THE FRUIT - Consume This Fruit & Be Changed Forever ( ALL ENDINGS )

The Fruit is a horror game by the creator of PigSaw where you enter a village where folks have been eating a fruit that leads to some very interesting results. Video has all endings.
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[@ManlyBadassHero]

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[@Voidalot]

-*Void*

[@chriszanders23]

@@atarios4271 🤣😂😂🤣

[@varunjaiswal8981]

Main question is Will you give me !!?

[@chriszanders23]

So stupid stop signing your name.

[@jamyeruffin3909]

I prefer lucky charms but fruit loops is still awesome too

[@MasterRiverSplitter]

William: P.S Don't come looking for me Thomas: So anyway, I went looking for him

[@Crobat7269]

Literally every horror game ever

[@clwhip6745]

Mia: Don't come looking for me Ethan: So anyway, I went looking for her

[@rylands4289]

As the gays do

[@Crobat7269]

@@rylands4289 they also did that on resident evil tho

[@pinkfurret6245]

@@Crobat7269 Horror characters are either gay, stupid, or both.

[@Lesbiwolf92]

When yer boyfriend runs away to become a deer abomination.

[@MOTHHMAN]

relatable 😫

[@rabbitguts2518]

Hey at least he didn't turn into the moon

[@aloysiusidelia]

@@rabbitguts2518 that's rough buddy

[@marseillejoh]

That feeling when I had gay character whose boyfriend is half deer...

[@r_tten]

@@marseillejoh oh man, oh boy! hope it turned out better for them than uhh.... this

[@aurondoxon3805]

Ahh yes the forbidden eldritch language called French

[@johngun4377]

The goddamn french

[@Blackw1ng]

Where you speak more through your nose than your actual mouth

[@orangetabby7122]

When you summon a demon when you were trying to just say hi to your french friend

[@matilde_5]

Reminds me of that one Mademoiselle Noir song French, language of the devil.

[@mimmixerenard]

Bonjour à vous, chers a m i s 👋

[@jokersgame1380]

At the end he went through all the work to put the bullet in the gun and the only reaction he has is "I missed" like he wasn't even upset

[@ClaireCrowles]

I think he kind of expected it? Like thinking beforehand "this will go very poorly" and then the thing DOES go poorly and thus you're disappointed but not surprised.

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@ClaireCrowles At the same time, we only heard the audio he _didn't_ edit out. 😉

[@ClaireCrowles]

@@SergeantExtreme You really do live up to your name

[@burgerman72.]

the gun is infact loaded

[@nise6699]

Manly is so badass he risked his life saving a bullet

[@justaclock4768]

like a hero

[@double_doubler]

He's a manly baddass hero

[@Randomeaninglessword]

That was the highlight of the whole playthrough, honestly.

[@chaomatic5328]

NEW TECHNIC!

[@maxwoods2832]

The bullet determines life and death

[@rou966]

Manly beatboxing runes to the floating purple heads is top tier

[@punkuke]

Timestamp?

[@drycoochie2146]

@@punkuke 37:28

[@punkuke]

@@drycoochie2146 Thanks!

[@ClaireCrowles]

Thank you kind (?) stranger for making me almost choke with my tea.

[@devastatorx5874]

Thomas: *says he feels like dying when saying Gol* Manly: How about I do anyways

[@ElliFong]

"I will learn a thousand language for you." "Even French?" "Maybe not French." Okay that's pretty good lmao

[@Blah_BlahXP]

lol yep

[@raydaveed]

Lmao. I'm French, this is hilarious 😂😂🇨🇵

[@nightmarekitsune1473]

yeah it is

[@nakedmario9359]

Me a french guy : couldn't agree more

[@Gyrhoe]

I'm so glad I was born with this language. I wouldn't wish such cruelty to anyone XD

[@ZorotheGallade]

"Man goes looking for his missing boyfriend, learns occult magic and kills a village instead"

[@JetowTone]

Sounds like a Florida man article

[@acatandacat8044]

@@JetowTone remind me that one man molesting alligators

[@Sigismund697]

Sounds like a productive and enjoyable Sunday

[@matthhiasbrownanonionchopp3471]

@@Sigismund697 ya i wanna know too

[@bennu547]

Don’t you love it when horror game protags are just ok with going along with whatever bs the cult or whatever presents to them? Learn sacred runes and evil magic? Sure why not?

[@surgesheep8531]

Manly: *Assaulted by Ghost Skulls* Manly: *Begins beatboxing*

[@ChivoBean]

It oddly fits

[@nunyabusiness168]

Well if you can’t beat them with your fists beat them with your voice.

[@ashlirabid9614]

Awesome.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@nunyabusiness168 now that makes me wish there was a supernatural horror game where you activate magic by --singing-- chanting. Even better if it's voice activated and you actually have to growl into the mic.

[@dunno4108]

@@HappyBeezerStudios it's more fantasy than supernatural, but In Verbis Virtus is exactly that. It's a bit scuffed and kinda old, but it's a great idea.

[@ArianAlbert]

William to Thomas: "you are the most beautiful thing in the world. I wish I could drown in your blue eyes" Historians: That is true friendship it reminds me of Achilles and Patroclus

[@anitamihholap5926]

I wonder how they'd explain the marriage proposal bit.

