I too want to be pierced by a bear. Hurting Teddy Bear is an Abnormality taking the form of a giant stitched dark gray bear with iron nails stuck in its body. A giant gaping hole in its belly show what seems to be a heart made out of red yarn. It's an Aberration of Happy Teddy Bear. Like its sibling, it's obsessed with handing out hugs and playing with humans, trying to accomplish its function as a plush toy to mend the sorrow of others, and is likewise gullible and easy to manipulate by using its desire for affection. However, while Happy represents abandonment, Hurting represents abuse. The nails sticking out of its body, the name of its E.G.O and its use of the "Curse" status effect, it also seems to be inspired by a voodoo doll. Its main Sin is Envy, likewise because how much the game link the Sin with abuse, which Hurting Teddy Bear is a victim of. Its Wrath skill represents how desperate it is to receive love, acting out due to being afraid to be left alone. Sloth, meanwhile, represents how it doesn't actually go against the abuse it's going through. Gluttony represents how it _needs_ play and be loved, since it's its function as a toy. Gloom, on the other hand, represents the suffering that fill the Abnormality, as well as its empathetic nature. Interestingly, it doesn't have any Lust skill, in spite of how much the game tie Lust with love. It's possibly because Hurting Teddy Bear doesn't actually bear actual love toward others, and only do what it does because it deems it's what it's supposed to do. This is reinforced by its usage of the unique status effect "Attachement", analogous of Happy Teddy Bear's "Affection" status effect. While "Attachement" and "Affection" seems to be synonymous at first, they describe two different behavior. "Attachment" describe the behavior of needing to be with an external object, while "Affection" describe a behavior of fondness and love. While both can come together, they don't necessarily have to, and perhaps the distinction is what mark the difference between the two Abnormalities. The Abnormality is strong to Blunt damage because it's made of cotton and fabric and absorb the shock, while it's weak to Pierce because it's literally perforated of nails. Hurting Teddy Bear is weak to Wrath and Envy because they're most classically violent of the Sins; by using these Sins, one rebuke its attempt to give hugs. On the other hand, its resistance to Gloom represents how it's doing its best to mend other's suffering, while its resistance to Pride symbolize how it _will_ give hugs, no matter what others wants. In the context of Canto VII, Hurting Teddy Bear represents how Bloodfiend are forced by their nature to "love" their forefathers, no matter what happen. In the particular case, it represents the Bloodfiends of the Manchegan bloodline's "love" for their First Kindred, Don Quixote, even though he neglected and starved them of blood yet forced them to be happy, and them staking him to the Ferris Wheel of La Manchaland so that he may not leave them again. Its E.G.O, Hex Nail, is used by Faust, Rodion and Sinclair. Because Faust is still very mysterious for the present moment, so I won't speak too much its symbolism. However, I will note that, in Corrosion made, her attack end with a toy box falling out of what seems to be her womb, bringing to mind a stillbirth or abortion. This particularly interesting when taking into account that a pivotal event of Goethe's Faust is the impregnation of Gretchen, and subsequently giving birth and then killing the child. Sinclair's uses of the E.G.O represents how he's been used by Kromer who manipulated his anxieties and need to rely one someone else, the subsequent murder of his family at her hand, and the feeling of guilt and anger that now haunts him. The nails, of course, bring to mind her weapon of choice. Rodion's use of Hex Nail represents how feels the need to be needed by others and to be special, as well as her not being able to love herself and subsiding the void with other's admiration. The puppetry imagery symbolize the Abnormality and her own gullibility, being easy to manipulate by using her anxieties, like Sonya did by subtly leading her to kill the tax collector. The lollipop in her pocket symbolize how her fat Russki ass can't stop eating.
If I'm gonna be honest, the fact that sinclair has emotions that feels like his own during his ego corrosion makes me think that he got related to HTB a little too well with what happened in canto 3...
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I too want to be pierced by a bear.
Hurting Teddy Bear is an Abnormality taking the form of a giant stitched dark gray bear with iron nails stuck in its body. A giant gaping hole in its belly show what seems to be a heart made out of red yarn. It's an Aberration of Happy Teddy Bear. Like its sibling, it's obsessed with handing out hugs and playing with humans, trying to accomplish its function as a plush toy to mend the sorrow of others, and is likewise gullible and easy to manipulate by using its desire for affection. However, while Happy represents abandonment, Hurting represents abuse. The nails sticking out of its body, the name of its E.G.O and its use of the "Curse" status effect, it also seems to be inspired by a voodoo doll.
