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Elden Ring's DLC through a Trans Lens
This was supposed to be a quickish video but i spent a lot longer than i thought i would! It was worth it tho im glad i got to make a video that's more personal to me :D,, also i had to learn parts of blender just to grab the clear photo of Trina with their hair for the thumbnail, its was fun!
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Cool UI in the Splatoon Series
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Here's another quickish video before my larger splatoon vid, still took a few days of constantly working on it tho!! im pretty happy with how it turned out and how my editing and speaking have improved :D I tried making my voice sound a bit more feminine but i have a long ways to go still,, thx for watching!!
(FAILED) Trying to view the Rock Paper Scissors Splatfest results in 2024
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I got sick the day i decided to record this, splatfested too hard :{! I had to rerecord the footage to accompany the vocals since i didnt hit record in elgato. Felt nice to make a video unscripted even if it was tiny short thing, im working on a longer video that im really excited to make about how casual splatoon has shifted!
Is the Inkopolis Plaza DLC Worthwhile?
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I hope you enjoyed! I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable with script writing and have been reflecting on ways to improve, so starting in my next video I’ll be adding more support to any claims I make aswell as delving deeper into whatever topic I’m covering, which will likely result is some longer videos, excited! Have a good day!
Glitch Effects in Splatoon 3 are Uncreative
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Segments 0:00 History of Splat 3's glitch art 1:19 Authentic game glitch visuals 2:14 Creating new glitch visuals for Splat 3 4:50 Have a good day!
Nintendo's Only Game Pushing the Creativity of UI
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I hope you enjoy the game if you get to play it! Have a good day! This video took around 2 months to make and I'm happy I could post it before the game came out, I'm very excited for tmrw! Can't wait to make more Segments 0:00 Start! 0:23 Splatoon 3's modern uniqueness 1:33 Nintendo's history w/ UI effort 3:33 Splatoon 3 pushing UI forward 6:42 Where the game improves/unimproves I will improve ...
Quite surprised you didn't mention the Octo Expansion or Side Order UI
my favorite part about the loading screen icon is that the colors it shifts between will change depending on which city you're in and the main theme colors from the game that city was featured in (orange/blue for inkopolis plaza, pink/green for inkopolis square, and different shades of white in the order sector)
You're so right THAT IS AWESOME! It's really nice that they kept the loading icon updated along side changes and additions to the game
I do wonder why Thiollier has this feminime touch to his outfit? Especially Dolores the sleeping arrow. Her outfit gives off a tomboy vibe to. I always wonder if these are some sort of allegories related to gender norms.
Wow finally someone to point this out. I though I was the only one who realized this. Thank you<3
@@blue_hoodie9987 you’re so welcome :D!!! I’m really happy you enjoyed!! Making this video has really inspired me to make more trans related content in the future it’s so nice to make a small little safe space for queer people to feel comfortable relating to games and sharing their thoughts :}
@@Friendsare100 I do wonder why Thiollier has this feminime touch to his outfit? Especially Dolores the sleeping arrow. Her outfit gives off a tomboy vibe to. I always wonder if these are some sort of allegories related to gender norms.
Yeah, the UI has always been a nice way of completing the atmosphere of the game. Great video. I also love the nod to Tokyo Mirage Sessions, in the BGM.
@@akaimizu1 I appreciate the compliment :D!! and YA I was looking for songs to add to the video and came across that one from Tokyo mirage sessions and absolutely loved it, I wanted to play that game quite a bit some years ago, I should check it out!
