Well, in Cosmic Horror, dropping the camera and perceiving what’s in the hole only compels you harder to go in as it only strengthens the Great Old One’s grip on your mind.
Which would have been a better story. The more you research, you (inadvertently) get pulled into the mind-virus more and more. That’s why cosmic horror is… horrifying. The very act of trying to understand it only pulls you deeper into the horror.
I’m not saying “I don’t want an answer” or that “space-magic” isn’t cool. I’m saying that it was poorly written. A better written story should have had a good answer to the obvious “Try a cell phone first”. The fact that none of the characters tried “obvious” solutions to the problem makes it incredibly unbelievable IMO.
This “hole compels you to jump in” crap is just not as horrifying to me as the better written stories out there. You have to have the main characters do something the target-audience would do, so that the target-audience can form a connection with the characters. Even if “magic” or “supernatural occult stuff” is the answer to the end, you can work around that.
It’s metaphorical. To drop a camera into the (physical) hole is to take your first step into the (rabbit) hole of research and discovery.
Well, in Cosmic Horror, dropping the camera and perceiving what’s in the hole only compels you harder to go in as it only strengthens the Great Old One’s grip on your mind.
Which would have been a better story. The more you research, you (inadvertently) get pulled into the mind-virus more and more. That’s why cosmic horror is… horrifying. The very act of trying to understand it only pulls you deeper into the horror.
I’m not saying “I don’t want an answer” or that “space-magic” isn’t cool. I’m saying that it was poorly written. A better written story should have had a good answer to the obvious “Try a cell phone first”. The fact that none of the characters tried “obvious” solutions to the problem makes it incredibly unbelievable IMO.
This “hole compels you to jump in” crap is just not as horrifying to me as the better written stories out there. You have to have the main characters do something the target-audience would do, so that the target-audience can form a connection with the characters. Even if “magic” or “supernatural occult stuff” is the answer to the end, you can work around that.