Don't be sorry, it was created with the power of Enigmata involved. Its name in our Data Banks, its frantic behaviour that sometimes brings wrong people in at absolutely random - all part of its disguise as "Death". If a normal History Fictionologist could fabricate history for their entire life and only get discovered after their death, why couldn't Gallagher actually create a meme of "sleep" and disguise it as "death"?
GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER Edit: It seems I need to apologize to Gallagher and Sleepie, I wasn't familiar with their game 🫡
Both mechanically and thematically, this boss is portrayed very differently to the rest, and the music reflects this nature of Something Unto Death so well. This track is so pointedly aggressive and irregular, it reflects SUD's status as a primal horror of the human psyche being an entity borne of the PERCEPTION death. All of the theming in this track reflects horror (in the constantly escalating synths), anxiety (with the pounding beats), oppression (with the synth bass being loud and spatially close to the listener), isolation (in the distant, reverberated brass) and finally, naked and unfiltered aggression with the constant variation in rhythm and instrument panning. This thing isn't a weapon of galactic war, a corrupted leader, a grandstanding emanator of destruction OR an experimental rebirth of an Aeon's dead path. Something Unto Death embodies the primal feeling of mortality dawning on someone. It doesn't have a reason to exist, it simply does because sentient beings conceptualize it. There's no ulterior motive, there IS no plan. It embodies the moment where a bus zooms right behind your heel and you feel the air rush into your back reminding you that you could have been splattered on the pavement, it's the brief moment you feel like you just might fall when you step onto a glass floor terrace of a tall building, the fear of your breath fading as you swim towards the water's surface, the paralysis of a gun being pointed ANYWHERE near you. The Sunset cometh, make your final goodbyes. In three turns, night befalls us all.
This is so interesting, I really like your breakdown on the technique (?) used to instill certain mood within the song, and you described the feeling of impending death so well
@@andinarizkia Bonus bit of analysis for 'ya: This song has no thematic allusion to any sort of large scale. The entire experience is centered on the listener and no instrument in the track numbers higher than 4 from what I can hear. This track is intentionally very personal, likely because people only truly experience death and mortality on their own even in a crowd, so that is the imprint that Something Unto Death is born from. No "horror at the death of many", this is YOUR death sentence.
They popped off so hard with this track. The frantic synth baseline is so tense, but the muted trumpet is so ethereal and off-putting - it feels like you’re actually trapped in a nightmare.
They nailed this boss. Design, theme, mechanics... It absolutely gives off a terrifying, menacing aura. I'll never forgive it for what it did, though...
"Who's stronger, you, or the meme?" "If Something Unto Death came after me while I was in the Dreamscape, it might be a little draining..." "Would you lose?" "Nah, I'd win."
They've been painting the real Penacony as a dark place from the beginning, so it makes sense that a being that reflects a primal fear would be a major force that brings you to that reality. I just hope we eventually get a story event that gives us a grim reality behind the Dreamscape, and it seems to be building to that from how 2.0 ends.
@Ziziwai that's because this is a mix of two genres that have likely never been mixed before, which are Big Band (also known as swing) and Acidstep, so I suggest searching for those separately
@@Azure_Sky222 this is something before death, more like were gonna meet this before truly dying or probably just the reaper itself, in a form we can only comprehend
i like to think this theme is instead a reflection of Gallagher instead of the Meme. after all, since this theme mixes so many random genres, it goes in line with Gallagher's whole fictional character just being a huge mix of past Family members
I love the one section that calms down a little and sounds like Penacony's general "Place Of Wonders" atmosphere with the piano reminding you "This is what this place was meant to be" then goes back to corrupted and kind of all over the place
hsr always consistent w these edm bangers. it sounds so offputting, foreign, alien (0:29 this sfx especially?). uncontrollable, just like death itself I suppose. mixing it w jazz genre is an interesting choice, the rampant, free rhythm suits it & penacony's setting ig
I love this theme's usage of dissonance! there's a lot of tritones and diminished sevenths here, both which are utilized in unsettling and creepy music, but then they add some major key themes to contrast and make it even more unsettling!
