#the takes i've seen. the horrors.

[reindeerswillsavethisworld]

at this point i think we all should consider treating a person's opinion on dazai as some kind of a litmus test on whether they understood the manga's themes and the author messages or not

#'dazai is inherently evil and manipulative and he doesn't care about people and-' worstie WHAT the hell are you talking about #'he is cruel manipulative and sadistic. why? idk he was born like that ig' pls i'm literally begging you to read deeper into the story pls #on this note yes mori and akutagawa also count as litmus test. as does atsushi for anime onlies #the takes i've seen. the horrors. #i think i deserve to be a little petty about it. as a treat. #me rants

[caffeinewitchcraft]

treating my catastrophizing like its cannon but i've isekai'd into a gothic horror story. Yes, everyone will die...in the original timeline. That Time I Got Reincarnated into a Tragedy But My Insane Cheat Powers Won't Let Anything Go Wrong: 24 Hours Until Happiness!

#caffeine chatter #name an isekai and i've seen it #also any horror novel taking place in a haunted house that's NOT written by stephen king

[normasshearer]

THIRTEEN HORROR FILMS THAT SCARED TF OUT OF ME

tag rules: select 13 horror films that at one point in time terrified the hell out of you (gifs optional)

i was tagged by @slayerbuffy thank you so much charlie!! <3

tagging @genes-tierney @stardewsvalley @rachmcadams @anthonysperkins if you want to! also tagging anyone who wants to do this!

#horror cw #blood cw #filmedit #*myedit #misc. #tag game #i was really struggling with making gifs for this set #so i decided to go back to my roots with a photo set but still has the cool stylings of the gif sets i've seen for this tag game! #i was disappointed in my inability to make any gifs but i'm actually happy with how these turned out lol #sometimes i just have to remember i was a photo set maker first #i didn't take of all these screen caps myself so sources are in the alt desc!

[marypsue]

(Or, to put that post in more professional language: you are never going to be able to force everyone who experiences or interacts with your art to have the exact same reaction to the art. You are not going to be able to control absolutely the reaction that anyone has to your art. This is not a bug, it's a feature.

And yes, that does mean there will always be someone out there who wants to fuck that character/creature. Yes, even that one. You really truly do have to just get over it.)

#i'm sorry but that was just the dumbest take i've ever seen from someone who actually enjoys horror #'this thing is incapable of being scary because someone somewhere is going to find it sexy instead of scary!' #friend i have a very important truth to impart to you (that I assumed you already knew) about the subjective nature of fear

[scoliosisgoblin]

Do you still draw YB content? What do you think of day 4?

yeah I still draw yb, majority of my stuff is yb rn. I just mainly draw a human version of him

I'm not a patron to the creators (I don't fw them) so I can't play the game and have to go off of videos and spoilers, so here's my thoughts so far (SPOILERS OFC):

- love the point and click style they're going for, I enjoy those games a lot so I am biased

- I'm a fan of Peter letting yn walk around and explore things at their own pace. when I'm in a new home or a friend's place, I often need to be left alone to allow myself to settle in and tend to feel smothered if someone's always over my shoulder when exploring etc (it also reminds me of when I got my cats and left them to wonder around on their own)

- what the fuck are windows 🙏🙏🙏

- apparently you both sleep together if you do the kind route??? WHAT WHY. I HATE THAT. PETER IS REALLY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THAT 💀💀💀 I always thought of him as the type of guy to want his first time to be special tf was that?? (I'm also asexual so obv I'm not exactly looking forward to that type of stuff)

- I find it cute when Peter's working, autism be damned my boy can type!!!

- it's also super cute he gave us the bigger room and kept the small room for himself. also are all the stuff in our room stolen from us or did he buy the same/similar stuff?

