Vol 5 is Terrifying - The Sheperd Revealed (Wendigoon & Alex Kister Reaction)

[@deeeeniiiiss]

Alex hiding fucking mandela catalogue lore in a fucking funniest vine compilation video is peak youtube

[@PretzelSage]

gives the impression its bleeding into our reality. a good way of humor while also developing the lore in a sneaky way

[@deeeeniiiiss]

@@PretzelSage Nah the alternates just REALLY fucking love King Bach and his comedic genius

[@AstoraNoble]

@@deeeeniiiiss Mark, he pulls out a comically large spoon Mark....

[@user-BadUsername]

@@deeeeniiiissalternate Gabriel: “and then he said Only a Spoon Full and pulls out a large spoon”

[@lnd8622]

Damn man say "fucking" again, you didn't use it lmaoo

[@mason_is_online]

The difference between Scott cawthon interviews and alex kister are so funny. Cawthon is like "I can't say anything about that." meanwhile Kister is like "I can't say too much but here's the exact place to find the secret lore I put in here"

[@ArgoBargo]

The difference between someone who doesn’t know their lore and wants you to guess, and someone who knows everything and REALLY wants you to know

[@YupItsame]

@@ArgoBargo I'm not sure about that, but sure.

[@tuvergalarga6144]

​@@YupItsame Fans wrote scott story

[@Lumberjack_king]

​​@@tuvergalarga6144I mean thats kinda half the fun but whatever but scott knows some things we don't

[@supermilordo5153]

​@@YupItsame You are "a fool", if you never see it.

[@Dozzy76]

KZbin bots are alternates, that’s the real horror.

[@wiilov]

We are each alternates of each other.

[@excitedcat9517]

Shit…you’re absolutely right lol

[@theonetruebean8800]

​@@ShrexyGuyNAHHHH 💀

[@aradakbari9280]

​@@ShrexyGuydawg💀

[@JolyneC]

@@ShrexyGuy How would you know?...

[@cameurysm]

wendigoon IMMEDIATELY pulling up overthone and INSTANTLY skipping to the poem at the end when the shepherd got shackled absolutely destroyed me. that's gotta be a world record reference pull-up. outstanding.

[@salsadraws9071]

he landed on the exact spot too 😭🤣🤣

[@cameurysm]

@@salsadraws9071 LITERALLY HE'S SO COOKED

[@KannonBrowne]

Himothy

[@JoeDan54]

Not quite. In the actual unedited VoD he clicked on the wrong video first and it took him a fair bit longer to find the section he was looking for in Overthrone

[@chifumujmanda7643]

I remember someone else did this exact same thing....can't remember if it was Matpat or someone else

[@ivanbluecool]

Wendigoon:(has shotgun in one hand and bible in the other) ok let's do this.

[@deltastudioswastaken]

Wendigooner IS Father Garcia

[@Daiyamaruu]

i loved when wendigoon said "let's goon" and gooned all the alternates in mandela county

[@urgae9125]

@@Daiyamaruuthis is lovely.

[@Sevensilversuns]

​@@deltastudioswastaken no, father grigori from half life 2

[@Buzk_4]

Father Garcia grindset

[@RD-py9sv]

Poor Wendigoon... I just figured Judas started the whole thing because the TV came from somewhere. It would track if he got a black market TV to distract the baby. I know a few parents who do that just to make noise on the hope they won't have to get up as often. So Judas could have easily betrayed his family by getting the tv, setting it up in the baby's room, and turning it on. He either didn't believe, or he figured it was worth the risk to get more sleep. And it killed his family.

[@diegohuerta7201]

DAMNNNN GOOD THEORY

[@thatguybehindtheglass]

Judas: "I'm really lazy and don't want to take care of my child." *unleashes death upon the world*

[@Nehema1000]

Oh shit, you’re cooking something!

[@RD-py9sv]

@@thatguybehindtheglass It wouldn't be the first time! XD

[@RD-py9sv]

@@diegohuerta7201 Thanks! I figured an Occam's razor theory could apply and work out. There was the little graphic with the man and woman at the door during the "test." When the baby stopped crying, the wife was first through the door rather than him. I thought that would explain the "it should have been you" accusation he gets from the alternate.

[@nigronlhubbard6251]

Jude obviously ignores the TV destruction act. That is how his family got infected. Mf wanted to watch the weather channel so bad.

[@alexandermacer5226]

Just a big Langston Soloever fan And who can blame him?

[@StarWarsAddict527]

Didn't realize this even on re-watches. I for some reason assumed the order was issued after Adam was kidnapped with all the kids going missing. Cause it was revealed during exhibition. But we're never actually told when it happened. This basically confirmed it was before Vol. 333. They just unplugged it.

