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Shadsie Staring At My Own Grave from Across From the Cemetery Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: My elf kissing days are over
Staring At My Own Grave
#1: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:25:11 AM

Last night, I decided to randomly look up something I'd seen mentioned here and there online and had no idea about.

Five Nights at Freddy's - I've not played it, originally thought it had something to do with the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise, not sure I have much of an interest in playing it, though I am actually kind of intrigued now. I just wanted to see what the heck it was, came here, of course, and... ugh.

Why was I troping before bed? I read the page, highlighted the spoilers, clicked links to a couple of clips, and... yeah, I think it was part of the reason I had trouble sleeping last night. I know, LAME. No actual nightmares, just a contribution the the insomnia I'd already set up for myself by having a creative writing session (on an unrelated fanfic I'm working on).

It's just... the premise alone freaks me out. I've NEVER liked those animatronic pizza-place mascots. I only ever once had a birthday at a Chuck E Cheese's (though I think it was Pistol Pete's in my area at the time) when I was getting a little too old for that sort of thing because Mom really didn't want to clean up after a party and convinced me on the grounds that getting a good deal on pizza is awesome. I've always found the mascots freaky. I have a strong imagination, uncanny valley really gets to me. So, the idea of fowl-smelling murder-bots in fursuits is just something of a primal fear for me, I guess.

Eh. I don't have a phone that can support games like that (my phone is basic, used as a phone, often forgotten and left at home) and my laptop is old and failing, so I probably couldn't get the game to give myself a heart attack with anyway.

Well... just reading the tropes page last night has me with a residual feeling of creep-out. Has "just reading about a thing that you have not actually experienced" here on Tropes done that to you? If so, what?

edited 18th Sep '14 11:29:38 AM by Shadsie

In which I attempt to be a writer.
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#2: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:26:38 AM

No.

I don't get nightmares.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Tools from Steel City/The Potteries Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#3: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:28:33 AM

No.

I feed on fear.

ಠ_ಠ
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#4: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:30:26 AM

No, but I did get paranoia fuel from reading the Paranoia Fuel page.

To this day, I'm still absolutely certain that someone is watching me.

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
Shadsie Staring At My Own Grave from Across From the Cemetery Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: My elf kissing days are over
Staring At My Own Grave
#5: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:39:22 AM

This is weird for me, guys. Normally, I also "feed on fear." I am an infamous darkficcer in my fandoms. (I'm the Legend of Zelda fan fiction writer who wrote "that story where Wolf Link gets skinned" ) among other things. I collect, clean and paint animal/wildlife bones and skulls a hobby. I am a member of the Nightmare Fetishist Coven here.

But creepy meant to be cute trying too hard for children have always been an natural fit for assorted murder and haunting for me. I used to fear overly realistic dolls as a kid. My bedroom is filled with art made with real animal skulls - dead deer, that horse skull I'm proud of, yet... no dolls. Nope.

In which I attempt to be a writer.
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#6: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:40:20 AM

[up]I would like to visit your house. Very much.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#7: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:46:29 AM

That actually sounds hella cool.

And also, yeah I'll admit I got pretty freaked out when I stayed up till 2 am reading the page on The Slenderman Mythos.

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#8: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:50:40 AM

The kind of horror that gets me is usually of biological nature.

The only nightmare fuel page that ever managed to creep me out was the Real Life page for Body Horror. Like, whoa.

The least scary nightmare fuel page was that of MLP:FIM. Like...really?

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#9: Sep 18th 2014 at 11:59:57 AM

They should've put something like this instead

Except that's not from the actual show...

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#10: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:01:04 PM

Aw, that's cute. ^-^

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Ozbourne Part-Time Omen of Death from if it fits, I sits (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Part-Time Omen of Death
#11: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:20:33 PM

Nah, I'm more of a Nightmare Fetishist if anything.

Stupid doomed timeline...
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#12: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:22:04 PM

[up][up]You'll love this one, then.

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#13: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:25:17 PM

A bit less cute.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#14: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:27:13 PM

But

That one is way cuter ._.

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#15: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:27:59 PM

I wouldn't know, it's really dark.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Shadsie Staring At My Own Grave from Across From the Cemetery Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: My elf kissing days are over
Staring At My Own Grave
#16: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:46:18 PM

[up] x whatever.

Sorry for late reply. The computing power in my household is elderly and ads have been crashing my browsers something fierce today.

For the person who wants to see my house, there is my current webage (which will probably go bye bye in April as my time will be up on it and I haven't seen the traffic I've been wanting to see from it). http://www.senordwall.com/ There is the sub-page just for the bone art here: http://www.senordwall.com/BoneArtSite/La_Casa_Calavera.html

In which I attempt to be a writer.
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#17: Sep 18th 2014 at 12:51:32 PM

Holy fuck, that's beautiful @_@

I especially like the deer in the headlights.

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
WolfMan16 Humans disturb him from the cold land of coffee lovers Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
Humans disturb him
#18: Sep 18th 2014 at 1:43:34 PM

No, not even reading the Nightmare Fuel pages gives me nightmares.

Some folks on the Internet think they're a special GIFT to the world, and others aren't. In this perspective, they're kind of right.
Medusa Since: May, 2013
#19: Sep 18th 2014 at 2:35:28 PM

Kinda. See, Nightmare Fuel doesn't literally give me nightmares; it just makes it very, very hard to get to sleep.

I read the Slender Man Mythos page, and laid awake until the sun came up. Luckily, I've gotten past that, thanks to watching Everyman HYBRID, Tribe Twelve, Marble Hornets, and Dark Harvest00.

Bleddyn Since: Feb, 2014
#20: Sep 18th 2014 at 7:19:45 PM

No, not even Nightmare Fuel gives me the nightmares

Ironically I do usually get a whole lot of horrible nightmares, but they often don't make any logical sense....they are quite surreal really.

Now Paranoia Fuel? That's a different beast altogether

edited 18th Sep '14 7:20:23 PM by Bleddyn

PhysicalStamina Since: Apr, 2012
#21: Sep 18th 2014 at 8:23:59 PM

Reading the Nightmare Fuel pages (and the Last Note Nightmare page) did used to creep me out, but they never gave me actual nightmares.

DuneTheWanderer Since: Jan, 2014
#22: Sep 18th 2014 at 8:25:18 PM

Among The Sleep.

Considering my past with... "intraparental conflict", it struck a bit of a chord.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#23: Sep 18th 2014 at 8:37:49 PM

That looks like an amazing game.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#24: Sep 18th 2014 at 8:39:20 PM

Oh yeah, I saw a penguinz0 playthrough of that.

I really, really, really wanna play it.

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#25: Sep 18th 2014 at 8:42:37 PM

I saw Krillin play it.

It was quite entertaining.

edited 18th Sep '14 8:43:18 PM by BaconManiac5000

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else

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