The Miracle: Blasphemous' Hidden God Explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- There's nothing more mysterious than something that seems to hate you and want you all at once. This is the case for the Miracle, the deity-esque force that the world of Blasphemous is shaped by.
Here, I do my best to explain theories and stories behind the lore and secrets of the Miracle across both Blasphemous 1 and Blasphemous 2, from its characters to certain items and collectibles, to even the playable Penitent One. In addition, I talk about it's significance, its themes and motifs, and all the means and methods that it effects the world of Cvstodia.
This is the story of the Miracle and its purposes explained.
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Had a therapist tell me once, " you are not a victim of fate." Words stuck with me ever sense.
That's lovely. And, honestly, a perfect summary of how the world is defied by the Penitent One in Blasphemous. Glad to hear that on your behalf. 🙏
Hard quote man, that's a great therapist over there
Fun facts!
Yerma and the woman that's being mourned by several spirits are inspired on the andalusian poet and writer Federico García Lorca's theatrical works "Yerma" and "The house of Bernarda Alba"
Montañés is Martinez Montañés, one of the most famous sculptors in the spanish golden century and also a very important part of Sevilla's art history.
Sierpes (the snake) and Regina (the shop owner) are famous streets in the city of Sevilla.
The lady of the charred visage is also inspired in a true story here in the city.
As an andalusian myself, I love that this game's lore became so famous outside Spain ❤
Great video, keep it up!
Thank you for your support! I got more planned, and I hope to do my best.
But more importantly, thank you for the history you've shared! I love the games and it's fascinated me with all of its Spanish regional culture and history. I always love when games take cues from the real world and incorporate them into the layers of their art and story.
I appreciate your culture is what I'm saying and I thank you for breaking down some of the small details that help make this series so memorable!
@@expychristian oh I will never shut up about this game, I swear. If you ever manage to get your hands on the artbook for the first one you're going to get your mind blown (I've literally submitted papers for my art history degree with what's in there)
Thank you for the wholesome interaction! :)
@anamartin5471 No worries! I always liked these kinds of conversations regarding ancient history and how we see it in modern-day things.
I ought to get that art book. Even the first comic was dope. Hopefully your history article performed well!
@@anamartin5471ah a fan! Can you explain to me the lore of the the woman and why go round looking for her daughters?
Great video! I hope more people see this because i havent seen an analisys for the miracle itself instead of just treating it as just "the evil god we have to kill"
The only thing that botherd me was the story of the baby, in the game it says that the blindfold was the thing they put on the baby to make him placated, the wicker woman was made because the mother asked for someone to make a statue of her so her son wouldnt miss her, from the fact that the statue is alive i think the miracle gave the statue life
Thank you for your comment! And thank you for pointing out that dynamic between player characters and whatever Soulsborne villain they face. I know it can be easy to point fingers in settings like Blasphemous to whatever is likely the most responsible (and it certainly doesn't absolve the Miracle of its wrongdoings).
As for Exposito... yeah... I can't help but feel sorry for the lad. This is legitimately the most straightforward case for why the Miracle (and therefore belief in it) is so strange and adversarial. But it's part of its mysterious nature, I suppose, to bless and curse randomly when desired.
This is one of the most fascinating takes on Blasphemous and why The Miracle and other deities exist. I feel like your explanation is the one that has made the most sense to me and made it concrete
Appreciate it, mate! I wanted to share just what I observed when I played both games and broke down the lore on my own. Happy to provide and glad to hear all my "yapping" made sense, haha
@@expychristian Your comment actually popped up in my notifications as I was recording and reminded me of your video. Shouted you out in one of my videos haha
@thesilentsheepdog777 Oh! Thank you and my bad, haha! Didn't mean to interrupt. Thank you for the shout out! Checked out your channel a bit, good luck with Blasphemous, mate! Not for the faint of heart, but enjoyable for those that like it 😁
@@expychristian I've already beaten it haha, this is a playthrough for my subs. Thanks though! Thanks for cheking it out
@thesilentsheepdog777 Hey, mate. Do it for the people, y'know?
