#grulovia

[save-me-san-fran-psychonauts]

thinks about this again

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #lucrecia mux #maligula #grulovia #god. fuck.

[pyrajanison]

“Well, little Gzarling,” crooned PJ as she swished away the broken sword at her feet with a swipe of her wooden rapier, scattered dead pine needles into the air, “I see now why the great country of Grulovia fell.”

The prone and battered form before her let out a pitiful whine, to which PJ rolled her eyes, “God you’re pathetic, how do you expect to rule anything if you can’t even stand on your own?”

Silence. Then weakly, “…I-I am Gzar, I… I have armies that will…”

“Armies?” PJ made a show of looking around the forest clearing, “I see no armies.” Soft fluttering aloft, she smirked upward at the gathered birds of prey, “Well, except for mine.”

A vulture hissed from above, she squinted a warning at it. Patience.

The man struggled to raise his head from the dirt. “It is… by right, by my right, that I rule!” He finally met her eye, she saw desperation in it.

“Oh, I’m quite familiar with that right, the right of blood,” PJ remarked, stepping forward and forcefully planting the sword in the ground between them. The sudden motion made Gristol flinch, much to PJ’s delight. Gripping the handle tight, she knelt down to his level. “But tell me, Gristle, are you familiar with the right of conquest?”

The briefest flash of indignation at the demeaning nickname she had for him, Gristol gritted his teeth, “My name-“

“It means,” PJ cut him off, “that when one defeats the ruler of a territory, then that place becomes theirs. Soooo,” she singsonged while flashing a Cheshire grin, “seeing as I’ve thoroughly kicked your ass, guess that makes me the new Gzar of Grulovia!”

That seemed to do it.

“No!” Gristol pulled himself up, wiping the blood from his lip, “Grulovia is mine!”

“Then prove it!” PJ turned with a flourish of her cape, the sword left for the Gzarevitch to take up. She paced back across the forest arena.

Crows cawed as PJ pivoted, just as Gristol managed to pull the sword from the ground. Excellent. She reached up into the shifting mass of branches of her dowser, a mockery of the Grulovian crown, and snapped off a long curved spine.

“Come on, little Gzarling,” PJ took her stance, flourishing the newly formed saber before her, “Show me you got what it takes to rule.”

#a glimpse of the future #future pj #future things #psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #gristol malik #pj #pyra janison #psychonauts oc #just wanted to get this scene out of my head #grulovia #future stuff ideas #some late night free form #tw blood mention

[doodlesgalore]

grulovia inspired playlist with russian and turkish influences, gristol and lucrecia centered

#gristol malik #lucrecia mux #maligula #grulovia #i love Eastern European music #this is literally just me dumping my music taste into a playlist because one (fictional) country has my brain in a chokehold #psychonauts 2 spoilers #kind of? #Spotify

[iplayxs]

•Psychonauts 2

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #razputin aquato #grulovia #diorama #grulovia royal family

[codemonkeylikesyou]

have you seen the new battles 2 hero? he looks super rad

I saw him in the thumbnail of ISAB's new video 👀 i really wanna draw him hehe

#grulovia #benjamin speaks

[heavensong]

“My beautiful Gzarina… This is perfect; If Maligula couldn’t help me get what I want, maybe you can…”

Gristol still entertaining ideas of getting home to Grulovia & ruling with an iron fist, with the help of a talented hypnotist this time. The opportunity to use Delilah to help him escape psycho-isolation & pick up where he left off with his grand plan is so very tempting, if only she’d get on board with the idea! If Delilah could see herself the way HE sees her; beautiful, regal, & POWERFUL… perhaps she’d finally understand. If she could see how he sees himself too, in his mind, she’d know they were meant for this; meant for MORE.

