Q&A | Passing Time Before Elden Ring DLC

[@thomassinha5301]

Dude I feel like we could be friends- not to lean into some sort of parasocial type stuff but like loving these games and their stories and being a hardcore vocalist "back when I was younger and angrier" sounds exactly like something I'd say lmao

[@timdiggity]

The hardcore vocalist to Souls fan pipeline is real

[@jmarvins]

fellow former hardcore bandmember here in an "angrier" time - was in a powerviolence band as guitar and did vocals for a black metal release once - so the pipeline is real! (band bros showed me bloodborne lmao)

[@timdiggity]

@@jmarvins Awesome! Same here. My challenge runner friend who I mention in the video was also the drummer of our band. And he convinced me to play souls games in the first place haha

[@coleolson4127]

@@jmarvins soulsbornes are the black metal of video games. I'm sure we have some Mizmor or Yellow Eyes fans around here somewhere.

[@leantruck]

@@timdiggity haha awesome I play the drums in a hc band

[@friendalex7384]

"The Albinaurics are the key to all this. They're a funnier character than we've ever had before." -Michael Zaki

[@maxcepis7916]

TIMDIGGITY POG! Can’t wait for the Sonic videos! Keep up the great work! Best KZbinr right here!

[@Crumsie]

I love your voice and cadence, you just seem like a super wholesome and cool guy.

[@timdiggity]

Thank you! I still feel a little awkward talking into a microphone, so that means a lot!

[@bunkjer]

That BrandyB guy seems like a godlike gamer I’m following him immediately!

[@payaisola4917]

Such a cousy and chill vid. Great

[@GodChaos333]

I would be interested to see your sonic adventures 2 thoughts. I also loved that game growing up. Those chao gardens. I was there for so long.

[@DavidStavis]

Thanks for making this! You're a great character to add to the pantheon of Soulsborne Lorehunter Tube. Feel free to sprinkle in more autobiographical tidbits and inside jokes going forward! Thats a lot of fun. (The Miyazaki stalking joke was great) Here's my big question for you: Why is your speaking voice in these videos so wildly different from your hardcore vocalist voice? (soft vs. robust)

[@timdiggity]

I think it’s because doing the hardcore voice killed my vocal cords over the years, so my speaking voice is a little more soft and raspy now.

[@chrisedwards4749]

Ayeeeeee Sonic adventure 2 vid! I'm here for that

[@sandcake]

9 more days 🎉

[@ezzpeon]

Mezzanine!! Love that album and Massive Attack

[@GreatFlamingEyebrows_]

11:38 timdiggity confirmed Dorian Electra fan. He truly is the chosen one

[@tylergregory4342]

You said hella cool. Love your voice you should definitely make a dlc video soon

[@Jerry-iw9sn]

Glad to know my dino obsession is shared with other people.

[@michaelry9228]

thank you for answering my question! and sorry about the silly part of it, I didnt expect to actually be picked 😅

[@timdiggity]

Love the silly ones!

[@JinxBrasileira]

what do you think about MALENIA having a second identity?

[@timdiggity]

Honestly I bet she does, since almost every major character does. But it could be argued that Millicent and her sisters fill that role

[@Solibrae]

The Sans battle in UNDERTALE is very well designed so it's great that it led to you enjoying other challenging games as well. Have you also played DELTARUNE Chapters 1 & 2? If not then I do strongly recommend them, they are even completely free to play as they are technically a demo for the yet-to-be-released full game.

[@timdiggity]

I havent played Deltarune yet, but I plan to!

[@RabidCupcake2010]

You have excellent taste in anime, King 👑

[@yellowflash511]

Feels great you put ds3 at the top spot because I do too. Ds3 was my first fromsoft game and since I've played all souls games (except bloodbourne cause it's only on PS) and personally ds3 has remained my top in souls games.

