A Terrifying Take on Trauma: Lacey Games

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  • Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
  • So this one is definitely a different type of video for me. I've always wanted to cover a horror topic, and this one I specifically came across recently. Lacey Games is a great horror web series I found and I can't say it enough.
    Please check out the videos from the creator: @ghosttundra
    They deserve all the views. Anyway please let me know what you think by giving a like, commenting, or subscribing. Thank you all so much for watching, stay safe!
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  • @meta.ridley
    @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +279

    Content Warning
    abuse (animal, sexual), flashing lights, gore/body horror, r*pe, trauma, stalkers, suicide, drugs, loud noises, death/murder (human, animal), trypophobia, cannibalism, insects

    • @Twiddle_things
      @Twiddle_things 3 месяца назад +16

      The fact that you have to censor certain words or else YT will delete your comment is so screwed

    • @seyedua-tj3ni
      @seyedua-tj3ni 3 месяца назад +5

      worthless warnings for people who shouldn't even be here lmao

    • @ChaoticMushy
      @ChaoticMushy 3 месяца назад +13

      ​@@seyedua-tj3niwarnings are there for a reason

    • @cammou8385
      @cammou8385 3 месяца назад +22

      ​@@seyedua-tj3nijust because you don't have issues with any of these topics doesn't mean others don't. If anything you shouldn't be here if you're gonna disrespect serious issues like these. Issues that the entire point of the series is based on and the series itself is meant to bring attention to girlhood trauma. You absolutely shouldn't be watching a video on a series with which the entire point of the series is to show the issues associated with girlhood trauma. It's not supposed to be glorified. It's not supposed to be pleasant. Which can make it an uncomfortable watch at times which is why it should have a warning. Having a warning on a video about traumatic issues and events isn't "worthless."

    • @SpecialInterestShow
      @SpecialInterestShow 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@@seyedua-tj3niwhy shouldn't people be here?

  • @SacredSacoyo
    @SacredSacoyo 3 месяца назад +327

    Lacey games is probably the only few piece of media that truly grips me when it comes to portraying trauma. Not saying other psychological horror is bad, I can appreciate them pretty well but Lacey games is just so raw. It’s like in the same vein as oyasumi punpun and homunculus

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +24

      I agree. It shows the gritty reality of it, even if it has very creepy visuals. t portrays the trauma a woman may have to deal with growing up. And even just shows how individuals deal with trauma in general. The idea of putting some face up to avoid it is shown in this series, but many people in real life do that. Until inevitably one day it breaks down. Sorry for the ramble, but thank you for watching!

    • @SpecialInterestShow
      @SpecialInterestShow 3 месяца назад +6

      ​@@meta.ridleyI like that it connects with many people yet is still interesting... The wires on the woman that are like, supposedly connecting her into the game or something, it makes me wonder if that makes this technically Sci fi... Or kinda supernatural lol

    • @definitelynotaroach
      @definitelynotaroach 8 дней назад

      Lacey Games are the REAL girls games

  • @midnalazuli793
    @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад +247

    Also, the reason Jay was killed off was because of mothers who complained that Jay was a bad influence on their daughters because she was a tomboy, and therefore, "not feminine enough" for a website aimed at girls. They started a movement online to get Jay removed from the site, which explains the "careful what you wish for" message from Rocio. Rocio killed Jay off to spite those parents who complained about Jay, and in the process, traumatized a lot of the kids who played on the site. This is all revealed through split second frames that show the actual online forums that the mothers talked on.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +33

      Honestly there were def some split second frames I missed or overlooked. I should’ve looked more into those for sure.

    • @midnalazuli793
      @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад +39

      ​@@meta.ridley
      I also feel like you severely undermined the significance of Lacey's relationship with Jay. The whole point of Lacey's Makeup Parlour is that Lacey doesn't want to accept the reality of her best friend being dead, so she deludes herself into believing that she is a regular cosmetologist working in a regular makeup parlour, and that Jay is a normal client who needs her makeup done, when in reality, Lacey is a mortuary cosmetologist working in a morgue, and her late best friend is her newest client. That's also the point of what the goodbye song was. Lacey wrote it in dedication to Jay, and the lyrics detail just how much Jay's death impacted her.
      I think your interpretations of the first three episodes were very solid, but you definitely missed a LOT when it came to episode 4. In some respects, I can't really blame you, because a lot of crucial information is not given up front, and can only be found through split second imagery that you'd have to pause the video at very precise points in order to find.
      I'm sorry if I'm coming off too strong, lol. I'm just VERY invested in Lacey Games at the moment.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +21

      That’s fair and I completely understand what you’re saying. I do 100% agree that she is her friend, and definitely a huge part of that video is her not accepting her death. I just had some other ideas I also thought. I get why you disagree though, and I also need to get better at getting the split second stuff cause i’m kinda bad at it 😭😭. But i’m gonna try and get better.

