#a:tdd

an interesting aspect of alexander’s ending of the game is i think the musical piece that accompanies the credits “ending:alexander” from the soundtrack. it isn’t triumphant pleased. it is melancholy and honestly makes me quite sad when i hear it personally. it’s interesting because it isn’t determined if this piece is supposed to be from alexander’s POV or the player’s. if it is the players it would make more sense for the song to be unhappy as we have just failed in our endeavor set out from the beginning. daniel is dead and alexander ‘the villain’ has won. however, the song is specifically ending: alexander which makes me think it is supposed to be an instrumental piece regarding his feelings of the ending. if so, it’s rather depressing that he has finally accomplished his centuries long goal of returning home, and yet, he is still not happy, not successful it seems. is this simply because alexander is a rather somber individual? or perhaps the regret he feels for daniel’s downfall, daniel’s demise and corruption, sped along by himself is tainting the victory of his return. his friend is dead, consumed by the shadow, no longer believing them to be close at all. he is home, but his experiences weigh him down. 

the theory where daniel keeps getting resurrected by the shadow whenever he dies in order to stop alexander from misusing the orb is wonderful. imagine he keeps some remnant of the injuries he sustains on the journey to the inner sanctum, be it scars, burns, maybe even a gargling sound to his breath if he passed during a kaernk encounter. by the time he reaches alexander and agrippa he’s looking like he just clawed his way out of the grave. he shouldn’t be alive, but the shadow’s not going to let him rest until he prevents the man he handed the orb over to from completing the ritual. 

I've been rewatching Markiplier's A Machine for Pigs playthrough and even though Daniel will remain my favorite character in the series, I can't help but feel sad for Oswald and how broken he is