[@Omaen9]

I think I know what Jude did: He was jobless, felt worthless and started to develop depresion. That started to strain the relationship with his wife that led to the divorce with shared custody of Adam. Becouse of all going wrong, Jude didn't have energy to fix his marriage nor taking proper care of his son, so he LEFT THE TV ON for Adam to calm him, like most TV do to childs. Jude didn't care for the TV Destruction program, he was just to depressed to even belive it was dangerous. Becouse of his negligence, while he wasn't at home and left Adam with the TV on, Adam got kidnaped by the alternate. His Mother, worried with justification, goes to see his child early while Jude was out, finds the crib empty and the Alternate mocking her on the TV. Jude comes back to the house to find his ex wife dead and his son missing. The new alternate, imagined by Adam, is found by Jude. He calls the cops and then runs. Nobody knows what happened to his family and Jude keeps it secret. His negligence and innaction led to the death of his family. He is haunted by the Alternates that are using his gilt. What I am not so sure is, by following the Sheperd's Tale... When did Jude wished for Adam back? That could be why the current Adam is especial... he wasn't replaced by force by an Alternate, it was an Alternate twisting the wish of Jude and later forgot that it wasn't human by growing up normaly.

[@FullCircleStories]

Yeah Wendi saying "Why is Jude doing this?" a few times and I just thought, "because he's depressed, he doesn't care anymore". He's being really reckless and self-sabotaging because he is just really, really depressed.

[@luvcherry]

maybe he wished for adam back when he was wallowing in his home in the video with the tv on hoping the alternate or something would bring him back the way he was taken (or just that he could confront it for answers) but the cost for "adam" returning to his crib in the other room was his own life like how the shepard starts being attacked by gabriel at the end of the claymation segment while the alternate lamb rises

[@Omaen9]

@@luvcherry Funny thing is, we don't know if Jude is dead in the later years. It was implied that Adam was "affected" by her mother passing but there is no mention of Jude later in the timeline or how Adam was raised with no parents. My guess is that he survived this attempt (Vol 5), making the alternates frustrated and went with the false hope route, but somehow Jude managed to trick the alternate that it was human.

[@Opus_mopus]

When she Mandela on my Catalogue until I Wendigoon

[@anonymous-hr3uq]

🫵🤨👉 goon?

[@alan_7390]

Wendi 🤤🤤🤤​@@anonymous-hr3uq

[@josieluvsu]

ok bro

[@BrainrotMeridian]

We're gooning to the gooner

[@ChiSoxsFan4Life]

I have no hands, and I must goon

[@jonwatkins1503]

Iceberg boy becomes a iceberg man

[@ShrexyGuy]

The iceberg man can cause he sprinkles it with spoop and makes the world scared good

[@Dozzy76]

Glacier Guy?

[@spiderdude2099]

Glacier Gentleman

[@JohnSmith-j2j]

An*

[@kazmiller7820]

He will become an iceberg man when his snowballs drop

[@Steiveplays]

Adam followed his father, the Shepard, rather than Gabriel. He was "normal" for so long because he had the memory of his father to stave off becoming an Alternate.

[@DecoyTwo-yv4tn]

Exactly what I thought. Though I think the guilt that Jude has to remember the fact that he left him probably messed him up in the process.

[@cuberfan08]

Wendigoon is such a nice guy that he even lets chat members ask permission to marry his wife

[@callmeginga]

Jokes on you guys, he's been trying to escape from her so he can run away with his true love Analogue horror icebergs.

[@weepo2651]

@@callmegingayou mean Brandon Herrera lol 😂

[@paulj505]

Damn. He did not notice that the revived sheep was not claymation. At least I think he did not

[@diegohuerta7201]

Welp at least he got the metaphor

[@NotMrWhy]

What could it mean? im out of ideas

[@ShadowPhoenix82]

​@@NotMrWhy If you're serious, it's meant to reflect that the sheep is an alternate, the only way Gabriel could possibly give life since he isn't actually the Creator.

[@vsptylore3639]

Farmer: Why are you asking me, your sheep looks fine :) Shepherd: dude what are you talking about, it's live action

[@paulj505]

Farmer: What's wrong with that? Shepherd: Animation better than live action

[@Ratzilla_91]

25:56 I LOVE HOW HE JUST KNEW RIGHT WHERE, WENDI ZOOMED INTO ACTION 😭

[@eatme123-g8y]

he locked in

[@LilyAlyss]

I came here to see if anyone else commented about it, he did not hesitate

[@Armed_Raccoon]

IM SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED THIS!!!

[@callmeginga]

Bill Wurtz being used as emergency therapy is very relatable

[@BepisMogus]

HELL YEAH

[@mostlycoldandfullofrocks3317]

i love how "timor" is the latin word for "the fear". Timoril. I see you, Alex.

[@MilkyWay_0113]

YES!!! i was scrolling looking for anyone commenting on this lol AND ferazepam? "fera" is a scramble of "fear" and drugs ending in "-zepam" are benzodiazepines, which are sedative-hypnotics!!

