#soursalt

The Records of the Other Side Mythos, otherwise known as "what if Alan Wake, Umineko: When They Cry and EverymanHYBRID had a freaky little baby with many faces?"

The Records of the Other Side Mythos explores a lot of really fucking rad themes — the cycle of trauma, the hollow comforts of stasis vs. the catalyzing miracles of change, the nature of heroism and how we see ourselves, how memories shape a person.

There's sick monster designs. There's characters that will stick with you for ages. There's all kinds of incredible needledrops. This is a Mythos that rewards dedicated viewers, people who are willing to dig into the bones of it.

I've loved it for almost a decade. I've acted in it, I've written for it, I've given my heart and soul to this beautiful set of series. My friend Micha's given their all editing, acting and writing each of these series.

It's a hidden gem, it's a joy, it's so much woven together.

So many CWs apply to the overall Mythos, but particularly flashing lights, loud noises, blood, yelling, drug usage, guns, discussion of suicide, self harm mentions, discussion of abuse, body horror, eye gore, rot where rot shouldn't be, I Cannot Stress The Eye Gore Enough.

Read the descriptions on each of the videos, it helps give the full context!

And here's a playlist for you to watch through it all in order:

Well if not, here is a little bit that channel.

Soursalt is a series that began in 2016 with roughly 600 people waking up subscribed to it without knowing. That's a very real thing that happened, which is a great selling point of the story.

Over the next few days these weirdly edited potato-quality home videos get uploaded and nobody has any idea what's going on. Some descriptions keep changing, some are pieces of conversations, etc. People are immediately hooked because what the fuck is going on? Then Madman Re starts getting mentioned, is it a place, a God, Freddy Krueger, who knows. More cryptic and weird dream videos get uploaded and then suddenly there's a break. This is the end of the prologue of the story.

Suddenly, we started getting rapid fire uploads a few months later of these two idiots making a really shitty ghost hunter parody knock off sketch. This is basically meant to be like a needle in the haystack for viewers. There are moments in these videos that are completely filler and just dumb comedy or filler -- b u t there are teases that something is up sprinkled within these videos. You'll have one of them mention the path looks different (implying they scouted it out before hand), or they'll hear or see something the camera just straight up doesn't see of pick up. This continues on until it's obviously getting dark, but we don't see their journey home. Instead, a few days later, we're treated to another sketch. This time shit gets fucky.

The two do the Ghost Guy routine on a haunted road by the woods, but as the move past the housed area towards the side of the park, their patience with each other starts running thin, they start hearing strange things, and feeling off. After taking a break off the road in a nearby Gazebo, they find a mysterious grave site and a stuffed monkey. Here, we learn out of character that they were filming at locations posted on a strange forum ; the same one implied to have launched the Soursalt spread.

After getting covered in some shit, blood and rot the characters introduce the audience to the Madman of Re as Aidan "Ghost Guy" Calloway touches the Window of a spooky run down bus and a ghastly hand touches his back -- all separated thematically by … a Window.

And this is where Soursalt takes you, into the Window; a terrifying physical nightmare space that seperates the viewer from their body and traps them in their own mind, a mind that can be easily manipulated by the Madman of Re.

BUT WAIT

This is only the end's beginning.

Timeskip -- Seven Years Later:

The story returns with Eulacram on the eve of the Spread's seven year anniversary following Aidan as he struggles to live with the trauma of his past and present following the events he experienced in Soursalt. It's at this point where the shattering of Aidan's mind takes literal form and we're presented with various versions of him through a system that he calls the Crucible Channel.

Meanwhile, another entity has pursued the same goal as Madman Re and sought out those that were victims of various Spreads to put together what it calls the Eulacram Tribute, a tournament of survival that allows those touched by the Oneiroveil (the dream realm the Window is in) to compete for an evolution of their flesh. Aidan and the other Spread victims are unknowingly pulled into a shared dream where it seems reality is once again being manipulated as their lives are being toyed with. However, Aidan's access to the Crucible Channel may be prove useful in saving him and the other victims from this new nightmare.

Eulacram is designed both as an Epilogue to Soursalt and its own series. While Soursalt is to be seen as a more found-footage style story, Eulacram utilizes the idea posed by the prologue that the entity can create videos with dreams, to showcase a cinematic-like view of events within the story. Some episodes can transition between hand-held, cinematic handheld, and cinematic third person, to allow for a unique approach on telling the story.

New viewers of the series can pick up with Act 1 or Act 2 Eulacram (on 10/1/23) without having fully watched Soursalt or Eulacram's prologue ; which will allow for an easier transition into the new content while everything you need to know will be given to you through the story. Viewers of the past content, and even those part of the first 600 subscribers will get the full experience though, as they will have seen the journey of some of these characters from the beginning, understanding the trauma that led them to becoming who they are today.

