Raining Gummy Bears Please
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That amazing moment when you realize
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Pareidolia is a word that means many things, but a part of its meaning is the psychological phenomenon of humans seeing faces in random objects. For example, a three-pronged North American electrical outlet resembles a human face, to most human observers. This doesn’t mean the viewer believes it is a person’s face, of course; it’s simply an illustration of how readily humans will call something face-like.
As I mentioned last Monday, monstrosity is often perceived when the viewer sees something they feel is outside the natural order, and given the human propensity for identifying face-like objects, something that is expected to have a face but lacks one can generate a certain… disquiet.
Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall uses this disquiet to associate uniformity with horror, though the concept of the faceless mask appears many other places in creative works. This isn’t a specific monster, like the Minotaur; this is a motif of monstrosity that occurs again and again, in many cultures and histories- and is therefore appropriate to many fictional universes. I would recommend using this trope in a situation where visibility is low, so that your players take longer than usual to realize the face they are looking for will never materialize, and that the blank suggestion of a face is all there is.
Pictured above: Mask via Save-on-Crafts.com. Plastic. Currently ships to the US only. $4 USD
Blank Black Eyes Doll Mask via Buycostumes.com. Plastic. Ships to the US and these countries. $5 USD
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Spirited Away (2001) is a fantasy adventure with a ten year-old girl, which starts in everyday Japan but goes somewhere very different. For young Chihiro and her family, a mysterious tunnel and haunted town lead to the Land of Spirits, inhabited by gods and monsters and ruled by the greedy witch Yu-baba. Chihiro’s parents are transformed into pigs; to rescue them, she must surrender her name and serve in this world. Luckily she finds friends and allies, including the handsome but mysterious boy Haku. Initially sulky and listless, Chihiro (or Sen, as she’s now called) finds inner strengths and establishes an identity in this strange world. But can she win back her name and return home?
— nausicaa.net
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