Why You Still Think About "Shadowlord"

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  @Terminator1732 · 3 years ago · pinned

  What i think when i hear music theorie<br>I like your funny words magic man

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• GO

  @goldentiramisu7935 · 3 years ago

  there&apos;s this old saying: &quot;if you think your life is miserable, remember the Shadowlord&quot;

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• KO

  @kono152 · 3 years ago

  The story of the shadowlord is the most heartbreaking in all of video games. &nbsp;He was manipulated by scientists and used while being promised a better future. &nbsp;This went on for centuries and centuries and he saw nothing. &nbsp;Then he got tired of the stagnation, he took his sister for himself. &nbsp;This leads to the most heartbreaking sentence I can think of: &quot;he could either kill himself, or let himself kill him&quot;. &nbsp;The shadowlord didn&apos;t have a choice, he either had to kill his human body, dooming him to stay as a gestalt for the rest of time, or he could be killed by his replicant, dooming humanity to extinction.

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• SC

  @scotcheggable · 3 years ago

  Ah yes, Nier. The story of one boy and his stalwart determination to ruin everything.

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  @Cernunn0s90 · 3 years ago

  &quot;Or does he just... Stop...&quot; oh god, who is cutting onions again?

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• RA

  @RaysofLight98 · 3 years ago

  And all this because Devola and Popula didn’t want to hurt someone’s feelings…<br>Yes, there might have still been a major conflict. But at least everyone would’ve been aware of what they were choosing.

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• PA

  @panchotz100 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I still remember the part of the music box. At this point you basically lost everything, Emil, Kaine, Weiss, just like the shadowlord, no one has anything left, part of me didnt want to continue thinking &quot;what was the point anymore&quot;? but I was so deep into this mess that, just like the shadowlord, had to end it all.

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  @TheSylvirr · 3 years ago

  My man Shadowlord literally sits on his knees, neck out, and nods the &apos;DO IT&apos; gesture. And Nier <b>sees</b> it. And for a brief second, he clearly thinks &quot;Am I killing a person? <b>Again*?&quot; And then decides that everything he did would not be undone by one brief moment of hesitation, VISIBLY shakes off the doubt, and ends humanity. There is ZERO doubt in my mind that the Shadowlord *could</b> have won. He just...didn&apos;t want to anymore. He had no reason to. <br><br>And if any of us have read the back story on brother Nier... we know what person he killed.

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• AS

  @ashleyaustin6354 · 3 years ago

  What I find most intriguing about the dynamic between nier and the shadow lord is the character flaw they both share. Both are so focused on their own goal that they refuse to see the other’s side of things. Nier only views the shadow lord as the monster who kidnapped his sister and was the leader of the creatures who killed innocent people. Even when given evidence to the contrary, Nier refuses to think of the shadow lord’s circumstances or even view him in a pitiable light because it will weaken his resolve. The shadow lord himself also refuses to see the humanity and sentience of the replicants because it complicates his goal of yonah and himself regaining their human forms and being together again. This lack of willingness to understand one another and maybe even find a solution, leads to a dilemma where only one can survive and get what they want, and unfortunately neither end goal is good for humanity.

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• LU

  @lulutwentytwo · 3 years ago

  Whoa I got massive goosebumps with that perfect end narration...<br><br>&quot;...you quickly realise, this is just some guy. We can&apos;t see his hope and despair beneath his frozen face, but every person has them without exception. And if you listen carefully, you can hear them. So listen... 🎶🎵🎶&quot;

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• EL

  @elChirrinChirriondelDiablo · 3 years ago

  &quot;she doesn&apos;t want the bodies and lives he&apos;s been fighting for, she hears replicant Yonah inside her cryin&apos; to be let out and to see her brother and the original Yonah can&apos;t bear to take this girl&apos;s life away from her even if her only alternative is her own death&quot;<br><br>I do not remember words ever hurting me so much before

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  @Good_n1ght_Irene · 2 years ago

  Jon you did NOT just interrupt the most heartfelt and explosive moment of the track with insightful theory analysis and title the music &quot;musical edging&quot; I cannot believe your ass. 10/10 video.

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