I love how Penacony is based off of the 20s and most of the songs, including this one, play with that theme by using jazz and blues music. This one takes that and twists it on its head. This song is so out of place considering the rest of Penacony, that it makes Something Unto Death even more of an enigma. Its existance is bizarre, its upbringing is mysterious, and we dont even have a clue what the heck it is. It's so unnatural that even the music breaks all the conventions we know of Penacony, instead playing this oppressive, imposing song consisting of heavy bass. The only other track like this so far is Sam's, and even then, we know things about him bc of the Stellaron Hunters. We know NOTHING about this creature, making this song in particular more memorable.
Another comment breaks it down better, but SUD is essentially the collective subconscious fear of death that everyone has condensed into a singular being due to how the Dreamscape works. It exists because of its inevitability for mortal beings, but only in the shadows because Penacony strives to be only Dreams while pushing Nightmares out of direct view.
Upon coming back here I noticed that the only people that seem to mention Misha are the trailblazer (Beginning of the quest in 2.0) and Gallagher. Seeing the end of the 2.1 quest I do wonder if there is something special about him, since Misha is a nickname for Mikhail
Mikhail to be presice. His name is very common in Russia, and most of the names have smaller versions (like Robert - Bob) and Misha is the smaller versions of Mikhail
@@olegtrushin Oops, I wrote his name wrong my bad! The story said 'Mikhail', my corrector wrote it wrong, that's interesting though, didn't knew Mikhail is common in Russia, thanks for the info!
I love the way that this sounds - with a distorted "big band" feel, the faraway, fading sound of trumpets, It really feels like you were not supposed to be here - how this nightmare is far from the dreamscape of Penacony - while still being part of it.
I got to say, I personally loved this boss. It was so creepy and disturbing, I absolutely loved the vibe and challenge dealing with it blind. This song is such a vibe.
Coming here as a new player to put Sleepie's rightful theme for SU and seeing the mix of "Death will know TRUE DEATH" and "Sleepie was just feeling funny/Sleepie I am sorry for doubting your game" is hilarious lol
me before the firefly incident: Oh god please don't be a weekly chapter boss me after the firefly incident: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULL FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!! me after finishing the story (post-firefly incident): Understandable Have A Nice Dream!
perfectly captures the fun flapper vibes of penacony proper vs the prospect of something inside of that that could kill you. something like a scrape with death that you only realized could've killed you in hindsight. mustve been fucking impossible to convey to the composer, but its captured perfectly
Facing this boss for the first time was terrifying due to us being stuck in that nerve racking Child's Dream, searching for a way out, only to then come across him.
me before the firefly incident: Oh god please don't be a weekly chapter boss me after the firefly incident: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULL FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!
