Does This Darkness Have A Name? This Cruelty, This Hatred, How Did It Find Us? Did It Steal Into Our

does this darkness have a name? this cruelty, this hatred, how did it find us? did it steal into our lives or did we seek it out and embrace it? what happened to us that we now send our children into the world like we send young men to war, hoping for their safe return, but knowing that some would be lost along the way. when did we lose our way? consumed by the shadows. swallowed whole by the darkness. does this darkness have a name? is it your name?

this is gonna be so messy bc i want to get this down before i forget but the woodsboro murders occur in early april of sidney’s senior year of high school and i just wanted to throw this out there: yearbooks would already be printed, bound, and sold and she and billy probably won a superlative or two together (including cutest couple rip (lemme have this)) so imagine the distaste/angst sidney deals with bc that item from high school contains memories of her best friend who died in the murders, but also her relationship with a psychopath that, for a large portion of time, was a complete lie

“Stupid people go back! Smart people run! We’re smart people, so we should just get the fuck outta here!” - Scream 2 (1997, dir. Wes Craven)

Randy: Sid! I don’t wanna be here! It’s scary!

Sidney: It’s okay. We have Billy.

Randy: That’s WHY it’s scary!

              ❛   I’m not making things up; I saw something out there.   ❜   unwittingly though she has pigeonholed herself as THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF, it does nothing to stop her from asserting what she believes to be the truth—no, what she knows is the truth. This is real. This isn’t all in your head. Trust your gut. It’s a mantra she repeats, over and over, as if the more she does it, the less she’ll think about how she nearly sent an innocent man to death row. It’s all in the past now.... isn’t it?   ❛   You believe me, don’t you?   ❜