[@yungpm]

Not to rain on your parade but it’s more likely that he wanted “Timoril” to sound like “Turmoil”

[@mostlycoldandfullofrocks3317]

@@yungpm could it not be both? Turmoil also comes from the Latin word “Timor” 😂

[@ShadowPhoenix82]

​@@mostlycoldandfullofrocks3317 exactly. It's inevitably both, directly or indirectly.

[@DackelDelay]

So yea I got hung up on that one too... like the prefix tim- indicates something fear related, think "timid" but -(o)-ril I can't make sense of. Best thing I can think of is maybe something firbrous/connecting, like "tendril" or maybe just along the lines of "consisting of (something)" like myco-fib-ril, "made of fungus fibers"? If any medical etymologist could chime in that would be great. Ferazapam I'd guess is Fera- (lat. "wild") -zapam (as in diazepam, from (benzo)diazep(ine) +‎ am(ide)). Why it would be -zapam instead of -zepam I have no idea.

[@MoonTycho]

who’s up creeping they cast, wait wrong one

[@memebigboi9075]

No I'm just casting my creep, wait hold on

[@katyo5578]

Nah I'm wending my goon

[@John_b123]

I'm threading my red, crap wrong time

[@andrewtall4636]

I'm Jacking my Moist Goon brother!

[@patrykk7228]

I'm just icing my berg, wait...

[@spongemanicecone2736]

Worth mentioning the importance of the houses that tend to reoccur; Adam's house is ground zero for the alternates in mandella, and marks house is ground zero for the intruder

[@kidsamsa]

Analog horror (and web horror in general tbh) loves a spooky reality bending house

[@TrxPsyche]

So the guy on the phone HAS to be an Alternate, because it doesn't make sense otherwise. First off, the one thing you missed was that the person sent to pick Jude up was coming in a Ford Taurus, the same car talked about in the beginning from the USDTP. It was always shown driving into Mandela but never out of it. Secondly, the idea that Jude was going to be warmly welcomed by the people in his new home. It doesn't make sense for a service offering a new life free of your old one would make a huge celebration for you, as it draws way too much attention. Lastly, the line about him being a deadbeat, knowing what Jude did and telling Jude to off himself made it 100% clear that it was an Alternate trap. Jude not getting in the car foiled the plan of the Alternates, being the second time he willingly went against the plans they laid out for him (The first being not hanging himself when Adam was taken).

[@hanaeve__]

And I believe that's exactly why he's used as the representation of the Shepherd. If anything, he consistently decided to follow the Shepherd as he (unintentionally) continued to go against the Alternates' plans (and in general, Gabriel's) by not doing what they expected of him.

[@sfsin3380]

also the 180 in attitude from the first call. He goes from warns Jude to only get in the car if he's sure as that the point of no return to suddenly being mad that Jude didn't get in the car

[@batyalivni3577]

I would agree wholeheartedly with this, but there's one thing I don't understand; why, then, would an alternate block the way out, if the car was a trap to begin with? Jude tells phone guy that "someone was there", which is why he didn't leave; phone guy gets angry. Maybe it ties into the idea of there being more than one faction? Or maybe they needed Jude alive for some reason?

[@TrxPsyche]

@@batyalivni3577 this unfortunately is kinda difficult to figure out because we never see the pickup attempt. I can only speculate that Jude was overly paranoid about everything and lost his nerve after the phone call with his doctor. It's also possible that Jude can tell when something isn't right concerning Alternates, and realized the driver was an Alternate, which spooked him into chickening out. The only basis I have for that speculation is that Jude is depicted as the Shepherd in the claymation section, and the biggest takeaway from that section is that the Shepherd is never fooled by the falsehoods, only terrorized by them.

[@hopelessgamer2538]

The car is apparently used for smuggling people out of Mandela county so it makes perfect sense that it was never spotted leaving. They almost certainly would use hidden routes or routes away from cameras to avoid their clients being spotted. Not saying the rest of the theory is wrong I just don't think that's a good piece of evidence to support it because it makes sense either way

[@Mad_Heretek]

Terrifying implication I just noticed: The Shepherd in the claymation scene is supposed to parallel Jude, who is supposed to parallel Judas, from the Bible, clearly. But… The scene could also reference Judas asking for forgiveness after the death of Christ. The Lamb is often associated with Christ, and it being dead would be representative of him being dead. Judas asking the Angel “Gabriel” for forgiveness, only for the Angel to point out that the lamb is alive again… but different, no longer in the claymation style of the rest of the world in that scene… It has a terrible implication of this world’s Christ, being replaced after the Crucifixion by something malicious, something wrong... Imagine, if you will, Jesus dies on the cross… and sin enters his heart… but he is not pure enough to cleanse it as he ascends to Heaven. The path to salvation is never opened for Humanity, Jesus never returns after three days, and in order to enter Heaven, we still have to follow the old teachings. But of course… we wouldn’t know this, because Christ DID return… or at least, something looking like him did. Imagine what came back, was the first evil, and corrupted the church from its very foundation. It wouldn’t take much, just a single sin, a single bite of the proverbial apple… and Christ is replaced by “Gabriel”. The teachings of the church could even be the same: Baptism, prayers, Psalms, Hymns, ect… but since the sacrifice was not pure and fitting in God’s eyes, Mankind’s sin is not forgiven, and any who were deceived into believing they were would be damned forever. That is why this series is terrifying to me, Mankind has already lost. They don’t know the correct way to appease God anymore, and maybe, after all these centuries, and the murder of his most favored Son, a literal part of himself… maybe he has given up on us. I love this series so much 😅 That’s such a horrifying concept to me.

