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Do I hear silent hill music in the background?

I suggest you explore your trauma by getting in touch with God..Embrace that you are man, take off the dress, put on some pants and grow up.

4:40 unless all these hallows were branded with the darksign, it seems likely that you are actually killing them only for more to take their place

I've just found this serious of videos, even after years of scrounging for every bit of Twin Peaks content I could find. This commentary is excellent, and I was so excited to listen to Part 3, but can't seem to find it.

Good stuff, dude. Unique and very interesting perspective that I never heard explained in the way you explained

I agree that the Capra demon has a lack of inherit versatility in its combat, but not for the reason you mention here. I think other play-styles other than armor + shield and tanking are viable for the fight, but only if you heavily use the stairs at the back of the arena. With those stairs, all other builds become viable (light roll, low AR weapons (for challenge runs), all casters (magic, pyro, miracle) and even two handing massive weapons), but the play-style mandated from those stairs is all very similar. You can 1v1 the dogs up there without the Capra touching you, can plunging attack cheese the boss, or even force the Capra to take fall damage without hitting it. The lack of versatility in approach for the Capra is a direct cause of the small arena + the two dogs thrown in, but this greatly limits the ability of the player to use multiple approaches in practice. Interesting video though, really enjoyed it!

cool

If a walking mushroom could come up with a set of morals i wouldn't wanna see them

Idk about this review. It contradicts the well over 100 award nominations for this film. I haven't seen it, but read about it bc of a ref to the movie made by Taylor Swift and how it helped her to write the song "Tears Richochet" ...a really beautiful well written song by her. Anyway, this kid makes me not want to see the movie. His age tho makes me think I need to see for myself. 5 years later, haha.

I mean if you think about it, alot of the bosses are just creatures living their life in peace and you are invading their home, why does the Gaping Dragon deserve to die? Because its grotesque? Maybe we're grotesque to it.

Given time, people will find meaning where there is none

Even in the heat of battle, we must never lose sight of our purpose but Everyone's fighting for their own reasons. Who are we to judge them? After all If you fight, you'll win. If you don't fight, you won't win.

I really hope FromsoftWare will make a game were they revisit the experiments they did in Demon's Souls, Dark Souls & such

hel yea

This video is so great! I'm looking forward to similar videos(not necessarily just about dark souls)

Too if you want it try using more pronouns in your writing instead of repeating a proper noun. Like instead of saying “Sif” every time you refer to her try using pronouns like her or them. It will make your dialogue sound more natural. Great video though it was very thought provoking.

Good video and good luck to you. You make good content. Look forward to hearing more confidence in your voice 👍

really digging the dark souls content c:

im taking a risk by commenting before i finish the video, but this theme reminds me of the priscilla fight (or lack thereof). I've always spared her, and I've always spared the mushrooms too. But, with regards to the latter, I think the motivation a lot of players have for killing them is simply, like, a kind of revenge(?). That they get an easy kill on an enemy who is defenseless is almost cathartic after being preyed on for so long. And the steady growth in player power feels like it is leading the player to this destination. From easy prey to merciless conqueror. It reminds me of the final act of Little Nightmares, where Six kills and eats a helpless nome, an act of spiritual cannibalism, simply to exercise the power she'd been stripped of for so long. There is a kind of practical justification (she's hungry), but there is no argument for self defense or outright necessity (the nome was harmless, and even offering her food).

Really appreciate the bittersweet optimism towards the end. Great analysis

This is an interesting take, but personally I'd have to disagree. Sif's fight isn't about questioning your goals and the violence you bring, it's more about what becomes necessary in the pursuit of good. "In your way" or "self defense" arent really relevant when it comes to the fate of the world. Don't get me wrong, your takeaways are interesting, but the number of blatantly evil bosses and enemies sort of takes away from your point. Also you're missing the point that Sif attacks us, not the other way around. Even if he recognizes you. Even if he should trust you. To me, the villain of the Sif fight isn't you or anyone, it's nobody. Or Artorius depending on how you look at it. It's like much of the Dark Souls lore where it's about ending the suffering of others. Sifs fight isnt a cruelty, it's a somber triumph to put the wolf to rest beside it's master. Sif is suffering in mourning and you put him to rest in an honorable fight. Don't get me wrong the questions you ask are valid, I just don't think they extend to the rest of the game.

11:38 “with the challenge implied to the right” *literally Mario standing on an arrow of where he’s supposed to go* lol

Great video so far, but the stone dragon is a bad example of "Things we don't kill," because he's actually immortal in the game, and can't be killed no matter how much damage is dealth to him

Excellent video! I can never get enough lore and analysis videos on Dark Souls.

Loving this series and wanted to leave a comment in favour of a longer Dark Souls vid! I always appreciate your gaming videos for the way they make both the games in question and videogames overall kinda open up more, if that’s the right word. Happy to watch wherever the muse takes you, ‘cause I know there’s going to be cool perspectives in there. Anyway yeah hope you are well!

You've successfully demonstrated that you can use Dark Souls to make the case for veganism.

been a fan since I stumbled on your clockwork orange video keep up the great work!

