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discernible-eyes · 3 months

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i don't have a ps4 but i love bloodborne with all my forces

seeing your screenshots of the game is like putting a giant meat in front of a starved dog who can't reach it

This is why I and many others genuinely wish Fromsoft would just release Bloodborne for other platforms 😩 Having to buy an entire console is a pretty unreasonable requirement for a lot of people and that's probably the biggest barrier to entry that Bloodborne has. It's a damn shame! I can only hope that we finally get cross-platform support for BB in the future, even if not an actual remake or remaster.

Though to be honest, I strongly believe BB would benefit a huge amount from a total remake. For as wonderful a game as it is, there's a lot that feels a bit lacking content-wise, especially after seeing how other Souls games are made and what they can offer. Bloodborne loses out on a lot of components that would have really helped to make it feel more complete and well-rounded, and sadly, a lot of those things were actually planned to be included but for some reason just got totally scrapped. I have to assume due to time constraints, but I don't know for sure. A remake that not only improved the game's appearance and functionality, but also allowed for some scrapped scenes, items, mechanics and such to be finally implemented would be an absolute treat! But whether it happens or not is another story 😓

In any case, I hope you are able to experience the game for yourself one day, one way or another! I must continue posting screenshots here however in the meanwhile, for an artist's work is never done and I need as many reference images as I can get 😂

#sinquiries #(i will be huffing the copium from now until forever SURELY ONE DAY THIS GAME WILL BE CROSS PLATFORM...)#(honestly the modders who are making the game from scratch in ue5 will probably get it done before fromsoft does 😂😂 so theres that...)#(everyone deserves to experience this game....it is a treasure)

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discernible-eyes · 3 months

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Some spicy hot cheeto hunters while I'm at it because I love how intentionally vivid and saturated blood always looks in this game to offset the drab gray scenery and I wanna draw more adjacent things to that amen

#sinery #(i have like 8 profiles on this game and 10000 screenshots of them all this is why i needed a secret sideblog)

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discernible-eyes · 3 months

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More various visits about town for my own nefarious purposes. I always loved that giant amygdala statue just chilling in Yahar'gul lmao.

#sinery #(i have spent more time than id care to admit staring at that corner of the chapel while drawing altar LMAO)#(a lot of times i just boot this game to go strolling around and looking a the scenery)#(like a photographer going on location KSKFLSF)#(maybe ill start taking more in game photography and doing it properly at some point)#(dont hold ur breath tho)

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discernible-eyes · 3 months

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Casual shots of Cathedral Ward and Central Yharnam on here for my convenience, mainly because I will want to do some art studies with them lmao ✨

#sinery #(i always forget to turn my hud off when taking screenshots but that is irrelevant JDKSKFSK)#(i promised myself 2024 would be the year i get bolder about tackling backgrounds and nothing will motivate me more than yharnam scenery)#(i have a lot on my to do list aside from having an existential/artistic crisis)#(this was rain's profile i believe...i would love to do more with his character he has a lot going on as well LOL)

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discernible-eyes · 5 months

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Adelina Corday 🍎

#game; lies of p #(hi. id like to tell you that i love her design and want to draw her QUITE AWFULLY SO)#(god bless this studio for giving us a gallery of the models tho bc it is....smth i desire constantly in all games)#(i can feel myself being dragged into the maw of this fandom as we speak. as if being on ng+5 wasnt a big enough tell LOL)#(dont mind me...just curating my personal reference library as usual)

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discernible-eyes · 6 months

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How me and my Tarnished look slouching on the throne after that absurd final boss

#elden sin #(i have joined the ranks of the elden lords and i am soooooo tired 😂😂😂😂😂)#(that boss fight can kiss my ass!!!!!)#(i am parking my royal behind on this throne and teleporting back to the hunters dream)#(good game tho 10/10 except that final boss being super balls to the walls LMAO)#(but the first thought i had during the credits was how excited i was to play bb again now this experience was done 😂)#(yharnam bitches dont change. i am yharnam bitches)#(Until the dlc my vacation to the lands between is complete)#(i would like to draw some of my tarnished's fits tho bc the drip in this game? extraordinary)

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discernible-eyes · 6 months

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My goofy struggles prevail even in Elden Ring 😂

