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->''"Just because you reveal a killer's motives doesn't automatically mean he's not scary, BUT there's an irreversible shift a character takes when their motivations go from 'Because I enjoy murdering children' to 'I want to become immortal'. You go from SerialKiller scary to [[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] scary."''

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->''"Just because you reveal a killer's motives doesn't automatically mean he's not scary, BUT there's an irreversible shift a character takes when their motivations go from 'Because I enjoy murdering children' to 'I want to become immortal'. You go from SerialKiller scary to [[VideoGame/MegaMan [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]] scary."''
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->''"I honestly think the reason why Belos is so hated is because of Hunter--full stop. If he wasn't abusive toward Hunter and people didn't project their own feelings onto Hunter and see how relatable his situation is, then I doubt Belos would get this much vitriolic hate.[...]\\
Again, I think that what triggers people about Belos is how he treats Hunter not the whole witch genocide thing or "colonization" because the show spends more time showing us how much Hunter suffers than the whole Boiling Isles."''
-->-- '''[[https://let-us-cultivate-our-garden.tumblr.com/post/725188693784248320/someone-dm-me-insisting-that-belos-is-a-hate-sink let-us-cultivate-our-garden]]''' on [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Belos and Hunter]]
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->''[[PowerArmor The Caliban]] is, first and foremost, an example of how dangerous it is to sleep on [[MegaCorp IPS-N]] when the question of "who's the scariest armor manufacturer" comes up. Let me lay it down for you:''
->''Harrison Armory's [[OneNationUnderCopyright dogmatic nationalism and imperial ambitions]]? Deeply troubling.''
->''SSC's [[CloneArmy weird eugenics]]? Uncomfortable.''
->''HORUS's [[BlueAndOrangeMorality deeply nihilistic disregard]] for handing out [[MechanicalAbomination paracausal weaponry]] to random people? Horrifying.''
->''IPS-N's reason for making a tool [[OneManArmy designed to kill human beings very, very quickly]]? [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Expedience]].''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' player '''VEX''', on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/LancerRPG/comments/z3vjbe/but_i_i_will_be_worse_meme_and_shitpost_until_it/ The IPS-N Caliban mech]].
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->'''DM''': Even from the beginning, the smiles were in no way magically induced. Just good ol' psychological self-inflicted peer pressure.\\
'''Applejack''': Why does that sound... kinda worse?\\
'''DM''': Because it's a thing that can actually happen.
-->--''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'' [[https://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/1904 1904: "Happy Facade"]]
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-->'''[=AzulStryer=]''', in the comments section of VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinMariosMadness' official upload of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU_Q2pmzHQc "Last Course"]]

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-->'''[=AzulStryer=]''', -->--'''[=AzulStryer=]''', in the comments section of VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinMariosMadness' official upload of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU_Q2pmzHQc "Last Course"]]
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Yea it’s kinda just rabies but far worse -@calvinplayz1280

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->''Ngl I found Turmoil to be much more terrifying than the other mod opponents, why? Because Turmoil's just a normal Mario turned feral, and it's entirely possible that you can encounter...things like this. With everyone else, they're either joke opponents or scary-looking. For the latter, I can simply reassure myself that they're not real, yet I'd still remain unsettled. '''But Turmoil? It's how they act, and what they DO that feels too rooted in reality.'''"
-->'''[=AzulStryer=]''', in the comments section of VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinMariosMadness' official upload of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU_Q2pmzHQc "Last Course"]]
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-->--''WebAnimation/{{Moonkitti}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxosPdKszI I sort-of spoil Spottedleaf's Heart]]''

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-->--''WebAnimation/{{Moonkitti}}, [[https://www.-->--'''WebAnimation/{{Moonkitti}}''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxosPdKszI I sort-of spoil Spottedleaf's Heart]]''
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-->--Website/YouTube commenter edward18517 on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI Prevent-It.ca workplace safety ads]] (WARNING: link features serious simulated injuries)

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-->--Website/YouTube commenter edward18517 '''edward18517''' on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI Prevent-It.ca workplace safety ads]] (WARNING: link features serious simulated injuries)



-->--''WebVideo/BumblesMcFumbles, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-DbEybuqns&ab_channel=BumblesMcFumbles Jack Complains About The FNAF Storyline]]''

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-->--''WebVideo/BumblesMcFumbles, [[https://www.-->--'''WebVideo/BumblesMcFumbles''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-DbEybuqns&ab_channel=BumblesMcFumbles Jack Complains About The FNAF Storyline]]''
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-->--''WebVideo/FawfulsMinion, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaP3XHbGso Top Ten Slayers In Video Games]]''

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-->--''WebVideo/FawfulsMinion, [[https://www.-->--'''WebVideo/FawfulsMinion''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaP3XHbGso Top Ten Slayers In Video Games]]''
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->''"It's hard to truly say that reality [[RealityIsUnrealistic is stranger than fiction]], but there's definitely an argument to be made that it's scarier. Yeah, fiction can come up with new ways to scare us, but we're ''ALWAYS'' scared of what we know is already out there: [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse people just like us]], doing things ''NOTHING'' like us. ...[[SerialKiller Guys that are gonna kill you]], [[CaptainObvious is what I'm saying]]."''
-->--''WebVideo/FawfulsMinion, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaP3XHbGso Top Ten Slayers In Video Games]]''
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->''"Just because you reveal a killer's motives doesn't automatically mean he's not scary, BUT there's an irreversible shift a character takes when their motivations go from 'Because I enjoy murdering children' to 'I want to become immortal'. You go from SerialKiller scary to [[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] scary."''
-->--''WebVideo/BumblesMcFumbles, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-DbEybuqns&ab_channel=BumblesMcFumbles Jack Complains About The FNAF Storyline]]''
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->''"''Film/WarGames'' posits David as the hero because he convinces WOPR that the rules of the game are flawed. David might be motivated by human compassion, but crucially, the way he wins is by thinking like an algorithm, not the other way around. This is ''[=WarGames=]''' mic drop moment, a twist that feels more subtle and chilling now than it did forty years ago. WOPR isn’t scary like [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] or ruthless like [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]]. What makes ''[=WarGames=]'' so good is that the killer AI here isn’t exceptional. Like the tech we take for granted today, the AI threat in ''[=WarGames=]'' is boring and ordinary. And that ''is'' scary."''

