The Monsters Beyond Us: The Monument Mythos

[@Wendigoon]

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[@eliiswatchingyou7257]

Ok

[@om-5711]

I love you dad

[@b226tj]

Reporting for duty, sir!

[@SpikeSpiegel-hk7tr]

Always a good day when wendigoon uploads 😁

[@michaelfino27]

"what are you made of?" "good people" that line is so incredible, Alex is such an incredible writer

[@confused-as-ell]

i was sobbing lol

[@eldrichnemo9312]

@@confused-as-ell oh you're not alone, I cried like a baby

[@KhrisIvanov]

It’s so crazy and silly but it makes me cry, but I’m not ashamed to admit that one.

[@amosey-r8h]

timestamp?

[@michaelfino27]

​@@amosey-r8h2:17:57

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

It's so crazy how some people just decide one day "I'm gonna create a fucking universe" and then do it. The whole thing with The House in the Ocean and his dad passing away kind of gave me goosebumps too

[@CalvinNoire]

I always wondered how people like HP Lovecraft, Tolkien, And Junji ito get inspired for making interesting universe's like these, probably observing things and making it more interesting with their imagination.

[@kiplingwasafurry1108]

@@CalvinNoire As someone who is working on another universe I can confirm this is how it happens, at least for me. It's an alternate history so I just base it off a "what if" scenario and take inspiration from different historical figures and stories to craft my characters and lore.

[@CalvinNoire]

@@kiplingwasafurry1108 Very Cool!

[@MigWith]

​​@@CalvinNoirehat's exactly how it happens. you just need to be creative enough to imagine your own world, and work on it. That's how i do, getting inspiration from random media and places, then creating something new or that i find fascinating.

[@critespranberry8872]

I think with the recent push in the US's media for big franchises and multiverses, as well as D&D's boom in popularity I think it's really opened up writers to think about not just a story, but an entire world of stories.

[@connorjaap1020]

my theory about everett is that when virginia saw him the first time, he wasnt actually a grown man and was rather the middle stage between a stretched baby and a fully fleshed out tree man, he was actually just a young boy that had been stretched out to appear taller and to a young girl she couldnt tell the difference between an inhumanly tall young child and a grown man

[@oned3admotherfckr]

That is actually a fantastic explanation I hadnt thought of. Its my headcannon now thanks.

[@Sasu123456789x1]

Oh that's interesting 🤔

[@CalvinNoire]

I wonder how Everett got clothes.

[@AxionZetaOne]

​@@CalvinNoireoff dead bodies?

[@CalvinNoire]

@@AxionZetaOne maybe.

[@Andi_Thy_Is]

There really is something so poetic about "Good People." I NEVER expected the series to have such a poignant ending.

[@soapgaming4903]

And it’s not even over!

[@JamieQue_]

why did i read that as "pregnant ending"

[@shubhamprabhu504]

15:11 'A giant 20 foot woman chasing you down with a sword, not fun' Wendigoon clearly underestimates the internet

[@Beowolf-jy5rc]

it's just under 2 lady demetrescue's in height.

[@hamoodhabibi1579]

@@Beowolf-jy5rcwho’s being inhabited by a soul of a child and a man. So if the degenerates of the internet really want to. They’d be either called ‘gay’ or a pee dough file.

[@shubhamprabhu504]

@@Beowolf-jy5rc exactly my thoughts

[@Beowolf-jy5rc]

@@shubhamprabhu504 as in people are also attracted to the muse from don't feed the muse, Lankmann, gabriel (both mandela catalog gabe & ultrakill gabe) and so much more... oh yeah did i mention the d-day night & dean (monument mythos).

[@grymmdoll]

My response was "for YOU"

[@CrestToothpaste]

I feel bad for Washington. In the original Cherry Tree story, he’s only a child. That means the horned serpent form must have only had the emotional maturity of a child.

[@Casual_degenerate]

I honestly wonder if he’s still sentient or aware as the horned serpent. Like would it be possible to communicate?

[@breadstick4458]

@@Casual_degenerate HE CANNOT STOP CRYING

[@lucasa9480]

They refer to George Washington as a founding father in the Deanverse so he must've been sent to wonderland as an adult

[@lolwutrly]

​@@lucasa9480my understanding is that he was replaced by his duplicate, who continued as history said

[@breadstick4458]

@Marco-dl5sj What? Care to elaborate?

[@athenah2332]

The freedom statue was always the creepiest one for me. The short video of her peeking around the corner seemingly from the ceiling jumped me so bad.

[@temincloudmot3696]

same. this series doesn't really scare me except her. idk what is it about her but just,, creepy

[@FinlandScandinavia]

@@temincloudmot3696probably because it has the corpse of a man and his child inside it

[@ITS_STEINSGATE]

SAME

[@PocketGatoSleeps]

@@FinlandScandinaviadon’t forget the affinity for taking heads & also skin

[@Dolfa_LPH]

And that weird stretching sound, I dont know what it is but holy fuck that gives me the ultimate fight or flight response from my inner primate genes

[@dancedagondance861]

Alex's channel sharing a name with the constellation of good people who literally smile down on the world that they changed for the better feels very profound, knowing how his father became a big influence in the direction of the story.

[@DaBryze]

It’s crazy how between the first wendigoon video about this series and this one the series went from conspiracy thriller/cosmic horror to basically just evangelion

[@Robbie-mw5uu]

it's just schizophrenic ramblings just because you can't understand it does not make it evangelion, weeb

[@billdoggonejones]

wdym evangelion it’s crucified superman who thinks he’s jesus

[@okaysurefinewhatever]

GET ON THE FUCKING CROSS SHINJI

[@den93050]

@@billdoggonejones yeah, so evangelion

[@kodyescobedo6485]

@@okaysurefinewhateverBEST. COMMENT. EVER.

[@geopold2a4]

I like to think that Wendigoon never actually erases anything from the whiteboards and just gets new ones instead. Somewhere out there is a storage room full of potentially hundreds of this man's conspiracy whiteboards.

[@operaghost21]

The end of Raiders of the Lost Ark...but instead of crates it's all the whiteboards.

[@averynewtown2782]

I would buy a windagoon white board in a heartbeat

[@willmccutcheon218]

Being examined by...top...men

[@TheEvilKingStan]

​@averynewtown2782 he should do like a charity auction and sell them

[@alanna6034]

honestly I would buy and frame his whiteboards. Mans make works of art with those

[@atomicrooster7567]

I honestly think Mr manticore saying he's made of good people is also a thank you to the fans.

[@badger6882]

I like this idea!

[@themightywhoosh5497]

Wholesomeee

[@User-435ggrest]

It made me tear up a little. Such a beautiful way of saying it.

[@The_Ajna]

Absolutely

[@Genesis8629]

Ye

[@ciciamanda.]

the first cornerfolk video is also an example of humans getting hurt by meddling in things they shouldn't. The cornerfolk weren't hostile, they didn't cause any harm. They just relaxed in the corners of his home when he weren't there, or jumped quickly through corners when he was. It wasn't until he decided to go into the cornerworld then he got hurt. The cornerfolk and the cornerworld aren't evil, they just exist, and the cornerworld wasn't suited for a human so he got hurt.

[@Unfortunately_Mickey]

Maybe in the corrnerfolk videos he didn't delete lol I did not get the same impression with the original Corrnerfolk series but he may have changed the lore

[@Assadul-Naml]

Facts The human equivalent would be, going to an african restaurant while waving a CSA flag and wearing a clan robe. Of course you get schooled

[@ultimamateria1604]

Why did they have to trespass though?

[@Name-dv5dz]

@@Assadul-Namlman managed to fit race conflicts into “the corner folk” incredible

[@MikeHunt-zy3cn]

​@@Assadul-Namlthat is not equivalent at all.

