"remember our promise... you still owe me thirty pounds.... for the pitza...."
#Signalis
green zephyr
trim bronze
the pitza...
green zephyr
Next up: Lowry and Halligan in the final boss arena
mellow moat
"God save the Great Revolutionary. Even if she's wearing an ugly green suit."
||THE SKELETONIZED BODY OF ELSTER-512 WAS FOUND IN A DESERT NEAR THE RED GATE ONLY A FEW CYCLES AFTER THIS CONVERSATION||
copper barn
https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2248549 in case this wasnt posted
mellow moat
i think it was idr
summer onyx
https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2248549 in case this wasnt posted
twas. ignore the letters there, I changed it to WRGR (Würger)
copper barn
Cute!
mellow moat
hamwürger 😋
summer onyx
Nooooooooooo!!
I just googled "birds in germany" and then googled the german name of one of those birds (the shrike) and it had an r at the end so yippee
abstract cape
heh nice
gleaming widget
The biggest challenge is to make a proper arconym from the german word
patent sparrow
i just dident
i made a new system and all my Signalis OCs are named after dogbreeds
green zephyr
who could forget BRZI
patent sparrow
have you seen me ramble before?
BRZI are in the game
its a type of enemy, you cant actually play as a BRZI
summer onyx
The biggest challenge is to make a proper arconym from the german word
that's so real though
like what the hell could wrgr even stand for and how would it match with the bird
shrikes are known for impaling their food on branches to save for later, which is really grim and sorta edgy, but a less grotesque version of that could be securing supply stashes and intel behind enemy lines for invading allied forces
a sort of commando if you will
gleaming widget
I think it would help a lot of I understood german 
mellow moat
who could forget BRZI
the big sniffa...
summer onyx
yeah
lethal drift
this feels like the inverse of "despite everything, it's still you"
glossy wing
it's part of replika destablisation
abstract cape
summer onyx
ariane replika?
summer onyx
was infodumping to my girlfriend about stuff and ended up blabbering about the red eye. does any of this have merit as a theory or no
wanton bear
There is ||also a huge red eye watching over Elster and Ariane in the Artifact ending||
abstract cape
be nice if at rotfront you saw the
wait did the ship crash on rotfront the first time and that's why there's all the snow?
i know the red gate is basically a portal
wanton bear
I take it more as a symbol of the Entity
wanton bear
be nice if at rotfront you saw the
wait did the ship crash on rotfront the firs...
Prooooobably not
wanton bear
It’s really unclear where that is but it’s snowy and has 2 suns
(Probably ||carcass or something||)
abstract cape
love this fandom. either really sad or goofy/cute stuff
ok so is serpinski the place they crashed? cos how do we even
wait no serpinksi is where ariane could have gone
wanton bear
The ship probably did crash on any known planet
abstract cape
why do arian and elster connect with falke and the like? did they crash on that planet?
wanton bear
Because ||Falke walked through the Sierpinski Red Gate and accessed whatever Ariane was doing one what I’m (dubiously) calling the Carcosa Red Gate||
abstract cape
oh so the red gate wasn't caused by ariane
wanton bear
There’s a note about her being different after checking out the ||gate discovered in the mine||
Unclear
abstract cape
cool
wanton bear
It’s either ||Ariane, the Entity, it’s naturally existing, or the Empress attempting to be reborn||
abstract cape
who was psychic
so that makes sense
you think elster gives a shit about the magic stuff?
or is just going along like 'ok guess im here now'
mellow moat
elster just wants to fulfill the promise at this point im guessing
abstract cape
what makes the new elsters keep popping up? it doesn't seem like a time loop cos there's more than one of her
or maybe it is and the bodies just pile up?
but if that was the case surely the people elster kills would be around too
wait no, cos they keep reviving on their own!
wanton bear
you think elster gives a shit about the magic stuff?
I’m not entirely sure ||you play as the same Elster for the entire game||
abstract cape
wait yeah, ending has you fall down in the place where we see a dead elster. said elster then gets stripped for parts by the first version we see
wanton bear
The Elster ||you strip for parts is also the Elster-you in the Memory ending||
abstract cape
the one where ||ariane doesn't remember her?||
wanton bear
I think so yeah
abstract cape
ah right
also, you see ||what ariane turns into. big blog. so yeah, kill her.|| put an end to this and hopefully the loop stops
mellow moat
also, you see ||what ariane turns into. big blog. so yeah, kill her.|| put an en...
i believe it does stop in the promise ending because ||if you raise the gamma you can see the red eye in the corner of the screen in every other ending, but not in promise||
wanton bear
Oh that’s wild
abstract cape
nice
ooh cool theory i just found: the world is a dream but it's ||ariane making it on purpose for elster so she's in the right mindset to kill her||
mellow moat
i imagine it's some like
marathon w'rkncacnter shit
||dreaming god distorting reality||
||and you'd best hope they dont wake up ever||
summer onyx
I missed the gates as a piece to the puzzle
I never really considered that they're significant
summer onyx
ASDR
green zenith
I love them
summer onyx
I'm glad it's a hit around these parts
golden mortar
wow that was fast
orchid moss
Voice Quills Signalis crossover let's fucking go
Oh she also made one yesterday
https://youtu.be/HxQsI2OB08s?si=e36cvwRHclRrK6q4
summer onyx
I started watching that and I couldnt make it past the first fucking note
not again
this game made me sad with a capital sad
green zenith
Man that game was such a Bad Experience
I'm going to replay it with my girlfriend ❤️
green zenith
Yeah I couldn't (and wouldn't want to) by myself either
summer onyx
if i do i will be miserable for the next week
YEAH
that's EXACTLY what happened to me
and inevitably will if I play it again
mellow moat
winter was the wrong time to play it
the SAD is hitting hard in january
it always does
worst thing to ever happen
abstract cape
https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-kuze-kiryu-punch-fight-gif-17439241
Signalis with Yakuza combat!
lethal drift
you're just walking around in Sierpinski and all of a sudden you hear son of a gun start
abstract cape
abstract cape
you're just walking around in Sierpinski and all of a sudden you hear *son of a ...
or punch falke as she rises out of her bed
mellow moat
you're just walking around in Sierpinski and all of a sudden you hear *son of a ...
replacing the music in the mynah boss fight with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut9kyP1Bsx4
mrs. shakedown
lethal drift
or punch falke as she rises out of her bed
abstract cape
https://youtu.be/ApreCAQiZ4w?si=-3wvK_oenwiQ50r0
Nice
abstract cape
ooouros (que-jeanne)
trim bronze
ooouros (que-jeanne)
abstract cape
https://discord.com/channels/426286410496999425/467558616958894080/1011300700120...
done
johndoge_123
summer onyx
fantastic images
abstract cape
gleaming widget
jerma kolibri
summer onyx
jolibri
lethal drift
love the Arar, working class heroine
summer onyx
true !!!
mellow moat
kolibri gaming...
atomic forge
Kolibri985
mellow moat
something something peep the horror
green zephyr
powerful theory; ||the bioresonance flesh warping wasn't reflections of ariane's experience with dying, it was her thinking about the peep the horror jerma bit||
atomic forge
Lmao
abstract cape
who's jerma again?
patent sparrow
Jeremy Elbertson is the gestalt that Elster is based on
atomic forge
who's jerma again?
