WARPED by Corporate War - How It Feels To Gregor

[@FreyCheqama]

So what do you think. Rodion next?

[@clementverkimpe940]

Y E S !

[@steveweighner]

Yeah!!!

[@lizando1326]

naturally

[@pafrisore8877]

Zenacat is the split personality of zena from hit video game library of ruina

[@goostiferthegoose]

yes

[@furioustacoeater1754]

When the greg experiences the most vile ptsd but you're jamming to the abnormality 2 theme 🚃🚃🚃

[@luizbento6240]

Facts🗣🔥🗣🔥

[@dreameater8548]

Me, before Gregor: Shit, living in the City must suck. Me, after Gregor: *so here are 95 reasons why the Wings should crash and burn in Hell*

[@TinyWizard-]

I fucking love Gregor

[@FreyCheqama]

Bug man good

[@lizando1326]

Kiss roach dude

[@mangopipino]

We love cockroach man

[@wonderoffour4473]

We* fucking love Gregor.

[@HappyEngie]

You forgot to mention that Hermann is mother of Gregor, to make it more twisted and dramatic. A mother who traumatize her son, by giving him augmentation and deliver Gregor in the battlefield of Smokewar

[@FreyCheqama]

Wait, now I'm curious. Is she Gregor's biological mother? I didn't see anything like that in the C1 cutscenes, but would be down to check if it was mentioned somewhere else

[@ItsTanuki0_Clock]

​​@@FreyCheqama When she appears after Yuri dies, she refers to him as "my child" asking if he enjoyed the "gift" she made for him, in addition Gregor mentions that this woman had control of quite the majority of his life choices so we can assume she is indeed his mother

[@ЯрославиДенисИвановы]

​@@ItsTanuki0_Clock plus to add do it: Hermann is name of Franz Kafka's father. About whom it is said and speculated that he had a very hard relationship with his son. He didn't want him to be a writer and pretty much critiqued his choises and tried to help him get other and better place in life. Yet Franz still admired point of view of his father even if the last didn't admire his own while going his own way. In a way, it has a double parallel to Zamza's father through it: he threw an apple in Gregor in the book which poisoned and killed him and he was the one in the family who didn't happen to think of him as of human. He is the one who kills Gregor Zamza in a way. So it is interesting that Kafka, who is usually paralleled today with Gregor, has a father named Hermann who in Limbus Company is portrayed as Gregor's mother. It's pretty neat and cool. Plus if you remember -- in the first chapter during cutscenes about Gregor cutting apple or piercing it, it is a some shady lady's voice we hear who talks and asks or even orders him to do so. Hermann, basically. If anything is hard to understand -- I'm sorry, english is not my native language yet I try to speak it as well a I may. I hope it helps and is good. There still may be some mistakes.

[@peachymunmagenta]

Plus, it’s highly implied that she pretty much abandoned him after the smoke war was over. Which is even more fucked up.

[@vyrious7029]

@@ItsTanuki0_Clock I think she referred to him as her "child" because of who she made him into. Maybe Gregor was an orphan and she experimented on him all his life.

[@Noam-k]

This is why i personally like gregor the most out of the sinners, that and him being essentially the only one trying to act normally even in such an insane bullshit filled world

[@Lh0000]

DANTEH… DO YOUR DAIILIES DANTEH…

[@vyrious7029]

Canto 1: Despair. Canto 2: Comedy/can't really call Rodion's backstory tragic or sad but it's ok - the comedic moments of the Canto were golden (bough). Canto 3: Sinclair PTSD hits harder than N Sinclair's 3rd skill against a machine. Canto 4 (so far): I've finished the first part but honestly... I don't know what I think about it at the moment. Awkward perhaps(?).

[@solihinsolihin4142]

Fly broken wing

[@smugofbishamonten1447]

Canto 4: aight imma fight my past.. *Entering the dungeon* damn past got hands..

[@valjester8342]

i REALLY hope that we get 24 2 chapters for each of the sinners to develop and resolve their characters. Also i think that the word that better describes gregor is "Survival" (Not just because of his passive :P )

[@rktnate14]

Considering the main story is labeled as Inferno, given that Dante's Inferno was told in 3 parts, there should be at least 2 parts after Inferno is completed, since Inferno was only the first part.

[@celtickawaii57]

That is why he's a cockroach, he's good at surviving.

[@lavrchuu]

fr!!!! i feel like all the sinners (especially gregor because. the ending of his chapter was just. sad) really deserve at least a second chapter 😿😿

[@Quantum1244]

@@rktnate14Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso

[@TheMaskedOne057]

I love Gregor, his story was just heartbreaking and seeing this video just made me realize how it was way worse than I thought, can’t wait for the next one

[@WendigoTS]

A small detail I really like (I'm not even sure if it's intentional) is that all the chapters start with an "un" (the Unforgiving, the Unchanging, Etc.). Gregor's chapter is called "The Outcast", and following the pattern, it is literally an outcast.

