Your ability to tell the story of real and living beings in a world separate from ours is incredible. These are people. If they revealed themselves to have sentience in regards to us i would not be surprised. Also stumbler deserves headpats
I feel like this is happening because people are so used to mascot horror games being rip-offs of/heavily inspired by FNaF, so they're applying the FNaF logic of "character/item/color is symbolic of a person" to Bucky.
the video establishes that Brandon isn't evil either. He's just a version of Bucky driven to unstable behavior by circumstances beyond his control. Bucky is a good person that's always living on the edge of losing himself and needs others to ground him to reality. Brandon meanwhile was helpless and alone, leading him to spiral down as he was overwhelmed by despair and paranoia.
hey, composer for waltz here i really appreciate that you enjoy the song, this song isn't really anything out of the ordinary for me but i feel honored people still enjoy it to this day :) really nice analysis of the game as a whole as well, keep up the good work!!
tfw you gaslight a humanly flawed main character into committing atrocities and murdering their love ones as they're the monster of the story and not yourself for the consequences of the player's own actions. This isn't the lack media literacy, this is the lack of media cognition.
So what you’re telling me is that? Bucky, the beaver had a Undertale situation. Where The players mischaracterized multiple characters and missed the point about how it’s their fault not Cara not flowery, *it’s their fault that all of this happened.*
But a long part of the video explains why that is NOT the case too😭😭 that he is capable of taking care of himself and an adult with flaws and impulses…..
Did I almost cry at the analysis of Bucky’s relationship with Walter despite not being able to play the game (not having Steam)? Yes. This video just solidified my love of Bucky and he’s now my favorite. I also completely forgot about Hotel 09 until watching this
One of the most important types OCs to have is thw punching bag OC. It's one of the most common ones. It's terrible to think of one becoming sentient...
from what i seen of the game when it came out, i mostly thought the story was just the lead developer's decent to madness and the game was an extension of that madness, i never even realized that bucky was his own being and not just a reflection of the dev and his insecurities and a bystander to the player, i didnt even know the murders were real from my 1st impression, so learning more about that what bucky is saying is tied to himself as the beaver/man and not the idea was eye opening, and made me further appreciate the clever and subtle writing that i originally missed
you know what, better thoughts on this video but the way most of the internet demonizes bucky does seem to show how much the internet demonizes mentally ill people, like bucky does certainly have the POTENTIAL to do bad stuff under pressure, but in reality he truly never did anything aside from getting mad at you for ignoring his requests to bring him back to safety to his friends so he wont have to have to face what somebody using his skin did, he genuinely does not deserve to be demonized like this at all all he did was crack under pressure in a scenario that nearly everyone would ALSO crack he deserves way better treatment
I've come to wonder if that mentality comes from fear - fear of what it would mean for _their_ stability. If someone _else_ could do something *_Really Bad_* as a result of other people's actions... then how do you know that couldn't happen to you? It challenges the hope that you have reasonable ability to _choose_ no matter the circumstance. This is not to say the opposite - that we can't really hold anyone account for their actions - but to focus in on the uncomfortable grey that's there.
@@immxmax And yet some people idolize Walter White from Breaking Bad. Probably also out of fear for their stability, but coping with it by telling themselves "Hey, at least if I were to crack under pressure, I would be a cool badass." That is still equally as pathetic. And there are probably billions of other more pathetic aspects of how people can avoid the fear for their own stability.
@@StoryTeller796 I always remind myself that everyone is equally capable of great good and great evil. I don’t exclude myself from that. Certainly, even the thought of losing yourself or not being able to truly predict how you’ll react to a situation is frightening, but I feel like that fear leads to a sort of…pridefulness, I suppose…? And that pride keeps people from accepting that they are even capable of being “that way” in the first place.
It's also worth noting that he sees the player as his friend. Because of course, the mascot is gonna act like everyone in his friend and the video game version has no reason for it to be an act. But that means it's his friend ignoring his requests for safety. It's his friend pushing him to go into dangerous environments. Yeah no shit he'd be mad eventually Plus it's also worth considering that the in universe dev was trying to create a general feeling of shame to everyone who played because he was angry himself. Even if it caught random strays he wanted to make people feel like they're bad people to hopefully reflect poorly on the CEO. And the video game character Bucky can't control what people intended outside of him. I really do just feel sad for him honestly. There's no reason to think he's evil.
I’ve always wondered why Brandon killed the other actors, and your video is the only one I’ve seen that really got to the core of it all. Awesome work I also didn’t even know that these characters had more depth than what was presented so thank you for shining a light on Bucky as a person.
Really great analysis here! Can genuinely say I learned a lot more about Shipwrecked and the characters within than I already knew. I also really liked when Stumbler was on screen ❤ Subbed!
This is 10000% THE best Shipwrecked 64 analysis I’ve seen! Looking into the complex yet amazing narrative of Shipwrecked isn’t an easy task, but you did incredible with explaining Bucky’s character! I really hope that this video performs spectacularly because you absolutely deserve it! Now let’s hope that people stop making Bucky some evil killer from now on LOL
genuinely never thought that Brandon killing them was out of fear, i thought it was just brandon going insane and taking it out through violence. it being basically Bucky killing (what he thinks are) monsters using his friends skin, which in turn brings his friends back... it's sad on all accounts
objection! Phoenix would be defending bucky's innocence, not asserting he's murderous. Edgeworth would be the one doing his best to claim bucky's guilt. thank you for coming to my ted talk.
Honestly I'm really glad you made this video, I don't understand Shipwrecked 64 half as much as I should, but the scenes in which Bucky talks directly to the player, begging them to stop, to turn back, and then finally... to end him. Those always stuck with me, and I'm so glad to see I wasn't the only one to see that. Edit: after watching the whole video, I just wanna say how obvious it is that you care for the character of Bucky and how much you've added to my own appreciation of the lil dude. Truly a great and complex character, even more complex then I gave him credit for.
Ok, so its basically like Kris Deltarune and the Soul/Players relationship. Funny enough, people for the longest time thought they were evil just for doing something like Bucky, and oh, idk.... REFUSING THE BEING PUPPETING THEM AND TAKING CONTROL OF THEIR BODY. I see alot of things in common about them, like how Bucky is disturbed with these lore side quests the player is intrigued by, Kris is the same with the secrwt bosses.
Reminds me of this one clip of an Easter egg from a video I can’t remember the name of and one guy is arguing about going outside. The other guy tells him “it’s dangerous out there!” The other guy gets really melodramatic and says “don’t you understand? it’s dangerous in here too” and both of the characters slowly turn their heads towards you. This game looked a bit older too so it’s not a new idea that characters are in your hands when you play a game. That’s why I could never choose any mean dialogues in video games
Im kinda shocked so many people mischaracterized him so bad, like I thought it was obvious how complexed him and the story was. Like everyone is technically capable of murder if driven to that circumstance. I love Bucky so much I think he's such an interesting little guy.
I'm glad I quit watching game theory years ago. From the multiple playthroughs and investigation videos i've watched of shipwrecked 64, I got the general idea that Bucky and Brandon were two entirely separate but tragically connected entities- neither of them wanted this. Neither of them asked for this. However; this video did let me in on some things I very much missed. The true nuances of Bucky's character, the deeper undertones of his relationships with Giovanni and Walter went completely over my head, and watching this made Shipwrecked hit even harder for me than it had before. 10/10 video, you deserve so much more than you have right now
Why? Most of Game Theory’s theories are just that. Theories. The entire point of their little catchphrase, or whatever it’s called, “that’s just a theory, a game theory!” is to remind you that basically everything in the video is just for fun. You aren’t meant to take them seriously.
@@treehouseoffun1242 what kind of theorist where they failed to research throughly and making assumptions of every mascot character is the evil mastermind who want to eat your brain? thats the level of tin foiled hat
หลายเดือนก่อน +23
@@treehouseoffun1242 Its not about taking the silly theories seriously or not, its about the Game Theory team getting pretty easy to parse things wrong cause the content machine can't stop for quality.
หลายเดือนก่อน +17
@@treehouseoffun1242 there is not even any kind of "theory" in Game Theory's Shipwrecked video. It's just them building the puzzle out for you, without any specific new insight or new ideas. (Something that fair enought to them, they do quite a lot on the FNAF theories. despite the anger of some fans)
And they’ve also gotten many things right as well. Acting as if they’re all bad because of their wrong theories is incredibly naive. Of course they’re not going to be right all the time but they aren’t wrong all the time either. They’re people and they make mistakes, but look beyond those mistakes as well. Now if they got way, way more theories wrong and also acted as if they were right, then I can understand the dislike op has for them.