[@zoeadkins9095]

1:40:14 "We know the Horned Serpent is George Washington so, THAT doesn't make sense." This moment sent me into a near-fatal laughing fit. My word, after all the absurdist goings-on created by Alex, the fact that George Washington being an eldritch God-Serpent morphed by unknowable cosmic forces because he tried to cut down a friggin' cherry tree is the sensible part of all this reaaaaally says something about the Monument Mythos experience.

[@Ezaliasnotoreel]

George Washington tryd to break the universe's glue and it turned him into Cthulhu

[@billedefoudre]

Same here. I went full bonkers on this serie,.and trying to explain stuff to my people using that kind of phrase (like "George Washington is a horned serpent the size of earth" and such) really didn't helped my case xD 😂😂❤❤

[@Conmonkeywookie]

Erm acktually it was an apple tree in the Dean-Verse ☝️🤓

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

Imo, George Washington merged with one of those serpents

[@rafexrafexowski4754]

​@@Conmonkeywookie Only in the myth of that universe. It had to be some form of special tree in reality

[@Ultraman950]

Lost my mom about a month ago. To paraphrase my dad: "If someone's passing hurts, it means they did a good job." That's really helped me, I think. Prayers for Alex. On a less serious note, I cannot wait for the next "Without Context" video.

[@nasus_elyob]

im sorry for your loss man, i hope youre holding up good, and im sure shes proud of you :) ❤❤❤

[@theboysllc3174]

I’m so sorry, I can only imagine how hard it must be

[@ekawz4205]

Sorry to hear about your mom stranger. Think of the good times, take each day as they come and never forget to take time to care of yourself.

[@Shrimpu8251]

Sorry for your loss brother hope all is well

[@its_renren7292]

i'm sorry for your loss man, things will hurt for a while but it will get better eventually.

[@tyke4456]

Every time he mentioned the killer wood chips I started laughing. The entire house on the ocean segment felt like a fever dream and made me feel like I was slowly going insane

[@juicyparsons]

that was my favorite segment tbh. I still wish I could get a Chase plushie

[@Enter54623]

Omfg at the time I had seen that Crimson King Video had been deleted so when it went up and with how much like a fever dream it was I decided to screen record it in case it got deleted because I was so convinced it was going to only be up for a little while and then be taken down as a big troll

[@placeholderdoe]

I haven’t watched the Nixon verse. So H U H?

[@aleighamelissa]

I thought I was having a fever dream bc I was dozing off listening to it.

[@tyke4456]

@@placeholderdoe it’s worth watching. It has a different feel from the normal monument mythos and some of it feels like Alex is just shitposting but it has a really good story

[@g1sunstreaker584]

Got to say, I laughed out loud when you mentioned that the community voted not to punish James Dean despite the evil he displayed, and how they were yelled at for their loyalty to a foul character. Isn't that just a brilliantly ironic reflection of real life?

[@kikrinman1450]

It's like Alex was kinda pissed he had to write an alternate script 😂 I do wonder what he had in store for ol' Jimmy in the event he was chosen to be "punished"

[@djlopez7976]

@@kikrinman1450what a mystery

[@Bigboibeven]

Like how biden isn't going to be prosecuted for having classified documents because according to the Hur report, he's too senile to stand trial? Is that what you're referring to?

[@des4929]

Yep and that was all to accurate to real life in a few years

[@Wired_User]

The pure, unadulterated joy on Wendi’s face as the series confirms Dean is the Devil is so funny 😂

[@DukeOnkled]

Nick Nocturne will never recover from this.

[@statboosts279]

when someone you don't like for petty reasons does something you can actually hate them for

[@woahtherebud01]

​@statboosts279 this comment is especially funny because of how accurate it is, it's literally the most extreme example of the most petty shit possible and I love it sfm

[@Olsenator]

I’m so glad he is covering this series again! He picks up more than I do when I watch them hahah

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

​@@DukeOnkledwho?

[@JonathanThe501st]

To the whole "everyone's dumb for liking James Dean" thing: If grief makes monsters, then charisma makes slaves

[@misscatonic]

It's so easy from the outside to look at this and be like "that would never be me!" but for the people actually living through it, it's not obvious at all - and probably feels rational and morally correct to support him. Just like real life politicians

[@idontexist1086]

I don't like Dean, lmao

[@jennifermariabrocco4608]

Yeah. Real smart, aren't u 🧠

[@jennifermariabrocco4608]

I mean really get a grip

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

People are extremely susceptible to cults of personality. Hell, American political discourse revolves around them nowadays. Rarely does anyone tak policy; it’s about which candidate you are with or against, in a perfect binary with no room for compromise or third options.

[@hhdbhn302]

"Grief is just love with no where to go" but Alex put his love into this series and therefore received love. It's just a small part of healing because filling the spot a loved one left empty is impossible. But he re-directed the adoration for his father and made something wonderful which in turn gave many of us joy. Even if we only consume it through Wendi and his passion for MM. His father's love keeps on giving.

[@ironidol]

A friend of mine is in NYC and I got uneasy looking at her pic of the statue of liberty in her story. My mind just immediately went "smell of raw flesh" and "they need to feed the statue". Then today, I walked by a massive statue of a woman in my city that's similar to Freedom and I kept anxiously staring at her to make sure she wouldn't move. The Monument Mythos did the damage for me.😂

[@RoachDoggJr106]

Grow up, corny ahh

[@marnenotmarnie259]

same lol, i already wasn't super interested in going to NYC but now if i ever do i'll be looking at the statue like YOU BETTER NOT

[@marnenotmarnie259]

@@RoachDoggJr106stop being boring

[@waido_]

@@marnenotmarnie259it’s called being _sane._

[@TheSlammurai]

I saw the Statue of Freedom in person recently and it made me so uncomfortable. 😂

[@owloko1349]

I love how Wendi is always surprised by the fact that we can hear him talk about a weird subject for hours

[@staytuned2L337]

Which is truly hilarious. This is why we're here lol

[@Marder_IFV]

​@@staytuned2L337yes

[@river1585]

he underestimates my autistic urge to listen to weird things while i draw

[@kimballblack2668]

@@river1585he underestimated my autistic urge to listen to weird things while I play video games.

[@staytuned2L337]

@@kimballblack2668 he underestimated my autistic urge to listen to weird things while I cook (must continue thread)

[@Gunk05]

Your teaching skills as a Sunday school teacher really shine with how you present these abstract stories in such a constructive way

[@MeanBeanComedy]

100%. Dude was born for this.

[@Ethan783]

You really wouldn’t think there’s much overlap between being a Sunday school teacher and a horror KZbinr, but I can see it.

[@cinnamon5675]

everything is structured so well, I don’t think I could reexplain this in a compressive way lol

[@Gunk05]

@@MeanBeanComedyong he’s a natural teacher I’m so glad his channel blew up over the last couple years

[@Gunk05]

@@Ethan783 bro loves horror because he can’t be scared when he got god on his side

[@darcreave2683]

A two and a half hour Wendigoon video is the best thing I could ask for

[@TheeAxo]

First ones 3

[@AltCtrlSpud]

china being turned into a nuclear wasteland is the best thing I could ask for but to each their own I guess...

[@Very-Uncorrect]

​@@AltCtrlSpudbruh

[@TheArtofKAS]

And that's just for this week

[@torrancemoore6152]

Especially on this topic

[@starsturck2701]

The alcatraz checkmate is the funniest thing to me. "Nice try wench, [ALCATRAZ CHECKMATE]"

[@SMG-vx3mu]

what? like a stand or a domain expansion?

[@LocusNevernight]

​@@SMG-vx3muits clearly a chess power up.

[@Choompar]

Heres what i dont get, he says the Alcatraz zone is a mass of flesh, but in the video its infinite clones of the same island, like a tumor on north America.