Great video! Something I’d like to add is that this kind of moral choice also exists in a broader meta way in this game. The way the player engages with the game, and the fact that they engage with it in the first place, is being brought into question itself. Indeed, in a lot of cases, the answer to the question of if it is justifiable to kill can simply be that the player needs to progress. The boss is blocking the way, and the only way to keep joint is to kill it. This is clearly not a moral decision, and brings into the equation the fact that this is seemingly not even a choice at all. There is indeed no pacifist option and some bosses are mandatory. However, the player has the choice NOT to progress. Dark souls recontextualizes the act of giving up by making hollows a representation of it and making it a sort of meta story choice. Usually, when a game presents you with moral options, quitting the game to go and do something else isn’t one of them. But in the case of dark souls, it is. This is especially the case considering that progressing through the game isn’t actually an objectively good moral choice: it is possible to view the game as having only bad endings. By making progress both force you to commit “bad” actions that end up being not done for any good reason and useless anyway, the game presents the act of giving up as a choice to be made and not necessarily a bad one, tying into the game’s grander theme of letting go and that it may sometimes be better to let the fire die out. One of the most interesting cases of this recontextualization for me is the demon faction. Demons are nearly always seen as an inherently evil race and in the great majority of fantasy fiction serve as dangerous antagonists. And at a surface level, they are too in dark souls, being obstacles attacking you and preventing your progression. But taking into context the fact that progression is not necessarily the right choice to make, demons can be seen in a different light. Are they themselves the ones who are justified in stopping you? If we look deeper into the game, we can see that demons are actually people with a culture of their own with reasons to fight going deeper than a simple savage craving for violence like what would be expected from most demons in a fantasy setting. I personally love the interpretation of demons in dark souls being like any other race but being framed as evil trough their role in gameplay as well as their appearance and customs (skull-like head, living in lava area, looking scary for human standards in general). Trough both lore tidbits and the antagonistic role you hold in the story, the demons are humanized and go from object to subject, as you’ve brilliantly put it, and serve as an other reminder that stopping your quest could be the right choice from a purely moral standpoint.

a note on meaning: finding meaning in stories is about imagining thought processes that could plausibly have generated the elements of that story. death of the author is about how the thought process that *actually* generated the story isn't the *only* one that might have generated those elements.

Please make a video about the age of dark ending

Big brain moment 😂

Xavier renegade angel is truly a deconstruction of the patriarchal society and upliftment of ethnic minorities, a Nietzschean exploration of the hive mind and the psyche, not to mention its immensely faithful representation of the trans community and virtuos leftist ideas, truly a postmodernist masterpiece hidden as a funny show representing toxic masculinity and female oppression, and some dudes think it is just any other comedy show and isn't that deep like I just described to them and I'm like "DID WE WATCH THE SAME SHOW, LOL ?!" . Pfffft.

Great analysis. I am confused, how did you get cursed on the character around 4:51 ? Edit: and why is this character cursed later on in the video lol

i just like gimmick fights

Watching this movie is a painful thing.

I'm gay and even I think the Taryn Demon is badass.

For me, the most optimized way I've seen to kill the Taurus Demon is how speedrunner QueueKyoo did it in this run: ua-cam.com/video/ogemypIquNo/v-deo.htmlsi=4wC_P7jpjM71nGsx Of course, the level of knowledge and skill to do this is enormous and the vast majority of players will not be able to replicate the feat, but it is still impressive. As for the Capra Demon, I always, always use the strategy of killing him using a bow and fire bombs. He's not fun, and the limited space of the arena + the 2 dogs is what really makes the fight a problem.

Brilliant essay!! One the note of the Capra demon, after many playthroughs I realized it's a dog test and once you know how the dog moveset work the boss becomes a breeze (imo) but the problem is that there isn't enough build up to learn how dogs work in the game. And also fromsoftware did a bad job on the camera in tight spaces..

This is now one of my favorite video game video essays ever. So many video essays have a top-down approach, “This game is interesting, therefore it will be interesting to look closer at some things in it.” But this video has a bottom-up approach, “Look at this thing, it’s interesting on its own, therefore we’ll now see how it fits into the broader themes of the game.” So good. Can’t wait to see more of Malmrose’s videos

I like the Taurus Demon because he’s just a big furry guy

Stayed up past my bedtime to watch this all in one sitting. Incredibly gripping and relevant analysis. You've really laid out the beauty of HL2 for us to see. Godspeed.

Personally never liked the cramped areas of Dark Souls 1. Capra Demon is not fun at all, I always run to get the wolf ring in order to poise through the dogs just so I can run to the stairs. That's not fun, thats just a checklist before fighting the enemy, and really only one way to fight the enemy. Taurus Demon is pretty much the same, you always run to the ladder, apply gold pine resin, do a plunge attack, and then get trapped in front of his body and the fog wall and then hit by it's janky hitbox. One time I did made the demon fall off the ledge which was clutch and I wish they brought something like that back today. But overall the Taurus Demon is very low on my most enjoyable bosses and I'm pretty sure if the bridge was instead a big open circle or square would make the boss fight much more enjoyable and allow me to learn it's moveset better and also not let me get hit so easily by it's bad weapon hitbox. Honestly so many bosses in Dark Souls 1 have bad hitboxes like Iron Golem and O&S.

One thing you didn't bring up is if you explore the undead burg you can find black fire bombs and gold pine resin two items the boss is very weak to and all builds can use so the game also rewards exploration

This film explained to me why I have always loved Lynch works, especially Twin Peaks.