As someone who was obsessed with watching content about this game when it first came out, the fact people actually lumped Brandon and Bucky together is wild to me since the game itself made it clear that they're separate characters. 😂
Bro, i cant even begin to describe how happy this video made me. You are the sole reason i got into this game like months ago because i saw your fanart on tumblr and was like "huh, looks neat! I should check it out" and then proceed to be blasted with a new hyperfixation. Like Oh My Goooood the connection between how each death is shown and the realationships bucky has the with the people in question bro i didnt think of that your brain is so beautiful and true. 10/10 video, i am going to make my friends play shipwrecked 64. Also when you were talking about how "Normal" you are about Bucky and Walters relationships i literally started to giggle to myself, like- dude, ive seen your art- (and your fics), *I know how normal you are about them* shhsgagagshsgsgsggs
nothing is ever "not that deep", people just dont fully pay attention or they feel embarrassed to care this analysis is so full of care i lov it!!!!! \(^ヮ^)/
I also feel like people who tell others they're "reaching" or "its not that deep" without any evidence, are generally ignorant to the themes the work of fiction is trying to tell or at worst, refuse to acknowledge the themes because they fear they'll apply to them. Also in general, it discourages people from expressing their unique interpretations of a fictional work.
Wait... people thought Bucky and Brandon were the same? I always seperated the Cartoon version of the Characters to the Real possessed or converted mascot.
There an interesting bit of characterisation that when Olivia confront him about why he hates bucky so much, Giovanni can`t really muster a reason beyond some shallow and generic excuses. I get a feeling he doesn`t really understand himself why he hold such a grudge toward Bucky and why would he? How could he ever fathom that the explanation for his hate was that he was specifically created to torment him? how would he even react to the knowledge that the pure vitriolic hate he feels toward bucky isnt truly his own?
@@blackbloom8552 my dumb crackshit theory is that it's projection, he's internally homophobic and therefore takes it out in his crush Bucky Beaver(this is a shitpost don't take it seriously)
GREAT VID. As someone who has identity/dissociative issues and likes those themes in fiction, I picked up on the duality/mirror themes in Shipwrecked REAL QUICK. So it might be bias, but it shocked me that among the "picking apart and dissecting the game" discussions, I've never really seen it be brought up! (But then again, I'm not sure I'm wanting to see discussions of Bucky's Evil Side or what have you lmao) It's something that I think is such rich territory for media that involves different iterations of a character, and god does Shipwrecked prove it. The themes this game hones in on and its execution is fantastic, but I think people are missing out on the additional (in plain text!) layer of: A character who's a stranger in their own skin, subject to how others perceive them, how they get treated because of that perception, and eventually end up playing into it (intentionally or not) because they were "always that way," weren't they? Never mind when you're a franchise character, so in the end it "is" you! Super appreciate you taking the time to making this video! You've done a good job breaking down this character and his circumstances, and it's just well put together video all around! The information about Bucky and his sibling relationship with Walter is going to make me bury myself in the sand!
49:55 OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I COMPLETLY AGREE WITH YOU I see this mentality everywhere these days and it gets so bothersome when people apply it to characters who aren't as simple as "good" or "evil" and genuinely dee characters who are flawed and make several bad choices but aren't gonna kill anyone and I hate it.
ngl this video made me realize just how much stuff i've been missing out on when it comes to this game and how little i really know about it i thought the thumbnails were just silly cuz i feel like the separation between brandan and bucky the character was pretty spelled out lol but oh my god i am missing so much bucky lore thank you for the enlightenment
I think this video has genuinely opened my eyes to Shipwrecked64. I watched the Night Mind video way back when and thought it was neat but never thought much about it afterwards (didn’t help that the clickbait made it out like every mascot horror ever). However seeing that Bucky is this self aware character that isn’t a murder nor a “uwu cinnamon roll” but this extremely fleshed out and engaging character is so refreshing. Probably the best video I’ve ever watched on the topic! I now really want to start looking into Shipwreaked64 more now!
Me but with gtlive. The game didnt seem that interesting to me. Was the sudden gore with Giovanni cool? Yeah i loved seeing a mascot horror game not be squeaky clean for once. But it very quickly felt like it became gore for gore's sake, and the hard to understand voice things (the NATO alphabet one was insane) made me quickly lose interest. Seeing this game going way deeper than i expected is nice, and kinda weird that this is the second time it has happend, the other game being mouthwashing, which i didnt even watch 15 minutes of when i first saw it
Something I found is that N64 inspired horror games are usually pretty good Crow 64, the multiple animal crossing styled horror games, kitty kart 64 Of course none of them are outstanding but theyre still miles better than what the typical mascot horror
had a pointing at the screen moment when the time signature of waltz got brought up, that's genuinely my favorite part of the piece. good video. wild that people have misinterpreted this character that badly when it's really clear what's going on with him if you just listen to him.
This is an awesome video! I love your analysis into Bucky and what he does for the story. Your point that his having an actual character sets him apart from characters in the mascot horror subgenre is sticking with me. Maybe you can argue the game explores the horror of being a mascot, of being a symbol given flesh. Broadside Animations depends on him as a mascot just as his friends depend on him for their well-being/survival, projecting their own frustrations or feelings onto him. Being a mascot means you embody something so much larger than yourself, some ideas and histories that you may or may not find acceptable. You are a tool to be used. You are a narrative device. The way the game makes you complicit in this is so, so interesting and adds to the horror. You’ve given me much to think about and I can’t thank you enough for all your hard work!
I think this is my favorite video on TH-cam. The way it's conducted, all tied with an interview with the creator at the end, it's a complete package and I thoroughly enjoyed listening all the way through!!
31:45 TWO PEOPLE??? TWO????? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PIPSQUEAK WHO THE HELL WAS THE OTHER GUY???????? Seriously though, this is an amazing video! I'm so thankful people are discussing the full intricacies of bucky and just the cast in general.
God this was just... You friggin knocked it out of the park with this video, and those stills were really great, loved the style. I never thought I'd get so emotional over a low poly Beaver and his mentally ill pirate crew. Also the whole bit with Walter and autism spoke to me on a personal level.
You really did a fantastic job doing analysis on these fuzzy emotional shipwrecks, Grape. I love how much thought Squeaks put into their character and I really enjoyed how you brought it all to light. Awesome job!!!
I've actually watched this twice due to the sheer passion I have for this video. This is the type of commentary I want on TH-cam, due to the sheer love and care put into this content. I completely understand how you feel, that I want to make sure my favorite characters could be seen as genuinely as they were intended. I am actually invested in this second watch, rather than just using it as white noise while I draw a reference sheet for an au. So yes, my silly brain is typing this while I was busy doing something. But it's worth it if I get to express how much I love this video, and how it became one of my favorites besides my many watches of Dreams of an Insomniac (Pastra is another TH-camr that put a lot of passion into their work). So yes, you're getting a subscribe because you deserve it, deserves something to compensate for the effort into this video. -luxghostlikesbananabread
50:22 Hey... that reminds me of another character from a popular indie game that has also been placed in both categories (Curly from Mouthwashing). But in all seriousness, I didn't think that most of the fans actually think that Bucky is the killer and the villain of the game when they see Brandon during the murders. It leaves me with the same bitter taste of people saying that Wally is the true bad guy of Welcome Home when we barely reached the end of the prologue. And I'll be very disappointed if people also mischaracterized Inspeckta from Great God Grove and doing a disservice to the ending. Well that's my 2 cents on the topic.
Finally my favorite characters, the depressed beaver and the paranoid mutant furry have been done justice! Thank you for your service Grapejuice, for saying that Bucky is a complex character with a lots of depth. My poor boy can't escape the reminders of the murders and his undeserved downfall. As well as for Brandon, while we know very little about him, and he did kill his coworkers, he's also victim in this situation. A big thing I've noticed with Shipwrecked and the wider Broadside universe, is the constant themes of narrative parallels/mirrors. Each event and character has their own parallel, in both the game world and the real world. Overall this is a great video! Amazing top tier quality stuff 👌👌👌👌
I haven't really read up on all the shipwrecked lore but i can't fathom how bucky can be misinterpreted, even from the first few minutes of this video and only a few lines of his dialogue i can already see him as the victim in this whole story.
