The Unlucky Mastermind
Am I the only one who remembers a Real Life section for this trope? I remember it talking about why abandoned places are scary, how normally populated places (schools, malls, etc.) being unsettling when empty, and notable examples of abandoned places.
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There's no way we could have a Real Life section for this without it being 100% Troper Tales or general examples, both of which are not valid.
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I also remember something similar, it talked about what happens after you die
Actually, I think that a real life example should work if you set some rules
I remember hearing about some serial killer's confession that's used to test FBI agents' emotional endurance (I think) that had apparently made some agents traumatized so yeah It could work
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Vanilla Ice's Stand, Cream, from Stardust Crusaders. Someone who has seen the show, which category would it go in, if any?
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It doesn't really fit this trope, it's Power of the Void.
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Haha, when being used to the screamer .gif files, where suddenly a scary faces pops up (like this one http://tinyurl.com/66nks74
), that picture makes perfect sense. It is the exact essence of this trope in a nutshell. BRILLIANT!
Its a good example of the trope but I think it might be a bit of a dickmove to include it on the page itself (unless through link).
That said, do screamer .gifs count as a subverted "shitbrix"? Its a psychological mess of "nothing at all", "expecting it" and "there all along". We're used to the shitbrix images having something there to scare people so we actively search for what isn't there, then the image jumps out... I want to add it myself but I'm not sure how to word it properly.
Pittsburghmuggle
Staring at the current picture, waiting for something to happen. My phone vibrates. WORST JUMP SCARE OF ALL TIME.
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The trope image is bloody perfect. I get unnerved watching it every time.
With a few of the examples, I'm getting an effect where simply being told something is creepy makes it unnerving.
Since some people are calling for a picture change, I'm thinking about replacing it with this
◊. Anyone who's familiar with the "What's Wrong With This Picture?" screamer a while back will recognize this, but assuming there are many more that haven't seen it, will it work?
Alternatively, I can post this
◊,this
◊, or this
◊, all of which speak for themselves. Also, I found an empty image
◊ to use, which sends a different message but still relays the definition. For all examples, there will be no text in the caption. including super secret spoiler
I also found another examples we can replace the cats' eye with:A dark door with (bloody?) handprints and a Fridge Horror-inducing light on the other side
◊. All these examples are great, but I'm not sure which one to choose. I'm trying to decide which one will incite the most dread in its viewers.
At the very most, the current image is a subversion of this trope, while we're looking for a straight example.
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I finally decided on this
◊ as the trope image. I'll be removing the cat's eye and list it as a subversion under "Web Original (Full Example)."
Funnily enough I think I've seen that tunnel before.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
The picture for this trope always scares me much more than anything else. haha.
Nope. They're all JPEGs. Not that I wasn't worried they were each animated before checking the images' specifications.
Just so you all know, on a forum this Troper visits, someone figured out a way to make a hosted image appear to be JPG while in fact being a GIF. D:
What IS wrong with that "what's wrong with this picture" thing? I'm just not getting it...
Nothing. It's supposed to make you look closer at the picture before something pops up and gives you a heart attack.
Not a milkman!
Isn't the Grand Theft Auto IV one... um... not scary? The amount of buildings you can enter (and go to the rooftops with) is one of the things that makes it fun online since so much of the action is on the streets and knowing where open buildings are gives you an edge. For example, another why-does-this-exist enterable building near the North police station on Algonquin has a rooftop just next to the police helipad. It's not creepy, it's just clever world-building. That particular building mentioned is a copy-and-paste of another building that you briefly chase a guy through in GTAIV's story. A few staircases more and you have a ring of apartment buildings you can patrol the rooftops of for a 360 degree view!
Also, Mass Effect 3's one at the monastery - after one of the screeches, EDI will helpfully points out that, "That vocalization exceeds Asari vocal cord range," if you brought her along. Just so you know that there's probably some monstrous creature lurking around there somewhere. This is almost immediately followed by more mangled screeching. "As do those."
Is there anything hidden in the new pic-OH GOD THERE IT IS!
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A cat's eye. If you highlight the black, you can see it. By the way, can someone post a pic the highlighted image here?
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I want to dde that, it won't work for me. This 'cat's eye' image, is it the one with the graffitied stormwater drain tunnel thingy, or a different one?
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A different one. They changed the pic long ago because a cat's eye isn't really "nothing".
This has got to be like the 5,000th time I forgot my email or password...
I've got an example from the Inheritance Cycle that I might want to add. Remember the scene where Roran fools the Aroughs army by pretending he's got something up his sleeve when he really doesn't, and the anticipation of Roran's secret weapon scares off the army? Does that count? I know it's a good guy invoking it, but it still seems a lot like it. And Roran even says something about people fearing the unknown.
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Could someone explain the painting examples? I'm just not getting it.
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Don't most of the video game examples in the first section actually belong in the second?
Perdido
Whoever made the text the same color as the background should rethink that. 'A' for effort, but it's just annoying and looks too cheesy. The 'nothing' that is 'scarier' here is the absence of expected horror, not the deletion of what is normally there.
Plus, it looks kinda ugly now.
I write. I plan. Cosmic horror is my baby. Maybe I'm one myself.
Didn't the caption use to say 'Behind you' if you select the text? As much as that Poe quote rocks, I kind of feel the hidden message worked better.
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Anyone think it might be a good idea to categorize the examples by type 1, type 2, and type 3?
I'm thinking of an example from a movie but I can't remember the title; it was about a woman who was cursed by a witch doctor of sorts, and is so afraid of the curse that by the end, she's an emotional wreck (despite nothing overtly supernatural actually happening). Finally another character contacts the shaman and ask for forgiveness. The shaman then admits that there is no curse- the whole thing was a sort of Your Mind Makes It Real deal. Anyone?
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Can we change the picture to something else? After realizing it's a cat eye, I keep thinking of it as a Cat Scare and it's no longer "nothing". Plus, a lot of people seem to be aware that it's definitely SOMETHING. Can we get something like... I'unno, an empty room? Or a giant invisible image that makes it look like a giant gap in the screen where the image would be?
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Can a caption be put on alone? If so, that could work! Something like, "...did you hear that?"
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Eh, I like cats, so it didn't really scare me much.
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Ummm, if you drag the picture, don't you see SOMETHING?
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Without even dragging the picture. Every time I see that square, I can see this big, feline looking eye...
"We know what is there, we know it's in there somewhere. We just don't know where exactly it is!" i.e. a single known and intelligent hostile in a large empty space, possibly moving, so once the engagement starts, a sigh of relief is breathed...
Would this count?