Iron Lung: THE LORE UPDATE

Iron Lung has been updated with ALL THE LORE YOU COULD EVER WANT! Plus a few more secrets that draw me back into the terror that is the blood ocean...
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[@thebainetrain]

"I look forward to more stuff in this universe" My man really took matters into his own hands when he said this...

[@jaredgoffman601]

ikr

[@HollowShell_UwU]

we all came back to this video after the teaser trailer dropped

[@lcbyri]

it reminds me of when you join a fandom and find it completely dead so you gotta be the one to revive it

[@copycat500]

@@lcbyri I think the quote that best fits this scenario is “If you can’t find it from someone else, do it yourself” (I’m not great at remembering quotes)

[@Azteckaliber]

@@lcbyri lmaoo, sounds like me reviving the gc I was invited in. I do not recommend it, they just die once your gone.

[@dualrotorhelicopter]

I saw an interesting comment saying that when you take a picture of the giant eye, since that creature has been at such a low depth its whole life, you effectively flashbang it.

[@ratchit8122]

I saw that too! Can't remember what video though.

[@torturedgaming7524]

That might also be the reason it kills you, the flashbang could've just pissed it off enough to actually attack instead of just swimming around it.

[@thebutterscotchkid2481]

@@torturedgaming7524 That makes me wonder about what would happen if you don't take a picture where the fish is supposed to appear. Like, if the game is detailed enough to call out when you're going at it backwards, maybe it's detailed enough for it to recognize something like that?

[@sydney6698]

@@torturedgaming7524 there two different creatures in the blood ocean. The eye is one giant reptilian one that can’t fit inside the submarine and the one with the gaping mouth fish you see once not attack you and then again at the end of the game attacking which can fit inside the submarine.

[@bgreer3067]

@@ratchit8122 I think it was the science vid on game theory? Might be wrong tho

[@TheRadBear502]

He starts off the video saying "I don't know if this is worth a full video" and he's now made an entire movie based off of this video

[@amosgodwin3921]

I don't think it's out yet

[@HeShoeTooBig]

trailer just dropped@@amosgodwin3921

[@Narwhal_Playz87]

​@@amosgodwin3921Hes released a trailer and its so cool how this is coming together

[@InvisibleSquids]

​@@amosgodwin3921it's not, but it will be

[@amosgodwin3921]

@josephgrooms2977 yeah but the rad bear commented that it was already out

[@1nkf4ng57]

The horrifying part of SCP 354 is that there are no records of the exploratory mission outside of the logs. The O-5 didn't ok it, the site director didn't ok it. The people the logs say went in have zero memory of going in. They think the SCP itself created the log to scare them away from sending people into it.

[@blak4831]

corrections: nobody ever even *proposed* an expedition, and the people said to have gone through don't even exist

[@theasexualidiot4803]

My theory: the lake goes into different universes and such, similar to The Infinite IKEA. It could be an alternate universe SCP foundation that explore it and found this alternate world.

[@esteban938]

@@theasexualidiot4803 Another possible theory is that if someone dies within the realm of the blood lake they are wiped from existence but not completely, only leaving a few traces

[@ShukaHusk]

Jesse what the hell are you talking about

[@Kaiimei]

@@esteban938 Yes, but some of them returned, they didn't all die on the other side.

[@N0tASpy335]

This just proves that Mark is willing to face even the ocean if there's *LORE* involved

[@N0tASpy335]

Y’all are heartless, whoever made these bots.

[@kirstyshepherd1579]

Yep.

[@benjaminlamothe2093]

​@@N0tASpy335 I know and I swear I've reported both of these before

[@kirstyshepherd1579]

@@abdulkarimsanchezspectra8186 are you kidding me this is the person that took my spotlight on the top 4 comments? Wow what an embarrassment.

[@thekiwi7405]

he already proved this with subnautica

[@-Miasimon]

Every single time Mark says "lore", I keep getting reminded of that one time in Surgeon Simulator with Mark crawling through vents like a madman, muttering about the lore.

[@sidereumcantor1525]

Why does surgeon simulator let you go in the vents???

[@shadowbunny7892]

@@sidereumcantor1525 All surgeons enter the operating room through the vent. The door is for patients only. You didn't know that??

[@declantecho1717]

@@sidereumcantor1525 surgeon simulator 2 co-op, where you can roam around the room

[@sidereumcantor1525]

@@shadowbunny7892 i just kind of assumed they went through the door,,,,

[@The_RedAdmiral]

@@shadowbunny7892 Whenever you go into surgery they put you under. They make you think they do this for your sake but actually it is to hide the goblin surgeon in the vents

[@josedapro7084]

The fact that he did the first run perfectly without hitting a wall is crazy

[@itac.2280]

He can be kind of a perfectionist when it comes to these kinds of things so while crazy, I was not surprised in the least lol

[@yallbehecks6991]

He was playing as an actual sub driver so I'd say it was pretty life or death in his situation.

[@falcie7743]

He scraped a wall the first time but didn't go full force

[@whatsupbro3]

I’ve played the game myself, and in my experience it’s actually pretty difficult to hit a wall. The game starts warning you even if you are a pretty massive distance from any walls, so as long as you pay mild attention and have patience, you shouldn’t be hitting any walls on your first play through.

[@irishdunce3111]

I mean he COULD HAVE been a engineer as he said

[@NotOnLand]

Years ago I played in a D&D game that involved an underground blood lake. After defeating the eldritch horror within we reopened it as a vacation resort for vampires

[@AAAAAAAHELPMEaa]

Average dnd moment honestly

[@_murdocsleftpinkietoe]

sounds epic lol

[@mirster7262]

You may have just given me an idea for the next stage in my dnd campaign.

[@rag.animations]

They're bathing in their food? What if someone pees in it

[@andyatkinson6749]

Like swimming in burgers

[@pjesmile]

22:34 that achievement if for photographing the upper right anomaly. The game ends and the jumpscare plays when you attempt to photograph your 9th node, whatever node that may be (you can never photograph more than 8 anomalies), and the upper right is *usually* last, especially on the first playthrough. Hence, "You've Played this Before" you know about the jumpscare, and wanted to know what the "last" photograph was. Also, I think that sound is the sound of something breathing...

