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cherubimbunny · 1 year

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『 Lotus 』

‧₊˚ Pairing: Dōma x Reader ꒰warnings: Vaginal Fingering | Mentions of Cannibalism |Reader is not a good person | Reader is a Demon | OOC Douma probs꒱

⤷ Summary: Never have you thought you'd be in this situation with the infamous cult leader or also known as Upper Moon Two.

It was weird how the two of you met.

Well, weird was the only way to put it, for it was snowing when his eyes landed on your injured and beaten body, a lowly demon trespassing in his territory, you everted your gaze almost instantly, never showing the dread you felt on your face. He gave you a soft smile but you smelled the rage hidden behind it. You told him that you didn’t intend to stumble into his hunting grounds and that you were just passing through and his only reaction was to smile even more deeply.

There was no mistaking the scent of blood wafting from you; of yours and a human. Lying to him was futile, he said. You let out a shaky sigh and explained demon slayers were hunting you across the county.

Slayers, plural.

“So, you ran and led them here?” He tilted his head. You shook your head and told him you killed them which is why you were missing an arm. His tense posture seemed to relax a bit at the answer and his smile didn’t seem to look too tense.

You often rewind the odd encounter in your head whenever you were having lunch alone in your room. The way he just laughed and lifted your exhausted body after the batter was surreal and when he carried you back to his temple made you think you were about to be eaten by one of the strongest Upper Moons.

But here you were, under his care for what you felt like over a decade. You were not entirely useless to him of course; your feminine charm would lure more female disciples for him and he would allow you to feast on the ones that didn’t meet his pallet.

“You’re drifting away again.” A playful voice pulled you right back to the present. You tucked your chin to your chest, a bashful frown on your lips. “It’s rude to stare, Dōma-sama.” The demon pouted as he placed his elbow on his thigh, his golden fans folded in his fists.

“I told you to stop being so formal.” He whined out but quickly fell back into his carefree smile. “Besides, we’re friends, aren’t we?”

You sighed, looking up towards him from where you sat on the soft zabuton. “We’ve discussed this, My Lord. Your disciples need to see that everyone, even myself, respects you in the highest regard, you can’t go around playing favourites.”

Dōma huffed and crossed his arms. “Man, you’re boring.”

There was a moment of silence, it wasn’t tense nor awkward but you knew the higher demon was deep in thought. You were about to ask him what was on his mind but your question was cut short when he suddenly clasped his hands together in his usual cheery attitude.

“Dōma-sama?”

He waved his hand towards you, asking you to come closer. “You look lonely sitting all by your lonesome down there, come sit with me.” It wasn’t the first time he requested you to sit beside him, he does that all the time actually. So, you got up, fixed your kimono in place and walked up towards him.

You were about to sit beside him when he yanked your wrist and effectively made you land on his lap, his strong arm wrapped around your body to trap you in place. The cold winter air seemed to get warmer as Dōma laid your back against his chest.

God, he was warm.

You squeaked when he began to nuzzle the back of your neck. “Dō-Dōma-sama!” Your reaction only made him chuckle and it was the only encouragement he needed for him to move his nuzzling to the side of your neck, nose brushing lightly against the side of your jaw. “Your skin is so cold! You should’ve told me, could’ve warmed you up sooner.”

“Dōma-sama this is inappropriate! We’re in public, the others—” You let out a high-pitched yelp when he nipped your neck. “Relax, they won’t come in a couple of hours.”

“But—" This time, he bit you harder; his teeth sinking into the flesh on the space between your shoulder and neck and all you could do was whine and squirm in his lap. He let go of your shoulder with a pop before lapping up your blood around the oozing wound with a happy hum.

“No buts, my lotus!” He exclaimed loudly. “Your lord commands you to spend time with him in his lap and bask in his affections till the bell rings!”

You pout, rubbing your sore shoulder from his harsh bite.

My Lotus.

That was his possessive nickname for you.

Your relationship with Dōma was bizarre at its best; he would hug or place kisses on your cheeks out of nowhere and his face would relax, cheeks rosy, and a content smile would appear every time you’re in the same room with him. Whenever you reciprocate his public display of affection, rubbing the tip of your nose against his cheeks, he would squeal and lift you off the floor with a dopey smile on his face as he prolonged his affectionate gestures.

You won’t deny that you harboured soft feelings towards the demon and you were acutely aware of his apathy; you were no fool of his thick façade he wore but sometimes at night you can’t help but wonder if he did like you or all of it was just an act.

You were a fool, a foolish girl who was in love completely knowing he was incapable of feeling anything other than amusement from the damned.

Or so you thought.

“You are ya know,” He murmured into your ear softly. You tilt your head to the side to see his face more clearly, confused by his sudden comment. “Pardon?”

His smile grew bigger.

“My favourite.”

Your face was lit aflame, blush spreading down to your neck as you huffed and covered your blazing face with your hands. Dōma laughed merrily as he cuddled you closer, nudging his nose against the back of your hand. “You’re so adorable when you blush, my small demoness! So cute and precious!”

“You’re so mean, Dōma…” mumbled into your palm.

The demon above you gasped happily “There it is! Was it hard for you to call me without the honorifics?” You sighed again and leaned your body sideways to hide your face on the crook of his neck as best as you could.

Silence fell onto the room once again and you took this opportunity to savour his bodily warmth with closed eyes. The wind blowing soundly outside of the temple almost lulled you to sleep if not for Dōma’s constant fondling.

Dōma inspected your peaceful state.

He couldn’t really pinpoint the reason why his heart was eerily calm whenever you were around. He thought about absorbing you, he was sure you didn’t mind and he was sure he wanted you inside him forever in his Paradise but he came to a realization that he could never hold you like this if he did; he craved your body near him, better yet in his embrace. Your scent, mixed with your inhuman odour, was soft as lotus petals; it will always be intoxicating to him.

Speaking of Paradise.

“Do you believe in Heaven and Hell, my lotus?” He blurted out. You opened your eyes, somewhat taken aback from the sudden question. “After all these years you’re asking me this, now?”

Dōma pouted, “Humour me.”

You shrugged, “Somewhat.” Dōma blinked a couple of times before whining out, “Somewhat isn’t a fair answer is it…”

“Well, I do believe Paradise exists but not in the ways your disciples do.” You smiled up at him. “Heaven and Hell do exist; it’s here and now. It is the life that I’m living and it will constantly change.” Placing your soft hand on his cheek, a small dust of red adoring your cheeks. “But Paradise, Paradise is wherever I’m with you.”

His heart skipped a beat.

He quickly rained multiple kisses on your face and you couldn’t help but mewled out helplessly, quickly closing your eyes to avoid his lips getting into your eyes. “You’re too precious, my lotus. The things you say to me.” He murmured; voice oddly serious.

Then you shot your eyes open when he repeatedly kissed your lips softly, each peck was longer than the last.

“Dō—”

Kiss.

“—ma wait—”

Kiss.

When you couldn’t hold the gasp any longer, he leaned in, tongues tangled in a passionate dance. His kiss was fire and your lips felt divine on his. He wanted more, so much more.

