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vonecent · 4 months ago

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WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

WELCOME, ONE AND ALL

TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

WELCOME TO OUR FALL

> Behold the Machine by Vernian Process

> 6h 31m

> I was going to digitally paint this and then I remembered I hate painting digitally so instead it's pixel art

#painting traditionally with acrylics or watercolours is fun though. I don't do it often enough #ultrakill #ultrakill fanart #earthmover #earthmover ultrakill #earthmover fanart #7-4 ultrakill #7-4 #1000 thr #ultrakill art #robots #earthmovers #my art #behold the machine #vernian process #pixel art

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mossy-green-aka-ferrythem · 8 months ago

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Man, that recent episode of Dungeon Meshi hits hard...

Makes me think very, very deeply about the entire narrative and the meaning of it all, the very meaning of life with how the food chain functions and how fundamentally INESCAPABLE the ecosystem is... that a human being can be so easily seen as a mere nourishing bundle of fat and sinews...

This tonal shift also does make me think about ULTRAKILL as well. Now this may seem like a bit of a stretch, a jump, (especially since I am not caught up on the narrative of Dungeon Meshi), but hear me out (Violence Spoilers ahead btw)

ULTRAKILL is fundamentally thematically about Violence, and a certain kind of it. The Violence that reduces a human being to a splatter of blood, the Violence of a machine who is inherently DEFINED by Violence, how the entire Violence layer is the game's narrative way of cementing the implications that your actions have had over the course of the entire game.

Now my thoughts would be messy, trying to compile the thematic bombshell that is Layer 7, Violence, so I will focus on the part that hit me harder than anything else:

1000-THR "Earthmover"

Just the name alone is so loaded, a Machine so large it causes one's perception of their surroundings to fade away, and stand in awe of this singular, perfect pinnacle of Violence, a machine that stands at the apex of the arms race of the final wars, a perfect representation of Violence, for it is a being that is defined by Violence so completely, and so perfectly, that it really is the only way it could have ended. What hits me about it so hard is that throughout all of Violence, the game has been hitting you over and over again with the impact and implications of your actions, but with the Earthmover? That's just... everything...

1000-THR "Earthmover" has left nothing left, 7-4 "...Like Antennas to Heaven" hits so colossally hard that it's hard to get all my thoughts into words, it feels like an impossibility almost. But one thing I can say is how beautifully it paints the horrific meaning of "Blood is Fuel" when it's exhaust vents are opened up.

That moment, when the music in the background changes from a quaking, all encompassing song of Violence, to a towering, harrowing lament, as if to draw attention to what the Earthmover is... the way the smoke that comes out isn't white like steam, or black like coal or oil, but is RED. There is not a single part of this machine that is built for Violence, that is not fueled by Violence. Crushed Bone and Cut Sinew are the only things that can define it. It's not so much a travesty that it exists this way, but with how complete it is conceptually with it's Violence, with how it came into existence in the first place...

God I am saying a lot here but I really do hope what I'm saying strikes an accord. Dungeon Meshi is such an insanely fucking good narrative, and ULTRAKILL probably has one of my favorite narratives (and just about everything) that I've seen presented in a game. Ever.

Anyways yeah go forth my autistic ramblings!

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #ULTRAKILL #ultrakill violence #1000 thr earthmover #earthmover #ULTRAKILL discussion #...like antennas to heaven #7-4 ultrakill #is this anything

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raptorrobot · 11 months ago

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