User blog comment:Widward/Jeff the Killer rant/@comment-27838637-20180304125800/@comment-25185121-20180306052200

1. That's your opinion. I want to empathize with the killer in a morbid fashion because it adds conflict between my morals and my emotions.

2. You seem to limit "horror" into a very shallow, superficial aspect of "boo, scary blood and gore and ghosts, how spooky." Horror can take many forms. JTK is scary in that it's an allegory to a very real phenomenon of how an abusive childhood can lead to an unstable sociopath. It's the philosophical, thought-provoking aspects of JTK that makes it frightening, which you seem to not be understanding because you are too occupied with trying to find the tangible, in-your-face aspects of horror.

3. JTK is a dormant sociopath whose unstable tendencies revealed themselves after bullying and tragedy. Granted, his psychoanalysis is rather wonky and his motivations are off-context from the plot, but those are only a part of the main story. It doesn't ruin the entire thing.

4. You assume likable = relatable. Likable is feeling genial friendliness and compatibility towards someone. In this regard, JTK isn't likable because unless you're a sociopath yourself, you're not supposed to like a mysterious serial killer. However, he can be relatable if you've suffered bullying as well, because relatable means being able to put yourself in JTK's shoes and understand why he's feeling the way he's feeling. I can relate to JTK but I don't have to like him.

5. The fact that you think every story needs a hero to root shows the pathetic prevalence of the romanticist genre in modern writing. The reason JTK is a creepypasta is the utter depravity seen in all characters in the story. It's a morbid reminder of how there are no heroes in life.

Alright I'm done ranting.