#stuff too horrible to watch

[mask131]

OH BOY... Okay since it's you, I will briefly describe it. But given it is "Jack" we are talking about, I will put this under a cut because not even my followers are ready for this

So "Jack" is an adult furry webcomic by a certain David Hopkins.

It follows the titular Jack, who is this world's version of the Grim Reaper. He goes to Earth, collects the souls of people who died, and then brings them either to Heaven or Hell... But this being Jack we are much more focused on Hell, its demons, and what happens to the damned souls there - because the Grim Reaper himself is actually tied to Hell. The webcomic began in 2000 and is still going on to this day. It originally was hosted on its own website but after several incidents the complete archives were moved to a different place and that's where it is going on now (jacktherabbit . thecomicseries . com)

Where do I even begin with this... Maybe with the very beginning. The very first story of the webcomic is Jack collecting the soul of a fetus that died when his mother was killed (well, it is left a bit unclear as to what exactly happened - some interpreted this as an abortion that went wrong, I personaly read this as the mother being murdered while pregnant, but with Hopkins EVERYTHING is possible). Jack the Reaper brings the fetus, now turned into a little boy, to Hell, because since he died with his mother, he must go where his mother is - trapped in Hell, at the hands of the Sin of Lust (here a literal demon). But since the kid went to Hell "ignorant and innocent" due to never having lived, he remains a pure, untouchable, naive little kid in Hell who demons and damned can't hurt, and thus he starts delighting and playing around in the horrors of the Devil's domain...

THAT tells you already everything you need to know about the webcomic, and if I remember correctly the very next arc is the Reaper having to wait through a school-shooting to collect all the victims of the shooter. And by god it is as horrible as it sounds.

This webcomic can best be described as "Horrible things happen to people everywhere, and not only do we see all those horrible things happening, we then have to see the various tortures awaiting in Hell and the perversion of the demons down there". There's a bit more to that - as in there's an actual plot, for example Jack has no memory of his past and there is an angel going down to Hell in hope of helping the damned, and who becomes friend with Jack and tries to help him regain his lost memories... But else the webcomic is a feast of explicit rapes, gruesome serial killers, mass-shootings, various wars (like the Vietnam War, it pops up regularly), mass car accidents, and whatever the hell you can imagine.

And did I mention it is a FURRY webcomic? So all of this happens not to humans, but to humanoid animals. And they are not even like realistic furries... They are actually drawn like Disney animals. With big crying eyes and Disney-like aesthetic. They're drawn like frigging Bambi. And you see them have sex, or be murdered in dark alleys, or be raped. By god I just have to pause there, as I write these lines.

One thing I didn't know, when I was readng this webcomic, was David Hopkins' personal preferences. At the time I knew he was a furry, and I knew he was into dark stuff, and that he was Christian, so this explained that... But only after going through this nightmare of a comic did I learn that he actually had a rape fetish... And that his side-account on FurAffinity, very active before "Jack" and still active to this day, was entirely dedicated to furry rape porn. In insight, I realized this is why he added so many rape scenes in his comic, AND also why he created some of the most vicious, abominables and I will dare say "perfect" (as in, truly monstrous) depictions of rapists. He wasn't trying to condemn them or show the horror of it - he was literaly just getting off the whole time...

Well, maybe he was actually trying to condemn them while getting off. Because as I said, David Hopkins is also apparently very Christian (I don't know of which branch though), since the webcomic is very ingrained in Christianity and influenced by Christian teachings. But since Hopkins is a furry, very into sex, and also you know, RAPE FETISH, his webcomic is basically his attempt at conciliating Christian teachings, positiveness about being a good and decent human being, and weird compromises when it comes to sex... The result has been pointed out, even by the biggest fans of this comic, as being actually a mess in terms of worldbuilding, because by mixing together various Christians ideas, his personal ideologies, and his attempt at doing a horror webcomic depicting Hell as the worst place possible, he actually created an afterlife system which is apparently completely broken and hypocritical, and actually doesn't work the way it is described to us, based on all the conflicting informations we are given... For example a huge emphasis in the discourse is put on free will and how people are responsible for their actions ; while in effects, the events of the comic show us that a lot of people never had the choice and that the presence of supernatural powers remove entirely any free will in the life of many people... And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Another thing - this webcomic is HUGE. There are more than fifty different story arcs (not counting side-stories or specials), some of which can be up to HUNDREDS of pages long. One needs MONTHS to get through the whole thing, even if they read fast.

There's probably much more to say but it is... it is just so much. I only read this webcomic because it has some of the coolest ideas when it comes to the Seven Deadly Sins (who are actual demonic forces very influential in the workings of Hell), but had I known I would have never stepped in this stink-hole. Honestly, this webcomic is the type of thing not even bleach can wash out of your eyes.

If you need more, check The Bad Webcomics website, it has a page for Jack which is much more expressive than me but tells you everything you need to know:

Or you can check the Webcomic Overlook review of it:

I was thinking about something mind-blowing recently.

