#bloodborne winter lantern

[katyahina]

It is really interesting to speculate about the meaning of this.. Messengers are associated with the dreaming Hunters and the Dream, but what if those of them who are too far from the Dream are under a lot of strain and the image of the nice person that cared for them is just the only thing they can rely on?

^ In regards to Doll being a 'vessel' of Moon Presence in some regard, this reminds me of Crawlers, other Nightmare creatures! Their larger variants have multiple Messengers sticking out of their guts. I have a personal headcanon on them, but imagine: whereas Winter Lanterns imitate the Doll (and by doing so, Moon Presence), Crawlers are meant to imitate corpse of Kos with the ripped guts. Both are sort of mockery from the Great Ones. A sort of punishment maybe, because if Messengers are souls of the deceased, could Messengers crampled into Crawlers or Winter Lanterns be somehow "failed" spirits? Ones that are yet still to "atone", or, in the case of Moon Presence, ones not taking part in the cycle of the Hunt for one reason or another?

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Hunters of Hunters had reasons to believe in "proper" burial that further connected to the Hunter's Dream, and Winter Lanterns are referred to be 'failed' Messengers! It might be extention of that fucked up concept of people being cursed for not being properly buried in the eyes of whatever God.

Doll and Gehrman both have interesting connection with the Nightmare Realm, too! Gehrman, strangely, shares the cry with Orphan of Kos, but even if that's to be blamed on simple reuse of assets he still more strangely feels relief after OoK is freed! Whatever prompted that link but who is to tell that spiritual connection with a Great One he helped to torture would not guarantee his own negative emotions helped to give "shape" to Nightmare? It is a lot of power, and the Doll is probably a horrible memory. Maybe the blood and guts' on the dress of Winter Lanterns is a reflection of his pain, memory of an innocent person he trained to be a ruthless murderer, thus ruining that soft version of her and... it didn't end well for Maria, did it?

Alllllright, and before I devolved into a crying cat meme- Doll, strangely, is asleep sometimes, which a doll should not... need? Meanwhile, we find Maria asleep too. I've always loved the idea of their spiritual connection where when one is asleep another is awake, and vice-versa! Ideally, Maria would die and be "reborn" within the Doll, in a way. Could be a spiritual thing of latching onto an object that resembles you (Doll also has Maria's brooch, boots and ribbon but in her hat now ( x )). Or could be Moon Presence's way to further "glorify" her as one of the greatest Hunters. Because, she is Flora of the Hunt. In any case, Kos said no, so Maria's soul is in two states... Winter Lanterns are amalgamation of the two, as well - a gentle singing woman in a dress, but also this dress is bloodied and the woman is aggressive, and don't forget Kin metamorphosis because both Maria and the Doll are close to Eldrich Horrors now!

I don't have much to elaborate on other options as they are much more self-explanatory! Paleblood Hunter wakes up without memories, so Doll could be the most striking person for them, but who is to tell other people would not see THEIR comfort person terribly distorted in Winter Lanterns' place? My personal opinion though is that heads of melted Messengers is a crucial part here.. but I think ALL variants could work so well that seeking 'logical' appeal is pointless ;-; It boils down to what feels more appealing, I suppose..

#bloodborne #plain doll #winter lantern #bloodborne winter lantern #not art #text post #polls #bloodborne headcanons

[thebirdqueen]

Class doodle became into this thing

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#Bloodborne #bloodborne fanart #Bloodborne winter lantern #winter lantern #Traditional art #Art #Artwork #I love this enemy design... #Da BirdQueen art

[ruinemade]

Routine maintenance.

Just a headcanon that the Doll maintains and fixes herself.

#bloodborne #bloodborne doll #ruineart #ruineoc #the doll #bloodborne fanart #eyes #winter lantern #hunter's workshop #illustration #fanart

[b0tster]

autism creature but its winter lantern bloodborne

#bloodborne #winter lantern

[catarium]

La La La

#bloodborne #winter lantern #gore #horror #art #good hunter #mensis #eyes

[bloodexer]

Winter Lantern

#bloodborne #winter lantern #fanart #soulsborne #fromsoftware #my art

[h0ly-cr0w]

Goretober day 16: Lamp

#and last art of 2023 #goretober #goretober 2023 #horror art #blood #gore #bloodborne #fromsoftware #bloodborne art #bloodborne hunter #soulsborne #winter lantern #sirius

[skullywullypully]

#bloodborne #brain suckers #winter lanterns #polls

[death-rebirth-senshi]

@fury-brand took some screenshots (that I had to die at a good angle to get lol) and enhanced them a smidge, and I guess I finally see it now. It's her outfit without the shawl, stained with blood (and guts?) down the front, not red like I thought.

+ the ascot which looks like part of the dress which further obscures it.

It's difficult to tell but the fingers even look like they might be segmented (and tentacled of course. Ew). Maybe bloodborne does need a 4k hd remake.

#bloodborne #winter lantern #in case anyone like me had trouble seeing it lol #covered in tentacles and little mouths. #I also always forget and relearn that the brain is like. Messengers.

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

DAY 2: SCREAM 

by TripDancer

#tentacles #fhtagn #tripdancer #bloodborne #winter lantern #concept art #soulstober #monster #creature #eyeballs #black and white #horror #insight #fhtagnnn

[butbabeitsnotreal]

winter lantern vibe

#elden ring #shadow of the erdtree #bloodborne #winter lantern #jkppost #gaming #video games

[dean-winchesters-clit]

I just want to be a large headed, many eye ridden thing in a pretty dress, singing with my girl friends to inflict frenzy on unsuspecting hunters, is that too much to ask?

(This post is about her)

#bloodborne #bloodborne shitposting #winter lantern #queen #slay #soulsborne #soulsborne shitposting #bloodborne enemy #she is my gender

[thebirdqueen]

Another winter lantern class doodle

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#Bloodborne #bloodborne fanart #Bloodborne winter lantern #Winter lantern #Artwork #Art #Traditional art #Lazy picture taken sorry y'all #Da BirdQueen art

[anx1oustig3r]

based on

#im feeling some kinda way about winter lanterns #i wanna do clean slate and dota animatics so this was an excuse to use procreate again #bloodborne

[shadydukklampperson]

I’m back with more bloodborne art after not posting any art for a very long time 🤭

#bloodborne art #bloodborne #beast patient #brain of mensis #amygdala #winter lantern #my art <3

[apotelesmaa]

Like idk if I can describe how deeply evil frenzy is of a mechanic to people who have never played bloodborne like even if you���ve played other fromsoft games I don’t think anything is comparable to how much miyazaki laughed and chuckled and giggled and kicked his feet when he put in a mechanic that builds up by Being Out In The Open in one area or Being Close To An Enemy and it drains like 90% of your health bar instantly once the bar fills fully (not counting the small amounts of damage it does as it builds up) so it can just. instantly fucking kill you. There are several poison swamps in bloodborne that are completely forgettable because frenzy is the way that it is. And it’s great.

#raise your hands if the winter lanterns on the bridge to the brain of mensis killed you several times #me trying to get all the hunter tools and repeatedly dying to a winter lantern was more painful than micolash boss fight #bloodborne