[@ArianAlbert]

@@anitamihholap5926 Historians: He is very smart instead of friendship bracelets he got a friendship rings so they wont be lost! I would inscribe BEST FRIENDS 4 EVER on them

[@AlexWaff]

It's not really historians, it's more the people who record history at the time it happens - when all you have to go on is official accounts and documents saying "yes of course there's nothing gay happening here, we're a good little christian country in the middle ages, our nobles are godly men", unless you dig up the dude's diary, you can't but speculate.

[@anitamihholap5926]

@@ArianAlbert Aww, how could Thomas reject THAT?

[@silvercandra4275]

My mom: "Reminds me of my kid and his best friend!" Also, just a sidenote, Achilles isn't gay, he's bisexual. He had two kids (I think both were sons) with the daughter of the guy whose court he was hiding at, before he actually joined the war.

[@FrogmaskMusic]

i honestly appreciate the game’s sense of dry humor here and there, surprised no one else has mentioned it really

[@ClaireCrowles]

I agree, loved the very dry/dark humor. I snickered pretty loud at the "maybe not French" part.

[@FrogmaskMusic]

@@ClaireCrowles the line about it not being easy to talk about transforming into a fae over a letter GOT me at the end

[@CatchThesePaws]

I love it lol

[@salemcrow5078]

@@ClaireCrowles Finally, a fucking good relatable protagonist

[@salemcrow5078]

@@FrogmaskMusic I suppose some conversations are easier in person 😂

[@ChristopherYabsley]

Thanks for playing my game Manly! Reading Thomas' lines was a nice touch.

[@WhoTookMyMirr]

It's a terrific game. Love the eldritch horror aspects, and the sad romance story with William and Thomas. Reminds me of Clive Barker's themes. I am all for more like this one, can't wait to see what you do next!

[@MommaMolly]

You should add them to the game. Also I would love to play more games by you.

[@DozenthTurmoil]

@Dexter clarence Fongkot this is a very small thing, in your eyes perhaps, BUT I LOVED the way you made the rifles in the game. Like a musket and a garand

[@beholdthegriffin5488]

Dude you're sibling's on here further down.

[@ariannadravis3934]

This was great!

[@ninguem8947]

[slowly puts down the apple i was about to eat]

[@sharynkerr8378]

*Eat it* *Eat it now* *I am glad there are multiple apple eaters*

[@Zack_Zander]

E a t I t J o i n U s O n e O f U s

[@sharynkerr8378]

@@Zack_Zander *Yes*

[@happysmiley2145]

Eat it

[@smugpittbull]

J̴̝̮̗̳̙́̈́̈́̌̇̈̀͘͝ ̴̨̡̡̭̪͕͙̟͂̾́̉͛̈́̋̀Ȍ̴̢̡̺̩̤̬̝̱̯̒͝ ̷͖̖̱̤̫̰͇̌̐̔̂̑̎Ĭ̸͈̞̳͂͌̿̅̎ ̴̡͓̐̊̑̒̈́̐̚̕Ñ̴̨͈̦̻̟̥͑̈́̊̐̾͐ͅ ̵̣̅̇̎̾̈̾̃̊͗Ű̷̢͇͇͘ ̸̠̻̮̹̬̇̔̓̔͒͒͗͗̈́͜S̶̡̘̥̖̘̪̠͊̊̓̄̿̾̆.̶̛̛̙̫͇̣̹̪̘̓͗͆̈́ ̵̬͈̝͈̹͎̱̓̄̓̓̀̑͒̾̚C̵̢̳̙͎̃̀̽̑͗̂̀͐ ̷̧͍̙͎̐̊̏̋͑̌ͅƠ̷̡͚̦͓̩̠͒̉̑̍̒̾̕ ̸̨̼̭̓̋̊̔N̶̨̦̟̦̒̍̐͗̏̊̂͘͝ ̴̠̦͔̓S̷̻͓͕͈̝̲̏ ̷̘̟̟͔̎̔̍͝Ų̵̭̱̻͓͙̀̈́̆́̔͗ ̶̦͓̼̉͌M̴̛̲̘̞̎̎͐̊ ̷̨͐̎͑͆̄͝E̴̠̗̹͎̠̫̦͆̇ͅͅ ̵̧̛͖͎̬̋̅T̶͈͊͋̉̒ͅ ̷̜͖̤̦̥̃̓H̴̛̰͉͙̬̻͙͎̏̍̃̏́͋͝͠ͅ ̴̤͉͐̎̔̀E̷͉̲̠͉͐̓͑̅̚ ̶̡̥͈̜̹͕͉̘̤̂̀̅̈́͐F̵͈̯̦̫̑̈̑̎̇̍͆ ̷̳̟̘̳̻̦̰͆͛̃̂́͆̀̕͝R̵͈̦̳̩̺͖͍̮͓̈́̈́̄̓̐̎̃̕͘ ̸͇̳͍̹̱͇̩̙̽U̴̙̠̓̀̊͗͠ ̶̧̦͕̼̥̚̚I̵̛͉̤͉̰̥̪͖̝̬̊́̽̅́͒͠͠ ̸̮̳̬͙̩̺͖̦̇͝T̴͔̃̆̔̓̉͆.̶̢̯̰̊͠

[@Egg-d4mn3d]

The title "Eat this fruit and be changed forever" gives me extreme dreams of gluttony vibes

[@justyouraveragemartian783]

ayyyy

[@egomosquito6677]

I swear, I'm getting so many Dreams Of Gluttony vibes from so many things these days now.