[@IPH-1212]

Vinland Saga and Evangelion had such an impact on me great taste in anime

[@limah5631]

I like the way you work it, timdiggity

[@IPH-1212]

YESSS FINALLY I WILL LEARN TIMDIGGITY'S PREFFERED GENRES OF MUSIC

[@IPH-1212]

so sick that you were in a hardcore band- Reminds me of the dark metal music in cyberpunk!! I gotta go look up some of those d&b/electronic albums now- thanks for answering my question!

[@pablohierro9894]

Come back bro we need your lore theories

[@timdiggity]

Im writing my next video 🤫

[@bruhmoment_-ey5hk]

MY GOAT MAX DERRAT MENTIONED🎉🎉🎉‼️‼️💥💥‼️‼️💯💯💯

[@davegurgick6581]

Upvote for the Otogi shout out

[@Kurt_Monk]

if you like JRPGs with great lore, you should check out the Trails Series

[@timdiggity]

I’ve been wanting to! Which should I start with?

[@Kurt_Monk]

@@timdiggity Trails in the Sky

[@isaacrios764]

YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION AND AT NUMBER TWO!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TINY GREEN ALIEN MAN!!!! If at all possible please try to read Go-Go-Girls of the apocalypse written by Victor Gischler!! It’s a post apocalyptic book about a guy who hid in the woods for 10 years looking for his wife after the world crashes more or less

[@hhowdy]

Thanks for answering my question :). If you liked Inside I highly, highly, highly recommend Little Nightmares. That game’s atmosphere is like no other, it’s so eerie and weird and wrong. They tell a story with nothing but visuals, Little Nightmares is already a great game and the second one is one of my favorite games of all time its literally perfect like it has 0 issues I’m not even joking it’s peak. Everything it does it does flawlessly and does what a sequel should do. Judging by the favorite book and the anime question you have to go and read Berserk I recently got all the books for my birthday and it’s also praised as one of the greatest story’s of all time. And I’d say technically watchmen counts but I was more talking about just words on a page than a comic book, ig it’s more like a favorite story id say. 9 more days till the DLC WERE SO CLOSE ‼️‼️‼️

[@timdiggity]

I love Little Nightmares! Haven’t played the sequel yet though. Also I’m currently reading through Berserk and it’s amazing. I just didn’t include it because I’m not caught up yet. I’m on Volume 18 and it’s so good, the hype is deserved

[@hhowdy]

@@timdiggity I haven’t read it yet, but i already know it’s going to be incredible. Culture has built and hyped it up enough already and I can’t wait so see why. I’m holding off on reading just because I want to read it next week because it’s the final week of school (and with school out of the way it would be more enjoyable), summer starts (my favorite most enjoyable season) AND the DLC drops. It’s a perfect time to start reading it for the person I am so enjoy reading it I’m sure it’s just pure incredible peak fiction.

[@2shadowgamer2]

Make your SA2 video. Do it!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thecrankyoldman]

Since you mentioned Seph as your character and mentioned Max, I would have expected a video on comparing FF7's lore to Elden Ring's lore *cough* :p

[@timdiggity]

Haha I thought about it actually. Max’s video on FF7 made me realize some connections between the Kabbalic Sephirot and Elden Ring. I was going to mention it in a video about The Land of Shadow, but it got kind of bloated and I decided to put it on the back burner until after the DLC

[@thecrankyoldman]

@@timdiggity I've been scratching my head on why nobody has done it. It seems so obvious were going to say hi to a Nyx like character. Or you can even compare elden ring to Persona 3, final fantasy 10, genshin impact, or majora's mask... just seems like such a missed opportunity to connected all these wonderful worlds together.

[@thecrankyoldman]

