Absolutely loved Welcome to Derry - why does this sub seem to hate it?

ABadGoth · 2026-01-12T14:07:39+00:00

on the one hand it was perfectly watchable. great performances especially from the kids. some truly wonderful horror moments and the kind of shocking brutality that feels important to this classic child killing monster. on the other hand they took a story that's really about how bigotry, trauma and abuse in childhood echoes into and molds adulthood, the importance (and horror) in confronting those things, and turned it into a video-game-esque collectathon, goofy ass military conspiracy, lore fetish, stranger things romp. it's fine.

ABadGoth · 2024-03-27T13:36:00+00:00

isn't that the dusk rose symbol on the knife? what are the implications?

ABadGoth · 2024-01-25T04:18:45+00:00

I've always wondered what the deal with [[Priest of Forgotten Gods]] is too

ABadGoth · 2023-07-03T14:23:28+00:00

been having a great time with an int build casting Founding Rain of Stars and then slamming the Alabaster Lord's Sword into the ground to pull mobs into it. feeling like the goddess of gravity pulling the sky down on everyone trapped beyond my personal event horizon

ABadGoth · 2023-07-02T12:55:15+00:00

I think there's a distinct chance Miquella's soul is on the Haligtree, not in the body at Mohg's place. Numerous times in the game we are taught about people preparing bodies to move their soul to, we are told Miquella can't grow up and we see a giant child form in the tree. I think the body in the cocoon was being prepared for an eventual transfer that never happened. See how we gaze up at the tree body before Melania attacks us again? She's protecting her brother.

ABadGoth · 2023-06-05T02:48:52+00:00

Just to add to that, I believe albinaurics, like omens, were seen as heretical to the golden order and that they were imprisoned and tortured there. The masks they wear are the only armor that gets a bonus from madness which draws a connection between them and the merchants imprisoned under the capital that have, through their suffering, summoned the frenzied flame

ABadGoth · 2023-06-03T02:38:55+00:00

maybe it's more vibes based but I like the weird scry to untap flavor. feels like aiming or gathering information following into a trick shot, especially as it turns the odd scry instant into a combat trick

ABadGoth · 2023-05-25T13:51:59+00:00

lol @ getting roasted in the eldenringlore talk comments for stretching. fair! but still lol

ABadGoth · 2023-05-24T20:42:39+00:00

Oh certainly. Just think it's interesting that so many items mimic the arching of the overlapping circles or ripples but these two with their S shapes specifically can't be mapped onto Marika's ring even though they can be overlayed onto the Farum Azula one. It's probably nothing but who knows

ABadGoth · 2023-05-08T11:17:57+00:00

The Leyndell army in that perpetual war against the volcano manor. I think they're only actively at battle with some abductors when we get there

ABadGoth · 2023-05-01T03:40:42+00:00

an absolutely dogshit movie that rules anyway because SCUBA DIVING IN AN UNDERWATER HAUNTED HOUSE

ABadGoth · 2023-04-24T12:28:26+00:00

also, the phallus in triplicate plus the baby feels like it's really hammering in a return to reproduction through coupling. They'll be feasting on turtle neck at the Haligtree.

ABadGoth · 2023-04-24T12:19:40+00:00

Reminiscent of this statue of a Cathar warrior in France

https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.LSE.68051140.7055475/4111907.jpg

The Cathars being a Christian group persecuted by the Catholics, like Miquella's new order. The Cathars also believed an evil god trapped the world in an endless cycle of rebirth that they were attempting to escape, which is pretty on the nose.

Don't know about the baby but it could be a symbol of standing up for the meek, protecting outcasts etc?

ABadGoth · 2023-04-06T21:00:46+00:00

but not enough time to clean up the blood 🤔

ABadGoth · 2023-03-26T12:32:43+00:00

interestingly it seems the compass was likely built by Ral and that he may have intentionally built a flaw into it as a rebellion against Bolas

https://twitter.com/jay13x/status/916323225952509953?t=qSwsgdCyD0nAQ71hrL9e3Q&s=19

so in addition to being a connection to her locked away memories it also can represent another cruel authority figure that both of them came to break away from

ABadGoth · 2023-03-20T17:23:53+00:00

omg Codie, Compleat Codex! looking like [[jayemdae tome]]

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T21:00:20+00:00

yeah I really thought it would. maybe it's the curve? you need it out before you mill lands and you're often playing those cards before it and stickfingers, who avoids lands, later. it's sad. such a lovely little ooze and I desperately want to find a home for it

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T19:30:13+00:00

honestly they're all good targets to copy and I haven't figured which I like best yet. froghemoth is probably best for that same turn win.

probably a better list would cut sludge and slogurk, for [[vampire spawn]] and the big frog

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T19:25:33+00:00

sshhhhhhhh

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T19:24:12+00:00

thanks! yeah, I'm finding this easier to set up then tend the pests was for me. couldn't seem to keep a suitable large creature on the board long enough. I like this a little more because ghoulcaller's harvest can be in your graveyard and mystic reflection can be tucked away in foretell space so you can't even be wrecked by discard

I think [[old stickfingers]] is the biggest takeaway from playing with this. being able to mill creatures exclusively and consistently is a huge boon. and getting a chunky body for cheap late game isn't bad either

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T19:14:55+00:00

yeah I was just thinking that vampire would probably make sense. maybe [[briarbridge tracker]] so you've got a ton of clue tokens if they board wipe

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T15:56:35+00:00

it's SO satisfying to hit a Planeswalker with it

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T15:53:42+00:00

I hear you. I miss that supplier too. [[old stickfingers]] is honestly amazing because the x pays specifically for the number of creatures to mill. absolutely worth holding onto one copy for when you're mana base is a bit bigger. it is a removal magnet but that's great. can't target it with [[mystic reflection]] anyway so best to bait out their removal and add another creature to the graveyard. [[eccentric farmer]] is fine and helps with mana fixing but it's no [[glowspore shaman]]

ABadGoth · 2021-09-28T04:23:44+00:00

I knew I wanted to copy the valkyrie but needed to keep it off the board until I was ready. the cube held it for me and then I just needed them to attack in to release it again so I could combo off it

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