#the unspeakable

[sharkddless]

Crying screaming throwing up I love faith the unholy trinity SOOO much I haven’t even finished it yet yet I NEEDED to draw something because like MEOOOW am I right? also theyre all cats because 😌 because.

#faith the unholy trinity #faith #michael davies #john ward #amy martin #father garcia #gary #im tired I won’t name all of the demons #The unspeakable #faith fanart #meoooow

[oldmen-enjoyer]

"I could've been saved but you took my limbs and left me bleed to death. Out of desperation I turn to Old Emperor.

I would never believed my own mouth but I pleaded to HIM, begging to escape what.. ever you are. Despite his slience, it is more comfortable than your teeth brushing against my soft flesh. It is more caring than you could ever be. He accepted my pleads. And bring me to his house.

It look scary but I am safe. I don't need you anymore, priest."

[More unused/concept doodle down below]

More whitelie bits and pieces of lore through dialogue.

Got any questions you can just shoot me an ask or dm

#fanart #character art #original art #character design #illustration #faith the unholy trinity #faith airdorf #john ward #faith: the unholy trinity #amy martin #faith: white lie #the unspeakable #??? rigjt?

[lrrrkan]

THE UNSPEAKABLE THE UNSPOKEWOBBO DAS UNAUSSPRECHLICHE DA UNSPOCKOBO idk what im saying tbh

here’s the full image bingbong bingbong. i wish i was john’s crucifix sometimes (im sorry💀)

John don’t flip out but i think there’s something behind you idk

#faith the game #faith the unholy trinity #john ward #gary miller #john ward faith #john ward fanart #airdorf games #faith airdorf #slowly going insane #the unspeakable #faith fanart #airdorf tractor trailer is my favorite faith character #faith the unholy trinity fanart #guys my cat is sick i hope he feels better soon

[celestial-raposa]

day 3: initiation

#faith the unholy trinity #john ward #unholytrinitytober #the unspeakable #my art #digital art #my ftut

[trashprinceward]

It's a hard life when everybody wants you.

#faith the unholy trinity #faith airdorf #faith fanart #ftut #faith game #john ward faith #john ward #father garcia #gary miller #father allred #miriam bell #lisa pearson #alu #the unspeakable #myart #my art

[manahasu]

I love Faith: the Unholy Trinity! I drafted this cross stitch for fun. It was supposed to be done for Halloween, but everyday is Halloween in my heart ❤️

#cross stitch #faith the unholy trinity #john ward #the unspeakable #Gary loves you

[ghost-symphony]

#gouache #faith game #john ward #faith the unholy trinity #traditional fanart #traditional art #faith fanart #artists on tumblr #the unspeakable #gouache painting

[cosmicwolf978]

　 ･:*+ ḏ̸̫́ȃ̸̺͊ḿ̵̡̫n̸̛͙̜͊ä̶̻́ţ̷̹͆̍i̸͔̽ớ̵̬ ̶̘͗m̵̨̊̉e̸̲͂ḿ̷̥̜ö̸̞̙́̕r̸̯̰͂i̴̳̼͂̈́a̵̧͖̋ẽ̷̟͋ . :+

god i love this game so much

(i know he doesn’t have the face hole in the actual ending but it looked cool ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

#faith the unholy trinity #faith game #faith fanart #faith airdorf #body horror #john ward #amy martin #michael davies #faith unspeakable #the unspeakable #cosmic-creations★

[minature-monsoon]

Inktober Day 31: The Profane Sabbath

#my art #faith airdorf #faith the unholy trinity #faithtober #inktober #the unspeakable

[hypernova-blitz-arts]

Made this like. On Christmas. But fuck it I'll post it

Rb instead of like pretty please :3

#faith: the unholy trinity #john ward #gary miller faith #michael davies #amy martin faith #the unspeakable #miriam bell

[2b--frank]

cw: body horror

gary truly loves you

full image (yes, it IS low res.) → 👏🏿

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[vendettapandav]

Hello demon lovers, it’s morbin’ time ft. Possessed John

#john ward #faith the unholy trinity #faith airdorf #faith game #faith chapter 3 #malphas #alu #Amy martin #michael davies #demons #candy tunnel demon #elevator demon #the unspeakable #miriam bell #gary miller

[mourningmaybells]

he's literally just a little guy

#the unspeakable #faith the unholy trinity

[hellosweetart]

Gary Loves Holiday - even villains need to chill

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[tacticalhimbo]

Hi, I wonder if you have some theory / thoughts about damnatio memoriae ending, losing faith and his (worsen?) mental state.

I'm not Catholic but the connection between mental health and faith is one of my favorite issues to talk about.

Also why Gary tried to make John as the new vessel?

Thanks!

Hey, thank you so much for asking!

I personally see the loss of faith having a few possible explanations! And Gary's focus on John is entirely intentional, both from a mental health standpoint and a general-ish standpoint.

A recap for the general audience (and myself, because I had to look a few things up since it's been a while):

The ending, "A New Vessel" is accompanied by the soundtrack (and text, if I believe) Damnatio Memoriae, which comes to mean a "condemnation of memory", akin to where a person or event is stricken from all official records.

As for the plot of the ending, here's the Wiki's summary -> On the day of the Profane Sabbath, Ward finds his house surrounded by cult members and unlocks the crucifix-riddled door. Inside he confronts Amy, and he begs for the nightmares to end. Amy drags him into her gaping portal, and John finds himself at the abandoned Martin house in complete disrepair, somehow much worse than it was only a month ago. Inside, he discovers that the twins he's been searching for throughout the entire story never existed. Nancy, Amy's mother, miscarried the twins, but was in complete denial of it, going so far as to host a birthday party for them. Eventually, John finds two effigies in their room and succumbs to his despair. Amy and Michael appear and take his hands before a giant demonic hand appears and swallows them up. Then the entire Martin house vanishes.

