Suggestion > current, at any rate.
stuffedninja removed the folder pics and added the Episode 3 pic at the top.
I guess I'll go with current, because of what Inky said. Suggestion is showing a Character Death.
I don't find the current scarier, but yeah, the suggestion is a major spoiler.
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Current. I personally find it more unnerving, plus the suggestion is too dark.
Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Sep 12th 2022 at 8:28:40 AM
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to suggestion. Current feels like Nightmare Retardant.
To shake it up, let me suggest a mid-point and go for the "deaths" in Episode 2 (where they don't actually die, and so early that almost everyone has seen this episode). Here's a few stills I could grab:


These are just sort of spitballs right now, I can try and find better images if people at least think this scene is worth using.
Edited by Synchronicity on Sep 18th 2022 at 1:49:06 PM
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallFair enough, just thought it was worth a shot. The scariest image of the scene I could find was a production still so IDK if it's allowed.
Edited by WarJay77 on Sep 15th 2022 at 8:03:32 AM
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallWould an image of Roy work? He's a spitting image of Uncanny Valley.

I never found Roy to look creepy, moreso than that his actions were unsettling.
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An issue with finding suitable images is that a lot of the show’s scare factor doesn’t come from the visuals but from the Mood Whiplash. Without context, a lot of the nightmare fuel is negated. We could use the image on Subverted Kids' Show since I think I found a suggestion for that.
Edited by TheLivingDrawing on Sep 15th 2022 at 10:31:20 AM
Once Upon A Time.Subverted Kids' Show has the same spoiler problem as the current; the thing is is that while it might not necessarily spoil anything to people who just see the image and don't know the work, people who like DHMIS but haven't watched all the episodes shouldn't be spoiled by the NF page image, you know?
I wonder if the weird "creativity explosion" from episode 1 would be worth using? Or the weird computer glitch part in episode 4? Basically anything obviously freaky that isn't giving way major plot elements.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI disagree, that episode is full of creepy imagery. The first three I found on google, the other two are ones I grabbed from the video during the glitch part, and they probably don't work but they're still pretty freaky out of context...





Edited by Synchronicity on Sep 18th 2022 at 1:36:57 PM
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That last one if my favorite out of those. I like the third one too, but at the same time, it also feels a bit too much like something that could actually appear in a real kid's show, if you get what I mean.
I also like 20, if it was in higher quality anyway. I feel like the fact that it's on a TV in the image would help with spoilers, as if I hadn't seen the video, I would have thought it was some cursed video tape that the puppets watch or something.
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The current image is one of the tamer examples of horror from the series. For a suggestion, I'd like to offer the infamous dissection shot from DHMIS 5.