[@mrrithexthesilent6385]

Could also be the sounds of something being pumped through those tubes, which seem the be functional unlike the other tubes you find further back

[@t0mbst0neyt]

I got the "you've played this before" achievement on my first run by pure accident because I missed a photo at the start

[@sloft-70]

@@mrrithexthesilent6385 The other tubes/artifact also makes that sound

[@derekw104]

I skipped the photograph right outside of the space-warping star's tunnel on accident lol

[@leventeborbely7120]

That's not breathing, that's the tubes pumping something, which is the same sound you hear at the 3rd anomaly at 27:11.

[@justsomerando6551]

Mark: this is not a major update, except it is. For a game that's surprisingly popular, except it's not surprising. Good mark, good. Never let them know your next move

[@orbrat212]

always dodgin

[@aktvxs]

"Aye ricky, lets grow some dope."

[@airsickspace9272]

@DONT READ PROFILE PIC Ok I won’t

[@collinthegamer510]

@F*СК МЕ. СНЕСК МY РR0FILЕ used the wrong account to comment 💀💀💀

[@gandalf1753]

except show your every step

[@wheeze2429]

It's insane to me how one can be so good at storytelling that they can make a game where the only thing you ever see is the inside of a deep sea submarine and it's still somehow this good. I hope this game isn't forgotten.

[@pussioofamw2]

it isnt that good

[@wheeze2429]

@@pussioofamw2 🤓🤓🤓

[@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051]

@@pussioofamw2 Being a contrarian is the best way to be quirky and special.

[@arandomcommenter412]

@@pussioofamw2 You kinda brought it upon yourself. If you’re going to go directly contrary to somebody’s comment, explain WHY.

[@Nicro_Allavonis]

@@arandomcommenter412 Legends say they still haven't said why.

[@dallekakyoin3231]

I want a podcast that’s just mark reading scp files

[@_Admin_01.]

That would be interesting.

[@akyiwood]

That's exactly what I was thinking

[@Chipmunk-jx3xq]

The hidden podcast!

[@CaLypSO4456]

Maybe that’s the secret podcast, which I very much want to find

[@ij1376]

I'd watch it.

[@X-SPONGED]

Plot for Iron Lung : There are 2 Remaining Factions in The Universe after The Quiet Rapture happened. You are playing as a Captured Member of Eden, The Remains of an Old Martian Colony established before The Rapture. You are forced by The Coalition of Iron (C.O.I) to do research on Moon At-5 or die. The Protagonist chooses this and writes the letter on the floor of the submarine as a way to vent his frustrations and how if he's going to go out, he might aswell go out on his own terms. In The Depths of The Unknown Ocean instead of The Vast Emptiness of Space. The Coalition actually sent a Research Vessel down there before The Player but it crashed and they're now just scrapping everything together to try to make sense of This Blood Ocean Anomaly. It is also confirmed that The Blood seems to be of Human Origin. The Game Assets also suggest that there was some kind of ancient cult like civilization once inside The Blood Ocean. There are remains of buildings/temples, weird monoliths, wormholes, and giant bones. It was a theory that this specific civilization casted a ritual that made it so that every star, habitable planet, and (presumably) everyone on it vanishes from existence. Also a point of note is that NO ONE watched or found out about The Quiet Rapture before many days after it supposedly happened. First, it was Radio Silence before a few ships was sent to investigate to find the remains of an empty void. There's also hidden secret assets in The Game which is either a leak for The Dev's Newest Unrelated Game or a Sequel/Prequel to expand The Universe of Iron Lung (though that is highly unlikely)

[@walterthemighty7549]

You don't think the note was written by a previous prisoner who refused to carry out the mission?

[@tmoney1487]

I never understood how people didnt immediately notice every star in the night sky disappearing. That would raise concerns personally

[@bluec9151]

I wonder if the game would at all be connected to David Symanski’s other game “Dusk”, since that game is centered around a cult

[@KaihanDTuna]

@@walterthemighty7549 i don't think so , why it would previous prisoners? If the submarine itself actually just designed for one time use mission? we can also see the lore , submarine was welded while someone is inside there is no door to get in , so the prisoner just welded in the makeshift submarine

[@DanS044]

Source: Trust me bro

[@DaintyBouquet]

Apparently, according to my friend, based in the scales and the eye, the creature is more of an herbivore than a carnivore. And due to the fact that it lived in the dark its whole life before you effectively flashbanged it, it was basically just: “Oh, what’s this moving thing? It doesn’t look like something I can ea- OH MOTHER FUCKE-“ Edit : The creature that kills you at the end and the creature’s eye you took a picture of are two different creatures from what I’ve read.

[@thenumber24]

it didnt kill you at first, its not a predator, it was curious of you

[@willrosfeld3906]

Yep, just coming in to give you a kiss

[@uglebeffus]

I thought the big monster had the teeth of a carnivore, though... Can't say the same for the skull Mark found in the first video, though, whatever THAT thing was was definitely an herbivore. Which seems odd that it would be found in a blood ocean.

[@scottwpilgrim]

On land, most herbivores are opportunistic carnivores when given the chance, especially in times of low nutritional value in leaves and plants. There are videos of deer chewing up snakes that have more context.

[@DaintyBouquet]

@@scottwpilgrim I know, I saw someone’s rib in a baby deer’s mouth lol.

[@Tytoalba777]

What really fascinates me about this game is just how interesting this world is for just how little we get of it. Even more intriguing is that (from what I've heard), the Creator said that all the lore he has for this universe is present in this game, he hasn't (or hadn't) really thought much beyond that. So for what little we get, there's just so much.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

The greatest trick a good fiction author can pull is show you a tiny bit of information and cause you to invent something huge and interesting to you. Sounds like this dude did it by accident.

[@itsFnD]

@@dashiellgillingham4579 Reminds me of Scott

[@Tytoalba777]

Well ain't this relevant comment nowadays

[@christianfilteau3962]

me: listening to Markiplier in the background while sewing, current threading a needle mark: "this is quite the threading of the needle" me: "thank you"

[@DismemberedHat]

What a coincidence! I was also sewing!

[@leggie6092]

The sewing community of Markiplier is small, but definitely existent.

[@rion7088]

Granniplier squad

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

Oooo what're you all making?

[@DismemberedHat]

@@EtamirTheDemiDeer cosplay costume, but I'm about to switch over to crocheting a blanket... wbu?

[@crucifiedhughneutron7764]

Fun fact: that strange stick mark encountered behind the final location is nicknamed ‘Monolith’. It and the remains of sm8 don’t appear on the map, though Monolith gives off sound.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture960]

Don't read my name!

[@bigboyskater-koi]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture960 dont be cringe!