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#elden sin #(this is from a few days ago lmao i just beat maliketh yesterday and....hoo boy)#(LSFLLXLD i love the hoslows helm....i wanna draw it on my tarnished so bad)#(lmao i love these lil skull guys and their random appearances)

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discernible-eyes · 6 months

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My adventure in ER is going well so please enjoy these images of my Tarnished Esfir and some pretty scenery lmao ✨️

#elden sin #(im obsessed with this game sorry to tell u)#(fromsoft u done it again)#(esfir is like if aloysha had a stoic knightly cousin from the lands between)#(CARIAN KNIGHT ARMOR???? THE DRIP IS OFF THE DAMN CHARTS)#(The open world formula works so well with fromsofts game design tbh this game is an absolute treat)#(i put that antler headband on her now that ive been through nokron too lmao as a deer lover that felt like it was made 4 me)#(it looks like im gonna end up marrying ranni bc i am a simp for the carian aesthetic sorry MOON SIMP ETERNAL)#(the bloodborne roots in me crave the moonlight. THE HOLY MOONLIGHT U COULD SAY.....)#(every time i see ranni tho i think of that post that says 'ranni has termites' and i just start CACKLING)

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discernible-eyes · 6 months

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Welcome to Sin Rambles About Something Bizarre because I went down a very interesting rabbit hole last night about Swords, namely the Holy Moonlight Sword.

I'll open with this question; have you ever wondered why the sword is green in its transformed state? I'll admit, this probably doesn't seem like something worth questioning in the grand scheme of things, though the fact a moonlight themed sword was represented with teal-green always stood out to me as being quite novel. Even so, the ethereal vibe such a weapon demanded was still efficiently imparted, so I didn't really dwell on it beyond that.

That is, until I saw this bronze sword and its unusual green hue which instantly conjured up some potent imagery of the HMS for me.

It goes without saying this sword isn't supposed to be green-we have the build up of verdigris on the bronze to thank for that much, but the colour of verdigris, especially in concentrated amounts, is a particularly striking one; so much so indeed that it has been used since antiquity as an actual pigment for artistic use. But what's most striking and most delightful about it to me is how much these (very pretty) verdrigris-coated swords resemble the HMS.

Now, obviously I'm not trying to imply that the HMS is just an antiquated sword that has a poisonous film of pretty crystals on it- especially when the sword in the story's context is obviously arcane in nature and can change form and colour at the wielder's will. But it did get the thought going of whether there was some merit to the idea that maybe the metal the HMS was made of has any signficance. Namely, if it could contain bronze, and why that would be thematically and mechanically significant.

Metals are in fact given some considerable spotlight and importance in Bloodborne's lore, after all. In the descriptions for items from the Old Hunter set and the Decorative Old Hunter set, we are treated to the following insights:

"Old hunter garb decorated with brass trinkets."

"Old hunter gauntlets made of brass to protect their weapon-bearing hands. At the time, some hunters believed certain metals would guard off beast blood."

So, brass was widely considered to be effective at warding off the beastly scourge and the infected blood in the days of the old hunters. We can see echoes of this superstition remain even during the events of the player's journey through Yharnam, given metal plates are still prominently featured in the classic hunter gear on the boots and gloves. The executioner's garb also features a considerable amount of brass rivets on its respective gauntlets.

But the phrasing here implies there were multiple metals that were held in a similar regard besides just brass. In which case, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that bronze might be among them, and in particular, this might correlate to the material that the HMS is (at least partially) constructed from.

Pursuing that train of thought, I went diving for some historical and religious accounts of the use and importance of bronze throughout the years, and I was not disappointed with what I found.

Firstly, bronze has a surprising amount of religious importance and symbolism, being mentioned numerous times in biblical passages and almost always in association with God, his quarters and the deliverance of divine justice. Bronze is described and thought of as a "wall between the individual wielding it and the corruption of the material world"; this is a very striking statement given the HMS is what brings clarity back to Ludwig even at his most bestial and inhuman state-it restores his sense of humanity to him, severing him from his beastly corruption at least in spirit if not in body.