    • @midnalazuli793
      @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад +7

      @@meta.ridley
      It's fine. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with you having different interpretations, it's just that evidently, there was some stuff in the video you overlooked, like numerous split second images that reveal a ton of crucial lore elements, and had you known about them, there's a chance your theories may have been effected by them.
      I'd just recommend being a little more thorough is all. Otherwise, I think your video is very solid and brings up a lot of valid points.

    • @fanfight
      @fanfight 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meta.ridley Yeah,the parents(probably all moms but we can't be sure about it)called Jay "queer" like it was an insult,insulting girls who wanted to wear caps and their moms buy them skateboards and go skateboarding with boys(Well,it woulnd't be only boys to skateboarding if one and then two and then more and more girls go skateboarding,so...Duh...Think about it,stupid parents!)and telling things around the concept of "If my little sweet grl want to wear sport caps and go skateboarding and stay with boys etc. sooner or later she will want to become a boy,right?" as thei girls wouldn for sure wanted to transitioning and becoming guys.,like it wuld be a bad thing and that all the girls would have liked to do it...Those "parents" didn't know a bit of what they were babbling about...
      Also I theorized,in the comments of another youtuber video about Lacey's games,that the bunny without ears and limbs and his "new owner" represent both a human who wanted the bunny to be in that way to ra**d them(the gender of the bunny is not specified),and they could hardly rebel without ears or limbs to slap him,kick him,run away or else(maybe they could bite him,since they still have their teeth,but...),or a human who wanted another human to be bald and limbless to...do the same thing to them...Remember that the guy said,about the bunny,that the ears and the legs etc. were "distracting"...A curious term to use in this case,don't you think...?
      Jay stated that "she'd only be caught dead wearing makeup" and you saw what happened between her dead body in the morgue with Lacey,disrespecting the will and the body of her once alive friend...
      But I want to ask you:have you not seen the rotten foot under Lacey's bed when she woke up? Pretty much everyone thinks that she ki**ed her abusive uncle and hid him under her be,so she was worried about leaving her house and even her bed to fear his uncle was in some way still alive and could hurt her...

  • @tulilaw
    @tulilaw 3 месяца назад +98

    a theory i have is Rosie or Lacy was referring to a man when it said "You chose a bad dog" and she wasn't wearing clothes and was cencerd pointing to she was probably SA'd 16:13

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +19

      I can definitely see this for sure. There is plenty imagery that give that idea.

  • @SpecialInterestShow
    @SpecialInterestShow 3 месяца назад +103

    Tbh the "eating her so that they can be together forever" guy is just dumb on top of being horrible ofc.
    Like, no, dude you're gonna shit her out she's not gonna stay in you man

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +27

      for real 😭

    • @CoffeeBnuuy
      @CoffeeBnuuy 3 месяца назад +8

      They will technically ingest any vitamins and shit into the body, so she actually will, in a way.

    • @Comeherekitten
      @Comeherekitten 3 месяца назад +4

      @@CoffeeBnuuywhat If he has diarrhea

  • @Makoto-nk9nz
    @Makoto-nk9nz 3 месяца назад +32

    Also i wanna mention that the creature from under the floor looks like a pig which represents Laceys Uncle, and the flowers might represent her innocente or deflowering

  • @Barakon
    @Barakon 3 месяца назад +92

    About the bird, it being dyed & forced to wear something that weighs it down is just so cruel!
    LET THE BIRD FLY! LET THE BIRD FLY!

