Vita Carnis - A Terrifying Analog Horror

[@darian_quilloy]

Lovely analysis! Very well explained

[@minaxa]

Thanks dude! Super looking forward to everything else you do in the future!

[@C.A._Old]

@@minaxa Make More These Videos Like These! that so Awesome! i love that! :-')

[@camborican3115]

We need more lore

[@christeneking6851]

@@minaxaThe creator needs 300 dollars to make better videos. Do you want to support him (by giving him money)?

[@SonicHedgehog1991]

Oh hey it's funny meat guy

[@eylookvulheimiik7538]

As off topic as this is. I had an ad play after the woman was attacked by the mimic and going from screaming in pain to "so we fancy like Applebee's" was an absolute rollercoaster

[@Lithuanian_NAFO_lad]

Nothing like a bit of consumerism after hearing a woman scream in pain from both lossing her son and getting snaged by a harvester.

[@Therealincredidud]

Imagine the applebees ad was like:That mimic sure is creepy, but the uncles that go to our stores are Scarier!

[@SPAMTONGG]

@@Lithuanian_NAFO_lad honestly that harvester video is the scariest video for me, it was so well made! And that’s great because honestly the harvesters are the coolest for me out of the bunch! Monoliths are second, haven’t seen much of the Singularities yet so I’ll say that meat snakes are third (i would say elder mimics, but honestly i love me a peaceful meat snake!)

[@rinzler6511]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@lucalinadreemur9448]

Reminds me of the Applebee's commercial that aired during the live footage of Ukraine

[@rpspotify4841]

I love the idea that the Trimmings are just... actual good pets lmfao. That's a concept that I'd watch more of for sure

[@cthulhuthedarklord5231]

They’re just little guys

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@cthulhuthedarklord5231 meaty little guys

[@Thatonebrownhuevito]

Just little dudes

[@pascuala.]

Silly little dudes.

[@CommanderWiggins]

Analog Horror really needs more little guys.

[@wndiua7566]

I love how half of the Vita Carnis creatures don’t even have any ulterior motives, they’re just nuisances.

[@Regigigas_YT]

And one is just a meat plant

[@Colonsworth423]

One is basically a cat that yells

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

fuckin meat snake just chillin out there eating corpses and doing mitosis lol

[@thecontrollerofbots4099]

One is just a extra special danger noodle

[@Star-hq1zs]

One's literally just standing there menacingly

[@Kagira2006]

The most horrifying part of the harvester video is that the venom is a super potent anti-coagulant. Meaning once stung, the kid and mother basically started bleeding out from every orifice, including the eyes. If you are familiar with what a toxic dose of something like warfarin would do to a person, you know just how horrifying death by harvester would be.

[@SPAMTONGG]

🙂

[@ReklessTW]

Well that’s just fun

[@whosjoesquidwardgaming2009]

Wait, the mother got stung too? I thought it was just the kid EDIT: got further after the forest part and i just notice the mother after the family photo part so thats fun

[@azurelectrium1100]

Neurotoxin that both paralyses and blocks pain signals go by brrr terrifying to WITNESS but to experience eh you're just liquifying

[@frens6636]

And the kid gets dragged underground (still alive btw)getting his flesh eaten by tentacles

[@smittannl]

The thought of the Nazis feeding hundreds of people to a meat snake live is genuinely one of the most disturbing things this series established to me because it feels so real, like l yeah, they absolutely would've done that

[@aatonkleu7906]

What? The officer is clearly western

[@sanguillotine]

@@aatonkleu7906the nazi were from a western country…

[@Purkinje90]

were the Nazis purposely feeding bodies to the meat snake? I missed that piece of the lore, I thought the meat snake just ate bodies from the battlefields and bombed cities that just happened to be there

[@mediatorraptor3349]

⁠​⁠@@Purkinje90in the documentary, they said that people to tame them to dispose of animal corpses in butcher shops or zoos so it likely people would also used it to hide dead people too.

[@aatonkleu7906]

@sanguillotine the officer was Canadian, or from the US, if you look at the last frames of the video, it shows his uniform

[@VictoriaIsTired]

"They don't like to chase prey" Janice: "So that was a fuckin' lie."

[@minaxa]

No silly, they don’t like to chase prey they don’t think they can corner! Clearly that mimic thought he could and he did 😂

[@VictoriaIsTired]

@@minaxa I have the memory of a goldfish u right

[@VictoriaIsTired]

@@minaxa but then again she was devoured in the hallway of their home, so she hadn't even been cornered yet when it took a bite.

[@elijahmeilak2906]

@@minaxaI thought it said at the beginning not to attack mimics, but then it later says you should shoot it to incapacitate it. I was a bit confused about this.

[@fluffybat5421]

@@elijahmeilak2906 im not sure but I think it was purposely misleading

[@gypsydanger1013]

I love how the flavor enhancer is best when used below the temperature that kills most bacteria

[@Hellknight101]

the same temperature that is used for killing off spores too... they're definitely making use of the host's spores.

[@gypsydanger1013]

@@Hellknight101 you're 100% right. Fungus and yeast dies at that temperature! I didn't think of that. Thanks :)

[@Thebatcavepetfriendlybakery]

@@Hellknight101 just like the government to do that lol

[@99sins]

I just find it funny how it's just turmeric

[@gypsydanger1013]

@@99sins well, I mean, to be fair, have you ever tried curry without turmeric? It's absolutely satanic to even imagine.

[@toolatetothestory]

I personally love that not all of these things are malicious. Makes it seem much more realistic and fun to think about.

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

Yeah, a lot of online horror tries too hard to be edgy and my favorite thing about this series is that some of the meat monsters are harmless. Thinking through their biology and establishing what they eat, how they reproduce and so on is also a wonderful touch that brings them to life. Being dour and spooky all the time is frankly unrealistic, so adding details that are superfluous (or even goofy) ironically makes the world feel more grounded.

[@toolatetothestory]

@@QuintessentialWalrus Exactly! Like, harmless, easy to care for meat pets? That just sounds weirdly cute xD

[@maybemablemaples2144]

It's also good for marketing both irl and in-story.

