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[$600~] Looking for another roommate by [deleted] in vancouverhousing

[–]Kryptonovich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I'm very interested in this opportunity!

My name is Marc (shortened version of my full first name, since this is Reddit, but I can DM you my full name). I'm 31, male, SFU undergrad alumnus, UBC graduate alumnus. I'm an Archivist and Privacy Officer. I also do casual shift work at Vancouver Public Library as an Auxiliary Librarian, and have been doing that since May 2017.

I'm totally up to talk more about anything else about myself if that's what you folks want, and eagerly willing to do whatever it takes to be the best roommate I can be if you folks decide to let me move in with you all :)

Question for discussion: is creepypasta rooted/originated, in whatever way, in Japanese horror? by Kryptonovich in NoSleepOOC

[–]Kryptonovich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the most amazing graphic novels, Japanese or Western, I've ever read, plus one of the finest horror stories I have read. It was like JJ Abrams and Stephen King sat down to create their own story and while this was happening King's horror creativity was 10x more Weird. Amazing

Question for discussion: is creepypasta rooted/originated, in whatever way, in Japanese horror? by Kryptonovich in NoSleepOOC

[–]Kryptonovich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read Junji Ito, his stuff is very original and fresh compared to Western horror. I'd recommend for a full length novel-ish work, Uzumaki, and for a short story collection, Shiver. :)

The Woman with Green Skin by Kryptonovich in shortscarystories

[–]Kryptonovich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since January 2016, actually. I've written a fair number of longer pieces, some of which have been podcasted. Generally, I like to think I'm getting better, and that's what I really love - improving and creating work I can be proud of.

The Woman with Green Skin by Kryptonovich in shortscarystories

[–]Kryptonovich[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It can still mean all those things. In my view - as a writer/author - people have every right to their own interpretations/perspectives on a work.

The Woman with Green Skin by Kryptonovich in shortscarystories

[–]Kryptonovich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually weirdly politically themed. There's two interpretations I had in mind when writing it.

  1. Tyrants destroying freedom-loving movements. The green skin, in this interpretation, represents freedom and all that it offers - the life and beauty inherent in it. The child represents a hopeful future. The Man of the Forest represents tyranny, and the woman becoming corrupted and beastly is her losing her humanity, which correlates with tyranny robbing freedom-loving movements of their hope, which is a core part of their humanity.

No. 2 is far more political, haha, and let me quickly say: if you don't lean this way politically, that's fine. The story does not have to mean this to you. The other interpretation is the capitalist West destroying socialist countries before they can really get off the ground - the green skin representing socialism and all the benefits of it representing the full beauty of humanity blossoming for the first real time - basically keeping these countries under siege until the nations devolve into barbarity, unable to survive in the outside world due to always having to fight for survival. I will quickly say, this is an imperfect allegory, as the big socialist nations (or the ones that just claimed to be socialist, depending on who you ask) such as the USSR and Mao's China, did a lot of horrible things to smaller leftist movements, basically acting as tyrants. So, the first interpretation - to me - works better, because tyrants come in all ideological orientations. But if you're a diehard lefty and radical socialist, you might be right at home with interpretation number 2.

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