  • @V-SanSings580
    @V-SanSings580 3 месяца назад +66

    Me and my partners theory on this is that yea, Rocio is projecting her own trauma onto the game. Call me a sleuth, but after being a huge fan of TWF and FNAF I looked at what all those flashing texts in Diner were saying.
    Lacey(or Rocio) suffered extreme forms of abuse from her uncle: being kept in an unsanitary household to the point of cockroach infestations in her room, killing her dog, forcing her to work and cook for him constantly and calling her a failure and beating her when she wasn't up to par, and.... well the meth and condoms explain themselves.
    Also if you look in the corner of the news articles about lies children believe, you can see Rocio's deadpanned stare into the camera. So fucking creepy.
    Also a little note on the character designs and how the real life characters dress. If you look at Rocio's design on the main page in Petshop and compare it to Jay's design, they're very similar, down to the raccoon tails and skater outfits.
    My personal theory is that when Charlie showed up, she was more akin to Lacey. Grace was Maisey, and Rocio was actually associated with Jay at first. But slowly over time, Charlie became closer with Grace, appealing to her sociopathic tendencies and both of them pushing Rocio away.
    Combine this with her declining mental health, and negative reviews about Jay for her appearance and hobbies, Rocio killed her off and cut off her own raccoon tails.
    She then pushed Charlie away, leaving just her and Grace. Or perhaps.... alternately Charlier could be a distant cousin of Rocios who was also friends with Grace and simply left or moved.
    Grace is shown to be a major asshole, and doesn't respect Rocio or show any concern for her whatsoever. My guess is Maisy will be the embodiment of what Rocio wanted Grace to be.
    And smth tells me we'll have more info on her next upload.
    But I'm done rambling now. Also, if ya like Lacey and other internet shows, I'd recommend ENA. Not much of a known story, but plenty of weird happenings, spooky mysteries, and a full fledged game ripe for theorizing on the way.
    I'd really recommend it. And thanks for the cool video on a hyperfixation of mine :>

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +8

      I love how detailed this is you don’t gotta be sorry for the ramble 😂. honestly a lot of your theories I can definitely see. The only thing is, and maybe i missed it, but I thought Charlie only came in after the fact. Like they didn’t know the other 2 girls, just happened to be a fan of the game. But I could be wrong and have missed that. anyways though a lot of what you said I completely could see to be true. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on it too!

    • @V-SanSings580
      @V-SanSings580 3 месяца назад +4

      @@meta.ridley Oh shit hi! I'm glad ya liked my ramble :D

    • @midnalazuli793
      @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад

      Okay, the three mascots are NOT representations of Charlie, Grace, and Rocio. There's absolutely nothing in the series that supports the idea that they are, aside from the theory that Rocio is projecting her traumas onto Lacey, but even that is just a theory.
      Also, Charlie was never even associated with Grace or Rocio at all. She was just one of the many kids who played on Lacey Games when it was popular, and then stumbled upon it years later, and only then did she begin to uncover all the dark and disturbing content on it, and began doing an investigation.

    • @midnalazuli793
      @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад +2

      @@meta.ridley
      No, you were right. Charlie was just a fan of Lacey Games when she was a kid, she wasn't connected to Rocio or Grace in any way, until years later, when Charlie rediscovered Lacey Games, uncovered all the dark hidden stuff on it, and began to do an investigation with help from Grace, one of the site's co-founders.

    • @SALAAAAAMIII
      @SALAAAAAMIII 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@midnalazuli793you didn't have to say it like that yk. Let people have different opinions

  • @silliedottie6779
    @silliedottie6779 3 месяца назад +45

    this literally feels like a lacey’s video holy shit i feel kinda inspired to make one of my own now

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      I wanna see everyone’s thoughts on the series. I love all the vids, and the effort the creator put in was amazing.

    • @SpecialInterestShow
      @SpecialInterestShow 3 месяца назад

      ​@@meta.ridleyI'm tempted, but I don't know if I'd have anything new to say!

  • @Barakon
    @Barakon 3 месяца назад +53

    If Rosio is trapped in the site itself, then they can literally make it about digimon!

  • @LambBones
    @LambBones 2 месяца назад +8

    I absolutely love Lacey’s Games because it really, REALLY beautifully captures the downwards spiral of somebody mentally, especially after going through something deeply traumatic. I completely agree with what you said about real life not being like little girl’s games because in the pet shop when that figure appears in the mirror it says ‘these are the real girl’s games’ which is essentially saying ‘all of the things you’ve gone through are the real things that happen to women’

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад +4

      Exactly. It’s a great representation of what people can set up to be a cheery world for women growing up. Though then we see the actual realities of what it’s like. Societal pressures, abuse, overly pushed gender roles, etc. It’s a great webseries that really does justice to the topics it discusses.

