Why We All Love the Hillbilly | Dead by Daylight Lore Deep Dive

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    Welcome, friends and foes, Survivors and Killers. Today we'll be diving deep into the damaged mind of the Hillbilly, understanding his inspirations and identity, and relating his experiences to his interpretations of them.
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  • @SofaReks
    @SofaReks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    Amazing video! Thanks for having me and thanks for the absolute cool introduction! Happy to be a part of your community ❤

    • @NotRenjiro
      @NotRenjiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'll be taking a look at your channel Mr. Billy man

    • @bronzeplayergaming2244
      @bronzeplayergaming2244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Meanwhile I'm going "WTF is Billy on drugs" when it came to your montage. How?!!!

    • @SofaReks
      @SofaReks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bronzeplayergaming2244 practice makes art 🤗😁

    • @SofaReks
      @SofaReks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NotRenjiro always welcome+

    • @NotRenjiro
      @NotRenjiro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SofaReks I started playing a bit more Billy rn. He's such a fair killer.

  • @jamesnolan595
    @jamesnolan595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1420

    Honestly the detail that billy called himself max Thompson JR because he wishes for a world where his father is so proud of him to give him his own name. Was always the detail that truly hit the story home for me

    • @miketrapper0464
      @miketrapper0464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      It’s better if we call him billy to not associate with those monsters

    • @Unknowchan666
      @Unknowchan666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@miketrapper0464 facts

    • @Athaeme
      @Athaeme ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@miketrapper0464 it’s his way of rising above

  • @kimberlyterasaki4843
    @kimberlyterasaki4843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +947

    Billy’s parents might not have loved him, but the dbd community sure does.

    • @Poopoopeepeeeman
      @Poopoopeepeeeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah billy mains are all ped0s

    • @kallis2557
      @kallis2557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@Poopoopeepeeeman 🤨

    • @alastortheworshipperofkhorne
      @alastortheworshipperofkhorne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@Poopoopeepeeeman shut up gay Mario

    • @DuskPShermanWallaby123
      @DuskPShermanWallaby123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Poopoopeepeeeman wtf

    • @Poopoopeepeeeman
      @Poopoopeepeeeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DuskPShermanWallaby123 literally just facts when’s the last time you played against a cool billy main they’re literally just angry ped0s

  • @razzledazzle15
    @razzledazzle15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +699

    My headcanon is that the entity manifests itself to billy as a loving parent, and that’s why he serves it with loyalty

    • @Arisato-Yuki
      @Arisato-Yuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      After reading this I like to think that if you're on Thompson house Billy is killing the survivors to keep his "Parent" safe from them.

    • @razzledazzle15
      @razzledazzle15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@arachnoirs thanks. I think the entity is good at finding a psychological angle tailored to manipulate each killer, the way it did with the plague by impersonating her god

    • @poorboy819
      @poorboy819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I do believe in a stream once the devs said killers with glowing eyes don't see what's really going on. Like the hillbilly and the deathslinger. The entity has forced their vision into seeing their enemies, and I think Billy just sees his parents and the sheriff and others he hated.

    • @razzledazzle15
      @razzledazzle15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@poorboy819 or animals

    • @poorboy819
      @poorboy819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@razzledazzle15 Or that, both are good possible vision manipulation, and I a struggle saying that. Vision. Manipulation.

  • @TigerKirby215
    @TigerKirby215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    Me reading Hillbilly's lore: "I can't believe people would be so needlessly cruel to someone they've never heard properly speak, just because he's different from them."
    Me playing Hillbilly in-game:

    • @blubbernibble9111
      @blubbernibble9111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey I found you again!

    • @Theduckcommander-missionduck
      @Theduckcommander-missionduck 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean he has too he maybe sees them as police

    • @RealKingCRK
      @RealKingCRK 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Theduckcommander-missionduckhe does have white eyes 👀

    • @Theduckcommander-missionduck
      @Theduckcommander-missionduck 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RealKingCRK yeah that is why I think he ether sees them as police officers or the chief

  • @a.person1805
    @a.person1805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    I like to think that there's an alternate timeline where Billy *is* superman. A world where you'll read newspapers and see "Billy stops bank robbery",then you'll look up and see a kid playing with a Billy plushy,asking his mom if he can be the next Billy.

    • @Dreigonix
      @Dreigonix ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It’s a bird! It’s a plane! IT’S SPACE BILLY!

