Abstractions: Explained

[Music] [Music] [Music] if you've been following me for some time now you'll notice that I cover a lot of a orgies and web series many of them range in quality from having the appearance of being done amateur ly to displaying immense amounts of work at a theatrical level probably one of the most cinematic and well assemble Arg that I covered in recent months might have to have been to h32 however I'd like to digress on that statement and be one to state that this channel that I'm about to walk you through does an absolutely masterful job of portraying their themes and motifs through an incredibly stunning standard of quality into abstractions a channel that takes cinematics to a whole new level by utilizing a dimension that seems to be absent from nearly every other series that I've covered I'll get to what I mean by that shortly however to begin I'd like to recommend one thing to you Nightline had discussed the first few videos from abstractions a few months ago and he made some incredible points to note when taking an investigative look at this channel if you haven't seen it yet I'll leave a link in the description for you to head over and check it out however note that I'll be giving a summary of this video and taking this explanation all the way to the most recent upload on their channel so if you don't end up heading over to check is an introductory analysis out don't worry I'll do the best I can to catch you up to speed in 9 Minds analysis he began by walking us through the first video in this we can observe what appears to be a bridge with distortions happening all around and random strings of text appearing at different time stamps while these messages don't initially appear to make any definitive sense he informed us that there are indeed captions to pay attention to once activated we gain another level of narrative that when coupled with the on-screen quotes forms a message stating this it could be so easy it's all around you water or bridge stop waiting start moving falling to climb again to fall again your patience will be rewarded the video then ends with the code to which Nick determines is an RGB coordinate for color in between red and as magenta nick takes this observation and hypothesizes that this could ultimately be representative of our main protagonists as they're stuck in between two polar extremes in their lives and are on a conflicted path to make a change this is entirely significant in the remainder of this series so remember this idea with these messages comes visuals that seem to add a level of first-person dimension to what we're watching the video appeared to be a narrative of the person filming as he traverses through a conflicting state of mind we don't know exactly what it is that conscious mind said and that's this sets us off on the track to figure out what exactly this channel was trying to convey fast forward in his analysis to the segment covering the video study one encapsulated and we are greeted with a footage of a house in shambles the person filming precedes through to a room with the silhouette of a hooded woman with text that pops up on screen that reads if she were like you would you watch would you stare would you care with code hovering above each string of text he determined that this code was a video idea to an unlisted upload that had a description reading the devil is in the details which leads us to determine the fact that we might want to watch and listen closely before we do however we notice that in the title of the video exists a range of numbers 110 to 121 which Nick then determine are actual frames of the video to watch out for once we watch the frames from 110 to 121 we notice the shadowy figure in the back room off to the side there were a few other smaller points that he covered however this was the bulk of a notable theories in his video in which I will say was masterfully done now I'd like to take it upon myself to pick up where he left off and not only present to you key observations as we move forward but rather the entire story behind this series and how it all ties together to begin I'll kick this off with a video titled sceptic this video significant and some of the theories that Nick presented and wholly supports his ideas take a look at it before I explain it now what we see appears to be a simple bathtub that's filling up with bubbles the camera transitions seem to signify blinking which adds a special level of envelopment into this story seemingly placing us in the position of the person filming backing up and taking a look at the tags reveals this abstraction sceptic and one notable one conjoined spectrum if you can recall towards the middle of the video we see the best levels merging together and becoming connected which ties into the tag couldn't join spectrum now what exactly is conjoining a spectrum we know that you can join means to essentially combine or make whole however what's the significance of the word spectrum spectrum what's something that we think of when we hear the word spectrum ah that's it color the color spectrum the entire premise of this video is the idea that the spectrum of color is conjoining since the color that we found from the RGB codes from the initial video is between red and magenta this is significant in the theory that our protagonist is making a change to one polar side of that spectrum red in magenta however what exactly do these mean and which one represents positivity what about negativity let's move forward the next video 6a opens by displaying a distorted shot of a tree on a cliff followed by close-up shots inside of a hospital we can see the floor the ceiling signs and various other zoomed in shots of various items inside of that room the video closes with a nighttime shot of the room window with the message that reads fix a now wait a minute back up for a second and think about it we have a character who seems to be in conflicting states of mind possibly being watched by a hooded woman and it's safe to assume that our protagonist is trying to make some significant change in their life and now suddenly we have shots inside of a hospital right after seeing a shot of a cliff fix a by definition means to gather an obsession with something and looking at the description provides us with some clues it reads we have to remind ourselves or force ourselves to stay inside which entirely follows the premise of this video which is our character