Visceral Femininity: A Bloodborne Video Essay

“So what’s the new video about, Honey?“ “Yer mam.“ Bloodborne is a game. It’s bloody and messy and goopy and I love it a lot, but I don’t often see people talking about the more feminine aspects of its horror (pregnancy, childbirth etc) that it’s absolutely bursting with (no pun intended). Content warnings are there for a reason. Some people are probably really not gonna like this and that’s cool, go watch a video more to your taste, but I had fun and I hope you do as well ^.^ Terfs and gender critical folks are not welcome here. A person’s existence is not debatable. CW: blood, violence, infanticide, menstruation, religion/heresy, pregnancy/unwanted pregnancy, forced caesarean, medical abuse, human experimentation, intoxication, Eldritch/cosmic horror, body horror, fantasy plagues, suicide Quote for Part 2/Lunar Cycles is from Mabel, a horror podcast about missed connections, family secrets and the blurring between myth and reality and love. I love it to pieces, highly recommended. Listen here!: Quote for Part 4/Gods is from the audiobook of Terry Pratchett’s “Lords and Ladies“ Extra footage: Eileen’s fight: Queen Yharnam’s fight: Rakuyo description/guide for obtaining it (seriously fuck the sharks): //Find me at: Ko-fi: Tumblr: Twitter: Twitch: 00:00 Intro 00:58 Blood 16:20 Lunar Cycles 26:35 Babies 38:22 Gods Songs used!! Cannot place the groany sound before the Bloodborne OST kicks in? I lost the project files for this along with my harddrive but it SOUNDS like a similar audio quality to the Little Nightmares OST but I can’t place it with only 2 seconds, sorry! (It’s actually driving me nuts so if someone can place it pls tell me, also if I put time stamps it tries to re chapter the video, thanks youtube) Bloodborne: Bloodborne Little Nightmares: Six’s Theme Part 1 Hollow Knight: Crossroads Silent Hill 3: Maternal Heart Little Nightmares II: Togetherness I Detention: Paranoid The Cat Lady: Lily of the Valley Fran Bow: Lost Little Nightmares 2: Togetherness I Rule of Rose: The Attic Silent Hill 3: A Stray Child Fran Bow: Forest The Witch’s House: Rumour Little Nightmares: Hypnosis Alice Madness Returns: Hyde Park Pathologic 2: Higher than Sky Darkwood: Darkwood Alice Madness Returns: Card Castles in the Sky The Haunting of Hill House: Feel Nothing Little Nightmares II: The Nome in the Attic The Cat Lady: Lily of the Valley Darkwood: Untitled 2 Rule of Rose: The Attic Omori: H2O-HCl Hollow Knight: Crossroads Alice Madness Returns: Sunken Crypt Hollow Knight: Resting Grounds Silent Hill 3: Maternal Heart Bloodborne: Moonlit Melody Little Nightmares II: True Colours Hollow Knight: Resting Grounds Bloodborne: Lullaby for Mergo Little Nightmares II: Togetherness II Madoka Magica: Anima Mala Madoka Magica: Puella in Somnio Little Nightmares: Hunger II Bloodborne: Hail the Nightmare Darkwood: Road to Home Little Nightmares II: Casting Shadows Bloodborne: Hunter’s Dream Little Nigthmares II: Casting Shadows Bloodborne: Lullaby for Mergo