    • @RealKingCRK
      @RealKingCRK 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Considering Sky Billy, that fits hilariously well

  • @link4585
    @link4585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I think calling himself Max Jr is perfect.
    His father was a monster to him, in turn he took his father's name and showed the world what his parents were like on the inside.

  • @metalbilly5121
    @metalbilly5121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    Honestly there's even a little sad thing about people leaving him after his rework
    Its just like people abandoned him because he wasnt good enough for them
    Billy loves all who stayed with him after his nerf
    Thanks lore man for this video i was waiting for it for so long

    • @miketrapper0464
      @miketrapper0464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It’s like poetry sort of they rhyme

    • @thehillbilly3479
      @thehillbilly3479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Idc what happens to him I'm maining him forever

    • @fluffybum204
      @fluffybum204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thehillbilly3479 well obviously
      your him

    • @thehillbilly3479
      @thehillbilly3479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@fluffybum204 yea lmao

    • @lastboss4268
      @lastboss4268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I clicked on your PFP to see what it was, and that Hillbilly shitpost is solid.

  • @AnxietyAndPanic
    @AnxietyAndPanic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    I also think a reason a lot of people fall in love with Billy is because he's the abused kid's power fantasy taken to the most extreme. I've had plenty of moments where I've fantasied about misfortune towards my abuser and when I first started playing and learned about Billy, I fell in love with his lore because he's a character I could see myself in *and* he got his revenge on the people that mistreated him. My personal reason for him being my favorite killer (despite not being able to play him) is *because* he was able to take back all his power from everyone.
    I also completely agree with your point on his name! I refuse to call him Max, it just makes something uncomfortable deep inside me. I think it's beautiful that the community gave him his own name, something completely his without his abuser's influence.

    • @dividedbyzero11
      @dividedbyzero11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I can’t do that, taking back the power in exchange for my humanity loses its appeal when I become less than what I was before, even if before I was only a victim, it’s a thin line to walk to between survivor and new abuser

    • @dividedbyzero11
      @dividedbyzero11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The fantasy I mean, holds very little for me

    • @AnxietyAndPanic
      @AnxietyAndPanic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@dividedbyzero11 I understand completely.

    • @cinderpxmpkin9554
      @cinderpxmpkin9554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AnxietyAndPanic You okay now? What’s going on with you and that abuser jerk nowadays?

    • @AnxietyAndPanic
      @AnxietyAndPanic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cinderpxmpkin9554 I still live with them but I'm working on getting out and away :)

  • @brachyion9070
    @brachyion9070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Man, regardless of how terrifying hillbilly is I wish I could give him a hug, poor guy.

    • @fluffybum204
      @fluffybum204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      realistically you could give him a hug even if he still kills you
      you will just come back for another trial

    • @friskdacatarchival
      @friskdacatarchival 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fluffybum204 Then you could do it again.

  • @FirstTricky
    @FirstTricky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I like the fact that Billy's lore its also a twisted version of the Myth of the Cave, all his life isolated from the Outside world with only a TV , showing that Illusion of the world , when he gets out, he gets to know the REAL world, then, its when we could say that Max, the boy that gained the insight of the real world, died along with his Ideal world, and The Hillbilly is born, with his non-tainted new knowledge.

  • @tuggerjaegger2886
    @tuggerjaegger2886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    i feel empathy for him and Caleb because i am someone with a disability and i was misunderstood a lot by people around me except for my family, but i can't master his chainsaw quite well otherwise he and Caleb would be my two mains. i still want to practice his skill and i hope i can stick to it because he deserves it.

    • @brendonchavez4327
      @brendonchavez4327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Not gonna lie. I thought you ment you couldnt handle the chainsaw well enough to go on a murder spree.

    • @tuggerjaegger2886
      @tuggerjaegger2886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@brendonchavez4327 lmao. that could be true too xD my disability is my wheelchair, so i could never sprint like Billy does

    • @ethanpadwick6943
      @ethanpadwick6943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tuggerjaegger2886 well you could if you attached a car motor to your chair

    • @tuggerjaegger2886
      @tuggerjaegger2886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ethanpadwick6943 i can picture that scene with Johnny English already xD that would be awesome!

    • @somedragonbastard
      @somedragonbastard ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ethanpadwick6943 new dbd killer just dropped, MOTORWHEELCHAIRMAN

  • @bullhuss
    @bullhuss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    the overhead nerf was just sad man. i remember when i had spiked boots and moonshine and just banged out in purple ranks on console. better times..

