#Bongcheon-dong

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Lomando

Bongcheon-Dong (suicide and jumpscare warning)

[botanicaltropical]

✨Family photo✨

some doodles

[clownehonk]

internet horror girls :]

[bunnyhologram]

another e-horror miku study LOL (thank u miku + twitter for breaking my artblock)

inspired by the jumpscare in Bongcheon-Dong Ghost!

[dontaskchaosandco]

weird internet stuff

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I was dragging myself home exhausted after a night-study sessions at school

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can you imagine tessa/cyn from murder drones playing as cho from the korean comic bongcheon dong ghost running the same way like she did in mass destruction to attack uzi playing as the schoolgirl/narrator?

I think I can and it's almost as creepy as how she normally runs/walks.

[lu-is-not-ok]

While we're psychoanalyzing the EGOs, what are your opinions on Dimensional Shredder? Deffo something on freedom there, but I'm having trouble putting it to words myself.

Alright, another shared E.G.O. Cracks knuckles.

You know the drill, under cut we go.

So let's talk about Wayward Passenger as an abnormality first. It's a representation of the horrible things W Corp puts people through on their WARP trains given form. In a way, that makes it similar to abnormalities like Mountain of Smiling Bodies or CENSORED (if you subscribe to the smoke war monster theory).

The dungeon event in which we meet Wayward Passenger is especially telling in what themes it wants to carry. The narration mentions that the corporation responsible for disappearance will simply pretend that this person never existed. The reveal that the Passenger was actually a W Corp employee further adds to this.

(Also, random tangent, but am I the only one that got reminded of Bongcheon-Dong Ghost by this abno's event? Something about having to point a terrifying monster in a direction away from you and hope it doesn't come back just brought back memories. At least the Passenger has enough manners to not jumpscare you.)

When it comes to the abnormality itself, Wayward Passenger carries themes of corporate exploitation and negligence, specifically in the way W Corp might find its employees expendable and doesn't care about inflicting suffering upon its clients as long as they profit from it.

There are also some themes of abandonment and being lost, but also tenacity in spite of it. Despite not being able to escape, Wayward Passanger still searches for a way out and never stops moving forward.

So. With all that being said. How does it all tie back to Hong Lu and Yi Sang, as they are the ones with Dimension Shredder?

Thanks to Canto IV we now know that Yi Sang absolutely fits under the exploited by corporate greed umbrella. It's a major theme of his whole chapter in fact! The themes of being lost are also reflected in Yi Sang's aimlessness after the League collapsed. He was completely lost and effectively abandoned by everyone except Gubo, only to be further exploited by even more corporate greed.

Hell, you could even say his character arc in his Canto represents that tenacity in spite of being lost I mentioned. Though his goal might not be all that clear, he still wants to keep going and keep moving forward, no matter what.

When it comes to Hong Lu, we don't have nearly as much information... But we can speculate! I think in this case the "corporate exploitation" is less literally corporate, but still applicable. I'm talking about Hong Lu's family, of course. Though we don't know much, we do get quite a few hints about his family exploiting him for their own gain, especially now that we're getting a Hong Lu ID that is quite literally based on the idea of paralleling that part of him with Actual Corporate Exploitation!

With how cagey Hong Lu is about the deeper parts of his past, and how hard it is to tell when he's being genuine, it's honestly hard to pinpoint any of the other themes onto him.

However, we could work a little bit backwards here and see how Wayward Passenger might apply to Hong Lu's recurring themes of freedom.

In that way, we could be onto something here. Wayward Passenger is no longer under W Corp's protection, if it ever was. It's lost and abandoned by the thing that was supposed to be protecting it... But on the other hand, it is free now. W Corp can't reach it anymore. It can go wherever it wants and nothing will stop it.

If you want to translate that to how that might apply to Hong Lu, then you could interpret that as a sign that Hong Lu can only attain "true" freedom by severing ties with the thing exploiting him, aka his family... At the cost of losing the comfort and protection they offered him, as little as it may have been.

You could say that idea is reflected in Tingtang Hong Lu. Yes, he is probably the most free when it comes to authority bearing down on him compared to all his other IDs. ...But he's also a gambler living in the Backstreets leading a gang so incompetent he has to threaten them with death to keep them in line. He may be free, but his life is far from comfortable.

...I think it's funny that I already wrote that much and I haven't even touched the actual E.G.Os themselves, whoops! Let's go do that.