It kind of makes sense for Giovanni to be the typical bully character. Geese in real life can be pretty mean and territorial when they feel threatened. 😅
BUCKY JUST WANTED TO GO HOME AND THAT'S NOT A CRIME!!!!!! i care for him so much it's not his fault someone decided to Do Bad Things in a suit that looks like him edit: okay now that i've watched more of the video i wanted to add that Rex and Bucky's relationship make me want to eat rocks (/pos). as a guy who makes ocs i get where Rex is coming from, man. one of my guys, Haji, is just everything i worry about and hate about shoved onto a person. i put him in a gang because i'm willingly walking into the culinary industry (which is an absolute NIGHTMARE). he's an insecure trans man because i am too. he's scared of being profiled because of it because i am too. i really want to know how Haji would react to all this if he was some kinda alive. i want to know if he would hate me too. i couldn't blame him. i wonder if Starling!Rex knows Bucky hates him. i wonder if he feels at all bad about it now that Bucky's alive.
Sometimes I imagine my characters couldn’t hate me, instead would thank me and take me under their wing. For 7 years these guys have been my hyper fixation and once, they used to have a lot of my not great qualities, but they now have grown to be the best versions of themselves! I mean,,, yeah,,,,, I did kill one, revive him and mentally scarred his friends but, he’s chill about it now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ without me they would never have existed, they better be grateful smh
I never played Shipwrecked 64, so all the information I know about it is from TH-cam videos. But this is the first video I saw that focuses the cartoon characters themselves, and showed me a lot of knowledge I never seen before (such as Bucky's and Walter's relationship). On one hand I'm glad this video was made, but on the otherhand I am disappointed that I haven't seen other folks shine more light on this side of Sw64's story.
honestly i just want people to AU nice, little cheerful cartoons where these goobers don't have to deal with rex or anything involving braodside. they suffered so much :(
OH THIS IS SO COOL! I never realized how… (dimensional? Deep? Something-) Bucky was. I love this, you actually cooked with this video and I feel compelled to subscribe.
This video has convinced me to be a Bucky fan. Fr phenomenal work on this video cuz it does look at the series from the perspective of the characters which we normally don't do or consider in the internet's hunts for lore as of late.
you have really upped bucky on my favorite character list for this game all bc of this video. stumbler's still my favorite, but bucky is a really close second. excellently done!
God, this video is so amazing. I am a Giovanni lover, like how his character is "i worked hard, so everybody should work hard" is a realistic depiction how some people are. No, i dont thing he is a "good guy, and a uwu meow meow that is just a little mean", he is awful to both Bucky and Walter. But I still like the writing of him. Anyway, i just wanted to say that is so cool to see someone not only talking about how good this game is but also how good characters are Happy to see more of your content about them if you will do more
liking a character because they're a massive asshole and owning it is way better than the alternative. Strut your shit. The shit in this case being giovanni because he's a massive piece of shit. LMFAO
@@lambybunny7173 100%. Liking a character because they simply are written well and believable is good! Giovanni IS written well, a good character, but he is truly a horrible person..and we can't help but love him for it because he's SUPPOSED to be like that, we hate him as a person but that makes us like him as a character even more because that shows he's written WELL
Hes horrible to everyone! He insulted Stumbler, too! When someone emailed him about it, he responded with, 'To be honest? I take it on the nose! And I let it sit there in my brain for a good while, and when I'm back with Wulf, I cry it all out until I'm ready to meet with Giovanni again!'
You are so correct and real for this and I genuinely feel like somewhere down the line with these horror games people like to jump and ASSUME the "typical" roles of mascot horror, not wanting to really dig into more complex characters. There's an automatic snap that makes a lotta peoples brains go "okay so this is the good guy and this is the bad guy-" and I can't help but look at this and remember how the Undertale fandom severely mischaracterized someone like Chara. It kinda made me wanna shrivel up like a raisin imngl
This video has revealed a lot to me about shipwreck. Holy cow thank you! Bucky has and always will be one of my favorite characters in indie game history! I never saw him as evil, yet I knew he wasn't some pure soul either, in the best way put. He is human. Or more so, he is beaver. XD
Back when I watched analysis videos on Shipwrecked 64 I never put much attention to this side of the narrative. Definitely made me appreciate the game a lot more.
...This was a metanarrative I wasn't aware of. Holy fucking shit. Shipwrecked 64 is an incredible game, and it deserves more attention than it currently has.
LIke I saw Bucky telling us to stop going deeper, and I thought that was natural, for someone not wanting to see The Horrors. But it never hit me how DEEPLY it actually affected Bucky.
Haven't played Shipwrecked 64 but I've been watching various playthroughs and video essays on it. This one in particular I learnt a lot more and now I'm even more fascinated by this world. Can't help but find it more fitting now that Starling Blot/Rex is such a dangerous foe on the floor you encounter him, with how he SPRINTS at you the moment he sees you, instead of it being monsters wearing the skin of his friends, it's Bucky's almost god-like tormentor from his perspective now taken a form where they can hurt him directly (yea Rex didn't know that his character was sapient and was dealing with his frustrations in a way that would irl be one of the better ways of dealing with it, but still, probably a horrifying experience for Bucky) or even just his creator's favorite, come to torment him the same way. Maybe the fragments of Rex's memory lead to the starling resorting to the same coping strategy that he used in the past, tormenting Bucky (Assuming there's a connection between the starlings in the outside world and the ones in the game, they could be separate entities as well!) Idk if any of my ramblings make sense, I just felt like dumping my thoughts somewhere, love this video, i feel like I'll be returning to it a lot :D
hey this video is awesome! to be honest as someone who has only engaged with shipwrecked 64 video essays without ever diving deeper, i'm (very pleasantly) surprised by just how much depth there is to these characters! i absolutely love to see this, it's awesome and hearing you talk about it all really endeared me to them! i'm invested in seeing any followups squeaks dcorgeh does in the future :)
this is the best shit ever, i never knew i needed more in depth clarification, and also since i couldn't play the game, i only watched the videos that were made about the game, i never made assumptions about the characters, because people never really did dive deep into them as much as you did. my autistic ass would've been clueless for all eternity if it wasn't for you and this video.
If I had a nickel for every time I saw an anthropomorphic cartoony rabbit with no arms in a horror game... I'd have two nickels, which is strange because it happened twice right? (Oswald In FNaTI and Stumbler)
giovanni and rex really were just in it for the love of the game huh this is such a spectacular analysis on this character oh my GOD i might be dragged back into the hyperfixation, i genuinely hope to see more analyses from you!
I have never actually looked into the characters, because I was too busy trying to figure the lore out, but this has opened my eyes to how complex and realistic the characters are, especially Bucky. Squeak D Corgeh is an amazing writer and I hope that they do more projects
I did not notice that people would not be able to separate the mascot actor guy (Brandon Lestor) from Bucky Beaver. Like Bucky is just a silly nice guy who wants to go home and we are forcing him to watch someone hurt people using his name and likeness. Poor baby. Let him save his friends and go home. Edit: WALTZ DNASJDKAJKDNJKDN im going to go feral. also i was legit like "wdym this is 3/4-- wait somethign is wrong."
I love focused character dissection like this. I thought Shipwrecked was alright, but none of the people I watched ever really dove directly into the characters like you have! This is a great piece of work ♥♥
Oh my gosh. We need more Shipwrecked 64 videos like this. I swear there will always be something about this game that I don’t know. Oh my gosh. This video was literally amazing. I don’t even know what to say.
Bucky literally put his trust in us playing the happy fun game and we have abused and broken him I'm almost sure that suicide wasn't just the dev... it was Buckys as well
Its funny how people got to the conclusion that bucky was evil when the in game character was just as baffled as the player for the shit that happened like plsss
I didn't know ANY of this and now I am glad I have clicked on this random video with someone SO passionate about this game that gave me a big ass scare when I was watching gameplay footage of it at 3am on a weekend some time ago This is amazing and I move this game even more now
I knew that bucky himself wasn't evil and I knew bucky was alive, but I didn't know they were all alive and in such an intricate and complex way!! This is such a lovely video I'm going to subscribe to you 💛💛💛
I've been following the project of shipwrecked since the first version, and despite knowing it for a while now, I've always wondered about the relationships between the characters. This video was so necessary, as well as to say: "Brandon ≠ Bucky" to the theory channels. FINALLY PD: The brotherly relationship between Walter and Bucky changes everything 😭☝
@@sarafontanini7051 yep. Skimmed through the dialogue, started coming up with their own character motivations, and started to complain that S&V didn't have a proper story
This is an excellent video, you're one of the only youtubers who actually deep dove into the lore. Brandon is an extremely fascinating character in his own right and I kinda hope you go over him in greater detail someday. His story is genuinely so depressing.