one thing I've always imagined for the loading icon, if they ever gave a visualisation for the "liquefied crystals" or whatever it was in the Alterna logs that was found within the squids, they should ABSOLUTELY make it look like that. (Hero Mode spoilers!) I had an idea for a short rewrite for RotM to explain why cuttlefish got dried up the way he did. I thought it would be cool if maybe to complete his plan Mr grizz needed a crystal from one of the strongest inklings there is. Given Cuttlefish fought so strongly in the war, and is still kicking now, he would be the perfect subject. Grizz would monologue for a bit and show off his new crystal and BOOM!!! floaty loading icon in his hand!!! It would just be so sick tbh
THIS IDEA RULES!!! that's such a creative way to integrate a loading icon into gameplay! something that's pretty rare considering the current landscape of unobstructive UI design, but splatoon is an exception to that so here's hoping for something cool like that in splatoon 4!
bro this man deserves more suds bro this is actually really good❤❤❤
Such a sweet video, definitely reflects many of my own thoughts about miquellas and trinas story and gender. Personally I read both miquella/trina and marika/radagon as two halves of a bigender/genderfluid/enby person. Because you know, I think thats exactly what many enby folks might do with godlike powers. Use them among other things to fully express their true selves, including multiple physical appearances representing their multifaceted/fluid Identities.
@@Ezrasleepy I appreciate such a thoughtful compliment! I absolutely love hearing everyone’s perspectives and you’re so right that Miquella/trina and marika/radigon fit so perfectly in a bigender/genderfluid/enby lens :D!!! I love the idea of using godlike powers to fully express yourself the way you wanna ITS SO SICK and makes me wish I had a similar sort of ability :},, I was talking with a friend last night and they mentioned that a higher being character in a story they were reading changes between a masc and femme appearance on their own accord which your comment reminded me of! Thx again for the nice comment!
there really is so much to appreciate when it comes to splatoon ui! as someone who’s only played s2 and s3, the 3d squid on the map for splatoon 1 was really neat to see. thank you for making this video, i really enjoyed it!
Thx for such a nice comment! :D I hope you get to play S1 sometime the maps are awesome and the weapon kits are a blast! I'm also glad you enjoy the little squid icons on the map screen too, they're super cool!
I instantly subscribed when i heard this was a 15 subscriber special
I relate to your perspective and experience alot! I personally have been hyperfixated for 2 years on Elden Ring and other soulsborne games because I have never felt so seen in characters as I have been in these games, mostly because trans characters given the chance to be so complicated and morally dubious is such a rarity in any media. I started taking T a short while before starting my first playthrough of Elden Ring too, and the game experience itself felt like my transition, from stumbling, lost and uncomfortable in a place I didn't belong to feeling confident and sure of myself and knowing I am able to overcome any struggle as long as I persist. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! Also I cannot not mention that little cute claymation segment?? Simply stunning!
@@mothirl you put my feelings into words SO PERFECTLY!! I agree so much that it’s fun to explore the nature of trans characters that are so complicated and morally dubious,, especially in the soulsborne series where almost every character shares those traits aswell so it isn’t alienating in that sense. For me personally it taps into those ugly feelings that pop up from time to time such an envy and the like. I appreciate you sharing your experience and progress with transitioning in the context of your time with Elden ring, I said it in a reply to someone else aswell but the biggest enjoyment in making this video has been creating a micro safe space for anyone to share their experiences and getting to hear about such impactful and important moments for them,, I know you started T years ago but I still want to say I’m so happy you were able to start it!!!! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و lastly THANK YOU FOR SUCH NICE WORDS!! I had a lot of fun doing a little claymation for this video, it isn’t the greatest but I’m happy with how it turned out! :D
I love this so much!! I don’t see many talk about little things like this with Splatoon so I love how you broke it down. Awesome video :D
@@sheebitz thank you a MILLION for the kind words!!! :DDD,, it’s nice to know you and some others enjoy hearing about stuff like UI! I’ve always really loved it and I was a little worried that it would be boring or grating to listen about but I’m glad it isn’t!
Very cool video! I hadn't seen it that way and I love it. I find there's a lot of queer and trans themes in the souls/borne/ring games maybe that's why i am so drawn to them! There's literally a "trans coffin" in Dark souls 2, if you hop in it, it will transform your character in the opposite gender. There is no context or explanation for this, it's just there haha
@@Migaron I’ve barley ever gotten far into ds2 since I’m not the biggest fan of its gameplay but if you’re telling me there’s an HRT coffin IM ALL IN HEHEH,, P.s. thank you for the nice words! :D
Why are you so good?
