#West of Loathing

[bovineblogger]

West of Loathing?

VIDEO GAME: WEST OF LOATHING

what r u so mad about lil cow!!!??????? look at ur luvly luvly big horns!!!!!!!!!! ur BEAUTIFUL!

PERSONAL RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

#west of loathing #cow #cows #animals #silly #video games

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

I'm going to shoot you with a tuba

#west of loathing #that's what happens in reckoning at gun manor right? i only played the main game

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

I’ve been replaying the Monster Prom games recently, and I’ve been trying to decipher why I find the meta-humor in those games funny, even charming. Normally meta-humor is one of the biggest turn-offs for a show or game for me. It’s one of the main reasons I stopped watching Rick and Morty after season 3. But, after some thought, I think I’ve finally figured it out.

With the Monster Prom games, the Meta-Humor never seems to come off as the characters hating their genre. Rather, they revel in it. Polly cracks jokes about you having to choose between two equally insane options instead of doing what any rational being would do in that situation. Aaravi gleefully enjoys being an RPG Protagonist in a Dating Sim. You can romance the fucking Narrator. And all of this is enjoyable because, while the characters are aware of the fact that they’re in a video-game, they act in good-humor and enjoy their lives all the same.

Most meta-humor seems to come from the characters resenting the genre they’re in. They joke about how much they hate the dumb story and how contrived it is. It’s always an eye-roll at the camera and it just gets tiresome. Rick and Morty feels like a slog to get through because the characters hate the story itself as well as each other. It just gets fucking tiring.

Deadpool makes jokes about how silly a superhero universe is, but he’s also giddy when he sees Juggernaut and eagerly points out superhero tropes that he enjoys. West of Loathing’s meta-jokes and arguments between player and narrator are charming and part of the fun. Because they all come from a place of genuinely enjoying the genre they’re a part of.

I dunno, just something I wanted to talk about. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to go date Vera again.

#incorrect super smash bros quotes #not a quote #Monster Prom #West of Loathing #Deadpool #Rick and Morty #meta-humor #Aaravi Mishra #Polly Geist #Vera Oberlin #media #analysis #literature #thought #musing #meta humor #Monster Prom 2 Monster Camp #Monster Prom 3 Monster Roadtrip #Monster Camp #Monster Roadtrip #long post #text post #writing

[mothenmiller]

#doodle #oc #west of loathing

[likeyua]

WEST OF LOATHING (2017) dev. Asymmetric Publications

Main menu • character creation

#west of loathing #Asymmetric Publications #westofloathingedit #gamingedit #videogameedit #dailygaming #mywestofloathing #myposts #and so this is how the adventure of Betty Sea the cow puncher started #myedits

[exquisite-steam-reviews]

#west of loathing #steam #steam reviews #funny #funny reviews

[mjbear130]

haven’t played WoL in a while, i almost forgot how nice it was to find Sally’s trading camp \<3

#west of loathing #wol sally #love her sm <3 #also useless bit of information but the drawing perfectly loops lol

[kiwinatorwaffles]

i swear i’ll return to hermitposting soon but while i’m on vacation take some oc stuff i made 🙏

crazy how i played kingdom of loathing in 2018 and the oc interest is still going strong today

#kiwi’s ocs #fandom ocs: the loathingverse by asymmetric #kingdom of loathing #west of loathing #shadows over loathing #kiwi’s scribbles

[emosyzoth]

does anyone even care or gaf

#west of loathing #would you talk to thw woman with a bonesaw in her breifcase or the woman who has an asortment of snakes in her breifcase #myart #doc alice the woman that u are........

[kazumimishimadaily]

today's mishima is: mishima west of loathing style doodles! + ft nao !