[@deathrex007]

@@QuintessentialWalrus “being dour and spooky all the time is unrealistic.” Urbanspook: allow me to introduce myself.

[@rodrigopereira7104]

@@deathrex007 i didn't want to remember that series. It's so fucked up.

[@deluxeedition4639]

god the child's crying in agony was TOO well done, that was painful omg

[@stramsbutalsofjonhdro]

agreed, fucking scary shit honestly

[@Therealincredidud]

Darian be like: yo kiddo scream and cry painfully on dis mic Kid: ok *after that, police were Questioning darian.💀*

[@NotK9204]

Makes you think about how it was made

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Yea the first time i heard it i was like: hhhmmmmm i dont liiiiike thaaaat

[@skyr5247]

It made my skin crawl so bad, it was horrific

[@TheOpticalMouse]

You: *Makes well thought out and expansive lore explanation video* *Two days later* Darian: *Releases new videos with huge ramifications*

[@St4rWhxre_]

I would totally have a pet trimming if it didn't sound like an absolute demon

[@justarandompersonontheinte5119]

Same lol

[@artninja1819]

I love them anyway, Angelica the meat abomination will be the goodest of companions

[@nightmarefreddy0422]

True i dont wanna be waked up at like 2:34am in the morning to demonic screeching cause i would freak the hell out

[@an-animal-lover]

Gross

[@troudbalos]

Just have a hairless cat. Its basically the same thing. Looks like raw chicken, likes warmer place to sleep like a box full of warm sheets and scream at night like demons cuz they are nocturnal creatures and they want your attention.

[@Stefan-xl6xk]

In my opinion the family getting attacked by the harvester is the darkest and most terrifying part of the entire series, the screams alone sold that scene but the imagery together with the family photo makes it even worse

[@minaxa]

Definitely the scariest episode. actually hurts to listen to

[@do11y9]

True and it also traumatise me as well

[@Math0ssFakemon]

Imagine walking in the forest with your family, you hear your child screaming on the ground, of course the mother's first instinct is to go and see what's wrong. Horrific to think about

[@Stefan-xl6xk]

Honestly, and it's such a horrifying concept like man those screams make me feel so uncomfortable

[@ZoneTown]

Even worse knowing there is practically nothing that can be done to save them.

[@GeheimesT]

Did you notice that the videos following the documentary track exactly the same order of creatures as the documentary? 1. Cook at Home = The crawl 2. Guide for hold the trimming 3. The biggest meat snake 4. The mimic defense 5. Species anomaly=Harvester 6. Flavor anhancer=probably the host's spores According to this logic there should be a video about the monoliths next, right?

[@minaxa]

good catch! i think the new episode comes out today too

[@shadowbendy131]

​@@minaxa after that will be the singularity which will be interesting

[@andrewherrera2819]

​@@minaxa they called it

[@vwater]

Btw there a new monolith video. Highly recommend

[@slappybio1686]

that probably explains why the Flavor enhancer commercial devolved into horror

[@poppy_fl00wer90]

The use of cow skulls as teeth on the super huge meatsnake is a phenomenal design choice.

[@wloss600]

Honestly I find it kinda comforting that mimics,despite how fear inducing they are,kill you instantly instead of making you suffer

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

As far as we know, elder mimics could

[@Typhus_The_Traveller]

The Mimics don't seem *THAT* evil. They just seem like predators trying to get food. Except Elder Mimics. Fuck those guys.

[@imtotallyaperson]

@@twilightparanormalresearch186yeah but their not malicious their predators with a goal to protect the singularity they wouldn’t try to slowly kill you

[@saucefreakystyle]

As opposed to those bitch ass hosts + harvesters

[@kimurain6956]

One more thing, I feel the cult is trying to paint the Carnis as more helpful than it is, talking about how crawl, trimmings and meat snakes are actually really helpful, really good for the environment, so definitely don’t avoid it, try to destroy it, or interfere at all, it’ll help the environment.

[@logandelacruz2152]

CULT MEMBER SPOTTED!!! PITBULL GO!

[@WobblesandBean]

Is it bad I think Trimmings and Meat Snakes are cute?

[@Ismatic1906]

@@WobblesandBean Yes, yes it is

[@an-animal-lover]

​@@WobblesandBean yes

[@acrazyweeb7225]

@@WobblesandBean for one wish to play with the meat boi

[@sharkx8176]

the family getting attacked is definitly the most terrifying post of this series at the moment

[@walnzell9328]

First three organisms: Huh. This doesn't seem so bad. They're ugly, but they're harmless. Mimics: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@frid7434]

couldn't you just lure them to a petrol tank then blow that up

[@walnzell9328]

@@frid7434 Maybe. The durability of these creatures is debatable. They may be able to survive that.

[@dilophoraptordouble]

​@WALN Zell well. It's mostly because you likely can't kill it fast enough with gunfire in a protective manor to warrent its use as a reliable defense cause presumably they lack obvious organs to fatally wound. However chemical weapons likely will do great. Like a flame thrower due to the fact flames break down protein bonds means they're likely exceptionally useful for Carnis sp. Euthanasia

[@MiserablePack]

@Dilophoraptor Double-Crested-Thief i mean some guns might be more effective, cuz u doubt that a mimic can tank a anti armor bullet, but even if you do, more can just pop out of a crawl

[@dilophoraptordouble]

@Goldnexus anti armor unless it has a good way to dissipate the force is usually just ramming right through something as small as a human/mimic. With a human it's brusing everything in the abdomen but with a mimic presumably unless you hit the tiny legs. You're just knocking it down for awhile depending on how they shake off superficial wounds

[@InsomniaDaydreamer]

Starting off I was just like "oh they're kinda cute in their own way" and then I saw the mimics and everything went downhill.

[@FancyMcSchmancy]

I feel like the most visceral thing I’ve seen in any analog horror series is the recording of Rosemary’s death in the Walten Files. *But that family getting attacked by the Harvester is a damn close second.*

[@skyr5247]

That’s exactly what it made me think of when it happened omg

[@Zultra2]

I think the cheese crawl penne was made by an advanced mimic, we never see the hands at all throughout, all the skin is covered up.