anxiously staying inside of this hospital room now what exactly is it that's keeping him confined in this room what is the conflict that our protagonist is enduring and why is it leading him to act in this manner of insanity going on a tangent here we might recall that we never actually knew what it was that was bothering the person filming was it just how they lived their entire life or did something happen that caused this taking a look at the next video repose presents us with a vital clue take a look [Music] [Music] you repos by definition means to be lying situated and kept in a particular place however it also means to be in a state of rest sleep or tranquility this just might have to be the perfect word to explain this video as it follows both definitions concurrently and I'll explain why as we could see the video appeared to display somewhat of a utopian nature interrupted by glitches of some sort however I'd like to state that I believe that the most important portion of this video lives at the very end at the 1-minute mark the video switches to what looks like what we see when we're sleeping but are actually awake light seems to be shining on our characters eyes possibly having a woken hem from this dreamlike state at one minute and four seconds however we notice something vital braids on the back of a woman's head and then a cliff once more this does it have you made the connection yet our character is proposed in a hospital room unable to leave as he lies in a state of conflicted and interrupted reposed dreaming of the utopian lifestyle that could have been representative of his past and in semi-sleep state we see a woman this isn't the first time we've seen a female character either backing up into night Minds analysis in the study series of abstractions videos we see a hooded woman who's unable to directly communicate with us she's eerie for sure but seemingly poses no direct threat so why putting the puzzle pieces together thus far we can be led to assume that this woman is his loved one it isn't our guy admitted into the hospital and physically unable to leave but rather an assumed relative or spouse whom is going through something very very serious requiring our main protagonist to stay by her side reflect on his old life and go through severe mental trauma along the way let's press on I want to jump forward to the video anemia anemia by definition is a medical condition that results in low red blood cell count in the body this is primarily caused by lack of iron and one's blood and could come from a variety of factors such as diet or inheritance take a look at this entry [Music] you now as we can see our character appears to be in a dreamlike state of repose once more with the ending becoming quite interesting the formation that we see in the distance glitches into a bodybag however I want to run this by you once again do you see it here let me show you a screencap see it now at nine seconds exactly the screen glitches and a message reading paroxysm appears in the bottom-left corner googling the definition of this presents us with this paroxysm a sudden recurrence or attack of a disease for a sudden worsening of symptoms this was masterfully placed and ties into our theory quite nicely it seems that we might finally know what our protagonist loved one is diagnosed with its anemia and it's progressively getting worse moving forward to the video titled refractory we can see yet another dreamlike shot with a profile of an ominous figure at the very end I want to step aside and make one quick point here though regarding the use of the term refractory and why it's significant refractory in medical terms refers to a condition that's difficult to treat or cure if we put the pieces together from before we can hypothesize that our characters loved one has refractory anemia which is essentially a condition that does not respond to treatment a corollary to this could be that she's dying possibly due to a serious and potentially fatal decision that she may have made at this scene that we keep seeing a cliff did she jump off this cliff or did our protagonist do something demented to her here making this entire situation more ominous let's press on and find out jumping forward to the video titled not abandoned presents us with some more key points take a look at a portion of it you know suffering but you also know and it had courage courage to make that journey celebrating a birthday mr. illness especially is not a pleasant thing but I'm sure your presence was supposed to be one birthday your comfort and of here but if you coming tonight some lazuli um put some on it he's a Vulcan man's main way is with you so hard as we could hear there was a voiceover and some distinct hesitation during it the voice is pretty hard to make out and this could represent the dialogue that the group off to the right it's discussing try to take a listen when I add captions to the part that I was able to make out you know suffering through but you also know and get hard coverage to make that journey celebrating a birthday mr. Vilnius does he is not a pleasant thing but I'm sure your presence is the most important thing your comfort and you're here but it's exhausting guys on the sodium put some on the given post advance main way is with so hard my heart my breast over here are they strong I know damn well that he will not buy this right here throws this for a slight loop we made the key point that our protagonist was distraught and going crazy over something then we determined that it was over a loved one we've been theorized that the condition they had was refractory anemia and now we're presented with a shot of a funeral procession with quotes referencing someone so young someone so young is this actually a spouse or could it be a daughter also what's the significance of the funeral procession itself did they end up passing away let's move on and find out for the next video I want to make a quick point it's titled b-29 take a look [Music] you [Music] now referencing back to our previous hypothesis of the protagonist loved one being dead if we put two and two together we can safely assume that they have indeed passed away our characters traversing through graveyards very late at night all while stricken with grief as they search for the plot of where they're buried where is that plot you ask well most cemeteries notate their plot locations with a letter indicating the row followed