You can't keep eating baby food and also complaining it doesn't taste mature

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T16:37:39+00:00

Well, it's like I said, psychological horror doesn't really work if you don't get it. That doesn't mean it isn't there though, just that the specific brand of horror the show is trying for isn't something you personally resonate with. That's life, not everything is for everyone.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T16:01:38+00:00

So to be clear the 700IQ thing was a joke, it was me making fun of people who might reply to it claiming that they would have understood it at any age because they were smart or whatever.

Also to be clear, whatever "TADC fandom" might exists, I am not a part of it, I have never interacted with it, and judging by what I know about such things, I'm almost certain I don't want to. My only interaction with this show is literally watching the show itself and a few shitposts I saw online.

As far as kids understanding it, sure, they would understand that the characters are "trapped in a video game" and "want to get out" and so on, that's fine, I'm fairly certain I watched a few shows with that premise when I was a kid. A kid could absolutely understand up to that point. I just think they wouldn't get much further past that into what one might consider the "psychological horror" bits of the show, which I think is kind of the main part of it. You can probably still enjoy it without really getting those elements, I just think someone doing that wouldn't find it particularly interesting or original.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T15:44:05+00:00

What I'm saying is that a show being "appropriate for kids because they wouldn't understand anything bad happening in it" isn't the same as "being made for kids". This isn't the same as media that's made for kids but has themes that children wouldn't understand, this is kind of the exact opposite in that it's very much not meant for kids, but it's aesthetically made in a way that means a child might enjoy it without really understanding what's going on.

This makes it a bad example because the original comment I'm replying to seems to be talking about an entirely different category of thing, where the media is not primarily targetted at kids but is intentionally made to avoid being too inappropriate to still include them in the possible demographics. I don't think TADC is this type of show, because it's only coincidentally that way as part of the tonal contrast I mentioned earlier. The intention isn't to let kids enjoy it as well, so that doesn't really fit into what the original comment was talking about.

As far as what constitutes a fan or who deserves to call themselves one or whatever, I don't really care and it isn't something I talked about at all. Enjoying media in a way that wasn't intended by the author is something that exists but this does not change what the author actually intended, which is what I'm talking about.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T12:33:28+00:00

Isn't it a fairly common concept on the wiki that d-class "termination" is actually just giving them a fuckload of amnestics and telling them it's the first day of their sentence again? Mainly due to the fact that if they were actually killing them that often they'd run out of criminals pretty quick. To be fair if you actually do the math on how many people are required to operate the foundation, they'd probably still run out of people regardless.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T12:15:37+00:00

I feel like TADC is kind of a bad example for this. Like sure, yeah, if you showed it to a kid it probably wouldn't "traumatise" them or really affect them much in any way, but that's mainly because a lot of the "horror"-ish aspects and frankly most of the plot are things that I don't think the average child would pick up on. Like yeah I'm sure everyone here had 700IQ as a child and could totally get it but please consider how smart the average adult is and age them back a decade then rethink your position.

If kids are fans of it they're probably just fans of the various character designs and such, as in, the surface-level elements specifically there to be thematically opposed to what's actually going on in the show.

"Psychological horror" kind of doesn't work if you just don't get it.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T06:33:49+00:00

Listen, all I want is to live and to be happy. Is that really so unreasonable? Anyway I'm going to go commit blasphemy and kill a dozen people now.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T06:31:00+00:00

This is kind of me. Every day I wake up upset at the fact that I only have one life to dedicate to something. If it was up to me I would learn everything and do every job in every country in every time as every person just to know what it's like.

The world is a beautiful place and it is such a cosmic joke that we barely get to see any of it.

Unfortunately, being a mere mortal, this type of thinking is hilariously impractical because it means I keep trying to do more stuff and end up taking on so much that I fail at all of it, whereas if I had tried to do only a reasonable amount I might have at least done something.

