Laurence The Worst Vicar (Part 1) [Bloodborne Lore]

[@SinclairLore]

Thank you for watching! Please let us know if you would like us to make Part 2, by liking this video or leaving a comment

[@Roach-h7i]

Part two? Yes 🙃

[@embodythejotun]

#5 is most important ✅️

[@c.m.580]

yes please

[@IrvingIV]

12:54 Connoisseur! @SinclairLore

[@SinclairLore]

yes! @@IrvingIV

[@fireant353]

As a tall pale person who frequently moans and screams, pthumerians are so relatable.

[@SalviHippo]

Hi! not tall&pale here, but I never realized just how relatable Pthumerians are until now. That’s amazing.

[@scion9588]

1:39:10 This is the most brilliant revelation I think Sin has ever had. I always liked the idea that Brador's Cleric Beast was Lawrence, but I also thought Lawrence was the Bloodletting Beast. But since the Beast version of Lawrence we encounter in the nightmare changed to a version with antlers, it makes perfect sense that the scalp that Brador is wearing would change to match it. Because its the same scalp. That also means that there are three different versions of Lawrence's head in the Hunter's Nightmare simultaneously, and I like that because it's funny. EDIT: The reason I think Brador killed Beast!Lawrence (or at least took off his head, the worm is still keeping the rest of the body alive) is that it's mentioned that the Cleric Beast Brador is wearing was Brador's friend. Brador is wearing the same Foreign Garb that the player wears at the start. And in the cut content for Bloodborne, the player character had a friend named Lawrence. From likes to reuse their old ideas even after they cut them.

[@SmortSnek]

Please I need a part 2 this Video is so good im watching it for a second time right now

[@Kouenwin]

What Sophie says about Laurence and Willem being fundamentally incapable of understanding that it's not only a biological relationship between a parent and a child that makes ascension into a great one possible, but also an emotional bond, is a very beautiful way to put it, and also accurate. Our character takes in the knowledge from three cords, which show the biological part, but then we also have the Doll, who gives our character the emotional part of the relationship. Those put together leads to our character ascending. Laurence and Willem had the tools to succeed, but they only saw children as a bunch of genes. Rom becomes vacuous, just a husk, because there's no "love" there, only the genetical makings of a Great One. Mergo seems to be a successful Great One, as it has the right DNA and a loving mother. It would have been interesting to see what happens to Ariana's child, as it seems unlikely that Ariana could show it love. I'm probably overthinking this, it probably doesn't go that deep, but I really like the concept.

[@pthats]

At ~~13 minutes the word Sin is almost certainly looking for is connoisseur

[@SinclairLore]

Yes!!!

[@harperarida9061]

I was thinking aficionado

[@harashiSAN]

Iwas thinking Prospector as Pthumeria is under groundf , requiring prospectors to conduct assays of the ancient soil of Yharnam/ Pthumaru catacombs (also there is a Prospector costume set in the game)

[@MrCleanAteMyWife]

Enthusiast is what came to mind for me

[@therevahchist2790]

I call upon Flora of the moon to make this video get tons of likes!

[@sentientrock7]

"the moral of the story... it's firstly always be yourself" absolutely sent meee 😂

[@SinclairLore]

Lol

[@mothmantis0708]

What really sets FROM apart other RPG-ish games with as-elaborate worldbuilding is they mapped everything out (NPC motivations, faction history and interactions, the physics of the metaphysics and so on,) and then thought "hey, if we leave all this nonsense off-screen instead of having two hours of cutscenes and celebrity NPC Patrick Stewart lecture it to you at the start of the game it'll be better".

[@jkebun]

Never missing a chance to take a jab at Alfred LMAO I love it!

[@silentservant_]

“Always believe in yourself, but not quite as much as this guy did” -Sophie 1:18:32 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Pitchfallis]

Words to live by!

[@jolteontrainer7489]

The way Sophie said that they (Lawrence and Wllem) viewed as something to quantify and use other than understanding the relationship mother and child was profound. Also, something about Queen Annalise's mask speaks volumes like her face is somehow a threat. It's almost as if Lawrence/Logarious cruelly put the mask on her as sort of like. "Well, if we can't kill you, then we will blind you." or something to that effect. She was someone to control and keep close watch on...

[@88bsides]

I’m not sure why either, but listening to you guys talk about bloodborne literally never gets old. Please part 2

[@akechi1068]

"Laurence must have been cute or something" HELP MEEE

[@loomafied3604]

i still love going to bloodborne school even after all these years

[@skipfloyd632]

1. commenting for the algorythm 2. i had a vision. for all the newcomers, I think that you should do a video much like the bloodborne iceberg explained but instead it's the snack covenant explained with all the inside jokes explained like dignity city and the slug that cannot tell a lie you know so that nobody feels left out. I might be a little wasted right now but I still feel that this could be a great idea. Love you both 😘

[@Yourehardwork]

So excited for more bloodborne lore. Recently discovered you two after Tarnished Archeologist plugged Sophie’s old shame vids. I’ve pretty much gone through all your bb videos since and have to say amazing work!

