts because it’s a _comfortable_ hurt, a _known_ hurt, a _familiar_ hurt… it’s a very apt depiction of abuse. It’ll stick with you for sure.

[@Z0MB0YZ_14]

9:37 whenever she called her obvious depressing moment “edgy” it actually hurt. And then we she said she felt dumb like I relate to that. It’s the failure to see the obvious in the moment that can really dehumanize you, and how she feels like these feelings are stupid. She doesn’t really take into account that she’s REALLY feeling this, and not making it up. It’s almost impostor syndrome-y and tbh same. And at 10:49 when she says “im Lacey” it’s like she’s reassuring herself, like she’s not really sure if she’s even still herself. She’s just standing there at the mirror, and she says “she’s not afraid of herself” when she clearly is. It’s like this reassuring to yourself that whoever hurt her cant take away who *she* is, when they clearly can.

[@Yukino-014]

As someone who also relates strongly to the edgy moment part, I often feel like this is how I look like to people around me who aren't familiar with these feelings. Just an emo guy having their overdramatic edgy moment, sinking into their depressive mood, whining about nonsense when the solution (the key) is literally laid out in plain sight. Bonus points if said people pull out the blank platitudes such as "it's all in your brain", "stop caring so much about little things", "you don't look depressed", etc. In Lacey's case, I believe her monologue in the cage is directed at the viewer (or the "player"), and for all she knows, that person may also be a stranger to severe depression. So, she downplays her own feelings herself, before the viewer gets a chance to speak. Also, she might feel like it's just... more bearable to put herself down, instead of listening to others do it. It's soul-crushing either way, because her feelings are all very real and valid. Anyway, from one Internet wanderer to the next: remember that it's okay to feel depressed, that these feelings are not at all edgy or stupid, and that the solution to your problems being in plain sight doesn't necessarily make them an easy fix all the time, nor does it invalidate them. Leaving your comfort zone ain't easy. Take care of yourself!

[@elliotgabriel4580]

I love how in this series, all the nightmare fuel that interrupts these kid-friendly games isn't the result of some corrupting supernatural force (like Martin Wall's "BunnyFarm"), but instead is _actual content_ deliberately put in by the developer in-universe. Such a good way to justify the premise of the "kid-friendly media is secretly horror" genre.

[@Harold.-123]

i don’t care how disturbing these games are, they are an odd type of beautiful

[@ndeireadh163]

She runs a pet shop too? Gotta respect my girl Lacey out here grinding those stacks😤

[@Alexbyporro-jn5dt]

Giggles

[@Mason91129]

She must got 2 diplomas in college

[@mikudayo_biggest_fan3939]

omg i love your pfp

[@Comeherekitten]

@@Mason91129she made people eat those diplomas too

[@Burmilla.]

Grinding those attacks _ahem_

[@pinkfedoras]

the fact you branched out to a different type of nostalgic horror, one that doesnt circulate vhs, lost broadcast, or news footage, AND you build lore around it - is absolutely amazing and is branching this genre in many unique directions. bravo!

[@Pollito_Con_Papas555]

I think i somewhat managed to piece stuff showed here so, lacey's uncle definitely abused her in multiple ways, and lacey found comfort on her dog thus calling it 'her angel' but i guess her uncle killed it, thus the meaning of 'you made a mistake, you took my angel away' and that was the last straw for her lacey killed her own uncle (i found myself stepping over remains of your skin glued to the floor) explaining the 'i was the dog that bit his neck' thing (she stabbed him on the neck), but the damage he did was already irreversible on her Most of what we see here is lacey's attempts at having a life and trying to move on, but she's constantly having flashbacks and nightmares of her past dang, i really want to hug this girl :[

[@colonfist]

the part where lacey asked about "where puddles is" and how she wonders why the uncle is laughing about it too, presumably murdering her pet dog without her notice and finding it disgustingly hilarious as sick as he is, is also most likely what goes on right before lacey has had enough and lost it - leading exactly to killing her uncle

[@Pollito_Con_Papas555]

​@@colonfist holy moly

[@ValentinaMugnier-yn2gi]

and that kills you

[@spiritwolf3154]

He most definitely touched her as the lines "i knew who you were from the moment you touched me"

[@floriquieremother3]

We all want to hug Lacey but im sure she will get scared :,(

[@ThatRandomGuyJamez]

15:22 that bit of Lacey's nightmare was actually kinda catchy tbh it sounds like it could be a cool song to listen to.