[@ZincTheChemist]

@@Choompar And the Alcatraz Island was a living mass of flesh, literally made of cells. It converted other land it touched into living cells like itself, spreading its own 'disease'

[@Choompar]

@@ZincTheChemist the way I see it Alcatraz IS a cell, it's made of one single mega cell, and converts the land to more Alcatraz cells

[@calebk8278]

My theory is that time is relative in Wonderland. Since the kids in the beginning of Virgina's story touched the tree at the same time, the lives that were traded were equal, so both kids crossed over without consequences. And when Virginia was older, both her and her other self touched the tree, but the clone wasn't pregnant. So the trade wasn't equal, meaning Everett was lost in Wonderland, with no life to be traded for his. The same could be said for Washington, who chopped at the tree, but it's possible his other self didn't, meaning he was lost in Wonderland, with nothing to trade

[@tigerkite9520]

I feel like this helps explain a lot of things more consistently, thank you!!

[@MHF013]

Time doesn't exist in Wonderland; Alex talked about it in the Q&As.

[@jackwastakenx2]

@@MHF013time is relative, time doesn’t exist, what’s the difference, really?

[@stargirl3455]

geto pfp!

[@calebk8278]

@@MHF013 That also makes sense. I assumed everything in Wonderland was happening super slowly compared to the real world. But there being no time at all also works

[@ethanhenard5888]

Quite possibly my most anticipated KZbin video ever. I have been DYING for a breakdown of the last season.

[@calosku]

on goodness

[@Very-Uncorrect]

Samee

[@sl0thgames324]

Definitely mine as well.

[@xelaxxd7021]

real

[@ultraviolettas]

The wait has been agonizing!!!!

[@derpfluidvariant0916]

I feel like the design of Angel, Freedom, and Everett are severely underappreciated. The more perfect union has one of the coolest inhuman designs I've ever seen, and the idea that Angel, Freedom and Everett all could've become something so much worse, but stuck to being good when given the chance is beyond heartwarming.

[@RivLabs]

hard agree, the Angel specifically hit me harder than the other two though like... these people, having been through basically hell due to the worst kind of apathy and disregard for the lives of one's subordinates, make the conscious choice not to tar all of humanity with the same brush, to use their newfound place in the universe and act as a protector of those who cannot protect themselves, as the angel themselves once could not. idk, maybe that's me being melodramatic. meaningful to me, though.

[@thegnarledpirate9198]

Literally an angel.

[@mv3507]

Did u forgot how freedom merked like hundred of ADA protestors under the orders of James Dean 💀, definitely not a benevolent entity

[@afluffyboi4093]

​@@RivLabsI mean evereret hits the hardest for me since the poor dude started suffering before he even left the womb he was teleported out into wonderland and then was stuck as a tree for who knows how long until the union happened

[@theforgottenscribe]

About Eunice-remember that the angel's ashes can cause a shift as small as a decision, with the decision itself having massive fallout and affects in some way shape or form. I believe that in the Deanverse, Howard may have actually talked her down from the bridge, whereas in the Cliftverse, he didn't get a chance to because of the angel ashes shifting things.

[@dugehtstmiraufdieNerven2007]

😊

[@auzom5963]

Wendigoon's multihour long videos feel like 40 minutes because it's so entertaining to watch.

[@scarface4470]

They truly are first time I found his channel i binge watched em all for a few days

[@bmdoes_stuff6861]

yup, I like to sleep to em too

[@scarlett-moriko1543]

@@bmdoes_stuff6861he has such a great storytelling voice it’s calming fr

[@Vekcrazah]

​@@bmdoes_stuff6861or to work on projectd with. You hardly even notice your workload, since his stories are so engrossing

[@ivorytemplar_]

I really appreciate how you handled his father's death, and the subsequent homage to him. You were very respectful and likely educated so very many people who had no idea it happened.

[@jennifermariabrocco4608]

We want James Charles. Till then it's no appreciation. And that go for ALL of us

[@yuoqiea]

⁠@@jennifermariabrocco4608wtf does james charles have to do with this, huh. dudes a creep and a bad person.

[@goblinthetargetpractice6049]

​@@jennifermariabrocco4608what are you on about.

[@Nilruin]

@@goblinthetargetpractice6049 It's a bot.

[@justwallop6238]

🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@Katiethewizard]

I love the trend of alliteration that Alex does. Giza Glass, Lincoln Looker, Washington Wanderer, Golden Gate Girl, Airforce1 Angel.... it's so satisfying

[@drown_n]

It really is

[@baronobeefdip8075]

DEANDEVIL

[@svbsvbsvb]

Yes! Comic books do that a lot too with peoples' names. Not all of them, but a lot of alter-egos and supporting character have alliterative names. I'm sure Alex is a comic fan to some degree based on the images he uses for some of the characters in his series.

[@doge8825]

Liberty Liars

[@patrickchang9135]

FreedomFaller.. AND it's a 20 ft tall sword mommy that will kill you 😍

[@garfumblebottom]

as someone who lost his sister in February, I absolutely love how grief is tied into this and how much this truly means. I agree that no one is ever truly gone, and I am grateful that he was able to be blessed with that

[@e_knees8816]

Hang in there, 🤴or👸

[@theonlybilge]

"No one's ever _really_ gone."

[@JoshuaAndres]

I love how it slowly turns from scary conspiracy thriller to Team Fortress 2 lore

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

fucking hell this made my sides go somewhere

[@ThanatosStyx]

​@@aloysiuskurnia7643giza glass'd lol

[@athetenth]

Giza glass'd my sides lmaoooo

[@betheguy_posts]

wendigoon: "Wonderland keeps copies of anyone that enters it." me: "Wonderland is Fortnite's Reality Zero, got it. This is now a battle royale."

[@scarlett-moriko1543]

Literally everywhere I go I’m followed by TF2 and I’m not even complaining LMAO

[@hardygal2]

I already nearly cried at Virginia's story, with her losing Everett. I nearly cried at Cthonaut C's story, with him also losing Everett, funnily enough. But the lines at the end, "What are you made of?" "Good people." finally got the water works going for me

[@dirkdiggler2218]

I absolutely lost it at "Together"

[@darksableye]

I lost it at "Good people" that hit me hard XD, started getting teared eyed inmediatly

[@birdiexoxo]

The House in the Ocean legit made me cry. That “no one is gone forever” at the end really hit me hard. I don’t think I will ever watch a better more creative commentary on losing someone. I know it must have been a hard choice for Alex, but I am so grateful that he ended up uploading it again.

[@birdiexoxo]

Also, I have been to the real Alice Avenue statue! It is actually the Lois Lane statue in Metroplis, IL!

[@allmight9840]

Why did he take it down?

[@allmight9840]

Ah he just described it around 1:10:00

[@pyropulseIXXI]

idk, the girl I knew in college that died in a car accident is still gone; and my memory of her keeps fading as time goes on

[@birdiexoxo]

@@pyropulseIXXI that’s the whole reason Alex took it down in the first place. You can watch around 1:10:00 again for an explanation of why he did stuff the way he did and even why he decided to put it back up. There’s a tumblr post somewhere about us being an amalgamation of all the people we have known in our life. I still write like a girl I knew in elementary school even though I haven’t seen her in 20 years. Pieces of people live on in us and I believe that’s what Alex’s message was supposed to be. It’s okay if you don’t feel like that though.

[@slimeyfaced]

hearing the part where wendi explained why alex took the house in the ocean off of youtube really struck a nerve in me. i lost my brother in july of 2022 and hearing the phrase "no one is gone forever" and hearing about how that person stays with us through the form of memories and times you had experienced with that person made tears stream down my face. alex is truly a talented person and it shows how much thought and effort he puts into his work. this is why monument mythos is one of my favorite series on youtube.

[@Coff33Drink3r02]

The words 'good people' really broke me. I hope in some way somehow Virginia got to see her son do something incredible.

[@CalvinNoire]

If the Washington Wanderer is Virginia then maybe I guess?