#daily mishima #kazumi mishima #nao egokoro #your turn to die #yttd #i now know the direct cause of my inactivity is the Loathing Franchise hyperfixation #its gotten harder to draw in my normal artstyle bc of this LOL #i hope to finish asks soon and eventually be active on mishima in places he shouldnt be #west of loathing #yttd wol au

[waxwater]

Me, remembering most of my fellow fandom fans are a near decade younger than me

#wax is waxing #kingdom of loathing #west of loathing #shadows over loathing #ghost trick #for real where are the other millennials

[exnihilo-etc]

thought maybe loathing-blr would like this 😶

#west of loathing #shadows over loathing #kingdom of loathing

[hankjameswimbleton]

hey shadows over loathing community

did you know there’s another piece of black and white, simplistically styled media about that takes place in the prohibition era that involves wacky hijinks that don’t take themselves too seriously, crazy eldritch monsters, detective work, music, mobsters, and includes puzzles and battles involving a three-stat system based on strength, charisma, and intelligence

well

problem sl- (I am immediately shot down by a sniper in the next building)

#shadows over loathing #problem sleuth #IM NOT FUCKING WRONG #YOURE GONNA LOOK AT ME AND SAY THAT IM WRONG #sol #just for reach #west of loathing #Homestuck

[spiritoast]

THEYRE DONE. THEYRE DONE (EXPLODES

sooo uhhmm im making a whole bunch of proper character refs in preparation for artfight next month and i already had bits and pieces for all three of my loathing guys so i knocked em out first. including my WoL girlie who ive never rlly posted abt before. grins

im gonna blab abt them a little more mostly just things i couldn’t fit into the sheet proper and i won’t go Too INTO into the story things i have for them. maybe ill talk about them more another time but. aheem heem. under the cut that’ll go

JOHNNY GOLDSMITH

Jazz Agent, protag of my (almost. herngh) max shadow taint + curse run that I still haven’t finished. Private investigator, sleazy loser, enjoyer of fine shades. The P.I. part comes in with a missing person case that doesn’t really go anywhere. Don’t worry about it. He may or may not be doomed to destroy all of eternity at some point leading to an endless loop of resurrection and re-destruction but we aren’t quite there yet so ssshhh we stay stilly abt it <3

Notable Perks: Ambition, Insectologist

Companions: Alphonse Gator, Simone Chekhov

GRIZZLY MAYNARD

Cow Puncher, protag of my first successful hard hat run (and potential protagonist of a one-day hard hat run if I ever do one of those because i am too attached to her oops). Normal farm girl turned Literal Demon™ after she gets a little silly and makes a deal with the Hellcows to protect her family should they start going east that basically boils down to “If you can’t beat ‘em, join’ em”. She’s not evil but she might’ve accidentally started that aforementioned endless loop by screwing with Ancient Evils stuck in a stupid-looking hat. #girl

Notable Perks: Boon of Duke Bovicus, Cowrrupted, Honorable

Pardner: Doc Alice

HUGH WILLOUGHBY

Cheese Wizard, protag of my initial blind run of Shadows and. aheem. future protag for a 100% max difficulty run. My explanation for them being here twice is “time loop”. Just a simple pyrokinetic trying to survive who is ever-so-slightly doomed to be permanently lost to time and space and then be erased and recreated ad infinitum thanks to the meddling of some schmoe with a grease gun and stupid sunglasses. If you even LOOK at them with a hint of ill intent they will start trembling like a chihuahua . sorry

Notable Perks: Checkered Past, Cryptobotanist

Companions: Molly Buttons, Barker

#soup art #loathing tag #shadows over loathing #west of loathing #hugh tag #johnny tag #grizzly tag #i am so cringe i am so free I AM SO FREE!!!!!!!!!! #someday i'll also talk abt the more original story i have for these guys . but not today . oops #juggles them like a bunch of hacky sacks . i love them i love them sm . ok #tteeechnically hugh's supposed to have a second design but . i am simply too lazy to make it. so that will have to wait #i still have to finish johnny's run too ueueueue #all these guys will be up on both artfight and toyhouse as soon as i can manage heehee

[mothenmiller]

⬆️shadows

⬇️west

#doodle #oc #west of loathing #shadows over loathing

[approximateknowledge]

hiveswap as a game is the same species as a loathing game

it's the deceptively silly artstyle and persistent sense of humor incompletely covering up a deeply fucked up world

the quirkiness just barely failing to cover up the horrors, if you pay attention

#they're the same kind of beasts #ak goes insane #hiveswap #west of loathing