Its main Sin is Envy, likewise because how much the game link the Sin with abuse, which Hurting Teddy Bear is a victim of. Its Wrath skill represents how desperate it is to receive love, acting out due to being afraid to be left alone. Sloth, meanwhile, represents how it doesn't actually go against the abuse it's going through. Gluttony represents how it _needs_ play and be loved, since it's its function as a toy. Gloom, on the other hand, represents the suffering that fill the Abnormality, as well as its empathetic nature. Interestingly, it doesn't have any Lust skill, in spite of how much the game tie Lust with love. It's possibly because Hurting Teddy Bear doesn't actually bear actual love toward others, and only do what it does because it deems it's what it's supposed to do. This is reinforced by its usage of the unique status effect "Attachement", analogous of Happy Teddy Bear's "Affection" status effect. While "Attachement" and "Affection" seems to be synonymous at first, they describe two different behavior. "Attachment" describe the behavior of needing to be with an external object, while "Affection" describe a behavior of fondness and love. While both can come together, they don't necessarily have to, and perhaps the distinction is what mark the difference between the two Abnormalities.
The Abnormality is strong to Blunt damage because it's made of cotton and fabric and absorb the shock, while it's weak to Pierce because it's literally perforated of nails.
Hurting Teddy Bear is weak to Wrath and Envy because they're most classically violent of the Sins; by using these Sins, one rebuke its attempt to give hugs. On the other hand, its resistance to Gloom represents how it's doing its best to mend other's suffering, while its resistance to Pride symbolize how it _will_ give hugs, no matter what others wants.
In the context of Canto VII, Hurting Teddy Bear represents how Bloodfiend are forced by their nature to "love" their forefathers, no matter what happen. In the particular case, it represents the Bloodfiends of the Manchegan bloodline's "love" for their First Kindred, Don Quixote, even though he neglected and starved them of blood yet forced them to be happy, and them staking him to the Ferris Wheel of La Manchaland so that he may not leave them again.
Its E.G.O, Hex Nail, is used by Faust, Rodion and Sinclair. Because Faust is still very mysterious for the present moment, so I won't speak too much its symbolism. However, I will note that, in Corrosion made, her attack end with a toy box falling out of what seems to be her womb, bringing to mind a stillbirth or abortion. This particularly interesting when taking into account that a pivotal event of Goethe's Faust is the impregnation of Gretchen, and subsequently giving birth and then killing the child.
Sinclair's uses of the E.G.O represents how he's been used by Kromer who manipulated his anxieties and need to rely one someone else, the subsequent murder of his family at her hand, and the feeling of guilt and anger that now haunts him. The nails, of course, bring to mind her weapon of choice.
Rodion's use of Hex Nail represents how feels the need to be needed by others and to be special, as well as her not being able to love herself and subsiding the void with other's admiration. The puppetry imagery symbolize the Abnormality and her own gullibility, being easy to manipulate by using her anxieties, like Sonya did by subtly leading her to kill the tax collector. The lollipop in her pocket symbolize how her fat Russki ass can't stop eating.
This... comment deserve some applauds.
@@NIHIL_EGO peak as always, also lmao at that last Rodya jab. Absolutely incredible
most of Faust's egos seem to have some undercurrent of maternity tbh except maybe telepole
@@notshinjiikari9996 I don't really see maternity in Everlasting either. Unleass you assume the white stuff on her is seamen.
Much texto,Pressed win-rate.
Loool. The animation if you lost 1 coin on Hex Rodion. The bear just sends enemy to space
I love the detail of rodions expression changing once selected
3:12 Classic Nclair rolls
WHAT WAS THAT FELL OUT OF THE BOX 1:55
JELP
miscarriage (cereal box)
Miscarriage
If I'm gonna be honest, the fact that sinclair has emotions that feels like his own during his ego corrosion makes me think that he got related to HTB a little too well with what happened in canto 3...
Cursed gooooool
why does a box of cookie fall out of faust?
She's been swiping cookies from the bus
Miscarriage symbolism I believe
Something something blatant miscarriage imagery
Hex nail Don correlation post soon