[@coalesced]

The Micolash/"Kosmo" Kramer reference.....it's perfect.

[@WeyounSix]

42:10 Sophie switching into the deep Cornish farmer voice had me on the floor lmfaooo

[@jadeyjars]

haven't watched for a long time, its wild how much different sophie's voice is!! as a trans girl myself its really inspirational

[@heatheroutre]

Retweet!

[@logancade342]

I only stumbled across this podcast after Elden Ring. Naturally, i enjoy the Sophie/Sin dynamic and the infectious inside/recurring jokes. For what it's worth (which might be nothing), being a cis-het guy myself, i find Sophie's voice simply entrancing. 😍 I could listen to her speak forever.

[@legallearnedgoron]

sin they are clearly sending you four chopsticks so you can eat with both of your hands

[@SinclairLore]

Lmao

[@SunnyCelestial]

My favorite part of Bloodborne was the sad montage of Laurence's life as Coldplay's 'The Scientist' played in the background.

[@PhatmanDover]

Good ol' Larry. You can always count on him to screw something up and make it hilarious, in an existentially terrifying way.

[@MonteScarf]

1:00:17 "common Laurence W" really got me

[@dumbsterdives]

i definitely agree with sophie that the cainhurst-executioner conflict was probably originally much more important, particularly because of the very half-baked "covenant" system that can make co op partners hostile if theyre using the opposing group's rune. having that whole system tied to a purely optional questline is a little strange if it wasnt originally much more important

[@TGZ-vx1it]

Will always watch more Sinclair Lore bloodborne content

[@HundredType]

Long form content from y'all thank uuuu 🙏

[@mirayoquese8608]

Also, very beautiful conclusion at the end. Motherhood is the key of all keys in this story. Miyazaki told us that Great Ones not being able to retain childs is an analogy of current socieconomy where, the more busy you are with responsabilities and stuff (labour basically), the less capable of having a family you become. The Great Ones became so important and ascended that they sacrificed their hability to mantain their children. And they want it more than anything. Being able to fix that is what ends the Hunter's Nightmare and what makes you destroy the Moon Pressence (the cords for the insight + the blood echoes for the Moon Pressence + the bound with the Doll).

[@worldcolonyinitiativ]

Cant wait for part 2, which of course will come after Laurence the worst vicar project phantasm staring the slug who cannot tell a lie.

[@dialaskisel5929]

I mean, I know how I achieved what Laurence and Willem never could. I looked up a guide online. If only Laurence and Willem had thought of that...

[@SinclairLore]

Lol

[@Violet_HX]

Still the best souls/reborn channel out there. Thank you for years of excellent content 🩷

[@thebrickinthewall9838]

There are a few better ones

[@legallearnedgoron]

​@@thebrickinthewall9838nope

[@impartialthrone2097]

@@thebrickinthewall9838there is no better Reborn channel.

[@thebrickinthewall9838]

@@impartialthrone2097 vaatividya is the easiest answer

[@impartialthrone2097]

@@thebrickinthewall9838 wait does VaatiVidya do Reborn content?

[@bristlebum2422]

Its always a good time when Sin and Sophie show up on the video list

[@odeliaadam]

So excited for part two 💚💜 I think the word I’m looking for is comprehensive? This video is so comprehensive, it’s everything I’ve ever known and ever needed to know about Laurence all in one, AND THERES STILL MORE TO COME In so excited

[@motocross_cooper]

I think the name/ occupation title that she was trying to think of, When she says: *"Entrepreneur"* Is the: *"PROSPECTOR'S".*

[@Mojj2099]

I’m Rewatching this cause I just love putting your videos on at work but am I tripping I could’ve sworn part 2 was out ??

[@CastorClasser1716]

The best place to discuss and learn about Bloodborne^_^

[@Pitchfallis]

I love your long videos so much!! The short ones are great for my commute, but I love really getting into a deep lore hole with y’all’s analysis. Plus your rapport and humor really cheers me up!

[@Mike-po9kq]

This made my day, i really gotta pay attention to your channel/discord announcements more!!

[@dreamaloud23]

Always love new Sinclair Lore, I usually don't comment but I want youtube to show you girls more love! Thank you so much for all your content!