Suffice to say this would mentally & emotionally decay Delilah. She’d never go along with this plan, unless someone were to do some mental tampering of their own…

I wanted this to contrast with my previous drawing of these two, where Gristol is still holding Delilah’s hand & gently kissing her knuckles. She looks flustered & happy vs here, as Gzarina, where she is hollow. Not sure what else to say other than this took me a long time to finish haha but it’s rare I start big pieces & I rly had a vision I wanted to see through! So in the end it was pretty fun 🥰

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #psychonauts OC #Gristol Malik #self insert #selfshipping #my art #my ocs #glory to grulovia #😬 #selfship #Delilah Mezmer

[bricky-brikson]

I am perfectly normal about the Psychonauts timeline

Spoiler warning for...everything.

As I was playing Psychonauts 2, I had a vibe that Ford and the Psychic Seven were active during the late 1920s, early 1930s, mostly because of the Model T Ford in Cruller's Correspondence, but also because of the biplane in the diorama of Ford fighting Maligula from Fatherland Follies. But there were some issues with that - namely the Feel Mobile which resembles more a model of van released around 1964. I feel compelled to mention it looks like the Motherlobe is trapped in the 70s, technology-wise.

So I looked up the timeline on the Psychonauts fandom wiki, as well as the blurb from Psychonauts about the history of Whispering Rock. And while clicking through the wiki, I found a copy of the Li-Po document, which contains the following line:

[...] when [Ford Cruller] was [...] away fighting for the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War [...]

Firstly, based.

Secondly, that means Ford had to be at least 16* by 1937 (when American volunteers were sent to Spain). At least if we are to believe that this...very specific part of the Li-Po document is still canon. Which...I mean, we could. We know Ford was already an adult when he assembled the Psychic Seven, but we don't know how old he was. From the looks of him in the mental vaults and illustrations, he was definitely older than 16 (considering the full moustache). Meaning that it is possible Ford spent his younger years fighting in the Lincoln Brigade, then when he matured started looking more into his and others' psychic powers.

Possible? Yes. Plausible? Ehhh...considering the story of Psychonauts 2 is deeply tied to the trauma the Psychic Seven endured surrounding the Grulovian Civil War then the Deluge of Grulovia, I doubt that Ford's previous involvement in a very bloody battalion (22.5% of Lincoln Battalion fighters died in the Spanish Civil War) would have gone unmentioned. Since it makes no appearance in Psychonauts 2, I think it's safe to say it's no longer canon.

So where does that leave us? With the only statement from the devs (specifically Tim Schafer himself) that points us towards a date for the game's events:

"We think of it as taking place in the 80's but not necessarily the 80's, in case we need a piece of technology that we're stealing from the 90's."

So...that leaves us with a year range of 1980 to 1999. However, if technology is an issue (specifically, taking place during the 80s but needing some tech from the 90s), that means the game probably takes place in the late 80s, early 90s. I interpret this as being between 1987 and 1993. So, we've narrowed it down! Based on my arbitrary definition of "late" and "early"!**

Is there any way to narrow it down further? Unfortunately, not from what I can find - the tech we see in the Motherlobe is more reminiscent of the 60s and 70s (the computers we see on peoples' desks and in Sasha's lab look akin to a Xerox Alto, which came out in 1973), and I don't know enough about the history of other technology we see in-game to infer information about the timeline. If someone else has knowledge about things I may have missed that point us towards a date, please reblog and let me know!

Now, before I get into what I see as the timeline, I do want to address Maloof's line when you release him from the GPC.

"Nah, the staff hasn't put any kids in the GPC since the fifties."

Which goes against the timeline written on the log in the parking lot (which states that Whispering Rock Summer Camp was only created 5 years ago). I'm leaning more toward the written lore, since it's entirely possible Maloof is misinformed. After all, this is his first time at the camp. It's entirely possible Bobby (or another camper) has been lying to Maloof about the history of the staff's use of the GPC. For this reason, I'm disregarding this conflicting bit of evidence.

So! On to the actual timeline - at least, what I think it is. Starting from the beginning and working our way to the present day. I will represent the dates as a range, so "1987 - 1993" means "between 1987 and 1993." It doesn't mean that whatever event took place took that long, just that it happened at some point within that range. Good? Good! Let's go.

