#Psychonauts spoilers

[doodledoodlesdoodles]

replaying psychonauts 2

[dogencool]

You guys ever think about how good the Tomb of The Sharkophagus level in Psychonauts 2 is. The mood whiplash. The slow dreadful realization of what Ford and Lucy have done. "No, Raz, you didn't." David Kaye's whole performance there really. Man it's just such a good part of such a good game

[straw-terry]

🎵🎶🍷🌈

[fizzlecosmos]

Men will literally lie about being in the military and be subjected to working at a summer camp instead of going to therapy

[bootycheeks-world]

What's the matter Caligosto?

[belleski]

-Consumes new piece of media

-Sighs and goes to add a tally to my 'unethical scientist blorbo' tally

-goes back to bed

[Image description] Image 1: A digital illustration of Dr Loboto from the Psychonauts series. He's drawn from the waist up at a 3/4 angle, with his gloved hand holding a golden dental tool. His other prosthetic arm is held slightly up as if in thought. He's grinning wildly, revealing a set of sharp teeth. The background is a warm brown and features sketches of various characters from the psyconauts franchise, such as Linda the lungfish, Loboto's family, Shegor and the fish gaurds from Rhombus of ruin. There is a bright magenta blood splatter covering the middle of the background. Image 2: A monochrome comic of Loboto, who has one hand up to his chest and the other gesturing of to the side. He's grinning and saying 'I have no relevant skills. I am unpleasant to work with. I like to cause problems.' Coach Oleander can be seen in the bottom right corner, glaring up at Loboto. Image 3: A continuation of the comic . Oleander stands to the right of the canvas with one hand on his hip and the other pointing up at Loboto who is standing in the foreground on the far left. With a sharp grin and a glare, he ignores Loboto's warnings and says 'Hired.' [End ID]

[0lliecl0wn]

i havent even gotten to playing psychonauts 2 yet but to me gristol looks 12 months pregnant

like how much of a beer gut can you possibly have to look like your baby was due 3 years ago

[xebsart]

this has been sitting around gathering dust in my folders so i finally got around to coloring it

(lord help me if i ever decide to draw Gristols crown again. i wasnt putting that much detail into it and it still felt like it took forever)

[heximinimalsartstuff]

When will he wear wigs?

[portalcartoon]

[straw-terry]

☀

[lightphieric]

I've been playing Psychonauts and I've connected the dots, I've connected them.

[maplemaplemaplemaplemaple]

thought that has haunted me for months on end:: did milla know that thorney towers was burning during the battle in lobotos lab. even if she couldn't directly see the fire she must've been able to smell the smoke. the fear in knowing that raz and lili were down there somewhere outside, outwith her protection. and the more immediate danger of herself and her colleagues, her partner, being at the very top of this burning building. the brief panic that the life she worked so hard to rebuild would be taken from her in the same exact way it was before. aaughhhh chewing gravel

[cantheykillmacbeth]

the psychic animals from psychonauts could kill macbeth! especially linda the lungfish.

Yes, The Hideous Hulking Lungfish of Lake Oblongata AKA Linda from Psychonauts could kill Macbeth!

She applies for the Gender Clause on account of being a woman, as well as the Unconventional Birth Clause due to the fact that in real life, Lungfish lay and hatch from eggs.

She does not apply for the Birth Parent Clause, however, since even though she was mutated and psychically altered by male Dr. Caligosto Loboto, there is evidence in-game that she was sentient beforehand, back when she was a regular Lungfish. This is seen in her memories as her watching a television pre-capture and in the secret PSI Cadet Rank 100 cutscene where she clearly remembers having a history with Mr. Pokeylope pre-capture.

Thank you for your submission!

[tokimaeki]

Making a post about Sasha and Milla's respective traumas and how they handle them, bc I'm obsessed with the way they foil one another. Read below for my takes:

SO. In Sasha's Shooting Gallery, Sasha's mindscape is a big, mechanical cube. It's sleek. It's clean. It's perfectly controlled, just like Sasha himself.

Then Raz starts messing with the lever, and things start going wrong very quickly. It only takes one mistake for Sasha's childhood traumas to come bursting out of the cube in a way that is far less organized than his mindscape would like to have you think. What's more, these childhood traumas aren't exactly well-organized. Each side is haphazardly cluttered, as if the memories were just shoved inside the cube with no thought given how well they'd fit.

It's sort of like how, when cleaning my room as a kid, I'd just shove all my stuff into the closet and shut the door before it could all tumble out. Sure, the room looks great now-- but once I mess up and accidentally open that door, it's going to take a lot of work to get things back to normal.

And the same thing happens in Sasha's mind. Once one repressed trauma bursts out, it doesn't take long for another to follow suit. And another. And another. Raz can't stop them from coming out, and by the time he's managed to deal with one side of the cube, another one has already popped open. And of course, this all culminates in a giant Censor coming out to promptly beat the tar out of Sasha. It takes a lot of time, effort, and pain to get Sasha's mind back in order.

Meanwhile, Milla's mind is, for the entirety of her stage, perfectly stable-- despite her tragic backstory of her orphanage burning down in a fire, the psychic screams of the children in her care echoing in her mind. Why is that? Well, it's because Milla's traumatic memories and other painful emotions are safely sequestered off the beaten path, in that little locked room of fire and brimstone.

At first, I thought this was another case of a character dealing with their trauma in an unhealthy way. I mean, she's literally locking away her negative thoughts! That can't possibly be healthy, right?

But then it hit me. While Milla has put her thoughts in a part of her mind that's difficult to access, they're not really 'locked away.' in fact, you can access them pretty easily, as long as you know what you're doing and what steps you have to take. And once you do get there, the nightmares can't hurt you. They're scary to confront, sure. It's heartbreaking and distressing to hear the children's screams for help. But nothing in that room physically harms you.

And that's the beauty of Milla's mind. Similarly to Sasha, she successfully copes with her trauma by compartmentalizing it, putting it in a spot where it can't hurt herself or others. But unlike Sasha, Milla's pain is accessible. It's easily reachable, but near impossible to stumble into accidentally. And most importantly, it isn't going to come bursting out and causing mayhem if you make a mistake somewhere.

I love the way these two's minds foil one another. It's such a good example of unhealthy repression VS healthy compartmentalization.

[0lliecl0wn]

razputin: messes with hollis's mind so he can go on the mission

hollis: