My Eyes Deceive 

Not the kidpad game being about trying to get away and not get touched... a well made game.

To those still not getting it: The character is a young girl, trapped in a basement. Papa is lying to her about monsters making her not want to leave the basement. He also lies about the monsters using human voices so she wouldn’t call for help or talk if another voice was heard. The pills are a sedative that makes her sleepy. It is implied papa waits for her to be knocked out from the pills and then rapes her. Leaving food on the table for her the next day. In the end she becomes pregnant. 147 days is well into the 2nd trimester when a pregnant belly would be big and round.

Not-so-fun fact: The final day is labeled as the 147th. If you do the math on that, it's roughly about 4 and half months you've played through.

18:14 i’m not too sure if anyone pointed it out, but the text switching from “wait for papa” to “wait for father” made me feel more uneasy then the jumpscare did.

*alternate ending* if you choose to not take the pills, you pretend to fall asleep after talking with papa. he enters the room and you hear a belt unbuckling. After a moment, he leaves abruptly. you then get up, and escape the basement after papa forgets to close it. you find receipts for a bunch of strong sedatives(your pills) and a police report saying that papa was questioned but dismissed due to insufficient evidence. you then escape out the back door and see the sun for the first time :(

"Why am I so low to the ground?" - Markiplier discovering short people exist

“Why is my belly so round and big?” Gonna go cry myself to sleep now..

The ending made me think of the song lyric: "That must be so confusing for a little girl." Honestly made me feel like crying.

Oddly enough the first red flag for me wasn't the sleeping pills/sedatives, it was the fact that it says "wash yourself" instead of shower, bathe, etc...

The fact that mark said “you have to trust those closest to you” really presents the worst part of this situation. Children don’t know. This is all the victim knows.

in the ending, i just then realized what this game was about. the cellar, everything, I realized, this game was about the Josef Fritzl case.

I started to cry. As a person who experienced SA from my brother. It's hard.

“You can’t beat yourself up over things you didn’t know” - Was not expecting a therapy session from Markiplier today

I knew what this game was immediately, as soon as I saw the hatch and the "wait for papa". I'm a woman w/ a degree in criminology, focused in sex crimes and crimes against children. Knowing didn't make it any easier. I still got misty when Mark chose to keep taking the pills and all the dialogue about "I trust my papa". There's nothing scarier than horror based on a harsh truth.

One small thing that really freaks me out is that the only things in the game that don’t have a meter to complete is talking to papa and sleeping. Papa usually talks first meaning he controls when it happens and due to the drugs the child takes, sleeping is probably the easiest part of her day which makes it even more sad to learn that her father was abusing her while she felt safe and comforted

I’ve just realised that when papa says to never trust other peoples voices and to not let them find you he was actually talking about the police investigating the house…… I’m gonna go cry now

its so f'd up when you realise how slow she starts moving through the rooms because how cramped they are for her stomach

somehow the fact that mark kept checking the stair area every time between writing in the diary and going to bed, made that ending so so much worse.... checking every night for monsters, only for the monster to strike while you're sleeping.