First thing to note about Dimension Shredder is that its damage type is Pride, especially since Yi Sang's version doesn't even *require* Pride resources. In fact, Dimension Shredder is the only non-base E.G.O that deals Pride damage.

To go a little bit deeper into that, all of the base E.G.O that deal Pride damage seem to imply taking an action while ignoring the consequences that might follow them. Rodion's What Is Cast is the most obvious example here, representing her murder of the pawnbroker without considering how the Middle would react to one of their family being killed. Likewise, Outis, Meursault, and Faust seem to carry similar ideas. Outis reminding herself of the Odyssey's purpose, as if trying to cope with the unforseen consequences of her actions. Meursault acting out despite noting how doing so only tightens the chains of those judging him. Faust opening herself to knowledge and possibilities regardless of what it may do.

In a way, that is what Pride is at its core. Performing actions purely because of what benefit they bring to oneself, without considering the drawbacks and consequences.

There's a couple of ways we could interpret that with Dimension Shredder.

For one, we could zoom back out to what Wayward Passenger represents. Dimension Shredder being a Pride E.G.O could be signifying the Pride inherent in corporate exploitation. By its very nature, it's an action done purely for the corporation's benefit, without considering the consequences on other people.

The other is a bit more directly applicable to Yi Sang and Hong Lu themselves. It could represent how they, and the abnormality included, continue moving forward regardless of what may stand in their way. Regardless what the consequences may be for doing so.

During the attack animations for both Dimension Shredder Awakenings, we see Yi Sang and Hong Lu enter a dimensional rift they make, with both of them notably hesitating before doing so. Judging by Hong Lu's expression when he exits the rift, it's not exactly a pleasant experience. And yet, they both do it anyway. The benefit of continuing to move outweighs the damage it may inflict on them, so they ignore the consequences. I think it kinda points to my second interpretation above.

When it comes to Sin Resources, both Yi Sang and Hong Lu require Gluttony, but while Hong Lu requires Pride, Yi Sang requires Sloth. Let's dissect it one at a time.

Gluttony in Limbus Company has two meanings, in my opinion. On one hand, there's the Greed-adjacent aspect, where it represents the want for more and more. This neverending need for growth, for consumption, for progress. On the other hand, when it's seen in a more sympathetic light, it can represent the actions one commits for the sake of one's own Survival.

When it comes to Dimension Shredder, I think it's a little bit of both for both Hong Lu and Yi Sang. They both need Gluttony to survive in an environment where they're actively being exploited, but at the same time they need Gluttony to keep moving further and further forward, to keep making progress endlessly.

For the other Resources that each of them uses, I think it specifically represents what part of them is what allows them to be easily exploited by those above them.

Sloth for Yi Sang represents his apathy and passiveness. He gets exploited because he doesn't care enough about himself to fight back against it. Why bother? It doesn't matter, everything and everyone else was exploited, so why stand up to being exploited yourself? While this is something that Yi Sang starts to come out of by the end of Canto IV, I doubt it's a habit that will be easy for him to break just like that.

The fact that Pride is a resource here for Hong Lu paints his passiveness when being exploited under a different light. He doesn't buckle because he's apathetic like Yi Sang, it's because he believes that the benefits of letting himself be exploited outweigh the drawbacks enough to ignore them. If we apply this to his family exploiting him, it paints a pretty vivid picture. Sure, he is being used and hurt by his family, but just accepting that it happens means he still gets to enjoy the comfort and "love" they give him. Because what happens if he stands up to them? He likely gets punished. He loses that comfort he relies on. So he'd rather just bear the pain and pretend everything is okay, because the alternative is far worse.

Now, let's examine the dialogue lines, because I think they are very interesting with all of that analysis behind us.

For starters, I think for both Dimension Shredder users, their Awakening lines are a reflection of their coping mechanism in the face of being exploited being pushed to its absolute limits.

Yi Sang's Awakening line is a reflection of how he tries to throw himself into research and scholarly pursuits as a form of escapism from his reality. Whether it's his activities with the League, or his dependency on the Mirror, we see in Canto IV that he turns to acting the part of a researcher when faced with corporate exploitation.

Likewise, while using Dimension Shredder he makes notes of his surroundings like a researcher traversing the space. Noting the enchanting colors and how he can't memorize the path he's on. However, his tone of voice is a lot more... manic? It's emotional, seemingly entranced by what he's seeing. I think it signifies how, when pushed to his limits, Yi Sang would completely throw himself into his research, to a perhaps almost obsessive degree.

