#and the last example is The Wi//nged Li//on. for obvious reasons. I'd say that's a mix of Gray and TLU | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

featherymainffins · 1 day ago

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Trying to remember where I first encountered humanity as a horror to see if this has a root the same way you can trace literally all of my thirst for fictional characters back to WITCH, but ngl I genuinely cannot remember anything like that.

#like you know. usually if something becomes human the narrative depicts it positively #like this is a good thing this is teh goal yay yippee #and that's great of course #love that #but everybody knows that i keep a collection of characters whose main conflict is humanity (horror) vs their nature #the example everyone likely knows is The Last Unicorn. and I saw the film adaptation when i was like 5 so maybe that's the root #but the thing is i... didn't realise the true horror of it until i read the book #so that shouldn't be it. but yes TLU is a classic example of humanity being the body horror AND the psychological horror #the unicorn was not meant to be a human. its nature isn't to be a human. it doesn't know human emotions. but it does now.#fully against its will and against the laws of nature it was changed into a she and now she is just like us and every day she looks #at her hands with horror and the hideous caricature in the mirror does not become less nausea inducing no matter how much #time passes. the repulsion gives only when the mind does. who are you really? what are you really?#and then she turns back but it ahs changed her. she will live knowing love and empathy and the fear of death.#she'll never belong anywhere and she'll have no kin. she's no longer human and no longer a unicorn.#sorry that got long because it's fucked up and depressing. but yeah that's like the prototype. the other wonderful classic #has got to be Viser I in Ani//morphs but honestly all Ye//erks are inherently this trope?#but a bit differently because they actually AREN'T that different from humans but their society shaped them into being #very different and the real horror is in realising that you have been very human all along. against your will.#the horror is just the same as if someone forced you to become a human because; well; what is the difference really?#perhaps it's even worse. i mean; the knowledge that you have always been like this; that has to be horrible; right?#and the other members of this beautiful collection aren't exactly classics but I love collecting them anyway. favourite niche fucked up #thing for real. for the uninitiated currently the other ones are Var//ney from Castle//vania (a mix of both of the above technically.#since he's something that is fully separate from humans YET his nature is actually human to the point that a character comments #on it and the kicker is he's fucking right! he's more human than many a vampire used to be. the humanity is inherent but he's very human #against his will and he'd deny being like humans at all. separating himself from humanity but hey! someone forgot that mirrors #are a thing! and they might not reflect vampires but they reflect what's within and boy your words are bullets shot in the dark corridors #of a funhouse and when they hit those funky panes of glass the one bleeding is you. you better check your mouth is dry #before you open it with a grin and stare in shock as blood pours out next time #another example is Gray from Dreamcatcher. yes i continue to ignore those few sentences at the end that completely ruin all the themes #and the last example is The Wi//nged Li//on. for obvious reasons. I'd say that's a mix of Gray and TLU

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