And no worries, happy to help!
The Miracle for some strange reason reminds me of an SCP named Imago, a godlike entity that latches onto the faith and belief of others, but doesn’t understand the concept of metaphor, abstraction or and figurative concepts and language. Even when it wants to appeal and interact to those who feed it faith, it’s blessings and effects on the real world are cruel and monstrous, warping and killing those who give it faith (knowingly or unknowingly). It holds no malice and harbors love and curiosity, but it’s existence is anathema to ours.
Very lovecraftian, yeah. I'm seeing a trend here between eldritch beings that interact with humans as if we're ants; completely apathetic, even if it "cares", because it doesn't know "better" in a sense. I don't necessarily blame them, but it sure seems to be universal all around. Good observation there, friend 😊
This is such a clear
From A to Z the whole Blasphemous lore, plot and the Miracle shenanigan
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As if Penitent could talk, he simply said : u stupid people stop praying and working for ur own life for god's sake🤣😂
Thank you! Happy to help explain these things :)
Heck, I feel bad for the Penitent One, people keep causing him a lot of trouble despite him intentionally taking up their burdens, in a way. It's not necessarily the people's worship that's bad, it's the fact they keep praying to the thing (The Miracle) that legitimately causes their suffering for its own benefit. There's much that needs to be learned within the in-game world, that's for sure.
@@expychristian the Miracle is like..somehow it is like a child. A child with a gun. I think it is the best to describe "The Miracle" in this game. It has power, it grant wishes it also play with it cause it think it is fun to do it then the High Wills step up its game, exploit The Miracle for its own benefit. Until Penitent show them the receipts.
Penitent comes with the bills, The High Wills cant pay the bills, the Miracle dont like the bills but someone gotta deal with the bills...so yeah their rent r due
This game needed a deep dive. The first game really stuck with me.
I LOVED the first game. It's not so confusing as per other games of its nature, but it also didn't hold your hand when it came to discovering the ins and outs of the lore. Second game strayed a little bit away from the horror-fantasy, into more dark fantasy, in my opinion, but it was still excellent.
I was so mad that i got the bad ending after tweaking for more than 25 hours of gameplay that i ascended my game and straight up got the secret ending
I'll be honest, I followed guides to make sure I would get the true ending/secret ending. I'm not one to take spoilers of that magnitude to heart, so I'm still able to feel genuine shock/emotion when the story builds itself up to said ending; if anything, it clarifies what lore is being tossed at me so that I CAN understand what is happening. That said, some of these bosses did give me a RUN for my money several times, especially Isidora and Benedicta.
And as you said, getting the bad ending after suffering so much crap throughout the game is just not a good feeling.
@@expychristian I kid you not I was so mad after the getting the bad ending, I had met the golden eye tree guy but didn't know where to get the 2nd eye nor where perpetvas tomb was located
@myaccountgotbannedsoimause2548 Guides came in clutch for that. That's part of the "charm" of Metroidvania games. They reward exploration and persistence. But I would agree that some areas are vague without guides.
Fantastic analysis! I enjoyed every second of this video! Got yourself a sub, dude!
Thank you! I try my best when it comes to these 😁
Appreciate the sub! Thankful for your continued support.
Incredible 🎉 one of the best Lore videos ! Thank you !
No, thank you! For your comment! 😅
I always liked unpacking lore in games like these. So, I figured, why not make it a video, ya know?