My only gripe about Penacony is how they made the cool as hell monstrosity who could kill people in their dreams forever into some silly pet after 2.2😭
Maybe I share an unpopular opinion here, but personally I think Version 2.0 of Star Rail is near to perfect until now. Luring you into an utopian dream before revealing the true nature of memoria and the dreamscape was narratively amazing. And now most of you will probably hate me, but I think the death of a character was good and necessary for this storyline. First, it strengthens the difference between "what the dreamscape was meant to be" and "what lies beyond". Second, it reminds you that this is not some boring cozy game. Characters can die here. Be watchful. Also its important for atmosphere and development of that Boss, the Meme. Now, it should be clear to everyone that this is not some boo-hoo punching bag weekly Boss to be forgotten. No, its a killer, a predator luring around the area, ready to slice you in half the second you get distracted. The Meme is such an amazing Boss, design, lore and music are perfect and I hope it will return (which it probably will. Its still somewhere on the dreamscape, I mean). Actually, I can't hate it for what it has done. In fact, I think the killing-scene made it even cooler (one of my favourite cutscenes so far). Letting you hope to rescue the poor girl, seeing her beautiful smile before bringing cruel death whithin a few seconds, quiet, precise, murderous, shattering your hopes into pieces. Or bubbles, whatever they were. Which brings me to my last point: Firefly. Don't get me wrong - I like her, I really like her - but letting her die was the best choice. She was perfect for the role. A stranger, tragic backstory and at a poor state, just at creating bonds to the trailblazer, yet somehow connected to the stellaron hunters and still full of mysteries. Her death opens tons of interesting ways to continue the Story. Either by bringing her back in a good way (I know of the theories with SAM and Glamoth, also you never saw her in reality, only in the dreamscape. It might be possible she returns or she's actually alive somewhere. I really hope they will bring her back and don't leave her dead) Or by now focussing on development on the other characters. How is the trailblazer going to react (# new Otto)? Will he finally join Adventurine out of hatred? Thats btw another reason why it had to be her: most of the other new characters are directly necessary for the Story and can't die (like black Swan protecting the trailblazer or adventurine being the shady guy who might help you out as well as be betraying you) and the others are "not interesting enough" (are there even people who care about Robins death?). But Firefly? Well yes, she's a fan favourite. There will be emotions, hatred, revenge, and so on. The more you like a character, the more it hurts when he is taken away and the more the horrorfull impressions of memoria feel. To sum it up, from the second we entered "a childs dream" over the backstab and SAMs impressive Bossfight to the last cutscene with sunday, this was the most shocking yet best (by far) Story I ever played in both Star Rail and Genshin.
Penacony is pointedly a fantasy derived from The Family's idea of what an ideal reality is, but 2.0 shows us that there are some major cracks in this idealized world. I think 2.1 will give us the rest of the Dreamscape while furthering the cracks, only for our venture into 2.2 being the collapse of the Dreamscape and everyone being exposed to the goings on of a world that was a literal penal colony from its beginning, in a sort of prison break narrative.
I would like to formally apologise to **checks notes** Sleepie.
They're just a lil creature of the damned!~ A lil birthday boy!~ Nothing wrong with their methods at all!
It deserves an apology
I'm also sorry for doubting you Gallagher
Sleepie is a good boy, girl, uh thing once you get a good look at it.
Don't be sorry, it was created with the power of Enigmata involved. Its name in our Data Banks, its frantic behaviour that sometimes brings wrong people in at absolutely random - all part of its disguise as "Death". If a normal History Fictionologist could fabricate history for their entire life and only get discovered after their death, why couldn't Gallagher actually create a meme of "sleep" and disguise it as "death"?
Average bartender and his innocent Pitbull
"Oh don't ya worry. Cupcake doesn't bite."
*guy gets stabbed*
"See? Didn't bite em'"
"oh don't worry, he doesn't bite."
"he opens your guts instead"
2.2 spoilers!!!!!!!!
this ended up being true actually, misha and gallagher treat death like a pet||
And some citizens of the Dreamflux Reef.
Them: OMG HAIII PUPPY :D
TB: PUPPY?!? D:
@@nilIune
The fact you meet him again later in a quest and he's rampaging while crying out "Gal...la...gher" over amd over is super sad :
2.0 hoyo: This is the most brutal and ruthless depiction of the concept of death we can get to.
2.2 hoyo: wdym it scared you? It's just a lil guy
Goes to show, you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.
(Especially in a dream where usually you can't even read the cover or contents of books)
@@multitaskman4227still you have to be cautious because imagine if it actually is unto death
It really was just penacony’s version of a pitbull named cupcake
Xipe sends the tastiest dreamers to the hungriest memory zone memes
erm actually it would be a greyhound named destroyer (non-violent with a threatening name)
@@oi_bruvthis guy's name is "Sleepie" btw, Misha calls it that
People really came back to apologize to Gallagher’s dog.