“I want to devour you,” He vehemently whispered against your panting lips. “Defile you in ways you can’t even imagine.” One of his hands slither up between your legs, gliding across the soft skin on your inner thigh, hiking up your kimono and exposing more of your skin to the cold air in the process.

“Would you like that, my lotus?” His carefree smile was back as he felt the hem of your silk undergarments. “Would you like me to overwhelm you, break your mind and fix you up again?” You could only whimper at his fevered words.

“Dōma—Ah!” You were cut short when he tugged your panties upwards, effectively rubbing the fabric against your dripping core. Dōma grinned, “Such pretty sounds but none of those are the answers to the question I’m askin’, is it?”

You moaned and reached up to clutch his blood-coloured shirt, hips unintentionally moving against your silken panties. He didn’t miss your desperate need for friction before a mischievous glint shone in his eyes. You gasped out sharply when Dōma yanked at the soft fabric roughly, your head thrown back against his shoulder.

“Come on,” He drawled out. “You haven’t given me a proper answer yet.” You didn’t notice he nudged your panties aside until he rubbed your sopping entrance in lazy circles. He hummed in approval before licking and nibbling your ear.

The way he played with your body made your mind go absolutely blank and you couldn’t help the lewd moans you panted out, sweat rolling down your body at the combined heat from yours and his. The higher demon grinned at your incoherent sentences. “If you don’t wanna answer then—”

“No!”

Dōma tilted his head and before you knew it, he seized your jaw with his other hand, forcing your head upwards to face his predatory gaze.

“Oh? No? You don’t want it?” You can see the grin and the sadistic glint in his eyes as he gazed down at you. When you felt his hand that was near your pussy began to retreat, you mewled out and shook your head frantically in his hold, “I want it, Dōma.” You panted out, arching your hips towards his hand. “Please, I want you—”

His eyes darken at your pleas and without thinking, he smashed his lips against yours and shoved his tongue into your mouth. “Dōma— touch me.”

The pad of his finger went back to your wet cunt and roughly rubbed it up and down repeatedly before pushing two of his fingers in and wasting no time pumping them in and out. You gasped at the feeling as the higher demon laughed cheekily, “Look at how well you take my fingers!”

A bell rang throughout the vicinity.

“Hear that? Better hurry and cum, they’ll be here in 5 minutes.” He whispered hotly into your ear as his other hand pinched your nipple through your clothes. He expected you to moan and bucked your hips in desperation, what he didn’t expect was you grinning from ear to ear.

“Depends,” You whispered “Can you make me cum in 5 minutes, Dōma?”

His movement stopped completely as he processed what you just said. His hold on you tightened and slowly, ever so slowly, his grin became wider and darker. Before you could prepare yourself, he dug his sharp teeth into the side of your neck as he began to jackhammer his fingers into your hole until you screamed.

Your blood was always so delectable on his tongue, he could never get enough of it and now adding the sweet taste of your sweat, he was addicted to your taste.

He lapped up your blood with a delighted hum. “I never knew my precious lotus could be so devious.” The higher demon laughed as he nudged apart your kimono to have better access to your breasts before twisting and pinching the hard nipple. “I don’t know if I should be worried or love it.”

You whimpered under his intense attention as your hips moved in sync with his fingers. “Do you want another finger in you?” You nodded frantically to which he clicked his tongue. “You gotta use your voice, Lotus. Ask me like a good slut I know you can be.” At the end of his sentence, he crocked his finger sharply, making you moan even louder.

“Yes, please!” You sobbed. “Please put another one in me! Make me cum, Dōma— Please!”

Who was he to deny such a request from his cherished lotus?

With a grunt, his third finger forced its way into your dripping cunt. “So tight, sweetheart. You’re close to cumming aren’t you?” He purred almost lovingly. Your vision became hazier with each thrust of his fingers and your gut was coiled so tight that we were sure it was about to snap any minute. But you needed something to get there, to get to that climax you desperately seek.

His thumb suddenly came down to your clit and rubbed the bundle of nerves roughly making you shriek.

“Cum.”

You gave a silent scream as you came undone in his hold as Dōma continued to thrust and prolonged your climax longer. When he knew you had nothing left in you to give, he slowly slid his fingers out from your wet pussy making you cringe. His mouth salivated at the sight of your thick juices covering his fingers. Wasting no time, he put his dirty fingers into his salivating mouth, cleaning them in the process.

He glanced down at your flushed form; sweating and catching your breath after the whole ordeal. He giggled; heart felt full looking at your satisfied face and how relaxed you were on his lap.

“My darling Lotus.” He crooned, nuzzling your cheek lovingly as you slowly came down from your high. You hummed happily, rubbing your nose along his jaw before he squealed at your display of affection, kissing you on the lips playfully.

The door slid open and revealed a balding middle-aged man, kneeling respectfully on the floor. “Dōma-sama, the disciples have arriv— Oh! High Priestess, are you faring well? Your face is all flushed.”

There you sat on your zabuton, everything in place except for your red sweaty face.

You smiled softly at the man’s concern, bowing slightly to show gratitude. “I thank you for your concern, Ichijou-san. The cold air seems to be catching up on me but rest assured it won’t hinder any of our routine”

The man nodded before shifting his attention to the gracious founder. “Should I let them in, My Lord?” Dōma smiled brightly after saying, “Of course! Come on in.”

You let out the biggest sigh of relief when the balding man slid the door closed.

Dōma cackled frantically. “That was close! Good thing for our enhanced speed huh?” You groaned into your hands; body flushed from humiliation.

“You’re unbelievable Dōma…” You murmured as the higher demon gave you a broad smile.

“And give my panties back, dammit!”

A/N: I HAVE WAITED 4 FUCKING YEARS FOR DOUMA TO BE ANIMATED SO I CAN PUBLISH THIS. Hope you had fun you nasties. (cross-posted to my AO3) ₍

Love, Cherub ᐢ._.ᐢ₎♡

#Douma #kimetsu no yaiba #douma x reader #smut #fanfic #kny douma #kny smut #CherubimBunnyWrites

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souplovingwerewolf · 11 months

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Analog horror series explained poorly (underrated series edition):

Greylock: Foster's Home for Imaginary Eldritch monstrosities

Suitmation trials: "people possessing animatronics" trope but it's opposite day (and also Godzilla is there)

White Stag Education: creepy mask cult worships space Satan, also there's psychic drugs for some reason?

Sominum dream viewer: You VIEW dreams?? You view dreams like the TV show?? Oh! Oh! Distorted nightmare jail! Distorted nightmare jail for human for one thousand years!!

Happy meat farms: welcome to McDonald's would you like a beesechurger,a mutagenic horror beyond human comprehension that's being exploited by humans for their own selfish and foolish desires, or chicken nuggest

Surreal broadcast: oops! All interdimensional nightmare spiders! (Ft. The cult of the green guys)

#horror #analog horror #creepy #scary #internet horror #funny #meme #joke #series #spooky #happy meat farms #greylock #suitmation trials

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hyper-pixels · 1 year

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Analog Horror List

Analog horror is uniquely known for its low quality and low visual styles. Or VHS style. They can widely range to a found footage or a visual guide style formatting.