[@tepig2828]

This is such a good piece of analysis. All of the Limbus gang are super interesting and I am excited to see how they develop in future chapters.

[@FreyCheqama]

Thank you! I've got super high hopes for Hong Lu

[@mitorikawashiro2962]

You either become Gregor or Phillip....

[@supe4701]

15:18 And then theres Don who is just enjoying the scenery of outside the bus

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

inside her mind: 'please don't break down... please don't break down, i still have a dream to fulfil... i mean look out the window! look at the scenery! there's blood, and corpse.... and there's.... OH GOD, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?? WHAT THE FUCK... keep smiling... just keep smiling'

[@lefttoe3937]

​@@hasanmuttaqin464not really, her mind is empty ❤

[@mangocookie4790]

​@@lefttoe3937 this will not age well when her canto comes out

[@KingOnoob]

Agony the mobile game

[@JannetFenix]

A little bit insight after rewatching chapter many, many times. The sinners are probablymy favourite "conflict having" characters in PMverse altogether. That's because their stories, as outlandish as they might seem, are probaably some of the most relatable "feelings" we've seen this far. At least to me, they speak on a level of emotions that exist, but i could not name for long time; feelng reflection of myself in each of those mirrors. Sure, I'm not a child soldier modified genetically to fight a war between megacorps in a post-singularity dystopian city. But there's more than "trauma" to them. The story of someone who was tailored to meet someone's goals to flaunt him as a trophy child; his entire life dedicated to meetng someone else's expectations, untill he forgot to have his own. The story of someone who really wanted to become someone special and acknowledged, perverting her wish to see people's gratefullness and happiness throuh natural selfishness. The story of someone stuck in liminal, someone that was not ready - and terribly scared of - entering into adulthood and confront adversities; paralyzed by realization that there is no way back to innocence and carefreeness. The story of someone whose life deteriorated due to passiveness and lethargy; mistaking the inability (lack of "means") to change his situation with excuse to unwillingness to do so; the overbearing, strenght-draining weight of taking action with awareness it will mean abandoning status quo. Are they not feelings we know so intimately? Pains we endure? Blaming the world for adversity we can't overcome? And also, the answers are there. To realize value and use your potential, but for your own sake and ambition. To stop running and accept the blame, facing that intention of mutual benefit doesn't cover up the wrongdoing. To embrace responsibility and independence; confronting what has to be faced the most: oneself and your mistakes. To understand that the answer was in our reach, even if not as favourable as we'd like it to be - to take it and stop seeking excuse to not act upon it. So far, only the last one succeeded. The circumstances in which they sinned are unfair and cruel - and life is such. But the choices they made that caused their pain were theirs and it's their responsibility to at the very least try to grow as a person. The world doesn't owe one a happy ending if they don't write it on their own.

[@FreyCheqama]

I like this comment

[@JannetFenix]

@@FreyCheqama Sinclair in particular, his issue isnt just a story of losing his whole family and having his world be destroyed by a cult of maniacs - but mostly the weakness to confrontations. To avoid confronting adversities, whether its telling his prothesis-loving family how he feels, bearing the pressure of his peers or telling kromer to leave him alone, he only drove himself into more troubles. We know this icy, heavy feeling, don't we? And he cant yet stomach leaving childhood behind, as his grown, innocence-lost self is cruel and merciless. Instead, he shoves blame on kromer - and even despite it fuelling his rage, he did not completely fledge, still unable to act on his own under pressure. Yi Sang though... he is hard to put into words. I guess its only because of how intimate close his struggles felt to me that I just... understand. This marasm. Depression making you truly believe you cannot take lifechanging action... while in reallity your brain just chose to not see it.

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

dante: PTSD in question:

[@wmad202]

I know I’m a bit late, but it would be neat to hear a bit more about all the books that each Sinner is based off of in later analyses. For example, Gregor here is based off of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, a short story about a man who wakes up one morning and realizes he’s turned into a giant roach.

[@FreyCheqama]

Funny you mention that! The book reference was originally going to be a part of the video, but had to be cut for time. Since Gregor's the only character I've read the book over from, waiting to make a video on all of these sounds like a good idea. :)

[@thanatosozen]

Ohhhh I like this analysis video. Informative and not overly humorous with the editing just done so well. I think I just found a great channel. I wish this channel the best

[@dynomite463]

Thank you for being one of the few covering more project moon

[@myeyesareinimmensepain]

i love this video sm!! the editing, the jokes, and the analysis of gregor's character and story is so amazing! you did an awesome job with this video and i can't wait to see what other treasures you upload!! :D

[@Bongers_Jumpscare]

I really want to comfort gregor

[@alexanderchon9058]

Gregor the Chitin Covered Chad. I'm be using that as a nickname for him.

