The cutscene where Drifter tricks bael feels disappointing to me a lot like what we saw at the end of lightfall. The fact he had to be saved by his troops kind of undermines his impact as a villain. I have an idea of how he could have been done better in that scene.
When Drifter shoots off his hand rather than stumble back, Bael could have used his stasis powers to create a big chunk of ice from his stump and smashed it into drifter's face knocking him out. When our Guardian opens fire on him Bael could have used the same severed arm to create a wall of ice to block the shots. Then the wall would fire several ice chunks and impale our guardian so our ghost would have to revive us. Aunor would then step in and attack Bael. Bael would duel her with his left hand and keep using his wounded limb to create ice weapons. Maybe another club to try and punch her with. Or a large curved blade as a secondary weapon. Or he could form a makeshift Shield which would give him a big advantage in a sword fight. When our Guardian does get back up, Bael would start to get pushed back. Bael would use his stasis to freeze us and his troops would cover him as he teleported away. Aunor would kill the troops, we would break the stasis and Drifter would come to and make a comment like "Well, Bael is one tough son of a bitch!"
I don't think this is perfect but it does a much better job of showing us Bael is a legitimate threat.
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I just got out of Iron Lung (2026). I went in with no context and left… just mentally taxed.
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The movie is exactly what markiplier wanted it to be. He paid for every bit of the film himself and actually did the editing on his own. It's his passion project so obviously a lot of things aren't going to appeal to the mass audience.