#( the tormented )

[2001hz]

Sony: Fatal Frame III: The Tormented Box Cover Art for Playstation 2 (2005)

[genesisfirefly]

fatal frame III

[uwmspeccoll]

Steamy Saturday

The Tormented by British author Audrey Erskine Lindop (1920-1986) may indeed be steamy, but it's steamy in all kinds of negative ways, as the writer, an award-winning novelist whose work has been made into movies, treats queerness as an aberration that leads to a life of turmoil. As the review blurb from Library Journal notes, "The author's attitude is sympathetic. She treats homosexuality as an illness and her book is in part a plea for understanding. Some of these deviates can be cured, she says. They need sympathy and help."

The protagonist is Jeremy "Jimmy" Stretton, seen as effeminate in his youth, rejected by his family, bullied at school, struggling with gender identity and feelings of abandonment and loss. As an adult, he marries Pamela, much to the consternation of both sides of the family. He seeks psychological help, but still he is drawn to men, who manipulate and take advantage of him. It is Pamela, however, who convinces him that he need not be the way he is. Ugh!

The Tormented was first published in America in hardcover as The Outer Ring by Appleton-Century-Crofts in 1955. We show the first pulp paperback version published by Popular Library in 1956. We do like the cover art, however, which is uncredited. Susan Stryker in her 2001 book Queer Pulp notes, "The woman standing in the background, striking a sultry pose in a red dress, goes completely unnoticed by the two men in the foreground, who have eyes only for each other. . . . Note, too, that the black area surrounding the title of the cover of The Tormented is a Rorschach inkblot, a further suggestion of psychological torment."

View other pulp fiction posts.

[uupdirector]

August 17th - I have a "ReFreshing" gift to show you all for The Tormented's 7th Anniversary. Stay tuned!

[subjectively-incorrect]

Siiiiigh.

I guess I’ll anonymously break radio silence.

I have some information on Blake that could be useful to you. I don’t want to speak to the guy ever again, but I know things that nobody else does.

- B

I spoke with this person in private. Here I will summarize the discussion.

This person is the Tormented's ex-lover, the one supposedly "almost murdered". They claim this was never the case, though there were fights.

They seem concerned that someone may be "framing" the Tormented.

They have the blog blocked for personal reasons.

They are concerned about Blake's "friendship" with Steven Stoughton.

They are unsure of the lost Pokemon's whereabouts.

There are still some questions unanswered, most notably: who sent me these asks, and why are they convinced (or, more worryingly, want to convince others) of the Tormented's guilt?

However, for the time being, I am content to call this investigation closed.

[gotankgo]

[smashpages]

Austen + Olliffe re-team for ‘The Tormented’

The horror miniseries will launch on Comixology Originals next week.

[gloomyist]

Fatal Frame you have my heart take all my money 💷

❤️🖤❤️

Trigger warning:Ghosts,simulated violence

(Epilepsy warning as-well

[kybawvtson]

A bit late, but Levy and the Tormented FC wants to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. It was so nice catching up with loved ones the other night. Hopefully the new year reunites us so we can get together like the old days. Here’s to 2023

[uupdirector]

I rarely bring stuff like this up, but I've recently had this exact issue for the past few months.

I'm an overthinker - it stems from my own creativity, and it's led to me conceiving grim scenarios of my life, my relationships, and even the world. Preparation is one thing, but continuously thinking of these things doesn't make it easier to confront them, if anything, it makes you want to hide. Funny thing is? It stems both ways - in fear, AND comfort.

For years, I've never really seen the line between coming up with ideas "of the future" and "for the future." I have ideas for stories all the time, but after I've thought about them for a while, my thought process on them starts to shift into 2 different phases of scenarios of how it could end up later on.

Phase 1 - Already thinking of a major climax for the idea

Phase 2 - Imagining people giving me praise for the idea, even though nothing is concrete or complete

While both of them are different in their own ways, the one thing they have in common is that they both focus on a thought process "of the future" rather than "for the future".

To clarify, "for the future" details working towards a goal that's set into mind. For me, that goal is making people - myself included, happy with what my imagination can come up with.

But through my years on YouTube, I slowly started getting used to people giving me positive feedback and kind words about all the things I've made, and while I was, and always have been grateful, it conditioned me in a way that had me seeking a reward for reaching my goals, and in turn had me thinking "of the future".

