#death stranding fandom

[savage-rhi]

Higgs really turned up like

#lmao #death stranding #lol #death stranding fandom #higgs monaghan #death stranding 2 #ds 2 #higgs #ds higgs #ds2 higgs #guitar hero #doof warrior #joker #bruce campbell #escape from la #surgeon general

[hawkmothmoon]

Leviathan BT: now with more terrible animation.

#death stranding 2 #death stranding fandom #death stranding #beached thing #sam porter bridges #hideo kojima

[mydisenchantedeulogy]

Could you imagine Higgs figuring out that you, the akh - another spiritual entity which was the transfigured spirit that survived death and mingled with the gods - was part of the 6th Extinction Entity and worshiped you.

Higgs:

#death stranding fandom #higgs x reader #fanfiction ideas

[likesugarandcyanide]

So, the biggest mindfuck I think Kojima could do to DS fans is with the new design for Higgs not actually being him, but being Lou/Louise grown up in place of him and considering where you left him. A part of him returned in the form of those guts/chest cavity you see on the suit. It sort of explains the idea that Lou/Louise reformed in the tank in the trailer because the ka and ba/ha are the soul and the body.

Just food for thought. It's a silly theory.

#death stranding fandom #higgs monaghan #Lou/Louise

[cookies-in-chees]

Homophobic metal gear/Death stranding fans will never not be funny to me because those games are so fucking gay and I don’t mean it in like a tumblr theorizer “these characters looked at each other once it means they are gay” kind of way I mean Hideo Kojima literally retweets death stranding yaoi on main from time to time

#mgs #death stranding #metal gear solid #fandom

[metalgeardimir]

Calling all Higgs shirt purchasers to meet at a central point and take the world's worst group photo. I'll buy you all lunch.

#you know who you are #higgs #higgs monaghan #death stranding #good shirts #ds2 #fandom

[iamfirestarter]

Happy 4th Anniversary to Death Stranding!

I'm so happy to be the part of this small fandom on AO3 and here. This story inspired me to wrote so many fan fiction, draw some fan art and spend a lot of time inside this universe (and inside character's heads). I'm still not over it. Keep on keeping on!♥

#death stranding #ds #hideo kojima #sam porter bridges #higgs monaghan #small fandoms

[vampirepunks]

I love that Death Stranding’s core message is essentially, “life is worth living and people are worth loving.” It’s easy to get lost in the details of its universe + characters and thus lose sight of that.

Death Stranding argues that life is worthwhile to fight for even if the world will inevitably end, because we’re still here. That people are worthy of empathy even if they’ve done horrible things, because it was their own suffering and moral efforts that led them there.

Die-Hardman was complicit in the murder of Cliff Unger and the causes of the Last Stranding. He can be forgiven because he loved Cliff and Bridget, never forgave himself, and dedicated his life to trying to make the world better, the only ways he knew how.

Higgs killed thousands and tried to end the world. He can be forgiven because he wasn’t of sound mind and is an abuse victim who never had a real opportunity to be better than he was.

Amelie sacrificed mothers and children for her own ends, and abused the two men who loved her the most. She can be forgiven because she can’t connect with human experience and made the selfless choice to be the sacrifice so humanity could have another chance.

Coffin was a terrorist that abandoned her daughter and radicalized a desperate, lonely young man into a life of violence. She can be forgiven because she believed it was necessary for the greater good, she took accountability for the harm she caused, and she loved those two kids more than anything else in the world.

The game doesn’t require you to forgive its characters, but it invites you to. It provides you with the reasons every given character became the way they are, and leaves it open to the player’s judgment. It asks, “maybe it wasn’t right, but can you understand?” It says, yes, this character did some very bad things, but can you love them anyway? Will you try?

DS argues that disconnection and isolation comes from a shortage of fellow empathy. That’s probably why Kojima went out of his way to retcon Higgs’ story and make his tragedy even more empathetic than it originally was. DS’s answer to social problems isn’t “be better,” it’s “learn how to forgive.”

Hell is other people. Heaven is each other.