Hong Lu's Awakening line on the other hand reflects how he tries to keep a happy tone regardless of the circumstances. His defense mechanism is hiding what he's truly feeling behind a mask of smiles and jokes.

Tingtang and Kurokumo Hong Lu are probably the best examples of this. While having a constant jovial tone, Tingtang Hong Lu is an utter piece of shit only using kindness as a thin veil to hide his actual intentions. Kurokumo Hong Lu on the other hand uses a somewhat polite tone despite the fact he clearly does not respect anyone. It's even more obvious with the latter when you examine his post-uptie illustration more closely. While he wears a smile on his face, the veins shown on the hand clutching his sword say that he's not as calm as he seems.

While using Dimension Shredder, Hong Lu tries to keep up his smiling facade... Except this time, he fails. At his very limit, he's too worn down and tired of the abuse to pretend he's fine. The words do come out, but he can't make them sound the way he wants to anymore. The mask finally cracks under the pressure.

Matching with how the Awakening lines share a specific theme, the Corrosion lines do as well. Dimension Shredder Corroded dialogue lines all seem to express some form of realization that they are finally free.

Yi Sang's Corrosion line describes how the alley he's going down does in fact have an exit. It's an open one. Not only is it a reference to Poem No. 1 from Crow's Eye View, but the way Yi Sang speaks it is very interesting here. His tone is fully confident, and even seems to lack the usual tired breathiness that Yi Sang usually has.

Good thing I'm writing this after Canto IV has come out, because... All of that is reflected in Yi Sang's character arc. He does realize that the alley is open. He does realize he can keep moving forward. And, most importantly, he does gain the confidence to not let himself be stopped.

With all of that context, let's look at Hong Lu's Corrosion line. His dialogue line expresses how nobody (or nothing) is forcing him to "be located there", causing him to fall into a fit of gasping laughter. There is something. Incredibly disturbing about this line to me. It's this dichotomy between Hong Lu hesitantly realizing that he's no longer stuck, that nobody is ordering him around anymore, and his downright histerical sounding delivery.

Since we don't have Hong Lu's Canto just yet, I can't do the same comparison as I did with Yi Sang... But I could try to predict what Hong Lu's Canto could end on if we assume this line is foreshadowing it the same way Yi Sang's was.

I think Canto 8 will show us Hong Lu finally break. There will be no more mask to hide behind, just a flood of emotions that had been held back for all of his life. Most importantly though, it won't be pretty. If there's any Sinner who will be in need of emotional catharsis through a mental breakdown boss battle, Hong Lu seems like the perfect candidate for that. Either that or Hong Lu just straight up fucking murders someone on screen. Ideally both.

There's probably more I can analyze based on the visual designs of the E.G.O... But honestly this already got way fucking longer than the Roseate Desire analysis so I'll just leave you with the mental image of me chanting Hong Lu Commit Fratricide.

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there's nothing intrinsically wrong with webtoons vertical scrolling format, but it's obnoxious how this huge hosting service is optimized solely for phones. page gutters appear overbearing when viewed on desktop and individual panels are often too big to be viewed in their entirety on any browser (which would be fine if the transition from the top of the panel to the bottom was meant to Evoke something, but that's not always the case). we've backtracked since the bongcheon-dong ghost was released in 2011. what happened.

[chaselocalyanderefan]

Drawing Internet Horror Characters for a Year

Day 222-223:

Bongcheon-Dong Ghost and Goatman

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Hey, are tumblr brackets still a thing? Well, I'm doing another.

The point of this blog will be to have multiple polls for voting on your favorite internet horror that's at least a decade old. Submissions for other contestants are now open, and the list will be updated as time goes on.

Rules

Nothing with real gore is allowed (ogrish, rotten . com, funky town, etc.)

Try to avoid big-name mascott creepy pastas (Slenderman, Jeff The Killer, etc.)

Most, if not all entries, will include subject matter of varying levels of sensitivity so viewer discretion is advised.

No porn based shock videos (lemon party, 2 girls 1 cup, BME pain Olympics, etc.)

First come, first serve

Under the cut will be already suggested/accepted into the bracket submissions. Google at your own risk.