[@ParanormalTheology]

But the question is are they still psychologically present or is it just their biomaterial that was used to mutate good Ole George? If it's the latter, she definitely saw it with her son by her side.

[@eliangarcia6233]

I got such a strange feeling when Wendigoon spoke about Alex’s father (I hope he rests in peace). Specifically to when Alex decided to remove the House in the Ocean series and Wendigoon expresses that the thing you loved just isn’t there anymore to interact with, only a memory. And myself who hasn’t seen the series and hearing that something existed without knowing that it did evoked a weird feeling in my heart that’s hard to express because it reminded me of my own father who I’ve never met. In a weird way it is kinda moving tho and now I definitely want to watch that series

[@anonomooose]

I’d like to imagine that that only the Us is apocalyptic. Like the rest of the world is looking at the Us like ‘are they ok? Should we help them?’ ‘no no they’re fine, I think’

[@FoolMisinfo]

Every other country somehow floating through space and time after washington comes out of his shell: *Come on!! This is the 5th time this month you get into another apocalyptic disaster!!! Turn it down already!!*

[@Hkt1kTurnie]

Looking at them like "Wat dey doin ova dere?"

[@invalid_420]

the suez canal crab is an entire video, the apocalyptic shit is worldwide

[@vividdem]

You say that like it isn't how the rest of the world already look at the us

[@f4ll3n_s3r4ph]

@@vividdem FR THO

[@beccabunnie2344]

As someone who lost my father and loves him so much, you describing the journey of “The House in The Middle of The Ocean” made me cry, that’s so sweet and beautiful and such a true sentiment. I love that.

[@ytt1801]

"Good People" hit me like a freight train and I have no clue why, thus series never seemed to emotionally hook me like others did until that moment

[@KhrisIvanov]

Made me tear up man. Didn’t need that. Such an amazing series. I cannot wait for more.

[@cmcz177]

I find astonishing how this man just watched the third season last week and came up with a whole 2 and a half hours video, just amazing how is he so dedicated to this

[@zeynaviegas]

i agree with you, but consider how, besides being obsessed with this series, this is also like a job to him? i wanted to also do a timeline for the series, like he did, and compile the story, but i dont seem to find the time. im doing so many things in my job, i actually dont have the time. i think its the same with him, the difference being, said job is investigating these, so he can make these videos. i fully support him, would donate if i could, and i think he is absolutely awesome at it

[@baronobeefdip8075]

I was gonna comment the same. He got his thoughts and editing together really fast on this, even if it is his job. I guess it just shows how much he enjoys the series; I can imagine him actually dropping everything to make this video asap.

[@zeynaviegas]

@@baronobeefdip8075 thats why i love this channel! i get to see someone doing what they love and living a good life while at it. its really inspiring, honestly.

[@luxtobeyou]

​@@zeynaviegasSame here, one of the great pleasures of watching these is knowing he enjoys storytelling as much as we enjoy hearing them

[@alyfreeb]

My husband came in just before the last half hour of this and had no idea about any of it. He listened a bit and asked if he was having a stroke because none of it made sense. I then had to pause and explain. So that was fun. Thanks for the work. I'm going to watch all Alex's videos again.

[@retard_activated]

The first time I heard this, it was mid-sleep/dream and I remember waking up absolutely discombobulated lol 😅😅😅

[@xlilbunny]

Ahaha that's hilarious. I'd start sweating too if I overheard any of this out of context 😂😂

[@TheRealYDA]

Especially Wendigoon saying "They make him into the figure of Jesus to promote American Peace, and then told him to Carpet bomb Vietnam", the way he said with a Straight face 😂

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

I just found out through the official wiki that there’s a ninth member of the Arnoldson family (assuming you count Leonard). His name was Allan D. Arnoldson. He was born in1893 and attended the University of Florida. He was among the seventeen American soldiers who perished in Operation Pyramid Plasma and became the Angel. He and his 16 comrades were only mentioned by name in Version 2 of the deleted episode “PYRAMIDPLASMA”.

[@StriderStryker]

Alex doing it for his father (who he passed away) and made Richard Nixon a Doctor Manhattan-like character is just god-tier in storytelling. I hope his father knows that his work will be remembered by everyone who got invested in Monument Mythos. I guess I can’t wait for Season 4, so take your time. *Thanks for everything*

[@thatonelad3315]

there will be no season 4. season 3 literally had the most perfect ending. every loose end was tied up

[@UnhorsedGoose]

​@@thatonelad3315Alex confirmed in a community post ages ago that there are plans for a season 4, but that whether it happens or not is dependent on the reception of season 3. Personally, I loved it, loads of fun and so much cool new stuff.

[@jasonhunter2819]

Wanted to keep scrolling to see if literally anyone would mention that based on the image alone of Nixon sitting on the Moon, it is at least in part a Watchmen reference as Nixon is the president for life in that and the most famous meme image is Dr Manhattan sitting on Mars

[@makeithappen9741]

Wendi uploading a 2 hour long video on the Monument Mythos is like waking up on Christmas Day Edit: 4.7K LIKES!? YOU ALL ARE AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤️

[@publixwhereshoppingisapleasure]

Ik bro I’m all giddy and joyful n shi :3

[@makeithappen9741]

@@publixwhereshoppingisapleasureyou aren’t alone lol

[@VohzdinWerewolf]

it's a bloody Christmas miracle!

[@Optimus_Prime86]

​@@publixwhereshoppingisapleasure me too

[@brucewayne7020]

fr i’m so hyped rn

[@adalinwilliams6589]

Ive spent 5 and a half hours today, rewatching the first video and then making my way through this one. And then an hour and a half excitedly telling my boyfriend every detail I found absolutely fantastic. Videos like wendigoons give me the ability to enjoy these forms of media while being able to still focus on my book or a video game. Im so appreative of Wendigoons content.

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

Did your boyfriend think you were having a stroke? I can imagine it now: "...and then James Dean, who is president, got into a fight with a cthonaut, which is like an astronaut but for the void between realities, but a giant angel made of the souls of 17 army guys destroyed the planet while the fetus that was trapped in the forest of Special Trees was found wandering near the Washington Monument..." "I'm calling the doctor..."

[@rhysclayton5310]

@@ChristopherSadlowski"turns out, george washington lived and is actually the horned serpent"

[@adalinwilliams6589]

@@ChristopherSadlowski This one he almost followed along with but then got stuck on the fact John D. Rockefeller is a real person. The one that made him worry about me was the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park! That one he had... Concerns!

[@NitroDonkey117]

@@adalinwilliams6589​​⁠​⁠mystery flesh pit has been my favorite wendigoon video for years now

[@lord_ozymandias]

1:08:15 “so the government has him transform into the figure of jesus on the cross as a show of american peace and prosperity… and then tells him to go carpet comb vietnam”

[@CoryTheNorm]

The most American sentence ever spoken.

[@enigmaodell6806]

Ah yes, Jesus, the peaceful and prosperous homeless preacher who once said “I bring not peace but a sword, dividing brother and brother, father and son” etc etc

[@nilan3294]

​@@enigmaodell6806 someone doesn't understand the verse he's quoting

[@E3ws3wd3ews]

@@CoryTheNormFalse, no oil

[@sirllamaiii9708]

​@@enigmaodell6806And what sword is that, that he brings? Jesus absolutely didn't come in peace, but what liberator ever does? The army landing in normandy sure didnt come in peace, but that doesn't mean that they were doing bad with what they did.

[@invadernav3422]

I always get a deeper appreciation for these ARG or Unfiction projects after listening to someone else do passionate deep dives into them.

[@danielles_mernitz]

I know - I can't seem to wrap my head around these unless someone lays it out in front of me, foremost, but afterwards I can appreciate these authors and artists so much more.

