Subject: Scary Tales of Scariness
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Posted on: 2012-10-15 18:00:00 UTC
So, just out of curiosity, what monster scares you the most?
I'm voting Weeping Angels, myself. There's just sommat about not being able to see them move (recent episodes don't sodding count) that pushes my NOPE button like nothing else.
I feel like Weeping Angels used to be the most terrifying things around, back in their Blink days. The more they've shown up, the less scary they seem, in my opinion. Still, they are freaking creepy in a way a lot of monsters aren't.
However, like a few people below, I think my vote has to go to either Slender Man or something out of the SCP foundation.
Or, actually, has anyone here read John Dies At The End? Because holy crap that book terrified me.
Weeping Angels, definitely. Because it's really easy for them to sneak up on you -- actually, all they can do is sneak up on you -- and I hate that. Especially in the dark; then I couldn't even see them to pause the sneaking-up. And the invading my brain possibility, and reproducing via my imagination and killing me on the way out... yeah, no. Go away, Moffat, nobody likes youuu... -curls up in a corner-
So, of course, my brain goes to "Hey, y'know what would be hilarious...?" and imagines Maggie being dramatically terrified of the things too. (Which would require a Whoniverse mission... agh, my plate, why do I keep piling things up on it?!)
Sorry, forgot how you felt 'bout them Angels. By the way, if a DMS Agent's partner is off doing sommat else, does that make the agent a Lonely Assassin? :D
And maybe the reason you keep putting more things on your plate is...huh. I had somewhere I was going with that sentencs, but it sort of got away from me...
Is all right, Riese's Pieces, I only curl up into a ball and cry if I see images of them. Your second sentence is bloody identical to the one in your last reply, silly Riese. And that joke is HORRIBLE and AHK NOW I GOOGLED IT THANKS FOR NOTHING YOU JERK. -sulks dramatically-
Not that it's a bad thing, mind.
Not that it's a bad thing, mind.
I'll have to switch things up, then. Wouldn't want to become boring, now would I?
You're not boring. You're just predictable. :P
(Tanya is currently not being harassed by a half-naked Luxury. She was, about a hundred words ago, but apparently Lux's personal idea of the age of consent is 18.)
Mike has decided to let Lux off with a warning.
Tanya is somewhat more comfortable with being flirted at when the offending attractive person is somewhat subtle. And is wearing more than a bra and shorts when she meets them, Luxury... (And she shouts back "It's not my fault you wrote me into them!". Damn, my brain's getting populated. Lux is better'n brain-weasels, though.)
Although, in fairness, EVERYONE's subtle compared to Luxury. I may have to write Mike's Noodle Incident with Lux at some point (the one she mentioned when she told Tanya why she doesn't do handstands in HQ anymore).
Aye.
... dammit, that rings a bell, but... ooh, the part where they got drunk during Hell Sings, that's when Mike mentioned it. Yes, that. Do write it, doooo.
Here for ya~
And maybe the reason you keep putting more things on your plate is...huh. I had somewhere I was going with that sentencs, but it sort of got away from me...
Yes. Yes you are. :3 (Thank you thank you thank you, have I mentioned that lately?)
I'unno, I don't see it going anywhere at the moment. :P
Yes, a toss up between the Weeping Angels and the Vashta Nerada, although Slenderman gets honorary mention for just being plain damn creepypasta. The fact that no one knows how to defeat Slenderman (whereas we know how to petrify Weeping Angels and more or less deter the Vashta Nerada) just bugs me, I think.
However, I think I would be more afraid of psychological horror things, like if the monster was your own mind sorta stuff.
I'm not really afraid of monsters so much any more. I am immensely bothered by things like demonic possession or alien infestation/mind control like in Animorphs, but I think that's more of a creepy/squicky feeling than outright fear.
When I was younger, I was utterly TERRIFIED of zombies, and was convinced there was an entire empire of skeletons in the pipes beneath the house--with a front door right under my bed, of course.
Hey, at least you didn't grow up afraid of tireswings! ...Actually, wait, I'm still scared of those...
