Talk:It Breathes, It Bleeds, It Breeds/@comment-27516784-20160314205605/@comment-25941663-20160604001554

I will actually disagree with Humboldt here.

I think one of the reasons the gore wasn't just a gross out but actually creepy is the absence of other characters. The narrator lives a miserable life, with no friends, no closed ones, no job, nothing. He is utterly alone. That is why his interaction with his "twin brother" holds the weight it holds. The parasite is his only social interaction. He has nothing and noone else. The "human side" of the story is explored through the guy's loneliness, and adding more characters would take something away from that.

Also, the exposition in the beginning is just backstory. It would have been kinda boring and unfitting with the rest of the story if it was played out. After that, I saw no sign of telling-and-not-showing (apart from the "bite from inside" part).