[@DecoyZ]

"What are you made of?" "Good People." Man.. How tf is this series making me cry so damn hard Its so absurdist but I love it so damn much

[@sirfrancis8732]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who teared up a bit at that

[@puntana]

how is it absurdist😭

[@DecoyZ]

@@puntana "Absurdism - intentionally ridiculous or bizarre behaviour or character." because a president of the united states going into an inbetween realm with "special trees" and becoming a goliath monster that hatches inside of the earth or a president becoming essentially god after surviving the eternal collapse of the universe is 100% realistic and not intentionally ridiculous or bizarre XD

[@puntana]

@@DecoyZ thought you meant absurdism as in the ideology, mb

[@thattimestampguy]

0:00 Introduction 2:00 New video corner 2:36 AG 1 the dietary supplement 5:38 Thank you 5:48 Thank you for watching *Monument Mythos Lore Summary.* 6:20 Summary of Monument Mythos Lore 7:41 The Alcatraz Zone looks like _The Thing_ 8:24 President James Dean/Richard Nixon 9:35 The Angel 10:07 Special Trees 🌲 🌲 are fed people 11:05 George Washington found alive in the Delaware river. 11:22 The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Tragedy 🎄 12:27 Virginia Arnoldson 12:53 Lauren Arnoldson 13:47 Thomas Crawford Statue of Freedom Horror Lore 14:41 The ADA, The Anti-Dean Association. *Monument Mythos Season 2* 15:27 Maze Computers 16:30 Maya Arnoldson, sister of Nathaniel Arnoldson 17:23 Suez Canal Ship stuck 2021 & The Church of The Ever Given. 18:20 The ADA are fed to the Trees 🌲 🌲 19:14 The Starry Sphinx. 🇪🇬 🦁 19:47 And Giza Glass ⚡️ 22:25 The Victims of The Giza Guardian includes Maya Arnoldson and Nathaniel Arnoldson. 23:00 Rockefeller on Monument Mythos WWI and WWII death ray. 24:40 Virginia reflects on her time in Wonderland. It felt like years, very loud, teleporting flashes. Afraid, alone, cared for by a man named Everett. 26:00 Leonard Moreland ❤️ Virginia Arnoldson 👩‍🍼 *Air Force 1 Angel* 27:34 Airplane ✈️ Strike 28:03 The Alcatraz Zone (West USA), The Rushmore Zone (Central & Northwest USA), and The Washington Zone (East and Midwest USA) 29:51 The World Egg 🌏🌍🌎🥚 ADA public message 31:07 2003 President Al Gore. *Liberty Lurkers* 34:51 Statue of Liberty 🗽 And Statue of Freedom. 36:20 The Sinking Man and The Forbidden Fruit 🌲🪓 37:45 George Washington? Is The Horned Serpent? 39:55 41:25 *Alcatraz Apocalypse* 42:06 James Dean’s painting 🖼️ 43:00 Remembering The Arnoldsons RIP 🪦 🪦 44:14 The Final words of Leonard Moreland. 🪦 46:06 Alcatraz Island 🏝️ “The Thing” Amalgamation completely absorbed the entire United States of America 🇺🇸 48:56 The Statue of Freedom & The Angel BLOWUP THE PLANET 💥 50:30 The Deanverse has been Wonderland’ed *Post-Season 2 Review* 51:44 The Lincoln Looker 53:53 Cornerfolk 56:19 *Begin: The Nixonverse* 57:49 It’s not over yet. 59:17 Deanverse vs Nixonverse. 1:01:22 American Hegemony 🇺🇸 1:04:00 Superman, The Son of Alcatraz. And The D-Day Knight, 2 different Super Beings. 1:05:45 The Queen of the Lunarians. 👑🌙 *The House In The Ocean* 🏠 🌊 1:08:30 A callback to the absurd. 1:10:17 Alex Kasonis, Mr Manticore, the creator of Monument Mythos, a filmmaker. His father passed away during the creation of The Monument Mythos. 1:14:12 _No one is gone forever._ 1:15:18 Obama 1:16:28 House Hunting 🏠🔫 1:18:02 The Crescent King 🌙 👑 1:22:07 The D-Day Knight is losing his mind. 1:23:40 Richard Nixon and Ed Dwight on the moon 🌕 1:25:04 Nixon created 1. The Superman/The Son of Alcatraz, now become The Crescent King 2. The D-Day Knight 3. The Queen of The Lunarians 1:26:41 The Horned Serpent lives in Memory through The Creacent King’s Grief. Infinite Energy reborn through grief in the Nixonverse. *The Ed Dwight Paradox* 1:27:58 Fictionalizing Super Powerful Mythic Monsters to undo the damage to save Humanity. 1:29:28 Actual IRL Ed Dwight wanted to be an astronaut 👨🏾‍🚀 *Review of Monument Mythos* 1:33:01 Wendigoon 👍🏼 enjoyed The Monument Mythos. *Season 3: Return to Manticore* 1:34:17 Mr Manticore *Washington Wonderworker* 1:35:27 How is this universe still going? Wonderland, The Washington Monument Is DESTROYED. *Monument Mythology.* 1:37:56 The Tree, The 3 Serpents, The Lightning Strike, 2 die, The Horned Serpent survives. 1:42:49 Angel Ashes - Energy Time Reverse. *Mars 2023* 1:44:23 Elon Musk Mars Mining. ⛏️ 1:47:00 Angel Re-Writing The Past *Golden Gate Girl* 1:48:04 Howard Melrose and Eunice. 1:50:50 Montgomery Clift the new President instead of James Dean. *Ergo, The Cliftverse* 1:51:10 Explaining the Cliftverse. *Cathonaut C* 1:53:38 Copy kills Cathonaut C 1:54:36 Cathonaut C finds the child, Everett Arnoldson. *Wonderland turns you into A Special Talking Tree* 🌲 1:56:24 Wonderland people get stretched 1:59:31 How did Virginia Arnoldson NOT become a Special Tree? 2:00:41 Tragic Everett Arnoldson. *Devil-Dean* 2:01:10 Evil Mythos James Dean. 2:03:43 Cthonaut A tells them to change so life can continue. 2:05:40 Howard Melrose and James Dean, Yin and Yang ☯️ 2:07:31 “Try again fools.” “Grief can make you a monster.” 2:09:06 A Female President? But Montgomery Clift is president in the 3rd Universe, The Clift Universe. *Arnoldson Alone* 2:12:18 Everett Arnoldson Tragic Telling of His Tragic Life. 2:14:53 *Freedom Forever!* 2:15:00 The Earth is saved! 2:15:55 Freedom Statue, The Angel, and Everett TRIPLE FUSION INTO *More Perfect Union* 2:16:34 Thomas and Neena *Mr Manticore Constellation* 🌌 2:17:24 Lauren Arnoldson and Mr Squirrel are alive! 🐿️ 2:17:49 Together At Last. 2:19:03 “Humanity has been saved.” 2:19:42 The End _More Alex Kansas/Mr Manticore content will be created now and in the future_ 2:20:42 *Reviewing Notable Parts of The Monument Mythos* 2:22:22 Remember the Suez Canal Crab? 🦀 2:24:38 Ctonaut A filmed the destruction of the Dean Universe. 2:27:12 The Special Trees are dangerous but not evil. The Horned Serpent does things to make more trees appear 🌲 2:28:46 Virginia and some “Her” and female president and Virginia’s copy. 2:32:27 Was any of these creatures Evil? Were humans the cause of their own demise by messing with power beyond safety? _Wendigoon’s Series Ending 4 prediction* 2:34:40 Trees and Humans live together in peace now and not in conflict. 🌲👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 *THANK YOU For Watching* 2:36:00 Thanks Wendigoon’s Wife for video editing these videos. 2:37:00 Wendigang 2:38:23 Thank you Alex Kanosis/ Mr Manticore. 2:38:31 Thank you for watching, I hope that you enjoyed, and we will see you in the next episode….Bye!