[@minaxa]

I’ve heard this theory and for now i’ll have to disagree although it would be very interesting if true. I don’t really think mimics are intelligent in the conscious sense, it seems more like they’re just really good predators. I could be wrong though.

[@Zultra2]

@@minaxa maybe the mimics that have an steady food supply that turn into more human shaped could do it maybe?

[@The-one-who-drives]

​@@minaxa also remember they still have weird mimic hads, not human ones!

[@AveryCreates]

Or the person giving the demonstration knows something in the meal is toxic in some way. 👀

[@mnmnotaskittleindisguise1939]

The mimics just wanted to create a cooking KZbin channel all along

[@mmohamedhadi]

I was slowly drifting to sleep at the beginning of this video, and I starting dreaming a tiny little bit, but I could still hear the audio, and the screams of that pet trimming started and it’s safe to say I am WIDE awake 😭😭😭

[@minaxa]

I love using video essays to sleep as much as the next person, but this one may not be the greatest for that purpose. LOL

[@lucidlywaking7286]

was there anything else you remembered?

[@fireradfieritis8953]

Better than waking up to Anomaly Report, lol.

[@CheshireCad]

Be thankful that the little guy woke you up *before* the Harvester part.

[@VampsEdits]

@@fireradfieritis8953 guy who woke up to Anomaly Report here AMA

[@tonyisboney4927]

The episode with the harvester killing the family hits so close to home. I live in Canada and have been on hikes during camping trips. I can perfectly imagine me in that situation with a little cousin or sibling. So so disturbing, bravo Darian!

[@_aWiseMan]

i just realize that the trimming image when it said lifespan of 8-12 years.......was NOT a trimming it had four legs and claws. It was either something new, a mimic. Or trimmings started to evolve into something also dangerous

[@caydenlaw965]

Animals tend to live longer when domesticated and trimming do have a lot of variation between instances

[@_aWiseMan]

@@caydenlaw965 but the difference is that trimmings were already being used as pets, and it shoudnt completely double a creatures maximum life span.

[@caydenlaw965]

@@_aWiseMan well trimming are really low on the food chain so it likely that they just live much longer but are eaten early on so they can’t get to older age

[@sanguillotine]

⁠@@_aWiseManyes, it could

[@dexshenewolf3017]

I'm just gonna say it, this sounds like the Crimson from Terraria. The flesh spreading, the mimics have some similar traits of face monsters, a cult that aids the Carnis, an unknown island that had the possible origin of the Carnis, and the list goes on. Honestly, I love this for that if that's the case.

[@tobiaskadachi]

Lol. Makes sense.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, that’s an interesting idea. Reminds me of how I used to play Terraria a lot myself.

[@unoriginal2552]

Welp... Time to get the clentaminator

[@randomhandle111]

So we just need to buy a CRAP TON of green solution and we can get rid of it?

[@Goldenglare_thewindeater]

Scp, the flesh that hates

[@foresightings4185]

I swear to god I knew when they centering around the mimic we would see somebody die. Honestly scared me to my core. Also the ‘EMP’ waves emitted by the tall skin thing might be a version of the sleep shield in the story because why would the tree things have a EMP waves built in.

[@millionmills2440]

Usually showing monsters in a live action setting is an awful idea unless you know what you're doing. This goes for any horror media, I'm pretty sure it's a general rule. But this series does it pretty well. I'm kind of in love with the props and technical work and the mimic costume was so shocking to see for the first time haha

[@bendymelons1133]

Mimics look kinda bad tbh

[@lionblaze0384]

man the mimic was cool but the TRIMMINGS dude??? those puppets were so dope I went from being like ehhh at the beginning to literally wanting one by the end it had so much personality and love in its tiny little eyes bless the trimmings

[@tbotalpha8133]

@@bendymelons1133 The Mimic looked like Mr. Blobby's anorexic cousin. It looked way too goofy to take seriously at all.

[@aidenbarrow6841]

@@lionblaze0384It’s A Little Skrunkly Guy

[@nota444tm2]

the mimic puppets could use some work. the first one looks fine, but the costume version that takes the girl out of the house, that one looked a bit shoddy.

[@tonycowin]

I think you're correct about the Mimics not being known to the public. In the video he jokes that it would have been the perfect time for a serial killer to attack them. Serial killers are the worst monsters in the real world, in our timeline, so it's a natural choice as a subject of horror. But if the public were aware of Mimics existing the serial killer would be ursupred at the worst monster in real life. He would have said - "It would have been the perfect time for a Mimic to attack us".

[@Slop_Dogg]

Do you think Hosts of Influence are unknown as well?

[@matrixiekitty2127]

God the sound design for this horror really got me. The horrific scene of the family being attacked was bone chilling, the woman being attacked on the tape too. Then the brainwashing commercial was so scary. This is such a well made piece of horror!

[@Zultra2]

how have harvesters, mimics and the crawl not been systematically destroyed, I imagine with man eating mimics around almost everyone would be armed with militias and local police taking out mimics whereever they are found?

[@minaxa]

Exactly what I was thinking, but the fact that Chris and Janice are so oblivious in that 1983 police tape is probably the biggest red flag in the series. Throws everything you’d assume for a loop!

[@Zultra2]

@@minaxa indeed it is really good, like you got 8ft man eating monsters walking around the place wearing clothes and yet you see nothing in the public conscious yet about it.

[@smuganimeface6247]

You'd probably see the rise of purchasable beacons that can be activated in the case of mimic attack. You know, assuming there isn't a massive cover up about them. From the sounds of how they predate on people you'd also see the prevalence of armored clothing especially armored gorgets and collars made out of Kevlar or other aramid fibers with metal or ceramic plates as a core. Security system sales would explode, firearms sales go through the roof (good thing that edit occurred because a mimic would absolutely be vulnerable to firearms) and you'd probably see relaxing on laws about booby trapping a home. These things would absolutely get exterminated and their threat capacity at night reduced by night vision devices and thermal imagery. Tl;Dr fuck em, they're going to all die

[@Flamndragon]

I'd imagine that mimics are hunted when found but consider they come from the crawl which has integrated almost everywhere that's an endless game of wack-a-mole. Especially since the first sign of a forest spawned mimic may be it eating someone

[@Kropothead]

This story seems to take place on an earth with a different history than our own. The map’s different, when you take a good look. Maybe the Crawl cult’s infiltrated some pretty powerful organizations, if they’re not just straight up running things.

