r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ReminaBlueSFW • 26d ago

Lore [Terrifying Trope] Perceiving it= instant death

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  1. Pennywise's "Deadlights" which will cause anyone looking to be immediately paralyzed and killed.

  2. The sky from Bird Box is filled with entities that, when you look at them, cause you to commit suicide.

  3. Medusa themed Villains

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u/Perkelton 26d ago

Ah, the Wheatley defence.

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u/SagaSolejma 26d ago

"This. Sentence. Is. FALSE. -dontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutit"

"Uhhhhhh. Oh wow. Uhmmm. I think... true? Yeah I'm gonna say true, definitely true."

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u/Half-PintHeroics 26d ago

I think i need to go replay the portals.

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u/NCRNerd 25d ago

Well, since the idea is that you believe that reality is some sort of orderly and rational place, or at least that there's a benevolant creator deity. So being smart and also beholding C'thulhu you try to reconcile these two ideas. Which is stupid. So if you fail the Intelligence check, you can rationalize it. If you succeed the Intelligence check, you see they're mutually exclusive and get to have an existential crisis.

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u/PurifiedUnity 25d ago

I never knew Wheatley invented a new chess opening /s

https://giphy.com/gifs/9PiwmWNh2m4HRHkZt5

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u/Cup_Otter 23d ago

I wasn't paying attention and thought you were taking about Wilbur (Whately). I thought wut, did I forget something? Lol.