Furthermore, specifically in Revelations: 218, a double edged bronze sword is described as being a "symbol of the word of God" and his ability to pass judgement and mete out divine punishment. Broadly speaking, bronze in biblical context is a recurring symbol of strength, justice, resilience and purification, as well as of judgement and punishment. All remarkably fitting themes for our favourite sword and its wielder, if you ask me, as his story hits upon each of them to a T.

Whats more, bronze is traditionally used in the making of bells due to its desirable properties, like the hardness of the metal and the quality of sound and resonance that it is able to produce. Bells made of bronze are meant to be more durable and create a clearer, stronger tone. It's still used even to this day for church bells and hand-tuned bells.

I find this tidbit quite interesting given bells are another iconic staple in the world of Bloodborne. I think its a safe assumption that the bells we are all familiar with, such as our summoning and beckoning items, are probably made of bronze with this fact in mind. The artwork even features that signature verdigris colour on some of the bells you can collect!

The fact that bronze is prized as a bell-making material for its potent resonance and sound also ties well with the themes and uses of bells in Bloodborne; these items are meant to cast out a chime that can be heard across space and time itself, used as a tool to connect to and cross over to other realms, or summon things from them to our own. In the more superantural context of Bloodborne's universe, where metals are assigned and demonstrate more superstitious/arcane properties, the logical through-line would be that bronze in this world is a potent channel for the arcane-namely the sort of magic concerned with summoning and communicating with other worlds or otherworldly entities.

Meanwhile, the Holy Moonlight Sword is a literal arcane powerhouse of a weapon imbued with the power of the cosmos that even potentially was "speaking" to Ludwig-or rather, something was using the sword to communicate with him. He famously addresses the sword as his mentor, his guiding moonlight, and whatever was speaking to him from within it or through it even bestowed upon him (or transcribed for him) the Guidance rune. Needless to say, something was certainly using Ludwig's signature sword to make contact with him.

The English description of the sword reads: "When blue moonlight dances around the sword, it channels the abyssal cosmos." So-a sword that can channel the cosmos, paired with bells that can echo across the cosmos to contact other worlds. The sword is quite possibly not entirely dissimilar to the bells in that regard-it opens a channel to another world, or at the very least draws power from it, but through that channel, another entity is able to make contact with the wielder.

Interestingly, whenever the wielder wishes to transform the blade, they must pass their hand over its length which then causes the blade to resonate with a chime-like tone, and the flush of arcane light swiftly follows. Perhaps the sound that resonates from the blade, much like the resonance of a hunter's bells, is what truly summons the Holy Moonlight Sword's Arcane power and facilitates contact with the cosmos. I'll admit relying on a basic animation for this theory is potentially a logical leap though, especially given we are told moonlight is what activates the sword-but I find the implication and correlation an intriguing one all the same!

But I digress. If the HMS was indeed bronze, or an alloy of bronze such as silver-toned White Bronze which contained much of the same metals in its composition, then this trait could match up well with the communicative properties of bronze bells in the Bloodborne universe. The sword is made of a metal that allows it to behave as a literal conduit through which the cosmos is able to channel its power, and through which powerful unseen entities are able to make their voices heard. That the sword was found in Isz makes even greater sense with that in mind, as Isz of course is the realm most strongly connected to the kin, the cosmos and the arcane, as well as Daughter of the Cosmos herself, Ebrietas. The sword may have even been a tool in antiquity that was used and designed to actually communicate with the Great Ones more efficiently.

Am I completely sure about any of this being definitive or intentional? Not at all! Nothing is certain in the mysterious world of Bloodborne, after all. But it was a really fun little rabbit hole to dive down into, and I hope this likewise was a somewhat fun and interesting read that developed from which.

#sinsights #(interesting too that bronze is an alloy of copper tin and silver)#(and if we are going by this theory's logic that in this universe bronze is a conduit for the arcane)#(in elden ring gold is the exact opposite and actually forestalls the meddling of outer gods....HMMMMMM)#(all this to say sin got obsessed with a sword covered in poisonous crystals and went off to study it)#(thats adhd for u folks LOL)#(I THINK IT WAS WORTH WHILE THO......THIS WAS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT)#(i dont know if anyone has discussed this before lmao PROBABLY TBH IM LATE AS HELL TO THIS FANDOM but still...)

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discernible-eyes · 6 months

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