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(( So, when I write horror, I tend to write it using... well, I've called it the "Don't Flinch" rule in my head, but you could probably liken it just as much to quicksand or fingertraps or the like just as much.
The basic idea is this: nothing bad will happen to characters until they react to what's happening around them. It's a little like sitting them down into a chair and telling them that, whatever happens around them and whatever is going on, they will be entirely and wholly safe and untouched until the moment that they flinch. That they move, effectively, or interact with the horror, or otherwise involve themselves in some way. After that happens, all bets are off the table, they've caught it's attention and it can do whatever it wants to them now.
The reason why is pretty simple, in my opinion. No stimuli is worse than bad stimuli. Boredom is often far more painful than actual pain itself, and pain can be vastly preferable in the sense that at least then you have something to do, that you can then pare the situation down and react to it in a way that directly makes sense. There aren't really any instincts for making boredom less tolerable, but when bad things happen, the mind tends to contract and lessen the horribleness of it.
So, then, you want to force people to make that choice. They can stay in that boredom, they can walk freely and safely afterwards knowing that whatever happens is no fault of their own, or they can involve themselves. Heap the responsibility onto themselves, put themselves in harm's way, even end up hurt because of it, but then being able to react at all and to know what's happening and what reaction to have.
It's a pretty good way to build tension, I've discovered. It's picking at people's curiosity, making them sit and wait in that moment before anything happens, anticipating the drop and knowing they'll have to make themselves take that jump, and all they can do is try to brace themselves for what they know they're about to do. There's a choice to it, a choice with no right answers, yes, but a choice all the same.
And, likewise, it kinda just happened because I've figured out that people just really can't leave shit alone. There's always that urge to pick at that scab, to try and scratch, to stick their nose in where it doesn't belong. There's always the want for more, the inability to tolerate something being just out of reach for them, and I think that's fun to toy with.
Of course, another aspect of this rule for me is that... Well, by the horrors not being allowed to harm a character until they react to them or interact with them in some way, that does still mean they can do literally anything else other than that. Hence, don't flinch. Someone can throw a punch or swing a weapon directly at the victim's face, so to speak, and unless they flinch, it won't touch. However, that doesn't mean that throwing the punch or swinging the weapon isn't especially cruel, particularly with the awareness that if they do flinch, it will connect. Which, again, I also like to build tension, because it forces people and characters alike to steel their nerves. To force them to try and brace themselves to tolerate whatever's about to happen to them, because it's the only way they'll get out.
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I dont believe in ghosts personally but sometimes its fun to think that it might be a thing, even if I highly doubt they are real.
One example is how my grandma has a small cabin in the back yard of her home and her old dog, as well as my cat Kohga, are both buried behind the cabin.
The interesting thing is that my little brother was supposed to sleep in that cabin in a bunk bed, and one of our cousins had the other bunk, and my brother kept insisting there was something in the closet, or that someone was knocking on the door and windows. I have no idea if my brother actually believes in ghosts because I havent really heard him talk about it at all, but it's interesting how he couldnt sleep out there at all because he was too scared to and kept insidting there was a ghost with them there, when our cousin didnt believe him at all and tried to tell him multiple times that there werent any ghosts there.
Grandmas current dog also REFUSES to go inside that cabin, he will come to a dead stop outside of the cabin and refuse to enter it, and the few times he has been taken into it anyways he has just been standing at the door whimpering and whining and waiting to be let out. He also doesnt go in the general area where the two graves are.
While I dont believe in ghosts, me and my grandma joke about the dog and Kohga haunting the cabin (maybe haunting isnt the right word really but idk) and its kind of nice to think that maybe there is a reason to why the dog reacts like that. I wonder if the same would be true if the cabin was in another spot, or if the graves were somewhere else, or if the dog along with my brother would still react like that.
