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Orbiting
Since: Nov, 2014
2017-06-13 19:31:24
This sounds like a topic for the forums. Ask The Tropers is for questions about the site itself.
timtak2
Since: Jun, 2017

A popular psychological and philosophical theory (found in Jaques Lacan, Paul Ricouer, George Herbert Mead, Michail Bakhtin, Daniel Dennet, Jerome Bruner, Jonathan Gottschall) and many others is that the self is a product of our self narrative — linguistic thought.
Many of the same theorists also argue that we need to internalise an "Other" (generalised other, super ego, super-addressee, impartial spectator) to hear and speak our narrative.
Freud, and perhaps Kitarou Nishida argue that this other is hidden, or unconscious, due to being horrific.This gives rise to the suggestion that language, the voice, and perhaps ears, are horrific.
This may be related to the Demonic Dummy trope already covered here. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DemonicDummy
It is claimed that that there is a lot of graffiti in Western horror. Monsters announce their impending arrival with writing on walls, windows and mirrors (e.g. Strangers, The lady in the Black Dress, What Lies Beneath, The Candyman, Excorcist, Excorcist 3, Mothers Day etc.). In addition to "redrum," the novel" (all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) in the Shining Is related too. Is there already 'demonic graffiti' or "horrific writing" type trope?
Another trope might be the way in which monsters and murderers phone in to their victims first such as in Scream and another movie about a babysitter where it turns out the person phoning is in the house (which is similar to the pivotal line in Scream).
Are there any other tropes that might be related?
I am particularly interested in Films but any medium would do.