#malingen
Text
Death Stranding (2019)
#2019#gaming#science fiction#post-apocalyptic#Death Stranding#Mama#Lockne#Sam Porter Bridges#Sam Bridges#Bridge Baby#Fragile#Deadman#Samantha America Strand#Amelie#Heartman#Higgs Monaghan#Malingen#Cliff Unger#United States Army Special Forces
33 notes
·
View notes
Text
Mama, the inverted stillmother
Kojima loves his parallels. Higgs and Sam (the "tom and jerry" archetype he made a tweet about), the two Lous (self explanatory), Amelie and Cliff (the parents at war). Mama herself already has a natural double in her twin, Lockne.
but she's also an inversion of a concept the game doesn't mention much: stillmothers.
a stillmother is where BBs come from, a pregnant brain-dead woman whose fetus is removed and sealed in a pod. this teetering between life and death, the unborn child taken from a functionally dead mother, is what allows the BBs to function like they do, making a bridge between the living and the dead and not only seeing BTs but allowing others to see them too via a connection with the umbilical cord. the stillmother and BB maintain their connection through womb data, which is essential to the BBs continued health, as it must always believe it is in its mother's womb.
Mama is the opposite: a mother birthing a child that dies in the same instance, a BT before the umbilical cord was even cut. this tethers the BT to her instead of the other side, but it also holds her in stasis. she's not dead but not really living either, and the tension of the cord pulling in both directions is the only thing that's keeping her breathing. once it's cut, the snap back kills her.
where BBs are in constant portable motion, facilitating connection, Mama is stationary, solitary, disconnected from her sister because of her condition. both metaphorically and literally, Mama lives for the dead. in a way, she's also a more extreme reflection of Sam, or maybe a warning to him, where reconnection with the living literally saves her soul.
the BT baby is literally an attempt at connection gone wrong. the baby that was meant to be raised by both Lockne and Malingen, that was meant to bridge the divide between living a dead by being made from what was left of Lockne's lover, died, severing all of those connections permanently. that this is practically the only other child character we see in the game apart from Sam and BB seems important. Sam and the BT baby were both children that were meant to create personal bonds at their birth/ removal from the pod, Cliff and Lisa (and even a severing of bonds if we consider Cliff Vs Bridget and in lesser part, John/ Die-Hardman), the BT connecting the the sisters and the dead husband. but BB 28 is collective child, impersonal, working for the future of the whole. only once BB 28 has completed her job and reconnected the whole of America is she allowed to become Lou, the personal child, only required to connect herself and Sam.
children connect the collective, but cannot be relied upon to connect the personal for anyone but their own sake, maybe?
in any case, Mama is fooling herself, same as the BB must be fooled to continue on. she knows her child must return to the other side, that she is no longer the BT baby's mother in anything but name only, but she holds onto that umbilical cord with both hands, until she literally can't anymore, until she realises that her connection with the living has to be rekindled for the sake of America and the chiral network, her life's work.
#death stranding#mama death stranding#malingen#lockne#lou#bb 28#sam bridges#character analysis#? i guess
12 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Hundreds of hours spent building highways.
[ID: Three black and white digital drawings featuring characters from the video game Death Stranding.
First, a drawing of Fragile facing the horizon, looking back towards the viewer. She is holding up her umbrella. Two birds are flying in the distance.
Second, a drawing of Mama posed as if she is cradling a baby. Behind her is an impression of Lockne drawn in scant, loose lines.
Third, a drawing of Higgs Monaghan seated facing the viewer. His head rests against the palm of his left hand, while his right hand is held up towards his mouth gesturing to hush. The lower half of his face is covered by a skull-like mask, while his eyes drip with black fluid. His forehead is scribbled with indiscernible writing.
End ID]
111 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Several Death Stranding doodles with light spoilers ahead in the image descriptions.
[ID: Four digital doodles based on the video game Death Stranding.
The first is an image of Higgs Monaghan raising BTs from the ground.
The second is an image of Malingen with her floating BT baby standing beside Lockne.
The third is an image of Deadman standing fully clothed in a running shower while Sam Bridges looks at him perplexed.
The fourth is an image of Sam Bridges bathing in a natural hot spring while playing with his BB, while Malingen lies on the ground in her corpse disposal suit, asking, "Sam?" out loud.
