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unstatedmartini · 2 years

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The Ghostly Prisoners of Alcatraz | Ghost Files

#ghost files #ryan bergara #shane madej #watcher #the ghoul boys #me: ghosts aren't real #also me: omg what if the door slammed shut right then #.mine

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zillychu · 2 months

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Consider this: ghosts are actually exactly what the Fentons think they are.

They're snapshots of a longing so strong, unfinished business so deep it reaches out beyond life. Lingers just a bit longer. And if it happens to meet a dense cloud of ectoplasm (invisible to the naked eye, but omnipresent even in the mortal realm), it coalesces. The ectoplasm fits into the shape of it. Which, when the desire is strong enough, it's got a rough idea of its self-image. This tends to mean a more humanoid figure, though it's more often warped in some way–a self-reflection, skewed by said desire. The warping varies on the dead soul’s perception of themselves, the intensity of their desire, how much time passed after death, and how much ectoplasm was present.

In short… no matter how “normal" a ghost looks or acts, it really, truly isn't human. It's animated ectoplasm with a single goal: an obsession. Nothing else. They're more akin to plants than animals, following a single drive with no emotion. They react to stimuli, recognize threats (including other ghosts), and can even imitate human speech and mannerisms to obtain fulfillment of their obsession.

Not “evil" by any stretch, but they're entirely driven by instinct. A tree doesn't pause to consider the rocks it breaks with its roots. A cordyceps doesn't torture its host for fun, or kill with malice. It just does. It follows code in its DNA to survive and multiply–And ghosts just follow the code in its ectoplasm to fulfill its obsession. The more powerful a ghost, the better it's able to overcome obstacles preventing this–whether through brute force, or manipulation. This power is always directly proportional to the amount of ectoplasm present at the time of formation, and how much time passed since death.

What then, does this mean for Danny? Danny, who's previously come to the conclusion that he's only half-ghost, which surely explains how he retained his mind? His independent thoughts and emotions?

What does this mean for Phantom, who experienced an entire world’s worth of ectoplasm condensed as a singularity, at the exact time of his death? Whose strength only grows and begins to exceed every limit they previously thought possible?

If a ghost was as strong as him… could it mimic a human perfectly? Down to a molecular level?

Could it, in its desire to fill an obsession… trick its own fake mind into thinking it was still human? Or half-ghost?

#Danny Phantom #zilly squeaks #it's the greyed out morality for me dude #on one hand it shows how dangerous ghosts are. how you can't reason with them. how they aren't *people*#and yet. you can still find ways to work with them. there's reason to show them mercy when possible #even if it's not really 'pain' it still cries out and bleeds when struck #i just love this kind of angle where there's a solid reason to find co-existence but also like #knowing full well these creatures are more or less. potentially deadly trees. do u feel me #when does sentience bloom from code?#what caused our ancestors to become sapient?#Danny getting Real Fucked Up about possibly being a full ghost who's just really good at pretending to be human #when really... does it even matter?#(for double the pain: add headcanon that ghosts feed off of human life for additional power)

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possibly-not-a-ghost · 2 years

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Fake Cryptids, Real Ghosts

Ok, so dp x dc/batfam because this AU has me by the throat but what if it's the fake cryptid batfamily AU who never joined the JL.

Just...imagine it. The Batfamily has been protecting Gotham quietly but fiercely by scaring the daylights out of criminals as creatures that go bump in the night. A bit of stage magic, frightening method acting, contortion, a whole language comprised of chirps, growls, and body language, and the best tech possible and you've got a recipe for striking fear into the hearts of everyone.

They've got shrines on the rooftops, vaguely on the JL radar (Cause really, who's gonna believe that Gotham, one of the worst cities has a demon problem? Constantine? Homeboy took one look at Gotham and went Nope.) and they're protected cause any self respecting Gothamite wouldn't go spilling the beans to Outsiders. The Bats keep them safe. Who would believe them anyways?

Enter half dead, half alive Danny Fenton.

Danny Fenton who has a best friend's named Tucker and Sam who find out about the Gotham Cryptids, and go absolutely ham on research because here lies something,a bunch of someone's who are Other. Maybe they're creepy but they're cool and they're Heroes and they help people.

