Line #90 WMG/Zalgo


1	[[WMG:Zalgo is actually [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} The Nightbringer, C'tan of death, destruction, and oblivion.]]]]
2	* The corruption and decay that happens to all living things when Zalgo is invoked is simply a side-effect of the Nightbringer consuming their souls and absorbing their bodies for sustenance.
3	** "...In his right hand he holds '''a dead star''' and in his left the candle whose light is shadow."
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5	[[WMG:Zalgo is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} a Great Unclean One]].]]
6	Zalgo's M.O. sounds like something a servant of Nurgle would do.
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8	[[WMG:Zalgo is [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Yawgmoth.]]]]
9	* Simple comparison:
10	** [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100815225711/creepypasta/images/d/db/Zalgo.jpg Zalgo-ified image.]]
11	** [[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/arcana/1389 The Mask of Yawgmoth.]]
12	** Any questions?
13	*** How did I not notice this sooner.
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15	[[WMG: Zalgo is Amatsu-Mikabooshi of Myth/JapaneseMythology]]
16	* Amatsu Mika Boshi is said to be the dark essence of chaos from before creation and when the heavens and earth were born, it was shattered and now exists as fragments within all life and is a corrupting force from within. It also explains the BodyHorror aspect, and makes it even worse when you realize WE'RE ALL ASPECTS OF ZALGO!
17	[[spoiler: knowstoomuch]]
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19	[[WMG:Zalgo is the blurred person in the Smile Dog image.]]
20	* The Smile Dog itself can cause depression and suicide, the whole image arguably causes instant death. It's Zalgo.
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22	[[WMG: Zalgo got the Androsynth]]
23	...Orz admits that the corruption left a bit too much for that to be the likeliest case, but it is a possibility.
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25	[[WMG: Zalgo is [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Giygas]].]]
26	Think about it. Giygas makes people and animals act in an unnaturally violent manner. Plus, when you finally approach him, the player characters [[spoiler: have all been ported into [[BuffySpeak robot... suit... things]]. Robots can't bleed out of their faces! [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu The bright side of this that this means Zalgo is dead.]] Thanks Ness!]]
27	* Plus, both Zalgo and Giygas use black and red as their two main colors.
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29	[[WMG: Zalgo is The Slender Man.]]
30	Exactly what it says on the tin.
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32	[[WMG: Alternatively, The Slender Man is Zalgo's underling]]
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34	[[WMG: Alernatively again, Zalgo is Slender Man's underling.]]
35	I like it better this way.
36	* Yeah, if [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abominations]] were a company, Slender Man would probably be an executive (look at that sharp suit he wears!) and Zalgo would work in the IT department.
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38	[[WMG: Zalgo is an [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Outer God]].]]
39	* Why do you think he corrupts everything he touches? Hell, maybe Yog-Sothoth exiled him for deeds [[EvenEvilHasStandards he considered unspeakable.]]
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41	[[WMG: Alternatively ''again'' again, Zalgo and Slender Man are [[HeterosexualLifePartners bros]].]]
42	This way is [[ComicallyMissingThePoint cuter.]]
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44	[[WMG: [[OverlyLongGag Alernatively again again again]] Slender Man, the Rake, and Zalgo are all one big happy family.]]
45	This way it can be marketed as a terrible sitcom for Nick at Nite!
46	* and [[Manga/{{Doraemon}} Tanasinn]] can make guest appearances!
47	* and WebVideo/BenDrowned as the SitcomArchNemesis.
48	** with Jeff as his roommate.
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50	[[WMG: Zalgo inspired the KL-2 Entity from ''VideoGame/StarCraft: Frontline'']]
51	* Volume 4 of Starcraft: Frontline that features the KL-2 Entity was released in October 2009, half a tyear after the Zalgo meme was at the peek of it's popularity.
52	* A dead star will sometimes be mentioned in Zalgo related text. KL-2 is a dead star.
53	* Zalgo style corruption will usually target the eyes first. Victims possessed by the KL-2 Entity look like [[http://images.wikia.com/starcraft/images/b/b5/Morrigan_Closeup_Possessed.JPG this]].
54	** ....OhCrap.
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56	[[WMG: [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Missingno Missigno]] is an incarnation of Zalgo]]
57	Does this even need to be explained?
58	* [[spoiler: human...]]
59	* Missingno is a creature born of a mistake in the fabric of the Pokemon reality. A "glitch" if you will. For one brief moment of acceptance, perhaps even love, it will allow itself to be captured by a trainer and fight a true pokemon. [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Missingno#Glitches_caused The corruption Missingno inflicts]] is because [[PowerIncontinence it can't help itself]], not because it's actively malevolent.
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61	[[WMG: Zalgo is the source of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Youngblood's Disease]]. ]]
62	Zalgo's victims tend to lose their eyes, which is the result of Youngblood's Disease. Both affect comic characters.
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64	[[WMG: [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Herobrine]] is a minion of Zalgo.]]
65	He has no eyes, and he is corrupting a seemingly-childish-and-innocent game.
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67	[[WMG: Zalgo is a metaphor for modern era self-destructive behaviour, more specifically internet addiction.]]