ya know something funny i find is that the dwellers are a reflection of Bucky's sorrows and pain through out his "adventure"... Olivia (Olive) has the ability to spot the player from any location. If Bucky is not tucked inside of a barrel when Olivia looks toward the screen, she will spot him, and teleport near him to begin the chase. much like how Bucky is forced to spot these horrors hidden by the forth wall by his "friend" (aka the player) Olivia can also jump between platforms in the Plaza. much like how Bucky is forced to tirelessly continue unless something blocks him or forces his "friend" to hide him... Nathan (Walter) is slower but has the innate ability to completely demolish barrels, leaving Bucky with one less hiding spot. much like how Bucky in diving deeper and deeper into the island is forced to see these horrors done with his friends and his own faces as his naivety/joy and or hope is slowly demolished piece by piece. Brandon (Bucky) shares Nathan/Walters's ability to break down Bucky's defenses but he also has access to an ability that takes effect completely out-of-game. the only dweller that attacks both Bucky and his "friend". a looming presences that haunts Bucky tirelessly much like how many see Bucky himself... but the most interesting is the last two dwellers... Rex (Blot) who also possesses Olivia's screen-peeking mechanic, however has a unique method of spawning, and cannot do so until it completely finishes. and the only way to stop him from spawning is to beat him back into the trash he comes from and hope you can keep him from rising back up but if he can fully rise (into the spotlight) Rex will spot and hunt Bucky, even if he is hiding. and Bucky is left only to try and hide away until he is left alone or to endure being captured. much like his relation to Mr Broadside in life... and finally we get to Gary (Giovanni)...the only dweller to actively hunt Bucky by reacting to sounds, and pursuing the closest source of noise while like Olivia, bears the ability to jump between platforms. the only dweller that will follow Bucky as an ever present rage and one of the first to be faced. much like how Bucky was made out of spite for a lost first creation...
The first thing I noticed when I first played shipwrecked64 when doing anything related to going into weird areas or areas I “wasn’t supposed to be in” was how he broke the 4th wall, and also how he reacted to scarier environments. He acted unnervingly human. All the other characters are somewhat similar but all too stiff anyway. He reminded me of Deadpool or sans in a sense that he could talk with the player, and he was alive enough to know his world was a game and his home. Edit: never realized the depth of the other characters but this deep dive really helped me find out more on this cool little story
Very funny to see TH-cam recommending me this video *right after* finishing Planet Clue's analysis on Alex Yiik from YIIK lol. Regardless, your work is displaying very well here and I sincerely appreciate how in-depth you went for each part, your channel deserves a *lot* more attention than it currently has. Cheers brah, and have some swell holidays!
I just wanted to say thank you for this video. You've reignited my love for a game I was obsessed with a year ago. Such an amazingly well thought out and produced video. I cannot wait to see what you do in the future, wether it's small or something like this again.
Horror is rarely a genre I myself play, and I'm very picky about who's playthroughs I'll watch of any given material. So I only knew of this from Game Theory, and I honestly can't remember if I even realized Bucky TALKED at all during their explanations. But I do love lore, and will watch hour long videos about it quite happily, and I'm glad I did. I'm in a personal rough patch, and realizing that Bucky and I share a lot of similarities is interesting to say the least with that overall 'put in situations we're very much not qualified to handle, still trying our best anyways because of our kindness' and very much the 'frustration of having our kindness be misconstrued the MOMENT we try to put down a boundary or try to take care of ourselves.' I could probably go on an hour spiel about that, but suffice to say, I'm very glad you made this video, or I wouldn't have ever found out any of this stuff about Bucky in a time where, knowing there's a character going through a fantastical version of my own problems is a comfort, and makes me all the more appreciative of the friends I do have supporting me best they can. And if you make any more hour long video discussions, I will happily enjoy listening to them.
THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING IVE BEEN STEWING OVER FOR MONTHS NOW INTO WORDS I COULD NEVER HAVE THIS IS FANTASTIC, THANK GOD SOMEONE FINIALLY MADE A VIDEO ABOUT BUCKYS MISSCHARACTERISATION GOOD LORD, OUR BOY JUST WANTED TO GO HOME AND WE SOME SADISTIC OMNIPITENT FORCE PUSHES HIM INTO SEEING SUCH HORRIBLE THINGS NEGLECTING HIS OWN LIFE, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE DIFFRENCES BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE "realtiy" OF SHIPWRECKED AND THIS GAME/CHARACTER WORLD
yknow, i clicked on this expecting it to be some nice bg noise n perhaps a dive into the dissonance of modern clickbait covering horror mdia that winds up ignoring the truth abt the characters n their development, but youve totally captivated me with all you had to say n convinced me to look at shipwrecked64 through a new lens. thank you for this, it is seriously harrowing to think about the existential horror of being a sentient character going through all the horrific conditions bucky did, remembering every single thing done in his image. will probably continue to think about this n its implications for a long while..
This video is so fire that the only wait to make it more fire is it set it on fire yes I do regret typing those words but the video is actually really good, I can't wait to watch more of your videos :D
not even halfway through this video but i already feel even *more* bad for bucky ngl, tbh i already sympathized with him alot when i first went through SW64 but now i just wanna hug him ngl. *"a character given life and sentience who didn't choose to, only for his feelings and very identity to be disregarded for the bigger narative."* Edit : now i want to comfort Walter aswell and cry.
AND IT'S GOATED
the man himself had to come in to clear this poor beavers name 👩⚖
But didn't you refer to Brandon Lester as Bucky Beaver in the mod, for BONELAB?
Do u still play among us
Squeaks you're so awesome for making broadside beach i adore shipwrecked 64 so much 😭🙏
Your ability to tell the story of real and living beings in a world separate from ours is incredible. These are people. If they revealed themselves to have sentience in regards to us i would not be surprised. Also stumbler deserves headpats
Evil bucky be like: all of this is making sense, i want to continue and i don't want to go home
THIS HAS ME IN HYSTERICS
THE ANTI-BUCKY@@underratedgrapejuice
he has GREAT mental health
Bucky is NOT Jason Brody from FC3!!!
TRUEEEE
Let’s say it all together, children:
Brandon Lester ≠ Bucky Beaver in the video game of the in-game game Shipwrecked.
I feel like this is happening because people are so used to mascot horror games being rip-offs of/heavily inspired by FNaF, so they're applying the FNaF logic of "character/item/color is symbolic of a person" to Bucky.
@ Maybe, what may help ur case is that FNAF is basically THE mascot horror game that kicked off the genre.
I'm sorry people think the literal game character is brandon? dear god we truly have been brainrotted
When did Brandon get his last name confirmed?
@ uhhhh pretty sure since the game came out in its first form/demo?? Bc I’ve known this since the game came out, so where were you? 😅😂
It's not Bucky who's evil, his actor just got driven to madness by premordial ooze! He's the vessel of the corporation's benal evil!
Hehehe, something that's cuul is how he's a character tuu!! :333 A complicated character like our beaver boy :3333
Honestly its like how the internet made Mickey Mouse the "evil entity". In reality its the corporations that made these problems
@@lunabruce1804Is he complivated though? All I know him as is a drug addict that became obsessed with Olivia after getting zombified.
@@maneoj46it’s kinda less obvious with Bucky if he himself is evil
the video establishes that Brandon isn't evil either. He's just a version of Bucky driven to unstable behavior by circumstances beyond his control.
Bucky is a good person that's always living on the edge of losing himself and needs others to ground him to reality. Brandon meanwhile was helpless and alone, leading him to spiral down as he was overwhelmed by despair and paranoia.
Bucky: exists
Rex and Giovani: and I took that personally.
Id think that if Rex knew that Bucky was sentient I think he would stop it sure he did torture Bucky but he’s not evil
hey, composer for waltz here
i really appreciate that you enjoy the song, this song isn't really anything out of the ordinary for me but i feel honored people still enjoy it to this day :)
really nice analysis of the game as a whole as well, keep up the good work!!
tfw you gaslight a humanly flawed main character into committing atrocities and murdering their love ones as they're the monster of the story and not yourself for the consequences of the player's own actions.
This isn't the lack media literacy, this is the lack of media cognition.
