The Hunter's Dream is a nightmare - obviously || Bloodborne Analysis

[amiefortman]

One of the most haunting parts of the game for me is overhearing Gehrman crying out to Laurence in his sleep--he's grown old inside this Hunter's Dream, he can't see beyond it (both physically and metaphorically, what with the Doll and the perfect replica of the old workshop), and he just wants *out.* But he can never leave. What he probably once regarded as a comfort and a reminder of his glory days is now a prison. Not just for him or even our Hunter, but for all of Yharnam as long as the Hunt goes on.

[henrikh]

A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream...

[bored_butter]

damn that sucks even in a dream, no one can be free of the horrors that torment them

[Xexelli]

Skyen calling me dear hunter is the most affirming experience full stop.

[adsventuresome]

I do want to point out- the blood does actually heal alilements, and might I say, ALL of them. It's important to understand because it's what gives the church its power and raises Yaharnam above everything. However, the inintended consequences of the beast plauge don't show until it is far too late.

[lordskyline]

And yet again it is proven: There is nothing as permanent as a temporary solution

[NecromanticFriend]

Ah yes. My favorite character from Bloodborne: the hunter's dream. (in all fairness it does have a lot of character)

[aegis]

"It will only be temporary !"

*It was, in fact, not temporary*

[LORDOFDORKNESS]

To be about as fair to The Healing Church as they probably barely deserve, the blood does seem to be a genuine panacea except the beast transformation.

Even the Good Hunter you play as came for—and received that cure, after all.

[Sleepy_pug]

I always thought it was gehrman alone who made the pact after he went mad in the workshop after Maria’s suicide but he DOES mention Lawrence in his sleep at one point doesn’t he? God I love Bloodborne lore

[alphazerg]

I just pretend that when you kill Gehrman he finally WAKES UP.

Then you become the Moon.

[chewiecheshire]

It should be noted that the dream world itself is very peaceful and kind of the inverse of Yarhnam. There are no monsters, and rather than being crowded by buildings on all sides, there's just a wide open sort of sea with distant pillars or trees (and on that point, the gods of bloodborne are always found near large bodies of water, Rom in the lake and Kos by the sea, they are the places where insight and truth are found.)

[Mrbleuskyzz]

I never played Bloodborne, but I love watching your videos analyzing the lore and symbolism

[AndroxineVortex]

John Bloodborne when he is reborn as a Great One: If you can't beat em, join em.

[WorldBridger]

Imagine your favorite lore storytellers as a group of NPCs. Their abilities allow them to know tales that under normal circumstances no one should know but has a drawback that leaves them unable to act on said knowledge. So they tell Player, with the hope that they'll set things right, and give the unfinished stories a proper end.

[GunNutproductionsOG]

And thus comes the mingling question in the back of your mind every time you play a Soulsborne game “Am I ending the cycle or am I just another footnote in the cycle?”

[lexisking]

Something of note that is terrifying in context, Gehrman is the first hunter, meaning when he started this he probably wasn't all that much older than Lady Maria, he's been at this so long he's become elderly, if that is due to age and not because of the parasitism of the Moon Presence. Gehrman lost the best years of his life because he truly believed he was doing what was best, and even now, with all of the anguish it brings him, he would rather suffer alone than have someone else have to shoulder his burden.

Also something to note about the old ones, is that in lore they are described as sympathetic in nature, which is why they created the hunters nightmare, the people of the fishing hamlet cried out in hopes that their destroyers would be punished, and the gods answered with a nightmare. Perhaps, in its own twisted way, this "dream" is the product of the Moon Presence feeling some level of sympathy for the hunters

[Tnyhm]

Hunters either become the beast or live long enough to go insane

[mchills]

I love how your analyses are not only informative and thought provoking but also just so goddam eloquent!

[jackpotskirazor]

Honestly there aren't enough videos like this for soulsborn games: where it gives a run down for how messed up the world is before actually including you, the player, as a bringer of change.