#am I a hypocrite here a little bit? yes I’ll own that. i won’t forgive amelie because I’m stubborn and biased #BUT I do believe she’s a character written to be forgivable. i just don’t want to :3 #but that’s the thing. you don’t HAVE to forgive every character. you just have to understand and discover how far your empathy extends #that’s the invitation: can you forgive others? ds2 will probably ask an even harder question: can you forgive *yourself*? #idk just heard a lot of discourse over the years about ‘woobifying’ and ‘apologism’ (I am not innocent here!) but… #ultimately I like to take a step back now and then to recognize that it’s a work of art with a message. not a real story with real people #and I’m seeing some of those terms and arguments thrown around in various spaces and it’s an opportunity for perspective #let’s all be kinder to each other y’all :) #death stranding #higgs monaghan #amelie strand #die hardman #on fandom #logan.txt

[fruity-m0nster]

Higgs putting on his war paint 💅

#my art #digital art #death stranding 2 #higgs monaghan #hello death stranding fandom #pls accept this humble offering #im sure it was done before but u know what they say old but gold xD

[little-red-fool]

At least 279 more days until DS2 comes out.

#i joined the fandom too early for the second game and too late for the first game AJDSKFBDJFNNF #death stranding #death stranding 2

[raiden-brannigan]

And I Must Scream - 1.7k

"Sometimes he would scream. The loneliness, the bleakness, his inability to track time, it all ate away at him piece by piece. Ripping and tearing at bits of his soul, leaving him bleeding and empty. Longing. Nothing responded to him, not even an echo of his own voice." Higgs spends an eternity on The Beach

My first fill for @badthingshappenbingo!

Read on Ao3

#death stranding #higgs monaghan #sam porter bridges #fragile death stranding #amelie strand #samhiggs #and i must scream #thought there wasnt enough “higgs stranded on The Beach” fics in this fandom lmaoooo

[savage-rhi]

The man is on fentanyl and La Croix

#lmao #death stranding #lol #death stranding fandom #higgs monaghan #higgs #ds higgs #death stranding higgs #death stranding 2

[hawkmothmoon]

I don’t JUST paint people, I also occasionally paint monsters!

Monsters from one very specific weird game but whatever

#death stranding 2 #death stranding #fanart: death stranding #death stranding fanart #death stranding fandom #beached thing #art by hawkmothmoon

[rubensmuse]

mon fucking dieu

#well you know what they say #when sad troy baker in joker makeup is in your video game you know the tumblr fandom will speak of nothing else #i have NOTHING against this character or his fans btw i've just only met him twice and just currently care more about sam et al #death stranding #just squirrelly things

[danyaselmar]

Greetings Baldur's Gate fandom

Do you want to get a cute drawing of your Tav/Durge and/or favorite character AND support a good cause? Then you might want to check out Fandom Trumps Hate. I adore the work of @fandomtrumpshate and it's always very exciting to be part of this event!

You can find all offerings (fanart and fanfic) for BG3 here. Go check it out!!

This year I'm offering three auctions for BG3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Death Stranding. Here are examples of my work:

#fandom trumps hate #fth 2024 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk2077 #death stranding #death stranding 2 #danyas drawings #artists on tumblr #astarion #astarion ancunin #enver gortash #astarion x tav #dark urge x gortash

[bidonica]

Mild Death Stranding spoilers following: an underdiscussed aspect of DS's gameplay compared to how often the walking simulator discourse pops up is how the game subtly prods you into making choices that further connection and are non violent... killing human enemies is the only action that could potentially result in a game over so you're incentivized to use non lethal methods. Even when dealing with supernatural opponents like the BTs the preferred course of action is (once you unlock the ability) to "free" them stealthily rather than shooting at them (again a solution that will make things escalate).

And of course there's the BB, which starts out as a mere instrument, but the more you play the more you realize its happiness and wellbeing are crucial to your survival. The way Mads talks to it (to you) speaks of a deep emotional connection. Then Sam gives it a name and the BB is taken from you for a while. The game becomes a bit harder and more stressful! You wish Lou was around. Sam talks to her and then he remembers she isn't there :( When you get her back it's a relief, and when at the end you're asked to make a crucial choice you know there is only one possible answer. Because the game made you care. I think that's neat idk

#probably the only videogame little guys i've grown attached to more than the BB are the cat and his drone friend from Stray #i think it's telling that “sam & BB” is one of the top relationships on ao3 for this fandom #which is a tiny fandom fic wise for sure but still #death stranding #videogames