Jeez... what a game. Not so fun fact: This game is (supposedly) based on real-life events, which is terribly devastating a child had to go through that. Possible references: - The plants. "Grow big and strong, little one" was said by her because she wouldn't grow 'big and strong' like them. Her life would be ruined eventually and, with such poor self-care and nutrition, she still takes her energy to give food to the plants. (I'm surprised the plants weren't dead after 147 days as they need sunlight) - The apple. Someone else said this in an earlier comment so I want to give it some more spotlight. In greek mythology, offering an apple to someone means you want to be their partner. If accepted, well... yea. Worst of all she was even asked to 'try' the apple. - The big Os in the diary. There's a (big) conversation going on in the most liked comment, so I'll leave that for you. - The chains. So in the last nightmare of the girl, we see chains around the rooms. In the other ending (which I will try not to spoil entirely), we see the girl walking around a labyrinth, breaking chains. Chains are a symbol for freedom, especially when broken. In the other ending, she is breaking the chains, resulting in, yes, freedom. In this ending, however, we see the chains are not broken, meaning she will, and probably never, be free. - Staircases. Same thing, freedom. Like the saying, 'stairway to heaven'. The environment around the girl in her nightmares is red, you could say hellish, as we proceed deeper and deeper into the game. Sign of no freedom. I feel like the multiple stairs appearing in one of the nightmares was a sign to the girl that there could be a way towards freedom, which we see in the other ending. If she chooses wrong (take or don't take the pills), the staircases no longer appear. I'm honestly glad a game like this was made. It showcases a lot of awareness towards topics that are unseen by any, like sexual child abuse. It usually goes unnoticed, and it is the child that suffers, mentally and physically. It's utterly depressing that a child at 7 year old has a baby to take care of. The 'papa' might even leave her, which makes her alone, and that is what she is most scared of. Imagine how hard it would be for a child to take care of a child so young. Children are vulnerable, therefore they are the easiest to be taken advantage of. If you're going through anything similar to this, please, I beg you, find help. Talk to someone. Anyone you trust and know you can trust. You don't deserve to be treated that way. No one does.

"why is my belly so big and round?.." i cried 😭❤

Wanna hear another disturbing detail? There are no clothes in the game. No wardrobe. No laundry. You always have to fully wash yourself after eating. The girl is probably made to run around naked by her papa. Don't know if it's intentional or not though..

Luckily for the creator, they got Markiplier himself to play their game

33:55 "they're best when they're fresh" this made me cry as someone that watches this video for the second time.

I was r*ped by a family member close to me. So I can relate a lot and at the end when it’s said “why is my belly so big and round” I froze…I didn’t even think that it was a game like that. And now I’m crying

It makes so much sense that Papa said, “they mimic people and sound just like them.” So if he got caught in the act, he could just run away, lock the cellar, wait till morning, and be like “that wasn’t me? What?!”

just mark being philosophical while on his kidpad

The fact he checked for monsters makes the ending even worse. Not knowing your own father is the monster is just sad.. She's only a kid... I feel so bad if this was real. No one should have to deal with that not even knowing it's your father that's the monster.

The amount of people telling their story of how much in common it has with the game makes me cry, I send all wishes for the people who got Sa, please stay healthy, safe and especially happy. Please remember that you're strong and keep going with your life even if you're at your lowes point of life and find people to talk with. Remember: if you feel like you're being annoying by telling people that you got Sa, you're not feel free to warn and tell people about it, and educate the youth of it. This is also important, never tell people that their problems are not important because you had bigger issues, if you do that you're a narcissist. Just because you had a much more bigger problem it's still doesn't mean that the other one isn't a problem, a problem is a problem.

Mark’s ending was so awful I had to play the game myself. It’s 2:30 am, I got her out and I can finally sleep at ease.

"They're best when they're fresh" really hit me. Honestly makes me want to cry

13:16 “HENRY👹” *breaks arms*

The only way I could make myself feel better throughout the game is whenever “papa” talks about a so called “monster” I was just like “oh yea, child protective services must be REEEEEAAAAL scary huh?”

The monster being hunched over her at 17:13 is so sad knowing it's probably a warped nightmare of her 'father' when he sexually harassed her in the night and towered over her :(

The sentence after you water the plants: "Grow big and strong, little one" foreshadows it...

The fact that this game is based on a true story scares me. “I am not scared of God, but I am scared of Man.”

28:11 if only he chose not to take that pill...

I honestly thought the ending was the "dad" was a monster the whole time and was fattening her up and ate her, then i read the comments and the story is so much worse then i thought it was. i feel stupid, naive, awful, sad, and now my whole day is ruined

Oof. Choosing to keep taking the pills out of hope and trust makes it 100x more heartbreaking

As a person who has NOT been through SA, I hope people who have experienced SA heal and get better. Some people can be monsters.

at the end when he is so silent as he is realising it and then suddenly starts screaming sent chills down my spine.