Funy streamer
lethal drift
https://vxtwitter.com/johndoge_123/status/1687858849892667392
the STAR's face perfectly expresses "I could be at home right now"
mellow moat
green zenith
She put all of her gayness into that one punch
summer onyx
wod combat system but soaking damage is directly related to how gay you are
I feel like adler has an untapped well of gay energy within him but he's too malewife to bother using it
summer onyx
he's never needed to so he doesnt
stamina is not homosexuality I think
but wod is unexpectedly potentially very gay
green zenith
yeah I'm just thinking of like VtM and stuff, which I think is part of the same setting
I'm not super familiar with WoD, and what I do know is often incredibly bad
summer onyx
I'm not super familiar with WoD, and what I do know is often *incredibly bad*
it's not usually THAT bad
pretty stereotypical representation of natives, but not cowboy movie dated I think
I havent seen the sourcebook though so idk
so while there's some parts that are pretty shitty, you can remove or change them to your tastes without drastically altering the setting
I personally find it fun for its more in-depth character creation, the combat system, and the fact that it's a roleplaying game altogether
but this aint the WOD channel!
this is signalis
tangent over
trim bronze
I got in on the fanzine project
sadly they have a word count limit of like 1500, I don't know if I can compress the idea I had from this into that lol
I will have to think of something new
atomic forge
I will have to think of something new
You could write it as a limited POV thing from the perspective of the ADLR
gleaming widget
summer onyx
the JRMR replika
patent sparrow
i could add JRMY to my robot girl rpg as a boss enemy at the very end not tell anyone
golden mortar
Oh god it's happening
stone jolt
patent sparrow
what would they use a Jerma replika for
green zephyr
Immeasurable bioresonance capacity
acoustic niche
Jerma has his own localized bioresonant disaster, it's called The Horror
patent sparrow
first instance of a bioresonant memetic kill agent
summer onyx
alright signalers
trim bronze
alright signalers
If you look at old trailers a shot is shown of a character who looks very similar to one of the photographed Vinetan soldiers from the Itou family's photographs. iirc the woman wears glasses and has thin braided twin tails. This can be inferred to have been Lilith Itou, presumably the aunt of the Itou twins.
The boss in Nowhere, known to the community as "Chimera," is referred to in the files as "Nue." This matches as a viable reading for the Chinese character/kanji which is briefly displayed on the screen before the fight. The Nue in JP mythology was a chimera born from the vengeful spirit of an enraged mother, who took flight to murder the emperor. She was slain as a monster by two people working together, one of whom was her unwitting child.
From these two facts you can infer that Lilith Itou was intended to have played a larger role, possibly as an antagonist for Isa Itou. As it stands currently with the release version of the game the "Nue" boss can be simply interpreted as being a manifestation of the oppressive feelings Isa has about her sister's imprisonment, and her relationship with her family.
acoustic niche
this is some gigabrain next level shit who's got the iceberg meme
wanton bear
Ok that was a really good answer I was gonna say if you know who Rebecca is
golden mortar
but he cant use it
maybe its like 40k orcs who have psychic mind powers but dont KNOW that they do
orchid moss
Y'all I think
I think Voice Quills played Signalis
mellow moat
Brainworms got another one
the rot comes for us all
mellow moat
https://vxtwitter.com/IzuToast/status/1745046076539666857?s=20
ponytail alina goes hard i wont lie
i like it
ponytail ariane...
glossy wing
thats itou
green zenith
Everyone is Alina if you try hard enough
summer onyx
everyone is ariane if you interpret it in certain ways
green zenith
that is definitely a necessary step to "everyone is alina" theory 😂
abstract cape
https://vxtwitter.com/IzuToast/status/1745046076539666857?s=20
Ok i like angry elster headcannon, but confused is way better
summer onyx
:(
summer onyx
I wish
abstract cape
Wait could we have broutht falke with us or was she corrupted?
Cos we see her pre melting
summer onyx
I don't think she was corrupted but she for sure was fucked up in some sort of way
although during the fight she did LOOK corrupted, so there's that
mellow moat
thats itou
good point
green zenith
https://uquiz.com/quiz/JQqLbu?p=5825342
Not surprised
mellow moat
i love how fucked up the corrupted replikas are
none of the metal rots
only the flesh
green zephyr
i'm a working class hero 
atomic forge
We got Storch…
abstract cape
patent sparrow
https://uquiz.com/quiz/JQqLbu?p=5825342
[shatters your mind like glass]
green zenith
i'm a working class hero <a:conga:876826285505118289> <a:conga:87682628550511828...
My little brother got that. It felt very accurate.
acoustic niche
I also got Kolibri
trim bronze
...?
mellow moat
variant of the ADLR line of replika
cut due to development time constraints
was going to be seen playing a piano in rotfront, in a room near the meat grinder
summer onyx
is jrmr trippin off the beat kinda
modern tundra
lethal drift
the second cruelest thing Eusea ever did was make the Kolibri and then say No, you cannot pat their little heads
rough idol
summer onyx
might wanna spoiler tag that
rough idol
might wanna spoiler tag that
thanks for the reminder
stone jolt
patent sparrow
https://vxtwitter.com/malangtrade/status/1746158696894505066?t=aAW3fi144WIY_BYox...
[silently adds digitgrade legs to the replikas]
GOOD. its what we need
gleaming widget
can't frickin believe this
surreal ingot
we're jelly, we got diagnosed as a basic bitch 😔
surreal ingot
honest mood
lethal drift
too short for the COMP/CON screen
gleaming widget
mellow moat
YES
stone jolt
summer onyx
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
green zenith
I don't get it
gleaming widget
They turned her into tomatoes and squeezed her
mellow moat
the bloodiest mary...
trim bronze
It isn't red normally, just that the coloring is dramatic in most of the shown angles
mellow moat
I’m guessing it’s just ice water
either with blood mixed in or it’s just red because half of signalis is red
sacred juniper
Made this in source filmmaker a little bit ago. Never posted it here @orchid moss
orchid moss
Nice
sacred juniper
We do love us some lesbian robots
stone jolt
mellow moat
i made a mistake putting this in my liked songs i cannot be crying on the train 🥹
genuine self sabotage
abstract cape
Made this in source filmmaker a little bit ago. Never posted it here <@765923629...
aw nice
rough idol
|| https://vxtwitter.com/arainydancer/status/1746855872775737613?s=20 ||
cw: blood vomiting towards the end
abstract cape
posted that already
summer onyx
|| https://vxtwitter.com/arainydancer/status/1746855872775737613?s=20 ||
cw: blo...
how does she get ANY animations done
if I was trying to animate this I'd start bawling every attempt
green zenith
Yeah she's a real treasure for the community. We're lucky to have her.
mellow moat
i remember they posted an animation roll and i was genuinely impressed when i learnt they did shit professionally
🫡 🫡 🫡
stone jolt
abstract cape
https://vxtwitter.com/CiaphusCaim/status/1747068274322407764?t=mur5AAhh0u_DQt1Dh...
