Queen Yharnam is a victim of Bloodborne's deepest horror || Bloodborne Analysis

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#shorts #bloodborne

[Konpekikaminari]

Bloodborne has 2 things:
Incomprehensible horrors
And way-too-comprihensible horrors

[sukunasgaylover]

"She was blessed, whether she liked it or not" sums up Bloodborne pretty well

[Yal_Rathol]

queen yharnam's child was cut from her.

but mergo, child of formless oedon, has no need for a body. he exists as voice and dream and blood.

which is why when you kill her in the chalice dungeons, you get a baby's corpse, wrapped in hardened blood, as your reward.

they took her child from her, _but only the parts they wanted._ the rest, they left to fester and calcify.

[aegis]

Bloodborne is great at having these horrifically tragic characters that make you hunt the beasts down with a new zeal but simultaneously make you feel disgust that their situation was allowed to happen in the name of eldritch monstrosities.

[anatoliasmercenary.]

The fact that Yharnam bows to you when you check up on her after defeating Mergo’s Wet Nurse is so sweet and sad, she’s thanking you for ending this nightmare and releasing her child and her from their respective shackles.

[juliantotriwijaya]

"She was forced to have it, and then forced to lose it", this is the level of melodrama/tragic story that can actualy make you cry for a character, because said drama was very much based on what could and has happened to women out there in real life.

[EsfingeCinza]

They were trying with dragons in Dark Souls before they could get to the Realy scary stuff. Motherhood.

[realrealwarpet]

The most horrifying thing i can realistically imagine.

[remuskane]

No, the worst part is that the baby WASN’T needed for a ritual. She was chosen to have that child, and while she wasn’t entirely consensual about it, she still accepted it as, for the Pthumerians, giving birth to a Great One is a tremendous honor. Only, the other Pthumerians, driven mad by wanting some Great One blood, stole her Great One child from her womb and ate it. It wasn’t a ritual. It was theft

[gnocchi]

Love when media isn't afraid to portray pregnancy in a dark way

[cosmicmelon]

"She finally comes to know rest"
That is until the Hunter finds her in a Chalice Dungeon and rips her apart.

[botanicalitus]

Thats so horrifyingly sad, and worst part is that you cant even take solace in the idea that "its just a story" because this type of stuff (forced pregnancy and such) happens so often in the real world

[Zweetpea]

I don’t know what’s more sad the fact that she was forced to have a child or the fact that she loved that child so much unconditionally that she only knows peace once that child is freed

[foxyloxyBABE]

Its depressing how even though shes a video game character, her story and symbolism is very real and relatable to many women around the world.

[ughgross]

One of the reoccurring nightmares I have is being pregnant against my will. I love children and I want children someday but being forced to bear them before I decide to is absolutely terrifying

[ceciliavasey]

A lot of games miss the mark on Eldritch or Cosmos horror by just throwing the most insane creatures or a mishmash of horrible monsters (which don’t get me wrong i have a lot of fun fighting): while missing what originally made cosmic horror what it was
Existentialism and exploration of humanities darkest depths and even what could be out there that we just can’t even processes is where it really gets scary

Heck I can remember being a kid playing earthbound, and not really understanding what Giygas was or represents but being deeply disturbed nonetheless and couldn’t explain what was wrong to my poor mom

[pkphyre]

Im definitely not the first person to make this observation, but Queen Yharnham's story very much feels like the story of the virgin Mary retold as horror

[Perceptionreflection]

I'm a mother who's been through two c-sections. Pregnancy is awful for me and I'm never doing it again. The horror of birth is very real. Every woman who bears a child faces the Jackal faced Death in the birthing room.

[beeman]

I don't think a character design ever made me genuinely recoil upon first sight like Queen Yharnam, just...god I saw that open wound and could immediately infer what it means

[viktor]

Forced motherhood, above everything else in the world, is my biggest fear. Absolutely horrifying. But people don't take me seriously. Even when just talking about not wanting kids.