#outlast 1

[starzest]

can you blow my whistle baby

[coughingroses]

in my head these 2 are friends

[coughingroses]

whos your mental asylum keeper 👀👀👀👀

[idontlikepans]

More outlast high school au...these guys are the plastics of the school kinda sorta.

Also Murkoff still plays a part in this au, just not sure what part 🤷

Jeremy (Jer) Blaire: Rich. His father is president of Murkoff, a ‘tech’ company. And his mother is a lawyer. Match made in hell. He's just as much of a douche as you'd expect, and he drives a very nice car. He hasn't quite learned how to be a calm, smart business man yet so he's 100% the rich son stereotype. He's part of the school's golf team and actually does pretty well. He won't admit it, but he spends a lot of time getting ready for things. His parents fall into the busy parent stereotype and so they are usually never home or pay attention to him. He surprisingly isn't a party guy but his friends are horrible influences. Always brags about the girls who are all over him. No girls have ever been on him. Tries to be cool. Isn't very cool. Still more charming than Rick tho. HATES WAYLON PARK! Like he's actually so mean to him its not funny.

His close friends include: Richard Trager, Marla, Pauline Glick, and Paul Marion.

Richard (Rick) Trager: Somehow even worse than Jeremy. His family is well off, but perhaps not as rich as Jeremy's. His father also works for this mysterious tech company. He's on the golf team as well but doesn't do as well as Jeremy. His ego is extremely inflated and he gets super insecure about the smallest things. He loves to poke fun at others but freaks out when people do the same to him. He can dish it, but can't take it. Once again he hasn't quite learned how to pretend that he isn't extremely yet. So he's a squeaky annoying teenage boy who thinks he's the shit. He wants to be a doctor. His father refuses to pay for his college if he pursues that. His father isn't the only person who thinks he shouldn't be a doctor, literally everyone says that's the worst career choice for him. His guilty pleasure is medical videos online. Like the ones that will literally walk you through a whole surgery meant for med students. He has like no friends because he sucks. Hates Miles Upshur..he may be slightly jealous of him.

His close friends include: Jeremy and Marla.

Marla Walsh (my oc): Head over heels in love with Rick. Ew. She would take Jeremy too. She loves to party and give ‘free therapy seshes’ (in her words) to people. Her plan is to pursue psychiatry after high-school and work in a hospital as an inpatient psychiatrist. She claims she isn't as mean as Rick and Jer but you are the company you keep..She does have a line she won't cross which is making fun of people's looks. Rick and Jer do not share that same line. This causes a lot of butting heads between the three. Her parents kind of let her do whatever she wants and she doesn't have much structure at home. That's why she's usually out and about. Her, Rick, and Jer have so many sleepovers it's crazy. She loves sleeping between two guys. Her favorite joke of all time is to say “oh hey look it's your boyfriend!” To Eddie anytime Waylon walks by. She also loves to shop and luckily having two rich best friends helps that passion greatly! She also likes hanging around Lisa a lot.

Her close friends include: Rick, Jeremy, Lisa, Eddie, and eventually Miles’ friend group.

[rtx666demon]

I saw a post on twt saying “outlast trials is just mascot horror for adults” which to be honest made me think a little too much about it and came to the conclusion that, yes the outlast franchise is fundamentally mascot horror

strap on this is gonna be longgggg (im mainly going to talk about the first game because the second is also pretty similar and some talk on trials)

Trope1: the game start with miles getting a mysterious email that tells him to come and investigate the asylum, that’s literally how most if not all mascot horrors start

Trope2: he realises there is something wrong and oops now he is stuck, that’s the kind of explanation mascot horror writers use to not make you go “if I was there I would’ve just left”

Trope3: miles meets the mascot, Chris walker yes Chris is the main mascot monster jumpscare guy

Trope4: the tool, most of not all mascot horror always gotta have the special tool the player uses mainly to be more unique and not just walking simulators, that tool in outlast is the night vision camera

Trope5: there was evil experiments in the place your investigating

Trope6: the story telling, the way outlast handles lore is very different from most traditional horror games instead of the lore being told to you instead you need to go and find hidden messages and documents to understand the lore more properly and it rarely told to your face, most mascot horrors use this approach to story telling even if most of them aren’t really good at it

Trope7: lets plays, outlast was literally a let’s play icon most people got exposed to it via lets plays, thats how most mascot horror get popular

all of these factors should’ve made outlast the perfect mascot horror, but wait didn’t I say it was all ready a mascot horror? Will yes and no if you didn’t realise already, outlast literally was made before the first ever mascot horror, Fnaf so outlast being a mascot horror makes no sense

now I think what also makes outlast not a mascot horror is its audience, most outlast fans specially now are not if all are adults and I think there is a really good the reason for it

I think what plays a huge part in mascot horror’s popularity is how it is both edgy for children yet safe for parents, most mascot horror have violence but most of tend to be pretty tame, mainly played on non human characters with no guts or organs, most parents would let their children consume mascot horror because it is edgy yet it won’t hurt the child’s development

but it’s not the case with outlast, the way outlast presents its vulgar themes in a way that an adult audience would’ve appreciated not a child one, most people praise outlast for the inclusion of extreme sexual fetishes sometimes as a way to promote the game (yes red barrels are pretty much aware of how much people want to fuck there characters they know it and they read your shity fanfic on ao3) which I’m pretty sure not a single parent want there child to consume outlast, even tho most of us where like 12 when outlast came out most of us hide it from our parents or got scolded for watching it (that was me) but you don’t see an influx of new children getting into outlast most of the fans now specially for trials are people who where children when outlast released and now there like 22 or completely newcomers who are always adults

and I got to say that most of the fandom’s attachment towards a lot of the prime assets reminds me of the attachment children have for the goofy mascots like Freddy, huggy wuggy, ban ban, or any other slop mascot of the day

now to the most important answer: is outlast a mascot horror? No

[eastermanshowhigh]

