Something about me, I'm a man who likes defined evil. Humans are grey. No one purely light side, no one purely dark. So I tend to be fascinated with Monsters, Aliens, and Demons as my villains in media.
After consuming as much Media as I have for these few decades, that made me think about how much these plots rely on relics or other plot devices to herald the end times. So, that brings up this "thought" exercise.
You've joined a search party for some missing teens who have been in the woods for three days without any contact. You're set off to the far end of the woods when your partner twists his ankle. You radio for help and it soon comes. But you're sure you heard a cry off in the distance. Once help comes, you leave him in their care and you walk off in the distance towards the cry
You end up finding one of the missing teens. But there's nothing but a crazed madness behind his eyes. You look behind him, and you see a relic of obvious beyond human comprehension power. And whatever it is, it's already been activated by him.
So which Relic from Media would you most be frightened to see?
I put some thought into it. I used to love Hellraiser when I was a kid, so I instantly thought of the Lament Configuration [http://hellraiser.wikia.com/wiki/Lament_Configuration]. Then I thought of the Beherit [http://berserk.wikia.com/wiki/Beherit]. Hell, I even thought of various Viruses [http://residentevil.wikia.com/wiki/Virus] from the Resident Evil series.
But in the end. There was only one clear winner.
The Markers From Dead Space [http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Markers].
There are few things in fiction that has ever seemed so completely Life-Fucking than the Markers. Either you're weak willed enough that you'll go completely insane and go kill others or yourself in a second. Or you might be intelligent enough that you will be possessed to go create more markers to spread the contagion.
But it's not just the fact that no mind is safe. You can reason with Cenobites. Offer up other souls in your stead and be spared hell. People still live in a time frame of a Beherit, and Bargains have been known to be made with Demons (to... mixed results).
There's no reasoning with Necromorphs. There's no fear. No stamina. No thought other than killing you. Add to that is the fact that we simply don't have the kind of weaponry that the average person could pick up and attempt to take a Necromorph down.
The discovery of a Marker would make me want to Nope out of the situation harder than anything I could think of. What about you?
After consuming as much Media as I have for these few decades, that made me think about how much these plots rely on relics or other plot devices to herald the end times. So, that brings up this "thought" exercise.
You've joined a search party for some missing teens who have been in the woods for three days without any contact. You're set off to the far end of the woods when your partner twists his ankle. You radio for help and it soon comes. But you're sure you heard a cry off in the distance. Once help comes, you leave him in their care and you walk off in the distance towards the cry
You end up finding one of the missing teens. But there's nothing but a crazed madness behind his eyes. You look behind him, and you see a relic of obvious beyond human comprehension power. And whatever it is, it's already been activated by him.
So which Relic from Media would you most be frightened to see?
I put some thought into it. I used to love Hellraiser when I was a kid, so I instantly thought of the Lament Configuration [http://hellraiser.wikia.com/wiki/Lament_Configuration]. Then I thought of the Beherit [http://berserk.wikia.com/wiki/Beherit]. Hell, I even thought of various Viruses [http://residentevil.wikia.com/wiki/Virus] from the Resident Evil series.
But in the end. There was only one clear winner.
The Markers From Dead Space [http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Markers].
There are few things in fiction that has ever seemed so completely Life-Fucking than the Markers. Either you're weak willed enough that you'll go completely insane and go kill others or yourself in a second. Or you might be intelligent enough that you will be possessed to go create more markers to spread the contagion.
But it's not just the fact that no mind is safe. You can reason with Cenobites. Offer up other souls in your stead and be spared hell. People still live in a time frame of a Beherit, and Bargains have been known to be made with Demons (to... mixed results).
There's no reasoning with Necromorphs. There's no fear. No stamina. No thought other than killing you. Add to that is the fact that we simply don't have the kind of weaponry that the average person could pick up and attempt to take a Necromorph down.
The discovery of a Marker would make me want to Nope out of the situation harder than anything I could think of. What about you?