Can I just say the story behind this is absolutely disgusting. I knew what was going on as soon as the guy started telling her she should be sleepy. It leaves a pit in your stomach that is always recognizable.

Just a reminder that this game is based on a true story about a girl named Elisabeth Fritzel who was held hostage in a basement and raped by her father, Josef Fritzel, for 24 years. Her father drugged her and forced her to keep and take care of the seven children she had with him in the basement in Austria. This game is almost an exact replica of that actual basement. The woman was only found several years ago and this is a pretty recent case.

watching again and knowing what’s actually going on during the nightmare sequences, the looming figure at 17:20 is really upsetting

20:04 this performance was so inspiring i could not believe i had the privilege of hearing this wonderful masterpiece

Mark: threatens to bring Henry to the camera if he barks again Everyone: *holds breath hoping Henry barks* Edit: Wow, 10k likes?? Crazy! XD

For those who don't know: "why is my belly so round and big" is a sign of pregnancy, since the character seems to be a kid, you can put the two and two together and realize the girl we are playing as is being raped by the so called "father" the pills are probably sleeping pills or plan B pills, unfortunately this stuff does happen irl and it's the reason to pay attention to your kids

"this is just going to be incredibly depressing" I had the same sinking feeling like oh god this is not gonna be a jaunty horror I gotta set my ramen aside

27:28 makes me feel a little mad he did not hear the crime behind the story

"Why am I so low to the ground", cuz they wanted it to be more immersive for you Mark

one thing that never fails to make me sad is how a lot of survivors or fem viewers immediately guessed correctly about what was happening. the symbolism in the video game, the nightmares, the fact alone that this is a young female character. i hoped i wasn't looking too much into it. but i was right; and a lot of other people were.

btw this is based on a true story. its not entirely the same, but there as a woman who a father locked in a basement. the woman knew about the outside, she was a normal woman, but he raped her, got her pregnant, and forced the woman to raise the children in the basement. the children in the basement never got to see the light of day and had to learn everthing about the world from whatever the man brought into the basement for them. the man was eventually caught and the children were freed. they live normal lives (or at least as normal of a life you can live after experiencing that kind of trauma) today but the childrens' identities are secret for their own good.

“Makes you feel bad about the decisions you make” real.

man just imagine markiplier forgetting to unmute his mic and then its just text to speech for the entire video

Thank you so much for playing and thank you for going over the document explaining the Roblox "situation"! Edit: Thanks everybody for the kind words, I really appreciate it!

"why is my belly so round and big?" My room is flooded with tears.......

33:53 "They're best when they're fresh" this sentence made my heart break into a milion pieces...

The figure towering over Mark after she asks, “Is this an apple?” is terrifying and sickening to think about.

One of the obvious hints nudging us towards what this game is about is the fact that the food arrives when the father was apparently not there, meaning that the pills are supposed to knock you out, and then he comes down during the night. What made me realize what he was actually doing was the ending, instilling fear to keep you in check.

the ending, just the words alone put me in tears to be honest. i knew the story but it didnt hit me until the end just what it was, and it just. fucked with me a bit. as an sa survivor it started worrying me from the beginning, but the trust parts made me really sketched out. especially when mark said "you have to trust those closest to you", and then his face at the end, like i cant even describe the emotions i felt at that moment. children dont know. we never really know. we just know who we "can" trust.

“They’re best when they’re fresh” her dad wasn’t just talking about the apples.

