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🕑 Added 2025-01-01 18:24:47 +0000 UTCI never played the original Silent Hill 2, but when making this video, I made it a point to play through the remake to really get into the mindset of Maria. Believe it or not, there's a fair amount of research that goes into my roleplay's based on established characters, and it was fun both reading the theories and essay's about the story as well as playing through it for the first time.
Maria is a fascinating character. At first glance she comes off as a flirt but what she represents is so much more than that for the protagonist, James. I'm not going to do deep lore dive's here, but it was crucial to me to accurately represent what Maria symbolizes.
Part of what makes Silent Hill such an interesting franchise is that a lot of the lore is left up to interpretation. Does Silent Hill really exist? Do the monsters? Does Maria? What about all the people James meets in town? Are they living, breathing beings? Or does this all take place in the mind of a deeply disturbed man? It's a large part of the fun! And with the Maria roleplay, I wanted to capture the sense of unease that you feel playing through the game. Is she James' best dream, or his worst nightmare? That's for you to decide!!
The first time I did Frankenstein, I leaned into the kookiness of the character! This time around, I had just done the Demon Lord video and I didn't want it to feel too samey, so I made it a more grounded interpretation and leaned into the maternal instincts of the Doctor towards her Monster.
As ya'll have probably noticed, lately I've been experimenting with telling story's in a couple of my series while changing up the POV. This started with The Enchantress video and continues here, and I've gone on to do similar vids in a couple other series of mine. I think it's a neat way of fleshing the worlds out and also not making them so reliant on a single character, in this case being Van Helsing!
By the way, at the time of me writing this it's officially New Year's Day!
And I wanted to thank ya'll!!
It means a lot to me that you're here, and I appreciate the support that ya'll offer me!!
It's bizarre that around this time last year I had.. maybe ten subscribers?? And I definitely didn't have members or Patrons!! I don't think I even qualified to have any at that point lol!
As the last year carried on and I started to see more of ya'll in the comments, and especially here, I get a little emotional just thinking about it!! And I look forward to making more content for ya'll in the future!!
No eta, but I'm going to get another Pokemon member vid out sometime this month, so look forward to that!!
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SleepTightWicket ASMR
Heck yeah!! π
Jovanhy369
Happy to have seen your channel grow, with your dedication and quality of content you've truly deserved it! Here's to an event better 2025 for you! Let's get you to 100k ππ
Roscobaron
I always do, youβre work is always a pleasant bonus to my day
SleepTightWicket ASMR
I appreciate that and Happy New Year!!
The Wayfaring Sword
Congratulations on your success in 2024. Your role plays are great and the depth that you build into your characters is incredible. Here is to keeping your momentum and growth as a digital creator into 2025 and beyond! Happy New Year! ππ
SleepTightWicket ASMR
Thank you very much!! And thank you for being here!!
SleepTightWicket ASMR
Glad you enjoy my work!! Look forward to a new video in the next couple of days!
SleepySloth
I haven't gotten to play the Silent Hill 2 remake yet, so I didn't know much about Maria going in, but it's cool to see the work and research that goes into these role plays. I think we can all appreciate the time and the effort put in. Thank you for doing so and keep it up!
Roscobaron
Incredible work with Maria, your dedication to the characters you portray is top tier and exactly why Iβm a fan. Fantastic work!
Alex Extension
For sure. I always love how James always confuses her with Mary. I find it adds a whole new concept to the story if you look into it a bit more.
Jim Jimson
And congrats on the growth of your channel
SleepTightWicket ASMR
Thanks! Sheβs so interesting and I was happy to do her!
SleepTightWicket ASMR
Hereβs hoping they remake more of the series!
Jim Jimson
Loved the Maria video. SH4 was actually the first horror game I ever played- so satisfying to see a series I grew up with make such a triumphant return
Alex Extension
Loved the silent hill video. You absolutely nailed the horror vibes and the character of Maria!