What's the significance of 512?
green zenith
The ship Elster and Ariane were on is the Penrose 512, Elster is LSTR 512 because she's the unit assigned that ship
stone jolt
lethal drift
does Elster not know she can switch the submachinegun from burst to auto?
green zenith
Maybe it doesn't have full auto, it looks like it's a "security" weapon for use in cities
wanton bear
The T in LSTR is for Trigger Discipline
green zenith
The L is obviously for Lesbian
ripe barn
What R stands for tho
green zenith
Robot
green zenith
Lesbian Something Trauma Robot
green zenith
the best part about this is it's true
Yeah it's Replika, funny
summer onyx
Lesbian Something Trauma Robot
Lesbian Sex Trigger discipline Robot
ripe barn
I chose to not type out the above
mellow moat
sex trigger is what it’s called when elster gets her ||new hand after losing it in the fake ending||
orchid moss
Lesbian Something Trauma Robot
S stands for Signalis duh
mellow moat
Jane signalis…
mellow moat
https://bloodylilzi.tumblr.com/post/739967787650482176/warum-bist-du-hier i really like this artist
abstract cape
abstract cape
https://vxtwitter.com/namedr_/status/1748744704856826187
does the painting show up in backstory? what's its significance
i know it's called island of death or something
abstract cape
||https://vxtwitter.com/theMaarika/status/1747364524783542274||
haha, nice
mellow moat
does the painting show up in backstory? what's its significance
i know it's call...
yes it shows up all over
It’s also the painting that ||ariane made on the Penrose||
abstract cape
https://tenor.com/view/nero-devil-may-cry-shirtless-video-game-gif-20447865
builds herself sweet surrender out of bits from the nightmare world
abstract cape
It’s also the painting that ||ariane made on the Penrose||
riiiight. was wondering where it shows up for elster
ooh, get a cool flesh arm instead
mellow moat
if elster had a devil trigger we would’ve got a happy ending
summer onyx
I should try for the other signalis endings
even though Id cry
a lot
how would I go about that
abstract cape
abstract cape
glossy wing
good ending!
summer onyx
whoopeeeee!!!!!!
abstract cape
green zenith
elster is cute in glasses
mellow moat
it’s true
summer onyx
maybe
their relationship is ambiguous
unless I missed something
it's theorized that our elster fell in love with ariane because her and alina are doppelgängers
which would imply a lot of things that I dont think really work
green zenith
MY THEORY/UNDERSTANDING
glossy wing
ok so alina seo was some lady that had an elster gf, right?
alina seo was likely involved with the woman that became the pattern for elster
or at least, in some way the modern elster
alina seo is very important
i recommend if you're interested to read the lore doc staffen has posted a few times
it explains it much better and more concisely than i could
green zenith
is that
welll spoilers I guess?
||Alina and Lilith(?) were lesbians in the army a long time ago. Lillith was a really badass soldier and was used as the blueprint for all LSTR units.||
||Ariane joined the penrose program and went into space. She was partnered with an LSTR unit, LSTR 512. They were then lesbians together in space. (Oh is that what S stands for? 😄 )||
||That LSTR unit failed and Ariane was put in cryo. This LSTR unit was then used as the basis for all future LSTR units because of the failure of the big Replika mind vault thing. This is why, even though there have been many LSTRs in the game, they all have the same memories and relationship with Ariane (and Alina too).||
||So all the LSTRs we see are really like a copy of a copy, so it's original gay army girl -> LSTR 512 -> all of our LSTR's||
summer onyx
https://tenor.com/view/signalis-game-gif-27069911
so in a way ||this isn't necessarily all the elsters that were involved in the loop, but every single elster ever?||
summer onyx
is that
welll spoilers I guess?
||Alina and Lilith(?) were lesbians in the ar...
I'm so surprised that I missed this, honestly
I sorta put the ||elster units having a second blueprint thing|| in the back of my mind because I was thinking "well I guess I'll see what that's all about later" but it didn't really come up again
or so I thought
wanton bear
I am not 100% sure that ||LSTR 512|| is the template in the vault because that's... really weird
It's not impossible but it raises a lot of questions imo
summer onyx
regardless of if it's ||lstr 512|| this still makes a lot of things make a lot of sense
@vague atlas by the way. this is here. in case you ever wanna Experience the Content in signalis
vague atlas
<@798676968932638730> by the way. this is here. in case you ever wanna Experienc...
Whar
Guh
wanton bear
Yeah it being a copied LSTR is pretty explicit but ||if it's LSTR 512 that means that the whole 512 mission was somehow recovered which seems... very strange||
summer onyx
just thought I'd share 👍
vague atlas
It scared the shit out of me when someone pinged me from here I thought there was an @ everyone incident
vague atlas
I spent half an hour trying to find that ping because I keep half the channels muted and hidden
summer onyx
you have wisdom and strength that I cannot comprehend
green zenith
Yeah it being a copied LSTR is pretty explicit but ||if it's LSTR 512 that means...
yeah I think it is because ||Ariane was bio-resonant, so if she was put in cryo I could see her abilities actually making the super unlikely situation of their ship being recovered happen. The LSTR unit they used as a blueprint for all future LSTRs was, I think, 512, which was recovered from the crashed penrose much later on. Because again, there was a bioresonant woman also onboard the ship.||
||it is explicitly mentioned that the unit used as the basis for all "second generation" LSTRs came from the Penrose Program||
wanton bear
My feeling is honestly that ||that particular piece of information is corrupted by the loop since recovering the Penrose 512 seems almost impossible||
glossy wing
https://tenor.com/view/signalis-game-gif-27069911
this more likely related to ||the theme of 6, only 6 elsters and only 6 arianes are depicted, artifact ending has the same 6 elsters and the same 6 arianes, alongside the artifact itself being 6 sided||
summer onyx
this more likely related to ||the theme of 6, only 6 elsters and only 6 arianes ...
couldn't it be both?
glossy wing
unlikely
especially because that spoiler block is wrong
512 was not used as the basis
green zenith
🤷
glossy wing
the unaltered timeline doesn't make any sense that way
vineta's archive fell long before ariane even applied to the penrose program
green zenith
Per word of god, the game is meant to be a dream within a dream kind of situation
glossy wing
penrose was also never recovered and is even more unlikely to have crashed on anywhere
green zenith
I like my theory because it's poetical
glossy wing
its a theory that's come up a lot but it's never really worked
green zenith
I don't know that anyone has a 100% accurate "here is exactly what happened" without handwaving stuff away because of inconsistencies
glossy wing
having a 100% accurate theory is impossible but the 512 is the new pattern theory is one that just starts to open a huge amount of inconsistencies and really mess up a lot of the point of a few lore documents
if @trim bronze is around they can probably explain it a lot better than me but i believe the current prevailing theory is that the pattern used to create 512 is very very uncertain at this point and establishing it as any named character is really hard
trim bronze
It's explained in the file found in Adler's office that all new LSTR production is done via a Penrose unit.