[@dayaliborrego9714]

XD

[@kestel7491]

I get bugsnax vibes from it

[@egomosquito6677]

@@chocochipcookies8039 Sorry but with your grammar I didn't understand a thing you said.

[@blueblank8287]

I love how the “Even French?” line in that context feels like it has some kind of history behind it... Like, that William and Thomas had an in-joke between them involving one of them trying to learn French but becoming frustrated by/impatient with it, with the other one affectionately teasing him for it, leading William to invoke that lighthearted memory/association to pretend for a second that things aren’t so bad in the circumstances they’re seeing each other again under.

[@alsiredwood5642]

I swear you speak fanfiction- *and i understand every word*

[@wil.d_sage]

I thought it was the joke that the English hate the French lol

[@AlbinoMothDragon]

It's a joke that english people hate french, which is referenced a lot in media regarding english people.

[@elemonade8830]

Yes lol. I also got that impression

[@alt7837]

And they were very good friends!

[@ashleyhansen4479]

“The fruit will change you” Me: **sees the thumbnail** “Yeah no shit!”

[@driddick7361]

It turns you into venison!

[@kazoo1731]

so no one gonna talk about the little bed for the dog at the farm house? was the cutest thing ive ever seen in a horror game

[@hellodoink]

i thought it was a baby bed

[@anuamir2107]

It's a child's bed

[@StalwartTirith]

Guy learns Cthuluian, murders his way through eldritch church folks, and beatboxes a bunch of flaming green skulls into oblivion in order to go to the bottom of a tree to smooch his root deer husbando. Sounds about right.

[@oddbluedragon]

Anime at its finest

[@ArtsyKnox25]

Best gay couple of 2022 ❤️🏳️‍🌈

[@scp-682-cu6]

I'll never get over this game XD I keep coming back to it. brilliant summary btw

[@Daffa137]

I lost my shit when the chase music started again just so manly can have an epic charge to go back for that one bullet lol

[@Cheynise]

The story really took a direction that I didn't expect, bittersweetly sad ending for the first (which some dark thought that Thomas is basically and literally going to be a server to his eldritch lover for as long as he lives, which is feeding people to the tree. Wow talk about literal unconditional love) and the second ending was even sadder AND the gunshot at the end took me by surprise. I felt that gunshot. Boy. Kudos to the devs of this game.

[@jessicacook9003]

I'm pretty sure he only needed fresh blood that once because he was shot by the villager then buried under the tree - that's what started all the fruit business. He's just recovering from his injuries I believe. I mean, the original eldritch fae deer wasn't feeding on the villagers before getting pinned down by the tree right? Ayoo replying to a 2 year old comment lol

[@digitalization]

Surprisingly great voice acting, really kept me within its atmosphere despite the budgeted scale of the rest of the game. Maybe I’ve just seen too many indie games brought down by bad voice acting even with more effective graphics, but props to the sound team on this.

[@hexaswift1862]

Manly:”Where everyone has eaten a non-fruit.” Me: “So, a vegetable?”

[@benny_lemon5123]

Or mineral, or animal?

[@orangetabby7122]

Or air?

[@empirecrumbles615]

@@orangetabby7122 that'd be a mineral. checkmate

[@user-kk5kw8qs6i]

@J. C. tomato is a fruit google it

[@user-kk5kw8qs6i]

@J. C. here we go! idk what to say tho, it's technically both

[@changednamelit]

I know this is a small matter, but I absolutely love the part when you leave the church, and you can hear the woman resuming the ceremony. Then the hymns start again. Small details like this makes the game.

[@hybriddemon7649]

Manly: But I'm gay Nun: That's literally an eldritch abomination that is not your boyfriend anymore it's evil Manly, loading his gun with violent intent: *That's my fucking boyfriend, bitch*

[@anitamihholap5926]

Would say Thomas instead of Manly, but true.

[@iwazhere21]

When ever I watch that “amnesia” lantern mechanics I always picture a protagonist with the most freaken jacked left arm from a constant and unwavering carry at shoulder height lift. Right arm: normal. Lantern arm: shirt sleeve ending.

[@YuyuuChan]

I greately apprechiate the deep rooted love they clearly have for eachother. It's so rare for especially horror games to feature a gay relationship, let alone having it be a big part of the plot!

[@YUN6_V3NUZ]

hahah rooted

[@thesun5275]

it's rare for any game to feature the protagonist having a gay relationship. Often times it is a side character that has it, or it's an RPG where you can choose to be gay but you don't have to here it is rooted as your character is gay.

[@zacmayes2802]

@@YUN6_V3NUZ Yeah, but in this relationship they can root each other's soil.

[@leslie5764]

Such a tragic love story 😔

[@ArtsyKnox25]

We love our gay reps! We need more of them, esp. in horror! Maybe a gay monster that hunts victims that were it's lover's gender in a previous life? How about a gay character that learns to accept himself through the horrors he has to face in like, a dungeon or something? The ideas could be so good!

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

_"One bullet"_ Loot will be your undoing one day, MBH. Using the runes as language was cool, It got to be hilarious to hear them so fast with flipping the book’s pages. But the humor added to the game’s appeal, even if laughing at the silliness of runes wasn’t intended. I liked it.