Soursalt // Eulacram is unlike any other web series you have seen, or dreamed. It's dark, gritty, there's a talking lizard, it's sharp and brutal at times ; but comedic, light hearted and emotional at others. The characters feel real, their pain feels real. If you're looking for web series horror that breaks the mould, takes risks, and isn't afraid to pop out an eye or two… or three… or ---

Then on October 1st, 2023, you should wake up to a very strange channel in your subscription box on Youtube.

This is that channel.

it shows us our dreams

it evolves with the time

it lives in your eyes

and hunts in your mind

On October 1st, 2016, 600 people woke up to a very strange channel in their subscription box on YouTube with no memory of ever subscribing to it.

The events that unfolded affected many lives, caused misery, chaos, and death to ensue, and ensured the instigator of it all, the Madman of Re, could ascend.

Five years later, on October 1st, 2022, 2,500+ people woke up subscribed to this channel once more, bringing with it new dreams and nightmares, and a new threat more fierce and more malicious in the Madman's absence.

This is that channel.

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LIST IS BELOW THIS POINT

[username coming] - Creator of keys (Arkn Mythos)

keys: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoa_MvaCYVQHl5gjipFR8ww

@aeckyle - Creator of Archive Enrichment Center (Slenderverse)

Archive Enrichment Center: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwob15R-B5N8GdSj2k9-1wg

@deathlylogic - Creator of soursalt (N/A), -HOOH-:[SECRETS_HIDDEN_BEYOND_THE_SIGHT] (Arkn Mythos), Collin Clowny; Redgod (Arkn Mythos), Malachi X (Arkn Mythos & Arkn Legacy), Recollect (Slenderverse)

soursalt: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTvW2ZKELtrrc5KY7hrQwg

-HOOH-:[SECRETS_HIDDEN_BEYOND_THE_SIGHT]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHSzkDDVNx1DSjXpfNUD1A

Collin Clowny; Redgod: https://www.youtube.com/user/handprintsofthedead

Malachi X: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpY5pgCFCunBvWMpmmLH5pg

Recollect: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyoBlyQx_7B2pSI3mnR13iQ

@turkeyleniniii - Creator of CH/SS (N/A)

CH/SS: https://www.youtube.com/user/eleventhSymbol

@daccopp - Creator of C.C.C. (AceVerse), I.G.G. (AceVerse)

C.C.C.: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCegkFgrDAyADljtIv2zpT_w

I.G.G.: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCegkFgrDAyADljtIv2zpT_w

@darianjay - Creator of Deadlift Moving Co (Multiversal)

Deadlift Moving Co: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWbDKUbi4hKtv6Ah3s4_FQ

@aidanlloydelliott - Creator of Cave of Shadows (N/A), factors of 0 (N/A)

Cave of Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/caveofshadows

factors of 0: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEBFGGqOHUhzybiJwbg9_g

@xcorruptedapostlex - Creator of he spoke your name (Slenderverse), comewithmechildren (Slenderverse)

he spoke your name: https://www.youtube.com/user/FarwestLeader0

comewithmechildren: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpk6Fe6PnR4Ti0m3X-dGEgA

@eugene--m - Creator of The Insane Gamer (N/A)

The Insane Gamer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgpIPN1CJvu7g03myYReECA

@whyhellomynameismary - Creator of hiimmarymary (N/A)

hiimmarymary: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_b4VvmzIVwf8bCC-eoMDzg

@penthepoet - Creator of Staff of the Scholar (Arkn Legacy), Bard of the Black Violin (Arkn Legacy)

Staff of the Scholar: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCRH647ShRjXULRUqMKNs8g

Bard of the Black Violin: https://bard-of-the-black-violin.tumblr.com/

@thenimbus - Creator of TribeTwelve (Slenderverse)

TribeTwelve: https://www.youtube.com/user/TribeTwelve

@they-are-father-time - Creator of Project D.V. (N/A)

Project D.V.: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtkox6J3WBiUs274pW6tnfg/featured

@sv-ev - Creator of Stan Frederick (Slenderverse)

Stan Frederick: https://www.youtube.com/user/StanFrederickBTS

@sleeplessnightsofthinking - Creator of WhisperedFaith (Slenderverse)

WhisperedFaith: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhisperedFaith

@sugarchop7 - Creator of Tales from the Van People (Slenderverse)

Tales from the Van People: https://talesfromthevanpeople.tumblr.com/

@pesterjest - Creator of Prythos Deep Sea Research (N/A)