[@YohanRoth]

Fuck you, you scared me

[@Iaminsideofyourwalls]

I like what you’re going for, but Judas’s whole deal in the Bible Is that he didn’t ask for forgiveness. Instead he wallowed in regret and eventually hanged himself from the shame, which is a more accurate parallel to Jude.

[@Mad_Heretek]

@@Iaminsideofyourwalls while I agree and know this to be true, Mandela Catalog is an alternate universe to the one we, biblically speaking, exist in. If our version of Judas had been approached by a being claiming to be an Angel, perhaps he would have asked forgiveness as well. We don’t know, because in our universe, he didn’t believe he deserved forgiveness for his sin, hence the hanging himself. I’m just saying that I think in this hypothetical, I don’t believe Jesus was replaced by an Alternate, UNTIL the crucifixion was happening. Hence Judas in the video witnessing the lamb come back from death, but wrong. Idk, just my theory, it would make sense IMO that Judas would have asked an Angel if he was forgiven, even after his sin. It was Jesus, who he traveled with and preached alongside that told him that any sin was forgivable, after all. Perhaps he thought this Angel could absolve him in this other world.

[@_4y4m3_ch4n_]

You're up to something, but.... Isn't the first evil supposed to be when Adam and Eve ate the apple of enlightenment?

[@Mad_Heretek]

@@_4y4m3_ch4n_ When did I mention the first evil? I mentioned one sin being committed by Christ in this theory, thus making him an imperfect sacrifice. I guess I compared it to taking a bite from the apple, but the comparison wasn’t me saying that’s literally what happened, just metaphorically 😅

[@andreatreese8347]

"You are not alone." My husband had to pause the video there when we watched it together because I literally started shouting, "KISTER, THAT IS SINISTER AND YOU KNOW IT IS, I DO NOT LIKE THAT." Also, we both said, "THAT IS NOT DAVIS," during that scene of him supposedly at the door. Urgh, I HATE this series. Everything about it unsettles me.

[@luisalbertosolisvillagomez6986]

I mean, isnt that kinda the point??

[@andreatreese8347]

@@luisalbertosolisvillagomez6986 "Hate" is a good way. I hate it for the right reasons. In reality, I love this series. I hate it the same way Wendigoon hates the Rolling Giant.

[@AuuuuuuuuuuuA]

Scaredy, emotional people like you are cute and funny, please do not cease to exist. 😊😊

[@dylanthefabulous]

I looked up the drug name (farazapam) and man, it explains a lot. I think it only helps the alternates, but I need to comb the whole series again to make sure. Props to Alex Kister for doing the research, because it just adds layers to these things. -azepam drugs are a depressant, and they have a side effect of vivid dreams. I know that the claymation stuff is mostly used as a representation of what is going on in the real world, but I think of it more as some weird dream sequence Jude kept having in that house.

[@cpt.battlecock5264]

I never experienced dreams with benzos, melatonin though, caused a lot a looooot of vivid dreaming.

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

@@cpt.battlecock5264the one and only time I took melatonin was ALSO the one and only time I experienced sleep paralysis lol

[@ShadowPhoenix82]

Why do you think of the claymation as a dream for Jude and not a metaphor for us, like the other animated inserts?

[@dylanthefabulous]

@@ShadowPhoenix82 Placement and context. I think the other times we have seen the animated, they've been their own standalone things (more like a short story in a book of them). In this video though, it feels more connected with everything Jude is doing (so like a chapter in a story). Especially since he has a tv on, I can easily see him having some dreams that include a weird commercial for the drugs he takes and then the claymation thing. That's just me.

[@gerryw173ify]

@@cpt.battlecock5264 Did you also get nightmares? I haven't experienced nightmares since I was young before I tried out melatonin.

[@urann6561]

I think that Adam Murray is not the only "impostor child" alternate that went against other alternates, but as his name suggests he is the FIRST ONE of his "kind" that they try to "wake up" and somehow fail to, which may mean that every other alternate that was raised by humans, or at least a considerable amount will also be the way Adam is.

[@harmzwaneveld9445]

''How do I know you are holy?!!?!'' goes so fucking hard.

[@graham7784]

37:22 Iceberg Boy is petrified by the appearance of the oldest angel

[@Amun-Re]

Iceberg Boi jumpscares are a new level of entertainment.

