#disturbing backstories

[horrorhistory123]

7 Photos with disturbing backstories | Mystery | True

Some images have a haunting quality that transcends their visual impact, carrying with them disturbing backstories that linger in the mind long after they're seen. These photos with creepy origins often depict moments of tragedy, horror, or the macabre, weaving narratives that evoke unease and fascination. Whether it's an innocuous scene tainted by a sinister history or a snapshot capturing a chilling event, these images with disturbing backstories tap into our primal fears and curiosity. From seemingly normal pictures with disturbing undertones to outright unsettling photographs, each image carries a tale that delves into the darker corners of human experience, leaving an indelible mark on those who encounter them.

1900s asylums

Unit 731

Dyatlov Pass incident

Columbine High School tragedy

Omagh bombing heartbreaking picture

Space exploration gone wrong

Scary wax figure

Heaven's Gate

Jonestown: Paradise to Massacre of Jim Jones

The Haunting of Everest: Hannelore Schmatz

[marcsnuffy]

kaiser and ness. thoughts?

[chemzee]

Morgan "Morg" Grimmes

aka chemzee made another very edgy oc how surprising

A Ravenclaw student you may have never heard of. And if you did, not the best things. His macabre interests in dark art, especially the art of necromancy, certain disregard for some establishments and rules and unceremonious view of death scares an average student, his huge dark eyes feel as if they pierce through your soul, his hazy voice and almost permanent smile makes people feel a sense of unease around him.

Nobody wants to be around him and it might appear he does not mind that, after all, higher chances are you'd find him alone, reading another one of his questionable books with a blissful smile on his face.

Truth is, deep inside, he craves to be accepted and understood, to feel like he belongs somewhere. His interests might be macabre, some of his morals in first glance questionable,yet those who'd know him will tell he's a nice, friendly and patient guy,who means no harm. Too bad so little actually know that about him, leaving him with a desire to find those who'd be on a same wavelength as him. Perhaps so much so he's willing to join questionable groups, just to feel like part of a social circle for the time he has left.

A curse runs through his veins, everyone who shared it with him facing a terrible demise while still young. Morgan had witnessed most of his family pass away, leaving him as one of the few still alive, as he has already accepted the inevitability of his fate, accepted that high chances are he won't make it to the graduation. It might sound terrifying to most,himself included at first, knowing you have so little time left, yet now he prefers to think of it as liberating, he can do whatever he pleases, as he's got nothing to lose. Or so he thinks.

[groovybun-png]

I want to step out of my comfort zone and improve myself by trying to draw some dark or taboo themed art but we live in society where ppl will call you a predator for it

[ace-s-fave-tv-shows]

Twinkle Eyed Pony G4 Redesigns

Whenever I see a G4 redesign that makes one of the Mane 6 a twinkle eyed pony I'm not gonna lie, I am disappointed that they always pick Rarity by default because her whole thing is gemstones.

I, on the other hand, think that if any of the Mane 6 should be a Twinkle eyed pony it should be Pinkie Pie, and that the Pie family being Twinkle eyed ponies, should be their connection to the Apple family.

Let me explain.

Okay, so the Twinkle Eyed Pony origin story in G1, as far as I know (they could have another origin, this is just the only one I know of) is that in a comic, G1 Applejack is captured by an evil jewel wizard (or sorcerer? It's an evil magic man), and forced into slavery working in a magical gem mine with a bunch of other ponies who've been in there far longer than her.

The pony slaves who've been trapped in the caves for so long, tell Applejack to escape before she becomes like them. Who've been trapped underground, toiling away in the dark mine for so long, that their eye sight has deteriorated to the point of blindness. Or at least to the point that their eyes are too sensitive for them to go out during the daylight.

So after hearing this Applejack attacks the Jewel wizard (presumably killing him, like it says he fell to The End of the Earth), and smashes his jewel throne, freeing the enslaved ponies. She then starts to lead them out of the cave, telling them to follow her and that she'll guide them, because of their extremely poor eyesight.

It's only when they reach daylight, that Applejack and the twinkle eyed ponies learn that their eyes were healed when Applejack smashed the throne made of magic jewels. Returning sight to the enslaved ponies, but also causing their gemstone eyes to develop.