Here are some noted ones:

These videos can contain disturbing content, as well as content that can induce a epileptic seizure if you choose to watch any of them.

2h32: A series of videos that are all two minutes and thirty-two seconds long.

Backrooms - The Otherside: A found footage of the back rooms.

Basswood County: Humanoid creatures that kill humans.

Cave Crawler: A video game (no commentary) about a special remote controlled bot meant to look for missing people (or bodies) in caves.

Chezzkids Archives: An archive of games from a website called Chezzkids. The developer went missing and her photos are showing up in the game. May need to have an episode explain it (this one by Minaxa did it well) as there are clues outside of the videos as well.

Cloud Observation: A short observation video on a cloud that seems to be growing limbs.

Escape the Backrooms: A combination of found footages and commercials, it details the backroom and people trying to escape from it.

Eventide - Anomaly Infestation: A news report of anomalies.

Fear Virus: A quick guide on how to protect yourself from a new, highly infectious virus that causes mutations in humans to become something they fear.

Floaters: A video and short guide. It details how humans are suddenly floating into the air.

Gemini Home Entertainment: A series of VHS styled video tapes. Neptune has mutated and is now infecting Earth with strange things called "woodcrawlers" and other mysterious happenings.

Green Mountain Broadcast Center: A archival for tapes. Only one on this channel labled "Live Traffic" which documents a strange storm.

Greylock: One of my favorites so far. About the government experimenting with tulpa and possibly uncovering an ancient god.

Happy Meat Farms: Animal testing that causes severe deformities.

Hi I'm Mary Mary: A woman wakes up in a house with no exits. She then has to face her greatest fears.

Identity Test: A test on whether or not you can tell the difference between normal faces, and distorted ones.

Itch File: A diver touches a random creature that ejects a pus like substance on him with a virus. Severe trypophobia warning.

Koala Superdeep Borehole Incident: The deepest man-made hole has a bit of an unnerving find.

Local 58 Season One: A news station trying to report on the news, when a broadcast alert stating to not look at the moon is reported. Season two

Harmony and Horror: A VHS style of film. as you watch, you discover the oddities and mysteries of the toys tore.

Marble Hornets: You know what this is.

Mister Manticore: Asks you to memorize a picture before asking you to find the differences. Has quick fleshing images.

Midwest Angelica: A piece of an alien breaks away and onto Earth as it passes the exosphere. It quickly folds into horror beyond comprehension.

Monument Mythos Season One: In an alternate world, where the statues seem to be more than just simple monuments. Season Two Season Three

Omega Mart Ad Compilation: Adds that are attempting to be targeted towards humans. More silly and deranged than scary.

Raining Fire (EAS Snario): A EAS scenario of a mentor shower suddenly hailing Earth on Christmas Eve. Leading to event after event.

Surreal Broadcast: A news station with things happening in the background that are related to a cult. Season Two Season Three

Searching for the Five: Five men suddenly disappeared, only leaving behind a few clues.

Sinkhole: A very hungry sinkhole.

Stone Cold Series: Strange eyes have suddenly started to show up in the night.

The Anglers Trap: A guide on what to do when you encounter a tree called the anglers trap. Which lures in humans like an angler fish.

The Backrooms: Where it all started, I believe. The Backrooms are limital spaces.

The Children Under the House: A therapist tries to find out why a young girl has suddenly stopped talking. Her imaginary friends of course, know why.

The Mandela Catalogue: Hostile creatures called alternates (alters for short) that mimic humans, but don't do it quite right. It mixed Christianity and horror together.

The Oldest View: A man finds a random stairwell in a tree that leads miles down. It turns out it's an old mall. Made by the same man who created the Backrooms.

The Scrimblo Catalogue: A joke analog horror based off of a twitter meme. Part Two

The Smile Tapes: A new fungai releases spores that infect humans that causes the muscle in the faces to distort into a smile and causes hysteria.

The Swarm: Aggressive, hungry mosquitos created by a science project gone wrong.

The Quentin Sanders Tapes: A man named Quentin sanders goes to Foxwood university only to discover a eldritch monster.

The Walten Files: Possessed animatronics, one of the founder's family goes missing while the other conspired against them. And not to forget the possessed animatronics.

They Lie Above: Follows the story of a son of a missing farmer who was abducted by aliens, and Neil Armstrong. Who's memories were erased after encountering a alien space craft.

VibingLeaf: Three videos that have a early youtube "lost videos" esque style.

Vita Carnis: A guide on strange fauna and flora seemingly made entirely, out of meat.

White Door Opened: Set in Poland, monsters and strange red mist begins to spread. Of course it starts with humans messing with things they shouldn't mess with.

Winter of 83: Snowmen come to life, and they aren't happy.

-Did I miss any? Let me know! I'll try to keep this updated as I deeper and deeper, but I can't catch everything.

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vioyume · 2 years

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A List of Videos on Various RPG Maker Games:

Last Updated: April 25, 2023

Like others I am a fan of the wonderful world on RPG Maker Games, some are more popular than others but at the end of the day, the community for this genre is very small. So once in a while you'll find someone talking about these games.

This list is like a master post of sorts holding a bunch of links to many videos on these games that were made in RPG Maker (Oneshot, Ib, Yume NIkki, Omori, OFF, etc). There are no "Lets Plays" in this list.

Suggestions to this list (Videos or a Game) is welcome since finding these videos in the first place are always a hidden gem!

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Mix:

RPG Maker Horror Games, Surrealism, and Trauma - Sagan Hawkes (Overall overview of the RPG Horror Genre)

The Lost Art of RPG Maker Games - Thafnine (Yume Nikki, Ao Oni, Ib, The Crooked Man, The Witch's House, Mad Father)

Omori and Yume Nikki: Journey of dreams - Boy Afraid

Earthbound and Inspiration - Nitro Rad

Cult Classic RPG Maker Games - Takune (Yume Nikki, Ao Oni, OFF)

RPG Maker Horror Games Mattered - graymads (Yume NIkki, Ib, Ao Oni, Misao, OFF)

A brief retrospective of some RPGMaker games - Davey Gunface (OFF, Lisa the Painful & Joyful, Hylics, Oneshot, Grimm's Hollow, To the Moon)

Let's dive into The Indie RPG Maker Iceberg [Part One] - Smol Birb (Almost any RPG Maker Game you can think of)

Let's dive into The Indie RPG Maker Iceberg [Part Two] - Smol Birb (Almost any RPG Maker Game you can think of)

Reviewing a Bunch of RPG Maker Games - Majuular (Yume Nikki, Hylics, Toilet in Wonderland, To the Moon, Oneshot, Lawmage Academy, Suits, Fear and Hunger, The Witch's House, Space Funeral)

🪟 Yume Nikki (Original, 2018 ver, and Fangames):