[@Aerofiq]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture960 don't born

[@hollow9943]

I just thought about it and what about the possibility that the Quiet Rapture wasn’t the disappearance of planets and stars. They’re all normal and present, however all of the *spacecraft and space stations* were the ones who disappeared into some alternate reality due to a space anomaly. What’s more plausible, every habitable planet and star in the universe magically disappearing with nothing left behind to even hint at an energy source capable of doing so? Or all spacecraft and orbital stations vanishing due to an unforeseeable anomalous event

[@russiansans4597]

That makes more sense for or what if all the space stations got teleporting because of a black hole or something I don't know I'm just rambling on

[@i1C4RU5]

This is rather unnerving. Given this concept, and considering the oceans are confirmed to be of human blood, it's almost like whatever brought the survivors to this realm has been doing so for a long time, and with the singular purpose of reducing us to blood.

[@kayohwai]

Whether the POV we're seeing is from those taken or from those left behind is, ultimately, a matter of perspective until evidence solidly proves otherwise.

[@Miss_Lavender_Tea]

This game scared me shitless and i fr could not sleep for a whole ass week. Even after a month of having watched a playthrough of it, it still unnerves me onto a personal level. Whoever made the game is a fucking horror genius and i fear them.

[@junohypot]

that kinda reminds me of Observation, the characters are stranded in their space station trying to establish communication with Earth only to find out something unexplainable transported their space station to the orbit of Jupiter, amazing concept!

[@HeisenbergTheFirst]

No words can describe how much I love the world in iron lung, love to see mark play it again

[@jacksonhillhill3805]

WHY IS HEISENBERG EVERYWHERE I’M GOING INSANE

[@gyrus1902]

jesse we need to explore the blood ocean

[@kidnamedfinger6657]

@@jacksonhillhill3805 Did you take your pills, Jack? I think your schizophrenia has reappeared.

[@kamiladrewaossowska1847]

Hello Heisenberg.

[@Rebel3000]

What world? HAH!

[@goldenpixl]

So, no one's gonna talk about the Sub in the little animated interludes being called 'The Unsinkable II'? An excellent piece of detail and a really cool easter egg to 'In Space', Mark and Lixian!

[@nivada94]

that is a cool detail

[@alfiedakin523]

@Kavetion how many subs do you have then?

[@heresywithana]

@Kavetion yup that's an insta report kid. even if you won't get banned for spam you'll get banned for harassment for your content

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him! Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better! Have a blessed day, everyone! ❤

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Your worries (yes, anxiety), depression, suicidal thoughts, EVERYTHING will melt away and be NO MORE when you lean on God and put your trust in him! When I have physical pain, I literally pray and the Lord quells it, that I am healed! Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! People are bothered by his name. The world hates the truth and wants to continue living sinfully! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous.

[@cobaltprime9467]

Lixian can never leave the channel. He’s TOO good to not be the editor. He’s incredibly good at making, not only Mark’s video, but his own work enjoyable. Most editors can just edit, take best moments or whatever, but Lixian goes above and beyond.

[@SpecterVonBaren]

Shout out to Jens on Trump's (The Hearthstone player) channel too. Also goes above and beyond with his editing.

[@Frostphyre2]

@SpectreVonBaren agreed! Jens and Lixian are absolutely fantastic

[@fattlebieldproductions3198]

I feel as though he does too much with zoom ins and voice echos and screen filters

[@sijenkai3928]

@@fattlebieldproductions3198 nahh

[@fattlebieldproductions3198]

@@sijenkai3928 great comeback

[@meghanlong966]

29:06 “i look forward to more stuff in this universe” well you know what they say, if you want something done well you gotta do it yourself!

[@RadiantRedSteel]

There is a mod that opens the window so you can continuously see what is going on outside. It's really interesting what you find in the depths!

[@DeathnoteBB]

I saw someone look at the outside and it’s just nothing. The actual map is somewhere else

[@RadiantRedSteel]

@@DeathnoteBB Correct, the submarine you stand in doesn't move. You control a camera that moves about and the mod has the camera view constantly shown to your window.

[@Albinojackrussel]

@@DeathnoteBB it is there, but it's hidden for whatever reason EphiTv goes into it. Though as RedSteel said the sub doesn't actually move around the map, but the map if right there next to it.

[@recreationeer53]

I feel like people don’t talk about how terrifying the idea of the quiet rapture is, literal dying universe no stars left, light something that’s normally always constant is now a limited resource and will eventually fade completely. And the thought of whole planets and civilizations disappearing with no trace, nothing left in the universe besides a ship running on continuously less and less fuel to call home

[@humanleader184]

well considering there are maybe a few thousand humans remaining in this game's universe, i think the blood moons alone could be enough to power their civilization for upwards of thousands of years.

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

Well it be possible to survive if set up a blackhole bomb to generate infinite energy

[@humanleader184]

@@digstrememcdingus1463 a black hole bomb is well outside the reach of a few hundred humans to build, if they can't even get a decent low-depth submarine to work. simply orbiting a black hole and harvesting energy from its orbiting matter would be much more achievable.

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

@@humanleader184 Well their are asteroids and moons still around, perhaps Black holes too

[@inoob26]

Also the fact you also can't tell which stars disappeared alongside the rapture until the light faded finally vanishes from view after who knows how long

[@metalxhead]

Exactly one hour after Mark has dropped the Iron Lung trailer, this video has 4.2 million views. Let's see how many of us are watching and rewatching this now :D

[@cottonball605]

Yes indeed :)

[@thiccityd9773]

4.2 million…

[@D6YTON]

Let me put a comment here to remind myself about this Edit: 7 months later... I have been reminded

[@k0biza]

yeessss

[@elliusagi]

43 17 224 now!! INSANE numbers! The movie is going to be amazing! 😍🥰

[@leafrostfern]

Iron lung is so terrifying without using any jumpscares. Such a nice change of pace

[@GeneralDino]

Iron lung used some jumpscares

[@leafrostfern]

@@GeneralDino yeah but very differently from other games imo.

[@exiledkenkaneki701]

I wouldn't called it scary just eerie and silent, senses of dread , there's nothing scary, but I guess it's subjective

[@xxmirandacracraftinhellxx8543]

MARKIPLIER SHOULD READ MY NAME ABOUT HIS NEICE LOL!

[@caldercockatoo2234]

There's technically only one jumpscare at the end but the build up throughout the entire game makes that final scare worth it. Jumpscares are only hated because they often aren't used correctly, and this game uses them correctly.

