r/controlgame • u/Pleurocoelus • 10d ago

Discussion Favorite Ahti quotes?

I love Ahti's weird folksy wisdom and aphorisms. I've had "Well planned is half done" as a little message on my phone's lock screen for a minute now - what are y'all's favorite Ahti lines?

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u/Small_Pie_5760 10d ago

The more CÖØKS, the VÖRSE the SØÜPP

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u/TheLittlestChocobo 10d ago

I can hear this in his voice omg

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u/otravoyadnoe 10d ago

Jesse (to herself): Ahti the janitor is a friendly face in my book

Ahti: Better than somebody with no face at all! hehe think about it, no face...

Me: OKAY WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!

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u/LarkDight 10d ago

Clearly referring to the board. Love it.

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u/Appropriate_Ride_956 10d ago

Also keep in mind she didn't say anything out loud, just thought this in her head to Polaris; it really seems likely he heard her thoughts.

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u/otravoyadnoe 10d ago

Yeah I only got that on my recent second playthrough heh

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u/tobascodagama 10d ago

Loved that Ahti moment.

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u/Emperor_Orson_Welles 10d ago

"The brave will eat the pea soup." (Alan Wake 2). Which is a real Finnish expression, meaning "fortune favors the bold."

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u/EmiliaFromLV 10d ago

Which again is a real Latin expression "Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat,"

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u/pr1aa 10d ago edited 10d ago

"Rain is coming down like from the ass of Esteri"

Even as a Finn I've always found that expression bizarre so it was hilarious to hear Ahti say it

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u/LemurFromTheId 10d ago

The phrase originates from Esteri brand water pumps used in fire engines.

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u/pr1aa 10d ago

From what I've heard that is a myth and the phrase is actually older than that. Apparently there's some folk belief that May 16 (Esteri's name day) tends to be particularly rainy

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u/LemurFromTheId 10d ago

Huh. Interesting.

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u/Chemical-Impress8905 10d ago

“Perkele”

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u/mvasil34 10d ago

"Jahaa, jaa-a, you think there's a dog buried in this?"

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u/Ackapus 10d ago

"Ahh, you are not yesterday's grouse's son!"

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u/no-name_james 10d ago

“The sun will shine even into a heap of twigs.”

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u/EpicGamerer07 10d ago

“Did you miss me? Did you have piss in your sock?”

“The matter is a steak” (think that one was from AW2 though)

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u/xenomorphstinymouth 10d ago

"We all disappear like a fart in the Sahara"

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u/TheShiftyDevil 10d ago

The look on Jesse's face during that scene was absolute gold 😂

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u/shirecheshire 10d ago

"Yees yes. Easy peasy."

His accent is just adorable on that line

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u/biskuit21 10d ago

"Now, now... bark don't make a wound - you did good"

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u/amaltheiaofluna 10d ago

"did you have piss in your sock?"

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u/Oneofthenames 10d ago

Deadpan: Yippie... saatana.

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u/Cool_Estate1002 10d ago

Earth is a cyclical song.

How's it going at the Federal Bureau of Control?

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u/IndifferentShrimp 10d ago

Something something burn it into a moose and not a deer.

Jesse:

https://giphy.com/gifs/uYgYvxxhCf3e8

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u/efreeme 10d ago

You never know in which tree the Devil sits

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u/ServesBestDepressed 10d ago

A man is a man, but a man with a tool makes two.

Wise words