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http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/04/27/wild-theory-blood-bloodborne-actually-comes

Have you ever wondered where the blood that everyone in Bloodborne drinks actually comes from? Someone has a theory, and it’s kind of gross. It also makes a lot of sense.

• Special blood vials in the game all come from women, such as Arianna, Iosefka, and Sister Adella. We also know that the Healing Church chooses specific women to be “vessels for blood” and are “groomed as Blood Saints.” We also know that the person who introduced the entire concept of drinking blood to Yharnam is a lady—the Queen of the Pthumerians.
• One of these women, Arianna, does not give you any more blood when she becomes pregnant. Furthermore, it’s worth considering that the old lady that you can bring to the church does not give you blood. Menopause?
• The game loves to use concepts relating to the moon and cycles.
• One of Bloodborne’s important locations is called “The Nightmare of Mensis.” There is also a boss called “Brain of Mensis” (which you have to defeat in order to get an item called ‘Blood Rock.’) There is also an item called “Mensis Cage,” which is used as an antenna that facilitates contact with the Great Ones. Mensis is very similar to the word “menses,” which is Latin for, well, menstruation. The word also has close ties with the concept of the moon.

 

[Soulflarz]

Well then.

 

[Komo]

Gotta get dem clicks, Kotaku

 

[Sou Da]

Well you don't really drink the blood.

 

[MMarston]

 

[bobawesome]

 

[McDougles]

The thread title makes it look like the theory is from Kotaku, not Reddit.

OT: It's an interesting theory.

 

[MichaelFassbender]

May Kotaku burn in the fires of inadequacy forevermore.

 

[Dio Brando]

i'm laughing and crying at the same time, make it stop.

Honestly though, interesting theory.

 

[Myggen]

The clot thickens.

 

[The Xtortionist]

 

[DedValve]

also missing that blood dregs are sperm.

 

[meppi]

She was right all along! :-O

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

But you don't drink it you inject it...

 

[papercamm]

Oh.

 

[dugdug]

Well, that's my masturbation material for the night.

 

[BY2K]

 

[MadSol]

The clot thickens.

Hope they iron it out

 

[thunder_snail]

I want to deny. But it makes sense. I don't know anymore.

 

[elfinke]

The thread title makes it look like the theory is from Kotaku, not Reddit.

OT: It's an interesting theory.

That is duly noted at the very beginning of the piece:

Enjoyable, if slightly obvious, set of correlations and corroborations.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Ya'll got your red wings and didn't even know it.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I will admit when I first heard people talking about "Mensis" in Bloodborne I did a double take

 

[RoboPlato]

All the mensis stuff made it seem like it was heading in that direction to me as well, especially with the whole birth/moon cycle angle of late game stuff.

More nutrients that way anyway.

 

[Jobbs]

I've never seen my character drink anything in Bloodborne, but I guess Kotaku needs clicks, and "injecting menstrual blood" doesn't sound as clicky.

Well, that's my masturbation material for the night.

Okay, let's do it.

 

[mrmickfran]

The crazy thing is, I'd expect to hear that kind of shit on GAF too.

 

[Neiteio]

That's pretty hot

I buy it

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Menses is third declension from Mensis in Latin, which means month.

 

[saunderez]

Menses is third declension from Mensis in Latin, which means month.

Also moon in a proto-indo-european. Both make a lot of sense given the setting.

 

[braves01]

 

[Xpike]

gotta get the clicks i guess

 

[Kasper]

 

[Revolutionary]

Don't the hunters administer the blood via a syringe to the leg?

It's not like an estus flask where they're downing a whole flask of it. At least, I don't recall ever seeing that animation.

 

[angrygnat]

I have to say I disagree.

 

[qa_engineer]

Bloodborne OT: its that time of the month

 

[TheMAK]

Booommm

Kotaku knows da truth..... not..:-\

 

[SinShep]

Well you don't really drink the blood.

But it is stated in-game that drinking blood recreationally does occur often in Yharnam

Nevertheless.

 

[meltingparappa]

Let's spin the wheel of stupid to see who the author is of this particular clickbait.

Patricia Hernandez?

Surprised it's not who I expected.

 

[nynt9]

The thread title makes it look like the theory is from Kotaku, not Reddit.

OT: It's an interesting theory.

To be fair all Patricia Hernandez does is rip content from reddit and other social media so it makes sense.

 

[androvsky]

Considering the stuff going on in world 5 of Demon's Souls, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

 

[AESplusF]

I've known the whole time, Bloodborne is nasty.

 

[RK9039]

And that's exactly the reason why Estus flasks will always be better.

 

[yencid]

i mean with red jelly actually being stillborne infants i dont see how this is far fetched

 

[Ghazi]

Bloodborne OT: its that time of the month

Perfect.

 

[Squire]

The clot thickens.

Bravo, sir.

 

[Sou Da]

i mean with red jelly actually being stillborne infants i dont see how this is far fetched

That and the umbilical cords.

 

[Neiteio]

I think it was Guillermo del Toro who once said that all fairy tales are about one of two things: Crawling out of a vagina to slay the dragon, or crawling back into a vagina to return to heaven.

...I don't know why that felt appropriate here, but Bloodborne feels like a dark fairytale and is apparently dripping with menstrual blood. Slay the dragon it is!

 

[Owari]

And now I'll never play the game. Thanks, Kotaku. Dodged that bullet.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Well the implications with the baby and blood red moon and Mensis is all there.
You are clearly injecting it though, lol

 

[Damerman]

It's sad that menstruation is used as shock value. It's a perfectly natural part of life, and i wish people were more upfront and comfortable with it. People can make easy off hand "oh he had a wet dream haha", but then when it involves menstruation blood they don't want to hear about it.

 

[Dr.Parity]