[@cyano6649]

Lacey's game ideas? - Lacey's farm - Pop star Lacey - Lacey's ice cream truck - Lacey's boutique

[@Meleedroit]

Lacey's papa loueria

[@jesuschrist.official]

How about "Lacey's Way to the Therapy". Let's give her a bit of a break after all this happened, she deserves it :)

[@marytijerina9764]

Fairytale Lacey?

[@juliirubyx]

​@@MeleedroitOMG PARAPPA PFP

[@Batleena]

Lacey's jewellery creator/shop Lacey's nail salon Lacey's music store Lacey's school day Edit: Lacey's nail salon!

[@larry1videorater96]

It's honestly refreshing from all the VHS 80s-90s style. As an Internet vet it gets bonus points!!

[@misterboxhead3045]

Idk, i've bunch of horror animations that have old internet style, like perfect cell

[@penntopaper9305]

killing your uncle over him killing your dog is actually so true and slay go girlie

[@Yimrocksolid]

He didn't just kill her dog 💀

[@penntopaper9305]

@@Yimrocksolid i know. it was a joke

[@k8tieisjustjusthere]

she’s so real for that tbh

[@jaffa3717]

Valid reaction

[@_-ollie-_]

fr!!

[@galaxyGachadespacito]

9:22 "Yes, I know. No one forced me back inside." 9:26 "But this pain just hurts so comfortably.." bro wtf why's it so real tho

[@sbennettpia]

The pet shop part of the "gameplay" somehow simultaneously feels like a Tim and Eric bit while also being nerve-wrackingly anxiety-inducing. I never expected to find something that did that. Let alone to find it so compelling.

[@Alky64]

HOW IS THIS COMMENT 1 DAY AGO IF THIS VIDEO IS ONLY 17 HOURS OLD??? yt is being drunk again

[@sbennettpia]

@@Alky64 I'm subscribed to Tundra's ko-fi so I got early access to the video.

[@Alky64]

@@sbennettpia OHHH- ok

[@rbpgamemaster]

A lot of people are bringing up the more outright horror bits throughout this video, but personally, I found the juxtaposition of the "cute" lacey with the reality of her situation around 13:05... that bit recontextualized the entire series. It seems to be implying that the cute lacy we've seen throughout the series is just the real lacey's delusion. Like a mental distraction from the grim reality.

[@64bitmodels66]

if the cute version of her looks that sleep deprived i shudder to think of what she's actually like

[@ddaeby]

for me what really was the telling point was the "GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK" i know what its like to avoid looking at yourself in the mirror. that part made me so sad

[@R1l3y_129]

I love these videos the animation and story is so good 🗣️🗣️

[@alicorn3924]

​@@R1l3y_129are you being sarcastic? because that emoji makes me think so

[@R1l3y_129]

@@alicorn3924 sorry I used the wrong emoji😭

[@WillYouSnail_Fan_Or_Something]

I think that the most unsettling thing here is that, no matter what, it tries to stay in that early flash game design. The game is literally fighting for its design to stay and it went so far as to pop into real life scenes. And Lacey doesnt seem to even notice the changes either towards or away from flash game style, only the player can see that things are changing.