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69	[[WMG: Zalgo is Nightmare Moon]]
70	He/She/It just possessed Luna. Nightmare Moon's true form is Zalgo.
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72	[[WMG: Zalgo is YOU]]
73	ḧ̛̯̗́̎͒̈́͆̃ę͔̳̺͈̋̒̓̾ͩ̀̐̒͛ ̮͖̟͌ͫ͛ͯͅi̠̲͖̗̭͖̿͋́͝s͍̭̖̿ͦ͛̈̐͡?!?!
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75	[[WMG:[[Series/GameOfThrones The White Walkers]] are enemies of Zalgo]]
76	Cold preserves from rot and corruption, like with the White Walkers' wights. Zalgo, being a being of corruption and rot, is by nature antithetical to the M.O. of the White Walkers. If the White Walkers escape the universe that ''Game of Thrones'' is set in and attack the universe of Zalgo, Zalgo may end up becoming the VillainProtagonist.
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78	[[WMG:Zalgo did not know fear... [[WesternAnimation/{{AvatarTheLastAirbender}} but then everything changed when]] [[PlayingWithFire the Fire Nation]] [[KillItWithFire attacked]].]]
79	Zalgo is a being of corruption, rot, and decay. [[KillItWithFire Fire is associated with purity, as]] [[LogicalWeakness fire burns away corruption and burns up corrupted things]]. Thus, people with fire powers (such as the Firebenders of the Fire Nation) have a natural advantage against Zalgo.
80	Additionally, it's fairly hard to corrupt a TV show about ''the sole survivor of a literal genocide'' standing up to the Colonial Power waging an ''Imperialist war of aggression'' that resulted in the extinction of his people, because [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth Colonialism, Imperialism, Genocide, and related themes might be too dark for even Zalgo to handle or corrupt]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards or might make a show too dark for Zalgo to go near]].
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82	[[WMG:Zalgo is the TopGod of all Creepypasta.]]
83	* Zalgo seems to be suggested to be the most powerful of all the abominations within the "Creepyverse". Others torment through video games or dvds, stalk, torture certain people in certain places etc. Zalgo's mere IMAGE and PRESENCE kills people. Two sects of creepypasta creatures exists: The Smilers(Jeff the Killer, BEN, Smile Dog, etc.) and The Indifferent (The Slender Man, The Rake, etc.), both sects are either survivors of Zalgo's abominable appearance and are left with hideous smiles or are utterly destroyed by it, but continue existing nonetheless.
84	[[http://israblog.nana10.co.il/blogread.asp?blog=573275&blogcode=12137298 (First section)]]
85	** Zalgo could also be considered the TopGod of the FearMythos. Zalgo represents the greatest, most primordial fear of all: [[NothingIsScarier the unknown]], and by extension the Fear that [[InsignificantBluePlanet we are utterly meaningless.]] [[EyeScream Messing with people's eyes]] and [[FacialHorror face]] symbolizes how [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm we're blind to the true extent of reality.]] Holding a dead star shows how even things we once thought were godly and beyond our reach are themselves insignificant to the universe as a whole. "Zalgo, He Comes" refers to the inevitable unknown we will all face-''Death Itself.''
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87	* Uh, don't you know about the Archangel from ''Fear''? He is what is beyond death, that particular unknown. Zlago is corruption. basically he is the fear manifested out of creepypastas. Death is a merciful release for zlalgoaz victims.
88	* WordOfGod states he can ''only'' affect comics and cartoons, making him, arguably, the ''[[MemeticLoser weakest]]'' creepypasta character.
89	[[WMG: Zalgo is trying to reproduce.]]
90	The mutations it inflicts on others? It's how Zalgo propagates its species. The reason why those possessed by Zalgo become violent is an attempt of preventing the universe from overwhelming with Zalgos. That, or Zalgo's species grows by [[CannabalismSuperpower devouring]] and [[AssimilationPlot assimilating]] proto-Zalgos. [[FromNobodyToNightmare Perhaps that's where Zalgo got its start.]] Going by this, it's quite possible the reason we don't see other Zalgos is a)Zalgo refers to the species or b)Zalgo [[IAmAHumanitarian ate the rest of his brethren.]]
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92	[[WMG: Zalgo is Sonic.exe]]
93	* Let's see, they've both got black, bleeding eyes, Zalgo can Zalgofy others while Sonic.exe turns his victims into .exes, so there's that. As for Zalgo only being able to infect comics and cartoons, Sonic exists in both of those. Sonic.exe is his first foray into infecting video games.
94	** Wait, so Zalgo's influence is growing?
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96	[[WMG: Expanding on the above, ''all'' Haunted Games and Lost Episodes are manifestations of Zalgo]]
97	All of them. ''VideoGame/SonicExe'', ''Fanfic/SuicideMouse'', ''Fanfic/DeadBart'', ''Fanfic/PokemonBlack'', even ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zApV3MLhPJo Gorefield]]'', are all the result of Zalgo corrupting different cartoons and video games.
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99	[[WMG: Zalgo is [[VideoGame/{{Eversion}} ZeeTee]].]]
100	* They both corrupt innocence, warp reality into a horrible wasteland filled with black {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking have a Z at the beginning of their names]].
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102	[[WMG: Zalgo ''is'' the weakest Creepypasta...in our universe.]]
103	The only thing he/they can do in our universe is corrupt cartoons and comics. But its because the rules of our universe don't allow more damage beyond that. Maybe there ''is'' a corner on the multiverse where Zalgo is as powerful as other people believe him to be.
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105	[[WMG: Zalgo is [[ComicBook/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]. ]]

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