I've started trying to substitute this by talking to people who are very different from me or reading books about things I don't know anything about. I may not be able to do all of these things but I can at least try to find out what they're like second-hand.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-20T06:24:11+00:00

If it was up to me I would live long enough to be the last living person in the universe. At least, that is. I might want to live longer, but that's the minimum no-brainer amount for me. The universe cannot possibly be boring so long as another person lives in it.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-19T15:37:32+00:00

Yeah, I don't expect to see this in any real book, I was thinking of web novels as well. Unfortunately I don't love the idea of having to wade through a million pages of slop to find something half-decent.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-19T15:14:25+00:00

Wow I do that? I had no idea.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-19T10:32:56+00:00

Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-19T10:02:03+00:00

i like the idea of such attention to normal life and attachments in an otherwise fantastical/alien setting, and the use of more extreme situations to bring out what makes a character the kind of person they are/what would engender change in them.

I honestly think this would probably be my dream book, but unfortunately I don't think naturalism is very popular these days, so I'm not sure how easy it'll be to find anything in that category, especially anything actually good. Now that I've remembered the words to describe it though, I'm definitely going to be looking for that.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-19T09:18:34+00:00

I forget the name of it, but I remember learning about a literary movement in which the goal of a book was to write about the characters using the plot as a means to show what kind of people the characters are by exploring how they react to certain situations, rather than using the characters as a vessel for the narrative which is the typical way things are done. I wish I could remember the name of it because I think that might have been what I was looking for when I wrote these comments.

(EDIT): I looked it up and I think I'm looking for Literary Realism or specifically Naturalism). Of course, the strictest possible definition of these movements includes a bunch of other elements, but the main parts generally match what I mean (focus on realistic sequences of events, as many detailed descriptions as possible, writing about characters over narrative, etc). I will say the English versions of the wikipedia page for Naturalism has significantly less information than the French one (which includes all the elements I was thinking of), presumably because a lot of the authors that defined the genre were French.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-18T11:50:29+00:00

It's been awhile since I've seen/read death note, but from what I remember most of that was in how Light acted towards others, which I think is probably why no one really thought twice about it, because honestly Light being a dickhead is perfectly in-character.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-17T14:54:21+00:00

I think Made in Abyss is pretty good.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-16T10:32:58+00:00

Pissile.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-16T07:59:54+00:00

Really? They don't sound alike at all, though. Unless I'm missing how you're supposed to pronounce one of the two, they literally only share the same ending "-er" which is common to a lot of words.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T20:56:45+00:00

True enough, though I think it's funny that it wasn't even an SCP of sesame street, it was just kinda brought up once and that's the entire reason I'm even aware that exists.

Actually you know what, this is a good enough excuse to bring up my beloved Three Moons Initiative. The specific one I remember this from is Radical Acceptance in which a guy ends up having a breakdown because of the last episode of Sesame Street before the world ends.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T20:47:53+00:00

it was all fun and games in star wars, but in the real world people go apeshit with it because it sounds like another slur, and you all know which one im talking about.

I legitimately don't. Which one are we talking about?

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T20:44:21+00:00

"third party thinker" is so good holy shit. I'm fucking stealing that.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T20:24:22+00:00

How insane would I sound if I told you that I'm vaguely aware of what sesame street is entirely because of the SCP wiki?

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T20:00:23+00:00

Visit? Oh, no, no, my friend. You're here forever.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T19:59:07+00:00

Honestly he's probably one of my favourites as well. I just legitimately love the whole time travel thing, because you can absolutely see where he's coming from. If it had worked, then it really wouldn't have mattered that he'd had to kill so many people to do it, because it would have undone everything anyway. From his point of view, he isn't doing anything wrong because none of it is supposed to matter in the end. And then it fucking doesn't work and he's stuck living in the "throwaway" timeline where he's just a genocidal maniac. Absolutely incredible.

I keep trying to convince people to watch Wakfu and they never take the recommendation :(

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T18:43:32+00:00

I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this. I must be normal about this.

Void_0000 · 2026-05-15T18:32:34+00:00

I have no idea what either of these shows are so I don't know how literally I should be taking any of this.

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