[Also, in this AU Twinkle Eyes are a genetic thing, as in they're passed down to their descendants. Which is not the case in G1 canon, multiple G1 Twinkle Eyed Ponies have babies, and none of them inherit the Twinkle Eyes.

Meaning that the Twinkle Eyes are more like magical scarring as a result of their eyes being healed by gemstone magic, rather than them being a unique pony subspecies within the canon of G1.

I know they're not supposed to be genetic in G1, but this is about a fanon G4 version of Twinkle Eyed Ponies, that I'm making up, in order to justify Pinkie having Twinkle Eyes. Okay.]

So I'd think it'd be interesting if Applejack's ancestor (like hundreds of years ago, like Granny Smith's grandmother or great-grandmother or something) was the savior of the Twinkle Eyed Ponies, who were Pinkie's ancestors.

So the Pie and Apple Families aren't related by blood in this AU, but instead an old debt of gratitude for an ancestor of theirs freeing their ancestors from slavery.

This is basically a fanfic outline from here on, there's no dialog or actual scenes, just a bunch of ideas thrown out there:

The Story of Applejam

Now you might ask why the Twinkle Eyed Pie family would become rock farmers after being enslaved and forced to mine for magic gemstones by an evil wizard.

Because mining and working with rocks was all they knew how to do, and it was what most of them were comfortable doing. Heck working with rocks or gemstones was a lot of their special talents.

I'm going to say that the vast majority of the enslaved ponies who become Twinkle Eyed Ponies, were taken as fillies & colts. Either already orphaned, or taken from their parents so young and moved so far away that there was no hope finding them again after they were freed.

While not all of them got their cutie marks while trapped in the mines, some in fact got theirs extremely late only after being freed, there were still those that did. [Which caused issues and trauma to develop around their cutie mark and special talent in general which lasted long after being freed for a lot of them.]

Anyways, the damage to their sight was caused by spending years, literally most of their lives for some of them, trapped in those under ground cave systems away from sunlight.

Applejam (Applejack's ancestor who's taking the place of G1 Applejack in this version of the story) is snatched up by the Jewel Wizard, while traveling home across Equestria from an Apple Family Reunion.

The Jewel Wizard felt like he needed more workers in his mine. And Applejam, in spite of being quiet a bit older than those he'd usually take already being nearly fully grown mare, was an ideal candidate.

She was physically strong and healthy, as evidenced by her seemingly trekking across the country on her own with no other pony to switch out hauling the wagon with. Most of his workers were rather weak and sickly, with the quality of their work degrading over time.

Applejam is taken suddenly in the night, waking up in a dimly lit cavern, surrounded by other young ponies. Only a few could be considered young adults, most were teens, and a few were even fillies or colts not even old enough to develop their cutie mark yet.

They weren't doing too good.

The hair of their manes and tails haphazardly chopped short, but hanging limp and dirty all the same. Coats similarly dull, full of dust from the crushed and shattered rocks mined away.

They were thinner than they should be. Not emaciated. Apparently the one holding them captive fed them enough to keep them capable of working, but not much more than that.

The worst thing though, in Applejam's opinion, were those poor ponies' eyes. Cloudy and clearly irritated. The older ponies seemingly unable to see much at all, considering how their eyes never focused, and mainly drifted around. The younger ponies however, had retained some sight. Their eyes able to focus on things, but even then they were all squinting.

Many of the ponies had been trapped down in the mines for so long that they'd forgotten what the sky had looked like, and the warm light of the sun was but a distant memory.

What allows the Wizard to command and keep all of these other ponies under his control, is a throne entirely made of magic gemstones. By tethering the slave's magic to the gemstone throne, and keeping that tether short, he can insure no pony can leave the cave.

This also allows for the Jewel Wizard to use the throne as a kind of magical battery, using the enslaved ponies' magic as his own.

Applejam spends a few days trapped with the gem miner ponies, coming up with a plan for escape. She's sure that she can free all these ponies, she just needs the right opportunity to come, so she can finally take out the guy who kidnapped them all.

Applejam is successful in her defeat of the Jewel Wizard, with the help of a few of the gem miners to distract him, she managed to knock him down into a deep mine shaft (killing the wizard in the process). While also destroying the magic jewel throne in the process, as it was also knocked down the mine shaft.

