Cowboys, Capitalism and Caleb Quinn | Dead by Daylight Lore Deep Dive: The Deathslinger 

You’re like an English teacher, except your actually interesting

The Entity when trying to convince Caleb to join it and enter the fog, "I can give you a life worth living". Caleb, "piss off." The Entity "... So there is a British guy you can murder again, and aga-" Caleb "Shit that's all you had to say!"

Me before the video: Irish cowboy Me during the video: I have now taken into consideration how economy and social differences have been affecting the whole world, as well as, how Caleb's life was destined to be difficult and shaped by others. Me by the end: Irish cowboy

“What did behavior do to this idol of American history?” Made him a bit more accurate than most people might think

Cool little fact the developers have stated about killers. You can tell how the entity is manipulating its killers by the look of there eyes any killer with glowing eyes don't see the actual survivors but see people they hate. So the deathslinger sees all survivors as bayshaw the warden and anyone who wronged him

That outro my god. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. I kind of want an irish rebel skin for caleb now. A version whose parents stayed in ireland.

Literally just burning though your backlog wondering if you covered the deathslinger. Perfect timing.

Caleb's story would deadass make for a phenomenal movie, especially with that shootout at the end!

Wow, youre the first Englishman to ever admit what happened during the famine I've ever seen. Good on ya

“Just because bayshore will be imprisoned doesn’t make caleb free” damn. That hits hard

A succinct breakdown as always. Another thing is that he puts a darker spin on the sheriff / lawman who takes in people alive (Lone Ranger, Bass Reeves) by making the figure a bounty hunter who is paid to fill a private prison. Some say prison is meant to reform individuals, but throughout history, and even now, it's a fate worse than death for many. My one issue with the timeline is that Caleb has an add-on dated 1876, but we can account for that with BHVR's inability to do math. He was definitely taken by 1881 at the latest.

Lore like his is one of those that makes me wish for a story type mode. Playing through a killers past, like Huntress killing a group of soldiers, Caleb hunting bounties, I would rather pay for a dlc of this rather than a 15 dollar skin...

David: *exists* Caleb: Anyway, so I started blastin

Recently became a Deathslinger main, found out he was irish, put my hand on my heart and took pride in the only Irish killer being one of the best in the game.

I honestly thought you were not gonna mention the fact England starved the Irish in their own homeland. Much respect to you for mentioning it and educating people on a part of Irish history. Your videos are extremely well made. Amazing work. Much love from Ireland!

I have a headcannon that if you make caleb mad enough(teabag or flashlight blind) once he puts you on hook, he will spit ball in your face.

When you've lived more life in a society than even the Joker himself.

Ah yes, the very tall and Irish tf2 sniper

Ah my Irish blood is pumping thanks for the song

I think that there’s something neglected in all of this, and that’s Caleb’s eager opportunism throughout his entire life, and willingness to freely discard his morality for gain, in much more direct, gruesome, and petty ways than any of his oppressors. This isn’t just a tale of societal trends creating monstrous men, and systems that only breed more misery - it’s a tale of reckless, impulsive ambition, and the consequences of such short-term gains. Caleb is given opportunities to break out of this system entirely, to turn his back on the cycle and move out even further west for a new start, amongst the immigrants and young hearts of the far border. But does he take them? No. Caleb is just as guilty as his masters of vanity and sadism, or pride and lust for superiority, and his refusal to become aware of how far he has fallen is not something that should be excused. The Deathslinger walks a road that he picked for the wrong reasons, reasons that no other man could make him care about. And in the end, the only thing that kept him from becoming even more depraved and cruel than anyone at the top, was the Entity pulling him away, and granting him immunity from the consequences. That’s the wrinkle that makes him compelling - he chose to enable a new generation of exploitation, and threw away his humanity to do so.

As an Irish person, I remembered being so excited about Irish rep in DBD. It stung a little that it wasn't a direct rep and had to be through a cowboy, but I'm still so glad to have some foothold in the game

Id love for them to add the Hellshire Prison as a map. That would be pretty cool

"money's like the drink, once a man has had a real taste of it, he just wants more untill he is a shadowed husk of the man he once was."- Robert E Fernet, 1928, Worcester, Massachusetts

I absolutely loved the outro to the video. Had me howling. As a fellow Englishman it’s sad that we have never really learned or talked about our past with Ireland at school. Everything I’ve learned about the famine, the IRA, why the Irish (quite understandably) dislike the English was all down to my curiosity, research and through meeting Irish people. I find it bizarre that most English people have absolutely no idea that quite a lot of Irish absolutely hate our guts and will most likely never know either.

You know what's funny, a few weeks before deathslinger was announced, I was sketching my own fanmade DBD killer, it was fisherman with a harpoon gun, I thought I was a genius for a minute, then the deathslinger was announced...

Me who is a David and Deathslinger main: Wait that's illegal But seriously, this video is a great exploration of the political themes of Deathslinger's story. I'm glad that you connected it to the real world at the end of the video and did not shy away from the fact that the world that created Caleb is the world we are living in. This video definitely earned my sub.

