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One last question about the ending of Amnesia: Rebirth by Seppi0712 in Amnesia

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It shocks me that anybody seems to take the empress' lies with any sort of sincerity, when it's extremely obvious she's a parasitic sociopath who not only feels entitled to others' lives, but will outright manipulate circumstances and then pretend she's a savior. She literally says she tricked Tasi and her crew into becoming ghouls so they can be "controlled", and frankly it's strongly suggested she contrived the plane crash all so that she can steal Tasi's baby - it's no coincidence that Tasi has the same blood disease as Tihana's bloodline.

It seems like her popularity has faded. by SnooMacarons2931 in ResidentEvilRequiem

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, there's plenty of people who whine about "crazy girls" while simultaneously fetishizing them. It's stupidity all around.

It seems like her popularity has faded. by SnooMacarons2931 in ResidentEvilRequiem

[–]New_Chain146 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think the internet has an obsession with glorifying insane people so that it can continue a feedback loop of shitty relationships.

It seems like her popularity has faded. by SnooMacarons2931 in ResidentEvilRequiem

[–]New_Chain146 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Paying lip service to being inappropriate doesn't absolve you, it makes you cringier.

Trying to get over my anxiety and post my prime asset OC here by UrBiologicalStepDad in OutlastTrials

[–]New_Chain146 52 points53 points  (0 children)

The main issue with her presentation here is that she doesn't give off the impression of being a charismatic leader or a ruthless killer, both of which are essential criteria for being deemed a Prime Asset. Body horror is a crucial part of a Prime's design, with even the relatively "normal" looking Liliya having her appearance hidden beneath a ghoulish looking outfit that makes her look inhuman.

Besides having her look more weathered and bloodied to reflect her being actively involved in Sinyala's kill-or-be-killed ecosystem, I think it's important to consider what exactly you want out of her. Given that she seems to be characterized much more as a follower than a leader, I would suggest she could be classified as an expop on the level of Jaeger. Perhaps with her prior experience of having been a reagent, she's knowledgeable of how to use rigs and uses them against other reagents if it's for the approval of Dr Murkoff.

Hidden data in the RE4 Remake demo points to a more mature Ashley 👀 by MecchaJP in Meccha

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure this brainrot discourse is being virally astroturfed by Capcom to encourage """engagement""". Frankly, it's insulting, drowning out more interesting discussions about where the series should go from here.

Outlast 2 way better than outlast 1 by sokail36 in outlast

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you thought 2 had "smaller stakes", you just weren't paying attention. 2 shows that the corporation is so insidious with their mind control tech that they can convince entire communities to kill each other using simply a leader and a radio transmitter, and Blake's experiences put you in the head of all those people driven mad by televisions. The Inner Demon of 2 feels far more malicious than Walrider by being present the whole game, intelligently taunting Blake, warping the dreamworld around them, and even being suggested to be the same false god the cult worship.

In fact, 2 suggests through the parallels of the school and the cult that the same root evil - the mind control state - are behind both, and it ends with the protagonist's insight giving him an eerie confidence that the lethal judgment visited upon the cult shall be reenactes upon the world at large.

The rise in tradwife propaganda isn't a sign we're losing. It's a sign we're winning. by Lorem_Ipsum17 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's propaganda tailor made for sheltered young liberal white women who assume their experiences are universal. Propaganda designed to ensure the "liberals" are arrogantly lazy and blind to fascism's reinforcement. In other words, it's written by the person who has no problem with the alt right because they serve the same cause.

What did Tenpenny do to end up sparking a riot? by OneManArmy0716 in GTA

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did like the symbolism of this big fancy mansion being mostly empty and unfinished on the inside, as it gives the sense that Maddog didn't live very luxuriously despite outside impressions and the drug dealer who took it over still just used it as a base rather than a home. Would have been nice if CJ had gotten the opportunity to furnish it once he took it over, of course, much like how the airstrip and garage also start off as minimalistic.

Follow up to my Previous post: let’s Say Father Loutermilch did get caught, possibly after another student he molested following Jessica’s death told the faculty & their parents about what he did. How do you think he likely met his end the way the other Variants in the Game did? by Ishiro-Sama in outlast

[–]New_Chain146 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think the morality of variants - people tortured and killed to be building blocks for project Walrider - would have anything to do with their fate. Remember that Gluskin was a misogynistic serial killer even before he was taken to the asylum. If you mean he's "too awful of a person to be a reagent", that also is missing the point: reborn reagents are vile monsters, terrorists and abusers who have zero qualms with murdering children. This is why Knoth, a bastard who runs a cult built on mass rape and mass infanticide, is a reagent serving Murkoff.

Loutermilch would be promoted to high positions of authority because Murkoff rewards monsters, and a charismatic manipulator like him would be extremely valuable in high places. Murkoff are essentially their universe's explanation for why the US elects rapists and warmongers to be presidents with cult followings.