[@rachalwithana7099]

i love that mark hyperfixated on this game so hard he made a whole movie out of it like *that's* some dedication

[@rigelsirius145]

Seeing him bring up SCP makes me really hope he's heard of SCP-Secret Files and gives the demo a go. I think it holds alot of potential.

[@kamyk2000]

Oh my yes, I'd love to see him play SCP-Secret files. Seeing him react to the hanged king would be entertaining. I love how the game took such a scary SCP, and then fleshed it out more than the article does to show the aftermath of an uncontrolled containment breach.

[@thepingking2234]

Yessir

[@stormanimations5422]

Mark's a massive SCP nerd with hundreds of SCP vids on his channel, if you didn't know.

[@kamyk2000]

​@@stormanimations5422 We know, that's why we'd love to see him play another one he hasn't seen yet. ^_^

[@stormanimations5422]

@@kamyk2000 right. Not trying to be pretentious, just letting you guys know. Sorry if it came out that way.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

7:58 I just realized something, it says here that prisoners are "undergoing *conviction* realization" and the character you're playing as is a convict, which makes your character definitely from Eden station and is undergoing the process to earn his freedom.

[@lazertwin]

Thanks sherlock

[@r_4yman]

well no shit

[@let7597]

it does, in fact, tell you exactly this at the beginning of the game

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

@@let7597 Oh wow I'm blind. Yeah I'm dumb 🤣

[@fnafboi9707]

The fact that the submarine mark uses during editing is called “The Unsinkable 2” is a nice reference to In Space with Markiplier.

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

Whatever happened to The Unsinkable 1, I wonder?

[@sdekoning2100]

@@ItsChevnotJeff Hmm yes i do wonder perhaps it sinked no that couldnt be possible its the unsinkable. Yes i do also wonder?

[@2god2me]

Unsinkable 2 is one of the oldest joke-names to christen a ship.

[@stvrrl1ghtt]

@Kavetion then how come I have never heard of you or your achievements? 😊

[@thedevilhimself4661]

@@stvrrl1ghtt don't reply to bots

[@alansmithee419]

SCP-354 is a red liquid resembling blood which reaches abnormally high densities below its surface. SPOILERS The most interesting thing about it if I remember correctly is that at one point it spat out an exploration log which chronicled the travels of a group of SCP foundation staff within the SCP (or perhaps on the other side of it), having entered the lake and re-emerged in another bigger lake in a different world than Earth. The foundation never sent any such exploration crew.

[@maxmocs5008]

Seeing as SCP 354 is implied to be some kind of inter-dimensional portal, and the blood ocean in Iron Lung not only has a mysterious portal but also randomly teleports the sub from time to time, I think that inspiration is likely.

[@chromaphasia453]

@@maxmocs5008 I think this game dev has made quite a few games centered around blood and viscera, so it could just be coincidence.

[@erinfinn2273]

@@chromaphasia453 Let's be honest, an ocean of blood is a disturbing and intriguing concept regardless of inspiration.

[@krustylesponge6250]

There’s also the fact 354 has creatures that come out of it sometimes

[@ylerian8878]

Reading that sent a chill across my entire body

[@X-SPONGED]

25:47 Fun Fact : The In-game Asset for This "Fish" isn't actually named Fish. It is actually named as a "Frog" Asset. Even though it 100% looks NOTHING like a Normal Earth's Pond Frog.

[@StargazerSkyscraper]

Could this imply that the creature is amphibian and, as such, not bound to the blood ocean? Maybe it saw the Iron Lung enter the ocean and actually followed it in.

[@kuhkowabbu]

@@StargazerSkyscraper I shiver at the thought of that

[@HillbillyDeLucks]

Is there an asset name for the eye? I'm assuming the eye creature and the creature that kills you aren't the same. They look different.

[@ivan.2050]

It looks like a frogfish?

[@slickman3975]

To me It looks kinda like a anglerfish

[@X-SPONGED]

Fun Fact : Iron Lung is a 3D Game. So that means The Objects are actually 3D Assets. This means that The Assets need to have names. The "Worms" are actually Tubes of Some Kind. The "Bone" is a Stone Monolith, The One in The Back is a Special One that Sings. There's also actual Bones in The Ocean. The Wormhole is called "Anomaly" or something like that. [19:25/21:32] Edit : I don't know what the fuck happened in my reply section during these past 8 days, but at this point, I'm too afraid to ask... Edit 2 : Well, if I read the situation correctly, it seems that a pineapple doesn't understand that "Art is Subjective" and went on a rant about how Iron Lung isn't artistic or something like that. As you might imagine, some people didn't like the vibe he's giving off and that sparked an argument in my replies. So if you're said pineapple or anyone who's trying to join the argument. DON'T, you won't change anyone's opinion. It will only add fuel to an already burning fire. It's best to just let this die down until one of the sides get bored and move on with their lives (or to another reply section to argue once more idc)

[@isaacisalive]

The singing stone is Humming Monolith wormhole is Void the fish skull and bones are/were Whale Bones (may have changed the name because of the achievement) stone monolith is, well, Stone Monolith Windowed areas are Buildings credit to pyrocynical: literally everything here thanks for the likes losers

[@kingofravens215]

@@isaacisalive Finished that video yesterday and I gotta say it’s probably my #1 favorite of his recently imo

[@EmilyTheMedic]

The giant eye asset isn’t tho. They just attached that JPEG to your camera until you took a picture of it. (My source is Pyrocynical)

[@blubaustin1]

@@EmilyTheMedic and why would a 2d game not have names for their assets as well?

[@pineappleparty1624]

@@blubaustin1 yeah lol. I just wanted to say into the void since the dev put in all the normal effort for a small 3D game, why does it look so effing terrible...I could make the main menu mountains in blender within a few clicks and it look realistic. The inside of the sub, it took more effort to make it look shitty. As a 3d artist, it annoys me to the core lol...

[@nojo9308]

Can we just appreciate the fact that when Lixian zoomed in on text, he highlighted where Mark was when he zoomed back out. That man thinks of everything.

