What it feeds on isn't suffering or emotions, the Maw feeds on gluttony itself. The nomes and crew aren't "servants" of it, they're parts of it (with The Lady presumably acting as the brain). I'd like to expand on this: The Maw is some sort of Eldritch Abomination "Meta Organism" and/or a living embodiment of gluttony and predation.The Nomes are also creations/servants of the Maw, perhaps even acting like cells in its body. The workers on the Maw are either brainwashed into doing their jobs, followers of the Maw of their own will, or constructs. It may feed on emotions, suffering, souls, or any other abstract concept it may gain from the endless cycle of Guests. It forces the Guests to come, but why? The same reason any other creature attracts pray.Įither the Maw feeds on the flesh of the Guests, though it's implied the Guests meat is used to feed the next batch of Guests, along with the meat of the children and fish, so perhaps the Maw doesn't feed on flesh at all. Nobody whom has ever boarded the Maw has ever returned, but if that's true, why do the Guests keep coming? The Maw attracts them with its mind-bending abilities. Either way it is not what it seems, it has a terrible effect on the minds of those whom enter it, causing them to only care about eating, and never feel full. The Maw is actually an Eldritch Abomination that either gives off the illusion of being a ship, truly shapeshifts into one, or just looks like one. The Maw is alive!Something about the Maw is just off, the fact that it has claws that cling to the ocean floor doesn't help. It's still possible if you assume that only some of the children are Nomes and the rest are their own race, as Tarsier Studios confirms that the Nomes were around before the Lady.
This theory is made a little unlikely with The Hideaway's reveal that the Nomes are children.Data-mining has revealed an image in the game's files a portrait of five Nomes, one of which has a body type very similar to the Janitor's, which may give some more credit to the idea that he is, if not their king, at least a Nome.When he chased the Nomes that ran out of the elevator he wasn’t trying to capture them, he just wanted to make sure they were safe.
Perhaps him working for them is part of an agreement to not hurt the other Nomes, which would explain why the other inhabitants of the Maw ignore them. But when the Lady took over she forced him into servitude. He seems somewhat different from the others working on the Maw in appearance, as well as the fact that he seems to be the lowest in the hierarchy, remaining on the lower floors shambling through the darkness blindly, tending to the 'livestock' to send to the next level.It could be that if it is true the Nomes were the original inhabitants of the Maw, he was the one in charge of it. Also, the fact that he has pictures of the Nomes on his walls. The Janitor is, or was, the king of the Nomes.There is a bit of a resemblance, with the tone of his skin, and how he covers the top of his face. Its kind of safe to assume, if she ate glutton and gnome alike, there's nobody still alive on the Maw. By the time we get the image of Six standing at the edge of the ship, she not 'escaping,' she's expanding. The final confrontation is less about showing the geisha "her corrupted image" with the mirror, and instead, more like "mirroring the geisha's power."īy the time we get to the final cutscene, Six effectively supplanted geisha by being more ruthless than her hence the absorbing all the life energy of the gluttons. Interestingly, towards the end of the game, just before the final confrontation, Six "climbs to the same level" as the geisha, while she stands on the balcony. The mask sort of highlights how brittle that power can be. The game also plays on the "power is beautiful" concept. She knows not to indulge in her own product, hence her figure. As a provider to consumers, she's sort of like a drug kingpin. Then there's the geisha: she's comparably beautiful in a very ugly world. They're also "the masses." It becomes almost literal when their falling all over each other to get at the girl. This is partially due to their limited ability to defend themselves.
From the things like arms hanging out of bags, they're essentially getting processed into meat. In this case, between the comic and the game, we know there's demand for eating children. The world imploded in a big way, and the children are bearing the brunt. With that said though, there's no shortage of predatory adults. As the viewer being shown the narrative by the girl, she's not reliable, but the world is still circling the drain, cosmic horror story-style.Īs a child, all the threats just seem bigger because there's nothing to compare them to. perceived power dynamics and the roles of the charactersFirst off, we gotta acknowledge that we're seeing this story through the perspective of a little girl.
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