So what does looking at the unknown actually do?
Now before you say "...you serious?" I more mean as in your a survivor and your weakened what is looking at the unknown doing. Since I know going near a husk your basically seeing if it's real but well why is looking at the unknown removing the weakened status effect. I know it's a game but it popped in my mind wondering why survivors need to look at the unknown when weakened is it that their trying to get rid of some paranoia or something?
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Overcoming fears or something, we really don't have any sensible lore in him anyway…
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You got slimed and you're scared and confused on what could have done that, then you stare at Unknown and realize it's a goofy noodle boi and you're probably fine.
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Their backstory is that no one knows what it is and anyone who tries to understand it is ultimately killed by it. People have tried to figure it out but no one comes close.
You summon it by trying to understand it and the scariest part of it is that you have no idea what it actually is. It uses the rumours to attack and lure its victims. It's scarier when you don't see it and build an idea of it in your mind.
So my guess is that looking at it represents the idea that you are removing the mystery behind it because you can now see it and are starting to understand it. It's no longer an urban legend, it's just a weird guy with a bomb.
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Well more a weird guy who really needs to get something for all those bones they seem very dislocated.
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The UVX is some kind of psychedelic toxin and it seems too much of it can cause serious injury. By focusing on The Unknown, the survivor is able to resist the effects of the toxin, probably by focusing on what is real instead of what is a hallucination, grounding themselves back to reality.
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My headcannon is that the gunk works two-fold:
1. It's a gunk which weakens you in a similar way that you see the weird, warped holes in the cinema complex, which is why it downs you ultimately.
2. The gunk has a chemical which makes you obsessed with it in "needing to know" what it is. It's why you keep staring at it. Before it's abduction, this kit of the Unknown acted in a way of luring people to their doom, and was probably spread in more subtle ways than a giant lurgee ball. After the abduction, the Entity tampered with this, turning it into a weaker adaptation and using the chemical as a way for survivors to escape, whilst keeping that "need to know".
Basically, the Entity has altered it's initial lure into a projectile and mechanic, when before the chemical was less noticeable in the real world, and the gunk was mostly used for dissolving the victim, absorbing them (such as the mori shows) then using their genetics to create a fleshy, spiralled outer-shell.
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It's something along these lines
The Unknown's power comes from it's lack of definition; thus why it kills those who attempt to define it. A survivor staring down the Unknown defines it, understands it, and ultimately weakens it.
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