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->''"''Film/WarGames'' posits David as the hero because he convinces WOPR that the rules of the game are flawed. David might be motivated by human compassion, but crucially, [[StartXToStopX the way he wins is by thinking like an algorithm, algorithm]], not the other way around. This is ''[=WarGames=]''' mic drop moment, a twist that feels more subtle and chilling now than it did forty years ago. WOPR isn’t scary like [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] or ruthless like [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]]. What makes ''[=WarGames=]'' so good is that the killer AI here isn’t exceptional. Like the tech we take for granted today, the AI threat in ''[=WarGames=]'' is boring and ordinary. And that ''is'' scary."''
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->''"''Film/WarGames'' posits David as the hero because he convinces WOPR that the rules of the game are flawed. David might be motivated by human compassion, but crucially, the way he wins is by thinking like an algorithm, not the other way around. This is ''[=WarGames=]''' mic drop moment, a twist that feels more subtle and chilling now than it did forty years ago. WOPR isn’t scary like [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] or ruthless like [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]]. What makes ''[=WarGames=]'' so good is that the killer AI here isn’t exceptional. Like the tech we take for granted today, the AI threat in ''[=WarGames=]'' is boring and ordinary. And that ''is'' scary."''
-->-- "[[https://www.inverse.com/culture/wargames-40-years-sci-fi-hacker-ai 40 Years Ago, One Classic Sci-Film Was Ahead Of Its Time -- For The Wrong Reasons]]"
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->''If you're too young to appreciate it yet, consider yourself fortunate. Debt sucks.''
-->--''Website/SCPFoundation'' author '''djkaktus''', on [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2271 SCP-2271 ("Factory Loans")]]

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->'''Wesley:''' You forgetting how we met? You were strapped to a sacrificial altar while the goddess Yeska was called forth from the nether regions to consume you.\\
'''Virginia:''' But I grew up with all that sort of stuff. Creepy crawlies and scary monsters I can handle - but guns? Kind of makes it all a little too real, you know?
-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}''

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-> ''...though it is disturbing that rather than brushing off cartoonish pain gags, they have believable outcomes like casts.''
-->-- '''MC 'Toon Reviews''', [[https://mctoonreviews.blogspot.com/2019/04/roadie-to-nowhere-fridge-too-far-loud.html reviewing]] ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "A Fridge Too Far"
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->''Ugh, that first one. I'm glad I only ever had to see that once on youtube. The others are much more bearable as there's not any real pain or agony in them. But that first one, the screaming, the boiling skin...guh...''
-->--Website/YouTube commenter edward18517 on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI Prevent-It.ca workplace safety ads]] (WARNING: link features serious simulated injuries)
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-->--''WebAnimation/{{Moonkitti}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxosPdKszI I sort-of spoil Spottedleaf's Heart]]''

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-->--''WebAnimation/{{Moonkitti}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxosPdKszI I sort-of spoil Spottedleaf's Heart]]''Heart]]''
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-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxosPdKszI I sort-of spoil Spottedleaf's Heart]]'', by Creator/{{Moonkitti}}

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-->--''[[https://www.-->--''WebAnimation/{{Moonkitti}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxosPdKszI I sort-of spoil Spottedleaf's Heart]]'', by Creator/{{Moonkitti}}Heart]]''
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This quote really stuck out to me. Side note, I've never actually added a quote before, so if I messed up the formatting no i didn't <3


-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAYvWhSLHUU How Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Ruined Lillie's Character Arc]]''

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-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAYvWhSLHUU How Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Ruined Lillie's Character Arc]]''Arc]]''

->''So why is [[Recap/WarriorCatsSpottedleafsHeart this story]] so scary? Why does everyone consider it bad? Well, that's because Spottedpaw is being manipulated by Thistleclaw. It's not her fault, it's entirely Thistleclaw's fault. It's scary because we had a Literature/WarriorCats book about a child predator.''
-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxosPdKszI I sort-of spoil Spottedleaf's Heart]]'', by Creator/{{Moonkitti}}
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-> ''The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.''
-->-- ''Creator/JosephConrad''



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->''See, the reason [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Lusamine]] gets so much praise as a villain is because, behind all the talk of space travel and intergalactic monsters, there's a very real kind of antagonist that so many people have to deal with every single day: a mother, or a father, or some other close person in someone's life that treats them terribly and disregards their feelings about it. That's such a relatable and real terror for so many people that Lusamine feels so much more villainous than other team leaders because that kind of evil hits hard on a personal level''.
-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAYvWhSLHUU How Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Ruined Lillie's Character Arc]]''
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-> ''...though it is disturbing that rather than brushing off cartoonish pain gags, they have believable outcomes like casts.''
-->-- '''MC 'Toon Reviews''', [[https://mctoonreviews.blogspot.com/2019/04/roadie-to-nowhere-fridge-too-far-loud.html reviewing]] ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "A Fridge Too Far"
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-> ''The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.''
-->-- ''Creator/JosephConrad''

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