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"Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary..."
  • Lawrence's body after Bigby and Snow White walk into his apartment. Especially when you investigate him- you get a lovely close up of his face, which looks like he was tortured to death by someone.
  • Faith and "Snow White's" heads.
  • If the player chooses to have Bigby take one of Grendel's arms off, he will do so slowly and you can see and hear tendons snap as it is separated from the monster, who cries in pain. Once Bigby is finished, Gren keels over and holds his wound where his arm used to be, crying. Holly and the Woodsman are understandably horrified.
    Woody: YOU FUCKING MONSTER!
  • The scene of the murder in Episode 2. The bed is absolutely covered in blood, not to mention the reveal of Ichabod Crane and his creepy fixation on Snow.
  • The Tweedles' file on Beauty reveals that Georgie's interested in hiring her as a new dancer at his strip club, only waiting for the Crooked Man's permission to proposition her in the event that she keeps falling behind in her loan repayments. Meaning that she'd be trapped with the ribbons, the hooking and slavery in the Crooked Man's operations, the lot of it. All while she'd be forced to keep the truth from Beast, who's already catching on to her sneaking around. Adding to this, she spends much of the previous episode's investigation of the motel room wondering how things could have gotten so bad for Lilly that prositution for Georgie was her best bet. If Bigby hadn't been put on the Crooked Man's trail, it's likely that she would have found out for herself before too long.
  • Bloody Mary is pretty damn terrifying. She considers being summoned to slumber parties to be a fun hobby. Fun for the mundies who summon her too, until Mary feeds their lungs to their pets. She also gets to have a lot of 'fun' at work too.
  • If the player chooses to kill Tweedle Dum, then Bigby does so by tearing his throat out. If that alone isn't horrifying, then the camera will quickly zoom in to Dum's face, which is of absolute terror, and then the player gets to hear a lovely sound of Dum choking and gargling on his own blood and trying to breathe and swallow while his throat is completely stripped off. After that, you will see Dum completely go limp on the ground with a huge gaping wound where his throat used to be. No wonder Snow is horrified, especially since she is a witness to this whole grisly scene.
  • The Jersey Devil's true form.
  • In the final episode's video trailer, there a scene where Bigby Wolf is ambushed by what appears to be a zombie with glass shards embedded all over its body. Looking closer at its face shows that this could very well be the unglamoured form of Bloody Mary.
    • It is...and she's not alone as well. There's an army of the things.
    • The sound whenever Bloody Mary's true form moves: cracking, splintering glass, and those unholy hisses.
  • If it wasn't for the fact he's the player character, Bigby could be considered this. Most notably, after returning to human after going full Big Bad Wolf in Episode 5. His eyes remain golden, rather then the orangish hue they normally go when he's angry, and combined with the red lighting of the scene they create an almost demonic appearance for Bigby.
  • Bigby himself when he finally decides to go all out. It's easy to see why all the other Fables are scared of him as he is easily the strongest of them in terms of raw power and durability. Knowing he was roaming the countryside in the Homelands must have made every trip into the wild sheer terror.
  • The sheer amount of punishment that Fables can take before dying is often horrifying. Their durability allows them to survive far longer from injuries that would kill humans several times over. While this is often to their advantage, sometimes even they take wounds that cannot be survived. That said, it still takes them a very, very long time to succumb to the injuries, leaving them to suffer.
  • Vivian's death in Episode 5 when she removes her enchanted ribbon after hitting her Villainous BSoD. What makes it all the more nightmarish is how suddenly it happens, and with very little fanfare; one second, she's alive, and the next, her head just... topples right off her neck, a gaping wound where the ribbon used to be.
  • The trial of the Crooked Man can become this rather quickly, if you think about it. It becomes really horrifying to see this man use words and thin-veiled accusations to prove his so-called innocence. And the citizens actually listen! He manages to make them doubt, or even side against you, depending on your actions! The guy caused the death of two innocent girls, and could have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for Nerissa's testimony. To make matters worse, think about the countless times it happened in real life.
    • Watching the Crooked Man's face if you killed him and brought his corpse is understandably disgusting and horrifying. The other citizens agree.
    • One of the punishments you can give the Crooked Man once Nerissa and the citizens allow Bigby to decide his fate is tearing his freaking head off! And it's neither quick nor pretty. We get to see the Crooked Man choke out while Bigby rips off his head from behind, and we can even see a closeup of Crooked Man's face turn dark pinkish-red as he slowly loses oxygen from Bigby slowly rip his head off. Once done, his body is headless and immediately goes limp before Bigby looks at his head and throws the head and the body down the well. Everyone is especially horrified at the sight. In a more humorous side of things, the notification will then say:
    "Fabletown is afraid of the Big Bad Wolf."
  • The magic ribbons that make you subservient and cut your head off if removed

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