    • @bullhuss
      @bullhuss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      cheers for the heart mate

    • @miketrapper0464
      @miketrapper0464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bullhuss I know I’m not gonna play him

    • @fluffybum204
      @fluffybum204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      im more mad they removed the moonshine addon
      as someone from the south the one they you never do is take away a hillbilly's moonshine

    • @grald1195
      @grald1195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ahhh yes the days of old when hillbilly was drunk while using the chainsaw good times good times

    • @bonniefazman9065
      @bonniefazman9065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fluffybum204
      ... Behavior better hope Billy never escapes the Void.

  • @alphacenturion8423
    @alphacenturion8423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Billy has inspired me to take up Chainsaw Flicking as a hobby in real life, I’ve gotten good, but not as good as him.

    • @miketrapper0464
      @miketrapper0464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s a thing?

    • @Klausinator451
      @Klausinator451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@miketrapper0464 you haven't seen them? They always fly by my window when I'm writing, thankfully one hasn't hit maisigivisnwiebqiqofbfncixiaiwb iaofifisienekcis

    • @miketrapper0464
      @miketrapper0464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Klausinator451 you okay there bud?

    • @redpyro9678
      @redpyro9678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@miketrapper0464 I think he got hit by a local chainsaw flicker...

    • @miketrapper0464
      @miketrapper0464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@redpyro9678 probably

  • @SciMick
    @SciMick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I grew with very loving parents and understooding, but the feeling that you feel isolated when people can't understand what you pronounce is very real to me and relatable.
    I grew with a lot of trouble of speaking properly, like I was unable to sound "r" correctly or just ommited it in tritongues. If I didn't have the parents that would bring to specialists to help with my issue (that now i'm able to properly comunicate but still have things to improove) , I would still feel as pariah, since my childhood I had lots of trouble to make friends because few people could actually understand what I Said.
    Sadly, the Hillbilly story is incredibly real for children with special needs and parents not prepared to deal with it.

  • @herladyweaver862
    @herladyweaver862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    If we ever get a chapter with alt universe Survivor version of a Killer (and probably vice versa), Billy is my absolute top spot for the Survivor.

  • @BunkerBeast
    @BunkerBeast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Theory: the lore about the Adams family is still correct. The Thompsons just killed them for their property.
    Proof: uhhhhhhhhh bhvr

    • @toasterofdoom9629
      @toasterofdoom9629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      that's... not a terrible theory, to be honest. I could believe it.

  • @DeluxeDietCoke
    @DeluxeDietCoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    i can't wait to play billy isolation, i heard the collectors edition includes a real spiked boot

  • @wendigomaneiro8892
    @wendigomaneiro8892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    If the Hillbilly wasn't hated by his parents, he could have been "Hi Billy"

    • @shiver8082
      @shiver8082 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn :( that hit hard

  • @thefluffyaj4119
    @thefluffyaj4119 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i think what I love most is how the story gives us *his* perspective. too often in horror, the "disabled and deformed" killer is portrayed as inhumane. their disability and deformity is something to be feared, their silence or difficulty talking is something to be distrustful of and never lets the disabled killer speak for themselves. their disability is a bad thing, and it makes them scary. that's how they are portrayed
    but in max's lore, it's his thoughts and feelings. instead of fearing his mangled appearence and silence, we come to understand that max isn't an inhumane beast but a horrifically abused young man, a person with their own thoughts and feelings just like the rest of us, he was just unlucky enough to be born a thompson. instead of being stripped of his humanity, his story draws attention to it. he is the victim, he has thoughts and feelings even if he can't voice them, and none of this is his fault. he's not evil, he was shoved into the role of a killer and he had no choice in the matter
    I also live that they portray him as intelligent. not simply a lumbering beast, but a person who understands he is the victim, who doesn't fall for chiefs taunting or lies, and who gets the best of chief
    max is one of the few horror "villians" who is both disabled/deformed AND portrayed as a completely intelligence person with their own humanity

  • @gorillaguy5664
    @gorillaguy5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    And again, my man Pixel Bush shows that he is one of the best Dead By Daylight youtubers in the scene. My God man your underrated. Dont stop being awesome you hidden legend

  • @themaddoctor5304
    @themaddoctor5304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I honestly wonder how much this young boys life would have been if anyone, ANYONE had shown this young boy kindness, and shown him love...