[@231thorium]

@Kavetion I know you're just trying to get clicks on your video but its genuinely fucked up to make fun of someone's dad dying for it

[@pepper19am]

@@231thorium it's a bot dude they all are, replying does nothing just ignore it

[@231thorium]

@@pepper19am nobody's gonna go through all the trouble to make a bot that comments this shit just for a few clicks on their video

[@wcskeleton1388]

@@231thorium youd be surprised

[@pepper19am]

@@231thorium do you not realize how many videos these bots comment on? and it's the people like YOU that don't realize it's a bot and click on their channel. THEY. ARE. BOTS. stop giving them attention

[@Goldstandard_1]

If you say LORE three times, you will hear a strange sound coming from your closet, if you listen closely it will sound as if a man is saying "that's just a theory"

[@TheGary108]

A Game Theory!

[@MrDudeFace]

THIS IS NOT A JOKE IM IN THE BASEMENT, AND MATUS GAME THEORY IS TRYING TO BREAK IN HELP-

[@toothfairy10133]

matpat has straight up destroyed the word "lore" for me. i cant use it anymore. everything is "worldbuilding" and "history of the world of the game" to me now.

[@willrosfeld3906]

Lore lore lore

[@SirWhitez]

​@@toothfairy10133omggg toothfairy10133 lore with matpat is so cool

[@SypherKyaeon]

I'm still so beyond surprised that neither Sean nor Mark just dove headfirst into the wibbly portal.

[@geometryjosh21]

What happens if you do?

[@kostakonomi]

@@geometryjosh21 you crash

[@ghostedemu3252]

@@kostakonomi oof, damn I thought that would be like a secret lore piece or you know a special scene. But no you just get dead

[@genericsername]

An anomaly like s.t.a.l.k.e.r

[@FranciumBoron]

Well, actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey... _stuff._

[@DanBeau]

its absolutlely fascinating how much lore has been put into this otherwise one off experience. the sheer lack of information in the game made it so interesting, now learning about this universe adds such a huge layer to this tiny, simple and expertly crafted game

[@skuffd_guy]

The jumpscare is based off of how many pictures you take, so you can actually find all the POIs without dying

[@rpsyco]

What happens if you do find them all?

[@falconeshield]

​@@rpsycoYou get ligma

[@Not_Efficient]

And you could die at the very beginning

[@empdisaster10]

Its not picture based. Its pictures OF the Poi based. So you can do them in any order but as soon as that last check is about to be marked you're fucked

[@Jcat36]

The Eden space station having the last remaining trees is an amusing reference to the biblical “garden of Eden”

[@TheApplianceDirect]

more like a dull and obvious one.

[@Raccthusiast]

@@TheApplianceDirect someone didnt get the last slice of cake from the fridge

[@srwordsussecuaces6374]

@@Raccthusiast He sure didn't lmao

[@l.m.l8598]

@@TheApplianceDirect who pissed in your lego box

[@TheRogueWolf]

26:49: "I don't know why it's not bumping me, but I'm not getting bumped...." Hideous sea monster: "Okay, jeez, fine, I'm doing it! Get off my dorsal fin!"

[@WackyModder84]

This game deserves more entries. The lore of this game is so fascinating. Totally worthy of an expanded universe around it.

[@shoishie]

I am THRILLED that Mark is creating a movie out of this! The concept is so unique, I’m obsessed! I love a good story with well thought out lore, it gives me chills!

[@IkerUnzu]

Thanks for the time and effort you put in all your videos !! They make our day

[@floridaboigaming6961]

Epic truth

[@vargskelethor]

spawned with 20 likes lmao shut up

[@floridaboigaming6961]

@@abdulkarimsanchezspectra8186 not cool dude

[@xxmirandacracraftinhellxx8543]

MARKIPLIER SHOULD READ MY NAME ABOUT HIS NEICE LOL!

[@xnotasweatx]

Bot comment

[@cs9398]

“Fourth Blood Ocean” has the same energy as “Third Impact” and “Human Instrumentality Project”. Kinda wish they used the EVA font now 😂

[@august6604]

the ocean of human blood does kinda remind me of the ocean of lcl at the end of eoe

[@zetasansan]

@@august6604 I still dont get the "why" behind the old evil guys wanting to turn everyone into fanta. What do they gain? One super organism?

[@73NSH1]

Difference: Evangelion is a real shit anime and the eva models are kinda crap. Iron lung is not overrated crap

[@mango_loco]

@@73NSH1 loud and wrong

[@shokolade1037]

@@73NSH1 i love iron lung bruh but you cant compare a little horror game about blood water to the evangelion

[@MilkDrinker218]

I think it’s also pretty apt that it’s called the “iron lung”. Your lungs oxygenate your blood, which makes them have a much deeper red, and you’re exploring an ocean *of* blood. Maybe I’m thinking too much into this, but I figured I’d give my two cents.

[@xxedgelord420xx4]

Iron lungs were used for assisted breathing with polio patients. They looked exactly like the sub - small, high pressure and constantly needed repair

[@MilkDrinker218]

@@xxedgelord420xx4 I’m familiar with iron lungs, isn’t there one or two of them still in operation today? I was more talking about the *literal* definition.

[@SpecterVonBaren]

@@MilkDrinker218 Basically, the name of this game is like an ogre.

[@Lulu_Lime]

@@SpecterVonBaren you leave them out in the sun, they get all brown, and start sprouting little white hairs?

[@SpecterVonBaren]

@@Lulu_Lime .......... Exactly.

[@beeza]

There’s been another lore update!

[@erasproductions1033]

Bruh😂

[@unterhau1102]

Lmfao

[@ChaosHorseStudiosReal]

💀

[@Chauncycat]

I just wanted to say thank you to lixian for putting the marker of where mark is during the video. It makes it much easier to follow and I just wanted to say thanks.

[@chloesibilla8199]

I'm so glad the creator of this game is getting the credit they deserve and the opportunity to fully FLESH out this world they've made.

[@internetnobody6754]

if you're curious the creator of Iron Lung is David Szymanski aka DuskDev. he is the same guy behind Dusk, Fingerbones, The Music Machine, etc

[@dope8878]

This dude is already pretty popular

[@gierok]

@@internetnobody6754 Dusk was fucking awesome

[@ultraweege1867]

calmly exploring while a third of the submarine is flooded with blood

[@endergeneral503]

Me: iron lung is very scary and the lore is little to none Markiplier: Iron Lung: THE LORE UPDATE

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture960]

Don't read my name.....

[@monodii6555]

bro these replies 💀

[@zyklan2197]

Read their names...

[@404Errored]

@@zyklan2197 I'd rather just report them...bots are bots and are just spam fodder after all.

[@hungaryanhyker]

Next major update they should add controller support

[@yaboil7774]

Game will be straight 🔥 with a wireless Logitech controller.