- I love Rat, hope she gets more love and attention going on in the game 🙏🙏🙏

- also apparently you get to vaguely see files of pictures he took of you and he refuses to show it to you for some reason? or maybe that's not day 4? idek I hate that, Peter would show it off if anything

- the end of day 4, abusive route, I kinda like that? it's very interesting to me, how he'd do all that. I hate that he make yn nude but what the fuck am I supposed to do about it 🗿

Conclusion: lot of things to love, the writing is still something I'm not a fan of though

#I just feel like it's all so rushed #Peter just feels so off and I get that it's “supposed to be like that cause it's a horror” or whatever #but that's literally going AGAINST HIS OWN LORE #and I KNOW it's a demo I'm just saying that the writing is KINDA.... #I think the dialog is fine i just hate the pacing (coming from an impatient writer btw) #again though I'm just going off of spoilers and some videos I've seen #I'm happy with how things are going I guess I just wish it took more than 3 days to be kidnapped #I wish it didn't take 4 days to sleep with him #if you want me to explain anything more then go ahead and ask whatever :P #asks #peter yb #yb game #yb peter #your boyfriend peter #your boyfriend game #peter dunbar #Your boyfriend day 4

[waitineedaname]

gonna watch The Thing for the first time alone in the campus theater, wish me luck

#not completely alone #there are other people in the theater #but im not here with friends #i've never seen the thing and im not v good with horror but i know this is a classic #so i should take advantage of this chance to see it on the big screen

[melit0n]

What does Sleep, as in the deity, look like to you guys? Because as someone who's been around in the Sleep Token fandom for a while, I've seen a lot of different interpretations.

To me, Sleep doesn't really have a set, physical body outside of a person's (perhaps Vessel's) dreamscape. Afterall, why should something that dictates all the odd, horrifying, joyful and (sometimes) meaningful things that happen in your dreams be one thing? Sleep could be the shadow in the corner of your dark room you swear is moving, the tapping of rain as you're about to fall asleep, the creaking of the pipes inside your house/apartment as you slowly dose off at your desk, etc. Outside of a dreamscape; Sleep is only what you need it to be. Hence Its need for Vessel as Its mouthpiece.

However, in the dreamscape, I can see Sleep as a fish. Not a particularly alive looking one, per say, but the scattered remains of one. All bones, empty eye sockets (but are they truly empty?), rotting flesh and scales peeling off bit by bit etc. Specifically, a kind of deep-sea fish; like an angler fish, a sixgill shark or a Greenland shark. But! Along with its bones, Sleep has bioluminescent innards. Viceral that ebbs and flows in multi-colour fashion with each flick of Its tail.

The deep sea fish imagery mainly comes from the fact that the deep sea is almost completely unknown; many of the creatures down there are completely alien to us, like Sleep has supposedly become over the hundreds of thousands of years that It's existed. The deep sea, for the most part, is completely silent. Calm; the perfect place for a nap (if you can breath underwater of course).

It's the perfect habitat for the Unknown, odd and horrifying.

#just a bit of a ramble #I've had this thought for years so I finally thought I'd share it #I know it's completely out of the rink with ideas but I hope someone else sees it #also I swear to the dear God that someone made a comic/peice of art here in Tumblr with Sleep and Vessel as exactly this and I can't find i #I don't know if I'm going mad or not but I SWEAR someone had #if anyone knows or has seen something similar to that please let me know #because it's such an awesome artistic take and I got really excited since I thought the idea was just a me thing #also I just want to hear what other people think #looking at your artists with your funky wonderful brains #like I know Sleep could and would cause inhuman horrors beyond comprehension but Its just a neat little guy #terrifying #but neat #it's really late in the evening right now so I'm sorry if this is incomprehensible #I just want bossman to come visit me at this point #like dawg I've got a paper to finish and hand in tomorrow drag me into the drowsy abyss already #mel's rambles #sleep token #sleep token vessel #vessel #sleep (the deity)

[marypickfords]

Thanatomorphose (Éric Falardeau, 2012)

#thanatomorphose #éric falardeau #horrorstills #horror #caps #i would really like to see a different take on the whole rotting thing #it's usually (well the 2 times i've seen) related to sex but i'd like to see women tackle this #beyond the usual symbolism you see in student short films

[thefirstknife]

The destiny reddit is an absolute warzone right now. Do yourself a favor and avoid it like the plague

Oh no. I saw a lot of negative comments overall and while I understand where they're coming from, I think at some point, some people should calm down.