No wonder you’re so good at analysis and understanding deeper themes, you’re a FMA fan! Great vid man. Two of my favorite games ever
FMA is the GOAT. One of my favourite series of all time. Happened to overlap in themes with both Blasphemous games too, so that's an unexpected plus 😁
It is for these exact reasons that I grow to love Blasphemous 1 and 2 all the more. Amazing video! Can't wait for this to get more recognistion and praise
GRAHHHH BLASPHEMOUS MENTIONED WHAT IS THE MIRACLE?! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💀💀💀💀🔥🔥🔥😶😶😶😶😶
I frickin' LOVE Blasphemous. I played through both again to get some details right, though the script did contain some errors from all the details I was trying to cover 😅
Thank you for the support! Appreciate fellow Blasphemous enjoyers!
very good video, I appreciate the effort in analysing all that and editing it. Blasphemous is one of the greatest pieces of abstract works that really lets you think about the true nature of human desires, and how fallible our souls are when our minds are oblivious
Thank you! I do my best and always try and see see where I can improve in all aspects.
It's as you said, Blasphemous is very much an "art imitates life" scenario and that's why I like it so much! The scenery and art style is just absurdly good, especially when it comes to communicating its deeper themes.
Crazy good video dude! Kept me captivated all the way through with the way the vids structured, hope you get more recognition!
I appreciate your support! Recognition, huh? Well, I try my best! I usually mix some storytelling in between these sorts of essays, helps add some flair, y'know?
Hope to see some good things soon! I've said it before in other comments, but here's hoping for greater things to come!
Also, I like the pfp. Kill LA Kill, not huge in it, but I do like the art style from what little I've seen in passing.
the ending hit so hard, good stuff this is
Thank you! Appreciate the support, mate. I try to make and keep things interesting, perhaps visually and by audio. I do my best!
This is the absolute BEST video on Blasphemous I know of
Oh, thank you for this! I love the game, I wanted to do it justice. But thank you, seriously. 🥺
Great video dude. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you, kindly, friend.
this is hands down the absolute best description of blasphemous ive ever seen. you are truly anointed in the pilgrim’s ointment! 🙏
Thank you, haha
Finding those red and blue pots definitely took some time for me.
Glad you enjoyed the vid! I did my best and I really love the game, so this was definitely a passion project!
This video is excellent and the most concise lore video I've seen yet, after 100% Blasphemous 2 I need to replay 1, I hope such an extensive series of lore and additions is granted on the sequel because It's all just so perfect and cool.
You 100% B2? My map is still stuck at 99%, haha.
Nonetheless, thank you! I always felt that, even without Wounds of Eventide and the sequel, we have all the necessary themes and subtext to help us break down the purpose and nature of the Miracle. So I wanted to set that clear with this video.
I do hope that, if we are to get perhaps DLC to 2, that we can see more of the world beyond Cvstodia. Something tells me that there's far more to the cosmology of Blasphemous, especially after all that happened in the sequel. Hopefully we can also get more closure for Crisanta, given her role in both games.
@@expychristian if you have all 4 of the altar pieces with golden cloth on them (I forgot their names) you can enter the room to the right of the Chapel of the five doves, that was the last room I needed.
But that would be incredible, the penitent one going beyond Cvstodia is something I'd love to see, anything Team 17 come out with in the future I'm in!
Your perspective is needed. Please do continue to share.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
this is such an amazing video
Thank you! And might I say, your profile picture is hysterical 🤣
I think about what Worship of The Father means in this context. What's going on here is that humanity is undergoing suffering, penance, and purification in order to replace the high wills as gods themselves by devoting themselves to revering the suffering underwent by others. The suffering granted by the High Wills is the very thing which brought about their end.
That does line up with the Penitent One becoming the new "Father" for the initial "good" ending of B1 and the "bad" ending of B2. The Penitent One WAS the only one that could do all the things to help the people around him; everyone else strangely just wanted to put him six feet under, not paying attention to what the people needed. Then again, most of the enemies (and therefore other Penitents) wanted the suffering to keep going, be it mindlessly or intentionally. And as you said, the same thing the High Wills kept egging on ended up being their undoing. It's an intriguing dynamic the games portray, since, until Blasphemous 2 and B1's Wounds of Eventide, we don't really know if we're doing what's best for the world.