[@BlueDragonGalaxy]

This comment may be only tangentially related but I thought it'd be interesting to point out that the Trimming lifespan first being reported as 2-4 years and then later as 8-12 seems unusual at first but this is likely due to differing contexts more than a mistake on Darian's part. Wild animals can have very different, usually shorter, lifespans compared to their counterparts living in captivity, an example of this is bearded dragon lizards which live to an average of 5-8 years in the wild but can reach 8-12 in captivity.

[@gavinpotter9286]

like housecats! feral or otherwise wild cats have significantly shorter lifespans than their domestic counterpart because domestic cats have better access to food, less predators, and less chance of disease and injury. the trimmings remind me a lot of cats

[@tbotalpha8133]

Yeah, especially as Trimmings are mentioned as not being very good at avoiding predators. It's very easy to imagine such vulnerable animals living really long under human care.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

god i want one so badly I just. Damn you creator of this series. How dare you hit my pack bonding instincts

[@mozarteanchaos]

yep, captivity can massively increase an animal's lifespan - a combination of guaranteed food, advanced healthcare, and lack of predators all leads to captive animals often living for much longer than wild or feral ones.

[@rattonleash8536]

The trimmings are most definitely friend shaped and skrungly, if they didn't screech like a dying baby seagull I would get one WAIT HE SAW THIS???

[@MayMoment_]

I think I'd get one even with the screeching. After a while I'd probably get used to it and have my little fleshy little guy

[@chriiiiis]

I'd get one, especially with the screeching. He'd be my little screechy fleshy boy. I'd take him on walks, give his forehead little kisses, and feed him snacks. He would simply screech, and I would pat his little head.

[@dfastillo]

Indeed they are nice stuff must be exterminated

[@ryandary]

little scrimblo

[@phoenixflamingtears]

it’s just like a husky tbh

[@badlyprogrammed]

Vita Carnis is truly a masterpiece, and an amazing piece of media. Since its first few parts came out, I've been keeping up and I have so much love for the ideas and the work put into this artwork. I hope that we get more of this series, and that the creator gets more support 🙏

[@radkitsune056]

I’m surprised you didn’t include the part of the documentary where we experience a first-person Mimic attack in a home. I watched this series before watching this video, and that scene was one that stuck out to me. Not in a “Oh this has lore significance!” way, but a “Oh my dear gods above this is my nightmare.” Especially the end of it, you think the camera person is safe in the closet, then you hear it getting closer, then the horrid fingers slowly, agonizingly pulling the door open… then that face right out of the uncanny valley, the pause as you feel the camera person realize they’re well and truly doomed. I don’t often get scared when watching analog horror. Uncomfortable, yes, worried for the characters, yes, but that scene made me well and truly terrified.

[@dingdings2695]

Let´s not forget that MERE minutes later it cuts back to the cam recording and its just the sounds of the poor person that got caught getting eaten, crunches and blood splashes no less

[@radkitsune056]

@@dingdings2695 DEFINITELY made it worse! Gods, I think I just blocked that part out lol, the shivers down my spine didn’t want me to listen.

[@maninacan9780]

In my opinion, the Storybook references the Prince as the Singularity, and the Critters as Humanity. Humanity was suffering due to food shortages and their treatment of the planet, and a select few decided to use the Singularity to save them. When it woke up, it saw a species suffering... And decided to help them evolve. So Carnis was created.

[@gracehalpape3021]

Oh that's an interesting idea

[@cupcakejack7375]

I thought the same thing

[@luismorales865]

Oh i assumed the opposite. I thought the storybook was telling the origins of the cult that worship these creatures. The storybook probably being some type of propaganda. The island in the story book is the same island that the singularity probably lives in and some time ago i assume some human was captivated by it and persuaded, since these creatures are inteligente to support the Carnis cause. So the prince/the founder created a cult and using human "magic" aka technology(like television) he set out to help with their food problem. I thought the snake was an example on how the cult helped, feeding humans into the snake. But all this is speculation. Either way is m pretty interested on how this goes

[@BBrawler101]

Important inclusion here is that the Carnis’ appearance is circa 1930, the start of the Great Depression in the United States that impacted the entire world, lead to homelessness and food shortages. I can absolutely see people rowing to a deserted island in Canada and finding this massive entity that could provide them “a way to fix their home” when governments around the world were failing to help people.

[@karlat4568]

What if its the other way around - what if the critters were some kind of carnis, the prince was the singularity and the food he created for them was humans? I mean its established that humans are a source of food for quite a few of the carnis species. Plus with all of the brainwashing and propoganda by the red triangle guys, it sounds like theyre almost trying to keep the human population complacent with everything? Along those lines, the storybook could be propaganda too.

[@JohnSmith-fj2yd]

I personally believe that mimics going from invincible to vincible is a purposeful retcon. A lot of people originally criticized Darian for making the Mimics invincible and said how they should be damaged by guns. I don't think there's any story significance.

[@darian_quilloy]

Or is it? ;)

[@Zultra2]

@@darian_quilloy I think some of the governments are affected by host spores thus are aiding the mimics gather food

[@sneakymcgee]

Personally i think its not a retcon, but something that the maker of the tapes is saying to make the mimics seem less dangerous

[@the_frenchiest_fry6577]

Personally I think we're all ignoring how fire is usually a good way to purge whatever claims to be "invincible" and should 100% be used to barbecue them

[@HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar]

​@@the_frenchiest_fry6577new recipe unlocked: "BBQ Mimic Spaghetti"

[@suneater_zeef050]

i wouldn't mind owning a pet trimming, it's like a meat turtle. also, that puppet is amazing! great video, thank you for your analysis

[@thegatekeeperm8183]

I know right????? Seems like a very chill pet. Can totally see myself curled up on the couch with it. The sounds would probably take a hot minute to get used to though.