[@zakkuth7447]

True, but I kinda wish the artstyle was more authentic. You can easily tell Lacey doesn't belong in a 00's flash game :V

[@silvergust]

​@@zakkuth7447maybe not in the traditional girlsgogames style but i can see it possibly taking slight inspo from other flash game websites at the time, maybe newgrounds at most

[@totalgoober]

This is probably one of the first digital horror series where the plot isn't "hey this game has a ghost in it, isn't that crazy?" Like all the creepy moments happen in every version of the Lacey games, not just from our perspective

[@Jellyfish-g5d]

"These are the REAL girl games" Damn. That sentence sent chills down my spine. Although I can thankfully say that I never experienced something as awful and traumatic as s*xual ass*ult or any sort of extreme abuse, being a woman meant that I was always warned to be overly cautious and take care of myself, because living as a girl means living in fear of what some bad inclined indivial might do to you once they get the chance or - even worse - being taken advantage of and living the rest of your life carrying the weight of someone else's wrongdoings. I hope this series can be used to let people know how SA can affect a victim's life, and potentially serve as a comfort series for those who survived such horrific acts.

[@bancy6278]

hello!! could you tell me in which part appears that sentence? maybe is in the most blurry texts cuz i didn’t found it (or maybe i am very dummy(? xd)

[@Jellyfish-g5d]

@@bancy6278 when lacey looks at herself in the mirror, and that woman without a face appears. It's pretty hard to understand what she is saying at first but I believe she said that at the end.

[@kuranyirtanyasinyiyen3169]

How can i play this game???

[@Nikonikotine]

@@kuranyirtanyasinyiyen3169 it's not an actual game, unfortunately.

[@ValentinaMugnier-yn2gi]

Bad luck for you, luckily I never experienced anything like that, but well I worry about you too but you can't be so stupid

[@Mr.Cheesecube]

9:17 is such an amazing moment. no music. no sound. no jumpscares. just the clock ticking and lacey in her cage, slumped over with a defeated look that says "i want it to be over" while she's grabbing each shoulder tight. seeing lacey go out of her way to crawl into the cage and be contempt with staying in the cage she used to live in actually made me tear up a bit. Not to mention the "Yes, I know. No one forced me back inside." nearly made me bawl my eyes out.

[@MisterC123456]

"REAL girls games" This is all she ever had known. She only knows that *this* is the life of a girl. No rainbows, puppies and glitter...just this....

[@iancortescontreras6084]

​@Neptune626 i used to lick batteries, don't ask

[@iancortescontreras6084]

@Neptune626 same

[@ValentinaMugnier-in2mi]

​@Neptune626I ate any little thing but I never suffered sexual assault, only my parents were worried so that I wouldn't be hurt by sharp or ceramic things.

[@someone-pe3yt]

​@@iancortescontreras6084i ate pencils

[@Clean_bed]

When I was a kid I always lick any metal I see it's so good and cold and sometimes it makes my tongue bleed a little but I couldn't stop​@MaxConsumesDeadHamsters

[@CASTLECALAMITY]

lacey, the young girl who went through so much torment that she gave up on having a happy childhood.

[@mclijah6472]

man the cat saying “i have been hurt so i will hurt others” must be symbolic of something in laceys life, or maybe of her mindset, but i’m not quite sure what since the only game she DECIDES to hurt others is in laceys diner

[@FenexTheFox]

I believe it's about Yani using the games to traumatize children the way she was traumatized.

[@mclijah6472]

@@FenexTheFox another good interpretation and probably the correct one if this is supposed to be part of the game

[@ValentinaMugnier-yn2gi]

@@FenexTheFox And for the boys to do the same as she did in the game and in her life.

[@F-M-L]

7:20 it was naive of me to think the cat would actually look normal lol

[@Ieatchildren1881]

Yeah same i didn't expect it to look disgusting💀

[@chandra_creator]

same but i'm happy for it anyway

[@vistagreat9994]

It requires flesh, fat and organs.

[@arjunmenon1796]

Cute cat actually

[@Cxnstrutt_.]