Take a shot every time you hear "society" In all seriousness, this is an amazing analysis of my absolute favorite killer! Well done!

Here’s just a little added detail, Caleb’s parents were most likely from Belfast based on the name of the ‘Spirit of Belfast’ weapon which is now the capital city of Northern Ireland :)

Very cool interpretation. Kinda reminds me of Dutch in RDR2: finds himself in the position of being an underdog who will never gain the power and wealth he desires, makes himself an enemy of a rich tycoon (Cornwall) basically just because of a personal grudge, all the while becoming just as dishonorable and shady as the capitalists he purports to hate...

lol going from the emotional Silent Hill episode and instantly hearing Meet the Sniper. Beautiful

DBD Deathslinger Lore: *exists* PixelBrush: *This says a lot about society.*

As an Irishman, it's refreshing to hear more of the English realising in retrospect that their historical leaders were vile and depraved for their own gains at the cost of their neighbours

Good vid, thanks for that.

Great vid as always. Breakdown of mentality, harshness and instability of people that allowed Caleb to become what he has.... Fuck it, Irish cowboy.

This may be one of your best videos. I love that you're not at all afraid of getting political. People in communities like these need to see and understand what's happening around them, and you're doing your part as an "influencer" lmao. Very relevant data, and nice addition of history too. Please, don't get discouraged when the people who disagree with you eventually find this video. There will always be someone by your side, fighting for progress.

Playing Deathslinger is Working Class Solidarity. Who knew? I've really been enjoying your dive into the lore of the game, by the way!

"the deathslinger?" in my parts, we call him by a far more terrifying name... *"Funny gun man."*

I now want an outfit that's just the red sniper for the deathslinger

This is why Caleb is personally my favorite killer. His story is just so bitter sweet.

I just heard the TF2 intro parody and smacked the fuck outta that subscribe button

Not gonna lie. As someone who has a large amount of Scottish and Irish blood running through my veins. I gotta admit that his story has made me fall in love with him as a killer. It's nice to see a character that is in some way based on the struggles of my ancestors and the way they were treated.

This video is not only entertaining with its edits but so eloquently put when it comes to the tragedy of killers like the Deathslinger. He was kind of screwed from the start and there would never be a happy ending for him. This is why I really appreciate how he and Zarina are two sides of the same coin. But rather than take the route led by hatred, Zarina tries to defeat the system in her own way, because she knows seeking revenge isn't going to help her, her father, or anyone else being crushed under the boot of... society (lol). If they had their own film, as opposed to going into the Entity's realm, I can see it being a real bummer of a sad story. Speaking of the Batman references, the Joker edits reminded me of a quote from an episode of the Batman animated series, albeit from the Penguin: "I supposed what they say is true: society is to blame. *High* society."

Every time he says society a joker head pops up lol!

Now that was an intro

If I may suggest maybe you could do a vid on Ghostie or Michael, and how perfect they are as killers in the eyes of the entity. Like how the entity is starting to manipulate and use new ways to get killers into her realm instead of forcing and using torture and abuse to make the killers obey. The entity is powerful enough to use force to get her way but instead tries to bargain and manipulate. Just a thought I had.

I just had an extremely satisfying game with slinger where I managed to reel in a teabagging survivor while they were standing at the exit line inside the gate... so damn satisfying, so I had to watch this lore video about him lol.

“Ye, ye I’m a…not a crazed gunman dad I’m an assassin!” - deathslinger

man, i absolutely love how thought provoking, in depth and entertainig your channel and videos are, thank you for making such entertaining gems, i can safely say your videos are a highlight of my day

Just discovered you with this video and since that I love the Deathslinger you really made my day. Luckily, I studied the historical events you mentioned, so it was even more interesting to listen!

Despite being known to criticise Capitalism a lot myself, I never noticed how REAL Caleb's story was when I first read it. More and more I'm falling in love with these recent killers and the lore they have. I'll do my duty and hunt David players down as the Deathslinger now. Up the RA.

I read the lore once before watching this, and after watching this, I now know that my main is just Irish Cowboy joker... and I love it

Thank you for this video. I appreciate that you were willing to take a bold stance and weren't afraid to bring politics into DBD in a way that made sense and is relevant. I think it's an injustice to look at lore in a video game as, nothing more than that, just lore. It's an injustice to not analyze it and see it as an analogy to the real world. You have, ironically, brought that justice to the story of the killer who experienced the most injustice.

After seeing that intro I want an Australian deathslinger skin

My oh my this was great aswell as the intro Are you considering doing videos on other licensed killers like demo or doing an analysis video on the clown? Sorry for sounding annoying.

The imagery and grittiness of the Deathslinger reminds me of Grindhouse movies. Looking at his Mori supports that in my opinion.. So brutal and graphic. Which is an awesome image for DbD.

David King: Breathes Caleb: And I took that personally.

I've been binging all of your videos, and god your commentary on the chapters and their lore never miss the mark. Great work man!

I love how this story portrays ideas without saying them. Like the Irish angle with Caleb is so genius because if your knowledgeable in US history, then Caleb's fate should have been clear to you from the moment you started reading. Wish all killer stories were this good.

