u/Silver_Sonic_23

I dunno dude, something about shadow women just speaks to me.

I know she'd probably kill me like she did with the Prince, but it's gonna be fun while it lasts.

It'd be really funny seeing the characters react the wrong way when they're saying their lines.

By the way, dying of old age is banned for being boring and by far the best option for someone discovering you before you die.

I posed this question here 9 months ago but then the post got locked, so I thought I’d ask again.

For those who are unaware, GAMEOVERSE is a new series by GLITCH Productions in which there is a universe of planets that are each different video game worlds.

You can watch it here if you haven't already: https://youtu.be/1jNk5tmjhpc

As you have seen from the video, the problem with this universe is that, if the "hero" defeats the "villain" then the world ends by a red energy destroying the planet. The protagonists of the show are people who want to help the villains defeat or at least keep the hero at bay so that the world is not destroyed. There are also antagonists who help the "hero" to ensure the planet is ended so they can absorb the planet's energy. However, you cannot tell people on an undestroyed world that defeating the villain will end the world, or the world starts to get ended early. One pro is that, even once the world has ended, people can still survive its destruction, though we don't know if it's just the hero and villain who can survive or if it's anyone who can escape the dying planet.

Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk Slay the Princess.

For starters, I doubt that the protagonists or antagonists of the Gameoverse interfering would change things all that much besides adding more decisions for the decision-maker to choose and potentially creating new vessels for The Princess. I'm not sure how the resetting would affect them, since time travel has not been covered in the Gameoverse yet. Let's just say they don't intervene to make things simpler. I mean, even if our protagonists help the Princess defeat the Hero, the world will just reset into a Chapter 2 state, so that team literally cannot win.

The narrator's plan is completely out. No matter if the decision-maker lets the princess free or if he kills her, the world ends regardless, even if the Narrator thinks that slaying the princess would just lead to the Long Quiet sitting in the cabin for the rest of time. The only difference is, if the princess isn't "defeated" in a route, the world is technically reset until The Shifting Mound can reform. A win condition could be getting to the Shifting Mound without the hero "defeating" the Princess at all. Killing any form of the princess might count as the "hero" winning, so all of those routes are out. But, there's probably a route one could go through in which the princess is never "defeated" so that the Shifting Mound can gain the five vessels it needs, unless that also counts as the villain being defeated (at least momentarily) in which case this whole game is screwed. Though, it could also be argued that The Long Quiet cannot truly "defeat" the Princess until both get to their godly forms after five resets, so maybe nothing matters until the Shifting Mound is awoken and the Narrator is killed (with the exception of the first two endings).

I don’t think any vessels would be active when the world is ending, unless the Long Quiet thinks that the Princess was actually faking being dead and is ending the world now, which could cause the vessel to revive. Any vessel that can fly (Spectre, Nightmare, and Apotheosis) will definitely survive, but then again, if the Long Quiet thinks that both he and the Princess will survive the end of the world, they will, no matter what the circumstances are. The Princess’s adaptation ability is straight up broken.

Let's talk endings now.

The 'Good' Ending, despite being the Narrator's goal, is straight up a lose lose situation. The "villain" is undeniably defeated by the "hero" so the world would end, making him realize his plan was wrong from the start.

Just As You Once Were Nothing technically counts as a defeat of The Shifting Mound, since she is unable to complete herself, so the world would get destroyed here. No way the Princess is escaping, but perhaps the Long Quiet could.

There Are No Endings is definitely the best outcome. The Long Quiet joining The Shifting Mound and becoming a god means that, even if this destroys the world (which it may not since the princess isn't "defeated" here) both can just escape that world and head off to another. The Gameoverse universe seems to have a lot more places to explore than Slay the Princess's world, since the Narrator says the universe is old and dying, so they might be chill just going to other worlds and using their god powers to help the villains stop the heroes so the planets aren't destroyed.

Your New World completely falls apart. The appeal is that the Long Quiet destroys The Shifting Mound and is given a world under their control, free of death and free to shape as they please, but since they defeated the "villain", under Gameoverse logic that world is instantly destroyed, leading The Long Quiet to explore the cosmos again.

Strange Beginnings would be like in canon. The Princess being the Stranger form does not impact what happens to the world.

A New and Unending Dawn is a slightly better version of The 'Good' Ending. Sure, the world would still get destroyed since the Princess was defeated, but The Long Quiet is a god now and has all of the voices within him to keep him company as he explores the cosmos. New and Unending Dawn, and Everyone Hates You is the same thing but worse, just like in the actual game.

You're on a Path in the Woods doesn't really count as an applicable ending to me, since it's a repeat of the cycle. The villain is the one to defeat the hero, so the world would not end. So, the world would be fine until we get to another one of the endings.

And? What Happens Next? would not result in the planet being destroyed, since The Hero joins the Princess and they leave the cabin together not as gods. So, whatever happens after that ending in canon would happen in the Gameoverse.

In summary, the world is screwed no matter what happens, but The Long Quiet would probably be fine in most scenarios.

If I missed anything, please let me know! I thought a lot about this and would appreciate your insight.