Brick's Speculative Psychonauts Timeline

1487 - 1493: A psitanium meteor strikes the area that will eventually be known as Whispering Rock, leaving behind a psitanium deposit.

1787 - 1793: A local indigenous group starts working with the psitanium, creating the arrowheads found in the first game, and names the area Whispering Rock (just, in their language, not English)

1887 - 1893: The mining town of Shaky Claim is established as part of the gold rush, except they're mining for psitanium. The psitanium deposit severely worsens the mental health of the people there.

1888 - 1894: The first case of 'Paranormal Hysteria' diagnosed in Shaky Claim.

1912 - 1918: Houston Thorney constructs Thorney Towers Home for the Disturbed. Ford Cruller is born.

1927 - 1933: Houston Thorney commits suicide. The town's population is less than the amount of patients in Thorney Towers.

1932 - 1938: Thorney Towers Home for the Disturbed is closed but some patients still remain. The remaining residents of the valley leave and the area is flooded, resulting in Lake Oblongata.

[At some point, Ford assembles the Psychic Seven]

1967 - 1973: The Psychic Six fight Maligula. Grulovia is flooded then trapped below the frozen floodwaters. Helmut Fullbear is presumed dead. Shortly thereafter, Ford uses the Astralathe to modify the memories of Lucretia and Augustus, then to break his own mind.

[At some point, Charlie Psycho Delta is established then swiftly abandoned]

1982 - 1988: Whispering Rock Summer Camp is established.

1987 - 1993: The events of Psychonauts, Psychonauts: The Rhombus of Ruin, and Psychonauts 2 take place all within about a week (and that's being generous).

So there! That's what I think the timeline is. Again, if you have any feedback or want to point out something I missed, please let me know! I'm new to the games/lore/fandom so 'tis entirely possible!

The implications of this timeline are...interesting. The fact that during the fight with Maligula, something that was supported by multiple countries, they're using planes from the 1910s when it's at least 1967...the world of the Psychonauts isn't less technologically advanced - they have a jet that rivals ones from 2024! So I have no clue what that biplane is doing in Gristol's memory of the fight with Maligula. Unless we consider Gristol an unreliable narrator for that detail - but even then I'm unsure why he wouldn't have assumed they were using modern technology...? IDK. It's weird.

Anyways, if you got this far, thanks for reading! I'm flattered. I always love picking apart lore and timeline details like this, no matter the fandom I'm in. So consider this my hello to the Psychonauts fandom :-)

*According to the Wikipedia page for the Lincoln Battalion, that's probably the youngest any American volunteers were. ** The way I see it: if it ends in 1/2/3, it's early. If it ends in 4/5/6, it's mid. if it ends in 7/8/9, it's late.

#my dad is a warplane nerd and he helped me identify the biplane #irl biplanes like that were used as late as the 1940s since they had more manoeuvrability than the faster jets #but by the 60s/70s there were definitely a variety of planes that would fill the 'slower but better movement' niche #and it cant be because grulovia doesnt have the tech - cause the psychic six weren't working with grulovia ! #they were called in by the international community !!! #so for some reason the international community gave them planes that were at least twenty years old to fight this new terrifying foe !!!!!! #what is going on !!!!!!!!!!! #anyway. i was having a hella breakdown (/positive) over this last night. but putting in in clean form like this helps me figure things out- #-in my brain #also the fact shaky claim was established as part of the gold rush implies a location somewhere on the west coast #considering the devs are in california im guessing whispering rock is also in california #psychonauts #psychonauts rhombus of ruin #psychonauts 2 #brick wall #ford cruller #because i talk about him a decent amount

[wholegrainporkndbeans]

My name is Gristol Malik. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Grulovia, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty m

#My name is Gristol Malik. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Grulovia #where all the villas are #and I am not married #I’m in bed by 11 PM and make sure I get eight hours of sleep #no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty m #psychonauts #gristol malik #nick johnsmith #psychonauts 2

[twotapbuz]

Just thinking about Truman parkouring across the water obstacle course in his office to get to his desk every morning

#Whats the deal with it anyways? When was it built? Did Truman have any say in it or did the architect just put it in with no thought? #Imagine being one of the psychic six #your friend/husband dies in lake Grulovia #you exit the elevator into the newly-built grandhead’s office and there is a goddamn water obstacle course blocking you #psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #buzzing thoughts

[gristol-liker]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Original Characters Series: Part 20 of AI-less Whumptober 2023, Part 3 of Left in Grulovia Summary:

Young Gristol fakes amnesia.