Applejam and the other now freed ponies travel back to the surface, and are so happy to discover that their blindness had been healed as a result of the destruction of the gemstone throne.

The shattering of the gemstone throne had broken the tether spell, and returned the portion of the enslaved ponies' magic (and life force, because canonically their magic is also part of their life force) that had been stolen. Though that their magic sat contained and bound to the gemstones for so long, is what lead to the interesting side effects of the now freed slaves.

Twinkle Eyed Ponies, as they'd come to be called, would come to be a protected population of Equestria, after gaining their freedom.

Once herself and all the other ponies were now back above ground, Applejam came to the conclusion that she couldn't help these ponies on her own no matter how much she wants to. The only pony who could help them settle into new lives of freedom after spending most of their lives imprisoned, would be the ruler of Equestria herself, Princess Celestia.

So after locating her wagon, still left abandoned at the roadside from where she'd been taken in her sleep, she guided the Twinkle Eyed Ponies to a place she'd hardly ever been. Canterlot.

Applejam had a group of ponies who'd been imprisoned for half their lives or longer, who needed things like medical attention, and schooling that had been cut short, and families who they'd been separated from. And nothing was going to stop her from getting them to where they needed to be and seeing who they needed to see to get help.

Even if that pony happened to be the ruler of the country and raiser the of sun herself.

Celestia would indeed see to the needs of the Twinkle Eyed Ponies, and would send out an investigative team to see to it that no remnants of the gemstone throne remained, to see to it that there would be no copycats. Along with searching for the origin of the Jewel Wizard, and where he'd taken so man young fillies and colts from without anyone noticing.

Applejam would be awarded with a medal of honor for her heroism in freeing the Twinkle Eyed Ponies and defeating the Jewel Wizard against all odds.

The Twinkle Eyed Ponies would eventually, after counseling and rehabilitation to ensure they'd be able to function in pony society as free ponies, found the town of Rockville.

Home of the Pie family from that point on, and eventual birthplace of Pinkie Pie herself. Who'd funnily enough move to Ponyville, a town founded by the Apple family, and become best friends with a mare named Applejack.

As for Applejam? Well, she would stop by the city of Rockville during her long trek across Equestria, on her way home from Apple Family reunions, for many years after meeting and befriending the Twinkle Eyed Ponies. They weren't blood, but they were family after all.

Only stopping her yearly visits, when she had grown too old to make the journey. Though she'd eventually insist on moving there full time in her twilight years, and being buried there. Much to her family's confusion.

Why, under Celestia's bright sky, would Applejam want to live in that tiny little town, full of odd ponyfolk, without nary an apple orchard to be found?

Well, who's to say. There's only one apple tree too be found in Rockville.

A giant behemoth of a thing by the time Pinkie is born, 40 meters tall, and a 2 meter diameter for the trunk. The center piece of the community garden of Rockville. Originally planted by Applejam nearly 300 years prior, but lovingly tended to by the citizens long after the original planter had passed.

For much like a plant, no friendship can succeed, with out a bit of hard work, and the care of someone who wants to see you flourish.

...

IDK, I've just had a lot of feelings after learning the backstory of the Twinkle Eyed Ponies of G1 and how Applejack killed an evil wizard and freed them all from slavery and blindness.

Anyways, if you like Twinkle Eyed Rarity because gemstones are her thing, okay.

I'm a Twinkle Eyed Pinkie kind of person, because the origin story of the Twinkle Eyed Ponies and it's relation to G1 Applejack, just meshes really well in my brain with Pinkie Pie's backstory of growing up on a rock farm that made her miserable, along with the possibility of the Apple and Pie families being connected.

It's just really satisfying to me that all of these pieces fit so well together.

When I see a Twinkle Eyed Rarity I don't like connecting it to the G1 idea of Twinkle Eyed Ponies, the way I do Twinkle Eyed Pinkie.

I like the idea of Rarity getting Twinkle Eyes not genetically, but as a result of unknowingly messing around with magic gemstones not long after getting her cutie mark.

Rarity likes digging and hunting for gemstones too much for me to want to have that in anyway connected to something as traumatic as slavery. Even if it's generations back in her family tree.