How Yume Nikki Changed Everything... | A Retrospective - Sagan Hawkes

Yume Nikki - Nitro Rad

Yume 2kki - Nitro Rad

.Flow - Nitro Rad

LCDDEM | Yume Nisshi | Answered Prayers - Nitro Rad

Yume Graffiti | ME | Fleshchild - Nitro Rad

YUME NIKKI DREAM DIARY - Nitro Rad (2018 ver)

Yume Nikki - An Unforgettable Memory - Maraganger

The Yume Nikki Iceberg: Facts, Theories, and Absolutely Zero Apparitions! - Post Cards from the White Dessert

Understanding Yume Nikki - SpaceySoundy

Remembering .Flow - SpaceySoundy

UnRequited, Expiate, Usagi | Yume Nikki Fangame Reviews - Frogge

Yume Nikki's Biggest Secret - LOVEWEB - Shadok

¿Qué me he perdido? Episodio 11: Yume Nikki (Spoilers) - ¿Qué me he perdido? (Spanish with captions)

Roblox Yume Nikki Fangames - Flatface

Yume Nikki: An Endless Rabbit Hole | A Deep Dive - SonoSara

Yume Nikki: Ambiguity is Terrifying - NixasHearts

Yume Nikki and the Death Acceptance Theory - mimiyori

Explaining Yume Nikki - What Did That All Mean? Theories And Analysis - Panopticon Theatre

The Yume Nikki Novel You've Probably Never Read - Cicada Wave

What Happened to Yume Nikki Merch? | LOST MEDIA - Zereph

Yume Nikki: Interpretation VS Adaptation - NezumiVA

Why Yume Nikki Still Matters - NezumiVa

Yume Nikki: The Terror Of Isolation - graymads

Explaining .flow - A Rusted Nightmare - Theories And Analysis - Panopticon Theatre

NOMOIDA Reviews YUME NIKKI - NOMOIDA

Interview with Diana June [Yume Nikki: Dream Diary OST] - NOMOIDA (2018 ver)

🪦 Space Funeral:

Space Funeral - Nitro Rad

Space Funeral - A Twisted Reflection of the Platonic Ideal of the JRPG - Ben Saint

SPACE FUNERAL | Videogaming's Answer to David Lynch? - Weather Dependent

🌹 Ib:

The Haunting of Ib - Honey Bat

Ib - Nitro Rad

Exploring Ib and it's Remake - SpaceySoundy

Ib - With Art and Soul - Louicide

Why I Adore Ib and Garry's Friendship - AmorManx

🧍‍♂️Strange Man Anthology

The Crooked Man - Nitro Rad

You NEED to Play The Crooked Man - Ben Again

The Sandman is WEIRD - Ben Again

⚾ OFF:

OFF - Nitro Rad

Just what was OFF all about? - SpaceySoundy

Let's Review: OFF - NekoSuave93

Explaining OFF - A Dying Utopia - Theories And Analysis - Panopticon Theatre

OFF is a Terrible Game (With an Interesting World) - Boss Door

OFF: A Retrospective (Feat. @/NezumiVA) - Sagan Hawkes (Nazumi's YT channel)

Mortis Ghost's OFF: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective - NezumiVA

OFF - Tackling Morality in Video Games - Ben Again

🪚 Sen's Games (Mad Father, Misao)

Mad Father - NitroRad

Misao - NitroRad

О чём была Mad Father - ikorka (Russian)

💡 Oneshot:

Oneshot - NitroRad

Another Shot at Oneshot - NitroRad

Why Oneshot Is The Most Underrated Game Ever - Paracosm

Review: OneShot - A Fox on the Internet

OneShot's Perfect Finale - NixasHearts

Coffee Talk: Behind the Scenes Commentary on "OneShot's Perfect Finale" - NixasHearts

OneShot 2 - Boss Door

My Oneshot at Oneshot | OneShot Review - galxie

🎻 Omori:

Omori - Nitro Rad

Omori Is Beautiful - A Critique on the Modern Horror RPG - SpaceySoundy

Omori Critique: A Narrative Marvel - Engel

The ULTIMATE Omori Analysis - Munt Chunk

OMORI: The Long Awaited Masterpiece - The RPG Monger

OMORI: The Horror RPG that will 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 You. | A Complete Analysis - AssukaTV

How OMORI Breaks You: A Character Analysis | Video Essay - ButWhyLevin

OMORI Black Space II Explained - Sleepy Crest

What is Omori? - Takune

An Analysis of Omori, A True Masterpiece. (Re-Upload) - XaberVI

Review: OMORI - A Fox on the Internet

(OMORI) Why Sunny/Omori is a Fascinating Character | (A Scattershot Analysis) - Serial Introvert

BlackSpace: How to Make a Character hated. (OMORI) - jELeeoo

OMORI and Dissociative Amnesia - Daryl Talks Games (Age Restricted)

Why OMORI has SAVED RPG Maker - ToastyTime

Who is Omori? - GhostsOnVacation

How OMORI Controls You - PoorDesign

How OMORI SCARES You | Analysis of Psychological Horror - Serial Introvert

How OMORI Was Made and Why People Assumed it Was a Scam - ThatGuyGlen

Omori Changes You as a Person - kota

Not Another Earthbound-Inspired Indie Game About Depression - i am error

OMORI Explained Terribly - CrabApples

The Meaning of Omori - WillNgLee

This Is The Darkest Secret In OMORI... | Video Essay - ButWhyLevin

How Impactful Audio is in OMORI - hysteria

Analyzing OMORI's Underrated Final Boss Theme ("Whale Whale Whale") - Grey-Spark

Omori Sunny Analysis | Escaping The Dreamlike Nightmare - JJCGames

Oyasumi Sunny | Omori review - Re-2D (Russian with captions)

Miscellaneous:

These are games where they don't have enough videos to be it's own category. If a game gains more videos then it'll get a category. (3+)

The Greatest Forgotten Horror RPG - Hazel (Re:Kinder)

Grimm's Hollow: The Free Indie RPG That Stands Out - The RPG Monger (Grimm's Hollow)

Escaped Chasm - Nitro Rad

What is Hello Charlotte And Why You Should Play It - starrybunnieboy (Hello Charlotte)

#rpg maker #rpg horror #master post #ib game #oneshot #oneshot game #omori #off #off game #yume nikki #yume nikki fangame #mad father #misao #grimm's hollow #space funeral #long post #vio.txt

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sandybrett · 2 months

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Here are my completely honest thoughts on a bunch of audio dramas I've checked out. (Don't worry, nothing scathing, they're all reasonably good. But please proceed with caution, or don't proceed, if you're involved in creating any of these shows.)

In the order I first listened:

The Storage Papers: Nine episodes in. A little slow paced, but I've heard it picks up in the later seasons. My only real concern is that it seems like a lot of the horror revolves around "this thing looks sort of like a human but it's Wrong somehow. also it kills people (or cats)." I hope at some point we meet a creature that looks and acts as unsettling as the Grinner but is nice, or at least complicated.

