#@mutuals its not strictly a rhetorical question btw i'd love to know if ur muse(s) is a horror fan!! comment or make ur own fun lil post <3

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ghostface voice: what's your character's favorite horror genre?

JAKE enjoyed the occasional silent horror film. black-and-whites like frankenstein's monster, dracula, the call of cthulu. foreign horror films from asia or europe with small budgets and entertaining or even oscar-worthy scripts. the tastes of an "old soul". been "living under a rock" (i.e. mountainside) for half a decade, so he is not interested in most forms of entertainment media at that point.

CLAUDETTE is not a huge horror movies fan. but she loves science fiction horror (aliens, the thing, jurassic park, h.g. well's the time machine, etc.). doesn't find the appeal in popular horror subgenres like slashers, gore-fests, and paranormal/demonic possessions because the ableism is disheartening. she tends to point out inconsistencies with the blood splatter, the unrealistic plot armor, the complete lack of human self-preservation instincts, because it always breaks the immersion and she eventually falls asleep, bored. but she will cover her eyes or bury her face into the nearest shoulder at the sight of jump scares and the loud, sinister music that usually goes off before a jump scare.

the legion (JOEY and FRANK) will watch anything and everything about horror. half the time, they're talking during the movie or documentary, debates and arguments and jokes. joey's into gory horror, and horror anime; the story is not necessarily important to them, it's the gore, the deaths, the kill count. they find the unrealistic blood splatters very funny, great job, no notes. they enjoy horror parodies like scary movie. in contrast, frank has an informed understanding of symbolism and allegorical narratives in creative works because he spent all of his time in juvie reading books, newspapers, magazines; anything he could. he is a brutal critic and always has shit to say. never rates movies with a full 5-stars because he doesn't believe in perfection. joey and frank argue extensively and loudly during the legion's movie nights; from the perspective of an outsider, it would look hostile. but one of them eventually starts laughing, or they start play-wrestling. they're both just obnoxiously distracting regardless of the horror genre. like, just imagine this video, but it's frank and joey lol.

ADAM was not permitted to watch horror movies or "risque" films by his uncle julian when he was a kid; he did not want adam to be influenced by "hollywood magic" and western propaganda. julian also believed that watching horror movies about demons and evil would invite negativity, or duppies. but adam did watch more films as an adult in college, VHS tapes in the dormatory's common room, outdoor movies set up on the campus quad, and the local theater in kagoshima. adam was a practical man who respected julian's guidance, and he did not feel as if he was missing out on much by gluing his eyes to a TV screen or religiously listening to the radio for the latest trendy song. instead, adam always had his eyes in a book, or even a graphic novel: the handmaid's tale, the man in the high castle, the left hand of darkness, the x-men. to him, the most horrifying stories are the ones where the world is helpless against a much more sinister monster: ideology.