I mentioned some of the issues I had with the campaign and I stand by them, I think some of this stuff definitely felt rushed and that we're sorely lacking basic information to understand the plot. But I can get over that if it's fairly reasonable to believe we'll find out eventually (and it is) and if the rest is solid. And to me, the rest is solid.

I know people have issues with strand taking too much time from the campaign, and I get it. But also to me, strand being such a huge part of the story made the campaign feel more personal and invested for US, the Guardian. To me, that was the point. I do wish the campaign was a bit more expansive, perhaps another mission or two would've been perfect imo. An extra mission could've delved into the history of the Veil and what it means. It's a legitimate complaint that I share, but also some people online have been expressing it... rather explosively.

I'd also add a counter to my own complaint; when it comes to the plot about the Veil and the Witness and the Traveler, it's clear that this isn't the end; it's a setup. Everything that happened here we can learn about retroactively in a month or six months or a year. It may suck because it's content for THIS expansion so we want to know now, but it CAN be explained later.

But strand? Strand can't. We have to learn it NOW. We can't get strand and then have a really cool personal discovery quest about mastering it in a month or six or a year. So if they didn't have time to fit another two missions into the campaign, it's fairly obvious what is being cut.

Is it clumsy? Yeah, definitely. I definitely feel like some crucial information has been deliberately cut away and removed, possibly waiting to be delivered during the year to prepare us for The Final Shape. I'm not a fan of that method, I would prefer a solid chunk of lore about the current story to be delivered in the current story. If anything, then for clarity. Especially because the majority of the players will not be waiting around to read 15 lore tabs during the year to figure out what's the Veil. A major expansion should be self-contained.

But for the love of god, some of what I've seen online is basically some players acting like we have E.T. (1982) on our hands. Like, I agree that there's issues and I've spoken about them and I can do it again at any point, but at the end of the day, I had fun and the good stuff was good. Literally my only true complaint is that it feels like a mission or two are missing. Pretty much every problem I have would've been solved with that. But that's an unknown amount of extra time of work so I cannot make a comment whether they could've done that or not. I will assume they couldn't so they didn't. Generally don't like assuming that they did it maliciously because then we go into dev harrassment territory.

#destiny 2 #destiny 2 spoilers #lightfall #lightfall spoilers #ask #i've seen some really bad outrage out there and i just don't get it #it's fine. there's some disappointment but also a lot of really cool stuff #listen. i was on the front line during ME3 ending apocalypse and I equally did not understand it then either #it was a slightly disappointing ending (last 5 minutes more or less) but not worth the massive outrage #and if people genuinely just. do not enjoy ANYTHING about it i personally think that's a sign they no longer like the game #just speaking from my personal experience because i went through that myself #when i found myself scoffing and huffing and getting angry at every new bit of info about changes in forsaken i figured. hey. #i don't like this game right now. bye. #sat out an entire year and came back to check shadowkeep because the game moved to steam #like i genuinely do not mean this in any negative way but some people just do not like destiny anymore and should probably take a break #not talking about anyone specific on tumblr. i know some people are disappointed including some friends #and i understand their complaints. but usually most of them also have something they liked so it's not all horror and doom #and even if they didn't. who cares. if you don't like it hit da bricks #we have limited time on this earth please do something you enjoy

[moe-broey]

LIKE something I think is all of the Askr family are like mirrors. Alfonse is a reflection of how much he loves Sharena and the summoner. Sharena is a reflection of how much she loves Alfonse and how, I think in the autistic sense, I think she mirrors A LOT. Henriette is a reflection of how much she loves Gustav (and seemingly, so severely that that love struggles to reach everyone else). Gustav was likely a reflection of how much he loved Henriette and his father. All of them are performing, adhering to SOMETHING. Their roles, and what seems to be The Correct Course of Action.