When I think about it too long it makes me think of that one video of the black guy explaining that really racist field trip he was taken on in elementary school, where he and his classmates were taken to a cotton farm, and made to pick cotton they didn't even get to keep. Like literally taken to a cotton farm to do unpaid child labor.

And I know it's not actually like that, but it's always where my mind goes first when it's said on the redesign that Rarity was born with Twinkle Eyes, meaning it was an inherited trait.

Also I'll definitly attempt drawing my version of Twinkle Eyed Pinkie (and maybe some of the other Pies like Maud) at some point, but I just can't get the eyes to look right to me, so that'll be later.

[gilmores-glorious-blog]

potentially hot take, but kashaw’s backstory is one of the most fucked up in all of critical role. like,, caleb-level or more. it’s genuinely horrifying and the fact that will friedle came up with that disturbing and in-depth of a backstory for a guest character is very impressive.

[amischiefofmuses]

What's everyone's ideal date night? If you guys could do anything with your respective others, what would you like to get up to? (for anyone that wants to answer!)

Drunken nonsense || No Longer Accepting

-- ❝Now that's an easy one.❞ Morph grins, they're not known for being the private type, so of course they're even chattier when they're drunk. Maybe to a detriment in the wrong situations. ❝Going out to a bar and having a nice drink, maybe even a dance if I can drag him out onto the dance floor with me - then we stumble home and spend some quality time together.❞ -- ❝You scared to say FUCK?❞ Wade snorts, earning a good-natured elbow nudge from the shapeshifter who rolls their eyes at his addendum but given the stupid smile on their face, Wade had been right on the money. There's a moment where Wade is expecting more but- there's nothing left to tell. Morph is content in that being the best idea for a night out, something the merc considers unimaginative.

-- ❝Seriously though, that's it?❞ He questions, letting out a soft snort. ❝Where's the pizazz, the OOMPH?! Don't get me wrong, I don't HATE the classics but they sure wouldn't be my first choice.❞ Pulling himself up, he sways slightly but straightens to stand, hands on his hips like he's about to give a lecture. -- ❝Gotta start by killing some bad guys together, just go STUPID with combo moves and everything, absolutely clear house before finding somewhere quiet to get all that adrenaline outta the system. Some really intense cardio, if you catch my drift.❞ A snort and a glance to Morph, clearly avoiding the direct truth of what he's talking about purely to tease them, they shake their head and give yet another eye roll in response. ❝After that maybe we book a hotel room somewhere, get room service, get washed off before we fuck like rabbits all night long. Look up some sex positions and try all of them twice, for science.❞

Cable groans, having just returned to hear THAT. He doesn't want to know what prompted that line of thinking but before he can state as such, he's got the merc in his lap explaining. Shoving him off, he picks up his drink and takes another swig. -- ❝Fine- Mine's simple enough. A movie, some drinks, don't need to go out for it to be a good date. Point is spending time together.❞ -- ❝Booooring.~❞ Wade sing-songs while just getting back onto his seat, only to be shoved off again by Cable.

-- ❝Zhere is nothing boring about vanting to spend time together, I think it is sveet.❞ Kurt chimes in, a soft smile spread across his face, his tail slack against the floor and just swaying back and forth in sweeping motions. ❝I zhink I vould love to go to an aquarium, ve can explore, perhaps see if zhere are other such places in zhe area and make a day of it. Come night ve have a valk under zhe stars, and zhen spend our evening together. En-❞ -- ❝Fucking.❞ Wade states, interrupting the - thus far - very pleasant sentiment. ❝How many people here are gonna be scared to say it? We ain't running a PG operation here, fellas, we don't have to worry about having a potty mouth.❞ -- ❝Maybe he wasn't about to say that, you-❞ Cable goes to scold, but he's quickly halted by Kurt.

-- ❝I vas.❞ It's noted bashfully, he can't stop the chuckle that spills from his lips, Wade is outright elated. Vindication at last.

[dkniade]

note: (about Shenhe) trauma, human sacrifice, abandonment, self-hate

Shenhe… I’m confused. Shenhe, Kaeya, and Childe all had some sort of traumatic experience when they were young, but it seems Shenhe is the only one who could mention it in detail (even if she is emotionally suppressed with the ropes) despite it happening at a really young age (six)? If it was explicitly stated in the Liyue Interlude by Cloud Retainer (and in her Character Stories), what’s the point of her telling us this again in her voiceline other than painting her as, like, extremely straightforward and trusting towards the Traveler…? She’s not given as much lore importance as Childe or Kaeya but…

(“Seagaze Sunset”, pt 2 of The Crane Returns On the Wind) Cloud Retainer: “Inside [the cave] was Shenhe, then aged around six years old.”