[@rinyeongi6322]

Omg hi og manly subcriber 😆

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

@@rinyeongi6322 Hello! And lol, yes I am. \(•ω• )♡

[@SergeantExtreme]

Him running suicide through the possessed swamps for a single bullet is what makes Manly Badass Hero _THE_ Manly Badass Hero. Lesser men would have left the bullet.

[@musicgamerlover]

You know I would love the option to have the protagonist just say "Okay, I won't come for you" or "Sweet, single again!" then not go find their lost love.

[@cocobutterlalo1496]

Evil! /t

[@tax1283]

Super Paper Mario has this as an option to simply not do anything at the start to get a game over. I wanna find more games that have the balls to do this

[@uberness77]

Look up one of the endings for a game called 'Shadow Complex' then. You'll like it.

[@micheal7932]

@@tax1283 Sonic CD, wait around and do nothing in any stage for 3 minutes exactly. Sonic will eventually say "I'm outta here!" and jump off screen, giving you an instant game over. Even better, if the game is an American copy then the game's secret demonic music will play instead of the normal game over tune.

[@510235]

Yeah. Those who left can remain left

[@Wolfrover]

"But wait, you have to eat the fruit to learn the language, right? So if our character learned the language..." Well, no. That's something the note from the priest mentions in passing. Eating the fruit is not an absolute requirement for learning the runes and "divine language". Think of it this way: Learning the Fae language is like running a computer program on compatible hardware, but the OS is incompatible. The main character, like the priest, manages to do it by slightly breaking their mind. Think of it like clicking your way through a whole bunch of "are you sure" and "this program is dangerous" boxes on your computer. It's not perfect, and the "program" might not run properly, but it works. Eating the fruit basically installs the Fae OS on top of your OS. Which means the "program" will fully run, no problem -- but your brain's operating system is going to be throwing exceptions left, right and center as it fights for processor space. Those people trying to kill you are basically undergoing a system crash.

[@stinkywhale897]

Thank you friendly neighborhood computer science nerd! :)

[@Wolfrover]

@@stinkywhale897 Flatterer. ;) I'm just a somewhat competent end-user. An actual computer expert would probably pull my analogy to pieces. :) But you're very welcome.

[@DancerVeiled]

I saw it such that he could comprehend the runes learned and described by the "cultists", but could not "learn" the rules from nothing, since that's a function of the fruit (It imparts the knowledge, but the knowledge isn't inherently UN-transferrable). Recall the fruit's effects end shortly after eating, or at least the sensation of knowledge does according to the first letter. This is important with faeries, since faeries are generally written to be contract-centric, and downstream "users" of the program never were subject to the binding terms, and aren't in privity with the fae entity who bestowed them. This is a way to get around curses associated with gifts, and why they're usually "forbidden" to share/teach.

[@zacmayes2802]

Now this explanation I understand.

[@WendiGonerLH]

I read too fast and thought you were talking about learning french at first

[@SorceressRose]

This is a rarity. A game featuring a male protagonist being gay and searching for his lover, especially in a horror type game, you normally don't see it mixed too much. I really loved this game thou, it's simple yet good in it's own way~

[@theshiro1238]

If you're interested there's also a survival horror that has some LGBT stuff in it, it's called Rule of Rose

[@jodiejoestar5215]

I'm glad it's actually gay, usually devs overdose lesbian couples as it's a "safe" route or something smh...

[@jjm152]

The historical anachronism sort of made it feel dumb to me. Like... engagement rings? Really? That's about 150 years too early. And marriage? Huh? Who is going to marry them, and why? Even the letter from William is dangerous in how frank it is. I feel like it would have been better and more teachable to accurately reflect the circumstances of being gay, in a historical sense. Give people an appreciation for how difficult things were for people and provide some reflection on how far we've come as a society.

[@phony1551]

@@jjm152 This is a game where a man turned into a tree by eating some spooky purple fruit and the engagement ring was the too far part? Don't think cursed wisdom fruit was chillin' in that era too. It's not the real world, there can be subtle shifts from reality that make up a similar but completely different world

[@rpcsa8]

@@jjm152 Pretty sure the focus of the story was about trying to save your lover, not try to explore the history of the gays.

[@SeraphOfTheStone]

That’s an actual Christian song. When i went to church as a kid, thats a song we would sing.

[@KingEndymionrose]

Coincident maybe?

[@aliyahmaidenname9255]

Ye my church sings it all the time.

[@benny_lemon5123]

I thought it sounded very authentic. It sounds like a legit choir recording. Neat!

[@sontalks]

What song is that ?

[@aliyahmaidenname9255]

@@sontalks Washed In the Blood I'm sure.

[@555RavenCrow]

*Bursts into church with an axe - Hey! Stranger, have a gun. - Ku! Kin-dza-dza!

[@OfLanceTheLonginus]

A man of true culture and taste

[@woodlanddoe6100]

Oh shit, my brother made that. How weird I find out about the release on KZbin and not like, y'know, from the source. XD

[@fullchicken4469]

It's a great game, say thanks to your brother on behalf of this comment section. Was your brother also working on "Witch Hunt" or inspired by it?