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

that's Mr. The Oldest Angel to you

[@graham7784]

Such kind eyes

[@daisythegoddes3483]

He wants to give us hugs

[@eineatombombe]

elder angel

[@notsae66]

If following the Shepherd just means seeing through the lies of Lucifer (false Gabriel), it makes sense that even another alternate could still follow the shepherd, after all were the demons and fallen angels not the very first beings he decived?

[@diegohuerta7201]

Wow yeah good way to put it! It’s like following the shepherd is dissenting, much like how people would say following the devil is sinning. FASCINATING

[@iluxa-4000]

Demons are fallen angels, first of all. And second - he did not really deceive them. He told them what he thought, that he's greater than God, so they followed him to exhile

[@greenapplegaming2423]

"What the first pile of sand was saying..." Y'know when a series is able to make you say that with a straight face, you've fully embraced the madness.

[@Steamboss]

I love when he said it’s time to catalogue these Mandela’s!! Classic wendigoon

[@smotherytable39]

35:40 NOT THE SANDUSSY TALKING TO JUDAS

[@zamirmustafich1655]

All of these words existed in the bible except "sandussy" 😭

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

​@@zamirmustafich1655sure it did! "I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one comes in the sandussy except me"

[@zamirmustafich1655]

@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 LMFAOOOO I LAUGHED WAY HARDER AT THIS THAN I SHOULD BE

[@JakeTreola]

This is probably blasphemy 😭​@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174

[@GamingBlarg]

Bro I cannot wait to find out what this comment means in twenty minutes

[@yaboi912]

When Gabriel appears behind the farmer....his reaction is priceless.

[@timeforamazingchest5271]

An angel appears Behind the Farmer, and what he said Next Broke Him!! Click here For More!

[@alexanderhoclippiunus7644]

It's an interesting red flag that the "Begin Anew" organization is in Wisconsin, which has an uncomfortable amount of human trafficking irl Interesting parallel!

[@CaptainSeaDog_]

I mean… Mandela Catalogue is also just set in Wisconsin lol

[@Frostaltered]

Makes sense. Good access to the water. Theyd probably drive Jude to the water front and sneak into canada by boat.

[@caffeine_headache]

It's clever how when the lamb (Adam) is shown "alive" in the claymation sequence, instead of a clay lamb like before, the lamb is now photorealistic and clearly implies it *does not belong to that universe.*

[@hakjobtm7472]

"you are not alone, take action today!" sounds like a warning to me

[@SerahSkylight]

yeah, real helpful telling paranoid people they are not alone lmao

[@joeliolioli4156]

running to bill wurtz in fear is so real

[@fitchyyboi]

🎵how did this happen?🎵

[@janfinn5690]

I think the alternate "thatcher" asking Jude if he is aware of the television destruction act or the tv ad asking wether he knows where his child is at. Is them haunting him because him not destroying the tv is what killed his family.

[@ak_akemi]

You're so right I hadn't realised it omg

[@gaiaauthor9756]

"Adam followed the Shepard" is an interesting question to think about. But if we take the information we got, I think Adam, the alternate is going against the functioning and seeing the truth that Jude did. Another alternate was pretty much telling Adam "If you don't do what you were born to do you will be assimilated by the others. Stop pretending to be human and stop helping them." is what I think the correlation is.

[@spoookd]

25:42 i love this man's brain and how he instantly realized

[@ebaadrizwan6922]

I was in a hotel room, alone, with everyone asleep when this premiered. Can't name a better place to watch TMC lol

[@GamingBlarg]

@@ebaadrizwan6922 Do your nuts drag on the ground behind you when you walk?

[@nrorart]

13:24 “you are not alone” - ya babe we know and it’s scary

[@austinfutty5902]

1:31:01 though I'm sure it's not intentional, I really enjoy the SCP overlord vibe, like "there's something there, you just aren't equipped to see it" in these shots of the house. Really incredible cinematography

[@michaelfino27]

immediately going back to the quote from overthrone made me crack up idk why its so funny to me

[@zachsilby4569]

Has the same energy as one of those speedruns of producers making a beat.

[@eugeniovita9010]

I don’t know if thie name of the brand “Timoril” has been explained already somewhere else, but if it hasn’t: the name might be derived from the Italian word “timore” which means “fear” or “dread”. This word is also used specifically to indicate the reverential fear toward God and his judgment (“Timore di Dio”). Might be nothing, but I noticed the similarities just now and thought to share it.

[@noahhamilton9004]

Dio!?

[@eugeniovita9010]

@@noahhamilton9004 Before you ask: yes, that IS a Jesus reference

[@PinkHibiscus-eh9hy]

God fearing

[@eugeniovita9010]

@@PinkHibiscus-eh9hy yes, that is the concept (God fearing is “timorato di Dio” as opposed to “timore di Dio” which is fear of God)

[@SteelxWolf]

Its more specifically Latin, Timor il, “fear of man” or fear of THE man

[@thenson1Halo]

I've been a horror fan for 40 years. I had somehow never even heard of analog horror until I found wendigoons channels. I then went and looked for more because it's awesome and ran into an endless glut of them and 99% were terrible. So now Wendigoon is my AH curator lol. Mandela, channel and Angel Hare are absolutely amazing. Greylock is next on the list.

