Wendigoon Thread

[Oongok]

About halfway through the episode and the stories so far were a bit average, and predictable, but not terrible by any means.

When I heard the climax of the 2nd story, before the actual reveal, I just imagined a guy with a giant X-Ray machine staring at the protagonist through his window, hence the warmth and buzzing, and being able to see him through the wall, and that made me laugh.

 

[VeteranOfTheRetardWars]

About halfway through the episode and the stories so far were a bit average, and predictable, but not terrible by any means

Keep in mind, Kiwifarms has an 18+ rule, so we have higher reading levels.
I’m pretty sure the average Creep Cast viewer is roughly fourteen.

 

[Cave Fisher]

The stories are kinda meh, but is anyone else annoyed by how ass Wendigoon's audio was, this episode?

 

[Absurdist Laughter]

Wendi will shill anything if you give him special treatment.

I don't know if that is really fair to say. Goon's been a fan of this style of content from the very start and it would be reasonable to expect a fan of the content to promote it. Still remember him getting information about the Mandala Catalog and even streaming with the creator giving deep lore on the topic (might be misremembering). Not to mention, these fixations is what makes Wendigoon interesting.

 

[Godchu]

"Loss of innocence": 99% sure the ending was ripped straight out of The End of Evangelion and I can't unsee it.

"The missing person I'm looking for doesn't exist": The title is not at all indicative of what the story is about. Ending was weak compared to the rest of the story. Clearly the author was trying to justify the title, but it's such a clumsy way to go about it, and all it did was leave a giant loose end right there at the finish line. You don't need it. You could just as easily cut that entire part out and say the cases are still unsolved to this day.

"I've discovered a book that does not end": predictable the moment you learn what the book is. Ending is kinda out of place, but one commenter theorizes it's actually one long temptation that the narrator fell for—a la "Clever." After Spire in the Woods, I'll choose to believe that's the case.

Can't form any opinion on the last story without reading the second part. Skimming it, it's pretty wild. Shame they didn't bother to read it.

Unrelated:

Spoiler: My thoughts on MHE

It was a good story. My biggest gripe with it, storytelling-wise was how the cold war / black ops conspiracy stuff from the very beginning of the series was completely tossed aside for this entire side adventure about the metaverse and the Nephilim and the holocaust for some reason (I still don't quite understand the whole point of that section) that feels like a complete non-sequitur even by the story's standards. The least you could do is add a post sometime before the grand escape bridging the gap between the present and the future.

That ending with Karen (I think that's her name) and the technician in the forest is such a sweet way to wrap up that plot line. Really, it's such a good way to end the entire series. Does kinda seem like that's the case, given how everything immediately after that is almost exclusively about the author himself.

I think that's what this entire series really is, at the heart of it all. A deep dive into this one creative man's twisted inner world, full of his vices and his trauma. The flesh interfaces and everything immediately around it are explicitly sexual in nature, maybe not erotic. Multiple references to constant, often compulsive masturbation by the characters and the author himself. The metaverse being described as this place of total sensory overload, and those who are take out of it are left hollow in the real world, seeking stimulation—drawing obvious parallels to the author's own alcoholism and his experience being clean. The author's own experience with so-called mother horse eyes in his childhood, and how children are central to the whole plot... If this was intentional it's actually really clever. Regardless, you can almost get a sense of who this author is, purely by what he posted. I hope he's still around.

Anyway, that's the impression I got. This seems like a real fun story to try and adapt. There's so much there you can entire stories just off of individual story arcs.

 

[PrettySneakyCis]

I was doing chores alone in my house while listening to the new ep and actually shouted out loud in frustration that “Milly” or whatever was just a nickname for Camille. Holy shit, they’re not just oblivious or clueless - they’re actually clinically fucking retarded.

 

[VeteranOfTheRetardWars]

I've discovered a book that does not end": predictable the moment you learn what the book is. Ending is kinda out of place, but one commenter theorizes it's actually one long temptation that the narrator fell for—a la "Clever." After Spire in the Woods, I'll choose to believe that's the case.

I liked that story, I get what he was trying to do, but that’s the kind of story that needs to be longer to have the crisis of faith mean something.
As it is, nix that aspect of the story and it’s solid. Solid either way, really, but could have been more explored.
Imagine it’s all the same story, but done day by day as he reads this magic book that’s obsessing him. And as shit gets darker, his faith telling him that this book is holy fades and is replaced by the dread of knowing the bad parts of the future. Focus on the theme of losing hope if you want, the bones of an amazing story are there, but it’s amateur Internet work.

 

[Eventide]

You people are very invested in this guys religious views. Maybe touch some grass.

??? Wendigoon is a proud & loud Evangelical & literally co-hosts a podcast about the Bible with another openly Christian Youtuber (Aiden Mattis). So when we discuss Wendigoon's faith, it's not like we're Reddit snarkers randomly nitpicking a minute aspect of his personal life.

The stories are kinda meh, but is anyone else annoyed by how ass Wendigoon's audio was, this episode?

Yeah, his audio this episode was fading in and out - it sounded like his mic wasn't secured to his clothing properly/kept slipping away from him.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

??? Wendigoon is a proud & loud Evangelical & literally co-hosts a podcast about the Bible with another openly Christian Youtuber (Aiden Mattis). So when we discuss Wendigoon's faith, it's not like we're Reddit snarkers randomly nitpicking a minute aspect of his personal life.

I'll also point out that those podcasts are few, far between, and Isaiah has been exhausted or checked out on the last two episodes.

