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Post by Orion M on Apr 20, 2016 10:10:28 GMT -6
Creepypastas come in all shapes and sizes from the surreal to the supernatural. They create their own subgenre within themselves.
I ask, what is your prefer sub-genre and why?
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Post by DAE THE WRITER on Apr 20, 2016 15:16:45 GMT -6
Uneasy. Something that doesn't scare but, uneases.
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Post by Orion M on Apr 20, 2016 15:19:27 GMT -6
I am a fan of the surreal, if it weren't for the ending of 1999, it would have been one of my favorites.
I also enjoy the science experiments.
Not a huge fan of supernatural
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Post by Zathoth on Apr 20, 2016 16:47:18 GMT -6
1999 is pretty realistic though... I love surreal stuff though. I love the weird things Slimebeast manages to make horrifying, but on the other hand I am also a huge fan of Dead Palette and The Little Fears. These weird little anecdotal stories that turns into uneasy questions.
My own horror writing is mostly me failing to mix the two. While throwing in some Lovecraft and Thomas Ligotti in there.
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Post by DAE THE WRITER on Apr 21, 2016 5:05:36 GMT -6
I'm into short creepypastas. Quick to the Punchline.
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Post by ParmaJon on Apr 22, 2016 8:11:19 GMT -6
On the flipped side of things I can't get into lost episodes or haunted games, if done well I can see them as unsettling but generally they feel cheesy and bland.
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Post by Orion M on Apr 22, 2016 10:06:50 GMT -6
I heard you on that ParmaJon, we need to break those norms and create new lost episodes and haunted games that make sense. Like make a lost Chaplin movie that is dark.
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Post by Skill Flea on Apr 22, 2016 14:54:30 GMT -6
Jeff OCs.
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Post by DAE THE WRITER on Apr 25, 2016 4:56:05 GMT -6
Leave it to Skill Flea.
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Post by stranger on Sept 2, 2016 23:59:07 GMT -6
I find paranormal-focused stories second only to psychological horror. But at the end of the day all a story needs to do to be great in my book is leave me wondering, "Who was phone?"
There was a story I read a very long time ago that I'm struggling to recall that used the idea of psychological-meets-paranormal very well. A boy heard something coming farther and farther up the stairs each night until it finally got to the top and then bam, the kid went batshit and killed everyone. Does that ring any bells?
Anyways, I also agree with Dae in that I tend to enjoy the shorter pastas. I recently reread "Dancing Down and Indian Hallway in Darkness" which is quite short and, while I find the premise to be pretty tired, I found the piece quite beautiful.
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Post by hyperthermal on Sept 3, 2016 11:17:13 GMT -6
Style is one of many things that I cannot have a preference towards. If it's done well, any style helps to round out a story completely. From what I've noticed in my own "CreepyPasta" writing is favoring classic surrealism, where there is an element of the subconscious driving the material. My story "The HAVOC PSAs" was started from a bizarre dream I had about some Public Service commercials. "Miracuworld" is a long form experiment that is mostly stream of consciousness, but put into a more coherent form.
Some people who I believe stick with a certain style really well are Slimebeast and Viscious516. The latter specialized in original horror story narrations around the same time as TheLittleFears, and while he goes for a surreal style much like I do, there's also a lot of New England flavoring in his work that really makes it stand out. I plan on making a video about how his stories and other works really resonate with me in the best month.
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Post by psychoticpastanarian on Sept 8, 2016 13:46:17 GMT -6
I may be the only one but for some time I found myself to be into Ritualpasta's or Ritual-esque games, but I have noticed a lack of those as it would seem, but other than that the experiments that lead to some revelation of man can be interesting too, but they are also very easily messed up or just plain to bland. The Psycho Killer child one's have been overdone but I do also like being surprised by different monster Creepypasta's unless the monster is too hard to picture, like the author poured way to much time in the description of it, because personally I like to imagine the horrifying monsters, but I suppose for me that would be what my taste in pasta is.
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