So generally it seems that various models of Replika may or may not have multiple different potential source personalities from the Neural Archives. The one which was used for Penrose specifically was chosen because her base personality was detached, self-sufficient, and favorable to isolation or even bleak conditions
But the war on Vineta destroyed a lot of the infrastructure for Replika personality imprinting. It's mentioned that several neural archives were lost. So they simply took an LSTR unit from the project and fridged her to use as the basis for new LSTR's
So whereas you maybe have multiple personae to choose from for, say, a STAR, all LSTR's are built using the same basis as LSTR-512
Which also probably does not make them very stable either
If you want to imagine this as being a particular version of Elster who is trapped in a box somewhere, that would also mirror Ariane's own situation in a way
Sleeping, rolling over, becoming something new each time
New and yet also the same
wanton bear
I was under the impression that it was one template per type of replika
trim bronze
The description for Eule implies they share one singular source personality
glossy wing
its a theory that's come up a lot but it's never really worked
also, sorry if that sounded harsh overall, i just did a lot of research on the pattern a while back and wasnt ever able to find anything supporting the 512 theory
i did consider the 512 theory for a while which is why i got here
trim bronze
And then MNHR's mentions alternative personalities for variant models (Schnaeppers), but to what extent you consider this new vs. alternative models
wanton bear
I do think the Penrose crashed somewhere (carcosa prolly)
trim bronze
i did consider the 512 theory for a while which is why i got here
Yeah I don't imagine anyone went out of their way to go grab our Elster and take her all the way back
If you think of them from the perspective of synchronicity, it's not necessary in the first place
glossy wing
im on the side of penrose never really crashed, but i think whether it crashed or not, its probably impossible for elster to be her own progenitor, even in a dream
trim bronze
All LSTR's simply resonate with Elster-512
glossy wing
i think that 512 and all current elsters are likely connected through their destablisation
well, this is when we get back to rule of six
because im a six theory believer
summer onyx
i think that 512 and all current elsters are likely connected through their dest...
wdym by destabilization
like when/how would that happen
glossy wing
ironically rule of six is actually not hugely important to six theory
trim bronze
and all going similarly crazy
glossy wing
yeah pretty much
trim bronze
because they all share a root identity with Elster-512 and they also resonate with her situation
glossy wing
the in depth explanation of destablisation involves long talks about how replika patterns appear to retain some consciousness of their original self, requiring fetish objects to maintain a stable personality and the avoidance of self-recognition
wanton bear
My theory is that the Penrose really did crash on some strange extrasolar place (the opening snow place has very hard to spot twin suns) and the events of the game are started by Ariane interacting with the Carcosa Red Gate
glossy wing
elster units have a pronounced one because theyre all copied from an already existing unit
trim bronze
My theory is that the Penrose really did crash on some strange extrasolar place ...
It's also covered in AEON markings
(which also look like a nuclear disposal site)
so I think we're never going to be able to find a unified theory
And I like it that way
glossy wing
for a normal replika destabilastion, imagine someone walking alongside a cliff
trim bronze
the fandom, eternally arguing, rolling over in their dreams until everyone is too tired to continue
wanton bear
yeah Signalis is weird because it supports multiple cogent theories at once
glossy wing
at various points they teeter near the edge and you push them back on
elsters, thanks to being patterns of patterns, are presumably always on the edge of the cliff
and theyre also all connected by arianes cosmic gay beams
wanton bear
It's also covered in AEON markings
I'd have to double check - is the gate at the beginning also covered in AEON markings? Or just the later "red space" one
trim bronze
I'd have to double check - is the gate at the beginning also covered in AEON mar...
the pillars as you traverse the FPV segment at the start are marked with the AEON logo
wanton bear
ah thank you
trim bronze
Please do everything in your power to disseminate the term "cosmic gay beams"
glossy wing
the in depth explanation of destablisation involves long talks about how replika...
to provide a non-elster example
trim bronze
I would like to see this being argued about in the next 600-page Signalis thesis
glossy wing
you know how theres all the storchs in the shower
wanton bear
haha
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or rather when they are going crazy they seek water
wanton bear
I just figured that their template liked showers honestly
glossy wing
the swan lake theme isn't just swan lake
kolibris pattern references ballet as being their stabilising fetish object
glossy wing
I just figured that their template liked showers honestly
they do
the fetish objects are basically things that probably comforted the original person
and crucially also didn't provoke any feelings of self-recognition
this is why elster is allowed certain things she likes and not others
music is good, war films are bad
summer onyx
you know how theres all the storchs in the shower
ram ranch begins playing faintly
summer onyx
this is because they are storks
this makes a lot of sense
glossy wing
elster likes movies, but they're also like, something that provokes a sense of recognition in her due to the war
the cruel joke is that everything ariane loves is marked as elster's DNI
wanton bear
Though I get the sense that "persona degradation" is just the state's term for them not being disassociated and starting art clubs in the vents and not something which is really harmful to the replika as a person
glossy wing
yes
it's not like, going to kill them
it'll just cause severe mental anguish and breakdown eventually
but more importantly theyll stop doing their jobs first
wanton bear
Yeah you get this
wanton bear
I'm not sure that's persona degradation for at least the first couple of those
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Though I get the sense that "persona degradation" is just the state's term for t...
I think whatever the hell is happening to Elster probably isn't healthy, cosmic gay beams or no
wanton bear
But I broadly agree with the "chinese theory" about ||The Empress trying to use Falke as a bioresonant antenna to reincarnate||
glossy wing
falke is like, ultra-advanced cosmic gay beam enhanced
acoustic niche
soul read: persona degradation and whatever's happening in the timeloop are not the same thing
glossy wing
I think whatever the hell is happening to Elster probably isn't healthy, cosmic ...
looking at the other persona degrading replikas also presents it as not that awesome
like it's not physically harmful to them
but if you discovered that you were in fact not you, and were instead an artificial construction made from a dead you, and there's thousands of other yous, mental breakdown is probably a normal response
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Yeah the Eusan documents about persona degradation focus on its progression making them ineffective, but I suspect probably they're a lot more delicate mentally than a normal person
wihch is not helped by environment
acoustic niche
Carefully selected by AEON, exemplary citizens of the nation are permanently cryogenically preserved in Neural Archives, each becoming a neural pattern for a new Replika Model. To preserve the image of the Replika as an incorruptible ideal, the original Gestalt is erased from records and public memory.