(About Shenhe: IV) “My father's intent was to trade my flesh and blood for my mother's life. After he abandoned me in that cave, I still held out hope that he'd come back to rescue me. One day went by. Then two days, three days... I used every ounce of energy in my body to fight off that monster. But as I collapsed on the ground, I finally realized that the day I was waiting for would never come. To this day, I don't which one it is... Was I abandoned because I'm cursed, or is it the way I've been treated in life that has cursed me?”

In English she says it in a very matter-of-fact yet stern and somewhat disappointed manner. In Chinese, while her voice is generally more quiet and soft in comparison, this particular line is also distant, but with some… quiet anger because of the way some parts are almost whispered.

[ssaalexblake]

Compare Willow's parental abandonment and xander's abusive parents and Joyce's joyceness (code for: plot wants her to be an obstacle all the time) and giles' parenting doesn't look so bad.

[anotherothernight]

the Toys backstory (4 and 5)

yay for finishing a comic!

[horrorhistory123]

Animal Baiting

Kind request to viewers

Chicken Throwing

Burning Cats

Cannibal Holocaust

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[oculusxcaro]

I absolutely LOVE the body horror and how it's not flattering or cute, like this isn't some cute little ears and tail shit, this is ACTUALLY GROSS and I love that,so many people refuse to actually make their "monstrous" characters unsettling in any significant way that might impact their attractiveness. Respect. Also, the idea it makes petting cats and furry critters harder is genuinely the most tragic side effect I've ever heard, that hit me way harder than so many other "was a lab rat" character's after-effects because holy shit, that would be the WORST for ME PERSONALLY. It may not seem like the most tragic awful thing compared to PTSD and pain and so on, but like, it's UNIQUE and it's incredible relatable in its mundane nature at the same time, and feels so much more sad and real than a bunch of OTT trauma stuff I can't actually relate to. Hope I expressed this well!!

Please tell me your favorite things about my portrayal/muse?

Thank you so much for the lovely response!!! I will admit I was floored by your words and couldn't help but stare at the inbox for the longest time pondering how to respond to such a thoughful message, because you touched upon something I didn't think many people would really pay attention such as Khare's issue with petting cats? It's such an everyday, mundane thing like you said so the fact you can relate how hard something like that would actually be despite it being one of the simplest joys most people wouldn't think twice about. Sure, there's the PTSD, the pain and trauma that comes with being an unwilling lab rat and growing all those very gross eyes and teeth which are not cute at ALL, so you finding that one very tragic aspect to her character is something I honestly smile about (in the worst possible way!) because for all the horrors that are part of her background, the everyday and mundane is something I wanted present too? At the end of an awful day, giving your beloved pet a hug is pretty much the only good thing about it and this poor bitch can't even have that because of her nasty, staticky little hands LMAO.

[pixiestein]

do u think frankie ever feels weird about wearing a dead person’s face

[alexcharmsyou]

fnaf animatics will never not make my jaw drop. im so deeply attached to every one i find, it really brings the lore to life in such a poetic way and ill be dammed if i didn’t say how important these are in our fandom. you guys really light the fnaf goblet and im so so in love with all of you and your animations

thank you for blessing us fnaf animators we love you 💕💫👾

[08theverysmallhuman]

One thing that is kind of sad 2 me abt kunigami is that you see him in the earlier chapters so dedicated and passionated about being a soccer player, he was just some weird kid that wanted to be like a superhero! But idk seeing him emerge from the wildcard basically wit his dreams crushed is honestly rly sad. Like him going from his hero to this shell of himself was honestly one of the most depressing parts of the story lol. Idk I think he should be the first in line (of the current bllkers) for blue lock survivor therapy lol

REAL

seeing him go from being the guy who shares his food with the team and holds Reo's head up after the match and is wholly unabashed about his seemingly childish dream to Noa's seventeen-year old clone only solidifies the need to put Ego Jinpachi in the ground

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

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