[@suneater_zeef050]

@@thegatekeeperm8183 little bastard named Peanut Butter waking you up at night..

[@thegatekeeperm8183]

@@suneater_zeef050 well I mean anybody who's had cats knows after a while living with them hearing weird shit in the middle of the night stops being weird

[@limeman7553]

I like how the newest video is about an organization contacting said viewer to fight against the crawl, who’s goal I assume is to figure out who or why the crawl and it’s spawn are normalized in society when it clearly shouldn’t be

[@minaxa]

it’s actually the other way around. Vincent is contacting CARCAS because he, as a lone individual wanted by the federal government, has no power. But CARCAS has resources. He’s hoping they can do something with the information he’s gathered.

[@limeman7553]

@@minaxa ooh yeah you’re right. The whole vita carnis series is so good. But yeah I’m sure the organization he contacted are looking for ways to stop the crawl and Vincent might be the key to it alp

[@ZeyTheDaemon]

I'm so glad this series is getting the attention it deserves! I saw it about six months ago and was hoping that bigger channels would find it and spread it around because it deserves it.

[@scrappyknees]

This is one of my favorite series out there, the one nitpick I do have is the way they call the entire branch "species" Should be a genus, with the crawl being the first of it, and other species branching out from there.

[@minaxa]

that’s actually my fault i think

[@scrappyknees]

@@minaxa how so if I may ask? I remember the same language used in the videos itself

[@sufficient4834]

They're different, but all born from budding off of a single parent organism. They likely all have identical DNA

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

yeah i did notice that……. it should be like, carnis verum, etc

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

@@sufficient4834 ​ if that were the case, i think it would be like the genus thing (carnis) and then the crawl’s species name (scandere) and THEN the other names, as subsections of that same species: i.e. the trimmings would be Carnis scandere ignavus, the Singularity would be Carnis scandere verum, etc… personally i don’t think they’d be the same species like that mainly because a) not all of them originate from the crawl, b) if they were genetically identical they’d at least be physically similar, and c) even if they are genetically similar, their other differences would negate them all being the same species- like how the habitat differences between grizzly bears and polar bears distinguish them clearly despite the two species being able to produce fertile hybrid offspring cool idea tho :0

[@flowerpastries9380]

her: you better not be flavor enhancer propaganda when I come over my goofy ass: 32:35

[@minaxa]

you made me laugh +5 points for reigen pfp

[@clownshrooms]

​@@minaxamob psycho mentioned ‼️

[@ColorHeartCarlie42]

What if the mimics have a weakness that so simple it sounds dumb? Like maybe they can’t stand music, or water is poison to them, or they are afraid of chicks? Just a silly thought.

[@LikeZoinksGangWay]

I mean higher caliber rounds like 12 gauge and 5.56 would probably hurt them more than a pistol caliber so I would assume a 12 gauge for home defense would still work well.

[@Regigigas_YT]

Mimic: (Roaring) Me: STOP RIGHT THERE (whips out chicken) Mimic: Oh no my only weakness! (gaster dissapears)

[@NineteenInFrench]

War of the Worlds type beat

[@creed8712]

@@LikeZoinksGangWayah my only weakness, being shot

[@thedakagal5895]

I forgot that baby chickens were called chicks for a second, and I just thought you suggested that all mimics have an intense fear of woman

[@ed6077]

Happy that the mimics “invincibility” was retconned.

[@lojika1majik]

Don’t think it was. Think it was a lie.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

I don’t think it was retconned I think it’s a “nothing is worth the risk” situation where much of the supposed safety protocol is contradictory and inconsistent for the sake of spreading misinformation.

[@ed6077]

@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick Yeah, looking back at this, this makes complete sense.

[@anoth112]

Dude... for a recap/analysis video, that long ass pause on the mimic with the music being the only sound was surprisingly creepy. Love this.

[@beefoon9517]

Honestly, I'd buy a Trimming plush if there ever was one. They're horrifyingly cute...in their own way.

[@frens6636]

I was just thinking that!

[@CakeyClowny]

BRO THE TRIMMINGS ARE SO CUTEI LOVE THEM THEY ARE SUCH CUTE GOOBERS

[@The_whales]

That would be something i would own, nobody would mine a scrabble looking thing with a meatball as a shell

[@Shadowx5398]

Well… you’re in luck boi

[@verysensitivewriter]

Surprise!!

[@mothbaby4867]

I really, REALLY don't want the Carnis origins to be Magic. It feels like ... Such a cop out that doesn't fit the story. I like the story book!! I just want it to represent something instead of being all literal.

[@CommanderWiggins]

Yeah I feel like the storybook is definitely metaphorical version of the origin of the carnis rather than a literal one, and we just don't have all the pieces yet.

[@aidenbarrow6841]

@@CommanderWigginsLike The Prince Is The ORB Or Something

[@elimidd6626]

I think it's metaphorical, in the comments of one video someone put out the theory that the Carnis is some kind of alien thing that's been on earth for a long time, long enough that it's origins can only be traced back to earth. The story describes the prince being thrown from the ship, I think that would be whatever the origin of the Carnis is falling from the sky and its origins to earth, where it remained dormant for a long time, like the prince. Then in 1930 humans, probably scientists found it and deemed it dangerous, but someone woke it up, and now it's awake and active.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

Anymore then aliens or genetic experiment? Everything has been done. It is all just an excuse ultimately for the story to happen.

[@Rehann-The-Pretender]

one option is some halo type shit where earth is just the one place you put a weapon so deadly you cant destroy it and it happened to get out of control

[@solstice_soda701]

I just really love how bizarre the "spell" the prince used to create the Carnis is. Like, if the prince is some alien species then sure, flesh creatures kinda like a twisted version of the main species of the planet makes sense. But if he were some ancient human? Or sleeping god? What the fuck did people look like back then? Or has he been asleep for so long that the only thing he can remember are a facsimile of what he once knew? Why meat? Why not plants? Meat specifically? It's pretty interesting to think about the carnis as some being's (whether it be old, deific, or alien) interpretation of what a living thing is. What makes something living? "Uhhh... muscles? Some blood? Organs for sure... it can eat. Annndd uhhh. Yknow what? It can eat and move everything else ain't too important." Like if you tried to get a middle schooler to build a living creature.