[@eat00002]

that's tough to believe but there is a chance you speak the truth so i'll just go

[@Idunno1707]

Sinblings are like that.

[@gilla2092]

@Just a User with a cool ß he doesn't owe u shit. Choose not to believe and move along

[@woodlanddoe6100]

@@fullchicken4469 I said thanks, he laughed. He says he didn't work on Witch Hunt, nor was he inspired by it. He was inspired by Receiver, Stalker and RE4. The village intro especially is very RE4 inspired. :)

[@derekdrake8706]

"PS Don't come look for me." Translation: This is a cry for help. Please come look for me.

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

I didn't realize till Manly got the second rune that those aren't stock zombie grunts, the corrupted villagers are actually speaking the runes

[@catherinehall-andujar3516]

Good too know.

[@asj3419]

The game also specified that two of the people affected by the fruit "said the same three things for hours" (paraphrased), so it also justifies them doing that, funnily enough.

[@locomotivefaox]

I like how there isn’t really an evil in this story, rather just misfortune.

[@neet-o-muskeet-o4521]

I dunno, the fruit and the people who ate it seemed pretty evil to me

[@arcticguy3455]

@@neet-o-muskeet-o4521 The people who ate it are victims. Driven to insanity by their addiction and lust of the fruit.

[@imsotiredofthiscrap2341]

agreed, i really like this game. with either ending i’m left heartbroken. i love that i didn’t find myself on either side in this narrative, i was only rooting for thomas and william. it seemed like that was what the writers intended to me. edited for wording lol

[@happymartin6778]

Take note Devs: THIS is how you do a good m/m gay relationship. EMOTION and care between the two, not just tagging it in as an afterthought or in the last 5 seconds of a show to avoid pissing off soccer moms or just putting in a Lesbian thing because it's always safe.

[@donzobonzo]

Facts. But I gotta say, it sucks that lesbian couples are usually the safe way to go bc they're easier to sell to straight guys since it's so fetishized :/

[@sebour8179]

@@donzobonzo True

[@khay9240]

@@donzobonzo yea :/

[@CatchThesePaws]

I was really happy when I first heard that letter! Like, I had to double take because I never expected that. I mean that in the best way, but I’m also very nervous to see what happens next... (I’m two minutes in, just checking that everyone heard that letter correctly lol)

[@RupertAndCheese]

Seems bizarre considering the setting though; this is not a time period in which homosexuality was particularly accepted, and marriage would DEFINITELY not have been an option for them.

[@zenpaulpacheco2607]

'We're going back in for that one bullet.' That is the most American thing I've heard and I don't even know if you are American Manly.

[@tongpoo8985]

I think he's from Cali, but either way he's an honorary American in my book 😎

[@onyens22]

Ah yes, the most eldritch of languages... *_French_*

[@bellebonebag8096]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@timbomb374]

Dude went from "I've never fired a gun before" to murdering with an axe real quick.

[@kaijaro4818]

Writing someone a farewell letter and letting them know where you are is the worst possible way to keep them from looking for you.

[@GrumpyOldMilk]

The strongest of techniques: Rapping randomly and rapidly

[@hiw0shi]

"G-G-G-Gon gon gon R-R-Rah rah rah" is probably gonna be the highlight of my week

[@MamaGrell1992]

I love how they make you go through the separate steps of reloading the rifle. That appears to be a Springfield trapdoor rifle, most likely the model that was made by converting Springfield muzzle loading muskets to fire self contained cartridges. Sorry I am a sucker for historical firearms and just had to comment when I saw the weapon reload mechanics.

[@a.k8185]

(:

[@rokva5771]

(Manly finds a rune) "WORD OF POWER LEARNED - FORCE, UNRELENTING FORCE"

[@sammydanger7287]

Finally. I thought I was going to have to

[@spaceyale]

I feel so bad for the protag and his partner.

[@cartooncritique6625]

It kinda strays into the "Bury Your Gays" trope (especially in the second ending), but downer-endings are a pretty major staple of Lovecraftian Horror.

[@anitamihholap5926]

Maybe it's not all terrible...? Maybe Thomas managed to revive William with all the blood and got him out of the tree and they just stayed there together?🥺

[@spaceyale]

@@anitamihholap5926 I mean William is sort of a demon and Thomas was going kinda crazy so...???? that's still not the happiest ending ever

[@diabolusabinfernum3461]

@@spaceyale it was actually said that William was turning into an eldritch race of forest fae and in his notes even said it was honor, being the new keeper of ancient and forbidden knowledge. But all of this could have been avoided if that one guy hadn't went hunting.

[@jodiejoestar5215]

It is what it is m8

[@Silver-Rexy]

Not only uploading twice in one day but they're both during the day time? Manly's gone insane...

[@biggsbutts3755]

I think it’s night time for him over in the other hemisphere of the earth

[@Silver-Rexy]

@@biggsbutts3755 Is he not in America? I always thought he usually just uploaded before going to bed or just never slept...

[@biggsbutts3755]

@@Silver-Rexy actually idk, he seems to know a whole lot on asian culture, too much for a tourist to the mentioned countries so my understanding was he lived somewhere eastern

[@Silver-Rexy]

@@biggsbutts3755 Yeah, second guess for where he lives would be somewhere like Japan although... he is most definitely a weeb.