  • @Alliecatastrophe
    @Alliecatastrophe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I think something to note, and something i've not seen brought up a lot, is the buzzing. Whenever he gets at his angriest and devolves into brutality himself, there's always this neverending buzzing, that sounds like laughter, which i believe is the entity, pushing him past those points of no return, even at one point bashing his head against a wall to get it to stop, which makes it even sadder. I think it must have influenced his violence, because in the story you see how he doesn't want to hurt any animals, he doesn't want to be violent, he hates it, and then at the end he seems to enjoy it. Though that could have to do with hating killing innocent things to after killing the people who wronged him and how it more or less broke him after. I dunno, just a thought :)

  • @aeronphillips8876
    @aeronphillips8876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I love Billy despite being so bad at him. I'll edit this with my thoughts later like always!! Love it as always PBE!!
    EDIT: Post Video, thoughts. I think that Billy has some of the saddest but realest lore in the game despite being so exaggerated. Its a real representation of abuse that I think is quite fitting for that style of character. Its so good. Wonderful video as always Pixel.

    • @savvythedivineyethuggable7493
      @savvythedivineyethuggable7493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A fellow expresser of thought, I see.

    • @Jaqoum_The_Wizard_King
      @Jaqoum_The_Wizard_King 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People play hillbilly?!

    • @rafaelz6211
      @rafaelz6211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I find him pretty easy and thus he's never been much of an interest to me, but I do love his lore

    • @munkshuns7681
      @munkshuns7681 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know it's been a year but If you're still bad with Billy then I'd recommend his brown add on with reduces his collision hit box. It'll make traversal easier and won't make a noticable effect when hitting survivors

  • @someguywhodoesstuff7877
    @someguywhodoesstuff7877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There is also the fact that the old barn was deadly due to black mould (on the map description), so it seems even more cruel for him to be bricked into the barn since it would imply Max’s parents wanted him dead but not by their hands (on a subconscious level)

  • @Wutever917
    @Wutever917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My headcannon for the chainsaw inconsistency thing is that Billy invented the chainsaw, and maybe early prototypes were found, wich maybe lead to the "true" invention of the chainsaw. I mean, it is cannon that he built it himself.

  • @evelynnsingleton1211
    @evelynnsingleton1211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Hillbilly's story is the only one that actually made my cry. I don't cry often. But it was so beautifully written and so heartbreaking, it's just fantastic.

  • @dreamwalker4884
    @dreamwalker4884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The new dead by daylight DLC: hillbilly gets therapy and rehabilitates

  • @mrreemann8313
    @mrreemann8313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I always wondered what hillbilly did to attract the entity after all of that bloodshed. You can see him chilling in the farmhouse mesmerised by the television seated next to the rotting corpses of his parents, so obviously he's been there a while. Just chilling.
    Like was the entity waiting for the power company to turn off the power so that hillbilly could enjoy as much television as possible before taking him to the realm? Did hillbilly instead fall into an inconsolable pile of misery and the entity offered him another television if he murders survivors?
    I NEED THE DEEPEST LORE.

  • @totallynotstalin
    @totallynotstalin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Good to see this back up. :)

  • @ghostcell06-_-85
    @ghostcell06-_-85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hill Billy’s greatest achievement is the reverse chainsaw into Quentin hiding in a corner

  • @lulzlen
    @lulzlen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love Hillbilly. As a survivor main I've never had an unfun match against a Billy. Whether I escaped or got completely rolled, it's always fun playing against a Billy. Looking back, even the rare times I got tunneled and camped by one, for whatever reason I've never been mad or bothered in the least lol. Hope Bhvr shows him some love. Would love to see more Billys again.

  • @Slimerror
    @Slimerror 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I genuinely love how they take the killers and give them story, even with ones not as clear cut and lovable as billies theres still an interesting life story in every killer.
    Billy will always be my hero :}

  • @jedidragonking5070
    @jedidragonking5070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I've always felt bad for Hillbilly, but I feel it even more now. I can't help but wonder if there could be a way to turn him towards the light given time. Probably not, given his perception, but still. As always, I love the lore, and I love these videos as a result!

  • @rasmusdegn9690
    @rasmusdegn9690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think it would be more accurate to say that as a Twins main people can't fathom you having empathy for your fellow mEn. For what is Victor but the only fellow mAn that matters?