[@Maddinhpws]

My headcannon is. The prince has been from an alien civilisation of carnivores. He might've been there to scout out potential planets for colonisation and found earth inhabited by intelligent life. Way less developed than his civilisation, but intelligent. My guess is, that the people who saved him were from Ukraine. Because 1932 one of the worst famines ever happened in Ukraine (the Holodomor) that lead to the death of over 6 million people in Ukraine. So they likely begged the prince for a way to feed themselves. The prince responded by what their species used to feed themselves. A likely artificially created species specifically for colonizing new planets that he had the seeds for with himself. A plant that would grow witht he properties of meat and then automatically create a variety of meat creatures that they could eat.

[@solstice_soda701]

@@Maddinhpws ooooh that's a really cool concept!

[@soupsansyt]

I love how vita carnis is legit terrifying. Especially the scene with the mimic chasing someone. That legit had my heart race. Good job darian! I’ll never sleep again!

[@Confusedddd]

This world building is up there with gemini and MC for me. Super impressive stuff! Thanks for putting me on this homie❤

[@gaysatan4565]

My favorite thing about the Mimic Defense episode is that the creature itself in the live action is pretty goofy looking but the girls screaming is so realistic it makes me scared and checking my closet for creepy red guys

[@nightmarefreddy0422]

Im scared of looking out the window and just seeing something like the mimic just watching me that along would be scary but the thing that makes it worse is the fact that it would be able to just break in with ease

[@gaysatan4565]

@@nightmarefreddy0422 not only break into your home but literally hide in plain site. Imagine trying to sleeping and seeing your dresser drawer slowly open, with a long red hand pushing out of it

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

@@gaysatan4565*pulls out mini flamethrower waiting for it*

[@luchinopaws]

I think the video with the harvester and the family is one of the best analog horror videos of all time from like any series. I like how dark it is and the sounds really make it.

[@99sins]

the use of the spooky picture seems a bit much to get the point across. I hope that's at least fleshed out to be there for a reason beyond "ooga booga dead kid pic"

[@alaricdavis5479]

The sounds the cries give me chills everything.

[@nota444tm2]

​@@99sins the spooky images represent them dying and what their remains look like since harvesters i believe break down your flesh for nutrients. leaving only bone. and the videos of the faces "melting" may be a timelapse of the victims while being consumed by the harvester. hope to god i got that right because its difficult to hear those cries again since they sound way too real.

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

@@99sinsstill better then that weirdo that made that one with the paintings that have a hint of child SA

[@danjames8314]

my take on the meat snake is that it didn't go through mitosis but was taken away by the officer to continue growing the snake hence the two years later it being larger and I believe the explicit mention of there being conditions for a meat snake to go through mitosis is referencing that being stuck in a tunnel were not adequate for mitosis, as if the cult wanted to grow one then it wouldn't be very great for it to constantly split apart and decrease in size

[@minaxa]

this is a perfectly sound explanation. only reason why I thought of what i did was to come up with a justification for how the hell they got it out of there in the first place

[@WobblesandBean]

This. It kept growing cuz it was in a tight tunnel that didn't allow it to split, so it just kept getting bigger. No idea why it smelled nice, though.

[@EmoQueenX333]

You're both wrong. The meat-snake in the tunnel is the "prince". Compared to a normal meat-snake, this one was equipped with skin basically made for space travel (skin protects against radiation, very sturdy, completely different from a normal meat-snake skin)

[@data.overload]

​@@WobblesandBean On the first stages of decomposition, dead bodies give off a sickly sweet smell because of bacteria

[@sanguillotine]

Yeah, I think the US pulled a Project Paperclip like they did with Nazi scientists.

[@CyrusTheFox]

the harvester incident scarred me permanently... i will never forget that scream...

[@veronicaaristeguieta3072]

This reminds me a lot of SCP-610 The Flesh that hates. That SCP terrified me for a long time.

[@envisionenvii3641]

i am so glad i found your channel man everything from your fnaf videos to your general horror content has so much effort put into it, massive fan

[@blazethegame]

A fellow cultured part 7 fan I see.

[@envisionenvii3641]

@@blazethegame i love part 7 and especially gyro, though diego and funny valentine are close 2nd places

[@blazethegame]

@@envisionenvii3641 I like all of the part 7 characters honestly

[@sneakymcgee]

Finally. A video going over vita carnis! I’ve loved this series after randomly coming across the mimic survival video. I’m stoked to see more people giving it attention

[@Chungyboi-jk1wm]

You’re definitely gonna hit 100k in the next few months, the quality of these videos is insane! Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@sophiekrueger4719]

Got to the mimics and had to tap out lol. I love horror, but I can really only experience it second hand and only to an extent. The series sounds great and I'll definitely recommend it to my braver friends though!

[@deeeeniiiiss]

The harvester scene with the kid and his mother was what made Vita Carnis my all time favorite analog horror series, just the implication alone of your son being liquified and you rushing in to save him only to experience the same fate is horrific and fucking awesome to watch

[@suly5836]

I love how the monoliths entire description is that they just appeared one time and said "fuck you all, this is OUR place now" and stayed t-posing forever in a circle. Also, on the secies anomaly report video, I think what happened was that a kid in red clothes was confused with a mimic, and the father killed him thinking he was going to attack his son, at 31:04you can see said kid on the floor.

[@The-one-who-drives]

I have to disagree because 1. It's about the harvester (the video I mean) and 2. The mother died as well, so how would you explain it

[@nightmarefreddy0422]

@@The-one-who-drivesagreed cause she was laying their screeching in pain more then likely because of the venom or something

[@lovestrucktheidiot]

The first thing you see in the video is “Anomaly documentation - Harvester”, I don’t see how you got Mimics out of this

[@i.r.3016]

@@The-one-who-drives Not to mention Mimics are larger than adults when they're finally old enough to eat humans so it would never be able to disguise as a child.