Update: Thank you guys for all the nominations! I'm going to keep the submissions open until Saturday, May 4th 2024, or until we hit 40 nominees. I'm not familiar with all of the submissions but I've been googling them as I go and will try and update myself on the ones that are new to me.

Watchmerot . com

There Is Nothing (Dining Room)

I Feel Fantastic

Maze Game Jump Scare

Peaceful Car Ride Jump Scare

Lavendertown Syndrome

Blank Room Soup

Ted The Caver

Salad Fingers

EverymanHYBRID

Username 666

Shay Saint John

Bongcheon-Dong Ghost

Lomando

Possibly In Michigan

Russian Sleep Experiment

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2011)

No Through Road

Treats For Beasts

theholders . org

Marble Hornets

Monument Mythos

Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv (cursed video of man behind a red filter smiling at the camera)

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SCP Foundation

MLAndersen0

The Dionaea House

Godzilla NES

Candle Cove

BARBIE.avi

Suicidemouse.avi

Normal Porn For Normal People

Goat Valley Campgrounds

Penpals (r/nosleep)

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i wish pewdiepie never got his filthy hands on bongcheon-dong ghost

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speaking of internet horror its interesting seeing the different communities and formats that have gone in and out of vogue

like its probably obvious from my age and the everything about me that i grew up with primarily text and image based creepypastas (although some were more multimedia with videos or even ARG elements) when i was in elementary and middle school, and that i was huge into nosleep (which tend to be almost exclusively text, although one of two might've had a picture accompanying it, and I still think that one that about the pop song where they had a little clip of it was pretty fun LOL ~but he took your~ [synth riff] still gets stuck in my head sometimes) from highschool to......to be honest until reddit imploded this year o7

ive been mostly in the forum-y blog-y text heavy horror unfiction sphere, but there was also the early youtube horror webserieses, they often went a little into ARG elements too (which i personally have never been a fan of I think just because im too lazy to decode all these things LOL) but that shifted into our more modern analog horror videos we got now

im not super familiar with the analog horror and webseries stuff tbh, i love movies and short films but i have trouble watching shows and serialized videos nowadays LOL BUT i do really like those laceygames videos, and all the things inspired by it: like these little animations about some made-up flash game thats scary or weird SO GOOD so awesome those are fun

although sometimes the animation videos of made-up video games.....sometimes i wish it was a real thing hJKHJFDS petscop was interesting and this is absolutely not what i should have taken from it but it did make me want a puzzle game where i befriend weird pets HJFKDSLHFJDJN no fault of its own i just like weird old simulation puzzle games

right now it feels like things are a little more on the multimedia video end of things in terms of popularity, but webpage and text/image based stuff will always be around doing god knows <3 does anyone remember that one webtoon. like the really early webtoon like lowercase w webtoon korean webcomic. the one that jumpscares you. bongcheon dong ghost <3 <3 <3 still too scared to reread it <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

im busy ignoring my school assignments rn so thats why im aimlessly typing about internet horror but as someone who does prefer reading stuff on the internet over video i would love to see more text and image based horror communities pop up again a la creepypasta wikis and nosleep (which is still alive its just you know. hard to use reddit without my beloved RIF ;-; rest in peace rif is fun you beautiful beautiful app), i think theres still lots u can do with the wonderful static text and image. the beautiful animation and video-less webpage. i dunno i think the future of internet horror is bright and interesting!! there is a world out there to be scary <3

[new-smut-for-you]

So apparently there is porn of the bongcheon-dong ghost

That 2011 korean webcomic where the ghost would turn its head to look at you

[sugarcoatedmess]

i hope there're girlbloggers like me reading webtoons so here is the list of things i 100% recommend to read this spooky season or anytime if you like horror just like i do

Melvina's therapy (i LOVE A. Rasen's work!!! please read the whole horror thrilogy if you like the genre. this one is SO SCARY i couldn't think about anything else for days)

Welfare center (really intense! i thing it's a good thriller. it's an ongoing)

Nina's magic chest (my latest discovery, can't wait for another chapter)

Horang's nightmare (a must-read for a truly spooky experience. made by the famous Bongcheon-Dong Ghost webcomic author. i think it may be the most well-known title of all in this list)

Tales of the unusual (this is a long one and it really has variety in it. a collection of nice horror stories by the same author, qutie famous title, too)

Scroll if you dare (a horror anthology, and i think it's a good one! i enjoyed the Evergreen Nursing Home chapter a lot)