Underland

Why is the mountain range square. How did the mountain range form. Why is there one singular volcano in the center. Why does it act like a composite volcano but have magma that acts like it’s from a shield. If it’s hotspot based volcanic activity why is there only one volcano.

Stray is a game about the human condition and what it means to be alive, and more specifically to be human. Especially in a world where there are no humans left.

Sure, the game could be about a robot becoming more and more sentient as time goes on, but that's exactly what all of the robots have been doing for thousands of years. Why would 5 hours make any difference?

No. This game was a commentary on humans as a species. All of us. And it had to be done with no humans around else they have Opinions.

Stray is about the hubris of man. Humanity was killed by disease that the rich did nothing about. Then, a select few rose into power and controlled everyone else. It's about what it means to be alive, as we watch these very non-human robots gain sentience and learn to be their own people.

Yes, they are very simplistic, but that's because they're in the very early states of becoming human themselves.

They don't have high intelligence yet since they're just living off of what humans left behind.

They are starting to develop their own culture based heavily on human's.

They made their own language composed of the broken fragments of human's languages!

They're "simplistic" because they're still learning. And you know what? That's what humans do. We learn, grow, and develop. And now without humans around, these robots can do that themselves.

And that's why you play as a cat.

Cats are very intelligent. Clearly, they managed to live FAR longer than humans did (which yeah, I fully believe that), and have learned to live just fine lives on their own. But, they're also alive. They've been alive and evolving far longer than any of the robots have been.

Our cat (Stray or Ginger, whichever) is the only one able to save them because they understand what it means to be alive and to be "human." Cats are social creatures. This cat made it by helping others and being friendly. That's a human trait.

It had to be a cat for how small and nimble they are, but also how smart they are. It couldn't be a dog since they're heavier and rely too much on people (at least now). Couldn't be a mouse because that's too small and underdeveloped of a mind. Can't be a bird since it would just fly out.

Stray/Ginger is uniquely fit to do this because they're a cat.

The robots are copying human behavior. They said that themselves. So, that means learning and evolving over time. They will rise from our ashes, in due time.

But our little furry companion has had millions of years on them. And so they are able to spread that message about love and freedom to them from experience.

When B-12 passed away, and Stray/Ginger curled up next to them? That's a sign of love. That's a sign of compassion and companionship. It's a sign of love.

It's a sign of this cat's humanity.

I already found the clue I needed but I’m going to proceed to knock the rest of the pictures off this wall anyway, you understand. 

Knocking bottles off shelves is very satisfying but also? on general principle? they were in my way, and now they’re not.

I will use the scratch option anywhere i can just to see what happens.  

Is tripping people walking by an achievement? I’m gonna do it anyway.

Sorry Momo I’ll be there in just a sec but I found a jingle ball and I have to play with it right now immediately. It’s very important. 

WHY will nobody PET me???? :(

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This is the only Alice adaptation I’ve ever seen that doesn’t cut the caucus race

The mad hatter wears taps throughout and it’s so jarring and surprising it’s perfect

The executioner shadows almost everyone who dances with the Queen

Lewis Carroll is a character in the ballet and becomes the white rabbit who leads Alice into wonderland which is bad and wrong because Carroll is the dodo but does work very well

They started dropping rose petals from the ceiling onto the audience when Alice looked through the door to the garden and it was utterly magic

The Cheshire Cat is made of about 10 different puppets that dance around the stage

Which reminds me Alice is styled after Alice Liddell rather than the John Tenniel illustrations

I don’t think the king of hearts actually dances he just wanders around looking confused

the Caterpillar is pretty neat too

Poor Aizawa just wanted a nap and now he has to deal with his kittens… Many kittens.

It’s based on that photoset of a dad-cat hiding from his babies and as they find him they all pile on top of him. 

(this was done as a commission for @significantfoliage :D)

Her mother complains that they’re country folk, that their families were born and died in farmland, and that they should do the same. She says this so often that her husband has stopped responding to her entirely.

Mulan doesn’t know what growing up in the country would have been like. She remembers it vaguely, like a dream. When she was a little girl, her father was summoned to the capital to serve the emperor as his one of his advisers.

Her father couldn’t have denied the emperor, so Mulan doesn’t understand her mother’s anger.

But it doesn’t matter, for she grows up in the city, grows up running through the palace, constantly trailing after her father and getting underfoot.

She’s a beautiful child, with large expressive eyes and a waterfall of shiny black hair. Her face is as pale as the moon, and her lips a ruddy red. Many people comment on it, saying that she’ll surely make a beautiful bride one day. Her father says nothing, reacting with stony silence until they change the subject.

Little girls grow up to be brides. She knows that.

But in the capital, she thinks there are so many things more interesting to do than becoming a bride. Like riding horses, and playing board games, and pestering her father into teaching her how to properly hold a sword.

Like archery.

She watches the men practice in the courtyard for hours, arrow after arrow hitting their targets. She wants to be able to do that, but her father says she’s not strong enough yet, that she has to wait to learn.

She’s ten years old, and she feels plenty strong. If her father expects time to dissuade her, then he’s sorely mistaken. But she can wait. The other advisors won’t help her learn how to hold a sword, but they do play Go with her, and that’s almost as good.

Mulan is awake even earlier than usual one morning, and she sees a boy a few years older than her on the practice field.

He’s very bad.

It’s no wonder he’s practicing when no one else can see him.

She walks up behind him, and he’s not very observant either, because she’s nearly on top of him when she says, “You’re holding it all wrong.”

He jumps nearly a foot in the air, and she covers her mouth with her sleeve to hide her giggles. His eyes narrow and he holds out an arrow threateningly, like he’s ready to stab her in the neck with it. “Who are you? What are you doing here?”

“I am Hua Mulan,” she says. “I was walking, and saw you. You are so pathetic, that I thought I might try and help you.”

He scowls, lowering the arrow. “What do you know? You’re just a girl.”

For the first time, anger sparks inside her. Arrows held at her throat are fine, but insulting her skill is quite another matter.

The fact that she has no skill to speak of isn’t the point.

“Give me your bow and arrow, and I’ll show you,” she says heatedly.