The Fall of Shadowstone Park (S2 // Episode 4)
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- Tumble, a mouse, has something important to share with Lark.
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"You can get used to anything" is one of the most depressing statements I've ever heard
You can get used to incessant, intrusive, depressing thoughts.
It's true. That's why most people don't commit suicide.
I don't think it's so bad. It's all a matter of perspective. For an infant, simple sensations like hunger or mild discomfort are the worst things they've ever dealt with, enough to make them scream and cry, but as you get older, you find out they're not bad at all. Things that feel scary in grade school grow typical and tolerable over the years.
Humans--and ghost mice, apparently--are remarkably resilient creatures. Our adaptability is a fundamental part of what makes us who we are. The good and the bad both have important roles to play.
Habituation will work on almost anyone concerning almost anything, provided the change is slow and gradual enough.
Sad because its true :/
"You can't just talk to someone, you gotta have an excuse"
I felt that 😭
Relatable content to he sure
ROFL
I like that Ava actually spends time with Baggy.
yeah, and vice versa
It's saddening to think that there could be multiple animals just like Tumble, unnoticed and drifting throughout their death, and Jason just happened to catch this one's perspective.
So many skulls! D:
It seems Tumble is extremely socially anxious. They live alone and need excuses to talk to people. I assume that's the reason why they just wander around and (I assume) they pretend to be "late", because they don't like talking to people.
Eh, they're dead, what do they care?
That's why this is my favorite documentary.
We create our own happiness and determine our own success. Never live trying to meet someone else's standards.
I love Jason’s neurotic characters with weird pauses in their speech. The mouse is like a less passive-aggressive Norwell.
And like Norwell, Tumble has a spouse that is not normally sentient or mobile.
Ava totally heard that ghost. I wouldn't be surprised if she can just also see ghosts (her only reaction to learning Lark can do it was "interesting") but it could also be the cave itself making ghosts more present. There must be a reason ghosts go there so much.
Lore aside I just feel bad for this mouse. The "almost made it home" line was unironically really sad.
Pecan couldn't see the ghosts even while in the cave, either, so unless Ava's devices have something to do with it, I think she can just see and hear them like Lark.
I definitely think it's a hint that Ava can see ghosts. She knows far more than she lets on.
@@GrouchyRaccoon Really? I personally find Ava completely and totally trustworthy. I mean, she's never even left that cave once in her whole life. Maybe that has something to do with hearing ghosts.
That or she can only hear them
Everything about that mouse is incredibly sad.
“I have a wife AND a husband!!! Most folks don't have half as much!!!" The writing of the show is truly spectacular!
Bi Mouse
@@youtubeuniversity3638 and poly for good measure
Ngl almost went over my head but when it clicked I had to come check the comments to see if anyone else liked it as much as I dix
Don't forget the dead body right outside the front door
@@leopardbunny just like me
weird thing i noticed, but zoot is becoming very fixated on the skull pervert thing, and though yes it is something reasonable to be worried about, the way then mention it and fixate on it reminds me sorta of how crush was fixated on the horse and gloves thing and how it didnt make sense n stuff, before she turned.
Nice observation! It's going to get nasty when the queen turns.
You're onto something
probably is the hoarder and doesn't realize.
Aw… I hope she doesn’t turn, she’s one of my favorites
Maybe they are a pervert for skull perverts?
Poor Tumble. :(
"almost made it home" and "nobody knew I was alive and now nobody knows I'm dead" really got to me.
So Ava seemingly heard the ghost mouse (Tumble according to the description). That’s very interesting.
Ava is a really interesting character. Badass, smart and mysterious.
Ava didn't see nothing. You can't prove it.
It's been confirmed that those who can't see ghosts also can't hear them. Either Ava's the exception or she can see them too.
@@leopardbunny that’s why it’s interesting.
Is that because she shares Lark's powers or a side effect of the machines she's making?
Yes! another episode of Shadowstone Park!
I will consider myself lucky, most folks don't even get half as much entertainment.
