Talk:Barbie.avi/@comment-1842462-20150418234025/@comment-26054278-20160206160901

''Also, re: the supposedly "bad" writing... Some people forget or just don't realize that many of these older stories were written as forum posts originally, and as such were written in the tone that a normal person would use when recounting a supposedly real event that they were involved in. These weren't stories written for a literature class; they were written to give the reader the impression that this was something that actually happened. Creepypastas started on forums as a way for people to try and freak each other out, the stories were posited as being reality and were never meant to be viewed as fiction, although most of them obviously are.''

Yes, because when a person recounts a story, they obviously have many tense swaps and sentences that don't make sense. I'm not looking for something that follows every single rule in the English language here, but I'm looking for something that is at least competent on a technical level.

However, you did happen to misunderstand me, as when I referring to the writing as "absolute crap", I am referring to how lazily and poor it was constructed. The character just so happens to find this computer which just so happens to start working and just so happens to have this footage on it which just so happens to have a road he recognizes in it and so on. The plot is completely driven by coincidences and faults in logic. These aren't from me analyzing the story, but from thoughts I genuinely had when reading the Creepypasta for the first time.

''N.k thank you, I wish more people here understood the idea that REAL horror can come from every day things that are unordinary in just that right psychologically unsettling sort of way. In my opinion some of the absolute best creepypastas don't involve monsters, gore, ghosts, or knife-wielding psychos. A story doesn't need to be outright "scary" in order to be disturbing or unnerving.''

If I do not like one story and can justifiably explain why I don't like it, does that mean I don't understand the concept of "REAL horror"? Opinions can be subjective, and what scares one person will be different from another person.

Also, I agree that a lot of the best Creepypasta don't have monsters or knife-wielding psychos. In fact, most stories posted here that have knife-wielding psychos turn out being rather cliche.