[@Ziceni]

@@Silver-Rexy he lives in the US but he is part-Asian. i think he's part-Thai?? i forgot. He did a QnA in his Tumblr to which he explained his nationality but said Tumblr went poof so uh yeah-

[@gio...3767]

Manly risking his life for a bullet be like: Heyyy The skull demons: An suprise, but a welcome one

[@enochturnal_]

as a gay person when I saw this title I went "haha gay" and was so pleasantly surprised to actually have an explicitly mlm protag this story was really neat & well done

[@goldendaygecko7435]

i know ive never seen a gay horror game and loved how it was treated so normal, no one questions Tomas he can just be himself (even if that did turn a bit murdery)

[@acerains]

It's a shame that after he starts coughing it's clear whatever was him is gone, and now only the tree speaks. No lover would ask you to murder innocents to sustain their life for the life was obviously that of that parasitic tree.

[@adorablecockroach5131]

Yeah, there is even a noticeable change in tone after his coughing.

[@drnonome]

He just honestly sounds like he's dying. Like his lungs where draining, his intestines flattening, everything filling with blood. He's still there, he was just weakening, it was why he needed blood, his was to far out of his veins to be fixed, he needed more to replace his lost.

[@refrone]

I couldn’t stop laughing when Manly started spamming the runes

[@sollie7]

I think this is the only game I've ever seen where you walk in on a singing church delegation and they don't immediately try and rip you limb from limb. Hey, they're even helpful!

[@kirstendanielleuy4092]

Ah yes, the *fOrb I d d eN f r Oot*

[@Robeebert]

The durian

[@kirstendanielleuy4092]

@@Robeebert I'm Filipino, so durian is an easy breeze for me

[@cartooncritique6625]

In more ways than one! XD

[@candicenutzfit-inurmouth142]

@@kirstendanielleuy4092 U sure? You're not da only one ;)

[@ultimaT]

Oh my god i'm a sucker for those single shot rilfes and that reloading is... *chef's kiss*

[@benny_lemon5123]

The item mechanics add s lot to the atmosphere of the game tbh

[@Zack_Zander]

37:08 I lost it when Manly is panicking while spamming runes, XD

[@bradleymoore2797]

I don't know about your time but this is the actually time of panic. 37:10

[@Zack_Zander]

@@bradleymoore2797 Whoops, guess I mistyped

[@crowsartcorner9381]

I feel like Thomas still had some feelings for William,, since if he was over him he wouldn't have gone looking for him, like he said not to- Kinda sad about the intro tho 😔 sad romance openings make games sad rather than scary Edit: now that I've seen the ending, damnnnn... that second one hit hard. Mans just wanted to keep the simple reminder of his love and died for it.. 😔

[@bradleymoore2797]

Wouldn't learn French for his loved one. A true Englishman.

[@changednamelit]

I mean, based on the ending yeah no shit Thomas still had feelings for William

[@eat00002]

imagine someone you don't or do know saying "yadda yadda don't look for me" and not looking for them like do you not worry that they are in danger or something like that?

[@crowsartcorner9381]

@@changednamelit My apologies; I made this comment about halfway through the video, and had not yet seen the ending ^^

[@crowsartcorner9381]

@@Trakesh My gaydar was going off too much for me not to notice 😂

[@lozey8317]

Wow, I thought getting ghosted by my boyfriend was harsh. Having one reject your proposal, high-tailing it into a forest and becoming a cursed Eldrich creature is definitely top-tier ''I'm just not into you''

[@Pilachio]

It was the player character who rejected the proposal, and William who then went back to his hometown.

[@tongpoo8985]

"It's not you, it's me."

[@figaeroth]

just began the video but william and thomas??? love that for them edit: 28:27 "i miss him so" ok break my heart why don't you

[@rou966]

I'm so starved for gay content that's not specifically about being gay that I kept searching through the comments to make sure I wasn't misinterpreting the ending. Poor Thomas and William

[@figaeroth]

@@rou966 that moment when your boyfriend becomes an eldritch fae creature

[@randyranda8881]

The first letter is litterally William who proposed to Thomas but got declined ! Thomas call William my love and so on and so on. He went through hell for his Willy 😭💔

[@randyranda8881]

0:15

[@madgay7388]

Manly with an axe chasing villagers in the fields shouting, "YOU NEXT".

[@leilaxu4549]

"Hey slow down, I need to axe u something" LMAO

[@jesusarreola3169]

Im not gonna lie,the moment he started shotgunning the runes at the green skulls cracked me up 😂

[@silvercandra4275]

"Maybe not French" I tried to learn French years ago and ended up changing schools, because I sucked at it so badly. My ex one night just randomly told me: "French is probably the most romantic language, but Spanish is just sexy French..." and I tunred to him and just went "So I have to learn both?" He laughed, but I was being serious. I would've tried to learn French again, if he wanted me to.

[@_shiza_chan]

Everything sexy till the chilean starts to blame screaming "weon conchetumare"

[@vytong]

When he started panic spamming the different runes I lost it.

[@isaiahp.4609]

The actual fruits of your labor have to be ripe and firm, but this fruit seems to have been left out to rot...

[@saberbyte3989]

I'm so surprised with how fleshed out this game is! You'd think with the graphics it would be just an eh kind of game, but it both looks really cool, has a great story, unique mechanics, and is even better than some triple A games in my opinion :D Kudos to the creators!