Yeah. I just hope it doesn't end on a bad ending like Llamas with Hats or that the fans don't pressure Filmcow to make more ya know?
@@aquafaceproductions1150 true dat.
Lets hope it stays unique.
@@aquafaceproductions1150 i loved the llamas with hats ending wtf
@@ZholatI think they meant a sad ending instead of a happy one
That was the most ominous light I've seen in a hot minute.
How can such a short series be such a well made slow-burn mystery.
Poor little mouse who we never learned the name of.
The name is Tumble, check the description
@@paulisaperson0516 He got his name in the description. Most folks don't have half as much.
His name is Door since that's where his body is
@@Argonwolfproject 😂
😂@@Argonwolfproject
Can we just talk about how much of a banger the theme song is
I hate that Shadowstone Park doesn't get much attention. I love this series so much and love you more for keeping at it!
Keep sharing it lol
I think the seven pulses from the crack correspond to how many lives Lark used up to narrowly avoid death. From the myth of cats having 9 lives, so he has only 1 more (or 2 more if zero inclusive) lives to use up.
god i love this series. truly incomparable writing
Now including Tumble, everyone knows a little something too scary to put together. I can't wait to see what horrors lay ahead.
Cruel world, cute characters. Another great episode!
Every episode we get closer to the fall- I’m not sure if I’m sad about it, or happy that these episodes exist. Your skills are truly marvellous, FilmCow.
Getting more and more mysteries now that there is a other bird skull hoarder
I bet it's still Darius; just his ghost gaining some new and unusual power.
It was Pecan all along! XD
@@crookedbuns Maybe even the new bird leader. Just pretending she finds it disgusting. What is she called again?
@@Fu7u23Y05chi with how obsessed she is with the skulls, you could be right
Zoot is her name I think
@@Fu7u23Y05chi a Radical Reptile made a comment about her obsession with the skulls that seems very plausible as well. Linking her to Crush who also couldn't wrap their head around Darius and the skulls before they got possessed.
I find it funny that the mouse never thought of just waiting at the tree for lark for hours, I mean what better things does he have to do? He’s a ghost he literally has all the time in the world to wait for him to return to his tree XD
Seemingly they go see the Crack in the wall every day so maybe he's never there by the time they get back.
He has all the time in the world most people don't have half as much
I'll admit that Tumble hits eerily close to home for me. Part of me is glad you didn't get the wording of their resigned self-encouragement _exactly_ right, lol.
Hopefully they will succeed in making themselves known to those they are hoping to reach, now that they've found sufficient pretext to warrant it.
I'm rooting for you, little John Doe rodent.
I really do miss Darius - his voice was one of the greatest ones there is in the filmcow repertoire
I suspect we might see him again before the end. Though not as we knew him.
Okay, so I have a crazy crackpot theory involving Zoot. We all know how much she's obsessing over Darius' hoarded skulls, and everyone here thinks she's turning. But most of the residents in the park have some form of obsession if you think about it. Gloves obsessing over his signature attire (even trying to conjure gloves in the afterlife to varying degrees of success), Chalice with poo-poo stuff (and the riches, but mostly the poo-poo stuff), the bears identifying each other by the object they hold (to the point that they literally lose their identity without one), Crush with Gloves'... well, gloves, and yes, Darius's skull collection. Obsession doesn't seem to be the symptoms of someone turning. In fact, it seems to be just part of their identity.
But I have an alternate theory regarding Zoot's obsession.
Now, consider this: Zoot's wife and her lunch club have been spreading the word about Darius' skulls. It seems weird that Zoot, the recently-annointed Queen of the Birds, would be going out of her way to let everyone know about it. But you know what's even weirder? Zoot's wife has been mentioned twice so far, and yet we haven't seen her. She's more than likely a bird though, since Zoot doesn't strike me as the type to marry a non-bird.
