>>24532318This. Both are difficult (Blood Meridian can be a challenging read, Dark Souls is a challenging game), but they're also easier than most people think, once you get into them, and their respective mediums have much harder pieces. They're both critically acclaimed modern masterpieces (even if they aren't as modern anymore), they're both very dark and esoteric, they're both popular among zoomers who think they're smart and cool when in reality they're just edgelords, etc.