There's nothing normal in this game bud

[@landondowdy1708]

"i look cuter now" BRO I LIKED THE SKELETON EVEN MORE

[@Sanrioh10]

FR THO

[@Ticci_Toby-x2h]

RIGHT!😭

[@atlantic85]

i think that was the idea

[@omi-is-a-simp]

i have a small theory: the games starting screen came up at 1:43, which is basically the number 143, which means 'i love you'. i'm unsure if it could be related to the lore itself, but i have a hunch. possibly, lacey could be saying 'i love you' to her dog, who died, and she misses it

[@lightunderluna]

The fact that this game's story could be real creeps me out. We can't even say this can't happen in real life. And that's sad and haunting to be honest.

[@Arda_Tz]

Portalsan geldin dimi ben portalin amk

[@yoo.6697]

يمكن هي صدق حقيقية القصة بس محطوطة بلعبة و احتمال ان ليسي تكون نفسها حقيقية

[@soifinallyhaveanaccountnow]

Don’t worry, the video/game is fake it’s an indie horror game website made to look real, obviously they did a good job of making look real judging by your reaction!!

[@theawesomepanda1lance241]

@@soifinallyhaveanaccountnowMy interpretation of OP's post is not that the game Lacey's Petshop was once real but that the events it describes, what happens to Lacey: the sexual abuse, the animal abuse, *those* could have genuinely happened to somebody real on this real Earth, and that's horrifying.

[@Chipotlelover12]

scariest thing is its happening somewhere in the world

[@venusflytrap1927]

as horrifying as this is the alt budgie is funny as hell 💀💀

[@calyxman]

Why you right tho ☠️💀

[@liathecatlover780]

edgy budgie

[@泣く0]

That's me as a budgie

[@yuarentlucky]

The alt budgie, puppy, and cat were probably the only wholesome ones. (technically it is safe to dye animals, but it's usually temp die.)

[@stitchthelilo]

fr though

[@EnythSimurgh]

Thank you for the disclaimer and for not showing animal violence, only implying it. I just get really upset thinking about animals in distress, heck even hearing babies cry is really upsetting to me. Hope you have a great day!

[@skootergirl22]

Even cartoon animals?

[@shinyminunthetheatregeek2036]

Me n you are in the same boat. I did have to skip some parts in this vid but I'm glad they were brief

[@soba1414]

4:58 you see how the sparkle left the rabbits eyes :((

[@jewelmantis]

it has no eyes i think

[@BestBoi8]

I love at 2:56 the background isn't perfectly aligned, so you can see the character going through an empty black area, it makes it feel more like an actual game

[@user-gp5yz5yz4x]

"And when he turned his back, I was the dog that bit his neck" Based lacey

[@travisscott3050]

Sounds like something from some hardcore metal

[@BobbinRobbin777]

Shawty be rap-snitching in a goddamn flash-game. 💀💀💀

[@cyanidebutterfliesx]

bacey

[@notpyrrha]

man i don't know what's going on with lacey but i want to give her a hug :(

[@Artie_2015]

She definitely needs a hug. She needs a safe place, good friends to support her, and definitely therapy for sure. She's just a cute innocent sweet girl that doesn't deserve to be treated so poorly 😢

[@yeeoof1995]

if i happen to find her uncle he is going to the morgue without any limbs left

[@Bananas4269]

Aye

[@thesboi5204]

Ikr I want to give her a child

[@nativitate]

​@@thesboi5204tf

[@Nicole.RM14]

"I like your chamba :)" From: Isdiloo :) XD

[@highro]

the audio at 12:20 is from Beneath The Skin by ceceliacondit. The video deals with her telling the story of how her boyfriend of four years had killed his ex and kept her body in the apartment they shared, and she had no idea

[@MatchaTiramisuu]

I immediately came to the comments to check if anyone caught that reference! I'm so glad someone appreciates her work

[@highro]

@quinnzi5358 YESS i love her work :) i forget the title but the one about her mother made me cry, it was so well made and touching

[@lunar_gladioli]

no wonder the audio was so familiar !!!

[@ZESTYZAMOOLY666]

I knew this voice somewhere I knew it!1!1!1!

[@error-try-again-later]

This series gives me a feeling of deep yet weirdly comforting sadness. The production value and blending of different aesthetics that somehow just work together is insane.