[@MayMoment_]

I think it's the child has been killed by the harvester and the mother has seen and is ruined by the sight of her dead child causing her to cry which gave away her position to the harvester as well

[@lainiwakura8560]

I love analog horror analyses because they serve as a reason to rewatch an already amazing series. Gotta say, I love how in Living Meat Research every bit of info is also manually drawn (by the creator themselves I imagine), it really says a lot about how much thought is put into the design and inner working of the creatures with the series. Also the way it hides the mimic as a trump card right before showing seemingly harmless first and second entries... and then mimic being the third out of seven presented had me going "it gets worse?!", and I love that there's variety to it. Thank you for the analysis, and thank you Darian (if you read this somehow lol) for an amazing series. Can't wait to see where this will go next.

[@Hydarko]

The monolith one is actually so scary but so INTERESTING UOOOOOIIIIOOOO I WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT IT

[@Hellknight101]

They're just standing there... menacingly!

[@auradelpotro5574]

Watching this as a microbiologist is both enthralling and painful!! I LOVE IT

[@calamaty2007]

I saw these vids recommended to me a bit ago but didn't check them out till this analysis. This might quickly become one of my favorite analog horror series.

[@innocent_red_head]

Normally I'm fine with horror as I can dissociate fiction fron nonfiction but I really had to skip the mimic parts as they genuinely terrify me and my little schizo paranoid brain really thinks this shit could be real and I'm already scared of windows because you never know what could show up at a window during the night and how easy it to break a window. So the mimic really just amplifies that to a whole new level. Great video overall tho please keep up the good work. (not actually diagnosed or anything but you get the idea)

[@minaxa]

i am still sleeping with my light on bro i get you more than you’d think

[@loser_account4995]

@@minaxa i sleep with a disco light on cause you never know

[@ok0_0]

I sleep with my lights off and my windows open lol. How do y'all get fresh air?

[@Hellknight101]

@@ok0_0 breathing, generally

[@ok0_0]

@@Hellknight101 yea but that's stale air

[@coolpichu264]

Great analysis, I'm so glad that Vita carnis has gotten so much traction recently!

[@Hydarko]

This is the most interesting analog horror thing ive ever seen

[@tdexth]

Man, i love analog horrors. When i found this series, i have been looking and finally found someone talking about it. Great video!

[@belial7625]

I absolutely love the narration with such music in the background. Makes me feel like I'm chilling in a dilapidated bar in Fallout and listening to the latest news from the wasteland 😩

[@Math0ssFakemon]

Yess!! I was waiting for this video to release. Vita carnis has been on my mind for a couple of days now... especially after the harvester video...

[@HyperbolicArachnid]

It's odd that the thought of being thrown off the top of the food chain is the scariest part of this analog horror for me Amazing analysis man. You deserve a new sub :)

[@speedslider3913]

That's one of the scariest parts of Vita Carnis for me as well! I think it's so scary because, as sucky as life can be sometimes, we never have to constantly be on the look-out for predators, but Mimics destroy that relative safety. Since they can hide basically anywhere, nowhere is safe, and there's nothing you can do about them as one person, as they seem to be resilient against most weapons.

[@I0ce4nI]

Great content, love watching these videos and the way you explain and talk about each subject is always entertaining and invests me more into the subject of the video. Can’t wait to see the future videos you make. Keep up the great work.

[@lordzz3378]

I had seen this analog horror a few months ago so glad someone has finally gotten to covering it!

[@ThatEvilHag]

A minute in and I subbed! Great voice, fantastic, natural pacing, you sound as if you’re chilling with us and explaining something cool you found. And your voice is extra easy on the ears! I’m eager to see you grow, you deserve to be up there with Nexpo, Wendigoon and the other top players.

[@heilamwether8911]

Finally we have someone willing to explain this

[@kimurain6956]

Wow, I listen to analysis and video essays when I play games, and I looked at this one and it’s only got a thousand views? You’ve got the same cadence and quality as some big KZbinrs, I hope the algorithm picks you up.

[@puffytrashqueen652]

Its incredible how some prop work can manage to scare the living shit outta me. The mimic scenes are just... bone chilling... it really makes me adore the amount of love and effort put into this series. Literally anything with puppetry, prop work, or costuming gets a huge A+ in my books. I love this series even if it makes me scared to walk around alone lmao

[@s3rver636]

I like that when your voice became more worried and afraid when mentioning the mimic species, your voice becomes deeper and I like it because it shows the anatomy and fear of these things

[@phsii372]

I've been waiting for someone to analyse this for so long!! I'm so happy someone finally did!

[@BranDouche]

I love when the trimming is in his lap. It's the size of a giant tortoise though the actual size is that of something comparable to that of a soft ball or at most a bowling ball. Anyways, tyvm for your hard work, I love your videos.

[@nocwed4831]

Damn man i don't understand how you didnt reach 100k yet. Your content and editing are pretty good and interesting.

[@BasementDweller_]

I remember feeling special finding this series before any large content creators found it.

[@phoenixflamingtears]

the bit about the trimmings lifespan being longer at 20:46 makes sense- they’re in captivity so it should be longer!! typing this as i watch so idk i hope it’s noting awful

[@GrumpSupport]

I love this analysis! Also this series actually creeped me out which is extremely rare. Those sound bites are perfectz

[@soupcanith]

One thing I think goes under appreciated about this series is how it implements the crawl species into the world naturally. It feels like a lot of these analog horrors rarely ever delve into the logistics of why the creatures or aliens aren’t a major thing besides Mandela catalogue to an extent. I love the fact trimmings are seen as pets or pest and the meat snake is useful in butchers. These small things are really good fro fleshing out the story ( no pun intended if there is one)

[@nicolasgalviza7948]

fr. I love nothing more than when the creatures make sense or have an use. Plus, two being rather harmless, one being a dangerous but otherwise not nigh-invicible killing machine really helps "ground" them. Like, oh shit I can see that working. then the other 3 being niche killers (siren-like method of finding prey, plant, and massive effin weapons of destruction). plus that one weird thing at the end. its fun! i mean, it looks fun... horrifying as sh*t, but fun in a way!

