Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-33937557-20180603171940/@comment-9041013-20180607204218

Jdeschene wrote: BloodySpghetti wrote: Jdeschene wrote: What do I want? that same reputation to make an appearence in a story. I don't want a kid dying from a synthetic morphine overdose when I read about Krokodil, I want a kid losing a limb, gruesomely, before overdosing on that drug. Did you ever watch Requiem for a Dream? It is a shocking film not because of weird filming style but because it details what drug addiction does to your life from various perspectives.

We all know overdosing might kill you, that isn't the scary part to a casual audience, the scary part is how... and in Krokodil's case, the overdose possibility is the least scary affect on one's body.

I am not really worried, I just keep getting quoted :O I think we're viewing the story fundamentally differently. For me, what was scary about it was the ease with which the drug was acquired. There was a man at a carnival knowingly selling a toxic substance to children. That's what freaks me out about this story. Everything else is kind of secondary. I do too, until there's a mention of a substance involved which has gained infamy for something else other than overdose lethalilty. It's somewhat of a cheap shock factor... "oooo the scary krokodil oooo" would you be less bothered if the candies were simply filled with heroine or cocaine or even some potent pesticide? I think the title and the specific nature of the candies wouldn't make as much sense, and that would just make the story werid. Crocodile shaped candies laced with drugs aren't any more far fetched than cookies laced with drugs and we have those, we also have gummy bears... so...