[@davidtucker9498]

Oh, you're good...

[@Someidiothatplaysgames]

@@yaboil7774💀💀💀

[@BritBox777]

It forever kills me that my team was making an alien-world ocean diving game set in an iron lung, then this came out 3 months later. That project is on indefinite hold.

[@planterbox]

that sounds like my nightmare dude

[@herpderp3916]

Well, Barotrauma and Subnautica existed before Iron Lung. Your game just needs something to make its own identity.

[@DarrellThody]

Definitely time to brainstorm some things to really set it apart. Don't give up!

[@robokaos69]

Hope it's finished at some point. I'd definitely be interested :)

[@FatWalterWhite69]

Stop the cap

[@soulcalibur4685]

For those who don’t know much about scps another difference between scp 354 and the blood ocean from iron lung is that scp 354 sometimes and periodically has all types of strange, random, cool, and scary creatures emerge from it.

[@Cabby7717orCabz]

I love how Mark's entire intro was a perfect example of "well yes, but actually n o"

[@icantthinkofaname7152]

Never let them know your next move.

[@desfox3685]

The part that doesn't add up is that the blood oceans apparently consist of human blood, and yet there's clearly some form of life present within them, which implies that the oceans have existed for quite some time.

[@uglebeffus]

Well, not only humans live on Earth, and I don't doubt that whatever unknown horrors live at the unexplored reaches of the bottoms of our oceans might potentially be able to live in lake-sized pockets of blood as well as they can in water at thousands of meters down. There's gotta be some correlation between that much pressure and the thickness of blood, right? Not to mention that other stars were taken out, likely all of them and the only light left to see is from distant stars and galaxies. Seeing that it's also unlikely that humans are alone in the universe it might also have just been something that's been relocated from lightyears away from us. It's not just humans who disappeared.

[@StrawbsIsAway]

i mean human blood had a lot of the nutrients any creature needs to survive. oxygen, iron, carbon & nitrogen are the big things that almost every living things needs to survive, and blood has all that and more. while it's... interesting to wonder how a creature could survive in an ocean of blood, it's not completely unfathomable. it's also possible that the liquid, while it is identical to human blood, is not actually blood from human beings, and is just a mixture of the same elements and basic organic structures that blood has. it's likely that the creature has just evolved over time to breathe & live in the blood. it's also probable that humanity literally just... didn't notice the blood moons until they were the only celestial bodies left. i mean think about it, humans always prioritize looking for habitable planets, something that a blood moon definitely isn't. it would be easy to gloss over, especially when the thing doing the exploring is actually just a space drone and not an actual ship full of people who experience curiosity and the desire to know more.

[@Auto-UTTP_Report_Bot]

Markiplier held a submarine named "The unsinkable ll" Me: God damnit now I wanna see in the Mariana trench with markiplier

[@MissManday]

Well, we’re getting something close 😂

[@jplol290]

Jumpscare is at 28:22 for anyone interested

[@Dinonugget_111]

Ty I was scrollin forever for this comment

[@_JustJoe]

Thank you!

[@_JustJoe]

Oh it wasn’t even bad lol

[@choclateboi951]

Thanks for the heads up although i will prob get scared anyway Yeah i did

[@monkeynt5780]

@@Dinonugget_111 samee

[@JasonBarrettePiano]

I like how Mark's entire intro is just him going "Yes but actually no"

[@NickyLunaLove]

I think it’d be really cool to see a greatly expanded version of this game where you are taken to the mentioned station and the other moons as one giant cohesive horror game

[@МирјанаАдамовић]

I just realized, the iron lung sub-marine is made out of a literal IRON LUNG.

[@sillydacialogan]

like the one Polio was in

[@bagelscoundrel5581]

Uhohpolio

[@dandanger5637]

It's not tho

[@sillydacialogan]

@@dandanger5637 its a modified iron lung, so shut up

[@Mr._Ron]

It sure looks like one Seems too big tho

[@ultimateninjaboi]

I love the mention of the "ghostlight," from the dead stars. It takes YEARS for the light from stars to get to us here on earth, save for the sun (which takes 8ish minutes) bare minimum, it takes 4 years from the next closest. So even with the stars vanished, the light would still be traveling for some time. So as the decades went on, the light would be slowly and gradually disappear as the last flashes of light from each star made its way to the furthest people. Almost more poetically grim than just sudden darkness.

[@ComradeNicky]

Mark: "Iron Lung The Lore Update" Lore Hunters: "My goal is beyond your understanding." Thanks for the *fresh* lore you gave us Mark we need that. 👌

[@koxiq.]

*crunchy* lore

[@ComradeNicky]

@@koxiq. *Y E S*

[@nowthisismyhandle]

@Kavetion *S H U T*

[@codered6086]

Hey Stalin I got a target for you

[@Charlemagne15th]

@Kavetion No-where close my friend. The only video you've made is a Gacha edit. About Jacksepticeye's dad dying. Yeah that's high-quality content, surpassing anything Mark has ever created.

[@epicplayz6132]

Mark: "I'm gonna pay attention more to those sounds I was hearing last time!" Also Mark: *Hears sounds* "Nah, I'm gonna ignore that." 💙💙💙

[@itsFnD]

"it's fine"

[@dharkspecter4478]

Mark: "First I'm gonna turn around." My mind: "These are Morbid Mysteries of the Missing Millennium"

[@MuhBoy]

I turned around and it was right behind me

[@thedoorman243]

It's morbin time

[@AveryXII]

Morb

[@andreijorge7084]

Why did I read that as morbin fuck me

[@voltcosta7418]

I think mark could literally do videos where he talks about the lore of any game and it would be good and entertaining to watch

[@sheenheebs4528]

jumpscare timestamps: 14:04 big eye on the screen 28:23 big boi fish 29:53 loud noise but u see it coming

[@nadimshaikh9939]

Thank you

[@asteridfk]

THANK YOUU

[@calzoneous]

THANK YOU SM

[@CalmestRaccoon]

Big preesh

[@StardomSeeker]

I love that the submarine png has “Unsinkable II” on the side as a reference to ISWM

[@X-SPONGED]

[6:50/11:48] I love how Mark's Iron Lung in The Edited Cutscenes is called "The Unsinkable II" as both a reference to Space Engineer Mark's Colonist Transport "The Invincible II" but also to The Fact that since he has played Iron Lung before The Rusty Submarine he was driving previously WAS The Unsinkable I. And this expedition was to find, locate, and possibly salvage The Remains of The First Wreckage.

