#something else is like even when you do get to the end of TSBE

[sleepy-crypt1d]

I think The Skip Ending is The Narrator’s Countdown Ending “This is not a challenge. It’s a tragedy.”

That's a really good point. I had seen someone somewhere mention that this ending affects The Narrator so much because it's the one ending he can't fix. It's the only one he can't control. And it's also the first one where he's left without Stanley, without a purpose. In every other ending, he knows it'll reset eventually and everything will be fine, but this one doesn't do that.

Comparing it to the countdown ending is a really interesting note, I hadn't even thought of that before now, but it really is, isn't it? It's the ending where control is taken away from him and he just has to sit back and watch everything fall to ruble around him, which is the exact same thing Stanley goes through in the countdown. Two beings watching each other fall to madness for eternity.

I love this game.

#something else is like even when you do get to the end of TSBE #it's still not the TRUE ending #the true ending of TSBE is the epilouge where nate is dead and gone and stanley is alone #finally free but now without purpose or guidance aimleslly wandering in a space that doesn't make sense until he finds something familiar #but it isn't his office #because the narrator isn't there #ask box cryptid #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tspud spoilers #the stanley parable #i really do love this game so much #so much too analyze and so little time

[sleepy-crypt1d]

I had seen people talking about how TSPUD would be lost on youtubers and streamers and I hadn’t really believed that. Until now, and like, yeah, they all keep failing at one specific point and it’s. .disappointing? 

I understand not everyone is going to enjoy games and play games exactly like I do, thinking that would be stupid of me, and I know that. Usually I don’t care how other people play games, it’s whatever, let them vibe and enjoy something their own way, if it annoys me I just won’t watch it. I love seeing people experience my favorite games for the first time! I absolutely love seeing people begin to love the thing that I do! 

But seeing the way that certain youtubers and streamers play through The Skip Button ending makes me want to rip my hair out. It’s not supposed to be a quick ending! You’re supposed to sit through all of the Narrator’s dialogue!! That’s the entire point of the ending. I have seen so many people either jokingly or genuinely get annoyed because ‘oh my god, he does talk a lot’ so they spam press the button to get to the end and it’s like, do you, do you not understand the point? Do you not get it? 

The Skip Button Ending isn’t about getting to the end to see how much time you can skip, or to find a way out, it’s not even supposed to have an objective to it. It’s to watch the Narrator, Nate as I call him, fall deeper and deeper into his own creation. Another user had pointed this out, TSBE is used to show that you are powerless to save him, there is nothing you can do, once he made the skip button, you were lost to his creation just as much as he was. You are forced to kill him, to cause him to lose his mind, to make him fall into the never-ending spiral of self-doubt and control one’s creation can have over their entire life. 

That ending means something, that ending is supposed to make you stop and consider the consequences of what you’re doing, it’s the same premise of the real person ending and the zending, you are forced to hurt Nate to keep the story going, and it’s supposed to hurt you as well, but they don’t grasp that? I guess? They skip through all his dialogue, missing the point he makes about how games aren’t supposed to be funny or have a point, they can just exist and that’s okay. Games don’t need to appeal to everyone, they don’t need to be perfect, they aren’t sacred or Devine works of art. 

They are meant to be enjoyed by people who will enjoy them. 

Not every ending needs to have some bigger meaning to it, some are just you jumping off a landing and being call powerful, some are just a long winded story about a bucket, some are long critics about video game development and the culture around whether or not you’re enjoying something in the ‘right way’, and sometimes, they’re just an ending. But this one is something. It’s critiquing exactly what they’re doing, which is skipping over important thoughts and ideas because it wasn’t funny or entertaining, they skip over it because it wasn’t what they wanted which is EXACTLY THE POINT THE GAME IS MAKING - TO NOT DO THAT BECAUSE YOU WILL LOSE OUT ON WHAT THE GAME IS. And they will never know that, because once you skip the dialogue, it’s over. You get that ending once and then never again.  

Another thing that really irritates me is that, 1. people in the comments also won’t know and 2. now the epilogue will be lost on you. If you skip Nate’s spiral in TSBE then when you eventually do everything else and get to the epilogue, it won’t hit the same way. Part of what made the epilogue almost make me start sobbing was because you realize, you were there, you watched as Nate fell to his own work, YOU were the one who pressed the button that killed him, YOU were the one that led to the office building crumbling and leaving nothing but you and endless desert because the creator was gone, and you killed him. And once you get back to the office building, the two doors are shut, you can no longer make a decision, because you already made it when you pressed the button. 

Almost all of this is lost to the youtubers and streamers who skip his dialogue because they’re doing it for a bit, they want to see how it ends, they are genuinely annoyed Nate is talking so much, they’re doing it for chat, they want to cut time so they don’t have to edit as long. All they’re doing is losing themselves the coolest ending in the entire game. 

And this is just what I think based on the game! This isn’t even getting into my annoyance of people seeing Nate as just the game’s narrator and not his own separate character with thoughts, feelings, and character development. But that’s for another post, this one is getting long enough. 

TLDR; streamers and youtubers skipping over the meaning in The Skip Button Ending and what it says about both them and the game industry annoys me to the point of where I cannot watch people play this game. The Skip Button Ending isn’t about the destination, it’s about how you got there. 

#tspud spoilers #sleepy rambles #tspud #the stanley parable #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #wha oh sleepy's upset #i just :(( #this is my favorite ending!! and what it says is so fucking important!! and now two of my favorite content creators have entirely skipped it #just without a care in the world #and im just sat there really really disappointed because i wanted to know what their thoughts were #and idk i'm probably just reaching here but seeing them skip through SO MUCH of his dialogue in that ending makes me feel like they dont? #care about that ending? #they're doing it for content #not for enjoyment #and that sucks :(( #and when i say that they skip his dialogue i mean he says ONE WORD and they press the button #like one didn't even notice the door was missing #who knows maybe this is all just whiny of me but it's something i noticed that annoyed me #maybe some people agree with me idk #wanna know people's thoughts