I couldn't stop thinking of all the support I had received over the years. So much that I started manifesting similar scenarios whenever I was working on a different project, which at that time, i always saw as the motivating factor behind working "for the future." I had different expectations for each, but back then, that never normally affected the creative process, as I knew I wasn't there yet and had more energy compared to what I have now.

But years later, thinking of scenarios "of the future" doesn't help in encouraging me to work on projects, and all it seems to do now is serve no purpose than to comfort me with something that doesn't currently exist. And when something is comfortable, it's easier for the unconscious mind to believe and let go of. Closure, basically. Imaginary closure, but closure nonetheless.

And this has been the biggest problem - I would never consciously know this until these past few weeks, and what really jars me is that the signs should have been clear 3-4 years ago.

By the end of 2020, Splatenstein Episode 2 was set to be my next focus, and I had everything set up, with the only thing remaining being the footage that needed to be done. Though I don't recall much, I'm pretty sure I was putting more thought "of the future" rather than what I should have been focusing on, and it wouldn't have been so bad if animating wasn't so damn uncomfortable with the PC I had at the time, and if I hadn't shifted my focus to Goliath's Requiem.

Don't get me wrong, I was and am still proud of what I accomplished for that game, but even that project is a prime example of a focus that had me imagining it's post-release before actually finishing, and man did I go way too far. Letting my excitement get the best of me, promoting the game all over the DA server, and thus practically spoiling the JoV update before it even released. What once started as a passion project for one of my best friends turned into a passion project for myself as well without realizing it... and that wouldn't have been much of an issue had Will not been in such a mental rut during DotD's production. I can't blame him - I should have known better, but my feelings and excitement got in the way and made me think I was exempt from similar behavior that the fans had.

No. No I wasn't. And that should have been the clear indicator, but nothing changed.

When I got back to work on Splatenstein, it kept happening. Even when I started work on Scarlet Combine, it kept on happening - thinking "of the future" and not "for the future." When Storm Before The Calm released, I couldn't help but notice a sense of emptiness I've never felt for any of my works. This was why.

To think, had I come to this conclusion years ago, maybe I wouldn't have had such a struggle figuring out the conclusion to the original Tormented. Maybe I could have continued Splatenstein. Maybe Splat Ops Fresh War could have happened. Maybe Storm Before The Calm might have been my proudest project to date.

Could've

Would've

Should've

I've already hit the ReFresh button, and on one hand, while I wish that I could go back to how things were, doing so would ultimately ruin me even further. I want to grow, I want to change, and I want to improve. But the only way I can do those things is by focusing "for the future," while staying in the present. I'm lucky to be here doing what I love and have people around me supporting me in my work, and I want to keep that ball rolling while making sure that I am okay. It's taken time to reach this point, and it's going to take even more before everything fully clicks. But I will make it, I have to.

No matter what happens in the future, we're still here. You're still here. I'm still here. And as long as we give ourselves today what we've needed long ago, things will work out. I believe in it. I believe in you. I believe in me.

Thanks for reading my Ted talk. Hope y'all have a good rest of your day. 💙

[chaos-smoothie]

we did it once we can do it again we did it once we can do it again WE DID IT ONCE-

[doctorsiren]

Gravity Falls AU where everything is exactly the same except Bill’s parents are alive and well, and they’re just so proud of their chaotic dream demon son

[aesthetic-uni]

It’s that time of the year again

[uupdirector]

It's been a good minute since my last bit of activity, so to showcase that I'm not dead and keeping my priorities straight, here's the first minute of The Tormented: ReFreshed Episode 1!

[subjectively-incorrect]

followup to the ask about Blake’s past as an almost murderer!!! ^_^

I heard from a not so anonymous source (his blog) that he’s allies with the missing one, and FRIENDS with former Kanto champion/alleged murderer Steven Stoughton. you know, the one who actually DID murder someone after a trade gone wrong? kind of suspicious…

Certainly interesting. I haven't heard of a former champion by that name.

I was able to find a work of fiction that matches this description, however. I'm aware the multiverse means many such works of fiction may be real somewhere...

At the very least, I have a new vector of attack. Thank you.

[gotankgo]

currently watching The Eerie Midnight Horror Show aka the Sexorcists, The Tormented, Enter the Devil, Devil Obsession, or L’Ossessa (1974/1977)