#fire emblem #feh #not a full thought but like. it's there #i see autism hcs for alfonse sometimes and regardless how i feel personally on that (as an autistic guy myself) #i think sharena is SO OVERLOOKED. for autism hcs. or at least the fuckinh tendencies. #i've seen adhd hcs for her too though and maybe that makes more sense (i have less info on that) #like it's speculated i might have adhd too but i was never diagnosed (only got the autism diagnosis) #which like obvs they aren't EXCLUSIVE like often times they're co-occurring. which i think is another hc route #you COULD take w sharena actually. #as for alfonse i do wanna say i completely get it and see why people do hc him autistic #he DOES have. tendencies LMFAO #but for me. alfonse is just as much a study in cis masculinity as he is a study in being able-bodied #there are a lot of things i need to reconcile with. often. and i need that tool to navigate my feelings #so like. i absolutely don't wanna invalidate anyone's takes on him and i know JUST as deeply how personal #and important hcs can be. #to me alfonse just. has Tendencies. that attract autistic people to him like moths to a flame. #regardless of if he is or isn't himself. #and he has so many problems. but i don't think he has The Horrors you know. #MEANWHILE i think takumi is so autistic he has ALL OF IT. ALL OF THE TENDENCIES. ALL OF THE HORRORS #that's how i feel anyway! #fe alfonse #sharena #fe henriette #fe gustav

[finelinens]

supernatural s2e6 "no exit" is so fucking good it's beauuutifully made oh my god i'm so in love with the handheld camera scenes like the direction on this episode is just GORGEOUS?? they made so many unique choices with camera placement and movement and it came out as just a super strong short horror film. you can tell that one of the writers was a woman and the director was a woman too, it feels sooo authentic in how an experience like this would affect a woman. obsessed with how the killer just touched jo's arm and it felt so violating, like they didn't go straight in a sexual direction to get a cheap shock out of the audience. really good. omg. omg... supernatural giving us tv horror excellence... i'm in love

#the writer i mentioned went on to co-create you like yeah that explains why she brought such a unique horror take to spn #i went through some of her other spn credits and the ones i've seen are such great episodes omggg love you sera

[lighterium]

I was joke doodling Sorbet with eldritch tentacles and now I kind of like it. Help me. Little guys who are kind of fucked up.

+ Bonus showing how his...chocolatey skin work. There’s a thin layer of chocolate skin and some ice cream underneath(chocolate flavored in the situation), THEN the “puppet” part that can be shown when he’s melty like this

#body horror #eldritch horror #I THINK. MAYBE. probably #i'm trying to cover my bases here #also pls behave #sorbeton #my art #i've seen a few eldritch spams in the tags but like. big shoutouts to hollowsart because her take is super cool and inspired me

[blubun0309]

(TW: disscusion of tc*st/s*x implied in tags I'm literally so sorry 😭)

I used to think the internet was safe. I had heard stories, but nothing had happened to me and I thought I was safe...

So I just ran into 2 Leo and Donnie ship accounts on X previously Twitter and I want to die 😭😭😭

#I didn't screenshot anything for my own sanity #but I blocked both accounts #i honestly wasn't sure if I should say this part...but...okay you know the shorts or shadows debate? #well...one of the accounts said 'what if they got confused about it too?' and...donnie....got on leo and.... #......... #please take my eyes away from me #please #i've seen too many horrors today #i hate x #literally so close to just uninstalling it rn #tw tcest #I hate that I have to use that tag #never ever again #i'm not tagging rottmnt into this #the tag doesn't deserve this

[here-there-were-dragons]

as a general rule, on average, if americans consistently complain about a food being conceptually weird, gross, and scary, then it probably tastes amazing. or at least inoffensive.

this is because in my experience americans for the most part (give or take a few exceptions by region) think eating literally anything other than beef, chicken, bread, eggs, peanut butter jelly sandwitches, ketchup, and disgusting cloyingly artificial brown sludge soda is insurmountably weird, gross, and scary.