End ID]
70 notes
·
View notes
Text
I love her so much, I think I might just implode alksjdflasdk#
Time to go for a little walk :D Well, more like, one hell of a long ass walk haha But at least I get to listen to Malingen chat away as we go <3 Very excited to meet Lockne properly as well <3 *heart eyes*
#death stranding#mama death stranding#yukichouji plays video games#and falls in love with badass female side characters#Malingen#I know I am late with this game but eh?#It got me haha
12 notes
·
View notes
Text
Målingen / Lockne
34 notes
·
View notes
Photo
#mama death stranding#death stranding#hideo kojima#kojima productions#malingen#fanart#sketch#digital art#digital painting
28 notes
·
View notes
Text
Top ten Video Game Characters of all time (in no particular order):
10. Fiona the Conartist- Tales from the Borderlands
9. Lara Croft - Tomb Raider
8. Arthur Morgan - Red Dead Redemption 2
7. Abby Anderson and Lev - The Last of us 2
6. Amanda Ripley - Alien Isolation
5.Steph Gingrich- Life is Strange: True Colors
4.Malingen and Lockne- Death Stranding
3. Summoner Yuna - Final Fantasy X
2. Dr. Liara T'Soni - Mass Effect
1. Lightning Farron- Final Fantasy XIII
#video games#favorite video game characters#top 10#fiona the con artist#lara croft#arthur morgan#amanda ripley#summoner yuna#lightning farron#liara t'soni#steph gingrich#mama death stranding#lockne#malingen#abby anderson#lev#lev tlou2#queue the game
12 notes
·
View notes
Text
Death Stranding - Mama (Malingen) Cosplay
View On WordPress
6 notes
·
View notes
Text
Didn’t think cross country delivery boy simulator would make me emotional, but the twins proved me wrong
#and yes there were many subsequent times after that that I was proven wrong again lmao#was it a good game imo? ehhhhh….. nah#did I enjoy the fuck out of it? absolutely I did#did I become annoyingly fond of the whole main cast? excluding Amelie yes I did. die hard#die hardman surprised me the most out of all of these tbh#but yeah. good game. can’t wait to play it again#death stranding#lockne death stranding#malingen death stranding#mama death stranding#my art#personal
90 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Death Stranding (2019)
#2019#gaming#science fiction#post-apocalyptic#Death Stranding#Sam Porter Bridges#Sam Bridges#Bridge Baby#Fragile#Deadman#Samantha America Strand#Amelie#Mama#Lockne#Heartman#Higgs Monaghan#Malingen#Cliff Unger#United States Army Special Forces
72 notes
·
View notes
Text
🤔
17 notes
·
View notes
Text
love kojima's passion for hot women who are strange and off putting
#this is about fragile and quiet and the beauty and the beast unit#malingen kinda fits but shes not really sexy/sexualized she just has a really pretty face#v#death stranding#mgs
30 notes
·
View notes
Text
Did I did it? Yes. Do I care if you find it cringe? No (Yes, I used Malingen from Death Stranding because Margaret is Eden's faceclaim and gets close to her so imagine the videogame version like this)
#x: fire and gasoline#oc:eden“spectra”park#pairing: ghost & eden#call of duty oc:eden “spectra” park#call of duty oc#simon ghost riley#cod oc#original character#call of duty#cod mw2#ghost cod#cod ghost#ghost x eden
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
Thought I sould probably put these under a cut because technically it’s a spoiler for the DS I. Whoops. I know it’s been out for a while, but still.
One last trip with Mama,I guess :x
#death stranding#malingen#lockne#sam porter bridges#now I'm sad#carrying her to mountain knot was my favorite mission so far#I know she's kind of still there#but I miss her all the same#🥲#I like lockne as well#but there was more of an emotional connection with Mama#I might have a bit of a crush on her#I cry
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
shadow-schemer:
the concept of twins in Elden Ring had me going back to Fatal Frame 2's lore and a portion of Death Stranding's (Malingen and Lockne). When one of the twins die, it's seen as a soul reuniting with its split half because twins are regarded as one soul in two bodies. In the case of Fatal Frame, the older twin must sacrifice the younger twin to become gods in the mortal realm and divine realm. (the twist of the story is the birth order)
i don’t know anything about death stranding but YES FATAL FRAME 2 that game’s thing with twins is like. my favourite. the way the twins are avoided (because of both fear and respect) so they only have each other also reminds me of morgott and mohg and what childhood must’ve been like for them, having to fend for themselves and only having each other, and i like to imagine they have that kind of almost supernatural bond, hence the idea that they could sense when the other one dies
also @nohaijiachi wrote a super sad fic in which mohg, under the influence of the formless mother and not in control of his own actions, kills morgott with his hands on his throat, and thanks to fatal frame 2′s default/canon ending all i could do was imagine mohg with a red butterfly mark on his throat afterwards :’)
16 notes
·
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
mawj6295
題名未設定
bitwynn
pov: you're Kaeya
coneindajunkyard
suh' dude
randomrando767
The psychedelic spade
nickel-doll
Story of my fucking life