Visceral Femininity: A Bloodborne Video Essay

“So what’s the new video about, Honey?“ “Yer mam.“ Bloodborne is a game. It’s bloody and messy and goopy and I love it a lot, but I don’t often see people talking about the more feminine aspects of its horror (pregnancy, childbirth etc) that it’s absolutely bursting with (no pun intended). Content warnings are there for a reason. Some people are probably really not gonna like this and that’s cool, go watch a video more to your taste, but I had fun and I hope you do as well ^.^ Terfs and gender critical folks are not welcome here. A person’s existence is not debatable. CW: blood, violence, infanticide, menstruation, religion/heresy, pregnancy/unwanted pregnancy, forced caesarean, medical abuse, human experimentation, intoxication, Eldritch/cosmic horror, body horror, fantasy plagues, suicide Quote for Part 2/Lunar Cycles is from Mabel, a horror podcast about missed connections, family secrets and the blurring between myth and realit