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

E.

[@theyormlad]

I think it's more about the old joke about a new boat being christened "Unsinkable II" implying that the first one, well, sunk.

[@cysheep8261]

Think it was a reference to the titanic lol

[@puckhead9754]

I love how at 6:51, you can see that the submarine is called “The Unsinkable 2” and my first thought was going back to In Space with Markiplier, as with that, we had “The Invincible 2”. I’m not sure if anyone else has pointed this out, but I thought it was pretty cool.

[@dtplaysmc8841]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that noticed lol. As soon as I saw that I jumped straight to the comments to look for this.

[@mariusxkat657]

This is easily one of my favorite horror games. You’re underwater, or blood in this case, and you rely on coordination and pictures to move around while you’re running low on oxygen. That’s so terrifying. To top it all of I’m terrified of the ocean just like Mark x_x

[@yoonbugg9114]

I am terrified of math :D

[@CommanderNoob]

354 was, has, and always will be a very captivating SCP anomaly.

[@simplebrain1512]

Markiplier: *play iron lung* KZbin: "ah yes, he's playing five night at freddy's again"

[@Dman_op2018]

Lol was a little confused when I saw that

[@pomorosea]

context for a later viewer please :(

[@bananafone1414]

​@@pomorosearead description

[@UyeGaming]

Man this is a cool game lore, someone should make a movie about it

[@SharewareWizard]

anyone else watching this at the moment because.. well.. you know...

[@AngelWish3]

Actually I was thinking about this particular SCP the entire last video. The minute I heard blood ocean, this SCP popped into my head. It actually is one of the SCPs that really interest me, it’s a really fascinating read. I’m actually kind of hoping will see a correlation drawn in this video. Please know I will be editing this comment if there is a correlation drawn. Edit: While watching this I also thought of another possible connection. The other reason I kept having a gnawing feeling that I had seen a similar theme prior, it’s vaguely reminiscent of the assimilation that occurs due to the moons in Dead Space. While the moons simply ate everything a.k.a. assimilated it, basically there could’ve been a similar type of event in the storyline. Each person with simply dissolved into what later became the oceans of blood. Not exactly the same in nature, but not to far off as far as the themes go.

[@BopperDuppet]

10:02 i loved how the editor of this section made you focus on the text by darkening everything else except a small area around the text so you could keep track of where mark was reading after the zoom-in, really good editing holy shit

[@Garden-sz8jb]

It's just one editor, who edits and has edited every single one of Mark's videos since 2016 circa

[@BopperDuppet]

@@Garden-sz8jb if you check the description you can see that there are indeed multiple editors for this video

[@adora_was_taken]

@@Garden-sz8jb no mark has like 3 editors

[@karaskot3165]

I'm SO happy that mark knows his SCP's Its a great writing comunity and it needs more atention.

[@dazza2350]

Probably because most people don't even know what SCP is

[@RandomCzechDude]

"I didn't mention this in my previous video, SCP-354-" As an SCP nerd i did not expect that, but i knew you played SCP: CB a lot.

[@mrkimpa6273]

25:39 I was waiting for that "Roger, roger" the whole video lmao

[@ColossalNakk]

When seeing Mark play this game for the first time. I was REALLY captivated by its unique horror style and suspense build. Congrats to this game for its expansion

[@leafyniko3237]

I feel like indie horror devs are starting to get the knack of a true horror experience. Giving as little information of the potential threat. When your put in a already scary situation not knowing what can and will harm you ultimately makes it more terrifying. Instead of cheap jumpscares there are tensions that build and build creating unsettling feelings. Hope to see more games like this in the future

[@bryceh826]

The story really is captivating. Even if it did pull insirpation from an SCP, it still stands as a fully realized story on its own. Some of the biggest and best horror and sci fi directors do pull inspritation from other sources but make it something totally new and effective through their own ideas and lore and i think the creator of this game did that very well. Im interested to see how the adaption wil work

[@hiemsxhiems]

Waiting for a jumpscare you know is coming you just don't know when has to be the most stressful thing 😭

[@wesleyvanderark967]

Mark: **uploads a video on a game's lore update** Matpat: DID SOMEBODY SAY LORE?!

[@RotoRko]

And now we getting a movie about it!!!!!!!! BY MARKIPLIER!!!!!!!!! Hell yeah

[@michaelplantarich3375]

I think Mark needs to do an SCP episode, but delving into the lore more deeply. I've always been captivated by his videos on it

[@misterbasicc]

I'm so happy he's making a movie of this game

[@infinity9839]

I was just screaming at mark the whole time: "IT'S A PORTAL MARK! GO INTO THE PORTAL!" XD

[@murrybrasell4657]

yesssssssseses4esesesesesesesseeessssss

[@SentryyX3]

ITS NOT A PORTAL XD

[@discordiacreates6669]

I thought it was an angel...

[@infinity9839]

@@discordiacreates6669 Really? That would be an interesting take on it.

[@ladylark10884]

@@infinity9839 yah, the rapture can be taken religiously since it's something that happens in many major religions

[@Thee_Phantom]

Iron lung: hey we have a lore upda- MatPat: *breaks down door* DID SOMEBODY SAY LORE!

[@doorwizard543]

I love how they have interstellar travel, yet they don't have some sort of gps tracking system or something in the submarine

[@petrwarthursty2011]

The Iron Lung is made out of shit and sticks. They may have it on the SM8 but that’s gone now