Sure, at first it was an attempt from Sam and Tucker to help their best friend feel less alone in the face of other, more 'normal' heroes and people out there in the world. Maybe they try to further bury the Bats online cause if anyone understands keeping on the down low, it would be Amity Parker's. For awhile, Danny Fenton, sometimes Phantom is simply happy to know he's not alone.

Then he's outed and his sister who's long since been ecto-contaiminated is put at risk there's nowhere that seems safer. Gotham is a chaotic city, even without the Bats factoring in. After all Gotham has (Demons-Spirits-Creatures?) The Bats already. Who would care if a halfa and his sister hide out there? As long as they're respectful of their territory, it'll be fine right? Besides, they've got to warn the Bats anyways about the GIW and government. They're coming after ghosts, who knows if they'll be next? Spooky things have to look out for each other after all.

Cue shenanigans as Phantom who stops hiding all of his creepier traits as a ghost walks up to the Totally Human but Faking it Batman with really thoughtful gifts for all of their shrines (And one fruitcake), no heartbeat and an earnest plea for a safe haven in their Haunt because the Ancients taught him manners and the importance of respecting another entities territory.

#dp x dc #dc #batman #danny fenton #danny phantom #fake cryptid batfam #This has been living rent free in my head for the last week just picture how hysterical it would be #The Batfam in this AU who go about like normal people during the day but are Dramatic Nightmares come nighttime #rook posts stuff #rook writes stuff #kinda #Danny and Jazz being SO RESPECTFUL of the Bats #and while Danny knows they aren't ghosts he never tries to pry because they deserve their secrets #meanwhile in the Batcave Bruce and fam are going nuts because here's a literal dead child asking for a safe haven in Gotham and HOW DOES HE #FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK FOR A DEAD CHILD ALFRED HELP #and when they finally meet Jazz while still being unaware of Danny's Halfa status (He forgot okay? He's used to the ghosts who already Know #cause his sister is alive but we found ancient art depicting Phantom and ok family of choice is a Thing we respect but also what #OR Danny and Jazz try to hide in this AU even from the Bats but honestly all the ideas in my head keep making me snort #fake cryptids real ghosts au

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kakusu-shipping · 3 months

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Thoughts on/during Mochi Mayhem? I'm curious. Especially towards the... memetic dance scene(s).

I LOVED IT!!!!

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet really put me in the "I wanna be a kid doing stupid dumb goofy things with my friends" vibes and Mochi Mayhem really delivered! everyone coming over to the player's house and hanging out at the start and the whole finding the remote mini quest at the community center really got to me. We're just a couple of kids doing kid things!!

Also the fact that Arven says Clicker like an old man means so much to me. We really are siblings.

SPEAKING OF ARVEN

He knocked it out of the PARK during Mochi Mayhem being just??? So funny??? Like, he's so pushy about being the player's one and only Best Friend

And he's so agro at Kieran over it to the point of ending the epilogue apologizing for it... But Kieran didn't even notice because he's so use to his sister being agro at him like that???

Also the fact that he has just enough control while mind controlled by Pecharunt to be embarrassed by the stupid dance dskgjdfjgjdfh Hysterical

There's a lot of other really silly moments that got to me very personally, like how much everyone calls out Nemona for being entirely too much, or just the implication that the three of them were hanging out without me, implying they've all become friends as well really gets to me

I don't like the paid DLC direction Nintendo is going in, but this is the best Pokemon Game post DS Era in my opinion, even if with the DLC it's more than double the price of a DS era Pokemon game with about the same amount of content...

But yeah! I really liked the Epilogue! I had a great time, I loved seeing everyone getting to have a fun time and being silly, I ADORE Pecharunt to no end, and am super happy to have Kieran back in the club room finally!

