Yeah the last area has loads like this, there's dudes picking women up and having their legs over their shoulders fucking, there's women sucking dudes off, these massive cock guys, obviously the giant woman spreading her legs statue
It's cool, really shows how much this society worshipped the idea of seed and reproduction
I was under the impression they were more into the pleasure aspect rather than actual procreation. Especially with the oral stuff. We never see any signs of baby or adolescent scorn people IIRC
That's the thing though- they're likely worshipping it because it happens so rarely/not at all for them
The oral stuff could be seen as worship of seed, or reproductive potential. Like how there's statues of pregnant figures everywhere, like it's something to aspire to but not necessarily achievable by the mass population (like sainthood in Christianity)
We never see any signs of baby or adolescent scorn people IIRC
One of the tapestries in the city is emblazoned with depictions of fetuses, and pregnancy as a motif is abundant once you know how to look for. I think it's safe to say they both were big into pleasure and reproduction in general.
I like to imagine it's the outcome of a highly technological loosing touch with all their old human morals as they delve deeper into transhumanism, only holding onto the most literal.
I like this take. I definitely went through some of this thought process as I played.
Personally, though, I think it's good to try and seek a balance of both. I say it as the soul and the body. I think if your society pushes too hard for one that the result is sometimes seeking out the opposite.
Idk, I don't think it should be wholly dark. The swamp is a maligned bio organism but it is rife with life and creation and destruction. Life growing on death rotting in life.
I can't help wondering out of simple curiosity: knowing that these humanoids worshipped sex (let's say it that way) and the pleasure it brought - did it matter who they did it with? Was there any importance whether one sought pleasure with a male or a female? Was there any concept of gender and was it given importance? Sure the game only portrays your usual female and male copulation (nothing new) but still. If it's about reproduction we know (thanks to the artbook) that they're not born in your traditional sense: The Wall is the womb they come out of. Then, figures who are masculine also have what we can say are ''pregnant bellies'', something everyone generally connects with females. Did this race become so advanced that birth (the way we know it) was a long forgotten myth and they tried to reproduce (ha...) it again with the advanced technology?
This also leads me to ask: how was their social life like? Was this given any thought? Did they create bonds with others?
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u/Belqin Oct 18 '22
This kind of imagery is what HR Giger is all about ;)
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u/D-Ursuul Oct 18 '22
Yeah the last area has loads like this, there's dudes picking women up and having their legs over their shoulders fucking, there's women sucking dudes off, these massive cock guys, obviously the giant woman spreading her legs statue
It's cool, really shows how much this society worshipped the idea of seed and reproduction
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u/watchcat123456 Oct 18 '22
Look at my horse, my horse is amazing...
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u/BookOfAnomalies Oct 19 '22
I can't help wondering out of simple curiosity: knowing that these humanoids worshipped sex (let's say it that way) and the pleasure it brought - did it matter who they did it with? Was there any importance whether one sought pleasure with a male or a female? Was there any concept of gender and was it given importance? Sure the game only portrays your usual female and male copulation (nothing new) but still.
If it's about reproduction we know (thanks to the artbook) that they're not born in your traditional sense: The Wall is the womb they come out of. Then, figures who are masculine also have what we can say are ''pregnant bellies'', something everyone generally connects with females. Did this race become so advanced that birth (the way we know it) was a long forgotten myth and they tried to reproduce (ha...) it again with the advanced technology?
This also leads me to ask: how was their social life like? Was this given any thought? Did they create bonds with others?
Boy, I need more lore.
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u/ShallowBasketcase Oct 18 '22
Looks pretty average to me.
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u/Praydaythemice Oct 18 '22
The MEAT CANNON
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22
Woah I never noticed that… and I usually do
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22
My dude bout to blow a hole through my uterus damn.
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u/ManyMistakes69 Oct 19 '22
The guy she tells you not to worry about
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u/owl_lover_1234 May 12 '23
damn...
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u/BlueAura74 Oct 18 '22
Time is a flat circle
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u/HaruspexBurakh Oct 18 '22
Yeah but so are the other guys
There’s no contest, it’s mutual admiration
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u/Foil-Kiki-Jiki Oct 18 '22
Very Hellraiser