#pathologic cast

[cakedpie-pathologic]

Pathologic animatic I finished in 6 days : )

[slime-water-shrew]

Daniil Dankovsky used to be physically rather short in the first game, and the game's script reflects this (he can't see something a little girl can because it's too high). He also used to physically wear really tall heels, and in the sequel he can wear cothurni but is not shown. He is only ever in flats. He is also often put in a tablo where he is hunched over or on a lower step, or sitting and your standing to make him seem shorter. I like to think Pathologic 2's run of the play couldn't find an actor short enough and fit for the role, so Dankovksy's actor is just using stagging and prospective to try and look shorter like he is meant to be.

He has to hunch over to look slightly taller than Clara. A thing that used to be his default.

( https://www.reddit.com/r/pathologic/comments/1fupftw/i_am_1_very_scared_of_how_tall_oyun_is_and_2_very/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button )

^the height comparison photo's link

[fennelwasp]

P1 clara route oh my god

[fatalism-and-villainy]

One major overlap between Julian Bashir and Seven of Nine is the way they both have heightened, extra-human awareness of their own bodies and cognitive functioning - Seven runs self-diagnostics, Bashir is capable of raising his blood pressure at will - and yet they are both susceptible to human error, in ways that are deeply frustrating to them.

Seven’s initial struggle was in adjusting to being severed from the hive mind and thus reduced and weakened in her perception and capabilities; furthermore, she grew up in an environment where she was only a cog in a machine and any significant physical damage would result in termination. By extension, she is very unwilling to acknowledge physical weakness or vulnerability (as seen in episodes like Imperfection). And much of her arc revolves around her making mistakes despite her assurance of the efficacy and superiority of her methods, and learning to cope with her fallibility.

Bashir, as seen in episodes like The Quickening and Chrysalis, has enormous amounts of trouble dealing with failure, and the former episode makes it clear that his arrogance is wrapped up in his desperate fear of not measuring up (similar to how underneath Seven’s arrogance, she still has traces of the frightened, vulnerable child she once was). The augmentation reveal with Bashir gives a lot of context for that inferiority-superiority complex, and once his genetic enhancements are made public, he seems to feel pressure to make his abilities uniquely useful despite the socially marginalized position in which his enhancements threaten to place him. In Statistical Probabilities, one of his motivations in getting the other enhanced people involved in the statistically generated prognostication is his desire to prove that they can “contribute to society.”

With this in mind, there are some significant threads connecting Statistical Probabilities to The Voyager Conspiracy. Both episodes involve Bashir (along with the other augments) and Seven, respectively, undertaking massively complex cognitive processes in order to synthesize vast amounts of data into speculative conclusions - for potential outcomes of the Dominion War, and for theories regarding how Voyager came to the Delta Quadrant. Both are motivated by the desire to make their unique abilities useful to the institutional structures of which they are a part. And both episodes follow a structure in which each character is able to uncover something true and small-scale - with Bashir and the augments, it’s that the Dominion wants to acquire a planet that will allow them to produce ketracel-white, and with Seven, it’s that there is a photonic flea infestation - only to then have their speculations become much broader in scope and threaten to undermine either the ideals or the cooperative structures surrounding them.

There are significant differences between the episodes. Seven’s speculations are revealed to be straight-up false, and a result of her trying to assimilate more information than she can handle. With Bashir, the veracity of his observations is left ambiguous, and his putting a stop to the other augments’ plan to leak confidential information to the Dominion is largely spurred by political necessity (though the war does unfold differently from anticipated, in large part because of variables no one could have known about at that point). Seven’s failure is more directly linked to human limitations kneecapping her attempt to use her heightened cognitive abilities. But in both cases, their attempts to use mathematical precision in mapping out broad-scale events and systems of cause and effect, in ways that only their minds are capable of, ultimately cannot fulfill the social function they intend for them.

[autismsupersoldier]

[date of origin: 2023/06/04]

the world hates to see silly girls thrive!!!

[meirimerens]

the pathologic Kin is largely fictionalized with a created language that takes from multiple sources to be its own, a cosmogony & spirituality that does not correlate to the faiths (mostly Tengrist & Buddhist) practiced by the peoples it takes inspirations from, has customs, mores and roles invented for the purposes of the game, and even just a style of dress that does not resemble any of these peoples', but it is fascinating looking into specifically to me the sigils and see where they come from... watch this:

P2 Layers glyphs take from the mongolian script:

while the in-game words for Blood, Bones and Nerves are mongolian directly, it is interesting to note that their glyphs do not have a phonetic affiliation to the words (ex. the "Yas" layer of Bones having for glyph the equivalent of the letter F, the "Medrel" layer of Nerves having a glyph the equivalent of the letter È,...)

the leatherworks on the Kayura models', with their uses of angles and extending lines, remind me of the Phags Pa Script (used for Tibetan, Mongolian, Chineses, Uyghur language, and others)

some of the sigils also look either in part or fully inspired by Phags Pa script letters...

some look closer to the mongolian or vagindra (buryat) script

looking at the Herb Brides & their concept art, we can see bodypainting that looks like vertical buryat or mongolian script (oh hi (crossed out: Mark) Phags Pa script):

shaped and reshaped...

[bumblingbabooshka]

Pathologic AU but it's all Vulcan Women [Patreon | Commissions] T'Pol: Bachelor because of the whole 'time travel isn't real' thing - Mrs. facts and logic. Also, her initial status as an outsider in a strange place who isn't liked or trusted by most. T'Pring: Changeling because of how she was so maligned and hated for so long but is now seeing softer, more positive treatment in fandom. Also, her being incredibly mysterious. T'Pau: Haruspex because she was framed for a massive killing and is working to clear her name. Also the most (vulcan)religious-focused.

[climbing-class]

The wonderful pathologic tarot deck by @proteasomec just arrived! The cards are nice to handle, and the art on each card is high quality! I tried to do a lil past present future reading, then realized I don't know what I'm doing haha.

[blood-bones-nerves]

Eva is so funny in Patho Classic, like girlie just wants the hot Byronic doctor with dreams of immortality to dick her down before the whole town kicks it and he is too fucking gay on his 💪😤 sigma grindset shit to care.

Eva: come 2 the Stillwater 2nite for the wildest sex you've ever experienced 😈🍑🍆💦✨

Daniil: Good heavens, look at the time. Anyway...

[cakedpie-pathologic]

[socvinc]

I have been. BALDURING. what a strange little collection of characters in this game! I especially love the dynamic trio, shadowheart astarion and lae'zel! I sure hope nothing bad happens to th

[astroenchanter]

My friend was helping me clean my appartment and to make conversation went: "So what is pathologic exactly? I honestly don't really know what it is." And my brain went into overdrive and I just kind of talked at them about it for like an hour.

[isfjmel-phleg]

Priest's run on Justice League Task Force (#0, 17-37) is a weird weird book but I am losing my mind over the team dynamics.

[silverbirching]

Everyone in Nadežra:

Literally Every Character:

Ren:

[lampaesque]

I think the link that's between my favourite guy characters is that I think of them as a hamster, who I shake violently in a cage and then i pick them up by the nape as they shake like Powerdrills.

[daisyachain]

Getting out the water spray bottle every time the Dark Continent arc introduces a new faction