by a number representing a column it's all laid out in a grid and if the title of this one is anything to go by we can assume that they're buried in cemetery plot B 29 the next two videos that I want to touch on our servile and el libres clearly these two titles are mirrors of each other and looking each title up led me to the definition of serve I'll serve I'll need to show an excessive willingness to serve or for these others the two videos are connected in the sense that they're the exact same - a small detail and a libres take a look at servile Oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] now what I gather submit that the protagonist is struggling to live their daily life as their stricken with the grief of the loss they've suffered their mind keeps referencing back to the image of the cemetery since they know that's what their loved one rests they can't grasp reality any longer and so the description of the video being here being there being nowhere seems to tie into this perfectly they're living in a complete haze and are just going through the motions seemingly not caring what anyone around them does or wants to do they're pleasing everyone by simply going through the motions of what everyone else is doing taking a look at LD breath shall be one key aspect that was missing I'll play the portion of servile and then Oh livres right after and let you spot the difference take a look [Applause] it seems that the chime noise is absent in le frisk and I was personally led to assume that it's some sort of Morse code looking up the code I was led to the letter X this took out to me in many ways before I dive into why I want to show you the description in le rez it reads if it's been left out it must be unimportant now hear me out typically especially when we were younger you were taught that when looking for buried treasures or anything buried for that matter what marks the spot X the letter X has always been symbolic of the location of something in the subsurface of the earth now why would it be unimportant we can tie this X reference to where the loved one is series so why would he be trying to discount its significance is this really coming from him or is he potentially relaying what everyone around him is convincing him is true when someone passes away there's always a motive to stay positive and move forward with life since we know that they're now in a better place and generally over time the sting of losing a loved one fades very slowly as we carry on with the daily struggles tasks and conventions of life this could potentially be a method of coping for our protagonist or maybe they're being convinced that they're coping and moving on even though they actually aren't this is my personal take on these two uploads and I will say it was done very very well moving on to the most recent upload noncoding we are met with many references to degeneration take a look any really well-informed populations you notice understand that man is regenerated but kind of the nature of this degenerative process in our body there is no prospect for any type of scientific breakthrough to significantly extend our life stadium now this is a home run he's not coping and in fact he can't stop researching and listening to scientific opinions and research over the topic of human longevity in the tags we see the term degeneration just like is mentioned in the video and by definition this essentially means to be in a state of decline the degenerative process that was referenced in the video is something that's entirely inevitable we are all going to pass away someday however our guy was simply dealt a bad hand with his loved one degenerating at a much higher rate than the rest of us he's distraught he's going insane and he can't seem to get over this terrible and unfortunate loss now we have all the puzzle pieces in place and you know what I believe this channel is trying to convey we had the opening with our character going through a severe mental episode contemplating making a major decision in his life the hooded woman is seemingly his loved one in the tough decision that he was initially faced with could have been whether to pull the plug on her life or not the loved ones condition progressed to a point of no return resulting in our untimely death as our protagonist was already in agony by her side the entire way as she was ripped away from him he spiraled into denial and down a rabbit hole of complete Hayes not being able to distinguish reality from memory any longer as he progresses into coping with her loss over time he seemingly being convinced that he needs to move on and he takes this advice in the manner that he needs to discount her desk and make it seem insignificant however in the end we can see that this was most definitely not the case as he's continually researching human longevity after all of this time one last point that the timeline of this entire channel takes place over the span of months was weeks being in between uploads this series is masterful and I simply cannot get over the themes cinematography and the manner of storytelling never before have I been so encapsulated and enveloped into a web series like this and I wholeheartedly encourage you to go over to their channel and form your own theories as to what's going on it said it's interesting it's confusing compelling but most of all it's extremely extremely well done abstractions is a tragic series that I simply cannot wait to see more content from and when I do you can bet that I'll be there to see it I wanted to sincerely thank all of you for watching my explanation of abstraction I hope you all enjoyed this and I also wanted to welcome all of my newest supporters you have just jumped on a train that's heading to some serious heights as I have some massive things planned for you all anyway keep throwing me recommendations as always and I'll be sure to check them out thanks once again for watching I love you all and as always good night you

Channel: Nexpo

Views: 611,153

Rating: 4.9112453 out of 5

Keywords: abstractions, abstractions explained, arg explained, web series explained, creepy arg, strange arg, creepypasta, ARG, alternate reality game, night mind abstractions, nightmare expo, abstractions channel, abstractions analysis, ARG analysis

Id: 5NZQoHebeEM

Length: 25min 47sec (1547 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 13 2017

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