Now here's where it gets spooky. We know Darius was killed by a bird with large talons, but there was never any confirmation that Crush did the deed. But you know who else could have done it? Another bird we haven't seen yet - Zoot's wife. As a cormorant, Zoot doesn't have the tools for the job (cormorant feet are webbed at the expense of their talons), but you know who would? Zoot's wife. And Darius' hoard seems to be growing exponentially post-mortem. Where would Darius have gotten all those skulls in the first place? Simple: His wife, who's now Zoot's wife, which came with the status of queen-hood.
But I hear you asking, "Wasn't Zoot Darius' wife?" Nope, Zoot was annointed Queen of the Birds _after_ his death, and Darius would have needed someone to satisfy his skull-lust in life. And who better to do so than his wife, the next biggest bird in the park? And now Zoot is using Darius' ex-wife to continue killing other residents for their skulls, or having her venture outside the park to dig through "lots of blood [and] lots of meat."
Zoot isn't just obsessing over Darius' skull hoard, _she's using it to besmirch her predecessor's name for her own benefit._
*UPDATE:* ...Okay, so this theory was completely and utterly off, but I'm just gonna leave it here for posterity. Thanks for braving this inane wall of text, I guess.
You're the Mattpat of Filmcow (complementary). It's nice to hear different takes and interpretations, thanks for leaving it up.
Hehehehe.. the masterpiece continues!! It seems Ava can hear ghosts too… and Zoot continues to be one of the most likable characters in the series… oh, and the mouse ghost is adorable with his stick wife and rock husband
Was great to see Baggy again! so nice that she finally got a real friend 😊
OK. I think the shadowstone is Nil's ship. I think he crash landed and died while the others (mentioned by punches) landed safely.
I think Nils race came to conquer Earth using some kind of infection to deal with the local population. The ships have a field around them to protect them while the infection plays out, but Nil's ship is damaged and the safety field is starting to fail. That's why some animals are starting to turn and how Crush made it back in briefly.
Argh! Jason is really good at setting up frustrating scenarios with very few means. The mouse missing Lark twice feels like a sneeze that won't come out, or a fart going back into your gut after holding it in to long.
god, the writing is always fantastic. This might be my favorite series yet.
Another spine-chilling chapter of Shadowstone!
Film cow finishing all these opened and seemingly forgotten series' is really nice
these episodes go by so quickly. love em!
I wish to lead a life as optimistic as that mouse.
I love Shadowstone. It's so dark and yet kind of beautiful. I'm glad Baggy is not alone anymore. I just hope the mouse find some time to talk to Lark. Amazing work as usual, Jason
This series is just so well done. I love the writing so much!
Oh what a happy day! I was looking for something to watch and a new Shadowstone episode was just the perfect fit.
OH MY that glowing light looks very foreboding! No idea what it means but I am concerned! Great ep!
There's definitely something inside the Shadowstone. And for all we know, that something could be a W'rkncacnter.
As chaotic as things are outside the park, it won't even be one one-billionth of the chaos that'll ensue if the W'rkncacnter breaks out, and somehow I doubt there'll be a Mjolnerd around to frog-blast its vent core.
Quickly throw it in the sun!
A Marathon reference in the wild? You just made my day!
@@tomorbataar5922 Ever since Mandalore's review series, those games have lived rent free in my head. And this was AFTER I'd marathoned the Master Chief Collection.
@@GmodPlusWoW Yooo same
IT'S THE WEBBAWACK!!
That poor mouse.
Also this is haunting and incredible.
This is seriously one of the best series on youtube right now. You need more recognition.
Seriously, your talent for storytelling and unique style makes what you're doing here really stand out.
so glad this series is back. totally loved it when it first began and enjoying it now!
Yes, I too need to get someone else obsessed with this or i will never sleep again!
The skull mystery🤔 The mouse and nil I Thought were going to interact. Nil probably throwing up in some clouds. I look forward to the next episode.
Thank you so much for continuing the series. Every episode gets better and better!
My day just got a lot better
God this series is so good, it's unreal.
Ava can hear the ghosts, and almost certainly see them. Not noticing Tumble likely plays into how he went unnoticed in life and death, just adding to how lonely Tumble has always been
These are really good. Criminally under viewed.