Can I change my vote to tireswings? /is shivering violently
But swings are so fun!
I think maybe I was hanged in a past life. Or killed in a nasty crane/other heavy, free-swinging object-related accident. Because tether balls, punching bags (the long ones that can be attached to the ceiling AND floor but usually only swing from the ceiling), cranes, and anything large/heavy-looking and free-swinging will also scare the bujeezus out of me. I'm actively cringing and looking around my room to make sure there's nothing of the sort in here...
La Llorona scares me the most. Drowning is the second most terrifying way I can think of to die (second only to burning to death...)
And there is something really horrible about being killed by something that won't even acknowledge you as anyone other than its 'child', especially when it killed its real kids, too...
I agree that the Weeping Angels are terrifying, but I honestly am more scared of the Vashta Nerada. I was always a bit afraid of the dark when I was little, so even now when I've gotten over that fear they really creep me out.
The Weeping Angels are indeed scary, but the worst they can do is send you back in time. The Vashta Nerada on the other hand, are almost impossible to detect and will tear all the flesh from your bones. That and they are impossible to kill, according to Time Lord who regularly slaughters Daleks. Outside of Doctor Who, I would say The Thing from the movie of the same name is the creature I would least like to meet in a dark alleyway.
For some reason, I never thought the Vashta Nerada were scary. Well, that's not quite right, Silence in the Library terrified me. But for some reason the idea that the Nerada were too few to do anything made them less scary for me? I dunno.
But Weeping Angels scared me ridiculously.
SCP-439.
Scared of eating insects in your sleep? Well, in Soviet Russia this insect eats you when you're asleep.
*Sprays entire house with insecticide*
How about the Travel Ticket from the Foundation?
Use it, and any vehicle you board becomes a one-way trip to hell, whether you want it or not.
And you can forget getting off. That damn ticket is going to make sure you GO TO HELL.
Now that I think on it, SCP-427 can also be pretty bad if you use it too much.
It's a locket of pure healing and system-optimizing qualities that will cure any sickness and optimize your body until you become a hulking, murderous sack of super-intelligent flesh with a Hivemind mentality.
Yeah, fun times, that.
Hm. The Silence, definitely. I get kinda freaked out when things don't match the way I remember them and I don't know why, so losing your memories of them is kinda my RUN AND HIDE button.
Agreed on the Silence as well. I totally haven't gotten into the habit of carrying a pen at all times, no siree...
Just got one:
The Crack in the Wall.
Agreed?
Oh yeah, and then there's the SCP Foundation. They're chalk-full of monsters like that.
I did some writing there. My first one was deleted, and IIRC they're not too good at giving concrit (just 'this is kinda boring') so I stopped.
But they still scare me. Chances are if you go to one randomly you won't be sleeping that night.
Well, the first one I found was SCP-087-B.
And then Dr. Alto-Clef.
But yeah, fun times.
Although I can scare myself pretty good, too.
Like these two characters:
"Rogue", who is like the weeping angels in that whenever he attacks or kills something, any cameras or lights, or even one's ability to see, are disabled for the duration of his onslaught. And, what's worse, he horrifically mutilates his victims, but until the lights and cameras and whatnot come back on, it's impossible to know this because his attacks are completely silent. According to the canon I wrote around him, only about four people can withstand his powers - a human scientist with unnatural resilience, a human agent who is really good at dodging, an alien doctor from the same race as Rogue, and ab alien agent, also from the same race as Rogue.
The other character I wrote was based loosely on the story of Faust - and he bears the same name. Basically, Faust is a monster that exists within the self-loathing of others, and uses their hatred and fear as his weapons by which to torment and murder his victims, and that's not even taking into consideration the body-defiling curse he places on his victims that constantly grows worse the more knowledge of their inner selves they obtain, until they become little more than zombies within their own minds. The only survivor from faust's wrath is a boy named Christopher, who escaped from a fire only to watch as his family burned to death from within.
So, yeah. I write some pretty messed up stuff sometimes.
They're the 'perfect' combination of creeping dread and jump scares.