  • @VesperLilly
    @VesperLilly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the sad Walking Dead game music playing in the background really giving me some feels right now

  • @MorbidMindedManiac
    @MorbidMindedManiac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My favorite thing about the hillbilly’s story is that he actually seems like a real human, instead of just being some generic villain who was born to do evil or something like that, he really could’ve been an innocent person who could’ve lived a normal life if it weren’t for his abusive parents, who molded him into the killer he’d become, while I think that it’s absolutely horrible that he came to this, you can kinda… Understand it? Not really, but you get the idea, of course someone who goes through all that suffering through their childhood is not gonna have the healthiest of minds
    It nails the idea that anyone, no matter how good or innocent, could go down or be forced down the wrong path and turn into something horrible, and there’s loads of real life stories of once great people who sink down so low that they commit an atrocity, it all makes him feel more real
    Really love these lore videos, keep up the great work

  • @iheartblock3792
    @iheartblock3792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Billy the most based killer taking out pigs of all kind

    • @bonniefazman9065
      @bonniefazman9065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can we get an amen?

    • @magicman3163
      @magicman3163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ukrainians?

    • @patches2155
      @patches2155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's coming for Amanda from Saw next.

  • @rafaelz6211
    @rafaelz6211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Welp, Im not a fan of hillbilly gameplaywise on both sides, but I fucking love his lore, its so good

    • @miketrapper0464
      @miketrapper0464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @rafaelz6211
      @rafaelz6211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ok after checking out SofaRek’s Segment i played some billy and somewhat enjoyed trying stuff out. There’s a very easy and boring way to play him and that all i’ve ever seen people use and all i’ve ever known use. Seems there’s more there but i’ll see, taken him from a 2/10 for in game enjoyment for me up to a 5 maybe :)

    • @DuskPShermanWallaby123
      @DuskPShermanWallaby123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rafaelz6211 nice

  • @stinkoman2x6
    @stinkoman2x6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I loved the sarcastic pig chibi when you mentioned a "certain basement dweller"

  • @cylon_
    @cylon_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “I’ve been looking forward to this!”

  • @comedygames3166
    @comedygames3166 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    now billy can live his dreams of being a superhero in the form of his new ultra rare skin

  • @adventurekitty1016
    @adventurekitty1016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Max just needs a hug. A sincere hug. I wonder what he would think if someone just came along and hugged him, like a genuine and sincere hug.

  • @d4n737
    @d4n737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know what? I think Billy would find a lot of himself in Bizzarro. Bizzarro is Superman's botched-up clone, a mockery of the Man of steel that only serves to live in the shadow of Superman and only wants to be as useful as him. Bizzarro isn't a villain that lashes out at civilians because he's a bad person, he's trying to "Save" them even though he's completely misunderstood by them, only wanting a world where the crowds are chanting his name with adoration and not disgust
    And Supes doesn't treat him as a monster, he doesn't mock him, as if a creature so hideous could even dare to replicate him. He's actually treating him like... A disabled younger brother. And I think that Max Jr. Seeing their relationship, Superman, an Ideal he's been told he never could be, taking care of a creature that is all too similar to himself like "It's okay buddy you'll get it right next time"... Just imagine, his own Ideal, a symbol of a world he always wanted, telling a character that represents him that it's going to be okay... Heartwarming and heartbreaking

  • @justint.2858
    @justint.2858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another very well made video, the themes of isolation, ridged freedom, and revenge are all themes we can relate to/want.

  • @Coolguy-gl5uc
    @Coolguy-gl5uc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    All hail the lore guy, for he has uploaded!

  • @deputyrook6232
    @deputyrook6232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    goddamn it i already have about 20 videos to watch and 2 games to complete. well, my priorities tell me to watch this first.

  • @poissonsumac7922
    @poissonsumac7922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WHAT THE HECK IS THAT CRACKED BILLY GAMEPLAY!? HOW THE EVER LOVING HECK DID HE GET UP IN THOSE TREES!!!!!? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE LORE WITH THAT GOING ON!?

    • @SofaReks
      @SofaReks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My bad 😳

    • @poissonsumac7922
      @poissonsumac7922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SofaReks You should be ashamed of yourself, I'm gonna have a fear of chainsaw wielding maniacs hiding in trees now.