I love this series, can't wait to learn more about the mystery.
I'm so delighted that this series is being continued! Can't wait for more!
I'm so happy this series is still ongoing
I really love this serie. I will buy on of your books
This series is amazing, I'm so happy it's continuing
now that’s a funny little character
Seriously, this series is shaping up to be Filmcow's magnum opus. By far the most unnerving work they've done.
oh my god 😭 Tumble... also I'm obsessed with how Pecan walks. I love this series
Thanks Jason, very cool
incredible story telling! please, pleaaaase let there be a blu ray or some sort of physical release of this when it's done. i gotta have it!
I´m so happy about every new episode of this. Thank you
IVE BEEN WAITING YEARS YESS FINALLY THANK YOU
Tumble is good at finding the bright side to things. I want the best for them. Well, as best as is possible when they've already died alone and unknown.
My theories so far:
-The Shadowstone is a crashed UFO/ portal to another dimension. (Maybe the world outside the park ended because of an invasion)
-Niel is the ghost of whatever was using the Shadowstone, probably was murdered.
-Something in the Shadowstone gives it's residents consciousness, but now it's fading, resulting in their murderous tendencies.
-Animals can't pass the border because they can feel something is wrong with the park.
-Crush couldn't have killed Binky, we saw her outside the border while they discovered Binky's body. So maybe she is not trying to kill the residents but warn them of something.
-That ghost rat maybe was one of Darius' victims?
This is getting more mysterious each episode, what is making these animals go vicious and what are the secrets of the park we call shadowstone
Always here for these weird little tales.
Thank you for the new years gift! 5783 is off to a good start!!
been waiting on this one, I'm excited!
what a gem, that poor mouse. This was, beautifully saddening.
Loved it!!!!!! Please keep making this series!!!!!
The saddest episode yet
I like to think that Lark the cat is an alternate version of Detective Mittens
YES YES YES FUCKING YES - I have dropped into your streams exclusively to ask for this for years - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 🎊 🎉
I vibe with that mouse so much, holy shit
"You can't just talk to someone, you gotta have an excuse." Sweet baby 🥺
I'm so excited I wasnt expecting another one so soon!
So far the plot has thickened from sugar water, to syrup, to glaze, to frosting. Sweet!
Jason has a gift for writing tragic talking animal ghosts. This mouse and Norwell the ferret have been my favourite characters he's ever made!
And they both have a nameless object husband!
@@Trunkerunk Some people don't have half as much
This show is great.
Sound effects and audio engineering is really nice
I hope you keep this up. Commented for the engagement
*SHADOWSTONE KNOWLEDGE BASE EP 4* | *Knowledge - Questions - Theories - Interpretations - Predictions*
As always, feel free to suggest additions and changes! Updates with each new episode!
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- RUclips's auto-mod seems to be flagging the knowledge base as spam, so until further notice, all knowledge base info will be posted in comments below -
[KNOWLEDGE]
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• Animals display anger, confusion, anxiety, loss of time, difficulty focusing, and even murderous tendencies prior to turning. They cannot tell for how long the effects have crept in.
◦ Crush wanted everyone to hurt.
▪ She also obsessed over Gloves' glove thing not making sense.
• There are multiple Parks, each with their own Stone.
• Some combination of the Stone and the Border seems to keep the park safe.
• Ava doesn't seem to think erosion is the cause of the Shadowstone moving.
• It seems the far-gone target unturned animals first, if not exclusively, and can hunt in groups.
• Lark so far is the only living being to see ghosts.
• Lark is also the only one to survive outside the border for so long, besides maybe Ava.
• Ava is the only character so far to be shown with technology, including a weapon (a gun).
• The cave is haunted.
• Ghosts have some ability to manifest more ghosts, or at least ghostly objects, as well as alter their own shape. Or at the very least, Gloves did.
• Ava's devices are meant to clear a path to the inside of the Shadowstone.
• pecan is fuckin JACKED
• *A turned has crossed back into the Park for the first time.*
◦ The border is vertically compromised, letting flying turned into the Park. Crush landed ON the Shadowstone before going rampant.