#Pokemon SV Epilogue #Pokemon SV Spoilers #Arven #Penny #Nemona #Kieran #I like Pokemon I like when it's silly I like when it's fun I like that the characters are friends and get along #I also feel like this epilogue gave us just a little bit of the modern era Pokemon Haunted House vibe #We haven't had a real uncomfortable Real Ghost encounter in Pokemon sense XY which I think is okay #A little sad but they weren't major so it's okay they've been taken out #But ther were parts of the Epilogue before people started doing their silly little dances that DID give me a little heeby geeby #Like when Carmine just appears and stands there quietly at the beginning #Or when you're first looking for Nemona and the townies have purple eyes and aren't dancing yet #When Kieran's grandpa gets possessed!!#Little moments that are a little freaky and then are immediately wiped away by silly chicken dance #It's good I don't understand why the dance but I did enjoy it #Watching Carmine do a silly dance did get to me at first to I did laugh!!#I also just adore Pecharunt he's my morally grey little boy son son boy <3 #The short they released for him on the YouTube channel got me he's just a little baby who doesn't know any better #He just wants to be loved <3 I will love him like my own son

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jestersnonsense · 10 months

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Re-Uploaded from r/thehauntedmansion , but here's new Tarot Card themed character posters for the new movie. Specifically the ones featuring the ghosts!

Here's the link to the original post with all the character posters (mostly featuring foolish mortals)

Anyway, thoughts?

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rovermcfly · 6 months

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I adore ghost files but I really do not like the concept of doing home haunts of random viewers.

it's fun to believe, it's fun to explore houses pretending there's ghosts there, but using a random stranger's accounts of their experience with the supernatural in their home is super icky to me. they don't know this person. they could be experiencing serious symptoms from being slowly poisoned in their home by gas or black mold or something. they could have a psychological condition that causes hallucinations or paranoia. things like that could be going untreated bc they keep being reaffirmed that there's ghosts in their house. or they could be making it all up to use watcher as a jumping off point for internet fame or whatever.

it's extremely uncomfortable watching them pretend like those aren't options and potentially just broadcast someone's disorder or symptoms as a funny mystery.

in general they don't address the reality of the source of so many ghost sightings enough. it's not always the wind or animals outside. sometimes it's mold, sometimes it's schizophrenia, sometimes it's sleep paralysis etc. pretending those things don't exist is the reason so many people don't/didn't get the treatment they need. I get that the show is supposed to he entertainment, but there are topics that come with a certain responsibility too.

#believing in the supernatural is all fun and games until it potentially becomes a health hazard #PLEASE if you hear voices or see ghosts PLEASE go to a doctor and also get your home checked #ghosts aren't real but black mold is #ghost files #watcher #negativity #I don't usually post like this but it is genuinely concerning to me

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bumblingbabooshka · 11 months

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#I drew this when I was VERY stressed (days ago)#bee doodles #Tuvok/Janeway #Janeway/Tuvok #st voyager #st voyager art #letter writing and the preparation of warm beverages #Janeway & Tuvok seem like they'd call each other things like 'my other half' and 'my moral center' and 'my dearest companion' but then you #ask if they're dating and they're like Noooo. Absolutely not. and they're not but they are coming into each other's rooms at night #because neither of them can sleep well and talking about Mark & T'Pel while they lean against one another (holding the warm mugs instead of #hands - that comes later when they can pretend that maybe they were asleep)#because they're the only ones who know Mark & T'Pel - you're the only part of my old life that's here and that's a comfort and that's a #tragedy (because I care about you too much to want you here but I need you too much to wish you were anywhere else - and maybe I'm too #selfish too and too afraid to be alone) and when they're talking about Mark & T'Pel they can ignore the fact that they're leaning against #each other and how good the weight feels and how much their chests ache and how much they want more. Not even sex or a kiss but something #steady that lasts. (hold me close even if you can't tell me it'll be alright)#two people who're loyal to everything - too loyal to ask for what they want. They aren't dating because they're married to ghosts now and #to leave that haunted house would be to admit that there's nothing left there - that the grieving's done - and if the grieving's done then #the loving is too. It has to matter - it has to be present to be real (follow Starfleet rules follow Social rules follow the rules we make #up on the fly and honor as if they've been longstanding. Build a little life with me. Define strong lines we cannot cross. Look into my eyes #to make sure I'm not longing. Double check. Triple check. Don't look away. Please.)#When I want to hear your voice I'll read the words you've written - but I won't ask you to stay #Kathryn Janeway #Tuvok