I relate to this strongly as well, preparing for the dlc 6 months before it realeased, i created my first character based on my irl appearance (which is somewhat androgynus) using the body type A, back then i was very heavily questioning my gender but wasn't sure if i was a transfemme or nb. In the following months i finally found who I was, a girl, and despite still being closeted it was a huge breakthrough. When the dlc finally released I went back to the same character, underleveled and underequipped straight into it. My brother who was playing it alongside me with his other save file got a bit further ahead than me told me about saint trina and her questline with a reward being the purple lily as headgear. Knowing what you did about saint trina beforehand and with the discoveries made in the dlc made set a personal goal for my playthrough, she being an "other half" could made me into my other half, my true self through the gift or her lily. From that point onward the dlc became a transition story for my character and finally beating radahn after countless attempts to finish trina's questlines and change to body type B was a super rewarding and fulfilling experience since im still closeted and think ill be for a few years more.
@@carrochevrolet3405 my biggest appreciation with making this video are all of the wonderful and impactful stories and comments I get to hear,, and your story is so special and incredible I appreciate you sharing it so much. I’m beyond happy the DLC got to be a mark of understanding and progress for you and who you are, It makes me emotional and I want to give my sincerest congratulations to you! I hope you so much comfort and peace as you continue forward, and that whenever you decide it best to come out that you’re met with the utmost kindness, I’ll be cheering you on whenever that happens!! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
@@Friendsare100 thanks to you for making the video and giving me an outlet to share my experience, lots of love your way
That feeling of "diversing yourself of love" in a transfeminine lens is just You put words ive had in my head for the entire year out so casually, my god Anazing vid, and i csnt wait to play the DLC even HARDER nowwwwwe!!
@@Genesukt64 I appreciate your nice words SO MUCH :D!!! I hope you all the support and cheers to be happy and comfortable!! & I also hope you have a blast in the realm of shadow,, the new weapon types they added are so fun! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
I found it really interesting that while Markia has a dual identity each one is clearly presented as Male and Female. So her/his character felt like a reference to a Regis from alchemy. Meanwhile Miqqellas’s identities are both presented as being androgynous. Although it is unfortunate that their character ends up falling into some stereotypes about androgyny in this kind of media, It’s still interesting how their gender is presented.
Really happy the algorithm gave me this. Congrats on your transition girl !!! Watching this at a weird time in my own , since i'm getting top surgery in a couple weeks. Miquella talking about abandoning/killing parts of himself in order to achieve his ambition and ideal self is really hitting home when i'm about to do the same shit myself...!
@@phoneysart5332 thank you so much for the congrats :D,, and CONGRATS TO YOU ON YOUR UPCOMING TOP SURGERY!! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و THATS SO AWESOME!! I’m really glad you get to connect with Miquellas story in such personal way, and I’m wishing you the best of luck on surgery going great!!! Cheers to a happy life!
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR WEEKS, MAYBE MONTHS, MAYBE YEARS NOW!!!! I AM A TRANSGIRL AND ALSO OBSESSED WITH MIQUELLA AND TRINA
@@SlumberSlvt IM SO EFFING GLAD THERES SOMEONE ELSE TOO, SCREAM IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS GIRL!!!!
Miquella wants gay shit
great video! this really is what fromsoftware's games are all about. they are intensely personal for us all. ps. from one trans woman to another. you should try bloodborne
@@E.Jacobsen I appreciate the compliment a ton :D And from one lady to another back I ABSOLUTELY WILL!! I’ve played up till I think rom but put it down for some time, I will start a new playthrough soon I want to fight mergos wet nurse so bad they have my favorite enemy design from any souls game!