During the production process, when experienced bio resonant technicians copy that neural pattern to a new unit, a majority of episodic memories are altered and suppressed.
While the resulting Replika maintains the skills and personality of the original Gestalt, it will be incapable to recall specific events from the life of the donor under normal circumstances. This ensures that the Replika performs its duties without distractions created by personal memories of the donor.
However, even the best-maintained Replika unit will eventually be exposed to stimuli that may cause Gestalt memories to resurface. While units degraded in such way pose no particular danger, like all units with Persona degradation, they will eventually lose many of their advantages over Gestalt workers.
Because Persona Degradation is usually difficult to identify from the outside, bioresonance is used by command units to surveil units under their command. Generally, it is recommended that to swiftly decomission and replace units before their productivity decrease or they begin to show clear signs of individuality, When ammunition is rationed, alternative ways of decommissioning may be deployed at the discretion of local Operational Command.
the state sees their mental crisis as a work problem
wanton bear
I actually have the opposite view of persona degradation. Like obviously its a bad thing to realize you are an enslaved mechanical clone of a person kept cryogenically frozen for the state's benefit but the replikas who are "degrading" or have otherwise individuated are the ones who aren't becoming killer zombies
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Carefully selected by AEON, exemplary citizens of the nation are permanently...
this does imply a distinction I guess
glossy wing
that's timeloop stuff though
wanton bear
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Carefully selected by AEON, exemplary citizens of the nation are permanently...
Yeah this is clarifying I think
acoustic niche
It seems pretty self-evident that persona degradation is the process of the Replika persona (ie the identity of the Replika as an obedient slave) falling apart because the original memories and personality are reemerging
glossy wing
like the killer zombie timeloop stuff and regular persona degradation are probably very different conditions
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So Replikas are aware that they are Replikas,
That there existed a template personality before them
acoustic niche
I don't know that the second point there is a fact
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I think, as the text describes, the recollection of Gestalt memories results itself simply leads to a condition where, as a result of the dissonance between an assumed self and their original being, they develop personalities which are contrary to their intended purpose as proscribed by the Nation
glossy wing
do replika personalities exist in the world of forms
acoustic niche
before and after images of the persona degradation process
summer onyx
So Replikas are aware that they are Replikas,
it can be assumed when all of your coworkers look the same as you and replikas are quite often described as the backbones of working society
summer onyx
before and after images of the persona degradation process
omg
glossy wing
i can't wait for 2026 when we've created a new philosophical theory of self-identification and personality based on signalis
wanton bear
like the killer zombie timeloop stuff and regular persona degradation are probab...
I'm noting that the replikas which aren't turning into zombies tend to be individuals in some way - like the Eule/Star lovers, the rebel Ara, the alienated Kolibri, etc
glossy wing
I'm noting that the replikas which aren't turning into zombies tend to be indivi...
yes
this is notable
im saying thats a very not-normal situation
wanton bear
oh yeah fair
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I don't know that the second point there is a fact
If this were a state secret, it's not being kept very well because there are several units who shouldn't be privy to that information who react to the discovery of alternative memories with collective affirmation
glossy wing
i think that when persona degradation advances to a certain stage they become aware of it
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Adler casually mentions "oh, memories of my past life" in his journal, prior to him losing his mind, and while he probably is capable of handling restricted info, you then get things like the Star in the mines or Beo
glossy wing
i think all of the people that we can interact with are in some form of advanced degradation already
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Also, there's documents in the game, like the one in the Pareidolia room, which imply a public awareness that bioresonance is not making artificial people from scratch
wanton bear
I think "its officially a secret but a lot of people know anyway" kind of makes sense for the kind of impersonal dysfunction of the Nation of Eusan as a totalitarian state
acoustic niche
i can't wait for 2026 when we've created a new philosophical theory of self-iden...
playing with fire (using psychology concepts as loaded terminology/jargon in my scifi fiction) and getting burnt (people who don't know psychology stuff misuse them)
wanton bear
Which is hardly evidence ofc
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i think all of the people that we can interact with are in some form of advanced...
But why universally reach the conclusion, then, that these are memories of a "past self"
I think it's simpler to assume they know
Think of NHP's in Lancer
glossy wing
i think theyre vaguely aware
but fully aware during full degradation
actually i think this gets into a question of like
how much does the replika personality have of the original personality's experience
acoustic niche
If you remember going by a different name and having a completely different set of self-assessment criteria I think you just have to accept that you remember another life at some point
glossy wing
im operating under the assumption that the entire experience is there, but buried
wanton bear
same
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If you remember going by a different name and having a completely different set ...
But the ones who begin to remember these things are also meant to be suppressed
And then there's Falke,
wanton bear
Since I think replikas are basically a way to copy and paste someone's skillset
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Who recognizes that the memories implanted in her by Ariane's resonance are not hers
acoustic niche
the stolen document says that everything's there but the irrelevant memories are suppressed right
so it's like
wanton bear
I think Falke is the memories georg of Signalis
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lol
summer onyx
guh
glossy wing
falke i would probably discard for talking about normal patterns of anything
acoustic niche
a cheaty way of copy-pasting someone's skills and knowhow without their memory but all you did was paint a layer over the rest of it
and then someone comes and edits the layer out and boom it's all still there you lazy bum
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falke i would probably discard for talking about normal patterns of anything
I'd go a few steps further
glossy wing
like she's a 2 metre tall flying woman being hit with cosmic gaydiation and likely some state secret fidel castro Ultimate Cow Replika
acoustic niche
by going a few steps further do you mean murder or dunking a basketball through her halo
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can you elaborate on "Ultimate Cow Replika"
glossy wing
ok so do you know about fidel castro and the ultimate cow
acoustic niche
oh no
glossy wing
basically to quickly summarise a lot of events
fidel wanted to create a cow possessing the notable qualities of all cows
more importantly
he wanted a cow that could produce more milk (bioresonance) than any other cow, for the glory of the nation
hence, ultimate cow replika
acoustic niche
most importantly Castro was a fucking milk fiend
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Castro's milkers
acoustic niche
like absolutely calciumpilled
glossy wing
the ultimate cow was touted as the triumph of the nation's science and as a symbol of the success of the nation
it's a fairly stable analogy
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An off-comment from Cyan has led me to the conclusion that Falke units are modelled off the persona of the Empress
I don't really have a strong argument for why
I just think it's neat
wanton bear
I also think this yeah
glossy wing
but basically that's the Ultimate Cow Replika
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it also enables Great Sadness
acoustic niche
dunk a super-bioresonant in the Forever Tube and then copy her x as many times as you feel like
boom
unlimited supercows
glossy wing
yeah
summer onyx
i couldnt remembe rthe exact height
eight foot two, I think
glossy wing
crucically the failure of castros supercow was that it couldnt be replicated
acoustic niche
and they did not succeed in cloning it but they tried
glossy wing
and also it wasnt being hit by gaydiation
falke is a replika, and hit by gaydiation
she's not just the Ultimate Cow, shes the Successful Ultimate Cow
acoustic niche
gayradiated tho
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Funny thing that I noted was the choice to describe Falke units, collectively as "prototypes"
which frankly does not strictly mean any particular limits but implies they are one-offs each time they're made. maybe.
