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However; it's definitely not that good. It's pretty bland, cliche, lacking depth, and almost seems to attempt to glorify mental illness and self mutilation. Kind of just edgy for the sake of being edgy, which is why it appeals to tweens, I suppose.

I'd suggest you don't go down the rabbit hole of JTK based pastas any further if you're not a wannabe edgelord.

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@CrazyCreodont as in you're a punished zoomer, a zoomer doomer, or a frequent witness of zoomers being doomed?

A reply to NirvanaFan1967

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At the risk of digressing even further, @Cornconic , my sides are still recovering from that last reply

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Unaware protagonists are kind of immersion breaking. They too often are Knuckleheads who you almost want to see get got.

They tend to be a staple of classic slasher movies, in which it's hard not to identify with the rampaging killer, over the lusty, air headed teens.

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Or, hot take: the pink wojak is SodaCity, who posts here quite often. When we come here, our POV is seeing him, uttering his blood curdling, bone chilling wail of agony as he scorns the zoomers.

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I can't speak for him, but you may consider that this wiki being the creepypasta wiki, not the sillypasta wiki, could have something to do with it.

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It took me a while to find what I was looking for, but this one was good. Not in the more traditional scary sense, but definitely freaky conceptually. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Without

I always find it difficult to think up pastas I've read off the top of my head, but if I stumble across ones that strike me as truly spooky, I'll share.

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Tewahway·9/22/2021

If I'm not mistaken, the term creepypasta originates from a combination of the term 'copypasta' (which basically means a copypasted story, or a memetic story) and the word creepy.

For example, many of the older, famous creepypastas were originally from some other website, but garnered a big following and popularity, so they were spread around.

In terms of what it takes now to be a creepypasta (in my own words) would be a creative, well thought, spooky / scary story.

It can be a total work of fiction, or partially based on true events, but it's important that it's an original work of the poster, or a freely available work with credit given where due.

Tldr: creepypasta is a horror story.

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Tewahway·9/22/2021

Hmmm.

While singing / songwriting is certainly not my area or expertise, I do enjoy a good parody (although I don't believe parody content is appropriate for the creepypasta wiki).

If it inspires you, why not?

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Tewahway·9/20/2021

Wasn't a big fan of Rose madder. Didn't finish it either. Felt bland to me.

Regarding Cannibal Holocaust, my uncle ripped hundreds of low res movies years ago, not even knowing what half of them were, but when he got a high res player, he offered the collection to my grandmother. We'd worked our way through a good chunk of them, viewing greats and classics. Princess Bride, Pan's labyrinth, The Devil's backbone, etc.

I guess as an edgy tween, I was attracted to the two dark nouns put together to created a hardcore title.

If you have any interest in giving Stephen King another chance, I'd recommend Night Shift (the short stories collection, not that short story itself), and Skeleton Crew. They gave the highest rate of good content to me.

Regarding the gore, I grew up watching a lot of slashers like Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and the like. While I still appreciate the gore movies, it's seperate from what I consider to be true, spooky horror (half the time I'm rooting for the bad guy to hack up the obnoxious teens).

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Tewahway·9/20/2021

Thank you for the suggestions. I always appreciate having works suggested to me. It makes it easier to sift past the high traffic 'who was phone' style stories.

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Tewahway·9/20/2021

When I was quite young, I watched a controversial movie called Cannibal Holocaust with my grandmother. We had no idea what we'd gotten ourselves into until it was far too late.

While I can't, in good conscience, recommend it, it's part of a subgenre of horror in and of itself. Gratuitous violence, animal abuse, gore, sexual deviancies, and rape are all hallmarks of what I call 'Cheap horror'.

They revolve more around you being enraged, disgusted, or otherwise disturbed in a significant sense to supplement the lack of genuinely scary or fear inducing elements of the story.

Stephen King was mentioned, and while I'm a big fan, I recognize he has a lot of terrible work. He has a strange fetish for injecting feces or soiled undergarments (among other gross or shocking concepts) into stories where they simply don't belong.

I recommend his short story books, as it's easy to tell early if the story is going to be a filler/throwaway, or genuinely good. Most of his best works are short stories / novellas, in my humble opinion.

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Tewahway·9/20/2021

I read one recently that I believe is actually a work of yours, poppies and daffodils. I really enjoyed it.

It had a good parallel between the past and present. The overarching creepiness and more realistic theme of the story really compelled me. I kicked myself in the end for not predicting the ending during the dinner conversation, but it was well obfuscated by the mysterious and chilling nature of Fred, the host.

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Tewahway·9/20/2021

@Cornconic

Thank you for the welcome.

It's hard to pick just one, as there's so many specific things about each story I enjoy that make them unique, and appealing to me.

I believe I need to compile a list and add the creepypastas I enjoy to it, as it's hard to think of them on the spot. A few that come to mind were Candle Cove, which I can't seem to find here anymore, Ted the Caver, Another hungry mouth, and Fog.

There's been plenty others, and some that I've really enjoyed certain things about, but had gripes with other facets of the story.

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A reply to SodaCity

Tewahway·9/19/2021

Yeah, dig that sully-wazowski faced Shrek

Tewahway·9/17/2021 in General

Introduction

I decided to work up the gumption to make an introductory post.

My name is Tewahway, I am a big horror fan. From Lovecraftian existentialism, to the subtly unnerving.

I appreciate individuality in writing styles, originality and above all else, dedication to one's craft.

I'm here as an appreciator of many works on this site and, more recently, as a content creator.

My writing leans toward inspiration from real life events I've encountered, with a surreal twist of the spooky or supernatural.

I'm hoping to get a better understanding, helpful feedback, and reliable rapport with fellow content creators and people who are otherwise dedicated to the welfare and intended purpose of this site.

Who knows, maybe the true horrors are the friends we make along the way.

"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality." -Edgar Allan Poe