[@NIHIL_EGO]

Never forgot one of his alts hit the Pieryoshussy.

[@masyumarou]

yo i cant stop replaying the first seven seconds -- that intro is just TOO funny and cleverly edited. your breakdown of the beloved bug man is really great! really goes to show how much care project moon goes into the writing that people can get so much out of a singular chapter, which makes me so very excited for the upcoming ones :D one thing im curious about is if there are any connections to kafka's metamorphosis since its the inspo book for gregor's character -- im not very familiar with it but maybe they share themes? im so deep in the rabbit hole that im planning to read ALL the novels the sinners are based on, so we'll see how that goes ! thank u for making this video and i hope youre taking care :) (i think rodion next too, just for sake of chronology)

[@Ariamaki]

Lovely video, great coverage, but I've gotta bring it up because every damn Limbus coverage piece I watch does this: BOUGH IS NOT PRONOUNCED LIKE A RIBBON OR A RANGED WEAPON IT'S PRONOUNCED LIKE BOWING, THE VERB BOUGHS OF HOLLY, IN THE CHRISTMAS SONG? IT IS UNMISTAKABLE

[@FreyCheqama]

FUCK Damn, that's what I get for thinking carols were just full of nonsense words. xD

[@Aikesn]

Gregor is my favorite babygirl pathetic war criminal ❤️

[@miss.fortune4425]

Great video! I don’t see many project moon analysis’s videos. So it’s nice to see one for my favorite roach man! Hope to see more!

[@goldtherock9225]

GREGOR 💪💪💪

[@stuckerfan2563]

14:45 You forgot that she is gregor's mother. And fun fact Hermann is the name of the father of the creator of the book that gregor is referencef

[@15stargamer98]

She's likely not his biological mother. She was probably referring to her as his son symbolically and to screw with Gregor's head. That or she referred to Gregor's prosthetic as her son.

[@Quantum1244]

@@15stargamer98or his adopted mother, perhaps Gregor was an orphan she took in to run her experiments on

[@joejoey4536]

​@@15stargamer98why do people think Hermann is not Gregor's biological mother? Like so many people are certain she isn't when not one aspect of the story hints at her NOT being his biological mother. I feel like PM wouldn't completely alter such a major part of Gregor's character as the Metamorphosis is based on Kafka's relationship with his real father.

[@Quantum1244]

Gregor when he parallels Roland

[@randomtraveler4683]

Anya “Kebab”😢

[@YokumiTenma]

gregingi my beloved ❤

[@StormDracoX]

1:20 Spanish Gremlin Jumpscare

[@pp_hermy4854]

4:22 hilariously enough i'm pretty sure g corp won the war considering the victory poster and G corp Outis's dialogue xD Its just that G corp went down right after due to other reasons that we don't specifically know about yet.

[@FreyCheqama]

Really? I had always read GCorp Outis' dialogue as events that happened in the mirror dimension and that the poster was a rallying cry instead of a show of victory If that's the case though, that's even more messed up

[@randomtraveler4683]

Yeah I think it was told in Lobotomy Corp that G Corp did win the Smoke War but went down some time later

[@arificiallemon3640]

​@@FreyCheqama K Corp I and R corp and zwei association vs E corp F corp and G corp Old L corp and L corp and allies won the war but they collapsed as they couldnt generate enough energy anymore

[@Someone-ke4vs]

The original L Corp fell, along with G Corp. G Corp identities are from a mirror dimension, not the canon reality. The current G Corp has a Gravity Singularity, not genetics modification. Roland fought against the old L Corp, as discussed in LoR, and he cites the new L Corp being able to stop the old thanks to their better power generation through Enkephalin, as he says during Tiphereth's floor discussions. Once the old L Corp fell, Benjamin was able to replace it with Lobotomy Corp so he and Ayin can continue Carmen's work under the guise of a Wing.

[@arificiallemon3640]

@@Someone-ke4vs yes but L corp and allies won the smoke war which is the current topic

[@solihinsolihin4142]

So gregor is another this is this,that is that

[@gigablast4129]

being bug is suffering

[@ivanbssouza]

Awesome job !

[@ash_558]

jesus christ, i never realized how short gregor was.

[@midnightanimal4844]

Forgot to say that hermann was his mother, that makes it even worse

[@FreyCheqama]

I had the thought. But it seemed like there was enough doubt on it that it was worth not mentioning since calling him her 'Child' could just mean that he's the end product of her work rather than biological child. PM's been pretty liberal with the names and how they relate to the books too, so it feels like she could just have been the one in control of his life. But we're DEF going to see her again. And if they confirm it there, that's hella messed up. Hell, it'd make her all the more interesting a character

[@tasya_nabila]

I was so confused about Canto 1. Thanks for explaining! Rodya and Sinclair next?