[@Fauxbird]

bro not even joking when i say this but if you managed to actually get a chance to make any of these real games somehow i'd play them, especially the kind of point-and-click style part at the latter half of this this all feels really reminiscent to things like fran bow and i absolutely ADORE it, all the way down to the art direction of every character and even lacey herself, this all has to be by far the most engaging pieces of online horror media i have seen in a hot second and oh my god im obsessed

[@KameronIsNotOkay]

"Should I light myself on fire and wake up?" Hit me really hard, there were times where I felt like it was all a nightmare, and that if I hurt myself, I'd wake up, but I was alway awake, and i have the scars to prove it

[@brimstoner982]

Here's my theory; The disturbing elements of the games were created by Rocio. So I think that she's making these games to vent about her past/current trauma. Lacey's wardrobe is a representation of possibly a creepy ex of hers and how she fears for her life every time she goes outside. The diner game represents her past with her uncle, and the different ingredients are her living conditions (The cigarette butts could imply that her uncle was burning her with lit cigarettes, the porn mag and used condom are about CSA, her uncle could've been a methead to explain the meth, the broken glass and cockroach imply that the house they were living in was in pretty bad shape) and the dish is a metaphor of the sum of all of her trauma, and how she wants to give a piece of that to all the cold and indifferent people around her. Finally, the petshop flash is about her breaking point. When her uncle killed her dog, the only source of joy in her life, she finally snapped and did what she should've done long ago. Although I don't think she literally killed her uncle (she might've reported him, the uncles corpse could be a figurative representation of him being dead to her and/or him being unable to harm her anymore). The ending with her saying it's a nightmare could be seen as her leaving her past behind and finally being able to live a normal life, but the remains of what happened are still with her and haunting her. The fact that I was able to write out this much from about half an hour of footage is a testament to your amazing storytelling, This is 100% my favorite internet horror series of all time and I hope it gets just as much attention and love as Walten Files, Local 58, and The Mandela Catalogue combined. This is genuinely one of the most emotional series. I don't think I've ever been scared shitless and bawling my eyes out at the same time.

[@kanorune]

I love this interpretation because Lacey can start recovering and live the girly life she always dreams of

[@bunnybinx666]

Pretty good theory and analogy. I actually enjoy seeing these kinds of games. Representing the horrors of the world and being down right edgelord

[@ValentinaMugnier-xv3ep]

I am also a fan of the Walten Files and Manela catalogue, and Fnaf but I never suffered from that of Lacey but in my childhood I never suffered from that but I never had my parents or one I didn't have much interest and my Sisters and brothers and I fucked up a lot and there you have the point

[@empressvanilla2464]

While Gotsunda never mentioned the series being a representation of her trauma, there is a an animated series named Alfred Alfer made by r@pe victim who was violated by her father, which is actually a very good representation of childhood SA.

[@hectorrojas9730]

I thought this series was about mental awareness but it was much deeper

[@zodoxx]

10:29 Lacey claims that the tub is full of lemonade, but I think it’s implying something worse. As we’ve seen from the cage segment, Lacey talk about how she views the cage as comfortable, a cozy home she’s grown into. So what if her uncle did the same things to her but with the bathtub? Perhaps maybe he scared her so badly once that she rushed to the bathtub to hide and got so scared to the point of urinating herself? Pretty disturbing once you think about.

[@S0m3B0z0OnTheInternet]

That makes things 20x worse than they already are that’s so messed up 😭

[@sarahtonin646]

iirc I've heard on severe cases of abuse kids would urinate/defecate themselves so this is pretty upsetting to notice :(

[@miomaewi]

might be a bit much but could also mean like self harm? since lemons sting when its on a sensitive area, also heard lemon acidity is not so good as skin care

[@zodoxx]

@@miomaewi That’s also an interesting way to look at it.

[@lilacflowerao]

amazing how good u are at creating an opressive atmosphere

[@donnyquixotty]

fr, also if someone comments "blah blah likes and 0 comments?" thingy i am going to go crazy

[@Rocca000]

How does your comment say 1 day ago when this vid came out hours ago?

