This House Is Haunted - The Importance and Secret Life of Mae's Grandfather in Night in the Woods 

"they feared death so they ate the young" is such a great line

I tend to get super anxious when people talk about Mae's grandad because of people connecting him to the cult and concluding that he was a part of it when its very clear he isn't One my favorite parts of the ending is when you show Mae's dad the tooth and when he asks her if she'll stand in solidarity with him she's immediately on board. As always, im so excited for the next installment

My grandpa was never very interested in video games but I think he would have liked Night in the Woods. He worked at GM and took part in the picket lines, so I think he'd respect a story like this.

I did always think it was odd that Mae didn't react to Arthur Borowski's name during the micro-fish segment. Unless I missed something lol. But great video! I love all of these speculative lore videos that you make. NITW has been a favorite of mine since it was released and I appreciate you keeping these conversations alive, as well as the community surrounding this awesome game! :)

When you mentioned that Mae and her ancestors have fought the same battle it reminded me of something. The conservatives of the past being the bosses who overwork and abuse their employees, and the conservatives of the present being the older generation, are around the same age.

Great video as always I didn’t even realize how important mass grandpa is to the Story i can’t wait for your next few characters analysis’s im so glad that someone is keeping this amazing game alive keep up the great work man 😁

Loved the Disco Elysium comparison with the tooth society. That actually helped a lot, lol. It makes a lot of sense! I love your interpretation of the glimmer and how you put it all together. I really enjoyed what you said about Mae's grandad passing the torch to Mae's dad through Mae giving him the tooth. Great video!

This is such a good video! I am so excited for Lori and Selmers, they are some of my favorites. Then again, just about every character is one of my favorites

I played this game a couple of times and I didn't know I could talk to Germs grandma!!! well another reason to play it again I guess

I really love seeing how you're able to piece the meaning and impact of it all together. I'm definitely the sort who's bad at reading in and finding a deeper meaning so I'm glad I can finally get new perspective after passing by this video by chance. Excited for more soon :]

Man I love Night in the Woods and I love your videos.

Great video!! the love you have for the game is easy to see (or hear? XD) which are the best type of game videos imo. I too missed on the grandpa details and it makes the whole picture so much richer. Can't wait to watch more!

Rest in power, Grandpa Borowski.

This is a very well made analysis! Very interesting things helps me understand the story on a deeper level. Love the little disco elysium shout out there lol

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥹 Bro… I’m clapping like the groundskeeper at the end of Rudy. Well done.

Excellent video! you always deliver

Its an awesome Video but Mae doesnt have Dissosiactive Personality disorder. It would mean that she had more than one Personality living in the same Body. What Mae does have is an unspecified Dissosiactive Disorder which shows itself in Form of Derpersonalization and Derealization Dissociative Personality Disorder is what you might still know as Multiple Personalities Disorder

Hmmm interesting

Wouldn't the cult realisticlly also want worker's rights and opportunities for miners in the vision of the future. It sounds to me that the cult would've tossed that abusive mine boss into the pit, which maybe paints them as a more extreme side of the same coin. Plenty of conservative-minded people like members of the cult also tend to be pro-worker, as many of them are workers or former workers in the industry. They aren't usually prancing around with monicles and tophats anymore. Any idea that they "sound the same" seems very rhetorical and seems to serve as an excuse to retort "right wingers bad"

I always thought "this house is haunted" is the grandpa being a funny dude and knowing he was about to pass was referring to it soon being haunted by his spirit looking out for the family.

"They feared death, so they ate the young" is also a reference to A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. It's satirical political critique, where the modest proposal is to simply eat the children of the irish poor, so they wouldn't be a burden to society. I think it's a very appropriate reference for this game

I didn't even put together that Mae's granddad was trying to mention the cult in the opening story! Great video!

I love how deep the lore is and how you manage to piece it all together, awesome video!

not only is “they feared death so they ate the young” a metal line, but it’s a reference to a satirical piece from 1729 called “a modest proposal”. it suggested that, to eliminate hunger and poverty, people should eat their own children.

Re: "This house is haunted"... In one version of the Bea ending, Mae explains this statement before the final band practice. According to her interpretation, Mae's grandpa was not referring to her literal house or family, but to Possum Springs as a whole. Mae: My granddad, before he died, his last words were like, “This house is haunted.” Bea: Ok, that’s spooky. Was he in your house? Mae: No, he was like looking out the window at the hospital. But I think I get what he meant. This whole… place. [Lots of dialogue about witchy teens, Germ and his grandma, and Lori M] Bea: Those guys last night - they’re like ghosts in an old mansion. Don’t know they’re dead. Just stalking around killing whoever moves in. Mae: Like granddad said. It’s haunted. But there’s also a lot of witches in it, and that makes me feel a tiny bit better. After that, Bea even says, "So the entire Rust Belt is just lousy with ghosts and witches?" I think that goes beyond what the granddad meant, though, and definitely beyond the Possum Spring cult.

One thing we can say for certain is that Mae's grandfather was based af.

I wonder if the tooth society is supposed to be a mirror to the people of Harlen county in any way

I don't know about you guys, but I'd personally like a video about the rooftop cat. It may just look like a sleeping cat, but it's much more important than we think. Anyway great video as always!

I had figured 'they went looking for the gods and died in lonely places' was a reference to how the deep hollow hollerers died. Way out in the woods, trying to communicate with gods.

i didn't remember the library in the church and didn't know you could visit germ's house ty

ive played night in the woods before but i missed so much of what was in this video! this was really well written and put together, excited to see your future analyses!

deers antlers above germs grandma.... antlers are a sign of prophet

hey!!! i wanted to watch this when is came out last night but my power (and wi-fi) went out. it came on this morning, so excited to watch!!!

I wonder if the tooth society is supposed to be a mirror to the people of Harlan county in any way

My favorite video you've made yet Good stuff!

what a beautiful explanation

Do you think there’s a connection between maes house and the house you see the Harley kids at? It’s the only 2 houses with a red star? Maybe another tooth holder

I wonder how the connection to the Black Goat even started? Like, the connection being hereditary every second generation makes sense, but how did this all begin?

I did not know abt the church library and being able to go to Germ's house. I am delightfully blown away

wait at 5:30 you say mae has disasociative personality disorder.. also know as did. Do you really think maes body posses multiple people?

LMAO I was just piecing this together by your other videos. This makes sense and I love this theory!

Excited to see more!

English teacher vibes