[@Ithalitax7]

So fast boiii

[@blazingstar9638]

🏆🏆🏆

[@blazingstar9638]

@@Ithalitax7right

[@thematiasmadness7010]

Damn boy

[@ocultaa]

actual legend

[@-psilo-9071]

I like how he's so happy about being right that Dean isn't a good guy but sweeps under the rug how much he was saying the ada were good guys 😂😂

[@FalconX299]

I know it’s probably the funniest thing in this video

[@chrispychreme2005]

Dude that fucking "Good people" line genuinely made me cry, it has a sort of bittersweet feeling that FNAF had when you realize the souls just wanted to be free but couldn't. So in order to spare people from the suffering they had, they sacrificed themselves to save the lives of many. Alex is someone that many writers should look to as a role model and I know his father would definitely be proud of this.

[@lazypandamega3928]

Me too I teared up and I felt like it was even saying it’s okay to say goodbye

[@davidmarr7044]

Just wanted to say as someone who just recently lost his father, that hearing about Alex's struggle and him coping with his art was extremely touching. Thank you for including details and things like that, that's part of what I enjoy so much about your videos, just thank you

[@Tkokat]

I lost my mom 15 years ago and I can relate. Im sorry for your loss

[@vexayen1675]

Completely agree, I lost my father this year and having something like this to fully encapsulate the emotions you feel with loss that can't come out verbally a lot is really close to me. Very beautiful messages hidden within it

[@cez_is_typing]

Lost my mother when I was 11, and we didnt really speak when she was alive (for various reasons) so hearing the line about not being there anymore to talk to, but still having the memories really hit me deep

[@noahkelly3627]

Just a quick point that it appears that the tree in the animation of Washington is an apple tree, not a cherry tree. Which aligns with Virginia in Wonderland, where Rockefeller quizzes the kids on American history. Based on Virginia’s drawings, he tells the kids that Washington cut down an apple tree, while the kids tell him it was a cherry tree. Just a small but notable detail

[@esmith9095]

I just had a thought the reason that Virginia had to sacrifice Everett is because her mirror was dead so she had no one to swap places with would also explain why Everett was stuck in wonderland as he had no counterpart to switch with.

[@thebigiron2950]

I haven't finished the episode yet, but I just realized that in Virginia's story, she talked about how the people who tried to climb the Special Trees just before they flash end up *stretched across the Trees.* What if the reason why George Washington ended up transforming is that instead of normally moving around Wonderland he tried to climb a Special Tree, got stretched across the Trees, and by the time he got out of Wonderland he ended up The Horned Serpent? Virginia said it felt like 500 years to her, and she saw him (or at least people suffering the same fate), so he probably had plenty of time to stretch that much.

[@Pakotugudugudugudugudugudugu]

Yep thats what happened to old georgey

[@Nick-ft4dk]

Yes that is the story

[@audreyll2855]

My room was destroyed by water damage a few days ago and I’ve been struggling to find any comfort, but this video came out just at the right time for me. Wendigoon, thank you for being such an amazing, comforting, down-to-earth creator. We all love you!

[@thezackast2752]

Damn bro, my room got destroyed by water damage a couple of weeks ago. Hope you're doing good, I know the pain.

[@blending_in]

​@@thezackast2752How does that happen? Sorry if that's a rude question but I have no idea what you mean and would like to learn about it lol

[@thezackast2752]

@blending_in my room is next to the bathroom, and the house is old. Some how the pipes in the bathroom exploded, causing water damage to my room and destroying the entire bathroom. And the bedroom on the other side.

[@asoggyflipflop]

At least where I live there was a lot of flooding everywhere so a ton of people has their houses flooded

[@zazathree9541]

Shit sucks bro my roof fell in twice above my bed lol from water damage shit is ass asf

[@lucasa9480]

I think the "Climbers" that Virginia mentions are a good explanation for why she was unaffected. The climber's bodys become burnt and stretched out. George Washington probably climbed a tree while in wonderland which is why his body now resembles a black serpent, he's been burnt and stretched. A similar thing could've potentially happened to Everett (though he was a baby so I do not know how good his climbing skills would be), which why he turned into a tree creature but Virginia didn't, Virgina stayed away from the trees. Fantastic video btw!!

[@tigerkite9520]

I think you're exactly right

[@zoeadkins9095]

Given the unfathomable amount of energy the Trees must emit whenever they do their bendy blast, plus the cosmic forces they're casting, I think that makes more sense that in contact with the Trees would get wildly floompy.

[@samdwich1]

Baby everett was found in a tree, the drawing shows

[@anonymousmysteries3171]

since washington entered wonderland by chopping at a tree, maybe he didn't exactly climb it? he could have, but he also could have attempted to get his axe out or something

[@jonarhax3388]

​@@anonymousmysteries3171nah I think Washington just wanted out of the place so he tried climbing but then got struck with lightning and became the serpent The only confusing thing is what about all the other climbers? Wouldn't they also be as big as the horned serpent Washington? Not to mention washing BECAME gateway to wonderland meaning climbers could come out of him at any moment

[@AP0110_Rings]

2:17:34 it’s great to see the most important character in the series is alive and well

[@swillthesad]

Mid work day seeing a 2 hour Wendigoon drop is truly the greatest gift anyone could ask for.

[@midwestbox]

Fr. Long form videos like this are just the thing I needed for work.

[@juristpeachy]

truly 😢❤

[@Yugga_Bubba]

The gift ever

[@tyh4214]

literally getting me through the end of my shift rn

[@ThouArtEverywhereAndNowhere]

Truly. Helps with the 10 hour shifts.

[@shiakit]

"Three hours means nothing to you people" On the contrary, it means a lot to us! A lot of us love this long form content, its the perfect soundtrack for chores, gaming, working etc - thank you for giving us all things to help the irl grind go faster!

[@smudgethemonster9194]

woah that's some skilled multi tasking I will never be able to do you are very talented sir

[@HK_Sage]

@@smudgethemonster9194for real I just lay down to watch these

[@Unfortunately_Mickey]

I’ve listened to the first ones so damn many times I fall asleep to it. I’m so ready 😂

[@smudgethemonster9194]

@@HK_Sage I think we may be hopeless in life...

[@luke44k]

i love how wendi spent well over 3 hours making all these theories and peicing everything together just for everything to essentially be nuked

[@floydbaker2240]

Well that's life, as funny as it may seem

[@Astrolionking]

This whole thing was WAYYY more wild than I expected but that ending we got for now was so… hopeful. It made me smile.

[@bobmasters9871]

Wendigoon you have to accept that you could put out a 12 hour video and we would all binge it multiple times. Oh wait... you already did, and we do (i don't actually remember quite how long the conspiracy iceberg is)

[@kirrillyw]

9 hours I think?

[@Quarterspine143]

Nine hours, forty minutes, and a handful of seconds that I've rewatched far too many times. Love that video.

[@fallendawn2846]

@@kirrillyw 9 and a half hours, yeah

[@ShadowFanGirl237]

I've legitimately watched the first Monument Mythos a minimum of 10 times. I think the only one I've watched more of is the CTI. Or more accurately listened to, I usually play em while I'm working.

[@kwthewad]

It was like 9 hours

[@NickyBugs2]

Just realized that the Monument Mythos literally ends with them saving the universe using the power of friendship.

[@Beowolf-jy5rc]

oh god they litteraly destroy an orb (it make's an orb shape kinda) this is the 3rd time this has happened.

[@troin3925]

I don't know if you say this, but the fight between Freedom and the Air Force One Angel was based on a piece of fanart that depicted a what-if scenario of a DBZ-esque battle between these two. Mister Manticore even posted a comment on it once. So he decided to make a piece of fanart canon because he thought it looked cool, that is amazing!