[@xviii5780]

These videos are the best lore analysis there is imo. As an experienced bloodborne, idk how I would quench my thirst for more bloodborne if not for you guys

[@malkav616]

I don't think Laurence came into the city proclaiming he had the old blood or the blood of the ancestors or something like that, I think his approach is much more seemingly religious then and that is why he sets up the "healing church" and not "the hospital" or "the healing house" or something. He comes offering this miraculous healing blood to the people that can cure most ailments and imbue the imbiber with renewed vigor and strength, and dresses his institution, at least to the common people, as a religious one instead of a specifically scientifical one. Considering how religiously fanatical some people in the church are, like Adella, and how they use all this imagery, holy shawls, inscriptions, the prayers and litanies, the worshipping of Laurence's skull, the very existance of the executioners, etc it seems along the way they lost themselves into their own cover story. Even Amelia, supposedly the current leader of the church is seen praying.

[@orngcreator6115]

I want Bloodborne 2 solely to see The Little Slug That Cannot Tell A Lie™️ can appear in it.

[@WHALEBOY777]

The editing in this video!! 🤯

[@johntrains1317]

I lost it at the snail voice! 🐌 😂😂😂

[@SinclairLore]

[@SealableBags]

Great video. Would love to see one in the future where you specifically cover older “realms” such as Loran and your theories on how these ancient settings might have evidence of their own instances of raising up humans into great ones

[@eluherrahaz1165]

This is my favorite episode so far. Laurence is in my opinion the most fascinating character in bloodborne.

[@SinclairLore]

We will do part 2 soon!

[@pillpilferer]

I think my favorite meme from the snack covenant is "Thank you, Sophie." "Thank you, [Sen]."

[@SinclairLore]

Lol

[@trentmorris6805]

I love your channel! The way you decipher the enigma of each game…. Your Insight is the guiding flame, by which I am emboldened! Thank you

[@Hugo_Tate]

I just played the game for the first time last week and it was amazing. even better to find out that you guys have done lore videos on it and just made this one recently! you guys are hilarious

[@benhramiak8781]

Love Sophie's summary of what we do in the end

[@jankbunky4279]

Been replaying Bloodborne recently! Still so good :)

[@BitterCoffee04]

You know after the elden ring side of blood lore I actually love the Laurence being constantly on fire in the nightmare so much, it feels so ironic almost like oedon/kos were like :" oh yeah you want enlighment? To be the very best cleric there's ever been? Yeah yeah get the best bloodflame I can give you except your body can't handle it lmao" stop stealing kids peace out ✌🏻👽

[@xviii5780]

I always thought it was somehow connected to the burning of Old Yharnam, like a symbolic punishment

[@BitterCoffee04]

@@xviii5780 oh wow that is also a really cool way of seeing it! I had it connected to the fire blood magic that the ptumerians can do since what he also did in cainhurst, that's why I thought that connection with elden ring afterwards, and also the fact that he transforms in the chalices just before queen yharnam and gets infested with that parasite that uses his body as a puppet is very karma to me, for all the things he did to unwilling patients. Yea both of Laurences forms we see feel like a very strong symbolic punishment, that's a great way of putting it 👌🏻

[@AesirAesthetics]

Lovely lore ♥♥♥

[@junieeeeee2]

so comprehensive, so engaging, so inspiring. thank you for the work you do

[@bearVshark100]

Watching this channel has made me much better at understanding lore. I played through the first kingdom hearts again and I was able to half follow it

[@varden506]

👏👏👏 as always, you’ve both done a fantastic job on this one

[@umairkhalid2222]

Hopefully this gains the traction it deserves

[@Kid_Naps]

Thanks, I always enjoy your content, its a perfect balance of fun and actual information. Sophie truly is a Bloodborne historian and Sin is truly a great mediator. Still baffled you guys dont get more coverage, but as it goes with true knowledge - you have to seek it proactively yourself, it wont get fed to you. KEEEP UPP!

[@Emily-hb1bt]

Genuinely kicked my feet in excitement when I saw this on my homepage!!!

[@jim_hawkins_blues]

Keep making these forever!

[@ruddendave]

On the 'healing' aspect of the Healing Church you mention, we do know that Gilbert was treated but it didn't cure him fully, and them obviously turned him into a beast eventually.

[@kenogallegos2116]

when emperor Diocletian divided the Roman empire between East and West, he created a huge administrative apparatus within the provinces to make governance more efficient. he divided the provinces into smaller districts called Diocese. Later when emperor Constantine championed Christianity within the empire, he created a system where each Diocese was given a bishop for clerical administration, and a vicar for political matters. so vicar refers to something like a mayor or governor.

[@OliviaOnline]

SNACK covenant? this is a full entrée of lore

[@FishBoneD14]

The interlude has left me reborn

[@kirbytaylor8629]

This video is teeming and glistening with big moon energy 🌕🌕🌕

[@elbarti067]

Those remake videos of older episodes are great! They really show how much you two have grown as content creators. So informative and fun to listen to. Keep it up!

