Have them do their taxes on a long-form IRS Form 1040 and try to write off random bullshit as charitable donations and fraudulently try to claim the child tax credit with their various pets listed as dependents.
no it's not but it's more realistic to the sort of idea a child would have and also that's a fucked up thing to just have happen as a minor plot point.
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Is that as visceral and unsettling, though?
Have them do their taxes on a long-form IRS Form 1040 and try to write off random bullshit as charitable donations and fraudulently try to claim the child tax credit with their various pets listed as dependents.
Now THAT'S what I call Horror
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no it's not but it's more realistic to the sort of idea a child would have and also that's a fucked up thing to just have happen as a minor plot point.
True, but my whole point hinges on two facts:
The Text literally agrees with you.
Horror is a genre where fucked up things happen
Also, they prove Pennywise isn't invincible, and it's referenced extensively throughout the rest of the novel. Hardly "a minor plot point."
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The only things humans really enjoy in life are seratonin, dopamine, and oxytocin.
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And where did I say it was necessary?
Also you just said you were critiquing horror as a genre? Is this a common trope?
I think traumatize is a bit of a strong term to use here. I don't think it is mental self harm at all.
The subject matter could traumatize so that's why we need CWs. But that applies for a lot of stuff outside of horror content as well
who knows why people like the spooky?
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