The Many Meanings of Bloodborne

DOWNLOAD THE ESSAY COLLECTION: The Many Meanings of Bloodborne essay collection: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3ib8wc... Typesetting and layout by ARTeapot: https://linktr.ee/arteapot The Many, Many Meanings of Bloodborne (all submissions): https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdni7npadmm... ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Bloodborne is a game that takes place in the intersection between dreams and nightmares. Its spaces are unreal and changeable, and the nature of what is real and what is not is constantly called into question. Consequently, the hard details of its story and plot are left vague, even by Souls standards, allowing a huge amount of space for interpretation by its players. All art can have many different meanings to many different people, but art like Bloodborne practically requires this range of interpretations. To some, Bloodborne feels like a familiar home, to others it is a space of cathartic vengeance. To some it is an affirmation of their deepest feelings, to others it is a raging indictment of social hypocrisies. And to sappy idealistic dinks like me... well, you'll see. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Tip me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TBSkyen Support my work on Patreon: Patreon:   / tbskyen   Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/tbs... --- Shorts:    / tbskyenshorts   Let's plays:    / 2bskyen   Twitch:   / tbskyen   -------- SOCIALS Find me as TBSkyen on Bluesky (s**tposting) https://bsky.app/profile/tbskyen.com I am ohnoitstbskyen on Tumblr (articles, short-form writing)   / ohnoitstbskyen   ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 6:56 A Full Werewolf 13:45 Bloodborne and Addiction 16:51 That Free Will Is Holy 18:06 Bloodborne is Intensely Trans 18:18 I Could Imagine Myself 20:07 Bloodborne Feels Like Home To Me 24:17 I'll Identify With Ebrietas 30:49 The Nightmare 50:09 Outro ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Plain Doll and Hunter staring at the moon artwork by Monoflax:   / monoflax   Royalty free music in my videos sourced from http://filmmusic.io, http://incompetech.com, and composed by Kevin Macleod. Used under a Creative Commons license ((http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...) Additional music by Stevia Sphere https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/ Used under a Creative Commons License