When it comes to: "Indie Internet project about Hell and the life of its inhabitants, oscillating between serious topics and dark humor, heavily furry-influenced, with a lot of violence and with a lot of sex"... There were actually two exact cases of this precise situation happening. Like... the two ways this basis could go.

One was actually the best way so far. It was, of course, the Helluvaverse: Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss.

The other... the other was really the worst road ever. And I am certain that if the Hazbin-haters and other Helluva-harassers knew about the existence of this other one, they would crawl back to the Hazbin/Helluva shows begging for mercy and thanking them for existing.

Do you remember a certain webcomic called... Jack?

*cue to the people who know what I am talking about and proceed to jump out of the window screaming *

Seriously, when you think about it... The "Jack" webcomic is literaly the "horror parallel universe" version of the Helluvaverse. What could have happened if the same basic idea came from a VERY different mind and was handled VERY differently, with VERY different goals.

Both even have a lot of controversies and a vivid hatedom... But by all that is holy and unholy in this world, when you look at the "Jack" content and "Jack" discourse versus the Helluvaverse one, all the Hazbin-haters look like petty, silly children pretending to be grown-ups. Let them glimpse even just the tip of the Jack icerberg and they will rip out their eyes while having a heart attack.

[kagoutiss]

green beetle black beetle

[silverwhittlingknife]

can we have a hint about what the spring break tim patrol chapter of red letter day contains? (you kept having dick say "if the joker shows up" and tim's "he won't." for me to be convinced that goes off without any trouble)

i'm sure it'll be fine. :D

i am delighted you're enjoying the story <333 i haven't updated it in soooo long but i got some very sweet comments lately so i have been looking at my scribbles again <3

[silverhalla]

when I was little I used to play clue with my sister and when I won by being like “okay YOU don’t have the candlestick and I don’t have the candlestick and there are no more cards, so it’s gotta be the candlestick” she would get really mad and tell me I was cheating because I wasn’t supposed to be making assumptions like that and she didn’t understand where I was getting the info from, so I was ruining the game for her

anyways I don’t rly get why people on twt are THAT mad about veilguard spoilers because they do not seem that deep

[icewindandboringhorror]

I have found a beautiful perfect humble rock specimen that is light yellow with a weird dark yellowy brown lining, somewhat resembling a chunk of smoked gouda cheese... effervescent

[after-witch]

me, trying to explain to Mahito why the scene in Emma (2020) when Mr. Knightley asks Harriet to dance is heartwarming and heartwrenching and makes me tear up and twist my metaphorical old timey handkerchiefs: okay so you see Mr. Elton just publicly snubbed Harriet, right? he first asked Mrs. Weston to dance but when she says no she's like hey here is this lovely lady who needs to dance and Mr. Elton then pretends he can't dance because he's old and married EVEN THOUGH he just asked Mrs. Weston to dance so he's obviously snubbing Harriet specifically and she's just been publicly humiliated at this event which is comprised of people in a higher station than she is and she's already in such a precarious social position and--

mahito: why doesn't Harriet just kill Mr. Elton

me: BECAUSE

[ratcandy]

also whats weird is like, that mushroom gotta be like ATTACHED to his brain?? no way he doesnt have brain damage from that. also its not hard to imagine that with all his intense mushroom use, that he'd have some sort of substance use disorder. and he is, suddenly, in a DEATH CULT. actually. i dont feel like anyone talks about the last part. ?? doesnt anyone wonder how hard it would be to adjust just suddenly. being in a cult? we dont really know how his life was before but if he wasnt in a cult beforehand then id imagine all the Cult Stuff would be at least a little uncomfortable.

I guess it would depend to what extent we're leaning into the parasite actually being a cordycep. Because if we're going full throttle on that, teeechnically cordyceps don't attach to the brain at all and only control the musculature; hence why I always hc'd that there's two different mushrooms involved, with the menticide doing the brain fuckery and the cordycep doing. The everything else

But at the same time it could very well just be advanced cordycep and we can make up whatever rules we want ! But YES, regardless, there is some brain nonsense happening that would ABSOLUTELY have everlasting effects on this ant. Not to mention if the cordyceps DID have control of his muscular system, then his entire body has got to be feeling the effects of it as well.

So he's here, in a death cult, probably having to re-learn how to walk and suffering extreme withdrawal symptoms as well as memory loss.

ANd no nobody ever considers the full ramifications of the death cult because everybody is a coward and won't consider how horrifying cults actually are!!!!!! And to be a disabled old man suddenly thrust into a scary ass scenario where people are being sacrificed and brought back to life around you while you can't even remember how old you are or where you've been the past few years because time was fucked while you were Shroomed, it HAS to be HORRIFYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But at the same time it really just works out from a cultist perspective. He's already isolated, vulnerable, and probably only halfway lucid at any given point. He'd be extremely easy to manipulate and keep dependent on the cult. After all, they're keeping him safe there, it's dangerous out there. (Not to mention him just feeling some inherent loyalty to the Lamb upon becoming sober, which certainly wouldn't do him any favors)

Like what's he going to do? Leave? Stumble out, suffering withdrawl, into the Lands of the Old Faith?? As an old man??????????