The Cellar Letters: Seven episodes in. I LOVE it. I love the natural-feeling messiness of it, the way Nate and Steve talk in circles and go back and forth on what to believe. It's made me laugh out loud multiple times. I can't wait to learn more about that weird little room full of letters with that one random word written on the wall (I forget what).

400 Words a Horror: Three episodes in. I had to re-listen to the first episode because I hadn't been paying enough attention, but I think that particular episode rewards re-listening anyway. Also it is the only show on this list that genuinely frightens me so I have to pace myself. Very good.

Tin Can Audio Presents: Middle:Below: Two episodes in. I won't say I'm hooked, but I am somewhat interested. It's a lot more relaxing than the other podcasts on this list, so I keep thinking I'll save it for listening closer to bedtime, then not getting around to it.

The Grotto: Six episodes in. Very much enjoying. I was SO proud of myself for correctly guessing the twist in the second episode. I love the characters and am extremely intrigued by the mysteries. My only criticism is that the musical interludes drag on too long. And I'm saying that as a WOE.BEGONE fan.

Soul Operator: Three episodes in. It's good but there isn't any particular element that's drawing me in just yet. There's a lot I don't know about the world yet, though, so there is still plenty of time for me to fall in love with this show. (Irrelevant note: I always get "Smooth Operator" by Sade stuck in my head when I think about this show.)

Shadows at the Door: Listened to half of the first episode. It was somewhat interesting, but I decided I had higher priorities for my listening time than disconnected hour-long episodes that are only *somewhat* interesting.

Archive 81: Five episodes in. Quite possibly going to become a major obsession. It's got everything: playing with point of view; the Power of Storytelling but in a menacing way; vivid character voices; probably a cult. I particularly love the way conversations play out on this show--I don't know exactly how to explain it but there's a certain... friction that happens in real conversations but rarely in fictional ones outside cringe comedy. I don't usually enjoy that sort of thing when it's played for laughs, but for realism or suspense? I eat that up. It does make me a little tense so this is another show I pace myself with and I'm glad the episodes are short.

Alice Isn't Dead: Two episodes in. I'm not going to make it a priority--it's got a similar sort of surrealism to Night Vale, but with higher stakes and less humor, and I had enough trouble getting immersed in Night Vale. I could probably enjoy it if I gave it enough time, but for now I'd rather focus on *gestures at some of the shows above*

The Silt Verses: Listened to the first ten minutes of the first episode and got bored, which I think says as much about me as it does about the show. It does get off to a bit of a slow start and leaves more space between lines of dialogue than most of these shows do, but I could probably get into it with adequate time and sleep. Not prioritizing it, for similar reasons to Alice.

#audio drama #the storage papers #the cellar letters #400 words a horror #middle below #thegrottopod #soul operator #shadows at the door #archive 81 #alice isn't dead #the silt verses #woe.begone #<-tagging because a lot of these shows are woe.begone-adjacent #media i'm gulping

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💛 ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ | ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴇ!

This post will include some information about me and a short testimony. Thanks for checking out my blog!

💛 ᴀʀᴛɪsᴛ & ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ

Howdy! I'm a Christian artist from the southern US who enjoys creating stories & characters that glorify God and share the gospel! 🔥⚔️ ✝️ I like anime and various comic styles. I'm currently working on my own style. I’ve enjoyed creating various OC's of humans, animals, anthro, and hybrid varieties!

sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ: I can be found just about anywhere and have compiled everything on my carrd. I am also accepting commissions, my carrd will have more information. I may compile and post commission information on tumblr in the future, Lord willing.

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💛 ғᴏʀᴍᴇʀ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ sᴀᴠᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɢʀᴀᴄᴇ

It's surreal to be here after taking a long hiatus around 2021. I'm used to having "missing e", a dozen extensions, and all of my pretty post formatting. It seems tumblr has tidied things up to make formatting easier. Back then, I used to copy/paste blank spaces, pretty symbols and emojis, indent all of my paragraphs, and then use a bunch of key commands to select and make my font size small and neat! Haha! I don't have any problems with people who do that, it was a style choice for writers and roleplayers.

“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness.” Romans 1:18

jaegerbombed | warpathpanther | blacklightburns | rubmyrosary

(CONTENT WARNING: above blog archives have explicit and/or adult content and are TESTIMONIES of what I used to write, portray, and how i lived my life. the last one is referring to a satanic voodoo cult character and I do not endorse the rosary/catholicism.)

I was part of the tumblr roleplay community and many other rp communities across the internet, including Gaiaonline, jcink, and proboards. I was doing this hobby for about 16 years before I started to take my faith seriously in 2021. To clarify faith, I was never really a believer or follower of Christ until I was BORN AGAIN in January 2023! Hallelujah! Note: I am not saying Christians cannot role play or enjoy writing as a way to develop characters, stories, etc. As long as it's not used to write content that would make you sin and it's not becoming an obsession.

Before that, I hyperfixated on horror genre, supernatural and horror anime, tv series, including video games, movies, stories, and more. I had gender dysphoria, went by 'khan', or 'khanivore'. I internalized a lot of it and would act out by doing drag king stuff and drag cosplay IRL.

I idolized playing hypermasculine male characters in the roleplay communities I was a part of. I saw many friendships made, torn apart, and savagely destroyed due to the toxicity of the community. Without Christ, people unhealthily hyperfixate on their idols and become jealous of other people writing better, portraying a certain character better, seeking all types of 'shipping' relationships that don't go well.

Wrote hundreds of thousands of words portraying s*xual fantasies with males & females. I obsessed over becoming male characters; thinking their thoughts, living their lives, not my own. I became oppressed by demons while playing songs that made me think of these characters, obsessively studied their dialogues and did some crazy forms of method acting. These characters had their own birthdays & astrology signs that I celebrated.

I had deep loneliness & despair, a void within me, & I filled it with video games, p**nography, alcohol, cosplay & role playing. When the convention was over, I felt like my heart was being burned alive & there was nothing to fill that void. I had insomnia from late nights living my double life. I was hateful, rude, condescending, competitive, swore all the time, & angry.

But JESUS set me free! He had been knocking on the door of my heart. I did not seek Him, I wanted to live in my filth, I loved my sin. But HE sought after me & my heart slowly softened. My eyes began to open. I don’t share this testimony to glorify myself; don’t want the wrong attention, nor things my old self would have gloated over. I share this testimony of where I WAS, to show where JESUS SET ME FREE!

Seek Jesus - He isn’t religion, He’s a real person, the son of God, who was sent to die for our sins. Someone who wants a relationship with you. He wants to set you free from pain. He can give you answers & true identity; not the CULTure.

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:1-2

#christian #chrumblr #christian artist #✝️umblr #christian testimony #my testimony

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A TTRPG collection retrospective

And so my TTRPG in book format collection has reached 70...not books......licences.... and a lot of them are complete. I miss when I had space to tidy stuff.

