Talk:Lavender Town Syndrome/@comment-25493615-20181104093946

I really wish people would stop thinking this was true.

The problem with this creepy pasta, in my opinion, is that it's not really that scary, because the only cause for its scare-factor lies on the "this was a thing that happened". Other creepypastas can still be scary even once you know it's BS due to the type of horror it creates, but once you remove the "this was a thing that actually happened" part of this pasta, it reads more like a defamation attempt against the pokemon franchise.

Also, images appearing in audio software isn't scary, especially when there isn't anything supernatural involved.

I think other pastas have gotten away with non-supernatural stories way better, like "1999", which works because, even though the story is entirely fictional, it plays on the theme of "this thing that you loved as a child actually has a really dark secret" or whatever way better, actually follows a narrative, and since the show it's talking about are entirely fictional, it can get away with alot more and doesn't seem like a defamation attempt once you know it's fake.

To finish off my extremely late review, here are some things I would like to say a few things that future creepypasta writers could learn from this pasta/my review:

-don't target real companies/things. By talking about a fictional game series/company/whatever, you can get away with more stuff, and since the thing you're talking about could be masked as just being non-mainstream, you can tap into the fear of the unknown, and when the people who mistook it for a true story figure out that it actually isn't real(because even if you state in the pasta that it is fictional, someone out there will probably take it out of context and claim that it's genuine), they won't assume that you're slandering anyone.

-don't write non-supernatural pastas in a wiki format, because then you'll detatch the reader from what is actually being said, since the format is literally made in an attempt to push feelings aside and make the reader think about it rationally. Instead, try writing it in a blog, journal or even a police report formula, or just go for a good ol' fashioned prose, although the latter might remove the very purpose of writing non-supernatural pastas

-if you want to get away with slander, do exactly like this pasta did, but intentionally: target a real brand, claim that something really bad happened because of it, post it on a creepypasta media, and watch people take it out of context. And if someone accuses you of slander, just point out that it's a work of fiction, and that you never intended for people to believe it was true!