SWTD Theory
Still Wakes the Deep has been a huge brainworm for me the past few weeks, so I wanted to make a post with one of my takes. Someone’s probably thought of this already, but I can’t find anything about it, so here I go.
Innes: "Oh wow, it's quite chilly today, I hope Roy has something nice for us to eat at tea. He always makes the best, hot meals on this damn rig."
Infected Muir in the kitchen trying to make something to eat:
ID: A digital fan piece representing the horror/entity from Still Wakes the Deep. Caz is standing in front of the monster, who has taken over the oil rig, holding his arm with the lighter high. It is raining, and the drawing is multi-colored in the way the monster is represented in-game. End ID
"i promise, i'll never leave your side"
cannot believe the guardian article saying that it’s hard to care about the protagonist of still wakes the deep. Maybe it’s because I’m Scottish but I got so attached to every single minor character in that game from the get go. Found myself wishing it was like until dawn where you could keep everyone alive if you tried really hard
What would the guardian know about heavy labour workers?
I just finished the game this morning. It was fantastic, emotion rising and satisfying to consume. I am Turkish, have no Scottish background or whatever but I AM gonna to learn Scottish Gaelic after this. The accents in the game was scracthing an itch I did not know existed in my head. [Spoilers ahead from here.] You do not just care about protagonist alone, you care about him WITHIN the people he is interacting with. His coworkers, his wife, his girls...Man I teared up when Brodie ended that call with the depiction of a calm skye and a sea. I teared up when Finlay crashed out and did eventually crashed under the wrecked lights. And the art surrounding The Shape (the creature)...it is a wicked and messed up creature...but the some cutscenes WERE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY MAGICAL. I was in awe.
SCOTLAND FOREVAAA
I have absolutely 0 idea how to post about AU ideas so I’m just… gonna propose it like this
you’ve heard of Ultrakill … you’ve heard of Dredge … but now I present to you… ULTRADREDGE (name pending.)
- Ferryman MC
- Idk if it takes place in Hell or not, maybe an alternate Hell or something
Main concept
After crashing his Ferry and being rescued by a mysterious siren figure (Gabriel,) the Ferryman finds himself in a remote archipelago. Having to work his way back up with faith and selling fish to the local town, he tasks himself with unraveling the secrets of the isles and finding his savior once more.
Further ideas — Characters
- Gabriel could be a more classic Siren, aka the harpy-like ones
- V1, alternatively, could be a more classic Mermaid / Mermaidic biological machine. Like the Deity, he’d be the cause of the aberrations and influence of evil, both intentionally and as a byproduct of existing
- V2 could work as both the wandering merchant and the Collector, helping the Ferryman on his journey. It would be cool if he was something like a selkie with a connection to V1. Maybe he’s even hunting his estranged brother White Whale Style (WHIIITE WHAAALE HOLY GRAAAAAAILL—)
- Minos Prime could potentially be both the old mayor and the lighthouse keeper
- Sisyphus Prime could potentially be the retired whaler
This is just the basic concept and needs a lot of work but yayyy wow we need more Mer-AUs in Ultrakill… if anyone is even vaguely intrigued by this idea lmk!!