User blog:Harmonex/Introductions.

Perhaps, from the title or my join date, it sounds as if I'm about to introduce myself. There is no need for that, as a person should be defined by their actions. If I stay around, then you'll all know me without an introduction. No. This is about my introduction into horror.

You see, until recently I did not even know what Creepypasta was. As a pedant, I kind of disagree with the term "pasta" being used for many of the stories on this site, but I go with it since language has a tendency to evolve in unexpected directions.

I was introduced to the concept through some innocuous games (which I'm sure you can narrow down without my explaining), which lead me to the story of "Ben Drowned". As someone who played many games from as early as the Atari days, finding hidden (often horrific) meanings in games became a powerful concept for me. While I know "Ben Drowned" isn't a real hidden meaning, Majora's Mask did contain some unsettling themes. There were many deaths. Many people mourned their lost loved ones: fathers, sons, fiancées...the casualties were huge.

And so I started digging a little deeping around the Web. Next I encountered "The Holders", which still remain my favorite (despite being largely ignored on their forums). "Slenderman" was next, along with a better version of "The Masterpiece" than this wiki has. A few stories later and suddenly I was a denizen of the wiki.

Interesting how things just happen.