i still love souls lore videos, but, as a retired souls lore enthusiast, i can no longer handle derailing tangents like ‘actually elden ring is an allegory for alchemy’. i can physically hear the tv static entering my brain as i immediately begin dissociating in disinterest.
back in the day, i used to love it. i used to love the whole ‘actually kos washing up on the beach is a reference to an old japanese tale of a beached whale being a sign of a blessing from god for the abundance of food and material they provide blah blah blah blah’. but no more. i can’t handle the far reaching allegories anymore. numbs my fucking brain.
i actually regressed. i used to hate vaati for simplifying souls lore and making it easier to digest for entertainment purposes. now i fucking love vaati. because overall i think the souls lore community forces theories into areas where there were meant to be none, and i’m tired of it, tbh.
the paleblood hunt is the worst offense to this case i’ve ever seen. talk about an entire essay of pretentious, biased conjecture.
you know the frenzied flame video vaati made, with the super edited fight against vyke, with epic music and choreography? that’s what i want in my lore vids in my Retired/Ex Souls Lore Enthusiast Era.