[@CuriousGrimGoblin]

It's kinda sad if you think of it in another way, the eldritch fae bite William to give him a better life and thank him but a Christian avid hunter found him as a "deer" and shot him, but he thought william was a demon not the elegant fae creature he became. So he buried him beneath a tree, but when a mortal kills a fae nature weeps and their blood is absorbed and used as a poison to the land to punish the mortals. It poisoned their minds and souls. But if they have only choped down the tree and gave the fae a proper burial it would have stoped. Poor poor William his gift did not last long because of the greed of man Edit: also I thought they were speaking gibberish but their speaking fast combos of the runes weird. And I'm not painting the villagers as the villians, they simply misunderstood. the antagonist is the fruit and the humans who's greed over took turned them to eat more and force others to consume them. They killed those who refused to eat the fruit as well, so they are the antagonist due to their madness brought on by the fruit. The fruit and misunderstanding is the villian in this story. The villagers were merely human, and the fae was simply doing what it thought would be a gift to William it did not know the hunter would kill him and burry his poison blooded body under a tree. And the hunter was simple frightend just as William was scared to loose his arm when his bite got infected. And the his gift did not last because his gift became a curse when his blood tainted the tree.

[@Carzeyday]

"Never trust the Fae,ever."

[@thanossurtugal]

@@Trakesh It doesn't, and it isn't improbable that the "fae" william encountered weren't a benign entity, since it could be the case that just as the villagers were misguided about the holiness of the fruit, william could have been led astray the same way. But i suppose if you wanted to necessarily paint the villagers as the main antagonist and the bad guy of the story, you could twist it enough to make them appear so.

[@CuriousGrimGoblin]

@@Trakesh it never said he was trying to feed the village. Plus I was speaking metaphorically mostly. The human greed mostly applied to the humans consuming the fruit

[@CuriousGrimGoblin]

@@thanossurtugal I'm not painting them with the brush of the antagonists. sadly in the end the William could not live the life that he was gifted [or cursed]. Because of the hunter but we don't know why he was hunting deer, so it could be a good reason or a bad. The only antagonist in the story were the fruit and then those who were lead astray by the fruit. Simply because they were killing those who did not eat the fruit.

[@afruitypunchy]

@@CuriousGrimGoblin "we don't know why he was hunting deer" Uhh actually we do. Food and skin to be made for clothes for winter. You know the basic necessity to live?

[@legendarysimp3667]

Ok im gonna say it as much as i found that game disturbing it was sad to see what William had become. Poor Thomas.

[@backtoyougo]

Plot twist: their devil fruit users

[@nikkogalvez969]

IM SO GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGT OF THAT

[@doomedgundam6684]

Manly: *Random saying runes.* Demons: *being torn between both the material and physical world.* AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

[@tymeloop]

WAKE UP NEW MANLY VIDEO DROPPED

[@NoNameO7]

been waiting for this moment

[@CuriousGrimGoblin]

Love your pfp

[@tymeloop]

@@CuriousGrimGoblin if youre talking to me, thank you so much!~ I drew it myself lole

[@CuriousGrimGoblin]

@@tymeloop it really is cool

[@isabellarafffaini]

The best thing about Manly is that he doesn't overreacts. That is game changing...

[@chonkyraccon4780]

“Don’t come looking for me.” Players - that was utter trash. *immediately looks for them*

[@calicochan5854]

Two videos from the manlybadasshero on the same day 👀 waah, thank you so much, Manly!! It's always so cozy to watch your videos!! 🌻💕

[@MononymousM]

Uh, are we going to talk about how it's raining inside the church?

[@BananaGalaxy]

They couldn’t afford a roof

[@egon2499]

@@BananaGalaxy But they got just enough for shiny, holy windows.

[@bellebonebag8096]

LOL

[@adrianomaly1760]

Nah that’s the holy water sprinkler system.

[@tongpoo8985]

​@@adrianomaly1760😂😂 someone pulled the ungodly horrors alarm

[@sekarmaltum1695]

its ..interesting how those people are like "yeah, he already is in love with eldritch monster..so him being gay is not realllly worth mentioning" i mean its late 19th or very very early 20th century. Those breachloading rifles are literally, just repurposed muskets. Adjusted to use blackpowder cartidges.

[@elizabethclarke4981]

Honestly I wouldn't care either, a monster is in my town and theres a fruit driving people crazy lol

[@1000-i7d]

It seems like the story is set in an alternate universe where people didn't care if others were gay, which is nice and it strays away from how gay relationships are usually written in "historical" stories :-)

[@sekarmaltum1695]

@@1000-i7d hehe or maybe them being gay was casually regarded as the reason they were corrupted XD but seriously though, in pre christian times, homoesexuality wasnt a issue at all. in fact, if you were trans, bi or gay -it was seen as a indication for spiritual aptitude.

[@sekarmaltum1695]

i could speak more of the topic, but i really only have surface level knowledge -check out arith härger for some more coherent (or any) explaination

[@sleepykitty8918]

@@sekarmaltum1695 Most people are very ignorant of the past, choosing instead to focus on the darker parts without doing proper research. Even your rudimentary knowledge is refreshing :)

[@leslie5764]

Who ever did the voice acting for William at the end did a great job! He sounds so scared and upset, I love it!