 

[Rick The Stick]

secured to his clothing properly/kept slipping away from him

He doesn't use that kind of mic, he has a big boy one. He's just retarded and constantly has audio issues despite working with a guy who never does and making hundreds of thousands of dollars.

 

[TheOtherSideofMakeBelieve]

Another one by the It Breathes, Bleeds, Breeds and Ensorcelled in the Earth guy, EmpyrealInvective/Travis Coleman

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Listened to the Wendigang bird video

Notable bullshit is Muslims "invented" using Pidgeons in 13:20 (ie, We Wuz Egyptians and Shiet). All those Reddit topics are annoying by how self righteous they pretend to be, this time it's some person who made the term "rats with wings", and yeah, in modern time they are a pest and disease vectors due to greater density. Going "aktually they were useful once" doesn't change it.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

Notable bullshit is Muslims "invented" using Pigeons in 13:20 (ie, We Wuz Egyptians and Shiet)

nope, thats true. they first started using pigeons for sending messages back in ancient persia in the fertile crescent, so they were already very used to using them for this kind of stuff by the time of the crusades

 

[VeteranOfTheRetardWars]

Another one by the It Breathes, Bleeds, Breeds and Ensorcelled in the Earth guy, EmpyrealInvective/Travis Coleman

I liked this one.
Does anyone else remember when skinwalkers were just the shit for creepypastas? Every creepy story channel I remember had like ten hundred skinwalker videos, roughly a decade ago. This story was just like that, brings you back to the old days where YouTube was actually fun.

 

[BjörnJärnsida]

Actually played the game since it sounded interesting. I don't know if I played an old build of the game, but the squadmember AI is absolute unsalvagable and it makes the later stages nearly unplayable in how you need to babysit them, especially around staircases, and they will let you get shot without doing anything. Last mission one squad member legitimately stopped working. Gameplay wise It starts fun but the fact every mission ends with a slog of finding the last civvie or hostile remaining (where good chances you will eventually walk into the hotstile's gun barrel and need to restart from scratch) really ruins the pacing. It also gets absolutely ridiculous how the 5 member SWAT team is being told to kill 20 terrorists. The idea of S grading by taking every enemy non lethally is absolutely retarded and clashes with the tone of the game, putting lore unlockables behind it is also annoying.

As for the content itself, I was surprised how non disturbing it was. Like yeah some imagery is well made, but it's not anything you didn't see before in a horror film, and it doesn't have any real function in gameplay. The plot boils down to the usual government corruption and violence against women, which is just bland by now. Maybe there will be something more in Wendigoon's video but it's not close to being a top disturbing game.

Swat4 despite it's age is better in anyway. I still sometimes think about that serial killer level.

 

[Meth Dick]

I liked this one.
Does anyone else remember when skinwalkers were just the shit for creepypastas? Every creepy story channel I remember had like ten hundred skinwalker videos, roughly a decade ago. This story was just like that, brings you back to the old days where YouTube was actually fun.

There was one video of "innawoods 4chan r9k greentext" compilations with a story of some WW2 reenactors being confronted by a wendigo/skinwalker. It was great one of the best of those kidns of videos out there. the narrator's voice for the skinwalker and it's choppy fucked up manner of trying to mimic a human voice was haunting I've been looking for it for a year now but I can't find it. I wonder how come there hasn't been a good skinwalker movie yet, it's such a simple yet horrifying concept. Until Dawn sucked ass as both game and film.

 

[VeteranOfTheRetardWars]

There was one video of "innawoods 4chan r9k greentext" compilations with a story of some WW2 reenactors being confronted by a wendigo/skinwalker. It was great one of the best of those kidns of videos out there. the narrator's voice for the skinwalker and it's choppy fucked up manner of trying to mimic a human voice was haunting I've been looking for it for a year now but I can't find it. I wonder how come there hasn't been a good skinwalker movie yet, it's such a simple yet horrifying concept. Until Dawn sucked ass as both game and film.

This story showed how good skinwalker horror can be done, I mean the story was just The Thing but in the forest and I'm here for that.
The most recent spin-off I can think of for that on the Internet would be the newer SCP Not Deer, that one is just deadass skinwalkers with CWD and it's the best SCP we've seen in a hot minute.

 

[Rick The Stick]

So many comments on the video coping about them calling the narrator a fucking loser. Guess the fans are feeling called out for being anti-social losers

 

[Rick The Stick]

This story showed how good skinwalker horror can be done, I mean the story was just The Thing but in the forest and I'm here for that.
The most recent spin-off I can think of for that on the Internet would be the newer SCP Not Deer, that one is just deadass skinwalkers with CWD and it's the best SCP we've seen in a hot minute.

Double post

Isn't Not Deer a pretty old creepypasta? I feel like I remember reading quite a few "thing that looks like a deer started doing some really fucking creepy shit" stories long before SCP ever got to it. Then again I feel like most SCP are just "copy my work but don't make it obvious" tier anyway.

 

[VeteranOfTheRetardWars]

Double post

Isn't Not Deer a pretty old creepypasta? I feel like I remember reading quite a few "thing that looks like a deer started doing some really fucking creepy shit" stories long before SCP ever got to it. Then again I feel like most SCP are just "copy my work but don't make it obvious" tier anyway.

Kind of.
Deer doing weird shit is a really common thing on the Internet, and Not Deer is a part of that. If you look into CWD, and look at the videos, what the deer infected with that is do legit scary and as such generated many urban legends, cryptids, creepypastas, etc, and Not Deer was one of those stories written as an SCP.
Not Deer blew up as an SCP because holy shit a new SCP that’s not total garbage, but the idea of the deer not being a deer was around for a very long time.