Honestly great video I hope more people see your channel
Thank you! I'm hoping for good things to come soon! Also if you don't mind, what's your pfp?
Don’t forget the Confessor (in Blasphemous 2) who ends up getting possessed by some god greedy to consume guilt. I think the third game will explore this or other entities; perhaps new gods similar to the High Wills will try to take over Cvstodia.
I was wondering about that, yea. I didn't personally use the Confessor powers too often, especially in later playthroughs, where I was more mindful of the area-dangers, so the confessor revelation was late for me. It could be just a Miracle-worshipper, given his apparent hunger for guilt, but I don't know. If THERE IS a third game, I'd like to think they would finally explain what the cosmology of Blasphemous is.
Great video ps have you played the last faith
Have not! But! I know what it is, and I have seen gameplay of it, so I am most definitely intrigued by it. There is also a "Mexican" inspired Castlevania-like, "Mariachi Legends" that is coming out, which I am also stoked to try!
@@expychristiani have played and beast last faith and its a pretty good game and its story is interesting if you have to time can you make a video on it also can you make more videos on blasphemous and have you heard of crowsworn
@sueflewelling3657 I suppose we'll see! Got plenty other stuff cooking for different directions production-wise, but I'm sure I can include Last Faith into something in the future. And no, I've not heard of Crowsworn before.
@@expychristianthe game it self hasn't come out yet but it's a metroid game similar to the last faith but instead of blasphemous it hollow knight
@@sueflewelling3657 Ah, good to know! I love both Blasphemous and Hollow Knight so I'll be sure to keep an eye out, thank you!
Faith No More has the answer, and it's Epic.
What's Faith No More? Is that a book or something?
Dw cnnblackmailsupport I got your joke
The Miracle is The Sphere jk just thought of it when you mentioned something granting wishes. Also Iberian peninsula.
What's the Sphere?? Curious.
@@expychristian an old movie based on a sci fi novel. A sphere was found in the deep ocean and spooky shenanigans happened. It turned out the sphere was an alien artifact that grants wishes. And people being people the crew who went were manifesting terror. So they wished it away because they knew if the three of them could make first contact so bad humanity would do worse.
@@Aarkwrite I imagine it wasn't very "good" in the way it granted its wishes. Thank you for this, though. I ought to check it out myself!
@@expychristian the sphere (artifact) did not have content moderation 😂
@Aarkwrite That thing thought it cooked 😅
I do appreciate the connection you made between the Miracle and the Sphere. It's very odd and very niche, but the same kind of force either way. Small world when it comes to fiction, eh?
Indeed,that game is the twin brother of Silent Hill!
Blasphemous, I feel, is the distant Spanish-speaking cousin 😅
@@expychristian
Hehehe,that was good. Indeed,the twin brother wasn't a correct term for the two game sagas.
@@expychristian
Who do you think Pyramid Head is? Ten Piedad?
@@sakellarioudimitris7439 Piedad combined with Esdras!
@@expychristian
Nah 🤣
The question before all for me is that it is not explicitly clear imo who has come first, is it the High Wills who use the Miracle to keep themselves alive, or is it the Miracle that has come before the High Wills?
Good question! It seems that the "Miracle" is the universal abstract force that makes up the elements of the world in the game. In-game, the High Wills refer to the Miracle in a past-tense, even saying that their world, the Other Side of the Dream, was there before they were. So compared to the Miracle, the High Wills are actually "younger." The High Wills use the Miracle as a sort of divine filter, in order to twist the faith of Cvstodia's people and make it their source of life. So the Miracle came beforehand, while the High Wills use it while they were alive to keep themselves sustained.