Gallagher: thats my dog, his name is sleepie dont worry it dont bite
Firefly & robin: *YES IT DO!*
Sunday too got stabbed lmao
Beep boo beep boo
Hello this is the grammar police.
It does*
Bye!
@@exotic.chilling It's from a vine. It's how it's said in the video.
The fact you can hear a wolf’s howl around 2:00 is amazing foreshadowing lol
You get a death flag
And you get a death flag
Everyone gets a death flag
You are my special
Isn't that a oversimplified ref ? 😂
in-comes clockie and reverses time, don't tell anyone
@@iAmPrice get our aventurine back and bring Sunday along as well with a time turner…can’t clock man do that?
why do i read it in gallagher's voice 💀
GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER GALLAGHER WHEN I CATCH YOU GALLAGHER
Edit: It seems I need to apologize to Gallagher and Sleepie, I wasn't familiar with their game 🫡
I'd rather he catch me 😉
gallagher too busy giving beer to children
in White Night he flicked closed a lighter... he put out a fire...
Imma gonna make him MY wife, so Gallagher better watch out. Leave it to the gays and gals.
@@alexmason1604 but i'm already his wife wait a minute
Correction: Gallagher and his very interesting Method of Transportation
WE GETTING TRAUMATIZED WITH THIS ONE! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This comment is suppose to be the top liked
truly the start of our Otto arc
this is not the memory's theme this is what it'll hear when that simulated universe comes
I always see your comment on top in every HSR related videos
I mean... "that"
Before 2.2: D E A T H
After 2.2: Awww who’s a cute little Sleepie…
Both mechanically and thematically, this boss is portrayed very differently to the rest, and the music reflects this nature of Something Unto Death so well.
This track is so pointedly aggressive and irregular, it reflects SUD's status as a primal horror of the human psyche being an entity borne of the PERCEPTION death. All of the theming in this track reflects horror (in the constantly escalating synths), anxiety (with the pounding beats), oppression (with the synth bass being loud and spatially close to the listener), isolation (in the distant, reverberated brass) and finally, naked and unfiltered aggression with the constant variation in rhythm and instrument panning.
This thing isn't a weapon of galactic war, a corrupted leader, a grandstanding emanator of destruction OR an experimental rebirth of an Aeon's dead path.
Something Unto Death embodies the primal feeling of mortality dawning on someone. It doesn't have a reason to exist, it simply does because sentient beings conceptualize it. There's no ulterior motive, there IS no plan. It embodies the moment where a bus zooms right behind your heel and you feel the air rush into your back reminding you that you could have been splattered on the pavement, it's the brief moment you feel like you just might fall when you step onto a glass floor terrace of a tall building, the fear of your breath fading as you swim towards the water's surface, the paralysis of a gun being pointed ANYWHERE near you.
The Sunset cometh, make your final goodbyes.
In three turns, night befalls us all.
this comment is great i read allat 💪
Damn u worded this so welll
This is so interesting, I really like your breakdown on the technique (?) used to instill certain mood within the song, and you described the feeling of impending death so well
@@andinarizkia Bonus bit of analysis for 'ya: This song has no thematic allusion to any sort of large scale. The entire experience is centered on the listener and no instrument in the track numbers higher than 4 from what I can hear. This track is intentionally very personal, likely because people only truly experience death and mortality on their own even in a crowd, so that is the imprint that Something Unto Death is born from. No "horror at the death of many", this is YOUR death sentence.
Damn you cooked with your analysis.
Something Unto Death in 2.1: 💀
Something Unto Death in 2.2: 😊😁
Mofo about to be the most-killed weekly boss in HSR
We are vengeance
Simulated universe isn't weekly. So it'll be a daily ritual.
count me in
Everyone at Arms! We are going for a Crusade!!
it will feel our wrath, brothers and sisters
"It dont bite" "YES IT DO"
Jazz horror… I like it
More like Big Band Acidstep
Scriabin
It's fine guys Sleepie is just working hard and was just misunderstood
They popped off so hard with this track. The frantic synth baseline is so tense, but the muted trumpet is so ethereal and off-putting - it feels like you’re actually trapped in a nightmare.