  • @HelterSeltzer_the_one
    @HelterSeltzer_the_one 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've stopped playing this game BUT videos like yours is what I keep watching. I just wish DbDs day to day gameplay would be fun enough for me to come back.

  • @IceQueen3253
    @IceQueen3253 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "I'm not the monster you think I am. I'm the monster you wanted me to be."

  • @theotherauthor740
    @theotherauthor740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ugh i love billy so much. in some lore videos, billy is pointed out as being one of the more evil killers, simply because he seems to take actual glee in hunting & killing the survivors, but the thing is: cruelty is quite literally the _only_ thing he knows. from start to finish, from birth to the entity’s realm, billy’s only interaction with other humans has ever involved cruelty. so how could he possibly know any other way to interact with people? he would literally need to be sat down & taught that violence and cruelty are generally considered fucked up things and not the norm lmao. that makes him one of the more tragic & sympathetic killers imo.
    also: i would absolutely adore if you did a video on the wraith. he’s my favorite lad. his story is such a good look into what happens when genuinely good people are pushed to their absolute limits.

  • @dulizardglasses3170
    @dulizardglasses3170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What makes the police chief an even bigger piece of sh*t was he knew what billy wanted.
    He knew billy wanted to know his name and still thinks he’s a horrible monster.
    Just glad billy got some revenge.

  • @prestonlogan3808
    @prestonlogan3808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They shouldn't have been surprised when Max turned on him, as you said Pixel, if you treat a dog like dirt, you can't be surprised when it bites back.

  • @jsephtes5456
    @jsephtes5456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think BHVR drew a lot inspiration from Genie, the feral child. I did a case study of Genie and I immediately drew parallels between them and hillbilly.

  • @NotRenjiro
    @NotRenjiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some of dbd's characters just need a big hug.

    • @SSD_Penumbra
      @SSD_Penumbra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Some of the characters aren't actually evil and are blinded by the Entity. The character models for Adiris, Caleb and some others have their eyes glazed over, showing that the Entity is showing them something else. We even see it visually with Rin. Her face goes from ghoulish and horrifying to a girl who looks terrified, then back to evil.

    • @NotRenjiro
      @NotRenjiro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SSD_Penumbra Yeah I know

  • @drivernephi7494
    @drivernephi7494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The hillbilly nerf is what killed this game for me the one killer I enjoyed played got nerfed so hard, hillbilly is a shadow of his former self

  • @_.ana._.
    @_.ana._. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tbh the idea of the dbd fandom giving him an actual name (Even if it's just short for Hillbilly) makes me happy. I think he'd be happy to know he's loved.

  • @matheuscoutinho8590
    @matheuscoutinho8590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unfortunately my favorite Killer is The Hag (i love the witch archetype)
    I wish she could have a cool lore like Billy or Adiris...
    Amazing video! \o/ continue your fantastic work

  • @ColdNorth0628
    @ColdNorth0628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man i miss the days when i made incoherrent bayou nosies like the pigman from samurai jack and I would just run around the map with no overheat or anything.
    My friends screaming in fear when I would sprint by was hilarious. Good times.

  • @MiniWhiteDragon
    @MiniWhiteDragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine caring about a serial killer in a story. We need more of this writing, its really good!

    • @watertommyz
      @watertommyz ปีที่แล้ว

      Read up on Wraith's lore...his facial expression is that of a man mourning what he has become.

  • @xxSandt21xx
    @xxSandt21xx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You about the only TH-cam channel these days whose content I wait patiently for

  • @easterlyshark4131
    @easterlyshark4131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The adams could have probably been land lords or as billy calls people he doesn't want/know trespassers

  • @manwhatdoiputhere
    @manwhatdoiputhere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just wanna give this man a hug, he really needs it

  • @COAagent
    @COAagent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hillbilly and Spirit are my favorite killers. Love them both

  • @ehvuhlinn
    @ehvuhlinn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite killer. Everything about him I love. Thank you for making this video!

  • @john-marccartagenas6706
    @john-marccartagenas6706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BHVR also went with a bold strategy of manifesting this in the game with his rework. Now even outside of the perspective of the lore, we feel bad for him.