Because even if The Penitent One defeats the High Wills, the Miracle remains, and it has a plan of trying to incarnate itself, meaning it has a consciousness, which could mean it is a formless entity that seems more powerful that the Miracle. Also, the heaven in Blasphemous 2 is even more confusing to me since that means there is powers beyond that of the Miracle
@@expychristian So the Miracle could be more like a primordial force than a conscious being per say then. Kind of like the concept of pleroma in gnosticism, or Chaos in greek Mythology. And the High Wills are the concept of a Tulpa, of an idea or concept that comes to life through belief and use the primordial force of the Miracle as a tool to keep themselves alive and powerful. Also the Incarnate Devotion could be again the prayer and belief of that little boy fueling again another God and entity to appear. In this universe, any prayer and any belief comes to life from what it seems in the most literal and primal sense, and is very interesting. Loved both games and have a very interesting Lovecraftian Catolichism of a cosmology and religion that is just fascinating to me.
@divad7137 I think (and want to believe) that any DLC with Blasphemous 2 will give a conclusive answer to that heaven you're referring to. I believe the Miracle is trying to keep itself "alive" because the High Wills have used it for so long. They've been the most powerful and longest wielders of the Miracle. The general theory I've seen is that the Miracle is regenerating a physical form of itself because of the influence of the High Wills. Since people started praying to the Miracle again, it would, in theory, revive the High Wills and therefore start the whole cycle once again.
However! Clearly, there's another force greater than the High Wills that does not want the High Wills doing it's thing again. Hence the plot line of Blasphemous 2 (if you follow the true ending) and the presence of people like Anunciada.
@divad7137 I would say yes to all of those things. It's the most "grounded" way of breaking down the Miracle and all it's appendages (High Wills included). I will note that the High Wills seem to have a personality and motives separate from the faith of the people (though their intentions are definitely because of what the people wanted to believe in the Miracle for), but largely speaking the concepts of pleroma and Tulpa you mentioned are the most logical, evidence-based perception of what the Miracle and High Wills are.
I loved the games. I've seen that 1 is still considered better and I can see why: the sort of Silent Hill mystery of the Miracle is what made it so dreadful to even think about, even as it helped the main characters. Nonetheless, a perfect blend of eldritch mythos and irl Catholic-Renaissance. And I'm glad you enjoyed it too. Appreciate the questions!
So assuming that the miracle warps you to your hearts desire, how does that work with people with stoicism? Do they warp in some being that is in permanent quantum lock? What about nihilist?
Good question! My interpretation is that the Miracle would likely cater to the more physical and blunt aspects of stoicism. Likely transform the person into some sort of stone golem or something similar. Quantum locks? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I do not know what that means. But! It could be that sort of metaphysical and abstract spirits could take control of the physical host in question. As for nihilism, there's actually a bit of nihilists in the games. And they don't really change, they just get extra buffs and abilities. The second boss, Orospina, Blasphemous 2, is a sadist (different, but along the same vein). And there's lore pieces of people with similar nihilistic views. What happened to them? No exact clue, but they'd likely get warped in a sense that they can enact their philosophy in a painful way. Or worse, the Miracle completely warps them to serve itself. Just my thoughts.
@@expychristian Hmm interesting, and by quantum lock I meant being locked in space and time, completely immune to any form of physical attack, it really depends on how you see it as, similar to the weeping angels of doctor who, they are only able to move when nobody sees them
@myaccountgotbannedsoimause2548 You could say that the High Wills are quantum locked. Since only you (Penitent One), Crisanta, and Escribar could see them through the Miracle. The idea of space and time shouldn't be farfetched from the Miracle.
loved the content, very well written, edited and recorded. But every SUStodia hurt a little more say it like a Q QUstodia. Not hating, just trying share and education
Appreciate the honesty! Is that the right way to pronounce it? I never knew if it started with an "S" inflection or a "Cus" inflection. I'm not fluent in that regard.
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Custodia, not cystodia. Perpetua, not per pet va.
The lettering in-game confused me. I do appreciate the correction!
@@expychristian no worries. It definitely got me at first. But that is how U's were written back in the day. Hence why although it's technically double v, we pronounce it double you. Sorry if I came off mean, that was honestly my only gripe with your video. Loved this video, keep up the fantastic work!