Talk:Strangled Red/@comment-6064672-20140204001717

Fantastic story, but there is one problem: the mention of other PokeMon creepypastas. Creepypastas require a certain level of suspension of disbelief to enjoy them, and part of building this suspension of disbelief is making it seem like what happened to you is a rare occurence. When the story is told, I'm not thinking of it as a creepypasta, just an account of something that happened. When writers throw in something to the extent of "this isn't a creepypasta" or "what happened reminded me of something out of a creepypasta", you remind the reader that numerous stories like yours already exist and already you've lumped you story in with theirs because

1) By even mentioning the word "creepypasta", you've subtley reminded us that this is a creepypasta.

2) You've already lumped your story in with all other creepypasta stories instead of making it stand apart from the crowd.