Ok This Has To Be One Of The Best Ones Ive Found

Ok this has to be one of the best ones I’ve found

Listening to Sunless Sea OST while you’re playing Dredge hits so different. Gettin absolutely lost in the brine tonight. Oh my god.

To be honest with how much Dib sticks his fat, nosey head into all kinds of business and dark places where it doesn’t belong… if Nny happens to exist on the same plane, I’d be more shocked if he wasn’t once an entire preoccupation of Dib’s in the past, or currently one on the side.

Think about it. A series of unsolved homicides and kidnappings all linked by these two facts:

- Every body found has been completely drained of blood.

- Despite maintaining a very active murder spree and being brazen enough to even massacre several victims in broad daylight, the suspect has never been apprehended or even named. They have what seems only appropriate to call a supernatural advantage at evading the authorities.

Even if dib hasn’t met Johnny C, he definitely knows Johnny is out there. He may be a little misled on what Johnny’s deal is, but he’s got an investigative eye on the case.

As I was drawing the Nightmare Nny cameo from IZ, I had a thought. Does the existence of this Nny in the dimension in Dib's head imply that Dib and Nny have crossed paths? Bc, for the most part, all the horrible creatures in Dib's head had counterparts to his real life, no?

Also, side note, poor Dib. That kid's fucked up

Every Dredge Aberration (2024), Part 5

Gnashing Perch

Encyclopedia #130

Aberrant form of oceanic perch

Description:

Eyeless and mindless. Driven only by the desire to consume. A purpose satiated many times over.

Comment: A rose by another name, gone sour, but bearing thorns all the same. Like those above, and like those below- once dangling from the hook they become just another example of reckless hunger’s final destination… straight into the jaws of a greater monstrosity.

How to catch: Despite oceanic sitting in the sweeter name, the Gale’s rosefish prefer to linger in coastal depths from dawn to dusk. Even the most basic of a rod, or net, can outmatch the gnasher.

Flayed mackerel

Encyclopedia # 131

Aberrant form of tiger mackerel

Description:

Rended flesh with muscle and bone exposed. This gory mess of a fish can't have lived like this for long.

Comment: It’s unclear what sort of changes the rift’s influence has inflicted this poor grey. Either we are witnessing a body being unmade by malevolence, or, perhaps its wounds are completely natural, while its continued survival is its truely twisted curse.

How to catch: Tiger mackerel’s habit is none much different from oceanic perch around the cliffs. Haul or trawl them in daylight at coastal depth.

Bearded mackerel

Encyclopedia #132

Aberrant form of tiger mackerel

Description:

The wispy tendrils sprouting from its mouth and flanks continue to writhe long after the fish has stopped flailing.

Comment: At last! It took us long enough to run aground something like this- bountiful barbels appearing in true lovecraftian fashion. Like before, this victim also sparks a silent question about its affliction. While the new additions could possibly be a parasitic drag, it’s potentially more likely they too extend the fish’s survival, serving as excellent distractions to less intelligent predators.

How to catch: ^^^

Scouring Bass

Encyclopedia #133

Aberrant form of black sea bass

Description:

Shapes swirl inside bulging, clouded eyes. Blinded by the light of the surface, but perfectly suited to searching the depths.

Comment: That’s a pity. He won’t be needing them where he’s going.

How to catch: In similar fashion to arrow squid, the black bass are night feeders. Prowl the coastal waters of Gale Cliffs to find one of these on your hook or in your net.

Gelatinous Stonefish

Encyclopedia #134

Aberrant form of stonefish

Description:

Flesh and scales intent on shuffling away from a creature struggling to maintain its mortal form.

Comment: Oh dear, the poor thing was given the blobfish treatment, even though it’s merely a reef dweller. Quite a cruel twist of irony for something that is called stonefish.

How to catch: Haul or trawl by daylight. They live in shallow water by the cliffs.

Enthralled Stonefish

Encyclopedia #135

Aberrant form of stonefish

Description:

A hollowed husk, hosting a hostile dweller. The eyes inside begin their search for a safer vessel.

Comment: I hate this. I love this. A deliciously horrible implication. To think the fisherman actually allows these things into the cargo hold and can still sleep at night…

How to catch: ^^^

*holding a green paintbrush* Uhm yea it’s called character design sweaty and the neurodivergents (me) go crazy for it I hear

oops all 🟩

The more and more the show reminds me about Irkens’ fixation on snacks and bottomless appetites the more grateful I feel that they were not designed as a carnivorous species.