  • @daniels2745
    @daniels2745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video as usual, but I would like to talk about the actual lore of Coldwind Farm. As I don't believe the Adams are actually supposed to be the Thompson family. One thing to note is that the Thompson family does have connections to the police who have shown to be corrupt, and another thing to note is that Max at the end of his tome tells us there a secret rooms in the basement. Another thing is how both are described the Adams are presented as genuine hardworking farmers, but that's not the case for the Thompsons who are shown to rely heavily on corrupt police officers.
    It's most likely the Thompsons killed the Adams, and had simply been protected by the Chief. Which makes it even sadder as those who would've shown Max love were likely murdered

  • @wheelooze4655
    @wheelooze4655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video. I have a tip regarding your editing, you sometimes have extended periods of silence in-between your cuts which makes the video feel a bit unnatural. I would suggest trying to trim those down a bit.

  • @jb6725
    @jb6725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I sometimes think about whether Max's story would have been different had he been born in the 21st century and had loving parents because there would still be bullying in school and that would either drive him to become a modern day version of hillbilly
    Or attempt suicide both would be sad but it still would've been good if he could speak or at least try to and have a more clean look to his face and what was there

  • @harmlesstherobot7181
    @harmlesstherobot7181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The space billy is the scariest part of this, I think.
    But also, what the hell?! I’m pretty sure everyone who played him wants Billy to be happy. I just want to hug him. The whole chainsaw thing might complicate that though.

    • @SofaReks
      @SofaReks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry 🥺

    • @harmlesstherobot7181
      @harmlesstherobot7181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SofaReks I mean, it’s a feat of human skill and mastery of the game’s physics that you can do stuff like that, but don’t blame me if I scream with my character when an 8-foot tall chainsaw wielding murderer leaps from the sky like Batman. That stuff’s spooky… Impressive, but spooky.

    • @SofaReks
      @SofaReks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@harmlesstherobot7181 😂😂

  • @kerruo2631
    @kerruo2631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His backstory could be made into a movie

  • @poissonsumac7922
    @poissonsumac7922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I ran in here faster than a Billy with Double Engravings!!

  • @kmaximusconnor3665
    @kmaximusconnor3665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love these videos so much please never stop making them

  • @RetaliationStudios1997
    @RetaliationStudios1997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Frank: He's crazier than me and Julie's honeymoon tapes... but he does have a solid point. Maybe we should have him make burgers out of good ol' David!

  • @TheStickiestNotes
    @TheStickiestNotes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I find it funny that probably one of the main writers of A Man Named Boy just watch this and just go “uh, yeah, totally meant to invoke that, the sheriff totally represents the cruel word and not just a character we pulled out of a hat, totally”
    All seriousness though, I have no quarrels with DBD’s art department, they are basics the only this game is still as good as it is

  • @jasonmiller659
    @jasonmiller659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This story really hurts me because based off of real life logic I was born deformed while I suffered abuse it wasn't due to my deformities in fact I inherited them from my abuser I know what it's like to understand everyone yet not be understood my own siblings had to translate for me due to my speech impediment and I've been seen as less than human before because of it this story hits me on a personal level and shows me that if my life had been worse if I didn't have the few who actually care about me that I could have been just like Billy

  • @StormX6
    @StormX6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hillbilly is my favorite original killer. His chainsaw is so fun to use. I liked how tragic his backstory was. Even survivors I play against are super forgiving at the end of the games when I play him.

  • @The2x4wizard
    @The2x4wizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for making this, I still have a headcanon of hillbilly speaking like how boomhauer does in king of the hill but with more grit

  • @CyberneticStreetrunner
    @CyberneticStreetrunner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hillbilly vs Demogorgon,the battle of the killers most loved by fans

  • @iB0NKERS
    @iB0NKERS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It makes you wonder if that if you show some of the killers just a bit of kindness and understanding, would they still be killers?

  • @Isaac_646
    @Isaac_646 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I honestly feel like if there was any killer that survivors could calm down to stop them from killing would be Hillbilly, and to an extent Leatherface. Hillbilly could spot a survivor, rev his chainsaw, and survivors could just give him a hug. He'd pause, and just stand there like "Aw, thats nice, thanks... but I do have a job to do."

  • @teomcnasty
    @teomcnasty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who is more likely to give Hillbilly a name?
    His literal dad
    The community

  • @gus552electricboogaloo4
    @gus552electricboogaloo4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy-billy (thats how i call him) was my favorite killer since i saw him in his reveal trailer,the way he uses his chainsaw is in my opinion quite original,and i wanted to master him,but i only started playing the game this year on my cellphone,i personally dont mind that much the overheat mechanic,but its annoying sometimes,when i discovered the tomes,i was hooked (XD) with all those stories,then i readed billys one and i was a bit sad after i finished,it left me thinking "what if....what if billy had a normal life? What if billy had parents who treated him like a human being instead of like a monster?",it left me thinking like no other story did,to this day,i wish billy had a better life

  • @ammazer1229
    @ammazer1229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    RIP old billy ill never forget you.