#fanfic #Gristol Malik #ailesswhumptober2023 #left in grulovia au

[sandxhanitizer]

Glory to Grulovia

Well I did it, I contributed to this lovely week of PN goodness and it honestly was super fun! :) Thank to everybody that enjoyed looking at my art and perhaps I'll post some more here soon. Until then tho you'll have to look at my stupid memes again. Anyway I love Gristol Malik, he owns my heart and I'm so glad I finally got to draw him because he was like top 3 characters I wanted to draw and never got to.

Happy Psychonauts 2 day!!

@psy2versary-week

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #gristol malik #psy2versary week #day 7 #happy birthday Psychonauts 2 #babys first birthday aww #i love psychonauts 2 #and i love gristol #glory to grulovia

[apotelesmaa]

Nightmare blunt rotation: Otto, Sasha, Oleander, Hollis

Ok blunt rotation: Bob, Compton

I’m not smoking weed with that old man: Ford

Dream blunt rotation: Lucretia, Helmut, Cassie, Milla

Gristol: Malik

#gristol Malik would be in nightmare blunt rotation but it’s funnier like this #psychonauts #raz/lili/interns aren’t here because they’re kids #these are their ages in psychonauts 2 btw. let grandma lucretia smoke a blunt. she deserves it. #Gristol Malik rolls worst joint ever forced to leave grulovia

[pyrajanison]

Ok, what is up with that one easy to miss Psychonauts 2 cutscene where Coach Oleander is able to talk underwater in the fish tank? Is waterbreathing a psychic power in the psychonauts world? Or is it just the fish tail that grants this ability to Morry when he’s wearing it? If so, does that mean All Paul would preform their music underwater? Their set up in Rhombus seems to suggest that, given they were going to preform in tank of water. If that’s the case, how did All Paul ‘become skeletons?’ Do the ‘mono-propulsors’ only grant oxygen for a certain about of time? Or, when the cruise ship sank, was the band trapped in the tank and starved? 

Speaking of skeletons, how long was Harold the Rat trapped in that fighter plane for and what did he ‘do to survive’ and sustain himself? He was there for years, and the only thing we see for him to eat was a box of chocolates that were largely untouched? Was this a plane from the Grulovian conflict? If so, 20 years is still a long time for a rat to be able to sustain himself on sweets alone... A rather fat and happy rat... also 20 years for a rat to be still alive??? Does the exposure to Psilirium slow down the aging process? Does Psilirium grant abilities to animals in a similar way that Psitanium does?

Ok, I’m getting rambly and could probably keep going and going, but it’s getting late so I think I’ll be going to bed now...

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #psychonauts the rhombus of ruin #another psychonauts theory #coach oleander #morceau oleander #all paul #harold the rat #grulovia #psilirium #psitanium #theorizing #psychonauts theories

[doodlesgalore]

#psychonauts 2 #gristol malik #psychonauts 2 spoilers #I’m listening to non Disney villain songs and picturing he has his own #I mean ‘all hail happy grulovia’ counts right

[falsepsychictales]

Concept: Bob and Helmut go to recover helmut’s body but they’re not allowed to dig in the hyper ice because year round ice skating is one of Grulovia’s biggest tourist attractions

#psychonauts #grulovia's gotta fix its economy somehow #psychonauts 2 #psychonauts 2 spoiler

[drcaligostoloboto]

glad to see over a year later, there are more people enjoying gristol malik, very good very good

#psychonauts #gristol malik #i loved him instantly when i saw him #and i love the grulovia theme so much #such a banger #gristol is so interesting and also amazing #my post