So here are all my books :

The PBTA and adjacent games

The first style of games that really hooked me

Monster of the week , the first game I ever gm'd

World Wide Wrestling

Masks, my most played game this year

Urban Shadows

Dungeon World, bought because I did not have any "generic" fantasy system.

Apocalypse Keys

Blades in the dark , the game that bought me where I am, introduce me to french ttrpg content creators when I responded to an ad for a player.

Band of Blades

Brinkwood

Sig, City of Blades

City of Mist

English Import

Agon 2nd edition, still a favorite

Kids on broom

Slayers ( and a one)

Nova ( and a two)

Rune ( and a three for GilaRPGs)

DIE RPG ( really need to choose a good group to play this)

Heart the city beneath (yeah i like Rowan, Rook & Deckart)

Dragonbane ( A friend is a die hard Free League fan)

Wildsea

DotDungeon

Liminal

Tattered Magick

International Games translated in French

Mausritter

Thousand year Old Vampire

The Magus

Colostle

Warpland

Troika, my cursed game, the sessions are always canceled

Paleomythic

Vaesen

Spire, the city must fall

Genesys

Dragons conquer America

Sins of the father

Fate core

Nobilis 2nd edition, the big beautiful white book

Mage 20th

Castle Falkenstein

Cryptomancer, the 70th game

French indies ( with quick pitch)

Etoiles - a Stargate game

Aventures a Plumes/ Feathered Adventures - Play diceless Ducktales

Cités abimés / Broken Cities - 30's surrealism the game

Anime was a mistake - play every anime

Prosopopée - Mushishi the game

De mauvais reves - a cursed family in the Great North

Glorieuses - housewives in the 80's trying to escape boredom with wrestling

Temple des vents / Colosse de Grisantre - solo game of a fantasy wanderer

Les veilleurs - solo game / You are the Hero book, with Titan cults

Bois Dormant - post apocalyptic hopepunk gmless game inspired by Sleeping Beauty

Explorateur des Bruines/Libretés - Kids trying to survive an alternate dimension of murderous mermaids hiding in the rain

Les Héritiers de l'Hypogryphe Saoul - Urban fantasy where magic was just revealed to the world, along with things so old even the magicals forgot about them

Argyropée - Renaissance fantasy in a city where murder is impossible and leaving too long makes you die of depression

Speedrun - a system to speedrun TTRPG sessions and campaign

Bigger/Mainstream? French Games

Insectopia - Medfan but you are all insects

Cats la mascarade - Cats are secretly psychic

Donjons et Chatons - medfan but you're kittens and a cartoon planned for 2025

Donjon & Cie / Dungeon, Inc. - Monsters in the dungeon are just corporate employees

Terre 2 - scifi I don't really care about, i just told my parents to buy it when they saw it a -70% in a thrift shop

Nautilus - Play Jules Verne Hundred Leagues under the sea

Meute - French werewolfes with 2 souls : mortal human and immortal wolf

Rotting Christ - The Band. A ttrpg for metalheads

Knight - Epic Horror, The Arthurian Myth with mechas. It's great

Nephilim - the urban fantasy occult french game (basically The Secret World as a ttrpg)

Chroniques Oubliés Contemporain - generic system for modern adventures

Les Héritiers - All sorts of fae in 1901 dreaming of the end of the world in 1914

Ecryme - translation funded on KS, coming soon : Steampunk where the water rose, leaving only small islands, plus the water is highly acidic, melting everything except stone and steel

Les Oubliés - Korrigans & little people the size of a finger in a french city during the Religion Wars

Subabysse - sorta pulpy scifi where water rose so humanity went to live under the sea

Waiting for (dear god all the crowdfunding)

Fabula Ultima translation

Nephilim supplements

Arc Doom translation

Eat the Reich

Meute campaign

Babel, french game of book magic

Break!

Monsterhearts translation

Dragonbane bestiary

Triangle Agency

Wilderfeast

The Hidden Isle

#ttrpg #tabletop rpg #tabletop roleplaying #ttrpg stuff #indie ttrpg #jdr #ttrpgs #ttrpg books #hoarder

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This has been coming for a while now and I am super stoked to see them finally announce it! I cannot wait to see where this goes especially as a fan of weird sci-fi.

Here's a brief synopsis from the Announcement article on CR's website:

We’re so glad you asked! In this series, three mischievous narrators will take you on a surreal, space-western journey about the doomed planet of Midst that spins on the border between two halves of the cosmos: the dazzling bright atmosphere called “The Un” and the sea of dark otherworldly fog called “The Fold.”

Life is simple for most of the planet’s inhabitants… until an influential and shadowy society known as The Trust takes an interest in Midst and sparks an unexpected chain of events, intertwining the lives of a crotchety outlaw, a freakishly-virtuous cultist, and a weird diabolical bastard. This excellent story has unsolved murders, cult brainwashing, supernatural darkness, bright spots of hope, found families, and rich world-building.

Also, the moon is about to fall out of the sky and cause reality to eat itself alive. And that’s just the start of where we begin with season one! The first two seasons of Midst are ready to go, and the team is hard at work on the third season—so whether this is the first you’ve heard of it or you’re a long-time listener, we think you’ll really enjoy all there is to come!

#midst podcast #critical role productions #i am super fucking intrigued by this #Youtube

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schlock-luster-video · 1 month

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On May 1, 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered in Sydney, Australia.

Here's some new art inspired by the sci-fi classic!

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warningsine · 1 year

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Hazuki Izumi (Reno Komine) stands on the edge of a rooftop looking out at the city beneath her. A clutter of competing architecture styles and buildings at various points of development: scaffolding, newly-built, maturing, declining, abandoned, condemned. Traffic lights glow, cars drone, and roads curve. A web of powerlines connects every part of the city. Hazuki is deep in thought, contemplating something or other, almost as if she’s listening to something we can’t quite hear. Her friend Mao (Shinsuke Aoki) notices the rooftop figure and approaches her as he becomes concerned that she might jump.

This scene takes place in August in the Water (1995) but variations of it can be found in a number of Japanese films and anime of the late 1990s to early 2000s. At the time of release these films and series belonged to different genres and production cycles yet retrospectively we can identify a fascinating pattern of imagery, themes, characters and even locations that recur to form an enigmatic genre called denpa. Little has been written about it in English, so allow me to venture forward.

‘Denpa’ is a Japanese word that means electromagnetic wave or radio wave. Within the genre, characters tune into these waves and feel their effects: they sense things, hear voices and see spectres, indeed the stories of Chiaki J. Konaka begin this way, including his Lovecraft-inspired psychological horror Serial Experiments Lain (1998) and Marebito (2004). The characters are susceptible to the waves due to alienation caused by their oppressive surroundings which is depicted through a distinct, industrial aesthetic: antennas, chain link fences, telephone poles, a web of powerlines across the sky, trains, manholes and sewers, grainy and distorted footage, a muted colour palette. This imagery reoccurs across denpa fiction, from the visionary anime of Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue 1997, Paranoia Agent 2004) to the live-action poetry Shunji Iwai crafts out of adolescent cruelty (Picnic 1996, All About Lily Chou-Chou, 2001).

