Signs you're reading too much horror
Goddammit, I like the Lavender Town theme. But when you've got the slower lower-pitched version from CreepyBlack as your earworm, it really makes it hard to sleep. I should've been asleep since 3, but I'm not. Now I'm afraid to shut off lights 'cause I'm worried Uboa will appear again, or in the dark, Scissorman will pop out from my bedsheets and come after me. Stupid, I know. Not so stupid when you're the one freaking out, though.
While CreepyBlack has been haunting me, I've been wondering about a few things.
- After you beat the Elite 4, what's the first thing you do? Go to the Unknown Dungeon (aka Cerulean Cave) and chuck that Master Ball at Mewtwo, of course. What role would Mewtwo play in CreepyBlack. I think it'd be a waste to leave him out entirely. Could you enter after you got all the badges as opposed to becoming Champion, so you could go inside to catch/Curse Mewtwo? Seeing a tombstone in the final level of the Unknown Dungeon would be chilling. Unless Mewtwo is replaced from the game entirely with a tombstone, so that'd be yikes. I'm guessing without HMs you can't reach Mewtwo as an Old Man, but what if you can? If you cursed Mewtwo, would he be the last Pokemon to show up in your murdered roster, similar to your Rival?
- At the end of CreepyBlack, you fight all the Pokemon and Trainers you've used Curse on before "battling" the ghost. But you can also beat the game without cursing anyone at all, and it'll take you straight to the ghost. Now this is what I'm wondering about. I imagined that the ones you cursed are coming after you when you're an Old Man, either because they're coming back for revenge or as an Old Man, you're so racked with guilt and/or fear that you imagine them coming back to make their dues. But if you never killed anyone, what do you have to feel guilty or afraid about? Why is the Ghost coming for you anyway? CreepyBlack is about death, right? Or our fear and/or denial of it. Could it also be about acceptance? What if, instead of having the option to Struggle, you choose to do nothing? What would the Ghost do? Will it only curse you if you struggle? I think this quote sums it up:
"The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth." ~Meister Eckhart
While CreepyBlack has been haunting me, I've been wondering about a few things.
- After you beat the Elite 4, what's the first thing you do? Go to the Unknown Dungeon (aka Cerulean Cave) and chuck that Master Ball at Mewtwo, of course. What role would Mewtwo play in CreepyBlack. I think it'd be a waste to leave him out entirely. Could you enter after you got all the badges as opposed to becoming Champion, so you could go inside to catch/Curse Mewtwo? Seeing a tombstone in the final level of the Unknown Dungeon would be chilling. Unless Mewtwo is replaced from the game entirely with a tombstone, so that'd be yikes. I'm guessing without HMs you can't reach Mewtwo as an Old Man, but what if you can? If you cursed Mewtwo, would he be the last Pokemon to show up in your murdered roster, similar to your Rival?
- At the end of CreepyBlack, you fight all the Pokemon and Trainers you've used Curse on before "battling" the ghost. But you can also beat the game without cursing anyone at all, and it'll take you straight to the ghost. Now this is what I'm wondering about. I imagined that the ones you cursed are coming after you when you're an Old Man, either because they're coming back for revenge or as an Old Man, you're so racked with guilt and/or fear that you imagine them coming back to make their dues. But if you never killed anyone, what do you have to feel guilty or afraid about? Why is the Ghost coming for you anyway? CreepyBlack is about death, right? Or our fear and/or denial of it. Could it also be about acceptance? What if, instead of having the option to Struggle, you choose to do nothing? What would the Ghost do? Will it only curse you if you struggle? I think this quote sums it up:
"The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth." ~Meister Eckhart