[@brainrot5320]

check out walten files!! seems silly but scared me the most lol

[@diegohuerta7201]

There’s so many greats of analog horror… js a word of advice is to steer clear of “Urbanspooks”/ “The Painter” that one might leave a bad taste in ur mouth and ruin an otherwise PEAK genre

[@Dragonemperess]

You won't be disappointed with Greylock! 😁

[@ItsGBZ]

​@@brainrot5320I still think it's the most terrifying. It freaked me out so much that I felt physically ill

[@hippydragonnslayerxdlmaohi3921]

Try gemini, it’s also pretty good but Mandela remains superior.

[@aidanmatthewgalea7761]

45:00 sounds like a snapcube fandub where Dr Eggman is being harassed by a particularly vicious crackhead

[@medea__witchhh]

fuck i can't unhear alfred's voice now lmaoo

[@aidanmatthewgalea7761]

@@medea__witchhh IT'S YOU IT'S FUCKING YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME-

[@topcatchillinbytrash]

I'm not due much longer here and it's been fun watching your videos over the last few years. You're awesome and brought me lots of moments of levity and I just want to say thank you. I probably won't be able to leave comments soon but I'll still keep watching for as long as I am able. You're the greatest to ever do it and I'm glad I got to follow along. Again, thanks and don't ever stop being the amazing guy you've always been.

[@wasteddemise2286]

Where are you going

[@topcatchillinbytrash]

@@wasteddemise2286 lol I don't mean to be grim but I have a condition that is taking away my ability to use my own body and the type I have is rapidly progressing. It's gotten much worse lately and typing has gotten extremely difficult.

[@Dragonemperess]

My condolences, I hope that you can accomplish many things that you want to do before your body gets too bad.

[@topcatchillinbytrash]

@@Dragonemperess I appreciate that. Most everything I want is done. I think once I beat the Elden Ring dlc it'll just be reading a lot of books.

[@Dragonemperess]

@@topcatchillinbytrash If you do the DLC, then all the luck and skill to you. And I hope you get ahold of some amazing books. Did you know that apparently sometimes Barnes and Nobles will have some really good books in the back to keep them from being stolen? You may want to check to see if they have a particular book in stock in the store online if you can't find it on the shelves. Someone got a rare book that way!!! 😁

[@allenfrosty371]

Timoril says it was advertised by Newspeak magazine. Like Newspeak from 1984. Very neat Easter egg.

[@KalDoesStuff]

Gotta say, on a first read, NewSpeak is terrible to read and understand. Got it eventually, but still not 100% sure on what it means half the time

[@Gh0stly_fell0w]

This was so scary, I gooned all over my Wendi

[@madmillion88]

Wendi goons on my catalogue til I Mandela

[@K001AX]

1:36:15 "Shout out to Thorne Baker for doing these 3d animations" Thorne Baker is one of my favorite people in this series and one of, if not my favorite musical artist. I have learned, and still learning, Blender because of Teenage Disaster and his other things he has done

[@LanceyLotZ]

Alternate Gabriel biting the curb Liveleak 4K

[@ThePotatoFarmer_]

I'mma need timestamps ASAP

[@sirjimby7107]

You know something I’ve noticed is that almost all of the alternates we’ve seen have usually been represented in a way where they look like smear frames as physical attributes. The big head for example looks like a persons head being affected by a smear frame. So maybe in order to make more alternates they need the technology, and without it they can’t make more? Idk

[@DivineKnight_115]

I’m gonna need you to make a mega comp review from all volumes explaining the whole story.

[@TranscorpHR]

6:33 genuinely took me a second to realize that "oh. OH. OH SHIT THERE'S A DUDE THERE. THAT'S A FUCKIN' ALTERNATE RIGHT THERE!" it was the light that caught my attention the light like a moth the light caught my attention instead of the 7ft demon standing RIGHT next to it

[@cheezburgrproduction]

That rendition of Ave Maria nearly put me to sleep if it hadn’t sent me down a spiral of classical music that ended up realizing we use Chopin as meme music now. So prolific. Love your work!

[@Venorik360]

I think I figured it out. Jude watches the TV all the time as as we know, that can bring in the Alternates... and then Alternate Thatcher reminds him that there's a law about breaking the TVs and mirrors. So... what if Jude didn't listen? He certainly keeps watching the TV even when he's already aware of the danger, either out of habit or simply because he doesn't care anymore. I can see Jude not obeying the law and not destroying it and letting little Adam watch the TV. So in a way... he's the one who brought the Alternate in, or at the very least, opened the door to letting Adam manifest them into reality. If Jude listened to the law and took the dangers seriously, nothing would've happened and I think that's the guilt that torments Jude because he knows it.