You're awesome hun. I wish you good luck with everything
@@E.Jacobsen you’re awesome too!! And I wish you the best aswell :}
i was waiting for a video like this to appear on my recommended, St. Trina/ Miquella story is pretty trans coded, i mean Miquella whole goal is to rid himself of his old self so that he can ascend to godhood. pretty trans coded if you ask me. also im going to get a miquella cross tattoo when i eventually do transition. Also Elden ring is the best game ever made.
@@nolanwinterburn194 such a SWAG tattoo to get I was smiling so much the entire time reading your message!!! :D and also here’s a pre- CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING THE STEP FORWARD TO TRANSITION! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و I wish you the best and I hope you the comfort and time you need to get to where you’d like to be!
@@Friendsare100 thx so much, im hoping to start come summer this year! great video
I just wish we could have a feminine male or trans character that wasn’t characterized as a manipulator or tragic villain. =(
@@Halovex yeah I’m really with you there,, I’m lucky in that I’m oblivious enough to the full extent of the lore and story that I can purely make up my own trans positive storyline from the bits and pieces I gather in-game,, here’s hoping a future game has a trans adjacent character that isn’t a tragic villain of some sort!! I’d love a trans character that you just kinda interact with as you explore the world, like the onion guy in dark souls 1!!! Im forgetting his name but yeah him!
really good video :))
fromsoft's androgynous characters like gwyndolin and miquella are so cool, they can be trans fem or trans masc and it works either way. your personal experience with the game and st trina is so wholesome :)
Excellent video! I really think your interpretation isn't even "head canon" per se - I'd argue it's an intended implication of the lore. Especially since there's already a kind of version of this characterization in Dark Souls 1. Dark Sun Gwyndolin (the last son of Lord Gwyn) who "was raised as a daughter" (i.e. he's a trans man), but he uses a projection of his sister to interact with the world (which I read as him being forced to be in the closet for a lot of reasons, but that's part up for debate). Anyway, my point is that I think a trans interpretation of Miquella/St. Trina is a very straightforward way to understand the story being told that a lot of people outside of the queer community overlook. Again, great video, happy I stumbled across this!
@@distanceswimmer such an excellent comment and I’m so happy you enjoyed the video! :D I recently finished my first playthrough of DS1 and was so hyped to interact with Gwyndolin! He’s such a cool character and looking back on his characterization now it’s nice that his story has wiggle room for multiple different trans experiences to be able to relate! Thank you again for the nice words! :}
@@Scowleasy Could be, but that's not stated in the lore anywhere. All we know is that Gwyndolin uses he/him pronouns now and was raised as a daughter due to his connection to the moon.
@@distanceswimmer pretty sure gwyndolin’s own robes stating he was “raised as a daughter” confirms he was born male, in addition to every item description using he/him pronouns, nevermind how the illusion *he created* also refers to him as brother; but whatever it’s your head canon.
Elden Ring is so cool I wanna be a girl now
@@josal2604 you’re welcome to be yourself here ! ٩( ᐛ )و
@@Friendsare100 yay I am currently in denial lmao
that is so totally a-okay and you aren't alone! i recommend checking out some trans friendly resources online & maybe even some safe trans friendly spaces if you'd like to explore your identity at your own pace and comfort! i wish you the best!!
I really enjoyed this and I’m glad youtube recommend this to me! As a newly-on-HRT trans gal who loves Elden Ring and its lore this was a really enjoyable watch. I can’t wait to play the DLC now!
@@circependragon1201 CONGRATULATIONS ON STARTING HRT GIRL!!! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و I’m really happy you enjoyed the video and I wish you a great time in the realm of shadow!!
Not the most important part obviously, but using the dueling shield is based af
@@cormacpalmer5967 I see you have IMMACULATE taste in weaponry, it is such a fun weapon LOLL,, having to manage stamina when you block hits while attacking adds a layer to the gameplay that is just chefs kiss for me, it’s so much fun!!
