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Kos, Or Some Say Kosm

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Published November 3, 2026

Kos, Or Some Say Kosm is a copypasta drawn from a monologue delivered by the boss Micolash in FromSoftware's 2015 action game Bloodborne. The line started as an in-joke among players frustrated by Micolash's chase sequence, and by 2017 it was being quoted across Reddit and Twitter in Bloodborne fan art captions.

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Overview

Kos, Or Some Say Kosm is lifted from a prayer that Micolash, Host of the Nightmare, chants during his boss fight in the Nightmare of Mensis area of Bloodborne. The full line asks Kos (or Kosm) to grant the speaker eyes to cleanse humanity's beastly idiocy, and it loops on an audio trigger while the player chases Micolash through a maze of hallways1. Players hear the monologue many times over before landing a killing blow, which turned the solemn invocation into a running gag2.

In fan use the quote works as a reaction copypasta. Posts tend to pair the full "Ah, Kos, or some say Kosm" paragraph with Bloodborne fan art, screenshots of other characters, or completely unrelated images, with the humor sitting in the gap between Micolash's cosmic desperation and a mundane subject3. Variants also riff on sibling Micolash lines like "AWOOO," which cult followers wedge into polls and threads about pronunciation1.

Origin & Background

Platform
Bloodborne (source) / Reddit (viral spread)
Creator
FromSoftware; copypasta origin unconfirmed
Date
2015

Bloodborne launched on PlayStation 4 on March 24th, 2015, and FromSoftware placed Micolash as the required boss of the Nightmare of Mensis chapter2. The scripted encounter has Micolash flee through a looping castle while reciting a short set of lines on a timer, with the signature verse reading, "Ah, Kos, or some say Kosm… Do you hear our prayers? As you once did for the vacuous Rom, grant us eyes, grant us eyes! Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy"2. A recording of the fight sequence uploaded to YouTube shows the monologue repeating as players search the arena5.

The copypasta did not have a single author. Fans began reposting the monologue as commentary on how often they heard it during the chase, and the lore around Kos was later expanded by The Old Hunters DLC in November 2015, which confirmed Kos as a slain Great One2.

How It Spread

Discussion of the line showed up in Bloodborne communities within months of release. On June 17th, 2015, Fextralife forum user NPC_Invader opened a joke poll asking whether the name is pronounced "Kos," "Kosm," or "AWOOO," nodding to another Micolash line1. The thread treated the pronunciation debate as a bit rather than a serious lore question, which set the tone for later reposts.

Reddit picked up the quote through /r/Bloodborne. On August 1st, 2017, user DevlishlyHandsome49 asked why the line kept making them laugh, and the thread cleared 150 upvotes3. Shitpost offshoots ran with the format: a /r/shittybloodborne post pairing a child who looked like Micolash with the "grant us eyes" plea gathered more than 100 points, and an October 4th, 2017 /r/shittydarksouls GIF post by user Shuima reused the same quote for a Dark Souls joke2.

Twitter adopted the copypasta later. Artist @Wolfenoctis attached the full prayer to a Micolash illustration that drew more than 360 retweets and 1,600 likes4. On October 7th, 2020, @immolations swapped the Great Ones in the monologue for Donald Trump as a parody tweet, which cleared 1,300 retweets and 5,900 likes2. The joke by then worked outside Bloodborne circles because readers recognized the cadence even without the game context.

Timeline

2015-03-24

Bloodborne releases on PlayStation 4, with the Micolash boss fight in the Nightmare of Mensis chapter featuring the looping prayer monologue.

2015-06-17

Fextralife user NPC_Invader opens a joke poll about whether the name is pronounced Kos, Kosm, or AWOOO.

2015-11-24

The Old Hunters DLC releases and clarifies Kos as a Great One tied to Bloodborne's cosmic lore.

2017-08-01

Redditor DevlishlyHandsome49 posts a /r/Bloodborne thread about why the quote keeps making them laugh, hitting 150+ points.

2017-10-04

/r/shittydarksouls user Shuima reposts the quote with a Dark Souls GIF, extending the joke to a neighboring fandom.

2020-07-23

Artist @Wolfenoctis posts Micolash art captioned with the prayer, drawing 360+ retweets.

2020-10-07

Twitter user @immolations rewrites the copypasta as a Donald Trump parody, hitting 1,300+ retweets and 5,900+ likes.

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