[@Reliken]

"the Living Failures are sort of as far as it got." Is that true? I always assumed the Celestial Emissaries were a more evolved/successful version of the Living Failures and a result of the Choir's improved methods over time!

[@friendoftheoyster3906]

It feels weird to refer to the brutal killing the Hunter does as "healing", but when you look at the end of orphan of kos, returning Ludwig to his former glory, beating maria and relieving the doll's memories, freeing Gehrman, and killing the embodiment of Laurences sin, a lot of what we do is acts of mercy, undoing past mistakes and putting anguished souls to rest. By the end, we have presumably restored balance to the Great Ones by putting a stop to the church's meddling.

[@Shipfish]

so thrilled for this video!

[@lenski8306]

While i don't watch regularly, is it me or do both their voices sounds softer and softer ? It's cute... I love that the Snack Covenant still exist after so much time

[@hopebringer2348]

if i had a nickle for every sinclair lore bloodborne series that explains the whole story, i'd have two nickles, which is not much but it's weird tha- *gunshots*

[@bodnachuk877]

Nowadays I barely have the time to listen to podcasts, but I try sometimes and you're always my first pick!

[@davinsosa1438]

I like these long ones 🤪 Would love a part 2

[@MrYadaization]

great vid sin and sophie :)

[@FishBoneD14]

cochlea means snail. The structure of the ear is itself very mollusk like in shape.

[@quietstories795]

Seriously really enjoyed this video, and i look forward to part two (even though iv already seen the unedited version on patrion 🤭)

[@qwirkt]

I always thought the clerics got bigger transformations just because they took in a lot more blood, but repressing it makes sense considering how sudden the people-to-beast transformations always are

[@ryanehredt1446]

Commenting for algorithm fuel! Yall are the best, keep on keeping on!

[@aarongrim375]

This is some deep lore !

[@LosferWerds]

"It's like the catholic church ... but also the Umbrella Corporation."

[@PlutoRoman]

o algorithm, or some say AI, grant us views... GRANT US VIEWS like you did for the vacuous vidya

[@titchbits1]

"no" "Thank you Soph-" "OH WAIT"

[@ischwind96]

very glad I found your channel! great stuff

[@interzoa]

Always in the mood for more bloodborne lore 🦑

[@nolanbrewer877]

Convinced Ingrid knows when shes on camera

[@RwnEsper]

That final 60 seconds broke me 😂

[@titchbits1]

I feeeeeeeel like I'm part of the cult but I did not understand the pepsi man dancing in 80s space.

[@Aibhi_B]

Connoisseur? Enthusiast? Aficionado? Admirer?

[@GREATGAIWAIN]

I think the word you were looking for is connoisseur.

[@SinclairLore]

Yes!

[@Bootleg.Banana]

Love you guys, here's one for the algorithm xx

[@stevemitchell4663]

very enjoyable video, i always like it when the mysterious laurence is discussed

[@SinclairLore]

Thanks!

[@poisonchihuahua00]

Great video❤

[@rafiazad2271]

1:28:40 the knowledge that he killed Maria

[@SinclairLore]

You are awesome

[@rafiazad2271]

Aww, thanks Sin! You two are even more awesome!

[@harashiSAN]

When did Old Yharam become old? How is old Yharnam still smoldering? How long did it take for the fire to build to a peak then fizzle to into smoldering coals?

[@Matrim42]

Re: Vicar In Catholicism the Pope is also referred to as the Vicar of Christ, so there’s that too

[@jamespegram6260]

"So there's a dream, there's also nightmare, theres evidence that this is not gonna end well, but we're rich AND white so we can make this work" Laurence: MIA/Confused lore Willem: an old mushroom thing surrounded by flies and piles of gel and sentient flowers that summons the cosmos Maria: became rule 34/43 Gehrman: became a house wife who has to maintain the house and entertain the guests Micolash: is murdered in his own house by us (dream) Ludwig: took beastiality to a whole different level Logarius: became a mummy who imprisoned a queen...and left his fanatical,obsessed son behind btw Kos: never answered Micolash call/very ticked off at bergenworth Us: murdered a lot of ppl and then became a squid baby 🦑 Yarham: 😒...really dude not cool

[@chaboswissen4463]

great content as always, hope for more :)

[@dezopenguin9649]

Listening to (and spending too much time swiveling my head to watch, despite the risk this puts on my _Nioh 2_ character, darn you clever edits) this amazing podcast, I am reminded of how right Sophie is when she talks about how much better her present-day content is. Great work, both of you! (And hey, if Maria can get a new wardrobe in the Nightmare, why not Brador? I bet he always thought he'd look spiffy in horns!)

[@OliviaOnline]

and it all worked out ok in the end

[@Wukilluh__]

Bouta workout so hard to this in the gym 💪

[@SinclairLore]

Go beast mode!