It was still worth it, but

[dragovianknight]

In retrospect, finishing off my TV Tropes crawl with "Nightmare Fuel" and "High Octane Nightmare Fuel" was, perhaps, not the best idea when it was late...and dark...and the wind was rattling at the windows...and I was all...alone...

*wibble*

Luckily, once I forced myself down the hallway...past the gaping dark maw of the bathroom...into the safety of my bed, and pulled the covers over my head (and the cats assumed defensive positions on top of me), I was able to distract myself with, "Oh slag! If I go AU directly after Coming of the Fuzors, as was the plan, how in sweet hell do I get Blackarachnia free of Tarantulas? NO DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT NOISE! Beast Wars! FOCUS!"

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[senmut]

+giggles+

[dragovianknight]

OH, I'M GLAD MY TRAUMA IS AMUSING TO YOU!

*grins*

[recessional]

. . . see, when I have a moment like that, I just turn all the lights on and clear the house (making sure all entrances are locked and double-locked) with my knife in my hand. And then sleep with the lights on.

Then again, I suspect I am spoiled by having a number of people who not only tolerate my paranoias, but totally understand and sympathise with them, so that I no longer feel this is a silly thing to do. (When me and goshawk came home from The Dark Knight to a dark house, I literally went directly to the kitchen and cleared the house with my bigass carving knife. Liz thought this was entirely normal.)

[dragovianknight]

Oh, I don't have the balls for that. (Also, the spare room doesn't even have a light. Luckily, it's at the far end from my bedroom.)

[recessional]

Hee. I work on the assumption that if there is something/one there, then I'm not going to be safe from it/them while hiding in my bed and I'd rather die with a weapon in my hand TRYING to kill my attacker, and if there isn't, then I've just walked around the house, no worries!

But I totally acknowledge that not everyone is able to convince their hindbrain of this logic. (It helps, I think, that I am completely confident in a. my ability to hurt/try to kill* anything mundane that threatens me, and b. my ability to deal with things supernatural. But I'm weird.)


*like, I don't know that I'll SUCCEED. But I know I'll attack without hesitation.

[dragovianknight]

Oddly, I'm not afraid of mundane threats. I'm afraid of zombies. Things that come out of mirrors (the instant the words "Bloody Mary" hit my brain I know I won't be brushing my teeth that night, and I will be sneaking past the mirror to the toilet). Shadows. Basically, I can't be allowed near urban legends or survival horror games.

Which...makes me fondness for Supernatural all the more inexplicable, I know. Also, personify evil - Freddy Kruger, for an example - and I make it my BFF. Hey, I never said my brain makes SENSE.

(My brain is, fortunately, completely sure of the Monster Repelling Force Field created by a blanket over the head. Or I'd never sleep.)

[dingsi]

I don't get it either sometimes. How my brain works, I mean -- like, loving Hellraiser but not gore, or the Corinthian and Supernatural but not serial killers or horror.
And yeah when I read things that upset me I get scared by noises and stuff... and the worst are horror tropes that turn my own imagination against me. You know, the "there's something behind you" kind. D:

[dragovianknight]

One of the things that really set me off was, "Look behind you. Now look again. Are you SURE things are exactly the same?" GAHHHH!

[dingsi]

Ugh yes, I really hate those sort of mindgames. And I don't even have cats! ... Let's not talk about it. /o\

[dragovianknight]

My new rule over there is "never click the real life tab".

[raisedbymoogles]

I hear you. *stays far, far away from all Nightmare Fuel*

[dragovianknight]

The links are so seductive...

Would a moogle like an AO3 invite?

[raisedbymoogles]

I'm pretty sure I'd neglect an AO3 account just as badly as I do my FF.net account.

[dragovianknight]

Yes, but your fic would be convenient for me to read.

[raisedbymoogles]

Well, that's all that matters, I suppose. Hook me up.

[dragovianknight]

It's my priority.

Try this one: fafe1f1ee96e7ab9a52e2d37df29fcc55a5cb797

[raisedbymoogles]

Where... do you put that in? All I see when I click on "sign up" is a form to be put on a waiting list.

[dragovianknight]

Give me an addy and I'll try using the email feature.

[raisedbymoogles]

literati.knight@gmail.com

[dragovianknight]

It says it sent!

[raisedbymoogles]

Got it!

[dragovianknight]

\o/

[dragovianknight]

I have one invite left if 'boots wants one.

[staranise]

I should not have clicked that link.

WHY are there no crucifixes in this house, god damn it. If I were observant like my brother, Fr. Paul would have come to my new apartment months ago to bless its threshold.

waugh.

[dragovianknight]

*shudders in complete understanding*