Actually Played Lethal Company For The First Time And Learned That I'm A Big Baby Scaredy Bitch

actually played lethal company for the first time and learned that I'm a big baby scaredy bitch

do you think–at some point in their past lives–airplane has looked at peerless cucumber's relentless onslaught of comments about luo binghe's character development (or the lack thereof) and thought to himself "dude bingge isn't gonna fuck you🙄"

Nothing quite like the bond between you and the other guy in the solo queue after 2 hours of mutual screaming at the Creatures (tm)

It’s pretty funny how my dad will motion for a Dad Tax literally every time I’m eating a snack with 4+ pieces

Like sir you and I both know you hate almond joy, why the fuck are you asking me for some

It’s genuinely pretty fascinating how differently people can interact with the various types of horror media. Like , my mom hates horror novels because they freak her out too much, but I devour them like I’m starving.

However, when it comes to horror movies, I had a lot of problems with it until fairly recently. I used to be completely unable to sit down and watch them, but over the past few years, something seems to have changed. I can now watch Mr. Jason Voorhees murder a bunch of unlikable teenagers and feel little but a vague sense of amusement. However, I am still very much a big scaredy bitch baby and I startle at every jumpscare.

However, I cannot watch The Exorcist. I cannot watch any of the Insidious movies. I cannot watch Smile. And I have no clue why.

Horror games are a completely different ballpark, though. I’m somehow entirely unafraid and quaking in me fuckin’ boots simultaneously. It’s easier if it’s co-op, like Lethal Company, but for single player games, I’m either 100% fine or I’m shitting my pants.

For example, I can play Roblox Doors solo. I have no problems with this, even if I do generally start out playing in co-op. I jump, but I’m fine.

I cannot play Radient Residents solo. I have tried. I have cried.

Roblox games aside, I’ve recently started playing a through Resident Evil 4 (2005), a game I watched a playthrough of when I was around 14. Back then, I thought this game was the shit. It was so cool and not scary at all - why would it be scary?

I’m 19 now. I was partially right. The game is not that scary. I still twitch at every noise (as said, I am a big scaredy bitch baby).

Thinking about it, I think the reason behind it is the way my brain visualizes things. With a book, the scene isn’t too horrifying unless I take the time and make the effort to picture it in full detail. The monster is only as horrifying as I imagine it to be. Horror movies take that padding away. They show exactly what’s happening, no room for interpretation (usually, anyway), no place to hide from the terror. Games give back some of that wiggle room, though.

If you’re just good enough, skilled enough, lucky enough, well.

You might just be able to stop the scary thing from ever happening.

And I think that’s why I can’t watch what I read, but I can play what I watch.

The Alien series gets a big ol pass though. The xenomorphs are really hot.