It’s what people did with Chara from undertale all over again…
@@pastelcatnip
Kid named Mario Super Mario, Ultimate Senseless Murderer:
what?
its like undertale in a way. like chara is seen committing the crimes, but like, the player is the one who chooses to do so
THIS IS MY PARTNER EVERYONE IM SO PROUD OF THEM LOOK AT HOW AMAZINGLY TALENTED THEY ARE WAAHHHH
@@djmonbon8330 bucky is really talented yeah
Sorry I'm married to bucky actually
Supporting your partners artistic and personal pursuits is top tier rizz my dudes, take notes
🔥🔥🔥
this is crazy
So what you’re telling me is that? Bucky, the beaver had a Undertale situation. Where The players mischaracterized multiple characters and missed the point about how it’s their fault not Cara not flowery, *it’s their fault that all of this happened.*
Truee!!!! :3333 Funnily enough both narrating their games tuu :3333
well, you can't expect the player to take accountability for their actions
@@aperson8604 the player taking accountability for their actions?? You can make a game about that *headlock by Imogen heap starts playing*
"Cara" "flowery"💀
@npscg1980 Are you making fun of them for their..typos..??? Actually what does the skull emojis even mean, I see people use it but never get why
Misunderstood beaver that grew up too fast for his own good. (Bucky) VS God's strongest hater. (Giovanni)
LMAO
this could of been you saying "He's baby" for 3 hours and i'd agree
REAL
Real same
But a long part of the video explains why that is NOT the case too😭😭 that he is capable of taking care of himself and an adult with flaws and impulses…..
Did I almost cry at the analysis of Bucky’s relationship with Walter despite not being able to play the game (not having Steam)? Yes. This video just solidified my love of Bucky and he’s now my favorite. I also completely forgot about Hotel 09 until watching this
It’s like the “Chara is the villain!!!” Arc all over again 😭😭😭
One of the most important types OCs to have is thw punching bag OC. It's one of the most common ones. It's terrible to think of one becoming sentient...
from what i seen of the game when it came out, i mostly thought the story was just the lead developer's decent to madness and the game was an extension of that madness, i never even realized that bucky was his own being and not just a reflection of the dev and his insecurities and a bystander to the player, i didnt even know the murders were real from my 1st impression, so learning more about that what bucky is saying is tied to himself as the beaver/man and not the idea was eye opening, and made me further appreciate the clever and subtle writing that i originally missed
you know what, better thoughts on this video but the way most of the internet demonizes bucky does seem to show how much the internet demonizes mentally ill people, like bucky does certainly have the POTENTIAL to do bad stuff under pressure, but in reality he truly never did anything aside from getting mad at you for ignoring his requests to bring him back to safety to his friends so he wont have to have to face what somebody using his skin did, he genuinely does not deserve to be demonized like this at all all he did was crack under pressure in a scenario that nearly everyone would ALSO crack he deserves way better treatment
It's genuinely so frustrating, because it's something that can happen to anyone and not just people who are mentally ill...
I've come to wonder if that mentality comes from fear - fear of what it would mean for _their_ stability. If someone _else_ could do something *_Really Bad_* as a result of other people's actions... then how do you know that couldn't happen to you? It challenges the hope that you have reasonable ability to _choose_ no matter the circumstance.
This is not to say the opposite - that we can't really hold anyone account for their actions - but to focus in on the uncomfortable grey that's there.
@@immxmax And yet some people idolize Walter White from Breaking Bad. Probably also out of fear for their stability, but coping with it by telling themselves "Hey, at least if I were to crack under pressure, I would be a cool badass."
That is still equally as pathetic. And there are probably billions of other more pathetic aspects of how people can avoid the fear for their own stability.
@@StoryTeller796 I always remind myself that everyone is equally capable of great good and great evil. I don’t exclude myself from that. Certainly, even the thought of losing yourself or not being able to truly predict how you’ll react to a situation is frightening, but I feel like that fear leads to a sort of…pridefulness, I suppose…? And that pride keeps people from accepting that they are even capable of being “that way” in the first place.
It's also worth noting that he sees the player as his friend. Because of course, the mascot is gonna act like everyone in his friend and the video game version has no reason for it to be an act. But that means it's his friend ignoring his requests for safety. It's his friend pushing him to go into dangerous environments. Yeah no shit he'd be mad eventually
Plus it's also worth considering that the in universe dev was trying to create a general feeling of shame to everyone who played because he was angry himself. Even if it caught random strays he wanted to make people feel like they're bad people to hopefully reflect poorly on the CEO. And the video game character Bucky can't control what people intended outside of him. I really do just feel sad for him honestly. There's no reason to think he's evil.
I’ve always wondered why Brandon killed the other actors, and your video is the only one I’ve seen that really got to the core of it all. Awesome work
I also didn’t even know that these characters had more depth than what was presented so thank you for shining a light on Bucky as a person.
Really great analysis here! Can genuinely say I learned a lot more about Shipwrecked and the characters within than I already knew. I also really liked when Stumbler was on screen ❤
Subbed!
Thank you so much man!! Rly appreciate the sub :D
You're still not over Stumbler, I see
This is 10000% THE best Shipwrecked 64 analysis I’ve seen! Looking into the complex yet amazing narrative of Shipwrecked isn’t an easy task, but you did incredible with explaining Bucky’s character! I really hope that this video performs spectacularly because you absolutely deserve it!
Now let’s hope that people stop making Bucky some evil killer from now on LOL
genuinely never thought that Brandon killing them was out of fear, i thought it was just brandon going insane and taking it out through violence. it being basically Bucky killing (what he thinks are) monsters using his friends skin, which in turn brings his friends back... it's sad on all accounts
objection!
Phoenix would be defending bucky's innocence, not asserting he's murderous. Edgeworth would be the one doing his best to claim bucky's guilt.
thank you for coming to my ted talk.
THANK YOU!
i was already a "bucky is NOT evil" truther but this video just made me shed tears over bucky and walter im losing my mind
Honestly I'm really glad you made this video, I don't understand Shipwrecked 64 half as much as I should, but the scenes in which Bucky talks directly to the player, begging them to stop, to turn back, and then finally... to end him. Those always stuck with me, and I'm so glad to see I wasn't the only one to see that.
Edit: after watching the whole video, I just wanna say how obvious it is that you care for the character of Bucky and how much you've added to my own appreciation of the lil dude. Truly a great and complex character, even more complex then I gave him credit for.
The bucky beaver situation is crazy
insert thumbnail of bucky with text going "IT'S OVER"
@@laalaaingmodorwhatever IT'S THAT BAD
I WAS LITERALLY THINKING OF THIS WHEN I FIRST SAW IT-
Ok, so its basically like Kris Deltarune and the Soul/Players relationship. Funny enough, people for the longest time thought they were evil just for doing something like Bucky, and oh, idk.... REFUSING THE BEING PUPPETING THEM AND TAKING CONTROL OF THEIR BODY. I see alot of things in common about them, like how Bucky is disturbed with these lore side quests the player is intrigued by, Kris is the same with the secrwt bosses.
YESSSSS, a crossover fic would be awesome :333333
Reminds me of this one clip of an Easter egg from a video I can’t remember the name of and one guy is arguing about going outside. The other guy tells him “it’s dangerous out there!” The other guy gets really melodramatic and says “don’t you understand? it’s dangerous in here too” and both of the characters slowly turn their heads towards you. This game looked a bit older too so it’s not a new idea that characters are in your hands when you play a game. That’s why I could never choose any mean dialogues in video games
@@grossberglawoffices9910wait are you talking about a video or video game where you heard this?
I need you and Pastra to be put in a room together to discuss your opinions on Walter for science, I wanna see the debate of the century go down
Walking down that staircase to reveal the Brandon statue and having waltz kick in gives me chills every time.
Im kinda shocked so many people mischaracterized him so bad, like I thought it was obvious how complexed him and the story was. Like everyone is technically capable of murder if driven to that circumstance. I love Bucky so much I think he's such an interesting little guy.
I'm glad I quit watching game theory years ago. From the multiple playthroughs and investigation videos i've watched of shipwrecked 64, I got the general idea that Bucky and Brandon were two entirely separate but tragically connected entities- neither of them wanted this. Neither of them asked for this.
However; this video did let me in on some things I very much missed. The true nuances of Bucky's character, the deeper undertones of his relationships with Giovanni and Walter went completely over my head, and watching this made Shipwrecked hit even harder for me than it had before.
10/10 video, you deserve so much more than you have right now
Why? Most of Game Theory’s theories are just that. Theories. The entire point of their little catchphrase, or whatever it’s called, “that’s just a theory, a game theory!” is to remind you that basically everything in the video is just for fun. You aren’t meant to take them seriously.
@@treehouseoffun1242 what kind of theorist where they failed to research throughly and making assumptions of every mascot character is the evil mastermind who want to eat your brain? thats the level of tin foiled hat
@@treehouseoffun1242 Its not about taking the silly theories seriously or not, its about the Game Theory team getting pretty easy to parse things wrong cause the content machine can't stop for quality.