#a lot of people literally refuse to even eat ham or pork #not even for like religious or health reasons #just because they think eating anything but beef and chicken is 'weird and scary and gross' #every time i hear people going on en masse about how 'weird and an acquired taste' something foreign is i go and try it and i'm just like #what the fuck were all of you smoking. where is the unbearable weirdness i am supposed to be experiencing #shoutout to that time i kept hearing about how bizarre a flavor milkis soda is and how intimidating and acquired of a taste #then when i actually try the stuff. it's just fucking peach soda. it's peach soda with a faint tangy yogurtish taste. it makes good floats. #how in the absolute fuck is anything even remotely weird much less gross about this? #unless your concept of what a 'soda' should be is poisoned by a lifetime of the entire soda aisle being filled with nothing but brown sludg #from the same 3 brands that all taste like what would happen if they could distill the concept of diabetes and artificial flavoring syrup #i don't know if other countries have this but there's this weird cultural like mandatory rejection of any 'unusual' food here #way more intense than i've seen from anyone from any other country (though that might just be inexperience with other cultures talking) #people react to the mere suggestion of any food outside a very narrow range with outright disgust and genuine fear and horror #and there's a huge amount of unspoken peer pressure on everyone to also do the same #like you're expected to agree with them and you've breeched some sort of silent social contract if you don't #it's seen as *immoral* almost it feels like #it's difficult to describe unless you've noticed it yourself #americans react to the mere suggestion of eating anything outside of the same 2 meats and handful of fillers the same way #that pearl-clutching aristocrat grandmas react to hearing that people in foreign countries do.. basically anything #it doesnt matter if you're suggesting eating ube cake or suggesting eating live bugs because people will react the same way #everything that's not chicken/beef/ect is as good as bugs to people here #hate this stupid blandass country and how impossible it is to afford any food other than burgers if you're not rich #or blessed with relatives that have any idea how to cook and are at all willing to teach you #cause nother weird thing i've noticed about food culture-or at least wasp food culture-that i haven't seen anywhere else quite the same way #is that if you DO have any relatives that know how to cook then nine times out of ten they will jealously guard their recipes like a dragon #and refuse to share them with anyone #thus taking whatever little cooking knowledge was in the family to their grave #so the opportunity other people usually have for family bonding via passing on recipes? pffft no. #for some reason we seem to actively go out of our way to prevent these things from being passed on #i don't know what the fuck is up with that but i suspect it has something to do with 50's dinner party oneupmanship

[physicstaff]

please tell me i'm not the only one who does not interpret valle verde's messaging as pro-religion. please.

#ei.txt #valle verde #idk i've just seen commentary that is like. not clicking for me. #like i understand that religious horror can still be pro-religion but where do you see catholicism being presented as a truly good thing her #like matias is apparently surviving bc of jesus or whatever but that just doesn't immediately strike me as 1) #actually being the case and 2) #necessarily meaning it's a GOOD thing #idk how to word what i mean but it just doesn't seem like the messaging is actually saying being catholic is good #and it seems more like they're using distorted catholic imagery for like. horror. #you know???????? #i don't even think it would be terrible if it WAS pro catholic but i've seen people taking it as pro catholic at the expense of other #religions. which i'm having trouble seeing but i could also be missing details idk #is this anything

[bi-bi-severussnape]

It's been 84 years later but I still love Snarry 😔

#shows up on your dashboard covered in blood #i have seen the horrors (aged and gone through multiple fandoms) #uhhh idk if i'm back i've just been thinking about the boys a lot recently #maybe i'll take a crack at writing them again