  • @sakrefunholy
    @sakrefunholy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    just a perfect video on the great lore of hillbilly :D
    his lore is by far my favourite. mostly because it's a perfect horror story of how treating someone as a monster will in the end create a monster.
    he really is a victim himself who in the end just snapped under the abuse.
    but that is also why he is such a great killer since his reasoning behind killing is understandable.
    the same goes for the Oni and the same should be for all the killers in my opinion.

    • @caldw615
      @caldw615 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hillbilly is one of the most sympathetic killers because he really doesn't knpw any better. From the moment he entered the world he was just faced with cruelty and no attachment figures becaude his parents were just plain evil. He just wants to be himself and he has learned to also hate everyone on return as that is all he knows.
      Hillbilly might have grown into a hardworking decent member of society if he had his parents to actually care for him. Sure he'd face animosity for his appearance but if his parents were nurturing he could have grown into someone nice

  • @hopelessedgelord
    @hopelessedgelord 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh god I can picture it now... Like the old Jason vs Leather-Face comic Billy meets Bubba the have a little scrap then Bubba invites him home.
    Billy is happy until one of the Sawyer brothers is mean to Bubba goes hay wire

  • @Silas_Kow
    @Silas_Kow 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I suppose I shouldn't be so emotional about the history of a murderer, but I get on the verge to cry in the middle of the video

  • @caldw615
    @caldw615 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always imagined the idea of looking at a killers backstory to see what crimes and sentences they could be given based on their circumstances interesting. Trapper killing people would be punished by life in prison or death because he is very much sane and knows right from wrong but Hillbilly was not raised with a proper education and doesn't understand right from wrong, what little he knows would have been from TV. I imagine if Hillbilly ever got put on trial he'd be admitted to a mental hospital instead of doing jail time due to his abuse/self defence as mitigating circumstances. He's really one of the killers you genuinely feel sorry for as he never had a fair shot at life and only knew a world of hatred.

  • @iambutter25
    @iambutter25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:56 I saw that head on coming from a mile away, that hurt to watch.

  • @colbagel7283
    @colbagel7283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Lore Man never misses

  • @SarcasticPossum
    @SarcasticPossum 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Somebody just give Billy a hug!

  • @555phoenix
    @555phoenix 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    9pm on a monday night and im up crying over hillybilly's lore, man.

  • @LynxRecruit
    @LynxRecruit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If ya think about it, we gave hillbilly the very thing he wanted so desperately.
    A name, We call him billy.

  • @blightchip4236
    @blightchip4236 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I sympathize with hillbilly so much not because I’m a disfigured person who was hated by his parents because of it but because I’m hated by my parents because I’m a better person than them and when they see me succeed without help from my abuser it makes them so mad I love the iridescent brick add on because it symbolizes hillbilly first bit of freedom for him it was a single brick and for me it’s a broken crack pipe

  • @Iamnothereijustsee
    @Iamnothereijustsee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude you ever just look at how he holds his hammers? Fuckin horizontal with the ground. That's a long handle and a heavy head. That takes a great amount of strength. The way he strikes towards to the ground and on dime brings it back up. Dudes strong, very strong. Extremely strong

  • @cockyoin7062
    @cockyoin7062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His name is boy. Kratos is that you

  • @puraidoeustass
    @puraidoeustass 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never really played Billy because I suck at the game and yeah ... but I LOVE Billy. He's cute with all his noises, and he looks cute, and I just wanted to hug him especially after I read his Tome Lore. I want to give him the love and affection that he deserves!

  • @adrielcolombodesousa6837
    @adrielcolombodesousa6837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's sad that not only his parents hated him, his own creators too

  • @BurtyHaxx
    @BurtyHaxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    damn, that flash would have worked if you didnt look up, i thought i just failed it. good to know i was on point. also i ike that you kept ricks head on in the video :) he will be happy about that lol gg

  • @degeneracy0160
    @degeneracy0160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the biggest villain in billy's story is BHVR