@@treehouseoffun1242 there is not even any kind of "theory" in Game Theory's Shipwrecked video. It's just them building the puzzle out for you, without any specific new insight or new ideas. (Something that fair enought to them, they do quite a lot on the FNAF theories. despite the anger of some fans)
And they’ve also gotten many things right as well. Acting as if they’re all bad because of their wrong theories is incredibly naive. Of course they’re not going to be right all the time but they aren’t wrong all the time either. They’re people and they make mistakes, but look beyond those mistakes as well. Now if they got way, way more theories wrong and also acted as if they were right, then I can understand the dislike op has for them.
As someone who was obsessed with watching content about this game when it first came out, the fact people actually lumped Brandon and Bucky together is wild to me since the game itself made it clear that they're separate characters. 😂
Bro, i cant even begin to describe how happy this video made me. You are the sole reason i got into this game like months ago because i saw your fanart on tumblr and was like "huh, looks neat! I should check it out" and then proceed to be blasted with a new hyperfixation. Like Oh My Goooood the connection between how each death is shown and the realationships bucky has the with the people in question bro i didnt think of that your brain is so beautiful and true. 10/10 video, i am going to make my friends play shipwrecked 64.
Also when you were talking about how "Normal" you are about Bucky and Walters relationships i literally started to giggle to myself, like- dude, ive seen your art- (and your fics), *I know how normal you are about them* shhsgagagshsgsgsggs
nothing is ever "not that deep", people just dont fully pay attention or they feel embarrassed to care
this analysis is so full of care i lov it!!!!! \(^ヮ^)/
I also feel like people who tell others they're "reaching" or "its not that deep" without any evidence, are generally ignorant to the themes the work of fiction is trying to tell or at worst, refuse to acknowledge the themes because they fear they'll apply to them.
Also in general, it discourages people from expressing their unique interpretations of a fictional work.
@@mari89146 FUCKING PREACH
when 4 hours long video analizing Foxy's porn adiction in FNAFB (sorry had to)
@Shadow30. excuse me
@@pieofchart i don't think i will
I didn't know Shipwrecked before this video but Bucky is now my lord and savior
YESSSSS, THIS GAME IS PEAKKKKK
Bucky: please stop, I’m not the messia
Everyone: he is the messiah!
Wait... people thought Bucky and Brandon were the same?
I always seperated the Cartoon version of the Characters to the Real possessed or converted mascot.
59:51 i really wasnt expecting to hear that Giovanni is just casually a hater for the sport of it.
He's in it for the sport XD
There an interesting bit of characterisation that when Olivia confront him about why he hates bucky so much, Giovanni can`t really muster a reason beyond some shallow and generic excuses. I get a feeling he doesn`t really understand himself why he hold such a grudge toward Bucky and why would he? How could he ever fathom that the explanation for his hate was that he was specifically created to torment him? how would he even react to the knowledge that the pure vitriolic hate he feels toward bucky isnt truly his own?
@blackbloom8552 Oh gods my heart Q-Q Poor Bucky
@@blackbloom8552 mf is being mind controlled to a certain extent
@@blackbloom8552 my dumb crackshit theory is that it's projection, he's internally homophobic and therefore takes it out in his crush Bucky Beaver(this is a shitpost don't take it seriously)
GREAT VID. As someone who has identity/dissociative issues and likes those themes in fiction, I picked up on the duality/mirror themes in Shipwrecked REAL QUICK. So it might be bias, but it shocked me that among the "picking apart and dissecting the game" discussions, I've never really seen it be brought up! (But then again, I'm not sure I'm wanting to see discussions of Bucky's Evil Side or what have you lmao)
It's something that I think is such rich territory for media that involves different iterations of a character, and god does Shipwrecked prove it. The themes this game hones in on and its execution is fantastic, but I think people are missing out on the additional (in plain text!) layer of: A character who's a stranger in their own skin, subject to how others perceive them, how they get treated because of that perception, and eventually end up playing into it (intentionally or not) because they were "always that way," weren't they? Never mind when you're a franchise character, so in the end it "is" you!
Super appreciate you taking the time to making this video! You've done a good job breaking down this character and his circumstances, and it's just well put together video all around! The information about Bucky and his sibling relationship with Walter is going to make me bury myself in the sand!
49:55 OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I COMPLETLY AGREE WITH YOU
I see this mentality everywhere these days and it gets so bothersome when people apply it to characters who aren't as simple as "good" or "evil" and genuinely dee characters who are flawed and make several bad choices but aren't gonna kill anyone and I hate it.
ngl this video made me realize just how much stuff i've been missing out on when it comes to this game and how little i really know about it i thought the thumbnails were just silly cuz i feel like the separation between brandan and bucky the character was pretty spelled out lol but oh my god i am missing so much bucky lore thank you for the enlightenment
I think this video has genuinely opened my eyes to Shipwrecked64. I watched the Night Mind video way back when and thought it was neat but never thought much about it afterwards (didn’t help that the clickbait made it out like every mascot horror ever). However seeing that Bucky is this self aware character that isn’t a murder nor a “uwu cinnamon roll” but this extremely fleshed out and engaging character is so refreshing. Probably the best video I’ve ever watched on the topic! I now really want to start looking into Shipwreaked64 more now!
Me but with gtlive. The game didnt seem that interesting to me. Was the sudden gore with Giovanni cool? Yeah i loved seeing a mascot horror game not be squeaky clean for once. But it very quickly felt like it became gore for gore's sake, and the hard to understand voice things (the NATO alphabet one was insane) made me quickly lose interest.
Seeing this game going way deeper than i expected is nice, and kinda weird that this is the second time it has happend, the other game being mouthwashing, which i didnt even watch 15 minutes of when i first saw it
Something I found is that N64 inspired horror games are usually pretty good
Crow 64, the multiple animal crossing styled horror games, kitty kart 64
Of course none of them are outstanding but theyre still miles better than what the typical mascot horror
had a pointing at the screen moment when the time signature of waltz got brought up, that's genuinely my favorite part of the piece. good video. wild that people have misinterpreted this character that badly when it's really clear what's going on with him if you just listen to him.
This is an awesome video! I love your analysis into Bucky and what he does for the story. Your point that his having an actual character sets him apart from characters in the mascot horror subgenre is sticking with me. Maybe you can argue the game explores the horror of being a mascot, of being a symbol given flesh.
Broadside Animations depends on him as a mascot just as his friends depend on him for their well-being/survival, projecting their own frustrations or feelings onto him. Being a mascot means you embody something so much larger than yourself, some ideas and histories that you may or may not find acceptable. You are a tool to be used. You are a narrative device. The way the game makes you complicit in this is so, so interesting and adds to the horror.
You’ve given me much to think about and I can’t thank you enough for all your hard work!
I think this is my favorite video on TH-cam. The way it's conducted, all tied with an interview with the creator at the end, it's a complete package and I thoroughly enjoyed listening all the way through!!
31:45 TWO PEOPLE??? TWO????? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PIPSQUEAK WHO THE HELL WAS THE OTHER GUY????????
Seriously though, this is an amazing video! I'm so thankful people are discussing the full intricacies of bucky and just the cast in general.
I DON'T KNOWW, I SHOULD START BEING MORE ACTIVE IN THE SW SERVERR AGAIN I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN MISSING OUTTT
God this was just... You friggin knocked it out of the park with this video, and those stills were really great, loved the style. I never thought I'd get so emotional over a low poly Beaver and his mentally ill pirate crew.
Also the whole bit with Walter and autism spoke to me on a personal level.
You really did a fantastic job doing analysis on these fuzzy emotional shipwrecks, Grape. I love how much thought Squeaks put into their character and I really enjoyed how you brought it all to light. Awesome job!!!
I've actually watched this twice due to the sheer passion I have for this video. This is the type of commentary I want on TH-cam, due to the sheer love and care put into this content. I completely understand how you feel, that I want to make sure my favorite characters could be seen as genuinely as they were intended. I am actually invested in this second watch, rather than just using it as white noise while I draw a reference sheet for an au. So yes, my silly brain is typing this while I was busy doing something. But it's worth it if I get to express how much I love this video, and how it became one of my favorites besides my many watches of Dreams of an Insomniac (Pastra is another TH-camr that put a lot of passion into their work). So yes, you're getting a subscribe because you deserve it, deserves something to compensate for the effort into this video. -luxghostlikesbananabread
50:22 Hey... that reminds me of another character from a popular indie game that has also been placed in both categories (Curly from Mouthwashing).
But in all seriousness, I didn't think that most of the fans actually think that Bucky is the killer and the villain of the game when they see Brandon during the murders. It leaves me with the same bitter taste of people saying that Wally is the true bad guy of Welcome Home when we barely reached the end of the prologue. And I'll be very disappointed if people also mischaracterized Inspeckta from Great God Grove and doing a disservice to the ending. Well that's my 2 cents on the topic.
