#corgan

Ok so short rant I know carzekiel is like the “thing” but why is there no #corgan shippers like they have so much chemistry their storylines are perfect the intensity between these two actors Lennie James and Melissa McBride is beautiful it’s lowkey like Richonne and Richonne is my life. Anyway I have decided to show my love for Morgan and Carol because I do ship them even though Morgan is “no longer” in TWD like tbh I’m not a fan of carzekiel it’s too forced in my opinion and I’m not into it. Lol anyway I have made a fan edit a #CORGAN fan edit to be more specific I’ll be uploading it very soon

When I was first playing the game I sometimes wondered why Blake is narrating the obvious. Many a times, he did do that. We are able to discern for ourselves most of the video content that he is recording. However, you will realise as you keep on playing the game that this was actually important in the whole narrative. It takes time to realise this as I also realised this recently. If you realised this before than more power to you.  Basically, the first videos Blake takes talks about the crash and not remembering the pilots name. Then he talks about the mysterious town. This is all things that happens in real-time. He also shows confusion when he goes to the school and cannot understand why the images are not recording though he is seeing them. He talks about things he does actively remember. An example, is Jessica’s suicide note, which he says he remembers. You will also notice that the first time he is in the school he can actually run outside. As in, he can leave. Also, the TV is not directly on. He has to move the TV to get in on. And, it surprises him. These little gestures matter; they are crucial to the game.  As someone mentioned, the demon keeps on getting progressively more violent. At first, Blake sees Loutermilch as Loutermilch. As in he is not a demonic entity. But as he keeps on getting indoctrinated with the signals Loutermilch mutates into how his true perception is. Loutermilch becomes a watchdog who seems to not want Blake to live or even find out the truth.

This is where the dissociation starts taking place. You will see that what Blake videotapes and comments on are not concomitant with each other. When Laird and Nick dies he talks about his parents dying. When Knoth dies he talks about Loutermilch dying. This means that the game wanted to use his voiceover for videos as way to show the deterioration of his mind. As one site deftly put it (I think Polygon) — documenting your own mental breakdown. Basically, by those voiceovers, we, the players, aer seeing Blake’s gradual dissociation and detachment from the present. 

When he talks about even his new child he does not talk about her as a being separate to himself. He actually considers her to be Jessica reborn. Then by the end the white light consumes him and he stuck in the gateway as though in purgatory/limbo between that dimension and the real world. This is why the ending is so tragic alongside the death of Lynn and the devastation Murkoff caused. Blake has completely lost his sanity, which is as terrible as Miles losing his body to the Walrider.

 In this way, the game tried to show us that Blake’s narratives mattered to make us question him and question his perceptions. There could have been things we would notice as another character that Blake won’t really. As in, when you met Corgan who is the guy who has “Consume the flesh, and spice it well” when you go to that area before you will see that it is boarded. Question is, Blake went around it — but that part was in the gateway. Or, rather the gateways allowed him a different path to go through. 

In this way, Jessica is like a saviour to Blake as she helps him in many ways. Like in that section where you follow her voice alone it’s like she is helping him move forward. In that way, she is like Father Martin in the first game, only she doesn’t seem to have nefarious intent, not that we know of (personally, when I first played the game I wonder if Jessica intentionally wanted Blake to stay with her making her a villain in some respects). So, the Jessica Blake sees may not completely be a hallucination. She may be in some ways real. 

So, yes, Blake’s narrative is important. Perhaps, in the DLC we will play as another character who actually sees how Blake went through those things or even disappear in the gateway and be shocked. This is an important insight to the game and the overall mythology.

In the spirit of fostering relations within the twd fandom - because apparently, we can’t be seen enjoying other shit together - myself and @exoticdeviance will be ‘hosting’ a watch party for “Train to Busan” this Saturday at 5pm PST.  (Please make sure you take your timezone into account if necessary.)

“Train to Busan” is on Netflix, but if you don’t have it, I can provide you with a streaming link I found reliable, just hit up my ask box. This movie is amazing and honestly did a lot to foster @exoticdeviance‘s and I’s burgeoning friendship - as shown in hilariously by certain people's failed ‘call-out’ and screenshot posts, where - unfortunately for said people - all they proved was that @exoticdeviance has both excellent taste in both friends and movies. Heh!

Please join us for an evening of screaming fun, regardless of ships or anything else. Everyone is welcome, even the ping-pong balls that don’t like us! We will be tagging: train to busan watch party, train to busan, and other related tags if you wish to follow or blacklist to save your dashes during that time.

In all seriousness for a minute here though- 

This is how we feel is best to combat fandom wank when it drifts to our shores. By encouraging togetherness and positive interaction. Not further enforcing the divisions certain people wish to continue entrenching. And by doing it in the way myself and @exoticdeviance formed our own friendship together despite differing twd ships, characters and ‘fandom allegiances’. We are taking the negative posts of earlier this week and hope to make something positive out of it - perhaps for everyone involved.

We want to make things clear, this event is here for us to have a good time together, so leave any disagreements or ship wars at the door. No drama,  (other than what we will be watching, because- hoooo you guys are in for a treat) just good fun.