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positivelyghastly · 1 year

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The inaugural portrait of Papa Emeritus the First, coming to the background of ANOTHER portrait near you

#the band ghost #papa emeritus i #primo my beloved little old man #I said I wouldn’t go super detailed and yet here we are #this thing is like 90x130 mm so it’s actually fucking tiny compared to the canvas it’s going to be put on #I hc that primo ascended when he was around his late 40s way before the church brought back the ghost project #hence him not being as scrunkly as he should be #also don't come at me for the dog collar. satanic antipopes aren't real so I can dress them up however I want

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andthebeanstalk · 4 months

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The cool thing about a horror movie that takes place in a mental hospital and, shockingly, actually turns out to be on the side of mentally ill people is that it avoids all the common disgusting pitfalls of mocking, demonizing, and infantilizing mentally ill people.

The downside is

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[It's much scarier.]

#original #smile movie #smile 2022 #I'm literally two scenes in #it could definitely become ableist by the end of the movie but I'm kind of obsessed so far?#like nothing is scarier to me than the lack of quality help and validation available to victims of trauma! and this movie is LEANING INTO IT #which is way scarier and also way truer and more important to talk about than a looney bin filled with lunatics who want to murder you #like that's literally a concept based solely on people's ableist fears.#same with horror movie monsters that are just people with facial deformities or congenital disorders or just... people who are poor #(the hillbilly cannibal trope is just MAN POOR PEOPLE ARE SCARY HUH. it's garbage.)#what's ACTUALLY a horror is the way these people are treated! and that INCLUDES how they are portrayed in media!#because guess what? ghosts aren't real and an abandoned mental hospital can't hurt you #but you know what can? a doctor who doesn't believe you. a system built on neglect. THAT'S the horror we need to talk about.#and THAT is why I am going to have to watch this movie in short installments over a few days #and let me be clear: i am alive today bc of a mental hospital's IOP/PHP program. i stopped being suicidal after YEARS bc of that program #mental hospitals CAN and SHOULD be GOOD THINGS ACTUALLY. but in countries with shitty healthcare that's very hard to find.#it is also why it is my life's work to build a treatment center that PROVES we can do this ethically and with compassion #life is worth living #and the American Healthcare industry can die just the same as any other giant or dragon. empires have fallen before. it is not immortal.#YOU reading this matter. stay safe. please. it isn't the end yet. i love you.

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a-hearts-a-heavy-burden · 7 months

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trans-xianxian · 7 months

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I'm enjoying the fontaine storyline so far I feel like it's progressing the plot forward a good amount and we're getting some rlly cool and important lore info but I Am sort of like. can we solve an insane crisis now. can we have a boss fight please. I enjoy that we're learning a bunch of stuff but it feels like we're Only learning a bunch of stuff and not actually Doing anything of monumental plot importance we're just sort of watching all of the other characters do it

#like I enjoyed the newest archon quest a lot it was great it kept me engaged!!! but also we didn't do anything #like we weren't even there to help fix the water thing because we were sitting silently watching arlechino interrogate furina???#everything we've done so far in fontaine feels very idle #the trial last patch was so low stakes in like. the grand scheme of things and just served as world building/an elaborate lore drop #most of the archon quest this patch was investigating childe #and then when the big high stakes thing Did happen we weren't even really there for the important part #we did nothing at the tea party w arlechino and furina except watch it happen #and again I'm enjoying it!! we're learning a lot and thats rlly cool!! important world and character information is being gained!!!#but we aren't Doing anything or Solving any problems like we did in other nations #and I guess its sort of a nice break? but doing random tasks while watching Other characters fix the crisis is sort of getting old #like I think fontaine has had some of the best written storyline thus far #I just want to actually participate in something of real significance to the world or nation as a whole #hopefully they are just doing like. a fuck ton of exposition for The Big Crisis and its gonna feel extra important #but like. chop chop #never thought I'd actually be Asking for a boss fight 😭#ghost posts #text #genshin

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shuckstruck · 7 months

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NO i don't believe in ghosts but i'm ALSO not going 2 put myself in situations where there could be ghosts tho. ghosts are scary

