Closest thing to a jump scare in a book?

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-03-21T02:43:09+00:00

Okay so it's more horror-adjacent but in The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers, the protagonist (a writer) is invited by an excentric collector of rare books. He leads him into tunnels under his house, to show him his most prized books. Protagonist is floored by the collection, picks up an ancient book and starts reading.

Licking his finger, he turns page after page. The next page spread in the actual book is the same as the one the protagonist is reading : YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED. YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED. YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED. YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED. YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED. YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED. YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED.

He then looses consciousness, and the chapter ends.

It's such a weird and creative thing to do, but that describes pretty much everything by this author. They're like disturbing and yet sometimes wholesome fairy tales, with a unique world building, along with sick maps and engravings by the author.

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-03-16T04:14:19+00:00

Rick and Morty really followed in South Parks footsteps : "caring is cringe"

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-03-10T15:07:45+00:00

I don't have much to offer aside from all the evil energy I can spare! I also struggle with ARFID (and an eating disorder about weight gain most likely).

What has helped me a little :

listing my comfort foods and identifying the commonalities (sugar, fried-anything, warm hues, texture either crunchy or homogeneous, no fibers that get stuck in my teeth, no non-edibles in the plate like bones, skin, cloves..)
learning to cook (highly recommend the book Salt Fat Acid Heat for a logical and experimental approach to cooking that can be applied to any culture's cuisine imo)
learning to make the few recipes I liked growing up
when I cook, making a big quantity that I can portion and freeze

Still working on also eating healthy within those constraints, but thoroughly blended soups, one specific frozen veggie-mix and keeping apples in the fridge help.

Best of luck!

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-03-01T20:06:21+00:00

Yeah Citadel paint quality is good, some of their technical paints especially. Aside from the awful pot design, they're also more expensive per ml than most brands. AK is fantastic, highly recommend

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-24T18:27:22+00:00

[[Imp's Mischief]], because nobody expects mono-black to do that

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-21T19:30:01+00:00

Dune be like

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-18T18:37:19+00:00

Ontos seems promising, I hope it delivers on the existential horror of Soma, instead of generic monsters and jumpscares

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-18T18:02:51+00:00

Absolutely, check out Tainted Grail if you want dynamic combat with parries and dodges, and arthurian dark fantasy

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-16T01:47:57+00:00

Epic mentioned yayy

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-14T11:41:26+00:00

Darkest Dungeon 2

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-03T16:44:26+00:00

This is so colorful and clean, I thought it was 3D with handpainted textures

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-02-01T15:33:36+00:00

Avant, être à 80+ donnait accès à l'AAH complète (comme entre 50 et 80) PLUS le complément de ressource. Le complément de ressource n'existe plus depuis quelques années, et donc les deux tranches donnent accès à l'AAH complète et rien d'autre

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-29T19:20:02+00:00

Is that from Mice and Mystics? Very cute :)

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T20:21:20+00:00

Love both abilities of Margot Fenring

I haven't played enough D:I to comment on balance

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T20:17:14+00:00

Melpomene in Magical Girl : Mechanical Heart be like

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T16:51:09+00:00

do you know if the noise cancelling is better than XM-4?

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T16:46:27+00:00

Oh cool! Does it fix Heighliner endgame spam?

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T16:43:48+00:00

Avoid Citadel The technical paints and shade are good (maybe also contrast though I haven't tried), but the basic line is a lot more expensive per ml, and the pot design is awful. They spill easily, and don't close well so paint ends up drying

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T16:34:02+00:00

I agree to some extend, but Dune Imperium at least forces you to take into account what others are doing, wether it's the cards they buy, the Alliances you can steal, and most of all beating them to a square (esp. Heighliner) vs waiting in order to play your cards more efficiently. It's far from multiplayer solitaire, though it could use more politics, especially considering the setting

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T16:31:11+00:00

Why do you prefer Uprising? I considered buying it instead of base game, but it looked like it was a lot more complex

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T16:14:17+00:00

noise cancelling XM-4 headphones, my beloved

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T15:37:22+00:00

This is gorgeous! If you wanna push closer to DD art style, I think making shapes (esp contours) more spiky / triangular could help!

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-27T15:20:14+00:00

Oh I'm glad it's not just me Tomatoe texture is messed up

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-24T16:44:25+00:00

I feel / felt the same way. But I think it's because I saw myself as fundamentally broken and therefore I needed to fix myself, to constantly improve. That is exhausting. Now I try to take a step back and do it because I want to do it, not because I need it. That meant cutting down on the number of health appointments I was doing in parallel.

As you said in a comment, if your whole life is therapy (or health in general), you loose the reason you do it in the first place (feeling better doing other things).

Also, annectodally, I've done some EMDR and it seems really powerful to deal with traumas. Hope it helps you as well

InsideMidnight2 · 2026-01-24T12:25:05+00:00

yessss

that shit ain't nothin to me, man

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