One of the things I hate is (usually amateur stuff on YouTube) in which the person is getting overly scared even when it makes no sense.

Like they'll over act and start hyperventilating at a leaf and saying shit like "Oh my god what is that?!?!?! WHAT IS THAT?!?!" at like...a thud in the distance.

YouTube and Ghost Hunting shows seem to be the worst offender.

Another trope I hate is a horror game one but it's somewhat related; I hate it when the game tells you when to be scared by having a "sanity" effect or by the player character gasp or scream or whatever. Worst is if they have some kind of heartbeat sound effect that plays when you're supposed to be spooked.

But yeah, if a character starts saying shit like "WhAt ThE FuCk WaS ThAt?!" then I just get more annoyed than scared.

  • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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    2 days ago

    Honorable mention to the "unecessary sacrifice" where a character "bravely" stands in the way of the monster (who tears through them like tissue paper) instead of running away to give the rest of the characters something like .001 second more time to run away.

    And they have to stand there arguing about it for a solid minute before running.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      2 days ago

      And when it actually happens, they have to stand there in horror yelling "No!" Or "(Character Name!)"

      • miz [any, any]
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        1 day ago

        yeah the only way to do this believably is to have (char name)'s death make a meaningful delay possible while maintaining tension throughout their escape from danger, and later when the adrenaline subsides you show them having to process the loss of (char name)