  • @mostlyjovial6177
    @mostlyjovial6177 3 месяца назад +29

    I’ve experienced a bit of what’s in the series.
    Personally I find the statement “true art is made to disturb the comfortable, and comfort the disturbed” to hold pretty well with topics like these.
    It’s terrifying to think how common these kinds of situations are that a series like this does this well, particularly with women, for the explicit reason that this many people know what these feelings are like.
    “Games for girls” (*and the boys who know, We do see you, I promise) is what I see about it all the time, and ya. It is.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +5

      I’m really sorry to hear that. I agree with that sentiment fr. It does ring very true most of the time. Thank you for discussing this.

  • @VfromMurderDronesREAL
    @VfromMurderDronesREAL 3 месяца назад +59

    damn your videos actually need more recognition. Its on par with most videos of this genre. Good job i'll keep warching these

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +4

      Thank you so much! I know I stumbled for a minute with the editing at the beginning of this vid but I normally try to do better than that. Though thank you that’s a huge compliment. I hope I can keep that up fr!

  • @bubblysapphic
    @bubblysapphic 3 месяца назад +35

    Oh my god I've seen SO many lacey videos but this one still held my attention all the way through. And PLEASE make a marble hornets video! I have some friends obsessed with it but idk anything about it, so maybe a vid in your style will hold my attention LOL

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +3

      Thank you I’m glad I could actually help in that way. I’ve tried to get better at talking and such. Again I’m happy you enjoyed it!

    • @bubblysapphic
      @bubblysapphic 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meta.ridley Oh by the way, Lacey being upset about Jay not being feminine came from (in the lore) parents complaining about Jay being masculine so they killed her off, it's an interesting piece of lore to look into
      Also bc of the worm on a client, and one client being unable to close their eyes themself, we have reason to believe she's a mortuary cosmetologist. Lacey likely had no clue Jay was dead until her dead body came in to be worked on

  • @bhsjkj
    @bhsjkj 2 месяца назад +2

    "i am really genuinely interested in knowing and im also just not the smartest so yk" (37:50) FELTTT ('T᷄⌑T᷅)

  • @zombieswalker
    @zombieswalker 3 месяца назад +13

    I love to hear other people’s takes on this series. I watched the first one the week it came out, so i’ve seen all the different theories develop as more videos were released. Your comments were really interesting and gave me another perspective on some parts that i never even considered.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much for watching! And I’m glad I actually gave something new. I tried hard to actually dive into it, and learn about the story. It was fun video to make, and I loved theorizing about it.

    • @zombieswalker
      @zombieswalker 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meta.ridley I can just tell your channel will blow up soon! I’ll keep watching ur vids and look forward to seeing what you make next !

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      I really hope you’re right! And I hope you’ll stay along and enjoy. I’m gonna try to keep getting better.

  • @_.the.yellownblack_f0x
    @_.the.yellownblack_f0x 3 месяца назад +9

    Lacey games is my hyperfixation so i have been watching multiple lore videos about it, and i just wanna point out at how in laceys petshop, the scene where we see the family of pigs eating they're eating flowers, which losing your virgin1ty is also called deflowering, so it also implies that she was sa'd but at lot of things also imply that, jst wanted to point it out though.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +2

      Yeah you’re definitely right. To be honest I didn’t notice that they were flowers and that’s on me. You’re 100% right on that.

  • @HorrorPrune240px
    @HorrorPrune240px 3 месяца назад +15

    I'm not playing that game. This is traumatized.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +7

      Luckily it’s just a webseries. It definitely would be a traumatizing game no doubt.

  • @b.wayneh
    @b.wayneh 3 месяца назад +50

    meta ridley gives me trauma after we do the devils tango

  • @Unseen_ARTist
    @Unseen_ARTist 2 месяца назад +5

    So I believe the story is that Lacey grew up being abused by her uncle like being sexually abused and locked in a cage when we get to the house we see pigs eating flowers flowers are used to represent innocence and she sees her uncle and family as pigs the reason she got back in the cage is because she grew up with all of that stuff happening to her so she find it comforting from the outside that seems ridiculous but that’s what can happen with survivors and when it comes to Jay I think that Rosio is projecting their experiences onto the games so I believe that they are trying to repress their trauma and it’s not working and trying to repress the tomboy in them so overall I think the games are a representation of rosios psyche and the way they see things as someone who’s traumatized they can get beaten down like in the diner game

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад

      Yeah I completely agree with a lot of the things here. And you are another person who caught the stuff I missed. I still don’t get how I missed the pigs eating flowers, for some reason I couldn’t tell. Thank you for the story, I think it is pretty spot on!