• *Ava can at the very least hear ghosts.*
◦ It was very explicitly stated that those who can't see ghosts also can't hear them, making it likely that Ava *can* see them (when she's paying attention, at least).
[QUESTIONS]
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WORLD -
*Parks:*
• What are the Stones?
◦ Why is the Shadowstone upturned?
▪ Why is the Shadowstone really moving?
• What's the "anything weird around it" Ava mentioned?
◦ Does this have something to do with the spooky cave?
▪ Is that why Crush hid there?
• What happens when it collapses?
◦ It seems as if it being upright extended the border upwards, but its collapse somehow is weakening that vertical border. Did other parks lack this vertical defense?
▪ Did Crush need to land on the Shadowstone first for some reason in order to enter?
▪ Why is there a spooky cave under the Shadowstone?
▪ Did the rest of the stones fall, or were they always flat?
• What is the border?
◦ What happens when you cross it?
◦ Why do the far-gone avoid it?
▪ Why can animals still turn within it?
• Why do the turned not immediately leave the border on their own?
• Aggressive tree fungus??
*Outskirts:*
• What is causing the blood and meat outside the parks?
◦ Do the far-gone attack each other outside the border?
◦ Do they take some kills outside?
▪ If so, why leave others?
▪ What is all of that blood and meat for?
• Where was Crush taking Lark?
◦ Why did she not just kill him like everyone else that encounters the far-gone?
• What happened to civilization?
POPULATIONS -
*Ghosts:*
• Can all ghosts manifest spirit powers like Gloves?
◦ Was Nil changed by failed spirit magic like Gloves was?
▪ Does this have to do with their insistence on people being the "wrong shape"?
• Nil claims their words have the power to "change the shape of things" and their will "remakes the world", but also seems to imply they actually lost this ability in death.
• What keeps the ghosts in the caves?
◦ Why is Darius there and what is the knowledge he found?
▪ What does being dead "mean"? Darius acts like the consequence of being dead will be worse than the death itself.
◦ Why is Nil not stuck in the caves like Darius and others seemingly are, despite having been in them?
◦ Did Nil learn the same things Darius did?
▪ Why is Nil seemingly not affected, if so?
◦ Why are there not more evil ghosts that refuse to cross over?
◦ Why do ghosts forget the first 5 to 10 minutes?
*The Turned:*
• Why have unturned animals not killed the turned (until the end of the first episode of Fall)?
• What happens when far-gone are killed?
• Why exactly do animals turn?
◦ Why has Ava not turned despite being outside the parks?
• Wolves???
• What happened with the rats?
CHARACTERS -
Ava:
• Honestly everything about Ava.
• Why does she have weapons and technology when nobody else does?
◦ Why does she insist that she doesn't know what a gun is and that she didn't use it?
◦ Why specifically the radio?
◦ What is Ava's contraption?
▪ Why does she have more than one now?
▪ We now know that they're meant to "clear a path" to the inside of the Shadowstone, but what we *don't* know is what exactly they're clearing.
• How did she survive?
• Where did she come from?
◦ Why did she leave?
▪ Does it have to do with the "anything weird" around the Stones?
◦ Why does she avoid talking about it?
• Why does she avoid talking about things in general? (Other than maybe just a gag)
◦ Okay maybe not just a gag. Why is she so hostile and combative?
• What was Ava's life like before? She clearly doesn't seem to have any friends, or at least thinks she doesn't.
• Why does Ava react to Lark being able to see ghosts?
◦ Has she encountered others who can see ghosts?
▪ Can she herself see ghosts??
• Not sure if this is important, but why does Ava have a rather normal name?
*Nil:*
• Nil.
• Is Nil actually a god?
• How do they know so much about the Fall?
◦ Have they seen this all before?
◦ Is this what they learned in the caverns?
• How did they hear the music well outside the cave?
◦ What was with that scene in general, honestly? It's so out of left field.
