#eateot

[katapotato55]

How to write good horror.

1- DON'T EXPLAIN WHAT THE HORROR IS. DON'T EXPLAIN ANYTHING. no context = more scary. "oh but it is just a ghost- " YES. you know that, I know that, but things are way more scary if you don't explain it. let your audience scare themselves trying to figure it out! the first FNAF game didn't explain anything it was just "ok these machines are kind aggro". that is part of what made it popular! (And truthfully this reason is why i dislike the other games in the series) i can't name how many horror movies i immediately lost interest in because it was explained. "oh no! there is blood dripping from the walls! " its demons or ghosts or whatever. you explained it. it isn't scary now that you explained the joke. if you have to explain what it is, explain it at the END of the story or near the climax at best. (or better yet, don't explain at all) 2- restraint is key i know it is tempting to show organs and blood dripping from the walls and someone eating out a corpse or whatever but don't outright show that kind of stuff ALL THE TIME or else your audience becomes desensitized to it, and if horror fans are reading/watching your work, chances are they are going to think this is weaksauce. you need to be SUBTLE when building up suspense in your story. don't show the real scary bits until the end of the buildup/ 3- normalicy and familiarity is key i am going to use bugsnax as an example. bugsnax has no gore and can be considered child friendly, but what made bugsnax scare people is that it has the facaude of a cutesy little game. doki doki lit club has a simmular principle where its like a normal dating sim but you are caught off guard and things feel off. this is a valuable tool. 4- be original and understand why the more popular ones are popular in the first place everyone has done analogue horror. why ? because we are all so used to modern technology that older televisions and tech seem kinda creepy. Blue_channel by gooseworks is one of my favorites. It gets right to the point, and while it DOES explain what the product is, it doesn't go "oooh death and scary!!! oooooooh!" it lets the audience make up their own horrifying reason as to what is happening here. saying "oooooooh look murder your parents ooooh!" isn't scary, and putting a glitchy tv filter over it isn't going to make it more scary. and finally 5- describe the unfamiliar i know i just said familiarity is key but that is only 1/2 of the equation. Everywhere at the end of time depicts the sounds of memory degrading in an alzheimers patients. this is an experience that no one could relate to except for those who are experiencing it (and sadly, those people are either dead or mentally comatose) this is also why lovecraft horror is loved, because we can only imagine so much before the lack of understanding drives you insane. hope this helps, for the love of all that is good, please stop writing bad horror.



#writing #writing advice #horror #horror movies #horror films #horror fans #classic horror #analogue horror #doki doki #ddlc #fnaf #lovecraft #gooseworx #bad horror movies #eateot #everywhere at the end of time #caretaker #horror books #horror writing #creative writing #fanfic #fanfiction

[hiro-doodlez]

Sometimes, it feels like forgetting would be so much easier.

Please lemme know if theres any more cw/tws i should add!!!

#undertale au #undertale #utmv #ink sans #hiros art #ink!sans #tw derealization #cw derealization #tw minor horror #cw minor horror #dementia #eateot #vent art #? #underverse fanart #inktale

[nocturnowlette]

I don't know if this has been said before, but Everywhere at the End of Time is one of the most interesting examples of mass suggestibility and psychological priming that I've ever seen.

Some people seem to think that suggestions are only something that can be done with trance, but it's simply a core part of human communication. If you've ever gone into the comments of a youtube video that you liked and read a bunch of positive comments and left liking the video more after, you've been suggested.

If someone has ever anonymously insulted you and altered the way you saw yourself for a while, you've been suggested. If you've ever been a victim of losing "the game" or told your breathing is now manual, you've been suggested.

Suggesting someone is the mere act of summoning an idea in their mind that alters their behavior or perception. Even for a few particular series of hypnotic files, there seems to be intentional campaigns run to make them seem "dangerous" and "too effective" to plant the idea in the mind of anyone who listens to it.

In a weirdly similar sense, the buzz around Everywhere at the End of Time is essentially a self-sustaining feedback loop of suggestion. I am not saying that the album is not an experience or is without artistic merit or doesn't affect someone in any way, necessarily. However, I would be much more surprised if listening to repeated degrading loops of old music for 6 hours doesn't exhaust someone's brain.