[@bioxus2012]

I watched this whole video (and most of the FAITH: the unholy trinity video) in pretty much one sitting and now I can’t wait to watch the original video series, thanks wendigoon for your great storytelling and for introducing us to another incredible creator. Hats off to Mr. Manticore for his lifelong dedication to some of the most unique storytelling and universe building that I’ve ever seen; a mix of conspiracy, absurdity and cosmic horror with some beautiful personal touches that gets under your skin and sticks with you. While watching this video something was knocked loose in my memories and I remembered the name of a cosmic horror book trilogy that has haunted me since I was very young: the silver sequence (silver child, silver city and silver world) by British author Cliff McNish. The scene of the martian horned serpent barreling through space towards earth that can only stopped by tragic figures that have been mutated by forces beyond their comprehension particularly reminds me of this series and I wonder if the author took inspiration from it. I can find almost no content about these books online and I sometimes feel like I’m the only one who’s ever heard of them but they made an impact on me like this video has and made me love cosmic horror. Has anyone else read these books or made this connection?

[@aimeekatz]

"What are you made of?" "Good people." Absolutely heart-wrenching.

[@Ladratiburon07]

I watched it on the stream, I was feeling emotions since the cyberpunk edgeruners finale

[@aidantuck9113]

I am a grown ass man, listening to this at work. Currently crying. This is the single most beautiful story of our time.

[@panos-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

ALCATRAZ CHECKMATE

[@tavinprice2310]

Analog horror with a good ending? That's super rare

[@calvinanderson9758]

Taking the power away from nightmares by fictionalizing them has a really interesting parallel with processing trauma through art. The act of artistic expression can help to process the things that haunt us. Alex, I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for your monument.

[@cooky2991]

"Is everything okay at home" Amazing. And yes actually. Just love a good breakdown of awesome stories by someone who matches the energy my best friends bring to the table

[@Mathtron5000]

I can't believe Wendi didn't talk about the hand-drawn penis in MUSKMARS. Truely the greatest moment of the series.

[@jennifermariabrocco4608]

Wiw I can't believe yous even make that comment you need help brother

[@unfunnykhoi5913]

​@@jennifermariabrocco4608dawg I've seen you in almost every reply section here, are you okay? Do you need therapy? Fr it was a joke comment.

[@GiraffeFlavored]

@@jennifermariabrocco4608 Some people have a lot of malice in their souls it seems, to spend their free time attacking strangers in the comments. Honey. You're projecting.

[@dingyztv8780]

@@GiraffeFlavored IM LOSING MY MIND LAUGHING "Honey. You're projecting." SJKHGKJHGJHK /POS /POS /POS

[@Chilloutlilbro]

​@@dingyztv8780Get off the internet for a millisecond buckaroo

[@potroast1794]

One of the hardest moments in fiction was when the knight's amalgamated face is shown with the text "Grief can make you a monster." Never have i ever gotten chills so quickly from a moment like that

[@David-1216]

When is that shown in the video?

[@grandangus5285]

@@David-1216I think the part you’re looking for is at 1:26:43

[@potroast1794]

@@David-1216 it's in the nixonverse series itself. One of the episodes with D-Day knight in the title

[@MurderAardvark]

I kinda love how he keeps saying “This makes sense” like he’s trying to convince us and himself

[@clownbabyjen]

A couple theories I have (I am not a part of the community, new to this series as of yesterday): Washington Wanderer is Virginia. The caption at the beginning of S3 “A new song began on February 22”. The Washington Monument tree plays music. Everett mentions Virginia‘s copy singing to him in wonderland. She also points to the special tree in Everett’s story and the Wanderer is pointing down to the special tree in the Monument. Cthonaut A is Alex (effectively “God” of the story as its author) Cthonaut C is possibly a representation of his (Alex’s) dad. He becomes a father figure to Everett and eventually dies.

[@TheRealYDA]

Man ur Description of Cthonaut C Just made Season 3 More Depressing, Rest in Peace to Alex's Dad 😔

[@KaiLisk]

*applause from off stage* Wendigoon is, by far, one of the most dedicated horror enthusiasts, and for that he's absolutely wonderful. The amount of research he does, the inflection he gives in his words, and his general excitement for everything he talks about is brilliant. Also he's funny and has great hair, so there's that too.

[@issygoff7444]

Him having great hair is an important factor

[@Optimus_Prime86]

​@@issygoff7444and the facial hair.

[@lpc9929]

I am infertile from eating scented candles

[@caspay21]

He also certainly has a small half-circle window ❤

[@Syntek-Alba]

It’s insane Alex started all this when he was 13!!! At 13 I was skateboarding, Bmxing and laughing my ass off at Bevis and Butthead. I didn’t start doing anything creative till my 20’s. Thanks to you I found a series I’m obsessed with. Your breakdowns are excellent, Props to both of you.

[@iitreeckokingii_4442]

I'm 19 this year and I have never done anything creative in my entire life

[@The-Plaguefellow]

"You shouldn't compare yourself to others, it'll make you feel bad!" _A 13-year old creates an extremely compelling series that combines counterfactual history with analogue horror and infinitely more creative writing than so many triple-A entertainment media pieces made these days._ Then again, having supportive parents who actually care about who you are as a person certainly helps. Alex seriously made something beautiful from his grief, externalizing his feelings in his art to make sense of something so devastating and almost impossible to believe.

[@armandoff91]

skateboarding is pretty cool

[@crestothegecko6279]

@@iitreeckokingii_4442It's never too late to start, which is usually the hardest part

[@rats_in_a_PACK]

i always thought the beginning of the story was very "american education system" lol the cells multiplying in alcatraz, the american history facts. that's so neat

[@markthedark595]

I love how the first video Wendi did covering Monument Mythos was just scary and typical internet ARG elements. But then the second video Wendi did covering Monument Mythos was full of heartbreaking and heartwarming moments that make this series feel like it's different stuff.

[@dRac_XII]

we have a lot more context, less mysterious. still mysterious tho

[@motionless_horizon]

I’ve been binging your videos on this series while crocheting, and plan to watch all of Alex’s videos. I love it, this type of storytelling is so in-depth and interesting, I love the ties you’d never expect, and the details that seem so small turning out to be huge points in the story

[@d00gz_]

The entire Monument Mythos theorizing history summed up is “Yeah that’s probably just a coincidence.” “This is probably irrelevant” “It’s an entirely different series, stop trying to connect it to Monument Mythos. It’s not canon.” “ITS CANON???”

[@jennifermariabrocco4608]

Umm so what 🐳

[@GiraffeFlavored]

@@jennifermariabrocco4608 Get therapy

[@breadstick4458]

“Nah cornerfolk is just a side project not everything has to be connected with monument mythos” - A statement frequently repeated prior to Alcatraz apocalypse

[@rudabaga]

I lost my father a couple years ago so alex tying his father into this series is honestly very meaningful to me.

[@chaosarcanum]

I'm a little over an hour in, but listening to the process of Alex losing his father and how he dealt with it... I agree with you, Wendigoon. It's beautiful. I'm a writer who lost her father going on 14 years ago. I'm an only child and a daddy's girl so this hit home very hard for me and I had to come down here and say Alex has the strength a lot don't. I've struggled in my writing ever since my dad died, and it's what I want to do for a living. Alex made something incredible, as absurdist and satirical as it is, and should be proud of his work and the strength it took to make it as he dealt with his grief.

[@sublimeentertainment66]

So sorry for your loss ❤ But keep going! You got this!!

[@placeholderdoe]

Sorry for your loss

[@TheAlmightyJello]

Ditto, as another who lost their father. Not a writer, or much of an artist, but the struggle and bitterness are super relatable. Im sorry for your loss.

