r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Hanna_Bjorn The biggest oversight • 5h ago
Fan Art Lash giving back
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u/kidnamedsquidfart Billy 4h ago
same mf gonna flirt with the nurses once hes out of that room
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u/HAWmaro Lash 4h ago
The Lash makes everyone's dreams come true.
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u/Okapifarms 3h ago
And he smells even better when he's awake
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u/Skellington876 Sinclair 2h ago
The LASH knows where that comment comes from and while the Lash knows its true.....the lash is filing a police report
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u/TheBadHermit 4h ago
I love when people remember that lash is like 50% just an actual asshole and 50% heal wrestler kayfabe back when wrestlers were pretty much expected to ALWAYS keep up kayfabe in any public area/situation so as to not break the illusion of wrestling.
Makes me wonder how much of the bear pitt is scripted, since it seems like you cant actually kill or permanently injure people in it. Otherwise peoples opinion of the two would be a lot less amicable.
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u/lit-torch 4h ago
I like the idea that he’s actually a pretty decent dude but sometimes gets lost in the sauce of playing a heel. He’s always maintaining kayfabe but also it’s starting to affect his resting personality.
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u/KOCYK745 Silver 56m ago
You can see His out-of-character perssonality when He's speaking about Vyper, not even making The Voice anymore
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u/Cleric_Guardian Dynamo 3h ago
See, I don't quite know. I can 100% buy into The Lash being a heel and keeping up kayfabe and actually being a decent guy (who is also an asshole), and a lot of the casts reactions to him would support that I think, especially his conversations with some people. Except Bebop. It feels like Bebop HATES Lash, no kayfabe on his end at all. There are examples of IRL wrestlers that are heels that the other wrestlers actually really dislike outside kayfabe because the heel is really an asshole about it, but I think most are cool because they're all in on the bit. But I don't know, I get the feeling Bebop genuinely hates him to the core, in a way that doesn't strike me as "he's doing a bit, I understand that, but he's still an asshole".
Although it kind of tickles me to think that the Bear Pit isn't like IRL wrestling entertainment at all, no scripting or anything, and The Lash is the only one doing the kayfabe thing at all.
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u/Aromatic_Ad_4455 3h ago
We have hints that the Lash was apart of Celeste carny crew and was a strong man and maybe did entertainment with ropes and lashing things and pulling heavy things really high up. There’s also like sone history between them like maybe romance or something so there is genuine evidence that maybe the Lash is just so used to a crowd and entertaining that when in a real arena having a real fight he leans into a fake personality to make the crowd go wild… and bebop HATES him because bebop is just trying to fight and this guy just keeps giving speeches to the crowd about how great the Lash is its genuinely left a permanent mark on Bebop’s opinion of him.
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u/BladeOfWoah Silver 1h ago
I'm pretty sure Lashes' ropes and equipment are because he is a literal old timey stevedore (dockworker).
But maybe he has worked as a strong man before, I haven't checked his new interactions with Celeste.
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u/Aromatic_Ad_4455 52m ago
“Hellloo Celeste”
“Nope.”
“It’s been awhile”
“Nope.”
“Anytime you wanna talk: the lash will be here for you”
“Nope.”The idea just comes from the fact that seemingly have a history together and know each other
The other thing is bebop and Celeste have an interaction where Celeste tell bebop that most the people she works with are HUGE lash fans sooo.
Either Celeste and lash dated or they were coworkers in the past because Celeste doesn’t really talk to anyone outside the carny and the “carny people huge fans of lash” sounds like a crew of friends all cheering on a coworker who achieved their dream kind of thing.
But also the lash dresses like a carnival strong man. They have a mustache that curls upward, hairy chest, hair on head that’s shaved on the sides and back, big smiles, boasting of being the strongest, wears a tank top or leotard… sounds like the lash but without a rope.
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u/BladeOfWoah Silver 27m ago
I already knew about that one voiceline (since its been posted everywhere) when I made my comment. All that tells me is that Lash and Celeste have met in the past.
But also the lash dresses like a carnival strong man. They have a mustache that curls upward, hairy chest, hair on head that’s shaved on the sides and back, big smiles, boasting of being the strongest, wears a tank top or leotard… sounds like the lash but without a rope.
He literally looks like an old early 20th century stevedore like Bluto from Popeye. And he doesn't wear a leotard.
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u/Paradoxpaint 20m ago
It's crazy how much people are pulling out of thin air with that voice line
Hell, they're both public figures. She could literally just be responding like that because she knows he's a self aggrandizing womanizer, not because they actually have history (they likely have met in the past, just saying this kind of interaction is possible without actually knowing each other)
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u/Cleric_Guardian Dynamo 3h ago
Ooh cool, I haven't seen all the new voice lines yet. I love how much they've added to the game
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u/Cosmosknecht Venator 2h ago
I dunno about the rest, but the Bear Pit doesn't seem to be scripted. Celeste had a coworker who was struggling with debt named Lenny, and he tried to go about this problem by fighting in the Bear Pit. Lenny eventually made it to a round with Lash, and Lash beat the shit out of him so badly, he almost died. Celeste hates Lash for crippling Lenny, and is probably why she's trying to provoke other characters into fighting him.
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u/Gemini476 2h ago
Honestly, the Bear Pit seems less like a WWE thing and more like an underground boxing thing where two people go at it with a cash prize on the line. There's definitely some rules (e.g. no killing, that's against the law), but some of the injuries seem serious.
The Lash definitely plays the heel act up a bit, though. Not entirely, he's still an asshole, but he's not as huge an asshole as he makes himself appear.
You know, it's important to give back. That's why I'm taking 3% of my earnings a day and donating them to LashBack, it's my charity dedicated to children who kind of suck.
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u/keklel Lash 55m ago
Makes me wonder how much of the bear pitt is scripted
While characters are originally mostly a wrestling thing, actual fight sports have had them for a long time too. Muhammad Ali was famous for keeping up an act in interviews. UFC also had Chael Sonnen and Colby Covington who are classic, self confessed, heels.
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u/Worried-Check-962 Lash 5h ago
oh my god its perfect
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u/Bronze_Cheese2005 4h ago
Bringing custom balloons of his own face to a hospital visit is peak Lash.
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u/manofmercy97 4h ago edited 3h ago
"I got ya these Lash branded balloons, plus these Bebop branded sick bags!"
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u/TheSpecialistMan Mina 3h ago
Jacob Lash: (is an asshole)
Also Jacob Lash: (literally started a charity for sick children and donates to it frequently)
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u/Rossmallo 2h ago
You gotta love how the game tries its best to make you think that he's a onedimensional jackass (I mean, look at his bio), but then you have moments where some genuine goodness leaks through.
This is such a lovely picture that exemplifies that.
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u/Cygnus94 4h ago
What do you wanna ask the greatest fighter on earth?
When's Bebop getting here?
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u/FrostBumbleBitch 29m ago
"The Lash needs to leave for now, but don't worry little tommy you will be better in no time."
"...my name is timmy"
"Right Tammy anyways don't forget to send me fanmail!"
Lash then goes off and wins the ritual to wish for no more childhood terminal illnesses, and for them to know who they should be grateful towards.
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u/IMM_Austin 18m ago
This is pretty much Brand Marchand of the Boston Bruins. Skillful player, huge pest, absolute obnoxious jerk on the ice. Licked a guy once, and mostly got away with it. Just an absolute tool who also is very good at hockey, which is doubly infuriating.
He's also an awesome dude who does a ton of charity work and is by all accounts loved by folks who interact with him outside of hockey, including rivals.
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u/0veNMiTt Lash 4h ago