u/Soaring_Symphony

They already made a movie

If you add together the runtime of all the lore videos + I Am Clancy + I Am Torchbearer + the SAI Livestream Experience, it comes out to exactly 2 hours, 1 minute, and 44 seconds...

That's a movie!

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u/Soaring_Symphony — 2 days ago

I remember the Wendigo differently

I don't recall the exact context in which I came into contact with the old legend in the first place. But I distinctly remember, back in the early 2010s, when I'd search "Wendigo" on Google images, the results that came up looked nothing like what you get now. it wasn’t the dear-like monster design. Frankly, I have no idea where that concept even came from.

The Wendigo, as I remember it, was not a monster at all. It still appeared mostly human but... wrong.

Pale white skin. Emaciated limbs. Sunkin in black eyes. A swollen, bloated belly. Covered in welts and bruises. And a hunched back.

The swollen gut was essential to the design. it visually represented that they were constantly gorging themselves, but the emaciated limbs made it obvious that in spite of this, they were never satiated.

Because they almost appeared human, that made it clear, this was a fate that could befall anyone if they made the wrong choices. That was the real horror of the wendigo. Not as a monster that might try to hunt you, but that you could become one of them!

From the search results I get now, there's still a few that come up which at least somewhat reflect something adjacent. The depictions from Supernatural, and Until Dawn, at least show the emaciated limbs, sunken black eyes, and Pale white skin.

The version from Fallout 76 is even closer, including the swollen gut and the bruises... but it also shows them with giant claw-like hands and bird feet, which goes against the spirit of what Wendigos were supposed to be.

And I haven't found a single depiction of them with a hunchback. Not one. Not anywhere.

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u/Soaring_Symphony — 10 days ago