Definitely an interesting perspective! As you mentioned, there are other queer interpretations of Miquella's story, and I found that I was initially looking at it through more of a 2 spirit kind of lens. It builds on the theme of past lords all having some kind of shared body with multiple identities, which was partly why I was surprised when I learned Miquella had cast off St.Trina during my first playthrough. It seemed counter intuitive based on many of the shared body/spirit imagery and themes of past elden lords, as well as the idea that these complementary identities were necessary for godhood, with Placidusax growing additional heads and Marika creating Radagon in order to ascend. I figure that this could still work in the context of St.Trina asking us to prevent Miquella's ascent to godhood, as he would be an incomplete god with everything he had cast off, which also aligns with the general consensus regarding the mistake in Miquella's journey.
@@Claxis404 I think this comment is better worded than ANYTHING I could try and put into words, I really appreciate it being so thoughtfully worded! And 2 spirit does fit Miquella’s story really well you’re so right!! Your comment really highlights for me how much of the already preexisting lore and characters fit well through a 2 spirited lens aswell, Marika and Radagon are the characters I’m a decent bit more familiar with behind Miquella and Trina but I wouldn’t even had thought of Placidusax!! Nice find! I really need study up on the characters and their backstories I’ve played this game like 3 times through and still know so little! HEHEH
I thirst for Queer readings of media, especially Trans perspectives, so I really appreciate this vid on my fav characters
@@josejonatan5145 you are more than welcome :D!!! I’m really glad you enjoyed the vid! I was hitting the :0 face whenever I stumbled across something related to Miquella or Trina
Brother, just because he mutilated himself doesn't make him a troon. In fantasy, men can have female parts they shear off; about the closest you can get to that is maybe growing a big wart
>DLC centered around death >through a trans lens Oh no.
Hope it fixes your psychological issues, it most likely won’t. Your not changing genders, it would be like buying a Ferrari except they just deform your old car to kinda sorta resemble a Ferrari and you “friends” will lie to you and say it does, but it doesn’t. Not against changing genders, it’s just not possible yet and you shouldn’t accept the mutilation these doctors sell you.
I'm so happy this video exists because when I first found out the stone coffin fissure and the guy talking about Miquella not being able to love because he casted out a part of himself, I thought "wow this is basically Celeste if Maddy didn't transition and kept closeted" I've never thought it could be the opposite tho : Miquella abandonning his AGAB to transition and live as a dude
@@Loutr0n I’m beyond happy you enjoyed the video :D and I didn’t even think about it in relation to Celeste!!! I know the story in snippets here and there but I really need to play it so I experience it in its entirety,, I have it sitting in my steam library so I’ll probably do it this week!
@@Friendsare100 Yeaaaaah if my may judge by this video, I think you'll like it a lot (plus it is probably the best platformer ever created) :)
@@Loutr0n I’ve seen some gameplay of it too and it looks SO GOOD!! The movement options are super sick and the animation is very fluid! :D thx for the recommendation I’m excited!
This is honestly a brilliant perspective. It's always great to have a personal perspective with videogames so that it's easier to understand the meaning behind the plot or whatever it may be! Once I got to that last cross myself I also came to the conclusion that miquella had discarded a part of themselves to keep them going forwards with their ambitions. I randomly saw this video while scrolling down youtube and I was glad that I had stopped to watch!
@@Althain7896 I really appreciate your kind words so much!! I’m really happy that the structure of Elden rings storytelling is the way that it is, it’s a win-win for everyone when you can apply your own personal perspective onto the story and have it still make sense :D, and thx for sharing your perspective too!
That's a rather interesting take on miquella's character and lore. If one day there was a Bloodborne port on pc then I would really encourage you to play it. I think nevertheless it'll be a nice experience.