These bleak,alienated urban settings raise questions of tradition vs modernisation, mass-communication and a critical look at new technologies. Denpa situates these themes amongst references to folklore and the paranormal such as ESP, hauntings, aliens and spirits a combination explored by both the cult horror favourite Boogiepop Phantom (2000) and influential franchise starter Ring (1998). These supernatural beings are known to inhabit different realms and through electromagnetic waves these beings can cross over to our world, and humans can cross over to their worlds. The blurred lines between these spaces are illustrated with surreal imagery and experimental filmmaking. Such creative innovation can be found in the surreal psychological torment of Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995-7, Love & Pop 1998, Ritual 2000) and in the breath-taking urban dreamscapes woven by Gakuryu Ishii (August in The Water, 1993’s Tokyo Blood). Within this cocktail of urban alienation and supernatural forces are plot points such as rumours, conspiracy, mental illness, and delusion often with cosmic and apocalyptic consequences, best embodied by the hypnotic horror of Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure 1997, Pulse 2001).

So far, denpa has only appeared as a loosely defined genre label on English-language databases for anime and videogames, on the occasional blog post, a handful of letterboxd lists and one lone essay [1]. It is at once both recognisable yet hard to define. I understand it on an emotional level, I can identify it as a vibe, yet I want to tease out the details and define it in more concrete terms: what makes something ‘denpa’?

The genre derives from ‘denpa-san’ or ‘denpa-kei’ a name for a type of person that emerged in the late 20th century. Think of denpa-san as analogous to ‘tin foil hatter’ – someone vulnerable to paranoia, conspiracy theories and delusions hoping that the foil will block out those invasive electromagnetic waves. Or maybe they’re already at their mercy, following instructions heard via the waves and doing unsavoury or even dangerous things. The term initially hit the mainstream consciousness in association with the 1981 ‘Fukugawa Street Murders’ where a 29-year-old man indiscriminately stabbed passers-by, killing several people and injuring more. The highly-publicised trial hinged on the controversial defence of insanity: the perpetrator argued that they were driven to murder after years of torment from electromagnetic waves [2]. Over time the term expanded to become associated with creepy, unpopular people in general, those on the fringes of society with unusual quirks and obsessions.

It is here that the term overlaps with another: ‘otaku’. A social outcast who obsesses over a hobby to the detriment of their social life. Think ‘geek’ but usually uttered with more contempt. Otaku is typically associated with anime, but contrary to popular belief can be about many subjects from videogames to cars. What ties them together is the negative effect it has on the self. Much like denpa, the term otaku gained traction in association with a horrific crime; in the 1990s it was elevated from merely a pejorative label to the centre of a moral panic in relation to the years-long trial of a serial killer nicknamed by the media as ‘the otaku killer’ for his extensive video collection of pornography and horror films [3]. In the years since, the collective otaku have shaken off the worst of these associations and become a phenomenon as they developed a distinct culture and became a major economic force that has been embraced by the media they obsess over. On the darker end of the subculture some favour the fantasy world of their hobby over the real world and get lost in it, which in itself has become a common denpa narrative with an iconic example being the idol otaku in Perfect Blue.

Critics ascribe the emergence of denpa-san and otaku to society at the time. The Japanese economic bubble burst in 1991 and the decade that followed became known as ‘The Lost Decade’. The population faced a recession which stunted young people as they came of working age. And yet Japan was known on the global stage to be at the forefront of home electronics and new technology. This was in tension with traditions of the past and complicated their national identity as new cultural connotations outpaced traditional ones posing the question: can an old culture survive as a new one emerges?

The development of these new technologies also introduced new issues as they quickly became part of everyday life. Camcorders in every hand, phones in every pocket, so easy to use that soon everyone had one without knowing how they really worked. Life was changing as there was now constant recording, growing access and intimate conversations were now held not in person but via phones and on internet forums. As people became increasingly reliant on these technologies, people began to wonder, what is the existential cost of these new conveniences?

From moral-panics and national identity crises to new technologies denpa fiction responds to this new cultural landscape.

The war between tradition and modernization often forms the backdrop of denpa fiction in urban spaces where a dedicated few keep old customs alive, while others push on for progress. Gakuryu Ishii (previously known as Sogo Ishii) depicts the tension of this conflict well in August in the Water where participants of the centuries-old festival in Hakata pulse through the city in historical costumes with traditional matsuri floats surrounded by modern buildings and stopped traffic; Ishii finds strange beauty in the cityscapes that engulf and imprison his characters. Investigations lead Detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) in Cure to abandoned buildings and disused factories which signal the failure of a once-promising industry. In Love & Pop and Tokyo Blood, supporting characters are construction workers who signify this changing landscape as they meet on noisy building sites that are the eyesore we must endure for another dubious future.

The rooftop is a recurring location for these films. It can be a place for a clandestine conversation with a confidante, or a place for solo contemplation. The sight of a lone person on a rooftop can be startling to passers-by: the threat of suicide looms and in denpa often does happen. Cinematographically speaking it’s an opportunity to view an urban vista: the buildings, antennas and powerlines that populate the skyline. Again and again characters are drawn to the rooftop where they can get the clearest signal to the electromagnetic waves that mesmerise and influence them.

Alternatively, the clearest signal can be found by going right to the source. In Serial Experiments Lain we meet Lain’s father (Ryusuke Obayashi) at his impressive 6 monitor desktop and over the course of the series Lain’s (Kaori Shimizu) simple computer set-up evolves to be larger and larger. A soundscape is built from keyboard tapping, mouse clicking and monitors gently beeping. Denpa characters are often found hunched over a desk or workstation in the dark, the only light source being the glow of a screen or the small bulbs of a switchboard that gently whir as a pen scratches while detailed notes are being made. It’s an image with unhealthy connotations indicating obsession and someone losing touch with the outside world. In Boogiepop Phantom, the deskbound character is a videogame otaku finding solace in a fictional fantasy world. In Cure they’re a detective and in Ring a journalist whose respective investigations turn fanatical as they uncover disturbing histories. In each instance the foundations of their worldview will soon be shaken and their mental health questioned as conspiracies and paranormal explanations become more and more likely. Are the characters’ paranoid, or are they seeing things clearly for the first time?

These paranoid thoughts or deteriorating mental states are often heard through voice-over narration. Depending on the film the voice-over could be the trademark psychological introspection of Neon Genesis Evangelion, or the expansive philosophical musings of August in the Water or even the sinister and somewhat incoherent rambling of Marebito. Though superficially different, what they share is a painfully personal and poetic type of soliloquy.

Alongside narration, different psychological states are expressed through surreal imagery and experimental filmmaking, which often leads to a striking use of mixed-media with live-action moments in anime. In Boogiepop Phantom, a drug-addled videogame otaku experiences visions which are depicted by heavily edited live-action footage in a break from the traditional animation of the series. In Serial Experiments Lain there are animated character figures over live-action backgrounds which has the uncanny effect of blurring the lines between the different worlds that Lain traverses. In the case of Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, the sequence of live-action footage breaks the diegetic barrier between the text and audience, seeming to directly address not only the delusions of its’ characters but its own otaku fandom.