#rumbles #ghosts Do give me chills im just also #extremely firm in telling myself ghosts aren't real #does that make sense

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bunnyb34r · 10 days

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I swear to God my house is fucking haunted (I mean I knew it was but like MORE haunted) like theres been shit falling over for no reason all fucking day

The hair spray bottle that hasnt been touched in months fell off the sink. Something in the kitchen fell, I did not investigate. The tv antenna was knocked down. And just now there was a fucking stuffed animal avalanche bc like three fucking stuffed animals that havent been touched in YEARS launched off the top shelf and knocked my hello kitty water dispenser down (thankfully I do not use it, it is decorative), both the doll rooms off (breaking one :( minor damage but still), the one apparently load bearing plushie behind the dispenser fell in the empty space, and the stupid straw hat I have kept falling when I put it back.

Like what's your fucking problem??? Am I not paying enough attention to you fucking ghosts?? Are you trying to get my attention to tell me something? Bc if so I ain't gonna listen if you keep knockin my shit down. I fucking have two drinks on the nightstand where the dispenser is and I'm so fucking lucky they didnt get hit bc god I would be LIVID. Like cant you write on the bathroom mirror or send me coins like yall usually do?? What do you want?????

#there was absolutely no reason for this shit to drop yall are just being asshole ghosts #and before anyone tries to dispute the fact my house is haunted/ghosts aren't real shut up bc i know theyre here i have proof #they can apparently affect electrical shit like in the sims bc after my dad died like a year after I had gone downstairs to get something #and i hit all 3 light switches bc its a habit. anyway the one hasnt worked in over a decade and we've tried to fix it to no avail. anyway tm #they ALL turned on and it's been working ever since like agdgdgd hello?? and i can feel their presence a lot like when the cats visit me #i remember dad saying he SAW our first cat's ghost clear as day a couple months after he passed and we've all felt his presence 🥺#i have other incidents but anyway yknow pennies from heaven? well we lost so many people in 4 years so there was confusion on who sent #the coins yknow? well my dad sends quarters. i KNOW it's him and he knew i collect them. aunt k sends nickels @#and idr who sends dimes but i know those two. also bluejays are dad like cardinal's are passed loved ones we know it's dad #i used to be a skeptic and be like okay yall are just bullshiting but nah i get it this shit is real #also possession/reincarnation is real sgdgdgdg but again another story another time #marquilla

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koishikei · 9 months

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pros to where i live now: it's not haunted

cons to where i live now: it's not haunted so when i hear weird noises at night i can't brush it off as ghosts

#kei goes off #don't fucking @ me 'ghosts aren't real' shit i will chew all ur computer cords

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widowshill · 3 months

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#11, memory, and Roger & Vicki? please and thank you!

5 SENTENCE DRABBLES!

Lilacs, the scent of lilacs. Roger looked up from his page with a sharp inhale: there, as vibrant as if she were real, a cascade of brown hair over that old green sweater of hers, so familiar he could feel the darn beneath his fingers.

"Vicki."

Their governess turned with a smile, revealing arms full of fresh cut flowers and Roger, mortified, stumbled into hasty apology.

Miss Evans in her grace assured him, "It's alright, Mr. Collins, I miss her too."

#5 sentences ..... if u trust and believe me.#ty for sending this !!!#anyways i do feel. some kinddddd of way about ghosts that aren't ghosts in this house (alongside ghosts that are ghosts)#and roger who – just this once – would take a real apparition.#tortoisesshells #➤ meme responses. ┊ boo !#➤ answered. ┊ Collinsport 4099.#➤ roger collins & victoria winters. ┊ pain sometimes precedes pleasure，miss winters.

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themthistles · 1 year

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guards in video games crouching down to inspect random barrels with their back exposed for a conveniently prolonged amount of time:

#i forgot they always do that but ghost of tsushima reminded me #they're looking at those barrels like they're the most interesting objects in the whole world #sometimes it's not random barrels but random sacks #or a bunch of apples on the floor #there was this one guy who studied a wall intently for like a whole minute #starting to suspect these guys aren't very good at their jobs #or they're just disassociating on company time #in which case real and understood

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