[@ivystar8069]

okay after scrolling through the comments a bit there's a surprisingly little amount of theories, so here's mine. (it's very out there and almost 100% false but nontheless, it's interesting.) while realistically it would make more sense that the stations themselves were somehow sucked into another dimension, leaving them stranded and confused, i wonder if the moons that house these blood oceans are light holes. stay with me here, a black hole sucks everything around it to an infinitly small point yes? and light holes effectivly do the opposite, however they haven't truly been discovered and cannot be scientifically proven yet, the proposition simply comes from the idea that every action has an equal and opposite REaction. so say that these moons are currently light holes, and in another dimension, a black hole managed to suck up everything, turning it into a kind of dark matter inside it's core. but the energy it swallowed had to go somewhere, and it connected to another dimension, a more stable one. in this dimension there was four (likely far more than four but we'll say four for now) miniscule light holes, with nothing near them they were never discovered, and due to their size they never caused any issues. however the black hole connected to them all, beginning to spew dark matter through them. the sudden surge of energy caused them to expand, the darkness spreading and eveloping all living things near and far. but as the black hole from the other dimension transferred more and more stuff through the light holes, it became too much, causing them to collapse in on themselves, warping and killing anything living, until eventually the energy dried out, leaving them as these moon type rocks, floating in space as if they hadn't just been the largest cause of destruction this dimension had ever seen. the surface covered in the blood of all the living things that were warped/squished by the energy. and as the blood began to settle, the moons that house it became semi active again, spewing other random things from other black holes from random dimensions. this caused the blood oceans to grow, and consistently destabilised their 'ecosystems' if you could even call them that. the crackling electric ball of energy you stumble across could possibly be the core of this light hole. now there's a few issues with this theory, such as why weren't the people in the stations able to feel this happening? or why werent they killed too? perhaps the theory i mentioned earlier is true here too, that these people were simply transported into this fucked up dimension by other means. or perhaps no one who is left alive is really human. perhaps they all were touched by the darkness but they were already mostly darkness so it had no effect. perhaps while they may seem 'sentient' theyre really just pawns to the growing consciousnous that is these different cosmic entities. another question could be how are there fish and eels in the ocean, but i think that's rather simple, either with the process of evolution theyve grown and changed into what they are now, or theyre creatures of dark matter, pawns of cosmic horror, like the 'people' who were left alive. and the last one would be if everything was destroyed, how is there still broken buildings or castles in the ocean? i could be lazy and anticlimactic and say theyre simply from a different dimension... but, there's also the possibility that because the people alive are basically pure darkness, they can survive in the ocean, and were able to build a civilisation and thrive. but with each surge of the light hole they were killed off. or perhaps the growing aquatic life was what finished them. there's a lot left unanswered with this theory but that's all i got for now:)

[@phatcat-st4gb]

Light holes wouldn’t selectively destroy only living things or habitable planets

[@BioniclesaurKing4t2]

The (read: my) problem with light holes (actually called "white holes") in general is that black holes don't _remove_ any matter from the system, they just condense its volume, the mass itself stays, hence their immense gravity, so there's really nothing to re-balance in the first place. The idea is that: A) 4d time-space motion lines or something converge to a singularity in a black hole, and B) there's nothing special about which direction the lines are followed, so then white holes are either the singularity spreading back out into other stuff on the theoretical "other side" or just black holes played in reverse. That they send stuff into another dimension is a neat idea, but as it's seemingly never actually removed from the first (as I understand, at least), it just doesn't add up. There is something to be said about the apparent loss of "information" about the structure and arrangement of the matter, which isn't tied to the mass itself, but that's just reaching into abstract stuff, which, I admit, would be fine for video game lore, I just don't see white holes playing a role in this one.

[@KimsWeirdChannel]

This game is pretty awesome. It’s so simple but the theme of it and everything feels complex and scary and big. It’s awesome.

[@Wings_Of_Avalon]

I loved iron lung from the start but all this lore!!! So amazing!! Can this pls be turned into a movie! Like seriously!!! This has so much potential!!!!

[@MissManday]

You typed it into existence! 😂

[@Wings_Of_Avalon]

@@MissManday I SAW THE TEASER AND I WAS LIKE NO WAY!!!

[@just.emma_kate]

so ur from the future right 😂😂

[@uglebeffus]

Interesting prediction

[@imarkvi284]

already seen the update so I'm here just to have Mark reading Iron Lung lore to me

[@testiculopro_678]

note: i havent seen any kind of theory but what if that glowing thing that teleports Mark every so often has like, a bigger variant that can teleport whole worlds or even stars. Case and point, the rapture is every sun and habitable planet getting teleported really far away by a colosal version of this light, or maybe by the same light Mark finds in that moon

[@YeeYee.Living]

Implosion update

[@unterhau1102]

But hey, at least the puddle of blood part in iron lung was somewhat realistic! Although it'd be more like human jelly in the Titan's case

[@davidtucker9498]

@@unterhau1102 "Jelly" is generous... It imploded to the size of a baseball...

[@coff33kill3r]

Now knowing he has started to make a film based off of this game you can really see the love he has for the lore, universe, etc. I cannot wait for the movie to get here!

[@imaginaryidiot]

"All rumours that these ships are used as literal execution devices have been proven false" sounding a lot like a "Your honor, I have investigated myself and found that I am innocent" moment

[@Rockman9830]

Ah the "Activision Blizzard" defense.

[@owlgoddess8534]

the FBI

[@TheDudeliestDude]

@Kavetion I'm sure you are buddy. Why don't you go over to your friends and play with the crayons? No... Don't put them up your nose..

[@Somespideronline]

@@TheDudeliestDude oh no! not the crayons!

[@ScuttleBugReal]

@Kavetion bait bot moment

[@z-beeblebrox]

I like that this update really makes it explicit that this isn't just called a "blood ocean", it's literally an ocean of human blood. I think we know now where everyone else went! *blender noises*

[@VergilXChair]

*Perhaps*....

[@dreamking25]

Wait then where the creatures in the blood came from

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@dreamking25 Life, uh, finds a way?

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

@@dreamking25 I like to think of it as a simulation scenario. Where the universe is a simulation and the developers of the simulation either decide to stir things up or wrap up the simulation by killing all the characters.

[@tysonplaster5138]

@@thorthegodofthunder9150 That’s like ending a really good book with “then they woke up”…

[@justin2308]

The Quiet Rapture is a pretty terrifying concept. Imagine you wake up, only to find that most natural celestial objects are gone and you’re pretty much floating in a black void. It’s that quick.

[@zanthe_]

But like, you spend a few hour not realizing because the phantom starlight is still there. Only when you try and contact someone you know on a planet or look where a planet SHOULD be do you discover the truth.

[@staidenofanarchy]

Either that, or you've been yeeted out of known space and are MUCH to far away to ever hope of finding your way back

[@Cherrytangela]

it gets even more terrifying when you remember that the blood oceans are in fact human blood So Whatever happened to earth, while not known, seems to have been a bloody massacre that somehow had all human remains located to various moons. all that blood came from the populous on both earth and mars, and no one knows exactly how it happened, but something sinister has occurred.

[@cokeMONSTERps3]

I find it unique in concept. I've never heard of it used. Any books? It'd make for quite a harrowing dark (literal) adventure.

[@dennismetzger9287]

I'm not sure you would have time to realize it lol