@@Mad_alastor I’m very lucky to have a ps5 to play bloodborne on so I will take you up on your recommendation :D,, after the DLC released I started making my way through past souls games and got through demon souls and its remake, dark souls 1 and left off with ds3,, I think I’ll just skip to bloodborne tho since I’ve already beaten ds3 multiple times!
@@Friendsare100 oh that's just fantastic then. Demon's souls and dark souls 1 are great games in the sense of giving you a taste of the "souls-borne" terminology overall (I think those being the first games is kinda inconvenient lol). Unlike Sekiro which was a whole new kind of a game for fromsoftware, Bloodborne was like a kind of an experiment field for them. Some of the changes that they made into a more aggressive style of combat made its way into ds3 (or maybe even elden ring depending on how you experience it for yourself.), and beside of it's style and world/lore being more of a fresh taste and not as popular as the typical knight and dragons of souls games, it's nevertheless a memorable experience (also my favorite game). May you be an Honorable member of the league, dear Trina knight.
@@Mad_alastor Thank you SO MUCH for such a well thought out comment! I was going to ask if bloodborne was your favorite but you answered that at the end, and honestly its a hard game to beat in terms of gameplay and atmosphere! you're so right too that the gothic era influence is a refreshing change from the usually medieval look of the souls games (Mergo's Wet Nurse is my favorite visual design of any enemy in the series). I think for me demon souls might be my favorite as of right now ,, i really enjoy the slower more methodical gameplay and the focus on level design with boss fights being a sort of reward rather than a final challange And thx good hunter! may you find your worth in the waking world!
@@Friendsare100 oh well as you just said mergo's wet nurse is a really nice touch for a cosmic being made from the cognition of a cosmic god as guardian, it's an absolute gem. And yes I agree on the matter of how the progression in demon's souls works. I also really love the interconnectivity of dark souls 1's world. I think whether how similar the exploration in both of these games is similar to one another, they both kind of stick tightly to the goal of the games narrative. And in Bloodborne as you would one day experience it one day for yourself, each area that you go through doesn't really follow a set goal for most of the game, it's like a vivid dream that you just wander all over it. And each boss is like a veil on the secrets of this world, it's when you overcome the challenge that you see behind the red curtain, even if what you see is an insight through another dream or it's a secret of the future past that will cease to exist once it's uncovered. (And just as how vivid ones take on this game's story might be, the exploration and the events of the world might be just as confusing. But still I'm sure you'll find something to wonder about through the darkest of nightmares.) And I'll look for it till I have the eyes that have been granted to me, now that I have the prayer from your grace.
This one’s for the trans popu out there spending their first holloween as themselves :D
The reason the squid does a little spin on the pointer is probably cuz it resembles a squid roll
The drawings you do are so cute!
@@Beatrixie12 THANK YOU SO MUCH I’m so glad you enjoy them! :D they are really fun to add and help carry some of the weight since my editing still isn’t the greatest!
Please keep yapping about random Splatoon facts, it gives me life
@@Jyuratodus_Enjoyer I ABSOLUTELY WILL!! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!! I was worried it would be grating to hear someone talk about UI in splatoon for 6 mins,, but I’m happy to know it’s the opposite :D
I hope Splatoon 4 will combine S2 and S3's special charge meters. I want it to be S3's special gauge meter, but the bars are your ink color (like in s2) and the sub icons you see in the menus (instead of s3's simplistic black ones)
GREY LENO SPOTTED
@@HS-mn6jc IT WOULD BE SO,, BEAUTIFUL
love hearing someone talking abt something they love :) i looove the visual style of splatoon so much
I started with 2 back in 2017, and oh my god. Those splatoon 1 squid icons on the map... hampsters..... la creaturas..... I WANT THEM BACK
ermmmmmmmmm, actually its IN a museum, not ON a musuem.
@@Natrium-c6x it’s transcended being in it, it’s become the museum
@@Friendsare100 holy shit, ur right
favourite video on youtube
@@splatoonfan11 I’m so happy you enjoyed it :D Thank you for putting my video in your hall of fame