The idea of it simulating dementia, however, is complete nonsense. I don't know where the idea started, but it seems to be in that perfect zone of "a little hard to believe, but easy to find 'proof' of as you listen". The moment someone finds themselves exahausted from hours of this album, find their brain challenged in a way it normally isn't, suddenly that seed of an idea planted in their head starts to sprout. And, as it continues and the concrete effects mix with the person's paranoia about the suggestion, it will eventually become as real as if it genuinely was. Over the course of 6 hours, at least.

And, once this "effect" was observed enough, it was given cultural legitimacy through personal testimony en masse and pseudoscientific "video essayists" trying to find these magical elements that simulate fuckin dementia. It's so fascinating to see happen in real time, and an interesting isolated example of how an idea can affect not just persons, but people.

Luckily for us, suggestions have a tendency to fade. Your breathing went back automatic again, after all.

#owlette #hypnosis #suggestion #everywhere at the end of time #eateot #music #the caretaker #sociology

[b4rk1ng-l0t]

What would happen if you sat TMC characters down and made them listen to Everywhere At The End Of Time

Because I'm genuienly considering listening to it even though I know it's one of the worst ideas I've had this year/ser

Thatcher: Would be crying silent tears towards the end. He'd be looking back on his life and wouldn't feel too satisfied with it, feeling he wasted 17 years running. Would be thinking about how so many citizens in Mandela will be forgotten because theres hardly anyone left to remember. On the flip side, the experience might finally make him realize he needs to move on. Will try to live out Ruth's memory

Dave: Y'all remember Wendigoon listening to the album, and how you could watch his usually cheery personality slowing peeling away the longer he listened? Same difference. Might crack a couple of jokes through out, but would accept that the album displays the terrifying reality of a very common illness. He'd be going through the same existential crisis as Thatcher, realizing so many people will be forgotten because so many are dead/dying

Ruth: Like Thatcher and Dave, relating the album to their painful reality of people dying at every turn, countless people forgotten and (literally) a thousand more on their way. Forgetting more and more what the past/pre-invasion was like as you succumb to the new reality. Etc. (In a world where she's already heard about it, I'd like to think she'd get playfully competitive with Thatcher to see which one of them would last the longest, but as the music progresses, finishing the album wouldn't be as worth it).

Adam: Would get bored though out, very little effect on him. Though in hindsight, the album might be a good model of him losing his humanity (though he doesn't know that yet). TBH, he'd be the one introducing it to others first.

Jonah: Would get bored, can't finish it in one sitting. But curiosity would make him. Making jokes to lighten the mood throughout, but will be crying by the end.

Eve: Little reaction. Takes breaks throughout and comes back due to curiosity. Would also be crying silent tears towards the end.

Sarah: Wouldn't finish it. You cannot force her to. She's clocking out by stage 3-4

Mark: Wouldn't be able to finsih it, he'd have a panic attack/mental breakdown/etc during it and will quit. Absolutely HATES stage 5

#why experience something awful when you can put your comfort series through the same mental anguish bc they don't get tormented enough? #this album potrays the series very well . people loosing one another and forgetting what their past was like the longer they live in mandel #they know they will end up dead but dont want to acknowledge it or see the situation for what it is and so on. eventually do accept it #tmc #tmc as shit #mandela catalogue #the mandela catalogue #thatcher davis #dave lee #ruth weaver #adam murray #jonah marshall #evelin miller #sarah heathcliff #mark heathcliff #everywhere at the end of time #eateot #if youre still reading this pls convince me that this is an awful idea/hj

[listonlouis]

a friendly old man from new york who just loves helping people anyway he can, such as friends, family, or anyone else that needs help, and although he can be a little forgetful sometimes, it's nothing serious.

a retired actress who's beginning to realise that something is off when she finds it difficult to recall names of family members, and former acquaintances, now she's afraid that she might forget about her entire career.

a woman who used to love going outdoors, but now she doesn't want to leave the house, when she tries to cook, she'll often burn the food, she's also finding it difficult to find the right words, and will ask the same questions over and over again.

a sad old man who once fought in vietnam, now he has trouble with routine tasks, often feeling lost and confused, as he's beginning to forget recent events, luckily he still has his wife who still love him, and is willing to take care of him, even with his occasional mood swings and lack of responsiveness.

she enjoyed dancing when she was young but those days are behind her, she now spend her days at a hospital with her head in the clouds, and although she's forgotten alot in her life, she still recognises the voice of her husband, and is often visited by him, and he wants to be by her side until the very end.

this man is without description.

#everywhere at the end of time #eateot #the caretaker #fanart #original characters #ocs #memory loss #old people #alzheimers #dementia #old #cartoon style #art #my art

[powkaboomslash]

Guy. Did you know i’m a ANIMATOR???????????,???????????