[@Xbalanque84]

Sorry for your loss, OP. I have not had to deal with that yet (though he clearly isn't getting any younger). But you and Wendigoon's talk about fathers' senses of humor reminds me of a personal anecdote that I feel warrants repeating here. My dad made a lot of handicrafts when he was younger. One of these was a book he bound himself (I believe he made it while he was in high school). Really fancy, burgundy fabric cover, embossed gold lettering, the works. What's the title and subject of that book you ask? *_"Dr. Depravity's Collection of Pornogaphic Childrens Stories."_* Note the subtle and extremely deliberate spelling and punctuation errors. It definitely caused me to do a double-take when I saw it on our bookshelf when I was old enough to have a basic grasp of what pornography actually was, at least enough to know that stuff was off limits to me. (Granted, this was before I was actually exposed to porn myself.) I still remember incredulously taking the book off the shelf and opening it, wondering what such a book was doing in our clean-cut Christian household... *...All the pages were blank.* Then I reread the title and noticed "pornographic" was misspelled. Subsequent questioning found my own dad had made it as a personal joke... ...I come from a long tradition of weirdos, *and I couldn't be prouder.* Sadly, my younger brother has already called "dibs" for who gets said book in our father's will. Whichever one of us ultimately gets it, I sincerely hope it becomes a family heirloom.

[@Swangbang]

I haven’t technically lost my father but I might as well have, anyway I’m beyond impressed with the community wendigoon has built because there isn’t any horny comments which most would be very different in other communities

[@NO-su3mf]

Imeadiately when you started describing the cornerfolk I was reminded of a short story written and published in the early 1900s by Frank Belknap Long called "Hounds of Tindalos" essentially (if I remember corectly) one of the main characters friends attempts to enter/peer into a sort of negative or unclean reality that exists seperate to ours, and when he does, these, indescribable eldritch creatures described as hounds sense him and catch his sent. These beings will relentlessly hunt those they mark, and they can cross from the unclean reality and into ours through corners or angles of any kind. So, this unfortunate fellow, rightfully believing hes being hunted (though appearing mad to everyone else) starts plastering up his entire room to try and make the interior completely sphereical. Probably not related but I just thought it was a cool comparison

[@Beach_flower]

That’s fascinating!! Thanks for this comment!

[@Amanda-mx1yh]

I immediately got that reference and that’s made me like the creator of MM more. If you’re interested in other stories inspired by the “Hounds of Tindalos” there’s a series here on yt by Wham City Comedy called “Children of the Mirror”. It’s made by the same guy as “This House has People in it” and “Unedited Footage of a Bear”. It’s sooo good and funny, and it’s a short watch too!

[@wolfbyte3171]

2:06:09 What we're about to hear is extraordinary, a very rare treat; the wild wendigoon giving a victory yelp. Unlike its more aggressive cousins, wendigoons tend to stay quieter, having their voices in a low rumble. But when one has accomplished a hard task, and is feeling especially vindicated, it yelps out to share its joy with the rest of the local fauna.

[@jesuschristbutafab9923]

Quite the rare occurrence, what a marvelous specimen! I'm sure this wendigoon must have been quite happy. In my experience, wendigoons never raise their voice. Instead, they just get closer to the listeners ears to sound louder. The only other time I've heard a wild wendigoon yell is when it leaves the premises!

[@pixlv6384]

Mr. Manticore saying he's made of good people genuinely made me cry, man i love this series

[@updownstranger564]

when leonard urges the viewer to fight, “for everett, for virginia”, i SOBBED. i have no idea WHY this hit me so hard. it genuinely brought me to tears out of nowhere. such incredible, powerful writing. bravo

[@fungiboops6073]

I know!!! I feel like it just shows he did actually love her and their son. And he wasn't just another butthole in this series. I will always love that family, no matter if they are actually real. They all loved eachother. Even through hell.

[@Herpusderpus]

The story of Alex’s father is really moving and I’m glad he has shared that information. My dad died in 2016 when I was in my early 20s. Missing him never stopped, and I hated the erosion of time on my memories and feeling like they were grains of sand that slipped through my fingers no matter how hard I tried to hold on. And then my son was born. He shares several physical attributes of my dad like a cleft chin, but also constantly moves his feet and rubs them together like a cricket as a self-soothing technique, something my dad did all the time. He truly isn’t gone, pieces of him live on through my son. It gives me great comfort.

[@KarazolaX]

Ok, so that famous Jefferson quote about the tree of liberty, Wendigoon mentions it at 42:20. I've been wondering where exactly the idea for this bizarre series came from, and I think it's clear now that the original inspiration is from this quote. Suddenly, everything makes a lot more sense, now.

[@blanketshark]

I cannot get over how clever Alex is. It's as if someone finally managed to make sense of all the profound, hilarious, crazy shit your brain comes up with when you're stoned af, and translated it into worldbuilding.

[@KentuckyStateofTheLevant]

The thing with Alex really hit me as a person who was really close to his mother and lost her as a kid. The House on The Ocean deletion then comeback esepcially resonated with my journey of copong with the loss of my mom. At first you're like "they're gone forever, now memories of them exist in your head", but as you mature or heal you realize theyre always always with you in some form through those memories, and that's a really good feeling.

[@KIXWASHERE]

As someone who lost someone vary dear to my heart who I use to watch this series and your videos with this video made me cry tears of sadness and joy. For my husband, "I will always think of you." May 30, 1993 - July 31, 2023

[@gramps3351]

I wish Wendi had let the Dean Devil clip go on for just a little longer because honestly "Try again, fools." said in response to two potential world-enders is SUCH a raw line

[@markthedark595]

The quote Grief Can Make You A Monster is interesting to me. Because we all know Alex lost his father and that grief resulted into him doing things to the series that reflected that sadness he felt. And when he had that beautiful moment in either season two or season three with the quote that made Wendi get teary eyed, I feel like using that quote resulted into him fueling the flames into making this series even more chaotic and insane with destroying an entire universe (Deanverse) which makes the culprit a monster for wiping an entire existence away, but finding a way to somehow reform it (Cliftverse) changes the entire thing while still keeping the past a current issue. So...grief made Alex the monster to carry on with the series, destroy an entire existence, bring it back, and continue to live off of the creative accomplishment he had. So yeah. Alex is a fucking genius!

[@orly4672]

The closest thing I can compare Monument Mythos to in relation to the whole Analog Horror genre is that the Monument Mythos is the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure of Analog Horror. Sure it's weird and confusing. Some plot threads seemingly go nowhere. You can kinda see where it's being rushed. But the adventure itself is always worth taking. Mister Manticore and the team are so sincere and genuine in how they puts such raw emotions into these works of art. It's like Araki just putting whatever he's interested or intrigued of at the time. I haven't seen this kind of genuine emotion in any other analog horror series. I will always consider MM to be my favourite analog horror, or even unfiction project, of all time.

[@edmundliankalang5925]

It ain't JoJo if it doesn't include Nazi's fighting Vampires

[@krisk0meiji]

I was thinking it's more like Homestuck because of the whole thing with the multiple timelines, but, to be fair, I've never seen Jojo so for all I know there could be multiple timelines in Jojo too

[@aetheriox463]

@@krisk0meiji there are, yes

[@toobig7150]

@@krisk0meiji past certain point thats 90% of the plot: timelines and how it affect (and dont) some people.

[@itwasidio1736]

@@aetheriox463 this is up there in "hard pills to swallow for jojo fans" because I was once there myself, hence my current cringe ahh profile

[@scotwithonet6191]

“A giant 20ft woman chasing you with a sword. Not fun” quiet the contrary my friend

[@Ravuun]

Thank you for explaining The House in the Ocean for those of us that missed it the first time around. That is a beautiful memorial to Alex's father. Wow.

[@buffbarneystan3280]

I'm sure Alex's father would be so proud of how far his art has come, the monument mythos has been captivating from start to end and I hope he keeps creating content like this.

[@nando448]

Okay, I’m just gonna say it. I watched House, Cornerfolk, and Monument Mythos across various sittings throughout a few year gaps. I had absolutely NO IDEA it was the same creator. What a legend