or a stepping stone to something else
summer onyx
perhaps a pseudo-empress?
summer onyx
very strange choice of words
also would falke being based off of the empress give the "ariane is the empress' attempt at reincarnation" theory a little more gas
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On that note I am still malding because the fanzine word limit is a paltry 1500 words and I am unable to do anything with this idea
#1159920094885990561 message
well I can still write it but I'm not posting to AO3 until people give up on the AI shit, but still, it would have been perfect
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He strikes me alike to a really angry little chihuahua
just totally fucking sucks but he also knows about everything that's going on
summer onyx
meeeee
glossy wing
we haven't talked enough about signalis' structuralism
wanton bear
On that note I am still malding because the fanzine word limit is a paltry 1500 ...
Oh yeah that's good but its hard to do much with 1500 words
acoustic niche
1500 words is so little
glossy wing
currently, i believe that there's an entire set of signalis theory unexplored through the interpretation of the game through the number six
i think that Six-ing is actually a lot more coherent than it sounds
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Oh yeah that's good but its hard to do much with 1500 words
I need to build up a Falke unit who's resolved to murder the Revolutionary being chosen, and then have her realize what's going on, hesitate, and then discover that the Adler in the room is like a giant burning lump of hate because he's mad that the Revolutionary killed the Empress
glossy wing
the number dominates the game
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keeping her stuck in an endless cycle of suffering without forgiveness
And the Replikas of the Nation are unable to give up on their leader so they refuse to let her die
glossy wing
this is actually the main reason i have iffy thoughts about increasing the number of inventory slots
it messes up a really interesting structuralist take if you do it
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As do I but if it lets people play who wouldn't have otherwise played then whatever
acoustic niche
increased inventory slots but if you go over 6 items at a time you get cursed
glossy wing
As do I but if it lets people play who wouldn't have otherwise played then whate...
ohn yeah
i just feel like from a personal perspective
wanton bear
I think its a nice concession to playability but I only really like making some of the niche items not use one myself
glossy wing
would i like more slots?
yes
would i like to disrupt the structuralism?
only cursed thigns down this road
more broadly i think its the first point you can really explore the six structure and if you alter it it makes starting six-intrepretations harder without doing artifact ending
summer onyx
He strikes me alike to a really angry little chihuahua
I would liken him more to those characters who are all smart but also really full of themselves, but dialed down a few notches. because I'm sure he is a bit insufferable, but I feel like he'd be more interesting to talk to than annoying
glossy wing
to talk about six structuralism and the inventory, the slot limitation isn't the only reappearance of the number six
six and five are the only multiples that ammo exist in outside of the flare gun
the key of sacrifice contains a hexagon, inside a hexagon, inside a hexagon, inside a hexagon
four sixes, contained within one inventory, another set of sixes
held by one elster
another set of sixes
six sets of sixes!
the key of love contains six perfect triangles
the key of eternity contains a central star and six surrounding
six tarots, six planets, etc.
six-ism in signalis is really cool
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I would liken him more to those characters who are all smart but also really ful...
I find him immensely interesting to be clear
glossy wing
also one last cool six
there's six visible sides to the triangle of the penrose program's logo
so i think six is very important, unfortunately i don't really understand what it means despite its domination
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did you mention the fact that when you turn a cube onto a perpendicular angle you see six faces
glossy wing
also a great point
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(the artifact)
glossy wing
oh and there's the obvious with the plates
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(the Imperial icon)
glossy wing
the artifact is a cube which contains a cube
inside is a book which is an imperfect cube
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you might call it a hypercube
glossy wing
this cube leads to a spot where six elsters and six arianes in six crowns lie in six beds in a hexagonal formation
every flower on the lily of the artifact ending has six petals
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I'm just thinking to myself that we all sound incredibly normal talking about this fucking game
glossy wing
we are normal
summer onyx
you might call it a hypercube
a cube two: hypercube!?!?!?!?!?
glossy wing
it's the non-sixers who aren't
they just don't appreciate the structural beauty
less jokingly though
be a sixer, its a cool way to replay and interpret signalis
also one more interesting and important six
the crashed penrose, sierpinski, nowhere, the red space, rotfront, home
fun fact
do you want to know how many variations of Isle of the Dead there are?
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is it 6
glossy wing
sixing is one of the things that 100% sounds utterly insane if you start to discuss it, but also permeating everything once you start to look for it
unfortunately though i dont think theres a connection between 512 and six
it's the ninth power of 2 but like that's a stretch
if you're really insane you could argue 5-1+2
I wonder what this convo sounds like to someone normal
wanton bear
512 is also a mirror in the game
Like the 512 key
Which is called the key of eternity
Which, for a dumb analysis 5+1+2=8 and 8 sideways is the infinity symbol
Which does appear in game
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glossy wing
ok so I've been thinking more about six
And I'm starting to think it's connected to replikas, degradation, and the stuff about imperfect copies and repeats
each of the six copies of isle of the dead is all the same concept, piece of art, etc but also different each time
the six elsters and arianes are like that too
They're all elsters and arianes but also simultaneously different and individual
the plates have various differences between each plate, but all share identical bases
each flower on the lily is identical in design and petals, but varied in size and arrangement
it's all imperfect repetitions
summer onyx
idk if you mentioned this already, but there are three important characters who are all doing things for their respective person
adler and falke, elster and ariane, isolde and her sister
summer onyx
spoilers for the ending of the game, me ranting and theorizing a little bit
all of this except for the parallels part assumes a specific interpretation of how persona degradation works, which is I THINK the correct one but I could be missing something
glossy wing
btw, i am writing up a document to collect all sixes that seem relatively intentional, so @ me if you find any
ripe barn
A buddy of mine went - I will figure out the secret ending myself!
I wish them luck on their foolish journey
abstract cape
i like the silly animatic stuff the fandom's made
abstract cape
adler and falke, elster and ariane, isolde and her sister
bit that struck me was adler kissing falke the way elster kisses ariane.
enduring for the one you love
summer onyx
fuel for the parallel
Holy Shit
who was the woman with white hair that adler remembers from his gestalt life?
could adler have been the imperial spy on rotfront?