'papa" being gone for two days after telling the little girl that there are "monsters" who sound like people is so dark. he was probably refferring to police officers or something along those lines. that implies that he was gone because the police were onto him... meaning that the little girl might've been so close to being found. that's probably why he told her to be so quiet too. I know it's just a game, but it has real life implications. seeing something this traumatic through the eyes of an innocent child while being grown and knowing that stuff like this can actually happen is a really awful feeling. real life monsters are scarier than anything imagined. i'm curious about what happens if she stops taking the pills. though a big part of me really doesn't want to know.

the sheer disgust and visceral terror i felt after the first nightmare. That's eerily similar to what you see after getting spiked. I knew something was up, but that belly was the thing that made it all snap into place. that and the, offhanded "they are best when they are fresh." by the dad

13:40 HENRY’S SO CUTE IM GONNA DIE 🥹🥹🥹

I don’t even know how to actually respond. I had my suspicions but that last scene… that last phrase. Absolutely broke me. I’ve never had an experience like that, but I have a friend who did… thankfully she ended up physically okay, but her mental health is so concerning and she’s going through a lot. I don’t think a game has ever hurt me so badly and made me feel so much disgust… it’s such a well made game that it hurts. It’s utterly horrific and heartbreaking that it actually makes me feel nauseous…

THE BAG. THE GOD DAMN BAG. I thought it was weird it being in this paper bag, in the apocalypse you'd think it be cans or something, figured it's because it's video game rules I shouldn't read into it too much. It's weird it's being microwaved because that made me think of Ready Meals. BUT NO, it's worse, it's fucking worse. I bet you that monster was picking up Take Out, dumping it on the table on his way past, and because it got cold by morning she'd have to reheat it. He wasn't even feeding her properly, she didn't even know what an apple tasted like, she probably wasn't even being given veg or fruit. Fuck. FUCK. Telling her that creature's outside mimic voices so that if other adults found her or tried to help she'd stay away. The fact Mark couldn't work out how the food was getting in unless he was coming in at night which wouldn't make sense if the outside was that dangerous. THE FACT HE GOT HER A DIARY SO HE COULD KEEP TRACK OF HER MENTAL STATE, to see if she was catching on, god I just realized that 😰...this game has so many horrible details

Everyday, Markiplier looks more and more similar to Keanu Reeves

The last line of dialogue made my blood run cold. The fact that there are people out there who do this is beyond horrifying.

Wow, Mark's reaction to this game's end part is so different to how he reacted to Presentable Liberty. There he did not even hesitate on the prospect of escaping/breaking out of the cycle. But this shows how much of an effect trust can have. He truly trusted "Papa", and seeing how the character was just a little girl, that is honestly pretty realistic and makes it more heartbreaking

the thing that makes this more sad? the fact that the girl was old enough to get pregnant, but her writing and speech were that of a 7-10 hear old child. makes you wonder how long she's truly been down there 😔

The pills, the basement, talking to her father through a trap door… my heart dropped, I knew right away. I figured the pills she took daily were sedatives, but also birth control considering there were two bottles? Either way, my heart sank. The fact that things like this happen..

I think the worst think about this is that this is based on a real event. Elisabeth Fritzl was the entire inspiration for this and it still makes me want to vomit

I just realized... 12:08 the dad could be a monster ...

Spoiler warning: What really hits me about the bad ending is the "papa" seeing her on the 147th day and immediately slamming the door. 147 days is roughly 5 months and typically a pregnancy would already be showing at this point implying that he saw her belly, freaked out, and slammed the door without so as another word. Hits even harder after watching a video about the good ending.

I watched another youtuber play this and he chose not to take the pills. The night you don't you pretend to sleep and papa says "Alright, lets get to-" before rushing upstairs. So this ending had my jaw on the floor already knowing what happened.

30:40 EYE TUH-RUH-STAH P-AR-PA-AR

it feels weird how people percieve that last line as her feeling fat. even though, it portrays the much worse perspective of the.. toddler .. being pregnant.

The fact that the child writes their O’s so big honestly seems like a twisted symbolism.

honestly, when she said "Why is my belly so big and round" i immediately teared up, thats so fucked.

The sentence “They’re best when they’re fresh” foreshadowed it… I immediately knew then.

20:26 the best where is papa

That apple foreshadowing is so gross and well put at the same time. "They're best when they're fresh."