[@IndelibleSin317]

Wow a second upload, you are a beast.

[@Neon99]

Ik I’m super happy !

[@chriszanders23]

And your God Sent.

[@MintySweetea]

That's really clever how the game devs make you do each step to reload the gun instead of just playing a reload animation :D

[@BumbleBeeTunaExpertMode]

Is it bad that this game made me think of Bugsnax. This was a very lovely game nonetheless. Poor William and Thomas.

[@burgerhouseinthehouse2079]

YOU TOO-

[@Uhh_Vic]

Imagine a mod where all the people are the grumpuses that’d be cool and the infected are fully snacks

[@bellebonebag8096]

Lmao

[@suitov]

Skyrim but instead of Nords vs Empire it's Tree vs Everyone. Also, gay. Very much appreciated that. I really wanted a good ending, though.

[@nomi6962]

#relationshipgoals also this is the first game i've seen out of all "ps1-esque graphics eerie horror" types to feature lgbt+ characters. pog (if you know any other pls feel free to drop titles in the replies :)) also [2] voice actors in this game are absolutely amazing. i relistened to both endings like 3 times i think

[@rei8081]

Day 6 of telling manly to take care

[@Robeebert]

6 hours ago, 6 days, 66 like.

[@edit3891]

Day 8 of telling the person, that is telling manly to take care, to take care. >:)

[@cyaneyedinmydrink42069]

@@edit3891 day 1 of telling the person telling the person who is telling manly to take care to take care

[@edit3891]

@@cyaneyedinmydrink42069 day 69 of forgetting how many days I'm doing something and what the thing is.

[@cyaneyedinmydrink42069]

@@edit3891 day 2 of something.

[@ethanmiller5559]

Deranged priestess: Random stranger who came into our crazy infested town, WELCOME! TAKE THIS RIFLE! The last guy who had it is dead. (Throws rifle at you) The protagonist: I've never fired a gun before. Chopped a lot of people up with an axe back in my home invading day though. (Relives axe murderer glory days amongst axe murdering peers)

[@Hubertcorkscrew]

I legit love this dudes content talk about underrated

[@Angel_Kittichik]

The thumbnail reminds me of a kind of obscure Slavic folklore, about these red apples, if eaten, will make one grow horns or antlers.

[@airtheboss9730]

Guy: P.s. Don’t come looking for me Manly: I’mma do it anyway

[@castuarufoo7505]

ah the joy of "1 minute ago" is amazing

[@NoNameO7]

it truly is

[@shawnheatherly]

That was pretty dang good. Good gunplay, interesting story, the runes being used to handle the skulls helped my initial worry that they would be limited solely to function as keys. I'm not too surprised there's no happy ending here, that's fairly common for the Dread X Collections at this point. Still, I liked it.

[@jadewedge6082]

"This is juuuust fine" *gets shot, responds with a sick 360 spin to assert dominance*

[@Ozarka0]

Also, not going to lie, I might try doing a D&D campaign or something a little more free form with this idea. It's a genuinely fun idea to play around with!

[@fenrirsrage4609]

I still love how the name of the game is technically a double-meaning title.

[@bellebonebag8096]

Double meaning?

[@fenrirsrage4609]

@@bellebonebag8096 One meaning of the title refers to the titular fruit in the game. The other meaning is that it talks about the main character and his partner. Fruit is one of the slang terms for gay people.

[@bellebonebag8096]

@@fenrirsrage4609 Oh wow LOL

[@bellebonebag8096]

@@fenrirsrage4609 So then, would that make straight people vegetables? 😂

[@sleepykitty8918]

@@fenrirsrage4609 Isn't fruit a bit derogatory?

[@Necrotron]

This is pretty ingenious. They get around everyone having the same audio samples by creating an eldritch language consisting of only 5 words. That's smart as hell

[@HeavensMemory]

The narrator at the end almost had me in tears. Sad thing, that a "happy ending" is not an option in these stories.

[@boneheaded8919]

You know this either reminds me of Adam and Eve or that one one Junji Ito story with the Bloodfruit that grows from people's bodies

[@hollowman9410]

If this game was longer and had better graphics I could see it becoming just as popular as Amnesia. The creator has a bright future ahead of them.

[@sleepykitty8918]

"Them". It's encompasses both primary genders and takes less room than "him or her"

[@mewmew34]

I prefer the first ending. Closest to a happy ending you're going to get in a game like this. Guy had to see and do awful things to find his true love, so may as well do what it takes to be with him.

[@thesilentangel8299]

I like the first ending best. I wish they became eldritch abominations together. Then they can go off and cause carnage and kiss each other all day and night. Perhaps the fae can grant this?

[@thesilentangel8299]

And can the fae please give William a human torso? No offense but William looks like he came from the really accursed Horse Prince Dating Sim, and I cannot take it seriously.

[@JessePeepee]

@@thesilentangel8299 NOT THE HORSE PRINCE DATING SIM 😭

[@Cam1417-TK]

@@thesilentangel8299 Oh no that game xD

[@allyli1718]

@@thesilentangel8299THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@Generic_emo_username]

"Don't come looking for me." Well, naturally we're gonna come looking for him now.

[@mregg-gy7jg]

Lmaoo you going back for bullets sent me. This was a treat- I enjoyed this much more than their previous game and that one was still solid