I forget that this is a whole entire discord server dedicated to lancer because I use only this channel
summer onyx
could adler have been the imperial spy on rotfront?
adler's blueprint, I should say
abstract cape
abstract cape
adler's blueprint, I should say
nice profile pic btw
summer onyx
likewise
abstract cape
nice seeing people that like berserk
acoustic niche
it was a comment on falke's "likewise"
acoustic niche
who the hell is Steve Jobs?
mellow moat
surreal ingot
abstract cape
https://vxtwitter.com/justtenth/status/1750258402662535633?s=46&t=ayBEidHyWdm9Xm...
elster be like 'i already have those' blam
summer onyx
|| https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8tYgW2h/ ||
signalis edit my friend sent me because he knows Im a sad homosexual
maybe spoilers??? but like I really dont know
wanton bear
golden mortar
This is cursed
orchid moss
Wake up babes new 2 hour Signalis video essay just dropped
https://youtu.be/nAR6I2ul1Ls
summer onyx
true
wanton bear
While I don’t really find this offensive I will note that pilotnet does have a no war crime jokes rule which I ought to bring up
white valley
ough right sorry
abstract cape
mellow moat
Wake up babes new 2 hour Signalis video essay just dropped
https://youtu.be/nAR6...
watched it through
I think this is finally the closure I needed with this game
god this game is so fucking good
🥹
abstract cape
from the game so no need for source
abstract cape
Twitter
mellow moat
leaked footage from the vinetan war
summer onyx
I keep reading that as vietnam
stone jolt
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A cautionary tale about breaking the Rule of Six
mellow moat
that's rad
summer onyx
https://fxtwitter.com/poochiccini/status/1752400345391919384
I thinjk I have covid
mellow moat
good art! also sorry to hear that!
wanton bear
https://fxtwitter.com/poochiccini/status/1752400345391919384
I thinjk I have cov...
Oh jeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
mellow moat
The feet are like
the best way I’ve seen them done
I did always wonder how they’d work
summer onyx
good art! also sorry to hear that!
no lik
like "I think I have covid" like I can't breathe/am coughing (a natural response to being unexpectedly flustered)
(at the artwork)
abstract cape
stone jolt
golden mortar
Signalis OST as arranged by C418
white valley
mellow moat
i love the save noise so much
i dont think i posted the other marioinatophat signalis meme
summer onyx
oh god
acoustic niche
I think this is an edit
abstract cape
abstract cape
https://vxtwitter.com/endless_sine/status/1753846569789452348?s=20
why the picture of blame? haha
abstract cape
https://fixupx.com/sioboi/status/1753217733184073783?s=46&t=fr1zz5HLk6wLBeuABTan...
nah fuck that noise
patent sparrow
EULR are my favorite
mellow moat
i like aras and starlings
mellow moat
tru
summer onyx
reason number one to be a kolibri: kolibri's height
reason number two to be a kolibri: falke and storch's heights
surreal ingot
SO true
summer onyx
you get it
golden mortar
You're spitting ngl
mellow moat
reason number one to be a kolibri: kolibri's height
reason number two to be a ko...
What about the mind powers and identical sisters you can speak to telepathically
summer onyx
sure that's cool, but if I got to work with women three whole feet taller than me on the daily basis my life would be made, telepathy or no
and FURTHERMORE, kolibris are the perfect height for falke. I shant elaborate
surreal ingot
okay we're gonna say SO true but we're gonna pair it with a 🤨 this time
we're sure you understand
white valley
reason number one to be a kolibri: kolibri's height
reason number two to be a ko...
factual
summer onyx
we're sure you understand
it comes with the territory
stone jolt
patent sparrow
this the fit that killed Ariane when she saw it
acoustic niche
RIP my girl for real
abstract cape
https://vxtwitter.com/JohnbusterNG/status/1754461874593157210?t=who9vJc4VD_qTfdg...
'ariane why you pack this?'
'shuddup is cool! don't judge me'
orchid moss
and FURTHERMORE, kolibris are the perfect height for falke. I shant elaborate
Quickly Googles Replika height chart
Hmm, I see
orchid moss
https://vxtwitter.com/JohnbusterNG/status/1754461874593157210?t=who9vJc4VD_qTfdg...
Women in suits 😌
mellow moat
**Quickly Googles Replika height chart**
Hmm, I see
for reference:
surreal ingot
oh my god she just is huh.
mellow moat
tiny tiny woman
mellow moat
surreal ingot
"safely"
green zephyr
"perhaps, clonk this is clonk clonk hell." clonk
surreal ingot
she's not "fine" she's in Elster Plinko
orchid moss
She'll be fineeeeee she has a promise to keep and no Elster Plinko is gonna stop her
summer onyx
adler pushed you down a shaft and a bunch of dead elsters cushion you from the plinko
mellow moat
imagine those competitions where you have to count how many jelly beans are in a jar but it's counting how many elsters are in the elevator shaft
rough idol
imagine those competitions where you have to count how many jelly beans are in a...
someone did actually do the math
i think it comes around to 88 elsters iirc
mellow moat
damn
vague atlas
She's a robot she'll be fine
Drop a laptop in a plinko machine I dare you
orchid moss
Yeah well did that laptop have a wife they needed to get to to fulfil their promise
stone jolt
mellow moat
https://fxtwitter.com/laststarfarer/status/1755653506306855335?s=46&t=RjdIzh2qFu...
A HEALTH CROSSOVER WAS NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING
mellow moat
first the ultrakill collab and the shitpost that is the music video for HATEFUL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QywKQkFge78
then using red alert 2 FMVs for demigods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSPb0bFmms
then putting vocaloids in the music video for children of sorrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Nx2zUuGiU
now this
mellow moat
there were new scenes in the video too
mellow moat
SUZI???
yeah i mixed them up with voice quills at first but nope it's uh
them
(the voice sounded similar 🥹)
mellow moat
i think it comes around to 88 elsters iirc
pov: you just told her how many elsters are in the elevator
abstract cape
isn't it 6k or something like that?
patent sparrow
me, my girlfriend and her 8ft tall Replika of me
violet surge
first the ultrakill collab and the shitpost that is the music video for HATEFUL ...
You’re forgetting they did the entire soundtrack for Max Payne 3
Also, hello, I finally finished the game and found there is this channel
I have no major commitments to any theories on what the hell is going on, but I know the game is very interesting
Also this video is just stuck in my head now: https://youtu.be/YTvHI2VDX9k?si=A1QtamQf_psoq-Z1
Also also, does anyone know what the kanji in the flash up screen of “This Space Intentionally Left Blank” is?
Like, is it related somehow??
mellow moat
You’re forgetting they did the entire soundtrack for Max Payne 3
i didn't forget lmfao don't worry
im just talking about their insane music videos for RAT WARS
speaking of which https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOevnmJXKY
dusk HD rat
glossy wing
Also also, does anyone know what the kanji in the flash up screen of “This Space...
its a hanzi, i think cyan's call is correct and it's meant to be 0/nothing
green zephyr
first the ultrakill collab and the shitpost that is the music video for HATEFUL ...
this has stunlocked me
i just went to their website and they advertise their discord with asuka and rei????
surreal ingot
based....
mellow moat
i just went to their website and they advertise their discord with asuka and rei...