My first thought was that that kid had a weak immune system and so had to stay in a sort of quarantine. It was only after Mark starting asking about where and how the food was getting into there that I started to think it might be something else. Then I realized there isn't a wardrobe but the kid has everything else you need to live and suddenly the idea of something darker going on started to creep in. You realize its a girl from the drawings and that comment at the end just brought it all together. Just goes to show you don't need blood or gore to make something truly horrifying.

My jaw dropped when it said, "why is my belly so round and big"?

I remember only watched half of a video like this, and thought it was a regular horror game. When I started seeing videos about “papa why is my belly so round and big?” I realized.. this is that game.

i don’t know why but him calling her “princess” made it abundantly clear to me that the ending was leaning towards what i thought it be.

All the stories that 'papa' was telling our protagonist is literal hints. Such as the 'scary monsters he hid and ran from' were possibly the police that inspected the house and asked questions, asking when we would go to sleep or we feel tired is that so he is assured that the 'antidote' which are figured as sedatives are working, the password that papa gave us which was Apple, "its best when their fresh" was an reference to child SA. (I think.) Not only that, but when we are watering our plants. The context "Keep growing, little plant." Or whatever, is an supposed to be referenced to the baby in the protagonists belly that is growing. And finally, "Why is my belly so round and big?" Is an symptom of pregnancy.

Some popular and actually good roblox horror game reccomendations:''The Mimic'' the most popular one actually has gotten even better with newest updates.''Doors'' a quiet new one actually,and a bit challenging.''JUDY'' I think this one isnt much popular as it used to be but It is absolutely worth playing.''Pinstripe Murders'' also made by the same creater with JUDY,It is well a very unique one.''Short Creepy Stories'' This one is also quiet new and one of my favorite,Its really well made and anjoyable,I think it is more kinda retro style.I would really reccomend trying Its worth giving time to it. All these games full playthrough takes mostly around 15-30 minutes(The whole mimic game may take longer cuz it has chapters and chapters take a little long depending on player)

24:30 We have now discovered: *Philosoplier* Or maybe thoughtfulplier Add that to the list of pliers along side Darkiplier and Babyplier

Mark just fully not catching on to *any* of the weird shit and just being like “well, time for my daily pill that makes me mysteriously sleepy in my strange basement room in which I live as a solitary child with no clothes in sight and whose Papa only ever comes down into when I’m asleep!”

im so, SO glad markiplier still remembers presentable liberty, a game like that really does stick with you

This game is going to haunt me till the rest of my life.

I'm really glad that that silly music wasn't played at the end of the video with some looping part from the game

Mark: "If Henry doesn't stop barking, I'll bring him in here!" Everyone: "HENRY PLEASE KEEP BARKING!!!"

oh god it’s actually sickening the bit where he says “they’re best when they’re fresh” just completely has a double meaning by the end of the game like just how young she is and always calling her by pet names feels like a way to dehumanise her and if u don’t take the pills there’s a diff dream idk how to explain it but the sound while it happens sounds like a man heavy breathing which is genuinely vile i’m so sorry too anyone who had to experience anything like this i hope you have or are healing 💗

37:15 why is my belly so round and big..?

“puh a puh a” 😭 30:45

“They’re best when they’re fresh.” I swear to god that made my whole body feel goosebumps because I knew the context of the game. Watching many gameplays on this game makes you catch on so many details.

Markiplier started talking about the creator of Presentable Liberty and I'm just here to let everyone know that his depression was very much documented in his games and he later took his own life in June of 2018. Glad to see his games are still making an impression and remembered.

holy shit presentable liberty was literally my first thought when i started this, used to be my absolute favorite playthru from mark and still holds a special place in my heart from so many years ago now, crazy seeing a games with similar vibes to it now after so long where im in a totally different part of my life

It has an alternative ending where the child can get out of the basement. even tho, the game doesn't have a happy ending.