[@happyspirit1458]

i personally think that the trimmings are friendly and tamable and now popular pets as a way to listen and understand humanity. in the series its mentioned that trimmings love to learn about people, listen to the radio and watch tv. i also think they can hear frequencys we cant, referencing to when they gathered around the satellite dish.

[@gabrielciambelli6861]

I just want to say, man your timing is excellent when it comes to uneasy silences.

[@inkwelldes]

Not having seen the original and listening to this vid while working was the most whiplashing experience ever. I also love me some creature design so I'm having a good time ooohh'ing and aaahh'ing at the Meat Snake and Trimmings and then I hear "mimic" and I'm like ah, okay, here comes the horror part. I'm still not looking at my phone, stocking items and then I hear "they feed on humans." My face must have been something because one of my coworkers looked at me and laughed. Seriously though, this was an amazing retrospective/analysis, gonna watch the original series and this vid multiple times

[@Maddinhpws]

Watching that stuff back then was an experience. Because you just spend like 20-30 minutes watching about the biology of a plant, a screeching meatcat and a snake that looks scary but is mostly useful. Then you come to the mimic and it just keeps getting worse.

[@AKA253]

I didn’t watch past the Anomaly episode with the harvester attack 😅 I was worried it would keep getting worse, I was already way too spooked. The overall story is still so captivating, I love your work on a rough timeline!

[@vincenttorrijos9680]

I appreciate how the uncanniness of the mimic puppet is used to an effect of how creepy they are. Its similar to how Mandela Catalogue uses its uncanniness to emphasize how horrifically inhuman its mimics are.

[@deltahexarius]

I have a couple thoughts regarding the storybook and what is being told. - I agree that the Prince is most likely a Singularity, the numbers of which stated to be unknown and most information being blotted out by the government (which may have long since been corrupted by the cult). Based on the way the manner of travel for this royal family is described, it does sound extraterrestrial in nature. - At the beginning, it is said that the Prince was separated from his parents after falling and becoming lost at sea. This could be alluding to the surrounding meteor belt around our solar system, which could've caused such issues (don't know if this one's a stretch or not). - In terms of the Critters, I do believe they represent humanity, but not all of it. Specifically, you could say two groups. The majority who decided against touching the Prince is one group, those few who fed the Prince are another. This will become relevant in a second. - The Critters aren't all of humanity. Instead, it's likely to only be a portion. At least, those who discovered the Prince/Singularity in a resting state. This may have been some members of the government or a research team of some sort. - The latter faction mentioned earlier, those who fed the Prince, may be the very beginning stage of the cult. Those who ally with the Prince, believe what he does can be of help to the world, etc. This cult may have originated from some environmental scientists in this hypothetical research team, and we have seen a substantial portion of them nowadays having great concerns for the destruction of the world, trying to find a way to alleviate it. Though this discovery doesn't take place in our current time, it's not impossible for scientists then to predict the decline in environmental health. Does play into the possible symbolism of the entire series as well. - The aiding Critters, possibly the future cult, may have been researching or communicating with the Prince/Singularity in that pursuit to heal the environment. At some point, he may have come to comprehend that intention (I'm not certain on this part) and proven he was capable of doing so with their help. - The Prince is stated to have left and be searching for his kingdom, in order to bring them to help the Critters. If we were to transfer this context to what is happening in "real life", it could be presented by the systematic and intermittent sounds that the Singularity makes. This may be the attempt to call for that help from the kingdom, speaking at a certain frequency to repeat a particular message. It could also be further referenced by the way that the Trimmings bear interest in television, radio, and satellites as forms of communication or even a possible way to gain contact with their origins, the Singularity. . What the hell have I done. Uh- yeah, that's my interpretation of events. I don't know if it could be considered fully credible, as I've solely watched this analysis and drawn from the information presented in it. Though, it interested me enough to think about more deeply. I found it to be pretty comprehensive, from what I understood. I'd appreciate hearing other thoughts, though. I didn't exactly cover all I could.

[@EmoQueenX333]

The meat-snake in the tunnel is the "prince". Compared to a normal meat-snake, this one was equipped with skin basically made for space travel (skin protects against radiation, very sturdy, completely different from a normal meat-snake skin)

[@ratinyourspaghetti8499]

I feel like the scientists may have gave the prince some of that green stuff

[@adamcook3650]

Hell yeah! I love this series, I’m so happy you’re taking a look into it!

[@Oktaimans]

To build on the timeline and theory, i think the singularity is the prince, and the movement of carnis towards the island is the gathering before the prince leaves

[@keithkirkness4875]

I appreciate you bringing the Vita Carnis problem to light here. We're in a rural, remote area, & those trimmings seem to get in the garbage from time to time, but they're rarely seen around these parts. I've heard of some local farmers using crawl for fertilizer, but not much else. We're so far from any big urban areas, & we don't get much news from there, but those mimics look really scary - I do wish you city folk well in dealing with the problem, and may God be with you.

[@frinkulon9176]

Great vid! One cool detail im not sure if you noticed is that in the crawl cooking vid you can actually see the persons face for a brief moment, *showing that they’re wearing a gas mask while making it.* when i first noticed that i was shook, it adds such a disturbing air to the rest of the video. Again, great video! So glad to see this series getting some traction!!!

[@davidbarba8622]

Actually found this series last week and was surprised it didn't get as much traction as other series

[@theycallmetheslime]

Analog horror is the only type of horror that actually scares me. This has to be one of the most terrifying and mind-bogglingly dark that I have ever seen.

[@wiggytommy8607]

I came across this series randomly one day. I liked it, it had a very self-made vibe that was very endearing to me. Sometimes I couldn’t be sure if it was a parody or not, the first time I saw the food commercials and the Trimming care video, I had a big dumb smile on my face.

[@Moonlit-Sorrow]

This was a great analysis! Vita Carnis is my favorite Analog Horror, and I would love to see your analysis of the most recent entries!