The Cosmic Horror of Fear and Hunger 

Out of all of them, the one who got the least amount of suffering in his ending was Ragnvaldr, ironically enough. He has one of the most miserable backstories but gets the least miserable ending, instead going off with his new wolf friend to go hunt monsters.

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I disagree, HEAVILY. Every single canonical ending It's actually positive. Enki gets everything he ever wanted, no backlash, EVERYTHING HE WANTS Ragnavaldr frees the world from 99.9% monsters, and makes a friend D'arce ehh... She's fucking insane but technically She either does what She Always wanted as a good Lil sub or fucks a ghoul that Will help make Twitter Cahara creates the God of fear and Hunger a BENEVOLENT God that wants humanity to Better itself

@@fabioviti7384 There is nothing positive about Caharas. Maybe for the world but his fate is tragic. D'arce isn't really either, she is delusional and it literally that meme of being on fire and saying, this is fine. The other two are positive because the don't allow dungeon to control them and forge their own destiny.

My life irl

This is a very good point, a lot of Lovecraft's writings stem from his own anxiety, agoraphobia, xenophobia etc. and his awe at the ever burgeoning field of astronomy likely only heightened his feelings of fear. Thank you for sharing!

Howard literally wrote a whole story about a guy whose weird neighbor turns out to be an undead living corpse who can’t leave his apartment because his air conditioning system is what is keeping his corpse from decomposing. The unknown risks and horrors of this newly developed and distributed air conditioning technology were enough to drive him to a fit of creative writing.

@@euthymialylovecraft mustve had a neighbor that had a really loud ac

Imagine if he had known that, several million years ago, a star may have gone supernova and released cosmic rays that are right now heading towards Earth and that when they get here, they will strip the atmosphere from the planet and immediately kill every living thing, and we have absolutely no way to detect it before it happens, let alone stop it. Compared to that Cthulu is just an overgrown octopus.

@snqoqo Absolutely untrue and unfounded. This is the kinda shit that people like to spread to act as if they are on the know when in reality it's all exaggerations and is either not present in the plethora of primary sources we have or straight up contradicted.

Well who would of thunk I’m not the only one to discover this video while struggling to sleep.

I relate to this to an alarming degree

Real

We will closely monitor the progression of young Jacob Geller

Has to be one of my favorite genres

Also in the sequel Nas'Hrar claims he created the entire asian continent/country (their world Japan I think?) as a "joke" and has a hysterical fit laughing that people think it's some mystical ancient civilization.

Samussy

I had to use a wheelchair for 8 years and hated it profoundly

Sounds like more berserk inspiration.

@@josedorsaith5261 His name is Metroid.

I feel the same. Have you played it? I love learning about it but couldn't stomach the experience myself.

I have played it. But the brutality of the game itself is too much for me. I stick to video essays because the game fascinates me but playing it is a masochistic adventure I do not enjoy. Similar to how I watch let's plays of horror games because i get too immersed when I play and the horror of the games make me not want to play them but I really want to see the story. Edit: I haven't ever found more than the intro zone the dungeon and the flesh bubble library place. This is also my first video essay on this game and I'm commenting before watching lol

Same. I love seeing new takes on the game. There’s so much to unpack in these games and I adore them. It’s horror done well.

@@dyabo8826 I thought I was like this but I got into the game and finished all the endings. I probably will never play another minute of it but the story around the game is so amazing that it constantly keeps pulling me to binge videos like these.

Yes, I feel this exact way! What I've learned about this game aesthetically, narratively, and thematically is 100% my jam. Unfortunately I just don't have the time, skill, or patience these days to actually play it. (I also feel this way about the fromsoft games) The more, as you say, "grisly" parts of the game is also a bit of a turn-off for me. I can stomach video game gore as much as the next guy, but did they have to make stuff like "the generic guard enemy has an absurdly large penis and you have a risk of being raped by it which will give you severe anal bleeding" a part of the game? This along with all the other phallic imagery and weirdly oversexual content, idk if they're all that necessary (Can you tell I'm not the biggest Freud fan?) I don't even consider myself particularly sensitive about this stuff, but I can't seem to find any reason for it to be included other than shock value and edgy "realism". I mean, isn't scrounging for survival and a chance of being brutally murdered around every corner enough to deliver the message? Idk like I said I haven't played the game so I may be missing something. Maybe someone who has actually experienced the game can enlighten me on this.

Agreed! Super Eyepatch Wolf’s, Worm Girl’s, and this video kinda feels like the Holy Trinity of Fear and Hunger Video essays. SEW’s for the getting the vibes of how GRUELING the game is to play, WG’s for getting the lore, and this one for getting the epic literary vibes!

@@bakingkitty1034 "epic literary" is a bit of a hyperbole, its good but not that. Academic monotone would be closer to the style presented by the vid.

@@Zlyde007 Fair enough, I'm being dramatic for the fun of it XD

Ah yes, the stinger

the Big stinger

Le stinge thinge

Is it *stinging* your self-esteem to realise the his is bigger than yours?

⁠​⁠​⁠@@enricofermi3471 mine loops over my shoulder twice, not that impressive tbh

That's kind of you to say!

The reason why they don't have a bigger following is bc this is only video #3. Or at least that's all I see on the channel lol I look forward to more videos

@@DennisLjeti Also, you put the sources of the clips, music and images you used at the end of the video. Most RU-vid content creators don't do that!

Your work is so professional you need a larger following

I concur. Pretty good. Earned a subscrobble.

Yk what the update is gonna be about?

Same, when I saw the Neal Breen clip I subbed immediately

Timestamp?

It was the Neil Breen clip, and then the shot from Surviving Edged Weapons. I knew I was in the right place.

Blood meridian is so good, I need to reread that, thanks for reminding me!

I’m gonna start calling it funger now, that’s great 😂

Or you can call it... The Aristocrats!

Well, Hunt:Showdown is halfway there.

I mean, that's basically the sequel Fear and Hunger Termina :V

I absolutely adore Pathologic!

Wishing you all the best in your recovery

Thanks so much man, I really appreciate it.

Glad you enjoyed it! Loved your video on Rudimer!