[@swampcooler8332]

Wow just like me frfr, except I skipped the hero part and went straight to the husk

[@cm5061]

the gang brings an entire bus into a building that's falling apart :)

[@O-san4]

so there really is someone doing a character analysis for limbus company

[@YouLocalEye]

Oh my waifu Gregor, must be protected. For he is still a hero in my eyes. Amen.

[@LoTVy]

Hi, I found you through this video and you seem *really cool*. Like, I can tell you'll get famous someday. Good luck pal!

[@lucashaw8676]

hell，Gregor's story rlly made me so sad 😞

[@justdecode9573]

I feel dumb that i only noticed his bug arm later in first mirror dungeon

[@noodsdood6977]

mmmm, Gregor moment

[@noodsdood6977]

Also Don and Ish best girl you CANNOT convince me otherwise

[@NIHIL_EGO]

@@noodsdood6977 none of them are ryoshu tho

[@noodsdood6977]

You right

[@krittacat111]

On Canto I, I sent Gregor to help Yuri investigate the apple so the end hit me so hard I just stop playing game for a while........

[@DavidGonzalez-vr7jt]

Thank you for your service. Old roach

[@ZackShark1]

I have no idea what is going on but i like this video

[@Griff00]

there used to be a really interesting twitter thread about how gregor's jewish coded-ness; with kafka being jewish, a reading of metamorphosis as a metaphor for kafka's relationship with his father, alongside the text UNGEZEIFER being on his arm in the same location as a concentration camp tattoo (which was a phrase used in nazi propaganda wr to jews), let alone the usage of hebrew on some promotional material. i recommend checking out kafka's letter to his father if you can it really puts metamorphosis in a different perspective. he uses german like once or twice but i wish they'd have him say "oy vey" every now and then

[@radio5637]

Thanks for the apple ptsd right at the start of the video

[@homelessheathcliffgaming]

i fucking love gregor also calling vergilius one of the most powerful people in the city is CRAZY

[@greysonthomason9122]

0:06 ha ha funny scream

[@meanbagbeanbagturtle8618]

he makes me ridiculously upset

[@Kira-mu2im]

To make things more interesting Franz Kafka's father's name is Herman its pretty well known how Kafka was in a very bad relationship with him and felt very opressed by him. So basically Herman in Limbus is a genderbent mother for Gregor.

[@OverReaperCh]

Actually. There is error in your statement at 4:25. G Corp actually did not lose, in fact, they were on winning side. We can learn this from G Corp Manager Outis, as in her story of Identity, the group she is talking to say, that she should be worried, after all her side won. Meaning, G Corp was on side of Lobotomy Corporation during the smoke war.

[@Fpmuto]

No, those identities were taken from the mirror universe that won the war. The g corp of LCB universe lost and they supported old L-Corp as explained in Distortion Detective

[@playstrangejourney]

gcorp IDs are from a mirror world where G corp won.

[@Quantum1244]

That G Corp wasn’t part of the side of Lobotomy Corp either, they were on the side of old L Corp

[@wonderoffour4473]

Me when Yuri said that they should face the fear but she didn't say anything about the future: You fucking ruined it...

[@kyudon]

GREGORY 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@TomimokaDiyuu]

Gwegor

[@FreyCheqama]

Greg Gurt

[@beluga3328]

poor roach

[@happytoaster7019]

Being cockroach is not so cool.

[@SneakybeakyScrub]

something im confused about is how can ex lobcorp employees exist if the librarians in ruina were lobcorp employees? like she doesnt seem to know anything abt it

[@FreyCheqama]

Oh, I can clear that one up. The agents from the main LC branch, where the first game took place, were brought to the Library. All of the other branches essentially got the same treatment Yuri did.

[@burgerpolice1193]

What about pablo ;-;

[@yotamnyancat6791]

Great video! Though dante uses they/them so it should be dante crying in their own hands not his own hands

[@TrueSupergreen]

comment for exposure cuz the vids really good

[@simondignan4784]

Did you just say that "feet" where western units... I am beyond offended

[@FreyCheqama]

I know. I hate our units too. I'd throw myself 12 rods into the air at 3 furlongs per minute just to get away from them

[@juicer4597]

Friendly remind that Dante uses they/them! All else said, good work on the video otherwise :>

[@FreyCheqama]

I had to remove the pin to post a comment, but thank you very much for the reminder. I'll keep that in mind for later videos

[@RyoshuLimbus]

what the fuck are you talking about?

[@cherryberrykomainu8699]

Good video but Dante uses they/them pronouns

[@Yuraizz]

This is an absolutely phenomenal video, Frey! The editing is quite good and I'm positive I learned more about Gregor than I knew before watching this. I'll be waiting for more to come out. Until then, G{)oDbY€.