[@xaiverbres7335]

I think it’s terrifying to remember that that alternate thatcher at the door was the one that Adam conjured, that killed judes wife. That’s his personal nightmare at the door

[@austinwilburn1772]

This reminds me of a concept I read about 15 years ago. I’m paraphrasing but it went something like this. “If I was Satan and I wanted to corrupt the world, I would go to earth and proclaim myself as their new savior and use my angelic powers and immortality as a testament of this. I would go about teaching the world that the only thing they had to do for forgiveness was to simply ask. Instead of them actually having to make sacrifices, repentance, making those who they hurt whole again, and them needing to change their ways. That’s all, they just need to ask for forgiveness and it will be granted.” Such simple minds.

[@boskilingenfelter9515]

Congrats, that concept is Lucifer's whole deal. To turn people away from God.

[@ExtraVictory]

Yeah I'm agnostic too but at least make an honest argument, there were tons of calls to repentance and "turning from sin" and so on.

[@ShadowPhoenix82]

​@@boskilingenfelter9515 yeah, this person likely rarely consumed related material, so to them this is a profound idea, not a pre-existing cornerstone of the canon, lovingly called "the Anti-Christ"

[@boskilingenfelter9515]

@@ShadowPhoenix82 And if we are going to biblically accurate, demons and the devil arent these murderers who want to torture you and make you suffer. Lucifer literally wants man to love him more than God, he wants to turns us away from God. The way demons and the devil are portrayed in movies and other media these days, while entertaining, is NOT an accurate portrayal of demons or the devil. Their WHOLE deal is to turn man away from God through temptation and sin...they dont wanna murder us.

[@lunaeons45]

That sounds a lot like the bible already

[@Battlejunky1002]

* camera shows dead lamb * Wendigoon: wow look at that! That's great 💀 I know he means the claymation but bad timing buddy XD

[@Allie-bi5iz]

"HOW DO I KNOW YOU ARE HOLY?🗣"

[@eternalsummer8409]

“You spoke to me, and now I am here” not a yes, not a no, Lucy goosey up to shenanigans

[@ToS42]

Re: Blinds I think the lighting is fine, so I have no opinion either way, so just throwing this out there, but Walmart has some really awesome black out blinds that have a strip of adhesive on them allowing you to attach them to the window or wall itself. They're like four dollars a piece.

[@nicholas-dv1mg]

good to see alex is back and coming in hot after all that drama

[@autie3471]

what drama? :0

[@n0rm4lly43]

what i'm thinking is that alternate Gabriel is most definitely not who he says he is, in terms of being alive during the biblical times, but rather this is him inserting himself into various forms of media to not only trick HIS world into believing he is god, but US as well. and that this whole thing only took so long because he JUST started in '92

[@skywantsanacc]

@46:00 Assuming that's Adam's alternate assaulting Judas, and Judas commits suicide after seeing Adam, then Judas -- distraught at the sight of his missing infant -- wouldve taken his own life. I have no idea if this is intentional on Alex's part, but if it is...wow... Perhaps Judas mightve brought Adam into it because the TV ban was already in effect when Adam summoned the alternate? I'd have to go back and look at the timeline, but currently thats the only idea I could come up with.

[@lilduckyisopod9448]

In the opening, the music used to Substitute the (probably) copyrighted audio fit so well. I genuinely didn't notice it was chopped audio until I saw the editor's note on my 2nd watch (I was driving while listening to the video the first time). Very well done. Also, WHO THE FUCK IS SPEAKING TO THE SHEPERD, WHO IS THE SANDUSSY?

[@Tax_Collector01]

Classical music has bangers.

[@RAINBOWNIGTHMAREPRODUCTIONS]

It's still Ave Maria too. Just the version that was used in Volume 1 RESTORED during the stress assessment section and in THE Batman

[@archiewhaley6925]

“BUT, what the other pile of sand said was interesting” 36:20

[@Ghostly835]

I was so confused watching this wondering why I've seen this before only to remember I watched it live lol

[@thecodeson99]

Alex has done a fantastic job. I can't wait to see where these guys are in 10 years because this talent has no where to go but up!! 🎉

[@jalenwebb8695]

The way he immediately clicks to the exact timestamp of “I am bound to chains on my ankles”

[@laurenholmes7523]

1:11:56 Alex commenting that matches the energy of the TikTok of the girl cutting the cake unevenly as she says "I love the way this cake is cut" in front of her grandma

[@paulewing2120]

Alex is such a gem. What an incredible writer, director, storyteller.

[@rawquikh0ney710]

The stop motion reminds me of the adventures of mark twain

[@tobysinbad]

god the one with the Devil making little people lives in my head forever

[@monkyznblondz]

@@tobysinbad we can always make more.....

[@shortyisdead555]

you know, before i sat down and opened youtube i thought to myself, "man, i hope there's a new creep cast or red thread or wendigoon video out today." needless to say i was not disappointed. we are cooking.