Please let me know if this needs to be tagged! I also apologize for any grammar errors, I got excited to answer this and I'd just woken up, so my brain isn't all there yet sdjdkdkd—

I'll put my thoughts below the cut, though, because this got more wordy than I'd thought ^^;

In regards to John's deteriorating faith, the explanation for why his faith is so weak/withers so easily is dependent on how the game's plot is interpreted (at least, in my opinion). So, to circle back to some of the points I made in my first solid meta post regarding John [LINK], I'll break down the two primary perceptions.

If assuming everything happening is 100% real and John's perspective is reliable:

It's simply a matter of fighting a losing battle. Seeing your faith be challenged so successfully (re: multiple dead priests, a church taken over by demonic entities, etc) is... a lot!

As someone who's loosely Catholic (vaguely raised, abandoned, and now on the fence of re-converting), the main lesson people are taught is that sin and evil are two very powerful things. They swallow and consume a person. They're what made the world the place it is today, and why humanity could not remain in the Garden of Eden. Of course, the emphasis put on these points and the way they're told is variable on the individual church's belief system (re: the difference between "normal" Catholics and fascist Evangelicals), but that's besides the point.

So John seeing that happen over and over and over, and ultimately failing to save Amy, is just tiring. It's draining. He realizes by the end of Chapter 3 that he's lost, and Gary has won. Gary was right.

However, if assuming that either everything was "in John's head" (lack of better phrasing), or that some things were true but exaggerated by John's mental health:

Then I believe that John's loss of motivation/faith could genuinely be him coming out of an episode and perceiving the gravity of everything.

This is a bit harder to explain given the precursor for this ending is not entering Garyland, and the strongest case could be made by pointing to the fact that, allegedly, John was the one to eviscerate the cultists in the bloodied room... but still. A lot of things happen in Chapter 3 outside of Gary's labyrinth that would weigh heavily on John's consciousness. One of the other most notable circumstances being if he cannot save Lisa from Alu/the cult, and she dies because he (while possessed or in a state of psychosis) ultimately kills her.

That, and there is the idea that John is outright killing the cultists/people he flashes the crucifix to.

Now, before I explain part of that, I just want to say that all cops are shit at their jobs. They protect nobody and often target folk just because they can, and use "self defense" as a way to get out of the repercussions. However, it is interesting that when John raises the crucifix (when exiting the front door of the daycare, opposed to the back entrance), the cops state that he has a gun. Of course, this could be that classic "shoot anything that moves and make a move" mentality, or it could be a genuine observation (after all, they are fictional so there is a chance they have some intelligence).

My disdain for the law aside, the very act of exorcism is a banishment. A damntation of demonic entities back to Hell, where they either are imprisoned (returning to their natural states and unable to re-enter the surface) or executed (if the demon is too weak to presumably recuperate from Christ's intervention/flee to Hell). So, in the assumption that the UNSPEAKABLE really is grasping every cultist's soul... Yeah. They're gone. John has effectively killed the person and, maybe, left behind a husk. A shell of who they were.

And that acts as a segue into the second question:

Why in the hell (pun intended) would Gary want to use a priest as a vessel?

The short answer is that John is, genuinely, the perfect vessel. My understanding of the process is that the victim must be on the younger side, physically healthy, and (most importantly) non-consenting to the process (able to be manipulated and coerced into "consenting").

John is in his early 30s, is pretty healthy minus the achey knee and dormant asthma, and very much non-consenting, seeing as he goes through so much to attempt to stop the UNSPEAKABLE's commanding demon, Gary/Astaroth. Plus him being in active bouts of psychosis makes it so much easier for someone like Gary to affirm the delusions and essentially become the little devil on John's shoulder.

EDIT: I've posted some audio files regarding this! Check it out here [ LINK ]

But aside from that, it comes down to power. Gary wants to demonic rebellion to have influence. To be something that compels people and leaves behind a great legacy.

What better way to do that than take a holy man (assuming John is/was ordained) and make him a tool for the devil?

In context of a cult structure, the move is one of the biggest chess plays Gary can make as a leader.

Cults, especially those with destructive and a religious structure, are hierarchial and authoritative. There is supposed to be no question to what the leader wills. What Gary says should go. That's why he ultimately ended up targeting Lisa. As a failed attempt by Tiffany to make Lisa a vessel (and therefore prove her own worthiness to Gary), she knows too much about the true intentions. She is a flight risk. She's been found to be communicating with John (an extension of the church). People like Lisa are dangerous to the cult's imbalance, as are the ties they have within the greater community.

Which is why, too, John becomes such a pertinent target for Gary (lest we forget one of the Chapter 1 endings has him and his cult confront John on an empty highway).

It all shows that, even if he were not a demon, that he is convincing. That he can wear down at someone with a (presumably) strong conviction and duty to Christ. People would be fools to question him! He must know what he's doing if he can "break" a priest.

TLDR: Gary's entire mentality as a cult leader (and demonic commander) trying to regain control after a critical incident ks

And this, ultimately, is what is referred to with the idea of Damnatio Memoriae! John is so overshadowed and overtaken (whether by the UNSPEAKABLE, the cult, or his own mind) that he's effectively erased from memory. Him, the twins, Michael, Amy, they all mean nothing in the grand scheme of what would come should the cult succeed in its plan. They were all mere cogs in the machine.

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[bugbreach]

This was funny in my head

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