*Lark:*
• What happened to Lark's back legs?
• Why is Lark so "lucky"?
*Minor Characters:*
• Had Darius been outside the Park collecting skulls? Surely, they didn't all come from within the Shadowstone's border.
◦ More skulls appeared around the base of the Shadowstone. Does this have anything to do with Darius' ghost? How did they get there if they weren't there before?
• Why has Zoot's wife been getting more nosy?
• What is the crack in the Shadowstone?
◦ Why is it counting up?
▪ Why is it count increasing sooner each time it goes up?
◦ What was it saying at the start and end? It sounds like a voice trying to speak.
*Pecan:*
• how did pecan get so ripped like damn gurl you could grind meat on them abs
[THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS]
• Murder or violence may have some role in how animals turn. A point of no return, of sorts, where mere sanity slippage transcends into the far-gone.
◦ Possible metaphor for lack of acceptance of differences? Crush attacked because she couldn't understand Gloves.
• The 5 to 10 minute window of memory loss for the dead may simply be a trauma response.
• Crush may have been taking Lark to the source of the madness.
◦ The source may need him for something, possibly for his ability to commune with ghosts.
▪ This, of course, means they need him alive, which is why the far-gone haven't killed him yet when at least Crush easily could have. This accounts for his "luck".
• Ava and Nil seem to be trying to tell Lark to stop focusing on those dying and being attacked (no end to the clowns or the river, swatting at flies with an unburied body).
• Ava's radio may help her avoid turning (perhaps in a similar manner to in Stranger Things).
◦ This may be why she's vastly more combative than anyone else in the show so far, to the point of being the first character to get an actual reaction out of Lark. She's just on the edge of turning, and the radio is all that's keeping her from it. This could even relate to her saying she's never been outside of the cave, as she genuinely may have forgotten due to the loss of time and confusion caused by being close to turning.
▪ Doubly so if she's being combative intentionally. She may be trying to keep everyone at arms' length emotionally so she doesn't get attached to anyone she knows she will eventually lose, whether she turns or they do.
[PREDICTIONS]
• The far-gone will gather around the border as the Shadowstone begins to collapse, and eventually will start to cross.
◦ As of EP3, this is already beginning to happen, though I did not expect a crossing so soon.
• Zoot will turn soon. She's been getting oddly obsessive over the skull thing, and obsession over something not making sense seems to be another sign of turning.
• Ava won't turn (at least not for a while) but I'm not sure why not.
◦ Might have to do with whatever she's building in the caves?
◦ Or of course, the boombox.
Notes: - Animals that have become mindless killers are referred to with terms such as "far-gone" and "turned", as far-gone is the closest thing to an official term we have so far to my knowledge, while turned is easy to understand. May amend this to one or the other, feel free to leave input on that.
Youre doing a good job here
@@TheThundercow RUclips's not making it easy for me.
love this series!
My god I used to date some one with the personality of that mouse, literally one time she came to my house an hour earlier and instead of knocking or calling me or something she was to embarrassed to bother me and I wait that hour outside my house sitting on the sidewalk 😐😐😐😐
"I need to get someone else obsessed with this, or I'll never sleep again"
I relate to Tumble 100%
I can't believe I've missed the new episodes of this. I feel like that little hamster dude. I shall call him... Tokyo. Because I can. What's it to ya?
The personality of Tumble is exactly how I would imagine it if anthropomorphised in a way that is also comic. Introverted, compliant, socially inept, vigilant.
You had no right making us feel so f****** sad for a God damn mouse
Thanks for this.
The scene at the mouse’s house reminded me so much of the scene from adventure time where mr. fox talks about his house
That pelican never skipped leg day
I wonder what Tumble wanted to tell Lark?
Godamnit Lark pay attention to the tiny critters and that flashing rainbow crack seems important
every time I see a new episode I'm so happy but I'm also scared of what could happen in it
Thanks!
What a Happy Day for all 🎉🎉🎉
This is slowly going from weird to interesting to intriguing.
How could I be so late to see this video !!
It’s here!