  • @autumn_sunday
    @autumn_sunday 3 месяца назад +31

    I... really liked this video. The audio is legible and high quality, and the video is well edited. It even has a content warning! Definitely subscribed, this is engaging material.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much! I’ve been trying to always improve with every video, I’m glad you thought I did good on this one. And I’m happy to hear that you subbed! I hope I don’t disappoint!

  • @IdiocyTheaters
    @IdiocyTheaters 3 месяца назад +6

    Hello! A tip for seeing split second images or text is to use the arrow keys beside the M key (Assuming you're using a laptop or computer). Great video, you speak clear and concise. I love seeing horror content especially ones like Lacey's Flash Games!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +2

      Thank you so much! And I also appreciate the tips! I need to get better at stuff like that fr 😭. But again thank you I’m glad you enjoyed the vid!

  • @Matthew_offical110
    @Matthew_offical110 3 месяца назад +6

    at 2:12, for split second, there's a inverted picture of Lacey and all the text are gone but only two of them are there saying, "help Lancey"

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      I like seeing these comments that catch things like that. I need to get better at it for real. Thank you for watching!

    • @Matthew_offical110
      @Matthew_offical110 3 месяца назад

      @meta.ridley am on my phone watching it, am looking for hints while watching it :3

  • @theshinypeliper8813
    @theshinypeliper8813 3 месяца назад +4

    This legit reminds me of my childhood as I used to play these kinds of games as a child.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +2

      Yeah fr, flash games are what I grew up on for a long time.

    • @theshinypeliper8813
      @theshinypeliper8813 3 месяца назад +2

      @@meta.ridley same! That and old Pokémon rom hacks that probably gave my old computer viruses

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      @@theshinypeliper8813 Yeah same here.

  • @smeadgoblin9634
    @smeadgoblin9634 3 месяца назад +3

    Your videos are awesome, i have watched a few videos on this arg and this one is the most informative on the ARG, i used to play these games when i was a kid especially the dress up ones so this arg hit home for me

  • @OHMYGODITSZERO
    @OHMYGODITSZERO 3 месяца назад +4

    WAAAH i love this tbh, your voice is really calming and nice!!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you! I try to be lowkey but entertaining at the same time. I’ve been slowly getting better.

  • @YuanMori
    @YuanMori 3 месяца назад +6

    Comment to go for the algorithm because I feel you put a lot of effort into this! :D

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much. I always try to work on videos and keep getting better. Again thank you!

  • @orchidm7308
    @orchidm7308 3 месяца назад +2

    First time being on your channel and I wanted to say excellent job! I've seen the Lacey videos pop up on my feed a few times, but I hadn't had the chance to really dive into it; I think you did it justice with your explanations. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much! I know it isn’t perfect but I’ve really been trying my best. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed, and I hope you’ll stick around!

  • @austinrawr
    @austinrawr 3 месяца назад +2

    This video is great ! i havent really seen any videos that focus more on the people behind laceys games (probably bc i havent watched any videos about it for a while) and i thought your theories were very thought provoking ! this is amazing for a smaller channel, and i really think that with some time you'll be on par with many well known creators :) the only thing in this video that left me wanting more was the fact that sometimes you'd bring something up (IE. an image flashing on screen) and you didn't really look into it, next time id recommend looking more into those things, then you'll have even more to talk about. overall though, i think this video was amazing ! keep up the great work, i'm looking forward to seeing future videos of yours :)

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad you thought some of my theories were actually worth heading out. And I hope you’re right. I’ve really tried so hard to keep getting better. I definitely need to fix up addressing more things in greater detail that happened. I try to be more candid but sometimes I’ll miss some things with that. I definitely need to improve there. Again thank you for watching, and I hope to not disappoint!

  • @kman1434
    @kman1434 3 месяца назад +2

    Your video happened to come across my feed and I’m surprised you don’t have more subscribers! Your personality shines through in your narration and the video itself is quality. You’ve got a real knack for videos like this, keep it up!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much omg! I’m glad you feel that way. I keep trying to get myself to show as much personality as I can. It took a bit but I’ve started to get better. Thank you a lot.