[@gibboncubed]

38:39 family guy death pose in mandela catalogue is crazy

[@machina5]

That's not the family guy death pose

[@gibboncubed]

@@machina5 no it actually is. i know because i am peter löwenbräu griffin sr

[@SnagTheRabbit]

I'm not that into this series, but I absolutely loved the animated parts of this video. The stop motion esk style (probably done in blender), the voice acting, the whole atmosphere and how perfectly it replicated the vibe of those old stop motion children's films, all while having this strange underlying unease, the feeling that something is very wrong, it was chef's kiss. I would love if this whole series was just an animated horror. The "look at me, what's wrong?" scene was SO well executed and the buildup was perfect.

[@ihavenoideaman]

I like that the scariest thing on here was that Mouse Soup vid. That run is giving me FNAF PTSD from my childhood.

[@dankmemes8254]

The alternates do get a bit quirky at night

[@PedroUnfortunatelyNotPascal]

I swear to God iceberg boy if I start seeing shadows in the corner of my eyes because im sleep deprived and watching this you and Alex are going to be held accountable of my paranoia

[@lps-emily]

Oh my god I could never put my finger on why stop motion freaked me out as a kid. The weird framerate with running / patchy movement 100% was the uncanny thing that put me off!!

[@JMichaelG]

"What the first pile of sand was saying" is a sentence only Wendigoon could say seriously.

[@orbitalporksword7275]

THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER!~~~~~

[@54032Zepol]

Can't wait till wendigoon delves into irl lore, it's so rich and deep with amazing stories.

[@name-ni3jc]

iceberg giggler

[@PinkHibiscus-eh9hy]

Wendi gigs

[@Marcus-nn6js]

There is a new backrooms video, Iceberg Boy...

[@fruitb4ts]

i don't necessarily think the shot of the person hanging was meant to represent the alternates urging judas to suicide, (and i think its especially interesting that he's missing one of his arms (at least it looks that way?), although i don't know what it means). i think the hanging might be a means of taunting judas, like "look at what your wife did you coward, why couldn't you do the same?" or it might even be the exact image of his wife. my personal theory is that this is simply a tie to the bible itself-- in the gospel of matthew, judas dies by hanging after his grief and regret consumes him. maybe this is meant to symbolize this? just a thought... edit: grammar :)

[@JoshuaGrahm-e7i]

34:50 - holy shit I'm getting major exmortis vibes from that scene. the hazy red lighting, stark colours - just *chefs kiss*

[@bakearound7404]

I am all about that claymation 🤌🏼👏🏼

[@bonkdonk4825]

25:56 Bro sprinted to that clip

[@nuclearocean]

Wendi landed an _orbital strike_ on the exact spot from the very first Mandela video with lore connections! I think his entire frontal lobe is just a memory storage of analog horror lore at this point. This shit is in his _hotbar_

[@danielgiovanniello7217]

Just wanted to say (I'm sure someone beat me to the punch already) that at 44:06, the editor posted the wrong alternate for anyone confused. Wendy is talking about that fast-speaking nun-alternate from early on with the vertically stretched face, not the Intruder.

[@spyr0guy]

About Jude inviting the alternates in: This depends on *when* the Television and Mirror Destruction Order was issued. Adam didn't buy that Stanley tape himself, someone (likely one of his parents) would have had to buy it for him as a gift. And if Jude bought a VHS tape for his kid to watch on an analog TV *after* both those things were ordered destroyed... yeah, laws exist for a reason.

[@ralcogaming7674]

Saying adam followed the shepherd and then making jude an allegory for the shepherd we see would lead me to believe jude is the shepherd referenced.

[@voidastralbirth]

Iceberg Boy is gonna to find out today, y’all!

[@bakearound7404]

"How do I know you're holy???" Hit so deep and hard, I love it.

[@zucumberzeez]

WENDELA GOONALOGUE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@fostythesnowman355]

Gabriel has very kind eyes, idk what Wendi is talking about

[@AstoraNoble]

just like mr oldest hugs

[@LocaltheStream]

Thorne Baker is SOLID at VA!

[@christopherarenas1115]

Always glad to see a new video popping up!!

[@RedeemedMusicanOfGod]

14:14 Sure ask her is wild!

[@Halogeek-zq7yr]

The entire claymation sequemce freaks me out to the point where I get watery eyed. Idk if that means it's genuinely good or I'm just a big baby. Maybe both

[@BrielleHobbit]

1:27:39 a quick google about names of medication: TIM as a prefix in general can mean God and RIL can stand for Radio Interface Layer for Timoril . so God in radio waves? And fera is usually about iron or anemia and zapams are benzos which can be used for sedation, anxiety, seizures, and hypnosis which idk about

[@BrielleHobbit]

also XR tablets are extended release medications

[@localidiotnumber792]

Timore also means Fear in Latin and is the word used for "fearing God" in the context of worshipping him

[@soles8033]

The classical music makes the start extra creepy thanks 🥲