It's also interesting how my brother is scared of possible ghosts existing, when he has no problem watching horror movies. To be fair I can handle horror pretty well too but ghosts in horror is the one thing I cant handle, so its possible that he is just like me where he doesnt really believe in ghosts but the concept scares him.
Im not sure tho, since I have never heard him talk about ghosts and whether he believe in them or not, but it's still interesting to think about him being scared of sleeping in the cabin as well as the dog being scared of even being in there, and also the two graves being right at the back of the cabin.
Maybe there is something going on there or im looking into it too much, im not sure. Im leaning more towards the latter tho since well, I dont really believe in ghosts. Me and my partner will probably go there some day when they are here tho, since they expressed interest in checking it out.
If anyone else has any input on what they think about that situation or similar ones then please do tell me. All i ask for is that people dont call me dumb for not believing in ghosts being a thing, and for people to not say people who do believe in ghosts are dumb for believing in them. I just want more people's input on this situation and what people think about this specific situation.
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🌷enhypen smau recommendations🌷
these are all fem!reader, my apologies !!!!
pLEASE SENF ME RECOMMENDATIONS I LIVE LAUGH LOVE SMAUS
lee heeseung
a stoners guide to starbucks (completed) - @jayflrt
lee heeseung x fem!reader, fluff, strangers to lovers.
this was honestly the funniest thing ive read ever, i was properly laughing out loud.
verboten (completed) - @heesbaby
lee heesung x fem!reader, fluff, smut, kind of an age gap? also kind of angst?
girl this had me so hot and bothered, love love love.
poison (completed) - @onlyjaeyun
lee heeseung x fem!reader, angst, smut, brothers best friend.
my guy this was great i love lee heeseung and i also love user onlyjaeyun
park jongseong
strictly business (completed) - @onlyjaeyun
park jonseong x fem!reader, fluff, smut, ceo!jay x secretary!reader
i love a man in a suit ohmygosh also if you dont follow user onlyjaeyun youre doing it wrong, writing is immaculate.
park sunghoon
cold hearts (on going) - @onlyjaeyun
park sunghoon x fem!reader, fluff, smut, friends to enemies to lovers
i love toxic men unfortunately and sunghoon is mean in this one. i am so invested in this story its crazy.
the pleasure principal (on going) - @moonlighthoon
park sunghoon x fem!reader, crack, smut, strangers to lovers
this has been such a cute and funny read so far. cant wait for the rest.
fuck christmas (completed) - @jayflrt
park sunghoon x fem!reader, crack, fluff, friends to lovers
a quick read, but super sweet !!!
sim jaeyun
after hours (completed) - @heesbaby
rockstar!jake x fem!reader, fluff, slow burn, smut.
this had me hooked man, great writing !!!!!
hybe boy (completed) - @onlyjaeyun
sim jaeyun x fem!reader, fluff, smut, strangers to lovers
jake is honestly so cute in this story i love him so bad.
doctors orders (completed) - @heesbaby
sim jaeyun x fem!reader, angst, fluff, smut.
loved the angst in this one *chefs kiss*
kim sunoo
i havent seen a single smau for my baby, if anyone has recommendations PLEASE send them to me !!!!!
UPDATE! a sunoo smau has been sent to me wooo
let my love run wild - @jaeminvore
sunoo x fem!reader, fluff, down bad sunoo, kinda mean reader?
i was so happy when i got this sent to me, i binged it omg i love kim sunoo he's the cutest
yang jungwon
cupids conflict (completed) - @amakumos
yang jungwon x fem!reader, fluff, enemies to lovers but only one of them knows they're enemies lol
this was sooooo cute
kindred (completed) - @thatfeelinwhenyou
yang jungwon x fem!reader, fluff, angst, enemies to lovers
i binged this story !!! it was soo good and cute and good and cuuuuttteeee
nishimura riki
joah (completed) - @jayujus
nishimura riki x fem!reader, fluff, crack, enemies to lovers??
so cute, theres kind of a love triangle ? tbh this is the only fic ive ever read for niki.
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