I think you're talking about the muted trumpet, not a saxophone
@@mr.swedishfish12 Oh is that what it is? My bad, man - my dumbass can’t tell apart brass instruments lmao
@@halfmettlealchemist8076saxophone isn't a brass instrument 🥲
@@qwertyuiop8795 yesn't
i know it's classified as a woodwind because of the reed, but look at it and tell me that it doesn't look like its a brass.
They nailed this boss. Design, theme, mechanics... It absolutely gives off a terrifying, menacing aura.
I'll never forgive it for what it did, though...
That's not the only thing they nailed
@@mrjack901😂
When I find this... thing... again, I am going to RIP AND TEAR it into a bloody fucking mess. VERY SLOWLY.
@@mrjack901 Bro, so soon ? I feel backstabbed by that kind of joke.
Eh ? Eeeeh ?
@@inapostle8thS-sorry
"Who's stronger, you, or the meme?"
"If Something Unto Death came after me while I was in the Dreamscape, it might be a little draining..."
"Would you lose?"
"Nah, I'd win."
I hope this boss stays as an ongoing threat throughout all of penacony
A bit like the Xenomorph in Alien
With what happened to Firefly, I’m positive it might be
It will because that thing is still lurking in the dreamscape somewhere. Time to beat this mf once it came out in SU or moc
@@ernestorio3550i will make sure i finally beat MoC If this guy is in it
@@ernestorio3550it would be cool if penacony’s weekly boss is just a more fucked up and evolved version of something unto death
HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT HE WAS NOT A BAD GUY BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT VIOLENT IN ACT ??????
You still know it’s a penacony theme, but it just feels so… wrong, unsettling even.
It’s perfect.
They've been painting the real Penacony as a dark place from the beginning, so it makes sense that a being that reflects a primal fear would be a major force that brings you to that reality.
I just hope we eventually get a story event that gives us a grim reality behind the Dreamscape, and it seems to be building to that from how 2.0 ends.
He’s just a lil taxi driver
Big Band Acidstep is not a genre I would have expected to work at all but for an eldritch horror boss fight it's surprisingly fitting.
Do you have any recommendations for the genre? I can’t find anything when I search for it sadly
@Ziziwai that's because this is a mix of two genres that have likely never been mixed before, which are Big Band (also known as swing) and Acidstep, so I suggest searching for those separately
@@Ziziwai the band Clowncore has somewhat similar sounds
Me making my apology letter to sleepie for killing him over 200+ times and promise him to give headpats.
At first, I was scared.
Now, it shall learn to love me.
Edit: I wish to adopt it
It WILL know Despair, and we are All out of Pears!
Better call Michael, 'cause Meme's about to get Dis knee.
why bully sleepie
@@Hyukju_Chathe comment was mads before we even knew sleepie is a good doggo
@@RUclipsMarten I know tho
...Alright I forgive you Sleepie.
Going to be on sight with this mf
realest comment here
Instant fricking Pop, anywhere anytime
He penetrated her before any of us had the chance 😭
“Ricky, Ricky when I catch you ricky, ricky when i catch you ricky, ricky when i catch you ricky.”
I haven't had this much beef with a creature since the sting ray that took steve irwin
My apologies to the homie Sleepie, we chill now.
I like how this mf can literally one shot everyone in the dreamscape if it wants
bro is death
@@Azure_Sky222 this is something before death, more like were gonna meet this before truly dying
or probably just the reaper itself, in a form we can only comprehend
yeah it can pretty much do that if it wanted, it has standards i guess
It's probably controlled or manipulated by someone cause the deaths seem very strategic
@@hornitako7006 Or it was just hunting firefly the whole time
This guy heralds the moment when New Vegas turns into Yharnam 💀
Very accurate!!