BASED (people treating curly as being as evil as ymmij pisses me off so bad)
Also Epic!Calypso (but usually the evil box)
Finally my favorite characters, the depressed beaver and the paranoid mutant furry have been done justice!
Thank you for your service Grapejuice, for saying that Bucky is a complex character with a lots of depth. My poor boy can't escape the reminders of the murders and his undeserved downfall.
As well as for Brandon, while we know very little about him, and he did kill his coworkers, he's also victim in this situation.
A big thing I've noticed with Shipwrecked and the wider Broadside universe, is the constant themes of narrative parallels/mirrors. Each event and character has their own parallel, in both the game world and the real world.
Overall this is a great video! Amazing top tier quality stuff 👌👌👌👌
I haven't really read up on all the shipwrecked lore but i can't fathom how bucky can be misinterpreted, even from the first few minutes of this video and only a few lines of his dialogue i can already see him as the victim in this whole story.
I had NO clue about the Brandon lore. I absolutely adore your autism and I will listen again!!
It kind of makes sense for Giovanni to be the typical bully character. Geese in real life can be pretty mean and territorial when they feel threatened. 😅
i wonder then if that means he feels bucky's success is threatening to him in some way...
BUCKY JUST WANTED TO GO HOME AND THAT'S NOT A CRIME!!!!!! i care for him so much it's not his fault someone decided to Do Bad Things in a suit that looks like him
edit: okay now that i've watched more of the video i wanted to add that Rex and Bucky's relationship make me want to eat rocks (/pos). as a guy who makes ocs i get where Rex is coming from, man. one of my guys, Haji, is just everything i worry about and hate about shoved onto a person. i put him in a gang because i'm willingly walking into the culinary industry (which is an absolute NIGHTMARE). he's an insecure trans man because i am too. he's scared of being profiled because of it because i am too. i really want to know how Haji would react to all this if he was some kinda alive. i want to know if he would hate me too. i couldn't blame him. i wonder if Starling!Rex knows Bucky hates him. i wonder if he feels at all bad about it now that Bucky's alive.
Sometimes I imagine my characters couldn’t hate me, instead would thank me and take me under their wing. For 7 years these guys have been my hyper fixation and once, they used to have a lot of my not great qualities, but they now have grown to be the best versions of themselves! I mean,,, yeah,,,,, I did kill one, revive him and mentally scarred his friends but, he’s chill about it now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ without me they would never have existed, they better be grateful smh
My Bucky beaver plush is arriving soon and i will rewatch this with him as soon as he gets here
YESSSSS, I'm excited for mine to get here tuuu :DDDD
@lunabruce1804 every time I say I'm excited for bucky I have to clarify the sw64 one not the mascot of the gas station
@ballpitbakery That's so funny XDD Buckie's doesn't exist here I think, so I've only heard of it recently XD
I never played Shipwrecked 64, so all the information I know about it is from TH-cam videos. But this is the first video I saw that focuses the cartoon characters themselves, and showed me a lot of knowledge I never seen before (such as Bucky's and Walter's relationship).
On one hand I'm glad this video was made, but on the otherhand I am disappointed that I haven't seen other folks shine more light on this side of Sw64's story.
honestly i just want people to AU nice, little cheerful cartoons where these goobers don't have to deal with rex or anything involving braodside.
they suffered so much :(
Shipwrecked 64 AU where they never experienced the horrors of capitalism and it's consequences when?
Who knew characters could be morally grey
OH THIS IS SO COOL! I never realized how… (dimensional? Deep? Something-) Bucky was. I love this, you actually cooked with this video and I feel compelled to subscribe.
This is one of the best analysis videos on Shipwrecked 64 that I've seen. Amazing job!
This video has convinced me to be a Bucky fan.
Fr phenomenal work on this video cuz it does look at the series from the perspective of the characters which we normally don't do or consider in the internet's hunts for lore as of late.
you have really upped bucky on my favorite character list for this game all bc of this video. stumbler's still my favorite, but bucky is a really close second. excellently done!
Very cool, informative and thought provoking video! Makes me appreciate Bucky as a character and Shipwreck as a whole more.
God, this video is so amazing. I am a Giovanni lover, like how his character is "i worked hard, so everybody should work hard" is a realistic depiction how some people are. No, i dont thing he is a "good guy, and a uwu meow meow that is just a little mean", he is awful to both Bucky and Walter. But I still like the writing of him.
Anyway, i just wanted to say that is so cool to see someone not only talking about how good this game is but also how good characters are
Happy to see more of your content about them if you will do more
liking a character because they're a massive asshole and owning it is way better than the alternative. Strut your shit. The shit in this case being giovanni because he's a massive piece of shit. LMFAO
@@lambybunny7173 100%. Liking a character because they simply are written well and believable is good! Giovanni IS written well, a good character, but he is truly a horrible person..and we can't help but love him for it because he's SUPPOSED to be like that, we hate him as a person but that makes us like him as a character even more because that shows he's written WELL
Hes horrible to everyone! He insulted Stumbler, too!
When someone emailed him about it, he responded with,
'To be honest? I take it on the nose! And I let it sit there in my brain for a good while, and when I'm back with Wulf, I cry it all out until I'm ready to meet with Giovanni again!'
@@natalie-chanistrash7214 Yea, but like testerwulf said, i am not saying he is a good person, i say i like how he is written
@@bigguymono i never said that you said hes a good person, just thats hes awful to everyone around him
You are so correct and real for this and I genuinely feel like somewhere down the line with these horror games people like to jump and ASSUME the "typical" roles of mascot horror, not wanting to really dig into more complex characters. There's an automatic snap that makes a lotta peoples brains go "okay so this is the good guy and this is the bad guy-" and I can't help but look at this and remember how the Undertale fandom severely mischaracterized someone like Chara. It kinda made me wanna shrivel up like a raisin imngl
Oh my gosh one of my favorite shipwrecked artists made an hour long video about it. This is heaven.
This video has revealed a lot to me about shipwreck. Holy cow thank you!
Bucky has and always will be one of my favorite characters in indie game history! I never saw him as evil, yet I knew he wasn't some pure soul either, in the best way put. He is human. Or more so, he is beaver. XD
Back when I watched analysis videos on Shipwrecked 64 I never put much attention to this side of the narrative. Definitely made me appreciate the game a lot more.
...This was a metanarrative I wasn't aware of. Holy fucking shit. Shipwrecked 64 is an incredible game, and it deserves more attention than it currently has.
LIke I saw Bucky telling us to stop going deeper, and I thought that was natural, for someone not wanting to see The Horrors. But it never hit me how DEEPLY it actually affected Bucky.
Haven't played Shipwrecked 64 but I've been watching various playthroughs and video essays on it. This one in particular I learnt a lot more and now I'm even more fascinated by this world.
Can't help but find it more fitting now that Starling Blot/Rex is such a dangerous foe on the floor you encounter him, with how he SPRINTS at you the moment he sees you, instead of it being monsters wearing the skin of his friends, it's Bucky's almost god-like tormentor from his perspective now taken a form where they can hurt him directly (yea Rex didn't know that his character was sapient and was dealing with his frustrations in a way that would irl be one of the better ways of dealing with it, but still, probably a horrifying experience for Bucky) or even just his creator's favorite, come to torment him the same way.
Maybe the fragments of Rex's memory lead to the starling resorting to the same coping strategy that he used in the past, tormenting Bucky (Assuming there's a connection between the starlings in the outside world and the ones in the game, they could be separate entities as well!)
Idk if any of my ramblings make sense, I just felt like dumping my thoughts somewhere, love this video, i feel like I'll be returning to it a lot :D
hey this video is awesome! to be honest as someone who has only engaged with shipwrecked 64 video essays without ever diving deeper, i'm (very pleasantly) surprised by just how much depth there is to these characters! i absolutely love to see this, it's awesome and hearing you talk about it all really endeared me to them! i'm invested in seeing any followups squeaks dcorgeh does in the future :)
this is the best shit ever, i never knew i needed more in depth clarification, and also since i couldn't play the game, i only watched the videos that were made about the game, i never made assumptions about the characters, because people never really did dive deep into them as much as you did.
my autistic ass would've been clueless for all eternity if it wasn't for you and this video.
I agree this because Bucky is wrongly villainized.
If I had a nickel for every time I saw an anthropomorphic cartoony rabbit with no arms in a horror game... I'd have two nickels, which is strange because it happened twice right?
(Oswald In FNaTI and Stumbler)
giovanni and rex really were just in it for the love of the game huh
this is such a spectacular analysis on this character oh my GOD i might be dragged back into the hyperfixation, i genuinely hope to see more analyses from you!