He has no CHOICE but to make peace with where he is. Despite all the questions about if his FAMILY is even STILL ALIVE. Despite having no idea what he DID while under the influence. Despite the HORRORS around every CORNER

It's FUCKED!!!!! It's AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lunar-years]

New 1989 outfit is fugly (I’m so sorry Taylor) but very reminiscent of 1989 tour (when many of the costumes were indeed also fugly 🫡)

The acoustic set outfit is also worse :(

Combining folklore and evermore is meh tbh like I don’t love that at all but I also completely see why it had to be done

I stared at the “this is not Taylor’s Version” t shirt for an embarrassingly long amount of time trying to figure out what on earth she was trying to say and I still think it’s not something that makes much sense out of context/accompanied by a side explanation and it was a weird choice for the shirt lmao.

ttpd set goes incredibly hard 100/10 NO NOTES.

her coming out in that same freaking reputation jumpsuit after changing every other outfit in the show was peak comedy (she’s so funny and we can never talk about that enough)

the entire shape of the show has changed imho so I think it’s fair for fans to be sad about missing last years half or missing this years half or about not getting to see certain songs or about not getting tickets at all to a show that was incredibly difficult and expensive to get tickets to in the first place. It feels like two separate shows. And we are allowed to express sadness or fomo without being dubbed immediately ungrateful/bad fans (obviously there’s a limit and legitimately complaining/getting mad at Taylor for doing her own show how she wants to do it/threatening to no longer go [lol, plenty of fans are in line to take your tickets] is goofy deadass, but)

I do wish she’d just done a separate ttpd tour (even if we had to wait several years and the tour was combined between ttpd and the next potential album) but I can also recognize that I’m mostly saying that because of how desperately I want to hear ttpd songs live and the knowledge I won’t be able to

I also think her deciding to add it now, combined with the general length and scope of eras tour, is evidence that she is planning to take a long break from touring once it’s over (NOT in the weird ‘she’s going to retire to have babies’ way!!! Just in an ‘I think she’s planning to take a touring break’ straightforward way)

I’ve seen some people already taking the transition from but daddy I love him into so high school as confirmation that their theory that the last verse is actually about Travis is correct. But as someone with song literacy, I merely take it as confirmation that Taylor saw the theory, thought it worked fabulously, and enjoys retconning her own songs to aid her own whims and happiness (which is so beyond real of her and also incredibly funny)

Playing so high school as the only anthology song for kicks and giggles was so cute of her she’s down soooo bad for that man

Midnights body suit is hotter than ever and she herself is also hotter than ever

Loml as the surprise song at THAT show after I’d made that post….you have to laugh LOL 🙃

If anyone has near face value tickets for sale for USA or Canada shows later this year I will genuinely offer you my firstborn child plus the money in exchange god bless

[kingdomoftyto]

Reading GF fic is such a trip because one minute it'll be like "the brothers have a heart-to-heart about how they've wronged each other" and the next it's like "everyone is saved from a chupacabra attack by the princess of the manatees" and then sometimes it's like "here's some weird nightmare alien porn" before eventually the looming mystery gets solved like:

(And sometimes all of these things are from a single fic series)

[medicinemane]

I don't know... horrible things happen all around the world and it's not a competition

Atrocities are committed against multiple groups in multiple parts of the world at the exact same moment, and none of them erase each other. They all matter, all the people in this world who are being brutalized matter. There shouldn't be any line you draw where one group doesn't actually matter as much as another

You're welcome to prioritize your energy towards helping one group or another, but what's not ok is invalidating or dismissing people who are actively being harmed

Same goes for trying to figure out which social group has things worst (and lets be honest, always using a US lens)

Like... maybe the important thing is to prop each other up and help everyone get on their own feet rather than trying to... pick fights about if physical disabilities or mental illness are less respected (I'm trying to pick a more absurd example but sadly I've seen exactly that argument happen before). Maybe it doesn't really matter and what matters is helping who we can when we can

I'm tired of it, I'm just fucking tired of it. Support people, champion them when the world is just brutalizing them, but you don't need to throw a single other person under the bus to do that

Which seems to be an absolutely impossible lesson for people to learn

[artekai]

OC-tober (late) Day 7: Personality

Guess who finally watched ATLA

[running-in-the-dark]

well. apparently I did something bad yesterday because I woke up with very very very bad pain in my shoulder/arm/upper back. I guess it's sore muscles but I don't know from what. 🙃

[dateamonster]

ive come full circle and now i think movies where the kid is supposed to be some creepy demon in disguise but the only way the filmmakers could think to convey that was just to make them very obviously autistic are funny as hell. its never going to stop so i might as well enjoy the ride i guess.

[deanpinterester]

REWATCHED NIMONA. SOLID 9/10

[transannabeth]

you know you're in the Bad Place mentally when you start thinking about an mcu ship

[weedle-testaburger]

i kind of feel like it'd be fun to shun people who don't like comedy the way people who love horror make me feel shunned for not liking it. if I'm broken for not wanting media to show me frightening shit, you're broken for not wanting media to show you amusing shit