"oh they found the corpse of an ancient one that is probably a bad thing"
@@cursedcat9557 "Nah man, let's just take their blood and create a new religion around It, i'm sure everything will be fine"
@@cursedcat9557”nah, just eat it, braw”
@@kulioization*drinks a comically large chalice of blood*
Sleepie has a sick soundtrack, i never realized
SLEEPIE MY BELOVED
bro was just an uber ride all along
This guy will be the most hunted boss ever.
rightfully so...
Mf deserves it
Not anymore
This sounds like being chased in dark hallways, feeling something ominous breathing down on your neck and your heart beating rapidly, i love it
I'm sorry sleepie for "killing" you everytime I could... And be thankful we didn't had a another Otto Apocalypse
unironically my favorite boss in the game. i love depictions of death in media and this one doesn’t disappoint
i like to think this theme is instead a reflection of Gallagher instead of the Meme. after all, since this theme mixes so many random genres, it goes in line with Gallagher's whole fictional character just being a huge mix of past Family members
Perhaps i misunderstood you Little Sleepie
before it was a cool boss
now it's FKIN personal
I love the one section that calms down a little and sounds like Penacony's general "Place Of Wonders" atmosphere with the piano reminding you "This is what this place was meant to be" then goes back to corrupted and kind of all over the place
I apologize, Sleepie. I was not familiar with your game.
hsr always consistent w these edm bangers. it sounds so offputting, foreign, alien (0:29 this sfx especially?). uncontrollable, just like death itself I suppose. mixing it w jazz genre is an interesting choice, the rampant, free rhythm suits it & penacony's setting ig
its like were trying to comprehend what is death and before dying plus the jazzy bg
I love this theme's usage of dissonance! there's a lot of tritones and diminished sevenths here, both which are utilized in unsettling and creepy music, but then they add some major key themes to contrast and make it even more unsettling!
"Anxiety" has to be my favorite music genre fr
Pitbull named Something onto death
Horror muted trumpet is actually insane.
they put the rave in grave
Putting the fun in funeral
GALLAGHER‼️💢‼️💢‼️💢
GALLAGHER 🥵🥵🥵🥵
APOLOGIZE. NOW.
@@Rickyrickygrey-spot
I apologize. I wasn't really familiar with Gallagher's game back then
GALLAGHER 😢😭😭
Now I can't stop thinking about Gallagher dancing hard 🕺🏻
Listening to this song
I love how Penacony is based off of the 20s and most of the songs, including this one, play with that theme by using jazz and blues music. This one takes that and twists it on its head.
This song is so out of place considering the rest of Penacony, that it makes Something Unto Death even more of an enigma. Its existance is bizarre, its upbringing is mysterious, and we dont even have a clue what the heck it is.
It's so unnatural that even the music breaks all the conventions we know of Penacony, instead playing this oppressive, imposing song consisting of heavy bass.
The only other track like this so far is Sam's, and even then, we know things about him bc of the Stellaron Hunters. We know NOTHING about this creature, making this song in particular more memorable.
Another comment breaks it down better, but SUD is essentially the collective subconscious fear of death that everyone has condensed into a singular being due to how the Dreamscape works. It exists because of its inevitability for mortal beings, but only in the shadows because Penacony strives to be only Dreams while pushing Nightmares out of direct view.
We now know something. It. Will. SUFFER!
But when you think about it, there are bits of the leitmotifs of Penacony's theme.
Oh, now we know it's name Bingo! 😊
we dying with this one 🔥🔥🔥
I would like to apologize
Death stole everything from me...
and it will know who we are very soon
We must avenge !
Giving it the left right goodnight special
"Death": "I don't even know who you are..."
@@Xixaris We must CRUSADE!