The underrated in "underratedgrapejuice" is real. This is crazy good, and you DESERVE more recognition and subscribers!
I have never actually looked into the characters, because I was too busy trying to figure the lore out, but this has opened my eyes to how complex and realistic the characters are, especially Bucky. Squeak D Corgeh is an amazing writer and I hope that they do more projects
I did not notice that people would not be able to separate the mascot actor guy (Brandon Lestor) from Bucky Beaver. Like Bucky is just a silly nice guy who wants to go home and we are forcing him to watch someone hurt people using his name and likeness. Poor baby. Let him save his friends and go home.
Edit: WALTZ DNASJDKAJKDNJKDN im going to go feral. also i was legit like "wdym this is 3/4-- wait somethign is wrong."
I love focused character dissection like this. I thought Shipwrecked was alright, but none of the people I watched ever really dove directly into the characters like you have! This is a great piece of work ♥♥
Oh my gosh. We need more Shipwrecked 64 videos like this. I swear there will always be something about this game that I don’t know. Oh my gosh. This video was literally amazing. I don’t even know what to say.
Bucky literally put his trust in us playing the happy fun game and we have abused and broken him I'm almost sure that suicide wasn't just the dev... it was Buckys as well
Its funny how people got to the conclusion that bucky was evil when the in game character was just as baffled as the player for the shit that happened like plsss
I didn't know ANY of this and now I am glad I have clicked on this random video with someone SO passionate about this game that gave me a big ass scare when I was watching gameplay footage of it at 3am on a weekend some time ago
This is amazing and I move this game even more now
I knew that bucky himself wasn't evil and I knew bucky was alive, but I didn't know they were all alive and in such an intricate and complex way!! This is such a lovely video I'm going to subscribe to you 💛💛💛
Also thank God for autistic people lol, I would've never known Giovanni was a murderer!!
I've been following the project of shipwrecked since the first version, and despite knowing it for a while now, I've always wondered about the relationships between the characters. This video was so necessary, as well as to say: "Brandon ≠ Bucky" to the theory channels. FINALLY
PD: The brotherly relationship between Walter and Bucky changes everything 😭☝
People thinking Bucky the character is inherently evil to me reeks of people who skip the dialogue and complain they don't understand the story.
so game grumps in Scarlet and Violet
@@A.Z.296 oh god...they seriously did that?
@@sarafontanini7051 yep. Skimmed through the dialogue, started coming up with their own character motivations, and started to complain that S&V didn't have a proper story
This is an excellent video, you're one of the only youtubers who actually deep dove into the lore.
Brandon is an extremely fascinating character in his own right and I kinda hope you go over him in greater detail someday. His story is genuinely so depressing.
ya know something funny i find is that the dwellers are a reflection of Bucky's sorrows and pain through out his "adventure"...
Olivia (Olive) has the ability to spot the player from any location. If Bucky is not tucked inside of a barrel when Olivia looks toward the screen, she will spot him,
and teleport near him to begin the chase. much like how Bucky is forced to spot these horrors hidden by the forth wall by his "friend" (aka the player) Olivia can also
jump between platforms in the Plaza. much like how Bucky is forced to tirelessly continue unless something blocks him or forces his "friend" to hide him...
Nathan (Walter) is slower but has the innate ability to completely demolish barrels, leaving Bucky with one less hiding spot. much like how Bucky in diving deeper and deeper into the island is forced to see these horrors done with his friends and his own faces as his naivety/joy and or hope is slowly demolished piece by piece.
Brandon (Bucky) shares Nathan/Walters's ability to break down Bucky's defenses but he also has access to an ability that takes effect completely out-of-game. the only dweller that attacks
both Bucky and his "friend". a looming presences that haunts Bucky tirelessly much like how many see Bucky himself...
but the most interesting is the last two dwellers...
Rex (Blot) who also possesses Olivia's screen-peeking mechanic, however has a unique method of spawning, and cannot do so until it completely finishes. and the only way to stop him from spawning is to beat him back into the trash he comes from and hope you can keep him from rising back up but if he can fully rise (into the spotlight) Rex will spot and hunt Bucky, even if he is hiding. and Bucky is left only to try and hide away until he is left alone or to endure being captured. much like his relation to Mr Broadside in life...
and finally we get to Gary (Giovanni)...the only dweller to actively hunt Bucky by reacting to sounds, and pursuing the closest source of noise while like Olivia,
bears the ability to jump between platforms. the only dweller that will follow Bucky as an ever present rage and one of the first to be faced. much like how Bucky was made out of spite for a lost first creation...
The first thing I noticed when I first played shipwrecked64 when doing anything related to going into weird areas or areas I “wasn’t supposed to be in” was how he broke the 4th wall, and also how he reacted to scarier environments. He acted unnervingly human. All the other characters are somewhat similar but all too stiff anyway. He reminded me of Deadpool or sans in a sense that he could talk with the player, and he was alive enough to know his world was a game and his home.
Edit: never realized the depth of the other characters but this deep dive really helped me find out more on this cool little story
never played shipwrecked but damn this video is gripping and cool! really wanna see one about giovanni now that you teased it.
Very funny to see TH-cam recommending me this video *right after* finishing Planet Clue's analysis on Alex Yiik from YIIK lol. Regardless, your work is displaying very well here and I sincerely appreciate how in-depth you went for each part, your channel deserves a *lot* more attention than it currently has. Cheers brah, and have some swell holidays!
Glad you did the autism video essay. I’m shy so somebody had to. Thank you for your service 🫡
"And there's no cure for autism" That is why I'm here at 4am instead of sleeping
I just wanted to say thank you for this video. You've reignited my love for a game I was obsessed with a year ago. Such an amazingly well thought out and produced video. I cannot wait to see what you do in the future, wether it's small or something like this again.
I love Bucky. He's so freaking relatable and deserves to be revered with upmost respect.
Horror is rarely a genre I myself play, and I'm very picky about who's playthroughs I'll watch of any given material. So I only knew of this from Game Theory, and I honestly can't remember if I even realized Bucky TALKED at all during their explanations.
But I do love lore, and will watch hour long videos about it quite happily, and I'm glad I did. I'm in a personal rough patch, and realizing that Bucky and I share a lot of similarities is interesting to say the least with that overall 'put in situations we're very much not qualified to handle, still trying our best anyways because of our kindness' and very much the 'frustration of having our kindness be misconstrued the MOMENT we try to put down a boundary or try to take care of ourselves.'
I could probably go on an hour spiel about that, but suffice to say, I'm very glad you made this video, or I wouldn't have ever found out any of this stuff about Bucky in a time where, knowing there's a character going through a fantastical version of my own problems is a comfort, and makes me all the more appreciative of the friends I do have supporting me best they can.
And if you make any more hour long video discussions, I will happily enjoy listening to them.
Mickey didn't get TOO much love in the early years. He got stuck peeling potatoes in his first appearance
THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING IVE BEEN STEWING OVER FOR MONTHS NOW INTO WORDS I COULD NEVER HAVE THIS IS FANTASTIC, THANK GOD SOMEONE FINIALLY MADE A VIDEO ABOUT BUCKYS MISSCHARACTERISATION GOOD LORD, OUR BOY JUST WANTED TO GO HOME AND WE SOME SADISTIC OMNIPITENT FORCE PUSHES HIM INTO SEEING SUCH HORRIBLE THINGS NEGLECTING HIS OWN LIFE, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE DIFFRENCES BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE "realtiy" OF SHIPWRECKED AND THIS GAME/CHARACTER WORLD
yknow, i clicked on this expecting it to be some nice bg noise n perhaps a dive into the dissonance of modern clickbait covering horror mdia that winds up ignoring the truth abt the characters n their development, but youve totally captivated me with all you had to say n convinced me to look at shipwrecked64 through a new lens. thank you for this, it is seriously harrowing to think about the existential horror of being a sentient character going through all the horrific conditions bucky did, remembering every single thing done in his image. will probably continue to think about this n its implications for a long while..
Amazing video! I made sure to watch it with my Bucky plush so he can understand himself better
This video is so fire that the only wait to make it more fire is it set it on fire
yes I do regret typing those words but the video is actually really good, I can't wait to watch more of your videos :D
not even halfway through this video but i already feel even *more* bad for bucky ngl,
tbh i already sympathized with him alot when i first went through SW64 but now i just wanna hug him ngl.
*"a character given life and sentience who didn't choose to, only for his feelings and very identity to be disregarded for the bigger narative."*
Edit : now i want to comfort Walter aswell and cry.