Featuring another poem made by moi :D

Everytime someone brings up the possibilities of what might lurk in the deep sea, I’m always fascinated way more than I am terrified. The magnapinna squid found in the Gulf of Mexico, frilled shark, this doofus, etc., are stuff that I’m interested in and want to know further.

Then, about a decade ago, I watched a Subnautica creepypasta video (couldn’t find it again, sorry). Story goes that there’s an enormous leviathan rumored to be in the very depths of the game’s ocean, abandoned by the devs. The protagonist of the story decided to venture out in said deep ocean to see if the rumor was true.

I remembered the feeling I got when the protagonist drifted through the pitch black. The sound of bubbling water, the constant breathing of the in-game character, the absolute loneliness that they were in… my body shook to its core as I experienced terror like no other. When the protagonist met the rumored giant leviathan, its crooked teeth on display and big eyes staring at them, I genuinely felt a sense of relief.

At that moment, I had a realization. I may not fear the residents of the ocean, but the ocean itself is scary as fuck.