Hello! I just wanted to tell you a funny situation I was in today. I drew Michael the Distortion in class and tbh my art is not so bad but my friend said it looked like "der Struwwelpeter".
I dont know if you as a master of horrors know of him but well, "der Struwwelpeter" is a charakter on the cover of a german tale book, which is supposed to show children on how to act (eating your food even if you don't like it, not playing with fire or sucking thumbs,...) by turning these everyday children problems into literal horror stories (starving to death, burning to death, get you fingers cut off by a guy with scissors).
Just wanted to let you know that one of your characters gives that impression (according to my friend, i do not agree on that)
Have a picture:
Oh I'm well aware of the Struwwelpeter. Most of the stories in the book are pretty mid (with several being breathtakingly racist), but there are a couple of fun ones in there.
Shock-headed Peter, as pictured above, is not a direct inspiration for Michael, though I'm sure the image was somewhere in the big mess of inspiration for him.
The story that's always stayed with me more, though, is that of little suck-a-thumb, and his encounter with the great, long, red-legged scissorman:
Still visiting my dad. He turned on a cop show and defended the cops using force on a guy, saying that he should have just complied. That sparked a massive rant about how the cops escalated the situation, which led to the non-compliance, which then sparked a detailed ACAB rant from me.
Anyway, the channel has been changed and it's something about giant skeletons. Much better.
Finally watched Wild Blue Yonder and it was horrific. I'd been feeling oddly reluctant to watch it; my brain must have known how much I would dislike the 'trapped in a confined, inescapable place with monsters that look just like us except when they don't' premise. *Shudders* It was VERY similar to the "Night of Terror" episode from Wizards and Warriors, except sci-fi based instead of a medieval fantasy setting. But exactly the same 'two people getting split up and then thinking they'd found the other person except they hadn't' premise. Absolutely terrifying, and the dead captain clomping around on the outside of the ship was the nightmarish cherry on top of the body horror sundae. Did I enjoy it like I'd enjoyed the Meep? No. Was it well done and memorable? Hell yes.
Hi tw for decomposition, creepy things, grandparents death??, just creepy i don’t know. read at your own risk.
For context. I was an adult when both my grandfathers died. This is a dream that I just had and am actually so terrified to fall back asleep now. So, it’s set in an office- like setting, however the floor is tilted like a hill, they are on wheeled desk chairs and they are constantly having to hold themselves at their desks. (facing the slant, so going forward into the desks constantly). My grandpa and grandma work there and are seated next to each other. I am aged at about 7-9. My “grandpa” is a mix between both my grandpas.
Basically it starts off sweet with little me going to visit them everyday at work and saying hi. I go alone everyday as far as i know. However i start to notice that every time i go in my grandpa is a little bit different, it’s very gradual. In my little girl brain at one point i’m even thinking is grandpa sick? However they are acting as if nothing is wrong and everything is exactly the same. However closer to the end it almost seems like he’s decomposing. I think at one point i ask and they tell me that nothing is wrong and grandpa is completely okay.
Basically every time i go in they act like a g+g would and basically are offering me cookies and are saying i’m the cutest little girl and shit. However I know something is wrong and there is nothing i can do because they won’t say anything so i have to act as if everything is okay and dandy.
The last time i go in (at this point he is like skins and bones, picture that one fish off of spongebob with the chocolate situation but human person who you love), grandpa slips and falls forward into the wall (still in his chair) and he’s laughing it off but the laugh like goes creepy real fast. So i go help him wheel back up to his desk, however i’m a whole child so i don’t have a lot of strength. And he like flops over so i am like basically dropping him. so my brother who i didn’t know was there. Who was the age he is right now comes over and does something to his neck, it almost seems like he breaks it. And suddenly grandpa is back alive again. my brother says something like “he just fell asleep haha just gotta keep him awake.” then brother disappears. Anyways as i am walking away this time i look back and there are tubes sticking out of his back. One is large enough that it takes up his whole back and is like pulsing. And i swear i like aged back up to where i am now like in the span of 5 seconds and then woke up.
So if any dream analysts would like to tell me what the fuck that means i would appreciate it