The Strangest And Most Unpredictable Analog Horror Series - Obelisk

Comments · 461

• CA

  @Castlecrasherblacksmith64 · 2 months ago

  I can’t even tell you how grateful I am for your channel, I work as a school janitor and cleaning is super boring, but getting to listen to your videos in the background makes the job bearable, thanks again Mr Cow love your videos

  1.5K

• AI

  @Aireverent__ · 2 months ago

  I think the butterfly and caterpillar are meant to show how when people come back after death, they&apos;re unrecognizable.<br>A caterpillar is almost completely different from a butterfly and you would never know its the same creature without prior knowledge of its capabilities. That&apos;s why when the birds look at the butterfly, they don&apos;t make the connection, but we can.

  826

• HA

  @hads.mov_yt · 2 months ago

  i’m sure a million other people pointed this out and it’s a tiny little detail but the fact that david’s father sticks his head in david’s closet and seems almost concerned may represent he’s scared david will do the same as him. the fact he’s in the closet and we also found a noose in the closet. idk, i thought it was bittersweet

  86

• ME

  @MediumBoi · 2 months ago

  Another way to look at it; his friend represents his father. Not just in a physical way, but also, a allegorical way. His father&apos;s death was a huge trauma for him.<br><br>So the way his dad looks now represents David&apos;s fear and pain of having to face his trauma. Facing and healing the trauma is terrifying; can even feel like dying, but at the end of the day; it&apos;s not here to hurt you. It wants the best for you.

  281

• PO

  @potatopotawto1412 · 2 months ago

  I think what I like best about Obelisk is that it’s much more art than it is horror. Too many “analog horror series” focus way too hard on creating questions so they can have stories and most times those stories end up rather bland, the answers are too underwhelming. Obelisk, at least in its current state, answers almost nothing and that leaves room for discussion. I showed this series to my girlfriend and her and I had an hour long discussion on potential themes for it. There’s plenty of wriggle room to theorize. “Is it about dementia?” “Is it about forgetting?” “Is it about childhood memories?” “Is it about the fear a child feels growing up or the pain that comes with remembering your childhood?” So much of that would be lost if it was just about these scary monsters. It’s amazing and atmospheric and well put together. It’s my favorite “horror” series but like I said it’s much more art than horror. I can’t wait to see more and I hope it doesn’t become too bogged down with answering questions so that it can have some cookie cutter story. In my opinion, I think that Obelsik is about childhood. It’s about the pain of thinking back on your childhood and realizing you forgot something about it. It’s lamenting the degradation of memories and the terror that that can imply for you future. I think that these monsters are childhood imaginary friends that you’ve forgotten for a long, long time but suddenly something reminds you of them and now they’re back but completely different. The dinosaur creatures in “You’re back” look very similar to David’s friend. I think the butterfly coming back is David suddenly remembering his imaginary friend and now the creature isn’t necessarily back in David’s life as much as David is now back in the creatures life. It also explains why none of these creatures are inherently harmful towards the protagonists. The jester chases Abby (yes I think Abby is the one we’re seeing in those shorts) but Abby is the one who started running. The creature in David’s story doesn’t attack, it just looks at him in the closet. I think these creatures are also suddenly realizing that these people are the ones who created them.There is a definite tone of dread (maybe sadness) and nostalgia in this series and the overarching theme I feel is the “mournfulness of nostalgia.” The houses are the way they are in the series because your memory is clouded. Think back on your childhood home (you’re lucky if you’ve never had to move) and try to remember the exact layout. Try to walk down your old hallways in your mind. After a while, you’ll probably have some heartache and I think that’s what the artist was trying to capture.

  148

• LE

  @LeSeagullGuy · 2 months ago

  Honestly, I have my own theory about Obelisk, where the pale house seems to be taking memories from the Folly house, abd that could show how the more these people stay in their creature forms after returning from the dead, the more their memories fade, and they become hostile. It would explain why the Jester is hostile, but David&apos;s Dad isn&apos;t, because Abby was just a baby, so has already lost all the memories it held, but David&apos;s Dad was older, and has a lot more memories, so still holds a lot of them.

  557

• DO

  @dom_minique · 2 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2IrwGaalKA&amp;t=597">9:57</a> i find it so charming the sense of importance you give to the channel. you don&apos;t talk like a podcaster, but as a radio host. its what keeps bringing me back to your videos

  66

• IT

  @ItSureIsOrno · 2 months ago

  To expand on the idea that David&apos;s dad is the our perspective in the &apos;Dream-like&apos; videos, and those videos taking place in the after life. Perhaps when he is in the house, that is his own personalized version of hell where he is constantly being forced to relive the day where he finally left his room to check on Abby only to find her dead, and the &apos;Porcelain Jester&apos; is actually the devil (Or some sort of demon like creature) that is constantly mocking him during it. The jester demon thing offers David&apos;s dad something, it&apos;ll let him to see his family in exchange of blood (Thus the blood stain), David&apos;s dad being desperate agrees to the deal. So first he briefly leaves Hell to check on Abby in Heaven, thus the scenery being more bright and colorful, but Abby isn&apos;t how he remembers her. A caterpillar, taken away from everyone before it even had the chance to turn something beautiful, a butterfly. (Side theory here: I imagine that people who die and end up in heaven are shown to be turned into more natural things while the people who end up in hell are turned into unnatural monsters) But the moment is short lived, the jester demon comes to yank him back into hell. Now, he thinks better of seeing David, scared of what his son will see him as, so he runs. But its too late, he already made the deal, no turning back now. And thus the events of David&apos;s perspective occurs.

  276

• RA

  @rainbowfisho1086 · 2 months ago

  You&apos;ve Come Back is the episode where I realized that Obelisk isn&apos;t just another analog horror series, it&apos;s something truly special. I&apos;ve always appreciated when a horror series can lighten up and tell a more wholesome story to contrast its darker tones or implications, and I think this episode is a great example of that. Also I just love the bird designs and animation style.

  179

• RA

  @RatRatRattyRatRat · 2 months ago

  I get less, &apos;coming back as a demon&apos; from the &apos;dad&apos; part, and more, &apos;whenever I think of this person, it brings up bad memories, despite them being beloved&apos; which fits into folly being present in roughly the same locations; They&apos;re interconnected, and it&apos;s the folly of man to think you could separate that which is connected so deeply in youself.

  343

• TR

  @TreeHuggerXx · 2 months ago

  The elongated neck that the bearded demon had was probably hinting towards how davids dad took his own life.

  78

• KO

  @Kobyfinn · 2 months ago

  I was raised by my grandparents from the 1930s. The evening after my grandmas funeral, I sat outside, where a butterfly fluttered around me and sat on my shoulder, leaving then coming back. Fluttering around, then coming back. I don’t particularly believe in an afterlife, but this well-known symbolic concept happened to me…

  582