[@ambr3a507]

​@@Rocca000 he's subscribed to Ghosttundra patreon

[@raaaaaaaaaaaayzu2]

8:25 In my opinion, this part of the pigs seems to me that. Lacey tried to report her uncle about the abuse to her family, but they didn't care, and kept throwing it in her face that she lived with them. That's why she says she "feels like an intruder" and considers him to be pigs, for wanting to keep it hidden, to see everything her uncle did and not help her.

[@JesterPrince]

I like how not only does the first segment picture the people who only sees pets as objects, mere toys to play around or decoration, it also imo that viewpoint bleeds into breeding animals to match "beauty" standards in cost of their own health and nature. On the main topic, I love how subtle things reference on Lacey dreaming of future but the past trauma is all she knows and it's this never ending loop because it brings comfort, because it is familiar. Not only that but also the thing that revenge isn't magical cure. It doesn't remove the Hell inside your own mind. It wouldn't surprise me at all, that the normal, small comfort taken away is the last nail in name of revenge. I do also love the small things loosing up the tension, because it gives more kick to the horror. The blood in the bath tub was my favorite one. Definitly in for more, seeing we start to get more glues from behind the game as well.

[@cryingquail1587]

There is actually a cool, short horror game criticizing breeding dogs for cute features without care for their health. It's called Fuff Times and I really recommend either playing or watching someone play it

[@JesterPrince]

@@cryingquail1587 That actually sounds pretty interesting, thank you. I will surely at least check it out.

[@JesterPrince]

@@TheMrClean I have same issue with people who owns Chihuahuas. Many think that "Oh haha it barks all the time because that's how the small breeds are." Like no? Or overall "personality traits" of a dogs what are made worse by the owner's lack of knowledge. Or worse, the point has been from the start to ssharpen those bad traits.

[@red_dulge]

Lacey probably murdered her uncle during his bath

[@JesterPrince]

@@red_dulge Not a bad theory honestly.

[@jillie_boe_legweak2487]

The hamster jumpsacred me. Almost shat myself when I saw the french flag

[@GengUpinIpin]

Wait...is it the hampster or french?

[@patratrick]

"Oh, I found a key in the middle of my edgy moment. Now it feels dumb." Solid shit as always ghosttundra! :)

[@humblebee5575]

I was gonna say, this is probably my favorite bit of characterization from the whole series so far. Really helps sell the character of Lacey as someone who isn't just a victim, but a real person.

[@bbzart5146]

Thank you for not putting overly loud noises in the making of these flash games btw, sometimes there'll be these super loud screeching noises trying to jumpscare ppl and it hurts my ears

[@bubikkk]

6:42 the”I have been hurt so I will hurt others” phrase is so sad, but so true for most people, that abuse others.

[@yaqiao244]

I’ve been hurt countless times in childhood by my own family, but I’m the opposite- doing anything I possibly can to not hurt anyone even they have brought me harm in the past. Thank god I didn’t get the c-19 vax, this one’s a gods keeper.

[@SK1N_WALK3R]

The fact that youtube thinks this is fran bow is really a testament to how well you create horror and content in general Excited for more!

[@Anonymous-73]

Fran Bow and Lacey would definitely be best friends

[@grapeyv]

Actually the uploader has to put the name of the game into the video file because KZbin itself cannot decipher what game is actually being played in the video.

[@tututoller]

@@grapeyv sometimes youtube actually puts those automatically

[@SK1N_WALK3R]

@@tututoller I thought so too

[@theMyRadiowasTaken]

​@@grapeyvno, it does it automatically sometimes

[@niiknook]

god. this series is the only internet horror series that actually has me tense and uncomfortable all the way. i even got so nervous i looked away from the screen several times. havent done that for years! you are a master of horror, please never stop creating!

[@marisgrave]

all of this made me question if im mentally okay and if I should visit therapy. 10/10!!