Upon coming back here I noticed that the only people that seem to mention Misha are the trailblazer (Beginning of the quest in 2.0) and Gallagher. Seeing the end of the 2.1 quest I do wonder if there is something special about him, since Misha is a nickname for Mikhail
Mikhail to be presice. His name is very common in Russia, and most of the names have smaller versions (like Robert - Bob) and Misha is the smaller versions of Mikhail
@@olegtrushin Oops, I wrote his name wrong my bad! The story said 'Mikhail', my corrector wrote it wrong, that's interesting though, didn't knew Mikhail is common in Russia, thanks for the info!
It might seem crazy what I’m bout to say….
@@samkitty2996 Tbf, there were tons of theories, didn't expect it to be true lol
Sleepie's eepy theme
WE ARE BACK IN OMORI'S BOSS FIGHTS WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
NO WAYY
I love the way that this sounds - with a distorted "big band" feel, the faraway, fading sound of trumpets,
It really feels like you were not supposed to be here - how this nightmare is far from the dreamscape of Penacony - while still being part of it.
I’M SORRY DORMANCY FOR ALL THE HATRED I GAVE YOU IN THE PAST.
The slow frame it slice through your character is satisfyingly terrifying
I got to say, I personally loved this boss. It was so creepy and disturbing, I absolutely loved the vibe and challenge dealing with it blind. This song is such a vibe.
That damn 13 year old... when I FIND YOU.
so uh
@@lightly5363when I find you...😢
"And on that day, Death learned to fear those who wield the bat..."
I’m still upset that the lance is canonically in a museum.
@@227someguythe new cutscenes show that the trailblazer can just pull it out whenever they want, so yea
Coming here as a new player to put Sleepie's rightful theme for SU and seeing the mix of "Death will know TRUE DEATH" and "Sleepie was just feeling funny/Sleepie I am sorry for doubting your game" is hilarious lol
Imagine sleepie's confusion when he went to fetch whoever Gallagher asked him to then gets attacked by some creepy remembrance hands
me before the firefly incident: Oh god please don't be a weekly chapter boss
me after the firefly incident: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULL FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!
me after finishing the story (post-firefly incident): Understandable Have A Nice Dream!
This reminds me of speed up versions of phobia battles in Omori. Love it)
*Something* Unto Death
Thanatophobia BOSS FIGHT
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT
Damn thanks for bringing my omori ptsd back bro lmao
don't worry, he doesn't bite
the fucking dog:
Genuinely my favorite track and one of my favorite moments in the story so far. They nailed the atmosphere in this section so so well
It's incendiary, creepy and repulsive at the same time, I loved it immediately when I heard it....
Sleepie my beloved.
I wanna pet Sleepie now😊
Something unto… Dormancy?
nah, dormancy is something unto death, like what aventurine said, a rehearsal for death
perfectly captures the fun flapper vibes of penacony proper vs the prospect of something inside of that that could kill you. something like a scrape with death that you only realized could've killed you in hindsight.
mustve been fucking impossible to convey to the composer, but its captured perfectly
In the second phase where he starts twiching and making sounds after charging up for his ult...thats when this theme goes at its HARDEST
We're *HUNTING* Death with this one 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
We aren't hunting Death, Death is hunting us.
This boss is how you innovate the turn based rpg genre.
Sleepie's theme...
Как же музыканты из команды хср круто совместили классическое хоррор звучание с джазом и синтезаторами.
РИП Светлячку 😢
Facing this boss for the first time was terrifying due to us being stuck in that nerve racking Child's Dream, searching for a way out, only to then come across him.
sooo…. who’s revisiting this now post 2.1 story quest like me 🧍♀️🧍♀️
This theme sure sends chills up my spine... for both good and traumatizing reasons.
Headphones on! 🎧
This is an incredible audio ride for the ears and mind. Awesome!
To penacony's past, present, future...and the childs unwavering dream unto death.
me before the firefly incident: Oh god please don't be a weekly chapter boss
me after the firefly incident: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULL FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!