@@timdiggity Actually, since you mention part of the idea. I see the whole story as the combination of the creature from gnosticism (which is similar to Adam Kadmon), a person's inner world, and largely build around the Carl Jung's human psyche concept. The human being is the ignorant god (demiurge). Which really isn't an uncommon theme in video games, but this time it's just extremely well executed. I see the world we're playing in as the inner world. The main characters represent the major archetypes (animus, shadow, self, persona, ego) and the demigods seem to represent the archetypes (the mother, the lover, the martyr, the rebel, the everyman, the jester, the hero). The NPCs seem to represent complexes (memories and emotions) and the invaders are intrusive thoughts. Elden John, the cultural buildings and statues seem to represent the building blocks that make us who we are, passed down from parents, family and the environment we were born in, which you can find in both the concious and unconscious parts of the mind. I feel we're dealing with a person that's trying to overcome a traumatic event, mainly survivors guilt. So, I'm assuming, based on the other games mentioned earlier, that we're going down the 'Tartarus' route to say hi and to confront the Nyx type character and the traumatic event that caused all the pain and agony, which I'm assuming is the twin-sibling. It just kinda bums me out when people call FF7's their favourite game/story of all time, but then feel that Elden Ring's story doesn't make any sense. Back in the day, every type of media was about overcoming this traumatic event idea. Heck, that's what gave birth to Grunge, Evangelion, Final Fantasy 7, ect... Never knows best.

[@timdiggity]

@@thecrankyoldman Great analysis! And since I’m not going to make the video before the DLC, I’ll share some of my thoughts here. I think the Elden Ring and Radagon/Marika represent the Sephirot/Adam Kadmon explicitly. And I think the Land of Shadow will be a representation of the Qlipoth/Sitra Achra. The shadowy “other side” to the Sephirot tree of life. With this in mind, the title “Shadow of the Erdtree” makes a lot more sense to me. The whole concept of the Sephirot “shattering of the vessels”, and the shattering of the Elden Ring seems like an intentional homage.

[@thecrankyoldman]

​@@timdiggity yah, we're thinking the same thing. I guess the only real difference is how Miyazaki turned it into a double As Above, So Below. One represents the concious and unconscious, and the other seems to represent the mind and womb. But ultimately, leading towards spiritual enlightenment. You're coming at it with a more Persona5R look on it, Persona 3 for me. It ultimately just shows how all the different scientific, cultural and religious works borrow from one another, and tell a somewhat similar story. I've actually been putting off playing the Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I did replay Final Fantasy 7 a few weeks ago. It really gave me that FLCL feeling. As a kid, you have no idea what you're looking at, and as you get older... it all makes perfect sense, so you now have 2 different types of appreciations for the same game. Well, I'll be looking forward to seeing the video once you're done finishing the game! You got a great way of presenting information and a good voice for these type of videos! Have fun with the DLC!

[@Skullivon]

🌬🥚🥚🥚ANGEL'S EGG MENTIONED🌬🥚🥚🥚

[@eddieparks9714]

open up the pit morgot 😭😭😭

[@Meteorsmasher1]

Ok so it it’s Sephiroth from Kingdom Hearts, checkmate

[@donotdisturb5755]

What the heck, where are you

[@timdiggity]

Still alive. Life got busy, but I’m still hard at work on my next video. Thanks for stickin around

[@leantruck]

I have a really good lore video recommendation for everyone, 'Elden Ring's Metaphysics' by Ontos. I thought he countered the point of melina being St. Trina pretty decently, if anyone chooses to watch it you should tell me what you think about it 😄

[@timdiggity]

Ontos is great! I watched Ontos a lot before starting my channel. That videos a good one

[@leantruck]

@@timdiggity oh awesome man

[@Sebastian-kb1vm]

I am happy i got this channels. I would like to emulate the way you speak . I would to change a fw things about mself i think you are a very good template. Ith all due respect to you

[@timdiggity]

I appreciate the compliment! But you’re perfect the way you are.

[@Sebastian-kb1vm]

@timdiggity there is always room for improvement certain people inspire others to do better you have demonstrated that to me

[@smoops33]

Dodging all the hard hitting divisive questions such as “beer or cocktail guy?” Pathetic

[@donotdisturb5755]

Where are you

[@timdiggity]

Working on something 😳

[@julesgallaway1937]

I hear it's the size of limgrave but does caked and stormviel count because that's not that massive

[@BahtataT]

Outer wilds is the best game ever made btw, just saying

[@rizkyazhari7050]

Now the dlc is out, but who really melina is?? I wanted to know even i dont play the game, becaus i simp her so much 🥲