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alteredphoenix · 1 year ago

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Thinking about that one YT video that goes in-depth about liminal spaces in video gaming by sorbino, and how people that view them fall into one of two categories: those that are endowed with nostalgia and the sense that they've been there before (regardless as to whether or not they were born in the era those spaces originated from), and those that feel the looming dread and fear and the hint of otherness, that sensation of wrongness that scrapes along the surface of your brain just looking upon them.

I guess I would fall into the first camp, although not so much with the familiarity and nostalgia; it's more like I can relax and put my guard down when I see them. It reminds me how, as silly and goofy some of these places used to look, they at least had heart to them. Not like today, how you'd look at them from your window out of the car you're in and see the buildings that once were colorful and bombastic are now just redesigned to have the same cold, sterile, corporate aesthetic.

(That's a deeper dive I can get into that sort of goes outside of the bounds of this topic, but I think you get where I'm going with it.)

#tbh this was brought on by an idea i had for a story #that incorporates aspects of the '90s aesthetics while maintaining its own fantasy setting #things inspired by the drum 'n' bass and house mix beats that were prevalent in PSX games #and liminal spaces is a feature that's integral to the early era of gaming #but when i read that liminal spaces invoke horror in some ppl #i'm like '...okay how do i incorporate liminal spaces WITHOUT scaring off my readers?'#b/c i want them to have a good time. i don't want to give them a bad time lmao #my 2nd thought was 'how do i incorporate the element of liminal spacing in a written narrative?'#b/c liminal spaces are a visual feature not a written one #idk it's a weird thought to have. but all my thought processes go down a weird rabbit hole #i've been wanting to use this idea for a while. in a NaNoWriMo thing #i think i would have to do some more research & messing around in order to make it work #and nail the landing before i actually get around to writing it #but i always loved messing around with tired yet popular tropes and putting my own spin on them #i can't pass up a good challenge for my spicy writerly brain #liminal spaces #yeah why not i'll tag it. see what you all think

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