FOR THE FIREFLY!!!
*Sounds of Emperor-class Titan Annihilator charging*
I think we all owe gallagher's dog an apology
My only gripe about Penacony is how they made the cool as hell monstrosity who could kill people in their dreams forever into some silly pet after 2.2😭
WE HUNTING TO EXTINCTION WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
this boss and track immediately cemented this as a psychological horror arc, especially with the subtle sense of wrongness that led up to it
they really outdid themselves with penacony. i am actually just in love
this theme is actually so badass
I absolutely LOVE this track ❤
Wish we could fight again against death
One Fight is barely enough to enjoy it
Just wait for 2.1, my friend. We're gonna make this thing S U F F E R for the shit it pulled.
this is why i love penacony music
the feeling of creepiness emanates through the soundtrack, as if nightmare is lurking within the dreams
idk if i should be dancing or seeking revenge when ts slaps so hard
Maybe I share an unpopular opinion here, but personally I think Version 2.0 of Star Rail is near to perfect until now.
Luring you into an utopian dream before revealing the true nature of memoria and the dreamscape was narratively amazing.
And now most of you will probably hate me, but I think the death of a character was good and necessary for this storyline.
First, it strengthens the difference between "what the dreamscape was meant to be" and "what lies beyond".
Second, it reminds you that this is not some boring cozy game. Characters can die here. Be watchful.
Also its important for atmosphere and development of that Boss, the Meme. Now, it should be clear to everyone that this is not some boo-hoo punching bag weekly Boss to be forgotten. No, its a killer, a predator luring around the area, ready to slice you in half the second you get distracted. The Meme is such an amazing Boss, design, lore and music are perfect and I hope it will return (which it probably will. Its still somewhere on the dreamscape, I mean).
Actually, I can't hate it for what it has done. In fact, I think the killing-scene made it even cooler (one of my favourite cutscenes so far). Letting you hope to rescue the poor girl, seeing her beautiful smile before bringing cruel death whithin a few seconds, quiet, precise, murderous, shattering your hopes into pieces. Or bubbles, whatever they were.
Which brings me to my last point: Firefly. Don't get me wrong - I like her, I really like her - but letting her die was the best choice. She was perfect for the role. A stranger, tragic backstory and at a poor state, just at creating bonds to the trailblazer, yet somehow connected to the stellaron hunters and still full of mysteries. Her death opens tons of interesting ways to continue the Story.
Either by bringing her back in a good way (I know of the theories with SAM and Glamoth, also you never saw her in reality, only in the dreamscape. It might be possible she returns or she's actually alive somewhere. I really hope they will bring her back and don't leave her dead)
Or by now focussing on development on the other characters. How is the trailblazer going to react (# new Otto)? Will he finally join Adventurine out of hatred?
Thats btw another reason why it had to be her: most of the other new characters are directly necessary for the Story and can't die (like black Swan protecting the trailblazer or adventurine being the shady guy who might help you out as well as be betraying you) and the others are "not interesting enough" (are there even people who care about Robins death?). But Firefly? Well yes, she's a fan favourite. There will be emotions, hatred, revenge, and so on. The more you like a character, the more it hurts when he is taken away and the more the horrorfull impressions of memoria feel.
To sum it up, from the second we entered "a childs dream" over the backstab and SAMs impressive Bossfight to the last cutscene with sunday, this was the most shocking yet best (by far) Story I ever played in both Star Rail and Genshin.
Penacony is pointedly a fantasy derived from The Family's idea of what an ideal reality is, but 2.0 shows us that there are some major cracks in this idealized world. I think 2.1 will give us the rest of the Dreamscape while furthering the cracks, only for our venture into 2.2 being the collapse of the Dreamscape and everyone being exposed to the goings on of a world that was a literal penal colony from its beginning, in a sort of prison break narrative.
🔥🔥WE SETTING GALLAGHER ABLAZE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥
edit: I sincerely regret everything I've just said