Johnny dressed up as Asuka
and also Shadowheart
yes that is a from software tattoo on his chest
patent sparrow
mellow moat
acoustic niche
abstract cape
cute
stone jolt
summer onyx
golden mortar
They spend so much time kissing they don't have time to clean the house
orchid moss
It's our coping mechanism 😭
summer onyx
this is true
uncut quartz
It's how we cope with the trauma the game made is go through
summer onyx
summer onyx
signalis ocs are for emotionally damaging u more than the source material itself already has
abstract cape
i dunno why their comments are always switched off
summer onyx
be ause people are evil
for some reason theres discourse about all the yuri being misleading
which like sorta? but also there being discourse over that is so stupid
patent sparrow
thats such a stupid argument. this is fan art
acoustic niche
some people can't separate fan content, made by fans, who are not the creators of Thing, from Thing enough
golden mortar
https://fxtwitter.com/arainydancer/status/1759838138795807171?s=46&t=yG6lVo4rs2C...
Tfw you'll never have a STAR shoot a heart into a target for you 
summer onyx
become the star
glossy wing
Tfw you'll never have a STAR shoot a heart into a target for you <a:NOOOO:107631...
Tfw you'll never have a star shoot your heart into a target
abstract cape
for some reason theres discourse about all the yuri being misleading
it... ok i;d like it to be canon but i still know it's not
glossy wing
it... ok i;d like it to be canon but i still know it's not
all the gay relationships are canon
it's just all we see of them is the true painful suffering at the end
summer onyx
yeag
violet surge
Like, there really is a Star and Euler couple in the game, they’re just making videos of the imagined stuff before the game
Actually this video is one of my favorites that they’ve done and it rather accurately displays the vibes of the game in the second half I’d say: https://youtu.be/YTvHI2VDX9k?si=EVqu8YgFw8AyLEsJ
thin crypt
Like, there really is a Star and Euler couple in the game, they’re just making v...
Is that the pair that in the monowire maze in the mines?
violet surge
Ye
crystal plank
@dry marlin
dry marlin
So like
Ariane flies by the place where the mine is and bioresonates with something there
Either she was already fucked or she got fucked by bioresonance
Crashlands on the planet and Ariane’s presence causes everything to fall apart
Elster bioresonates with Falke and they both resonate with their root Gestalt personality
Elster confuses Alina and Ariane
Plot occurs
Everything until you reach the first evangelion ass scene is real
At which point Ariane’s bioresonance has a death grip on the world
You manage to get through it and kill her like you promised
This does not feel like a complete understanding of the plot but its the pieces I can put together in my head from what I just experienced
reef lagoon
Mynah/Beo best girl
dry marlin
Maybe Elster puts Ariane in the cryo pod instead of killing her
And then Signalis happens because of the crash releasing Ariane to unleash holy hellfire
reef lagoon
The catalyst to that game is the one part I still don't get
dry marlin
Well like
Ariane was in a position where she was highly bioresonant and dying slowly and horrifically
So I get that she like
Caused all of this
But the actual inciting incident yeah
I don’t get it
reef lagoon
Bioresonant ari + bioresonant falke + ?????? = Signalis
dry marlin
- some insane actual eldritch god hanging out in the mines found by falke
reef lagoon
I couldn't distinguish that from the general madness
dry marlin
Falke definitely enters the mines and comes out fucky
reef lagoon
I thought that was the moment she and Ari "connected"
dry marlin
Mayhaps
Its so awesome how this game takes inspo from all the weirdest shit of all time
“Yes, put in Lovecraft. YES, put in Nier. YES PUT IN EVANGELION”
reef lagoon
Some fuckin Chinese book
dry marlin
Yuh it was just King in Yellow in Chinese, which is Lovecraft*
reef lagoon
whoops
glossy wing
Everything until you reach the first evangelion ass scene is real
its very unclear
i wish we had the chinese lore doc pinned because even though its not 100% my agreed truth its a good introduction
possibly nothing is real!
violet surge
Yuh it was just King in Yellow in Chinese, which is Lovecraft*
Robert Chambers, but they basically ended up writing in the same shared universe along with several other Weird Fiction authors of the era
And I feel like trying to fully put together what happens in the game is a losing battle, at a certain point it’s just vibes
And that’s not me being dismissive, it’s me saying that it seems like that’s all that’s left holding the world together in the game
reef lagoon
trim bronze
The whining about yuri is goofy because it willfully ignores the fact that lesbianism can in fact be a resonant theme for horror, especially within the structure of an authoritarian setting. IRL, gayness is subversive to totalitarianism. Freedom to love is inherently anti-authoritarian. It is intrinsic to understanding Signalis.
glossy wing
mulholland drive
echo nexus
acoustic niche
reef lagoon
talking to falke
summer onyx
rose mist
patent sparrow
mellow moat
reef lagoon
Kills their wife (harassment)
Kills their wife (flirting)
violet surge
Where does Isaac Clarke fall in this continuum?
green zephyr
this is why you should always make friends with other tortured souls. so you can kill eachother's wives
trim bronze
Where does Isaac Clarke fall in this continuum?
he missed the train to the ||wife-killing|| convention unfortunately
violet surge
Ah true
mild moth
I wish I could play signalis
wanton bear
Why can’t you?
abstract cape
https://vxtwitter.com/Cotachanart/status/1761109349299048471?s=20
Awesome!
Fucking blue eye samurai shit right here!
I still love my headcanon of elster
Fuck all yall, gimme back my wife
mild moth
Why can’t you?
Anxiety with the sound design was too much
wanton bear
That's valid, I somehow never got used to the enemy screeches and hellishly discordant combat music
wanton bear
Oh I'm sure it is
thin crypt
Isn't there something about infra soundd useage in Signalis. And infra sound being unaudible but very anxiety proviking for humans?
smoky minnow
mild moth
Though, a cool touch is that, if you didn't know the Conet Project was an attempt at collecting recordings of WWII and onward number station recordings. The little tune from the Achtung! Messages is from a number station recording.
Grr autocorrect
autumn shadow
Hello good citizens!
Im working on a propaganda poster for my mecha-like replika and I'm looking for some feedback on the color and decals of the weapons to make them fit with the in game weapons more, I think that the small autocannon looks fine but i'm not sure about the recoilless rifle
Also not sure how to depict her armorless form, on the left, I'd prefer to keep it in the silhouette/shadow style, but maybe make it look like a hologram or something?
Do you folks think that it's understandable that the silhouette on the left is supposed to be her?
trim bronze
maybe make it a little brighter to help her stand out vs. the other replikas in the background?