  • @inarosedaze
    @inarosedaze 2 месяца назад +1

    Only halfway through and subbed… I just like the way you deliver information and express your opinions and how things make you feel… great quality video too! Very awesome!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much! I’m really trying to continue getting better at this. I’m glad you’ve liked the vid so far, and don’t mind my delivery. I appreciate it a lot!

  • @beaubeat77
    @beaubeat77 2 месяца назад +1

    Such an underrated channel, keep up the good work loved the vid💪

  • @elisasoon6035
    @elisasoon6035 2 месяца назад +1

    Just found my new favorite channel !

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much! I hope you’ll stick around to see more! Also I dropped another horror vid if you’d like to check it out.

  • @giasas_the_third
    @giasas_the_third 3 месяца назад +1

    that was very underrated good job man keep up the good work

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much! I hope I can keep improving fr.

  • @jamespaguip5913
    @jamespaguip5913 2 месяца назад +1

    Lacey is a very relatable characters.

  • @pat_6214
    @pat_6214 3 месяца назад +6

    This is a quality video right here!! Its so well done omgg, keep it up!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      omg thank you! I’m gonna try my best.

  • @сільськаприбахана
    @сільськаприбахана 3 месяца назад +4

    18:17
    Flashing text (some words incomplete tho easy to guess + original full numlock):
    I've always known what you are. From the moment you first touched me to when I found myself stepping over remains of your skin glued to the floor. You have no regards. I had none either. You squealed like a pig. Jist like a p[ig.] This had been my childhood dream. The one you took from me. I collected al[l] those bruises for years. My spine hurt as if a needle went through each seg[ment.] Once I got used to it I didn't think about it anymore. But you made me thin[k] about it forever when you made that mistake. You made a mistake. You too[k my] angel away. You took my angel awaya lyou took m[y] agengel waway you took my anegl away you took my angelegaway you yt[ook]

  • @Froggy0v0
    @Froggy0v0 3 месяца назад +1

    I really love the way you told the story and your voice , hope you make more videos like this in the future ^^💗(horror content I mean)

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much! I have another horror video coming up Friday so watch out for that! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed, and I hope you’ll stick around!

    • @Froggy0v0
      @Froggy0v0 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meta.ridley ofc I'll do! Already subscribed after hearing the first section ^^ wish you success on your RUclips journey 💗

  • @cursed_dove1372
    @cursed_dove1372 3 месяца назад +1

    there is no way you only have ~200 subs!! ur vids are so well-made omggg :O

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much!! I’m trying to keep going always. It means a lot that you said that.

  • @Vivid_neon
    @Vivid_neon 3 месяца назад +1

    This video is great! How do you not have more subscribers? Definitely keep making these types of videos.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much! I’m gonna keep trying my best, and I do have a lot more in mind like this.

    • @Vivid_neon
      @Vivid_neon 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meta.ridley I can't wait to see your next video!

  • @finnmertenss
    @finnmertenss 2 месяца назад +1

    i loved this video, you explained it quote well.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад

      thank you so much! I’m trying to get better at analyzing stuff like this, i’m glad you liked this one!

  • @justincolandro3371
    @justincolandro3371 3 месяца назад +2

    Less than 200 subs?!?!? Underateda

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you for that so much! I keep trying to work my way up

  • @4nikki21
    @4nikki21 3 месяца назад +2

    Came here from the Lacey subreddit!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Happy to hear it! I hope you enjoyed it! please let me know what you think.

    • @4nikki21
      @4nikki21 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meta.ridley Yes!! I always love seeing Lacey video essays. I think people said stuff about the Jay part, but I don't think you touched on two of my favorite metaphors in Petshop!
      The first was with the pigs eating the flowers, which I think the text onscreen shows well that it's about the abuse her uncle subjects her to. But the flowers being eaten specifically make it a metaphor for SA, with flowers often representing a girl's virginity and innocence.
      Also the cage scene -- I never took it as her wallowing in her sorrows, but a greater representation about how even when one is physically out of the abusive situation, it may be almost bittersweet if that's all you're used to or if the abuse was from a loved one. That's why it "hurt comfortably"
      Great video though! I enjoyed it!!

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      @@4nikki21 I know I missed that so bad, I really need to get better about details like that. Somehow I missed that those were flowers they were eating. I appreciate you writing this, I like knowing more about it. Hopefully I can improve on things like that.

