[ SECRET POST #2319 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2319 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Slum Cat - Ernest Seton Thompson]


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[Mass Effect]


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[The Hunger Games]


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[Ib]


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[Family Guy]


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[The West Wing]


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[Labyrinth]


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Notes:

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Comments

[visp]

The original wasn't really supposed to be subtle-scary or over-the-top scary. It was supposed to silly and amoral, a rejection and spoof of the stern, moralizing stories that were the norm for children's literature at that time. No one has any permanent consequences in the books, which makes it pretty unthreatening.

[(Anonymous)]

This. Plus it was just a story made up to amuse the author's friend's [and possibly boss?] bored kids. It wasn't intended to scare, just to amuse.

[(Anonymous)]

I firmly believe Lewis Carroll wrote the book for the reasons you describe, but that it was John Tenniel's illustrations that gave the book that "creepy" edge that everyone remembers.

Reading the text without them makes all the difference in the world.

[kamino_neko]

I don't find Tenniel's illustrations creepy at all. (Which is a feat, since 'creepy' and 'Victorian drawing' seem to be intimately connected in my mind.)

[visp]

Hm. Interesting point. I think it might also be the difference between "grown up" and "child" - that being an adult, you see more possible threats around the corner, while as a child you just see the fun.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

The only one of those illustrations I ever found to really feel creepy was the Mad Hatter's tea party one where Alice was sitting in a large armchair, kind-of slumped forward, with the pulled-back look of her hair very exaggerated. She looked like she was trying to be some Evil Mastermind™.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. His Jabberwock freaks me out to this day.