Pixel Bush, your vids and character analysis are most excellent!! The ending for Caleb’s vid was hilarious yet the lending of itself to vengeance was heavy. Absolutely top notch quality content here, and I love it!

man dead by daylight is my favorite apolitical 1v4 slasher sim

That ending!! Thank you for tying in important issues to history and DBD all in one. Absolutely amazing work.

I absolutely love this channel, it's been very hard to not binge watch the lore videos

id like to think if we lived in the dbd universe, bayshore would be seen as an edison type figure, where most people have now learned what he was really like and hate him

New lore guy upload is always a good time

The song at the end gave me a laugh when the David turned up The song is a protest against British rule and the harsh taxation and inability to be elected to political positions by the British The term black and tan is in reference to the British officer uniform not a race thing

Great video wonder what character you are going to talk about next, also that outro is 👌

I love this content bro. Keep it up!

Dude, I just discovered your channel and as a huge DbD lore fan I LOVE your content. Finally someone that focuses on the lore instead of just gameplay or boring balances discussions. Is a video about Clown planned?

Good job with the video! Just to mention the ending looks like my Deathslinger video haha!

That intro was literally PERFECT

I do want to address one small issue of semantics. Caleb isn't exploited by Capitalisms, he's exploited by Corporatism. A hybrid system of economic/government where the rich and powerful can exert their wealth to exploit others and control policy, which is a corrupt, deconstructed outcome of Capitalism, not inherent to it.

As an Irishman the history is almost spot on in Ireland

i would have to argue specifically with the photo of the hillbilly as an example of how his story is different deathslinger is, is actually probably one of the examples most close to the deathslingers. The only reason the hillbilly was allowed to be treated the way he was, was because of crooked cops, and a system overall that viewed him as a mistake, and marked for that as well. wile obviously not the same to gunslingers, I feel hillbilly too is also created from a system larger than himself, and a personal relationship. Wile there are other killers that are also a light mix, I feel billy due to being visably disabled/disfigured (aka, the way he was born, just like deathslinger) played into the bias and hate of a larger system (the police), makes him almost something quite alike deathslinger. OBVIOUSLY, not the same, slinger is more unique but still

The Deathslinger is named Caleb. BLOOD FLASHBACKS INTENSIFY

I REALLY want deathslinger to get some tome lore!

Nice video man! I was in that Coldwind Farm game as Scxddy, what a weird game that was 😂😂.

Outro was god-tier.

You're underrated This channel is amazing

This guy gave me a proper reason to read through the dbd lore of each character.

i like caleb man i feel him my ppl knows his ppls pain the native americans and the irish are old friends

You were honestly more understandable when you said dead dawg saloon than any other time I have heard you speak

I am using a Dead by Daylight lore video to teach my fiance about how discrimination worked in America during the time my ancestors got here. That's a pretty solid accomplishment on your part.

Awesome video! Loved your narration, and commentary, and the editing on this video was on point! Definitely more than earned a sub from me for your outstanding work, I hope to see more great videos like this from you! Keep up the awesome work!

This video helped me with my college essay, thanks :)

Hey, I was wondering if you could do a deep dive into the lore of Kate. I still don't understand what her archive is supposed to symbolize, but this is by no means an obligation. Love your content, thanks!

I really like that every one of his weapon skins have the emblem "Death to Bayshore" and every time he hits a survivor, he wipes the blood that covers the emblem.

Im gonna need that song during your epic Deathslinger shot compliation

so what you're telling me is, capitalism = dbd adding killer with a gun? damn, maybe we don't need to seize the means of production after all... in all realness, all this video did was make me wanna play deathslinger, yee-haw carbombs

Meet the Deathslinger

That intro was perfect!!!

The deathslinger is one of the only killers that can be convinced to stop killing

That was an amazing intro.

I love the little jabs at the tories lol

The tf2 meet the sniper at the beginning made me so happy

I'm late to this video, but still, good content as usual! I will now proceed to watch all your analysis videos on the killers

My favorite Killer in the whole game. Unfortunate that the Devs don't seem to like this guy very much. His cosmetics suck and his addons need a re-work. (They've needed a re-work since launch honestly) Seriously though, his only good cosmetic is the 4th year anniversary outfit. All of his other cosmetics look like crap. He's ripe for awesome cosmetics. You could have a field day with all kinds of Steampunk cosmetics. It's just sad that he's my favorite, yet he's pushed aside. Like the Blight outfit, he was due for one two years in a row and he still doesn't have one. We could even get a skin for him that resembles the original Ghost Rider. Could you imagine being hunted in DBD by a Gunslinger with a flaming skull? That would be so SICC. Anyways, thank you for the great video. Stay happy, healthy and safe out there! Also, have an amazing day.

So glad i found this channel, the tf2 sniper intro was *chefs kiss*

Super well done!

that beginning threw me off guard for a sec

How cool/broken would it be if there was a perk that gave deathslinger a scope so that you could really embrace the TF2 sniper meme