I'm honestly not sure why I made this

[idontlikepans]

Outlast high-school au 🤯

I just thought of this and I'm sure I'm not the first to do so but here are some of my ramblings:

Miles Upshur: One of those guys who go to abandoned places for content. His dream is to be a journalist after graduation and he's part of the videography club at school. He's very likable and charismatic: has very few enemies. He's really down for anything and will absolutely try new things. One of the first of his friends group to start driving and he was given his father's old, red jeep on his 16th birthday. He also throws the best parties. Him and his parents have a great relationship.

His close friends include: Waylon Park, Lisa Moore, Blake Langermann, and Chris Walker (walkshur 👀). There's always crossing with friend groups so he's cool with Eddie Gluskin too

Waylon Park: A nervous people pleaser. Huge into video games and obviously software engineering. Like Miles, his in-game career is what he plans to do after graduation. He likes hanging out in the computer science club. He has a few friends and is a pretty cool guy. He also has chronic ‘I fall for everyone I see’ disease as well struggling with anxiety. He has also been slightly bullied before he really had any friends to rely on. Lisa was the first person he really bonded with and she made him feel seen. His parents are divorced and they have split custody of him.

His close friends include: Miles, Lisa, and Eddie. (All of which he has a little crush on)

Chris Walker: A gentle giant part of the 4-H/FFA Club. He plays for Mount Massive High's football team as an offensive linebacker (idk anything about football but I think that's right). He absolutely hates it though, but he feels bad and eventually gets guilted into tryouts each year. He loves piggies, obviously, and they are his favorite animal to show, although he also sometimes shows sheep too. He becomes inconsolable at the end of the show season because he has to say goodbye to his animals. When he graduates he wants to own a rescue ranch and care for disabled or injured animals. He struggles with intensified emotions and attachments to all living things and some objects. He also hates being seen as scary because of his size. Still called ‘strongfat’ by many and is very insecure about it.

His close friends include: Miles (Walkshur👀) and Eddie. He is making an effort to be more social.

Lisa Moore (Park): You know that girl walking in the hallways with so many tattoos and piercings and you're wondering how her parents let her do that? That's Lisa. I've always believed Waylon has an absolute baddie of a wife so that carries to this au. She's another person that's pretty much cool with everyone. She likes photography and occasionally bonds with Miles over videography. She thinks Eddie is a total weirdo but in an affectionate way, same thing with Waylon. She's really into art and wants to pursue it after school, but she's afraid of failure. Her other passion is volunteering wherever and whenever. She really likes volunteering at the animal shelter with Chris and also at the food bank. Her mom and her are very close as her father passed away when she was young.

Her close friends include: Waylon, Miles, Chris, and Eddie.

Eddie Gluskin: Very reserved. He obviously loves designing and sewing and fashion. He's in the foster care system and lives in a group home. His mom is dead and his father and uncle are in jail for the abuse they put him through. He still carries a majority of his ideals from when he was younger. He was raised pretty ‘traditionally’ much like he is in canon. He's gay, but has a lot of internalized homophobia. He has a bunch of sketchbooks full of all his designs. Like soooo many. One of his favorite pastimes is to go to the local fabric and textile shop and window shop. He doesn't have a job or an allowance so he can't quite buy anything like that yet. Though, his first Christmas with his new friends, he gets a lot of different things to make clothes with. :) He deserves happiness much like everyone else in this au. Slightly in love with Waylon but is super insecure about it. He also still suffers from schizophrenia. It is medicated though. He wants to be a designer when he graduates.

His close friends include: Waylon, Miles, Lisa, Chris, Dennis (and his alters), Pyro, and Marla Walsh (my oc).

So yeah.. I wanna do Rick and Jeremy and others but this post is already so long...

[murkoffs-slut]

OKAY SO outlast 1 and whistleblower finished.

miles 😭😭😭 you should have left when you got outside brother 🥀🥀 i was like why... are we going back inside...

wernicke is a two-timing fuck but tbh i didn't expect much different from a murkoff associate. almost glad miles was possessed because then open-firing on him wasn't as clean of an ending as he was hoping for. mfer...

also HOLY SHITTTT the walrider is terrifying. the way he can like... get inside and literally explode you from within your chest is insane 😭 i still don't really get exactly how the walrider was achieved, or what it's made of, i just know it's like a bunch of really small atoms that work together. or something. idk

ALSO i see why trager is as popular as he is LMAO his voice is really nice.

ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MY BUDDY WAYLON PARK! he's a dumbass but he actually made it out so good for him! unfortunately he will carry the burden of whatever misfortune befalls his friends and family so... kinda sours the win.

eddie is also suuuuper interesting to me... the way he was maiming and murdering women, then lost access to them, so he just... swapped to men? LIKE. THE JAILBREAK HAPPENED AND HE JUST GOT RIGHT TO WORK? insane shit bro.

ummm so yeah i liked the games!! the ai in this game is way more rigid imo so i noticed it's harder to trick them than it is in TOLT. not bad really, just different.

anyway i really want an outlast game that features a woman as the main antagonist 💔 val is a super interesting character and i know she's a main antagonist along with knoth, but knoth still feels like the overarching enemy, if that makes sense? i just want more outlast women... please...