#marble nest

[berlogauwu]

[latistyla]

The tragedians believe that I have no heart.

[mister-crow]

let's go. the clock is ticking.

decided to post all three of these together now they're finally done - the individual pieces can be found here, here and here!

[maripr]

Marble Nest feels pretty hopeless, but there's something i find deeply touching:

How much Daniil is loved.

The kids all taking care of him, having grown fond of him, Artemy and Clara in the cover page which we can assume is what's actually happening in the "real" world, Eva telling people not to disturb him.

(btw it's very bittersweet how both Artemy and Eva are dead in the dream - something Daniil is implied to feel responsible for - but are actually alive and taking care of him in the real world).

Even Aspity introducing his dream in order to help making his demise less painful.

And all the while, he's being absolutely terrible and insulting to himself. Calling himself a coward or unkind. Dreaming of people calling him out. If only he realized...

I like to think he did realize, in the end.

[ryuki-draws]

When you overdid it with morphine and befriended your sleep paralysis demon

[whyareweherereally]

I'm sorry but the map in the original release of the marble nest is by far superior to the one patched with the game.

I mean look at it. Perfection

[tommynb]

Watching Codex Entry’s Marble Nest video like

[katherinakaina]

While I am at it, I'll share another Russian language insight with those who may not know it.

In Codex Entry video 'Pathologic Marble Nest for those who will never play it' the author at some point talks about possible meaning of what a Focus is, specifically in relation to nuts. She notes, that maybe all of it is just a joke about testicles that went too far.

I am here to reassure you that it is 100% not that.

How comes? You see, in Russian nuts don't mean testicles. Never. The other food is used to describe it - eggs. Delicious.

And it's official. Your doctor will tell you: I must examine your eggs, show me your eggs. You can't make fried eggs for breakfast with your hot gf without joking about her eggs, it's always funny.

So a Russian person playing Pathologic in Russian will never even think about nuts as anything other than just food item. But we can't think straight about eggs.

It is a rare occasion, where there's no joke in the original, but translation creates a joke. And it's very funny especially when we talk about Daniil. Look.

This is a conversation with Girl in Russian. Super literal translation:

- What, beautiful?

- Do you have nuts?

> Why do you need nuts?

> No.

But here is how the same conversation plays out in English:

BECAUSE HE DOESN'T! Get it? I love it.

So yeah, when Shrew harasses Daniil about his nuts in Marble Nest she doesn't actually mean anything dirty. But it still enriches the story in my opinion.

[kidotomy]

[maxbanshees]

evil saturday... [crossed out: foul] Exceptional sunday......... set a reminder for the 20th of november everybody!!

ruby's playthrough/stagings/analyses of pathologic have always done the game justice and this one is no exception. it was a huge honor and delight to get to do the thumbnail for this one!

[sealsapocalypticmusic]

Birdies, birdies, gather ye here, around the marble nest

[berlogauwu]

wake up

[slime-water-shrew]

Okay okay okay that was fucking terrifying… I should not have played some Marbles Nest before bed.

Oh well wish me luck sleeping after I've failed so many people :) aaahhhhhhhhhhh I'm so sorry, town on Gorkhon

[mister-crow]

without love, you can't divine truth from blood

[herbgroom]

if not gay then why official art so tender and affectionate??

ignore that he's dying

[chuchue]

Doctor Bell fell down the well and broke his collar bone. Doctors should attend the sick and leave the well alone.