your smalltown psychophile

guten tag, all! i may be referred to as cain (they/she). i'm a nineteen year-old psychology/history double-major who stumbled upon the outlast trials and has known no peace since.

mostly this account is for rambling, interacting with fellow fans, and sharing ocs. i may entertain "x reader" ideas since i do love writing, but they won't be your traditional imagines or headcanons. given the intense content of outlast as a whole, i personally dislike writing romance or smut of such severely traumatized and violence individuals, and so will not do so! any reader-insert content i post will center around the psychological consequences of being exposed to the murkoff corporation and its assets.

please do not come into my askbox talking about how cute, sweet, or attractive the prime assets are 🙏 i'm not shaming anyone, especially because i loathe purity culture and censorship—however i am not a huge fan of the mischaracterization that's done in a lot of the works i've seen and i can't put aside or ignore these characters' crimes in order to thirst for them ;w;.

that aside! please interact, i'd love to make mutuals :)

auf wiedersehen!

a gimmick (or aesthetic?) swap!! im thinking it goes something like this

coyle -> father leland (swaps with liliya). more religious emphasis and less on cop culture, but maintains a close relationship with the military and electricity. instead of the cattle prod, he fashioned some sort of gloves to conduct electricity from his fingers to whatever he touches.

gooseberry -> lady futterman (swaps with the twins). a little less verbal and trial emphasis on children (instead explored via map details), but maintains her dental background, taxidermy interest, and personalities. instead of the futterman drill, she uses a nailgun (a reference to both arora's long distance attacks and otto's mechanical saw, as well as the victim in Cleanse the Orphans).

franco -> big brother barbi (swaps with gooseberry). less ageplay and "mommy" emphasis, but maintains his love-hate relationship with women, the teeth fixation, and overall nasty, incestual ravings. instead of calling people "mommy", he goes for "sissy", and instead of a gun, uses a modified bear puppet to attack people.

kress twins -> kreep twins (swaps with franco). less sexual freaky and more scary-freaky. having grown up in a literal freak show, they're deeply socially stunted and incredibly childish, but somehow still as entitled. arora uses a blow dart designed similarly to a party horn, while otto uses a hefty, comically-designed hammer.

liliya -> general-lieutenant liliya zmeeva (swaps with coyle). openly sadomasochistic and while still religious, is much more fixated on war, especially the erasure of germans/nazis, following her years as russia's angel of leningrad. not 100% sold on her weapon but i'm thinking a repurposed, barbed flail (a farming tool to represent her "humble beginnings", meant to reference coyle's job as public servicer).

amelia -> dr. collier (swaps with easterman). yeah