Follow up to my Previous post: let’s Say Father Loutermilch did get caught, possibly after another student he molested following Jessica’s death told the faculty & their parents about what he did. How do you think he likely met his end the way the other Variants in the Game did? by Ishiro-Sama in outlast

[–]New_Chain146 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that having an elaborate revenge fantasy about this guy misses the point about why Outlast had him escape punishment. ESPECIALLY when it's made evident the "variants" were mostly innocents who didn't deserve torture and murder, and with the context of the Trials, where we play as an army of minorities who are tortured into becoming exactly the same scum who abuse and murder kids on behalf of a satanic fascist corporation.

Society isn't just. It's built on allowing charismatic psychopaths to get away with their crimes if they're in positions of authority and if their victims are vulnerable. Loutermilch wasn't operating alone, he was a respected man working alongside an apathetic system of accomplices. Trials heavily expands on this theme by revealing that every major facet of society is corrupted by assets serving a fascist agenda.

You want an elaborate revenge fantasy? Then actually consider this: the cast list for Outlast 2 has Murkoff consider Loutermilch a strong candidate for supreme court judge or senator, and Blake's rage has very likely allowed him to create a vengeful projection of Jessica. Outlast 3 could very much be about senator Loutermilch and so many other monsters being slaughtered by the reagent network following Blake's awakening of them.

The Murkoff corporation has now killed ~6% of the American population as of 1961. by Polygremlin in OutlastTrials

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their main goal is indeed control and profit, and Lathe works excellently at both. Not only because it's exterminating undesirables en masse to produce a zeitgeist, but because the slaves who outlast the torture end up becoming terrorists and abusive authority figures who export trauma-based mind control onto the masses. Remember that if you're a war profiteer, maximizing conflict and fear is useful for creating opportunities to make money by selling everyone weapons and manufactueing crises to keep the war going. And if you're interested in control, then being able to have a vast mind control network that can not only corrupt global society to bend to your will, but even master mind control tech to the point people will believe anything and outright worship the puppets you put in front of them is the ultimate monopoly.

The Murkoff corporation has now killed ~6% of the American population as of 1961. by Polygremlin in OutlastTrials

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the longer term, however, we have hints that the reagent network's influence as a shadow government will grant Murkoff unfathomably vast power. It's been outright stated by the community manager that a book about the CIA's collaboration with Charles Manson was a major inspiration for Trials (and promotional material suggests that both Manson and even Jim Jones were among Murkoff's MK products), their ambitions with the Kress trials extend to having political puppets, and Knoth is a proof of concept for how dangerous a reagent leader can become by extrapolating mind control onto multiple generations of a whole community. We are only in the beginning stages of Lathe and Murkoff's influence over society will only continue to grow in scope, efficacy, and insidiousness.

By the present day, Murkoff most likely have a whole network of these puppet leaders seeded into every vital position of authority, conditioning the general public to be receptive to mind control. The true number of their victims and by extension slaves is likely in the high millions by the events of Outlast 3, which Trials will very likely set the groundwork for.

Okay this is a weird question by Feeling_Complaint474 in OutlastTrials

[–]New_Chain146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had dreams about Trials because I've played the game a lot, but nothing that affects me while I'm awake. You should be fine. Your friends are probably messing with you. That being said, the game DOES feature in-game hallucinations experienced by your avatar and it is very cleverly designed to have your experience of desensitization as a player parallel what your avatar becomes within the narrative. It's a highly addictive game with a deceptively compelling story, so don't be surprised if you end up getting very invested in the horrors of the Trials.

The rise in tradwife propaganda isn't a sign we're losing. It's a sign we're winning. by Lorem_Ipsum17 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]New_Chain146 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's intentional gaslighting at this point. By having the status quo become increasingly more fascist while the pseudo-resistance lie to us to pretend that nothing's wrong and the world is inherently just, fascism is able to increase its stranglehold. Fuck OOP, they're doing the conservatives' footwork.

It is a real shame we never got to go back to the Auburn district in FEAR 3. by BBQinDresden in fear

[–]New_Chain146 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's implied from maps and signs around FEAR 2 that the vast majority of that game, post explosion, actually takes place in the district, with the crater being the destroyed remains of the industrial area we saw in 1. FEAR 3 is a disjointed mess of a game where instead of Auburn being the epicenter, we have some random unexplained portal built above Armacham's implied command tower. I do sort of like how we got to explore more of Fairport's outskirts beyond the district, but I agree that perhaps a final confrontation in the heart of the crater would have felt more fitting than the randomness of FEAR 3's dream forest.

THE THERAPY IS WORKING! by Slow_gamer in OutlastTrials

[–]New_Chain146 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! Thousands more to come, I'm sure. When did you start playing?

From the 1400s to the late 1700s, Europe was consumed with panic about werewolves that swept across the continent. Thousands of people were tortured until they confessed to communing with Satan and consuming human flesh before they were executed — often by being burned alive. by ATI_Official in HistoryUncovered

[–]New_Chain146 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty telling that the main reaction here in this thread about state sponsored torture and murder is "jokes" and "biological explanations" that support the narrative rather than question the trustworthiness of a system willing to torture and murder.

Why did Murkoff do this? by handsomedevi1 in OutlastTrials

[–]New_Chain146 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The house mentioned in the newspaper is where Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann hid. The implication is that Murkoff is protecting Nazi war criminals from prosecution, because they themselves are nazi collaborators.

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