(well duh you probably already knew)

#animation #flipaclip #animations #animators on tumblr #2d animator #2d animation #everywhere at the end of time #eateot #necrotomigaud #tomi #15fps #15 frames per second #44 frames #1000x1000 #1:1 #square #mobile animation #iphone 11 #ios 17.1.1 #ios 17 #ios 17.1 #gif #looping animation #looping gif #loop #covers of dement #powka eyes #powkafix #powkafix style #lilamoka

[divorcepapers-stimboard]

dementia stimboard

tws: dementia, possibly scary imagery

#this is so eateot-coded #dementia #eateot #everywhere at the end of time #alzheimers #memory loss #cursed stimboard #stimboard #weird stim #lowkey an art project #scary stimboard #possibly scary #maybe spooky

[inkyblinkyarts]

[Warning: Flashing Lights!!!]

Dreaming

This took over 3 hours to render in ae and handbrake without losing quality so at this point I'm not even gonna put a witty or thoughtful caption- I'm just thankful it didn't crash or have an error after the 2 hour mark cause I think I would have screamed and/or given up on rendering it lmao

also if you don't know what everywhere at the end of time is, its genuinely beautiful and horrifying due to my own fears but check it out frfr 

#Everywhere at the end of time #the backrooms #backrooms #eateot #vhs #retro #retro aesthetic #aesthetic art #Aesthetic #dreamcore #weirdcore #liminal spaces #clip studio paint #csp #art #artwork #drawing #illustration #retro funk #animation #animatic #moving illustration #analog horror #weirdcore aesthetic #liminal aesthetic #dreamcore aesthetic #digital art #analog #anime #manga

[nobodywasneverhere]

G1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions is just such a sad song to me. You can hear the memory of Stage 1 yearning to break through but it’s just so difficult to remember at that point. There’s just distortions of what once was.

#everywhere at the end of time #eateot #i didn’t think the album would break my heart this much but i have cried multiple times

[fumiokishida]

she libets on my delay till i waa waa

#tony speaks #eateot

[van-gogh-gurl]

Teaser for my upcoming video essay

#eateot #the caretaker #mental health #neurology #video essay #youtube

[indigopoptart]

just discovered eateot for latines and i am mentally in shambles rn

#eateot #everywhere at the end of time #indigo speaks #in pieces rn #gonna bawl my eyes out guys!!! be back in two hours and four minutes!

[hiro-doodlez]

I love my liked songs because a lot of times this will come on right after the most happy upbeat song ever. It's just "YIPPEE YIPPEEE YAHHOOOO!!!! oh. Fuck oh my God not eateot SCREAMS NOOOO "

This is literally the last song btw and probably the saddest in all of eateot

#eateot #everywhere at the end of time

[mothytheghost]

Everything at the end of time is such a beautiful but scary album. It just makes me think about how precious life is and why I have to spend it wisely. In the end shows and stories I love. remember the friends I made along the way in my life. My family. Losing my ability to draw again because of memory loss It's just sad to me.

My favorite song in the album is my heart will stop in joy. Even through the stages you can still hear it. It becomes more distorted and losing notes until you can't remember what the song use to sound like.

To me the album is an art piece and the fact the same songs from stage 1 repeats throughout different stages just tells you something isn't right. You can't recognize the songs the further you are in this album. It's all a jumble mess and theres times because of it I actually forgot what the songs sounded like. It's really scary and sad...

I would recommend sitting six hours for a personal experience. Just be warned it's a serious topic and very sensitive to the faint of heart. It will cause a bit of anxiety because stage 3 was getting to me. And it will make you depressed too. if you're needing mental health services I wouldn't recommend it.

#eateot #just sharing my thoughts

[atroppa-nightshade]

This was gonna go in a batch but I feel like I took way too long to finish it and I'm impatient so I'll just post it now.

Nowhere belongs to Zvarricopter on AF. This is a redraw of a piece I did for her in 2021!

Fight me!

#art #my art #atroppa draws a thing #digital art #illustration #other people's ocs #artfight #artfight 2023 #team vampires #artfight team vampires #anthro #furry #weirdcore #eateot

[afiananvandot]

#everywhere at the end of time #eateot #the caretaker #caretaker #friday night funkin #fnf #fnf mod #dementia #dementia tw #shitposting #shitpost #wikipedia