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thermodynamic-comedian · 2 months ago

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there's something so weirdly sweet about the fishing aspect of cruelty squad to me. like sure, we never get a proper backstory for john, but he knows how to fish (and the names of different species of fish in the cruelty squad universe), and a tattered rain hat is "nostalgic" for him. it's pretty clear that he used to be a fisher, maybe even a fisherman's son, someone who grew up with this completely ordinary and grounded hobby that he still understands and enjoys as an adult, despite whatever mental breakdown he had apparently causing him to lose touch with most of his memories (personal interpretation).

it's so strangely comforting that in a game notorious for its absurdism and jarring graphics and incomprehensible lore, a game where you literally kill and become god, a game that's essentially a parody of late-stage capitalism, you can ignore your mission and go fishing instead. you can put on a tattered rain hat and go fishing. to me, it feels a lot like a reminder that even in the absolute batshit world we live in, people are still people, no matter how hard you try to strip them of their humanity (you can fish on any difficulty; john's ability to engage in his one and only hobby can't be taken away even when his divine light is severed, or even when he apparently loses bodily autonomy).

and it's not like that hobby is somehow pure or untouched by the horrible reality around him; you still find human bodies in the water, you still ultimately find the fishes you catch on the stock market. you can't escape capitalism, it infects everything, but you're allowed to find momentary comfort in something you can control. something that was born of you and your humanity alone.

#cruelty squad meta is crazy to me specifically and i might just be a bit emo abt it all #because im finnish and culturally i. Understand. so much of it #the apathy is cultural. the hopelessness is taught. the cynicism is easy.#but fishing is a big part of finnish culture. it was a big part of finnish culture long before the apathy was.#and that's why i have to have hope that things like that will remain.#yknow. games like cruelty squad and ultrakill have made me come to a lot of unlikely realizations abt how being finnish has #affected me and my own personal life #cruelty squad #john cruelty #consumer softproducts

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optomethreest · 7 months ago

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life sensor

#my art #cruelty squad #mt foxtrot #john cruelty #art

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zapsoda · 6 months ago

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cringetober 7 crossover

#my art #cringetober #cruelty squad #postal #john cruelty #mt foxtrot #postal dude #their guns are kissing :3

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minecraft-bowser · 1 year ago

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ive been a drawing machine lately! (its because cpa is done and over with praise the lord)

#cruelty squad #john cruelty #mt foxtrot #the handler #handler #consumer softproducts #postal dude #postal 2

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are-they-a-faggot · 5 months ago

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JOHN CRUELTY - CRUELTY SQUAD

reasoning: he kills people for money that's gay as fuck

submitted by: @jockohomomorphism

#are they a faggot #john cruelty #cruelty squad

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cabozers · 2 years ago

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If I had a nickel for every indie game boomer shooter with a very silly fish side hustle I would have two nickels

and a lot of black market fish

#my art #artists on tumblr #ultrakill #cruelty squad #john cruelty #v1 #fish

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star-stimz · 1 month ago

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Great Stimboard Creator, could I request thee make a stimboard for John Crueltysquad if thy hasn't already?

JOHN CRUELTY STIMBOARD

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antroiid · 7 months ago

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Heard you've been in a rough spot since your discharge from the SEC Death Unit. There's not much a fucked up detached loser like you can do after all.

#cruelty squad #mt foxtrot #the handler #art #john cruelty

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urfavisabutch · 7 months ago

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