  • @Phloruxusisdead
    @Phloruxusisdead 3 месяца назад +7

    Jay didnt die ebcause Rocio projected hard,
    Jay died because of parents incessantly complaining about her boyish nature

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +4

      Yes that’s one thing I for sure missed. I had another comment thread about it on here. I think it’s a combination of both in a way.

  • @AJxdanimationmemes
    @AJxdanimationmemes 3 месяца назад +3

    Fun fact : this was actually based of a real incident we’re a girl who was Stalker who was killed by a man and she was r*** by her evil uncle who had killed her parents and kidnapped her and was sexually by her uncle and in the night I think she m******** her own uncle and I all notice something about Lacey all the characters has super bright colours and she is only character having darker colours and I saw in the Lacey pet shop she not allowed to say no because all the players in the game are super rude and evil too her and in the update when we skater jay a flash will appear of them fighting and I think she was the one I was communicating too the viewer on Lacey warbale and in lacey pet shop there is a character named in which is named is in which could mean that the guy could be her uncle and in the next when lacey gets into the cage she has a strange comforting in the cage so which could mean that the uncle could have killed her angle which is sad or maybe be she was trap in the cage when she was little and may in the next update there maybe a chance where we can save her and in the bath tub it’s may have showed maybe her uncle had drowned her mom in the bath tub or r*** or murder her in the next scene she lights her self on fire which how she’d had die that’s all I know sorry everyone

  • @kaelden
    @kaelden 2 месяца назад

    cant believe you missed out the corpse

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад

      I saw it but I avoided showing it in the vid. But i did miss out on what it proved tbh. I’ve tried to get better

  • @anenbylittlepotato9737
    @anenbylittlepotato9737 5 дней назад +1

    I will say that you seemed to miss the implications in Lacey's pet shop that her uncle killed her dog. There's a lot of stuff that makes it really clear that her uncle was horrible abusing her (both in Lacey's diner and in Lacey's petshop) and there's a specific split second text during the pig scene where she gives a very scathing speech directed at her uncle about how "she always knew he was a pig from the moment he touched her to when she found herself stepping over the remains of his skin glued to the floor" and that he "made a mistake" when he "took her angel away" There are also random flashes of an image of a dog that appears throughout the video. and then the part where she goes "my sweet little doggy. my little angel. I couldn't take it anymore. you could hurt me all you'd like but you weren't allowed to take it from me" as well as the song at the end of the video I think it all points toward him having horribly abused her, but then he went too far when he killed her dog and so she snapped and killed him. And that's what I think the thing under the bed was. It was the corpse of her uncle that she shoved under there. And the reason i think she was afraid to leave is bc A) she was afraid to see him and face what she'd done and B) she was afraid she'd get in trouble

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  5 дней назад

      I completely missed this stuff at the time. You can see in the comments a lot of people did put it out that’s completely my bad. Some of it was me just forgetting to mention, but most was just me missing frames. I’m seriously considering if there’s ever a new video to make a refined version with fixes about stuff i missed. You’re right about that stuff fr.

  • @SpecialInterestShow
    @SpecialInterestShow 3 месяца назад +1

    You may already know this, but if you pause the video and hit Comma, it takes you backwards a frame, and hit period to go forwards a frame.
    This allows you to go frame by frame to see what is popping up and disappearing quickly! It might have made looking for the cooking game text thing easier for ya
    Or you might already know and this is old news to ya lol

  • @yaylaytorest
    @yaylaytorest 2 месяца назад +1

    is that rocio at 9:51?
    like at the right side of the screen

  • @midnalazuli793
    @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад +6

    I feel like you misinterpreted Lacey's actions a LOT. She didn't think Jay needed to be more feminine. She was her best friend, she'd NEVER force her to be something she isn't.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      You can think so. I just feel like it was more of a projection. She is her friend and cares about her. But through some mental gymnastics she doesn’t accept her less feminine features.

    • @midnalazuli793
      @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад +2

      @@meta.ridley
      But what I don't understand is WHY do you believe that? Do you really think Lacey has the same mindset as those toxic mothers who couldn't accept Jay for not conforming to traditional gender expectations? She puts makeup on her because she's trying to get her friend back by making her corpse appear "more feminine" because it was Jay's lack of femininity that resulted in her death in the first place. It's the "bargaining" stage of the five stages of grief.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +3

      @@midnalazuli793 See I can see that point of view as well. But to me it’s that combined with society’s expectations weighing on her. She doesn’t actually think this way. Though it comes out in this traumatic moment. It’s the facade she has created.

    • @midnalazuli793
      @midnalazuli793 3 месяца назад +4

      @@meta.ridley
      Honestly, I agree with that 100%. I just feel like you did a very weak job of establishing in the video that what Lacey preaches isn't a reflection of how she really feels.
      There's also a split second frame that appears during the goodbye song segment that shows Lacey (as she appears during said goodbye song segment) strangling her makeup parlour counterpart, which I believe is meant to represent Lacey taking vengeance on toxic femininity for being the thing that got her closest friend killed. At that point, the facade she created for herself that you mentioned has completely shattered, because Lacey despises herself for adhering this toxic mindset even after her friend died because of it.

  • @googleaccountacc
    @googleaccountacc 3 месяца назад +1

    under 300 subs with a video like this 😭😭😭???

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much for that! I’m trying really hard, I hope I can grow! I’ve been trying to keep getting better at making long form videos.

  • @FoxNoitre10
    @FoxNoitre10 3 месяца назад

    you speak bassy.. every few seconds i just hear a pop from my headphones cuz they are on bass boost mode rn and im lazy to change em lol

    • @FoxNoitre10
      @FoxNoitre10 3 месяца назад

      almost sounds like someone tapping the mic.. i think its when you were speaking and blowing into the mic..

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      I’m sorry man, I gotta figure that out. I need to get a better mic that actually has a stand fr.

    • @FoxNoitre10
      @FoxNoitre10 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meta.ridley yea that might help. Or add another pop filter idk

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      @@FoxNoitre10 Yeah I could do that, rn I don’t even have one I won’t lie 😭.

    • @FoxNoitre10
      @FoxNoitre10 3 месяца назад

      @@meta.ridley thats the issue lol. Id say try putting a thin sock over the mic

  • @crayonsidekick5980
    @crayonsidekick5980 3 месяца назад +1

    Good shit Colton

  • @voidinvestigator9908
    @voidinvestigator9908 3 месяца назад +2

    With the cutest guuuuyyyy

  • @NotableRed
    @NotableRed 3 месяца назад

    WHY YOU SOUND LIKE YOU TRYIN NOT TO LAUGH THE ENTIRE TIME 😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      Damn I didnt mean to sound like that 😭. Most of it is nervousness. It can just come out sometimes.

  • @MewGamer-bj9in
    @MewGamer-bj9in 3 месяца назад +2

    I love ur profile pic

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much! My friend made it for me a while ago and I’ve always loved the art style.

  • @jamespaguip5913
    @jamespaguip5913 2 месяца назад +1

    You should recommend omori it’s really good game.

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад

      Omori is a cool game i’ve thought about doing.

  • @JollibeeBurgerSteakOnTop
    @JollibeeBurgerSteakOnTop 3 месяца назад +2

    bro you need more subscribers, gimme a smooch, mwah

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад +2

      Thank you, I hope I got your sub too 😂

  • @N0t.Vincent.Charbonneau
    @N0t.Vincent.Charbonneau 3 месяца назад +5

    Dude you talk like you just rolled out of bed

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  3 месяца назад

      This honestly made me laugh 😭. I just 1. need to get a better mic and 2. need to get better at speaking in it 😭.

  • @PedlrMettler
    @PedlrMettler 3 месяца назад

    damn

  • @theodoreandfriends2659
    @theodoreandfriends2659 3 месяца назад +2

    :0

  • @KayosHybrid
    @KayosHybrid 2 месяца назад

    Rolling to dice to see if a male commenter actually acknowledges these games are clearly about child sexual exploitation and are just interactive traumacore, or will they just say ‘wow this is weird and about trauma ig’
    Edit: yep he has no fucking clue he’s just saying ‘omg this is so creepy’ Jesus Christ I can’t take it anymore 😭

    • @meta.ridley
      @meta.ridley  2 месяца назад

      hm? I expressed how it was related to trauma that women go through. I just wasn’t as in depth as i could’ve been in the nightmare part. I missed some frames and that’s completely on me. Though I did connect a lot of it to women related trauma, and how society puts these pressures on them. And also how kids growing up have to deal with awful societal pressures and wrongs as well. I’m sorry I didn’t seem informative enough in the video. I’m trying to get better at this.