This subtle sense of self-awareness can be seen in the eerie experience of watching characters watching screens. Frames within frames or looking at a picture within a picture, voyeurism becomes infinite. New technologies allow people to see people through a thick glass lens or a pixelated screen. Distant yet paradoxically seeing each other more intimately than ever. In Perfect Blue this newfound intimacy fuels the obsessions and delusions of both Mima and her otaku fan.

The spectre of denpa is not limited to Japan. The same themes and same motifs can be found in English-language films from around the same time. There is Donnie Darko (2001), Richard Kelly’s film about a schizophrenic teenager who is told to commit crimes by a phantom in a rabbit suit and whose survival of a near-death-experience has apocalyptic consequences. You can find denpa in the films of M. Night Shyamalan: from the delusion of Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense (1999), to the haunting image of mass rooftop suicides in The Happening (2008) and to the potent mix of aliens and religion in Signs (2002). Even in the music video of Eminem’s Stan (2000)– in which a disturbed otaku hunches over a desk under a perpetual raincloud. When I recognise denpa motifs in films made outside Japan, I begin to think of denpa less as a genre and more as a zeitgeist. A restless, nihilistic gen x moan of exasperation. That feeling of living in The Matrix (1999); groaning at the end of the century and looking to the new one with only pessimism. Yes, there are new technologies but there are as many negative possible outcomes as there are positive ones. It seems inevitable that people will succumb to their worst impulses.

#August in The Water #denpa #cinema #anime #q

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@redwingedwhump *in a grave voice* It's time.

Get comfy cause the commentary continues and I've got time on my hands.

Chapter seven

Conroy waking Harrow up with a slap? Beautiful. Effective. Kinda hilarious, honestly.

Descriptions are as perfect as always. Simple but they paint a clear picture in your head. I can see Harrow strung up in that cell so well I might as well be in there with him.

Conroy, a purifier, also being a healer? Immaculate irony.

Harrow slowly noticing all the changes on him, the way he was handled whilst unconscious? Chills, at just the thought of experiencing that.

"I've never bowed to any god and I don't intend to start with yours." OH MY GOD???? Iconic as ever, Harrow.

Harrow taunting and getting slashed across the face? I find that more funny than I should, probably. (him not immediately registering the pain was a beautiful addition)

"There go my plans for tonight." I LOVE THIS SELF-DETRIMENTAL FOOL SO MUCH.

"What? You're asking me??" Harrow, baby, you're the cult leader here, who else would he be asking??? lol

Harrow getting choked is as fun as always.

Conroy being as skilled as he is at his job never fails to give me goosebumps. I can't even imagine the things he knows about the human body and how he could morbidly use them to his advantage.

Harrow straight up getting butchered, god damn.

"Shall we begin again?" GOD DAMN. Harrow, I'll bow in your place, cause this is straight up devastating.

Chapter 8

"It was a heady rush, like strong wine." I love this line so much.

For someone who enjoyed power so much to be stuck in a null space? Sounds terrifying.

Harrow flinching as the door opens and hating himself for it? AAAAAAAA.

"It was strangely surreal to feel something that wasn't hurting him." *sobs*

Harrow letting some bitterness seep through as he speaks to Emmet? Beautiful.

Harrow being subtly strict and clear about not wanting to talk about his burn scars? I love it.

Harrow not caring about the food possibly being drugged nor about Emmet wiping his face because he's so starved that's all he can focus on? Gorgeous.

Emmet promising the water isn't drugged and Harrow thanking him for it? That's so soft and sad I wanna cry.

Harrow letting Emmet blindfold him? He's so soft with that kid istg.

Chapter nine.

"You're making a good start of the day, Harrow." Said right after he was beaten and thrown on the floor like a sack of flower.

Harrow being blindfolded, naked, barefoot, collared and chained and pretty much dragged across cold stone? Literal chills down my spine.

AND HERE IS THE RACK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN - the one and only, infamous, legendary, iconic miss "Broke Harrow Of The Ashmadai". This scene started a movement and a revolution istg.

The fact Harrow was begging before he was even put on the rack is just beautiful.

Conroy never fails to impress and terrify me. He really gives you a glimpse of the Devil himself. Calmly explaining in a matter-of-fact way, exactly what's about to happen to you. He knows it so well because he's done it plenty times, caused pain to countless people, and you're about to be just one of them. Hearing of what's coming still is nowhere near enough to prepare you.

The desperation, agony, terror on Harrow's end and nothing but a stone cold attitude from Conroy are actually so chilling it's insane.

Chapter ten

Harrow waking up and remembering the events of last night and promptly throwing up? I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I can't even fathom what it would be like to remember the feeling of your shoulders and knees being ripped from their sockets. I'm getting nauseous just thinking about it.

Harrow having to kneel on freshly healed knees, which were healed with a magic unsuited and painful for his body? God DAMN Conroy's relentless.

Conroy holding Harrow's cheek gently and stroking his hair? My GOD I feel sick. The trauma that would cause (and has) is absolutely insane. I can't imagine how Harrow could ever accept kindness and gentleness, let alone touch, after that.

The closeness, forced intimacy... I felt sick reading that for the first time and I still do. The number of things Conroy has ruined and defiled for Harrow is insane. The things meant to be done by a lover, a close and trusted person, those same things done by the man torturing and breaking you? Red, this is a masterpiece of trauma.

Conroy controlling Harrow's breathing? aaaaaaaaaaa. Harrow crying beneath the blindfold? AAAAAAAAAAAA.

Chapter eleven

Conroy casually talking about a painting as Harrow is strung up and open and struggling is just... a masterpiece. A Masterpiece. A clear, beautiful and eerie picture is engraved in my brain.

Harrow fainting and waking up to being strangled, again and again? OH MY GOD, RED.

"The throat is quite delicate, you know. Lifeblood, voice, breath, and spine are all there... all so easily crushed." I don't know why but I find this so beautiful. I've thought about these lines long after I saw them the first time. It's just so beautifully and visually phrased.

"Don't die of your pride - Beg, Harrow!" OH MY GODDDD?????? THIS LINE!!!!!!!! It literally encapsulated pretty much the whole story and point of it. It all comes down to that... Harrow's pride and all the ways it's ruined him.

Harrow losing his voice after being strangled is such a gorgeous thing - literal whumperflies.

Chapter twelve

Harrow realizing no one is coming, no one will know or care when he dies? I'M LITERALLY CRYING.

Red introducing us to the gods and goddesses through Harrow's recollection? Clever and useful.

"Don't think of burning. Fire is mine." Harrow comforting himself and escaping painful memories by reminding himself of his (maybe former) power is so saddening to me, for some reason.

Harrow curling up under the blanket and being left alone for the day? Thank god he got some reprieve but also I wanna cry at the mental image.

to be continued...

#whump #captivity whump #fantasy #dnd

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