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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process
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** Arnold Friend is perhaps the scariest element of the story. He's a very odd man who, although initially charming, soon shows his true colors. Connie is very disturbed by him, as the longer she talks to him, the more "wrong" he appears to be. She notes to herself that all of his characteristics- both physical and personality-wise- don't seem to "fit" together correctly, giving off a distinctive UncannyValley feel.
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** Arnold Friend is perhaps the scariest element of the story. He's a very odd man who, although initially charming, soon shows his true colors. Connie is very disturbed by him, as the longer she talks to him, the more "wrong" he appears to be. She notes to herself that all of his characteristics- both physical and personality-wise- don't seem to "fit" together correctly, giving off a distinctive UncannyValley distinctively creepy feel.
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* UncannyValley: The longer Connie talks to Arnold, the more he falls into this. Connie notes that his characteristics do not come together the way they should, and is particularly unnerved by how old he appears to be the more she studies his face.
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** The numbers could represent the Biblical reference to sexual assault, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15. They also (possibly) serve as a subtle NameDrop, as the bible passage (Judges, 19:17), is "When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "''Where are you going, and where do you come from?''"".
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** The numbers could represent the Biblical reference to sexual assault, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15. They also (possibly) serve as a subtle NameDrop, as the bible passage (Judges, 19:17), is "When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "''Where are you going, and where do you come from?''"".from?''"."
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** The numbers could represent the Biblical reference to sexual assault, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15. They also (possibly) serve as a subtle NameDrop, as the bible passage (Judges, 19:17), is "When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, ''Where are you going, and where do you come from?''".
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** The numbers could represent the Biblical reference to sexual assault, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15. They also (possibly) serve as a subtle NameDrop, as the bible passage (Judges, 19:17), is "When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, ''Where "''Where are you going, and where do you come from?''".from?''"".
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** The numbers could represent the Biblical reference to sexual assault, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15.
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** The numbers could represent the Biblical reference to sexual assault, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15. They also (possibly) serve as a subtle NameDrop, as the bible passage (Judges, 19:17), is "When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, ''Where are you going, and where do you come from?''".
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Arnold Friend gets a ''lot'' of this, particularly concerning his true nature. People seem to be evenly split on whether he's Satan himself, some other kind of supernatural entity, or just a human serial killer.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Arnold Friend gets a ''lot'' of this, particularly concerning his true nature. People seem to be evenly split on whether he's Satan himself, some other kind of supernatural entity, or just a human serial killer.killer (the inspiration for Friend was a SerialKiller named Charles Schmid).
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** The numbers could represent some form of Biblical reference to an upcoming Doomsday, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15.
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** The numbers could represent some form of the Biblical reference to an upcoming Doomsday, sexual assault, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15.
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** The numbers could represent some form of Biblical reference to an upcoming Doomsday, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie.
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** The numbers could represent some form of Biblical reference to an upcoming Doomsday, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie. Connie is 15, and Arnold's numbers keep getting closer in 15.
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** The numbers could represent some form of Biblical reference to an upcoming Doomsday, or even the ages of Arnold's previous victims before Connie.
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* EpilepticTrees: The fact that the story is frequently anthologized and is a standard for teachers of high school or college literature courses means that it's fairly widely read and discussed, and there are very diverse theories about various aspects of the story. The nature of Arnold Friend (Serial killer? Satan? Alien? Something else entirely?) and his even more mysterious friend Ellie Oscar, as well as what the numbers "33, 19, 17" mean are the most common subjects.
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* UncannyValley: The longer Connie talks to Arnold, the more he falls into this. Connie notes that his characteristics do not come together the way they should, and is particularly unnerved by how old he appears to be the more she studies his face.
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unfortunate implications need citations
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* UnfortunateImplications: Some critics accuse the story of punishing Connie for exploring her sexuality. Although of course, this is a YMMV trope for a reason.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Arnold Friend gets a ''lot'' of this, particularly concerning his true nature. People seem to be evenly split on whether he's Satan himself, some other kind of supernatural entity, or just a human serial killer.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Some critics accuse the story of punishing Connie for exploring her sexuality. Although of course, this is a YMMV trope for a reason.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Some critics accuse the story of punishing Connie for exploring her sexuality. Although of course, this is a YMMV trope for a reason.
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*AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Arnold Friend gets a ''lot'' of this, particularly concerning his true nature. People seem to be evenly split on whether he's Satan himself, some other kind of supernatural entity, or just a human serial killer.
* NightmareFuel: Oh, where to ''begin?''
** Arnold Friend is perhaps the scariest element of the story. He's a very odd man who, although initially charming, soon shows his true colors. Connie is very disturbed by him, as the longer she talks to him, the more "wrong" he appears to be. She notes to herself that all of his characteristics- both physical and personality-wise- don't seem to "fit" together correctly, giving off a distinctive UncannyValley feel.
** Just the idea of being in Connie's situation. Imagine that you're alone in your house, in an area where the houses are spread apart, when two strangers arrive and start trying to coax you to leave with them. Not only that, they threaten to hurt your loved ones if you don't comply and you can't call for help. What would ''you'' do?
* UnfortunateImplications: Some critics accuse the story of punishing Connie for exploring her sexuality. Although of course, this is a YMMV trope for a reason.
* NightmareFuel: Oh, where to ''begin?''
** Arnold Friend is perhaps the scariest element of the story. He's a very odd man who, although initially charming, soon shows his true colors. Connie is very disturbed by him, as the longer she talks to him, the more "wrong" he appears to be. She notes to herself that all of his characteristics- both physical and personality-wise- don't seem to "fit" together correctly, giving off a distinctive UncannyValley feel.
** Just the idea of being in Connie's situation. Imagine that you're alone in your house, in an area where the houses are spread apart, when two strangers arrive and start trying to coax you to leave with them. Not only that, they threaten to hurt your loved ones if you don't comply and you can't call for help. What would ''you'' do?
* UnfortunateImplications: Some critics accuse the story of punishing Connie for exploring her sexuality. Although of course, this is a YMMV trope for a reason.
