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#slasher
the credits haven’t even started to roll, but i’m already checking the locks on the doors. i’ve learned to watch you the way i watch the final girl— with my breath held tight and my eyes half-narrowed, waiting for the music to shift into a minor key. life is a horror movie and the first rule of the genre is simple: never fall in love with someone in the first act. you can't get attached to the characters when the heart is just a low-budget prop, something red and messy to be left on the floor before the first commercial break. i see you standing there, all wide-eyed and "main character," thinking your backstory makes you bulletproof, but i’ve seen enough sequels to know that "forever" is just the silence before the killer stops playing with his food. don’t get used to the way they take their coffee or the specific pitch of their midnight laugh, because the script has a way of thinning the cast right when the lighting gets atmospheric. i see you standing in the kitchen, vulnerable in the glow of the open fridge, and i want to tell you to step away from the window. we aren’t prepared for a plot twist that leaves the protagonist standing alone in the rain while the siren lights paint the driveway red. we’re all just "guest starring" in each other’s tragedies. i try to keep my heart behind a triple-locked door, treating your touch like a suspicious noise in the basement— something to be investigated with caution, something that might disappear if i blink too long. i’m terrified of the scene where the house goes quiet, and I realize i’m the only one left in the frame, holding a bowl of popcorn and a handful of ghosts. it’s cleaner this way—watching you through a lens, predicting the moment the shadow moves behind you. i won't be the one screaming when the blade falls; i’ll be the one who already knew the twist, sitting in the back row, waiting for the lights to come up on an empty theater.
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Apr 1
Apr 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM UTC
we were never meant to make the sequel...
the credits haven’t even started to roll, but i’m already checking the locks on the doors. i’ve learned to watch you the way i watch the final girl— with my breath held tight and my eyes half-narrowed, waiting for the music to shift into a minor key. life is a horror movie and the first rule of the genre is simple: never fall in love with someone in the first act. you can't get attached to the characters when the heart is just a low-budget prop, something red and messy to be left on the floor before the first commercial break. i see you standing there, all wide-eyed and "main character," thinking your backstory makes you bulletproof, but i’ve seen enough sequels to know that "forever" is just the silence before the killer stops playing with his food. don’t get used to the way they take their coffee or the specific pitch of their midnight laugh, because the script has a way of thinning the cast right when the lighting gets atmospheric. i see you standing in the kitchen, vulnerable in the glow of the open fridge, and i want to tell you to step away from the window. we aren’t prepared for a plot twist that leaves the protagonist standing alone in the rain while the siren lights paint the driveway red. we’re all just "guest starring" in each other’s tragedies. i try to keep my heart behind a triple-locked door, treating your touch like a suspicious noise in the basement— something to be investigated with caution, something that might disappear if i blink too long. i’m terrified of the scene where the house goes quiet, and I realize i’m the only one left in the frame, holding a bowl of popcorn and a handful of ghosts. it’s cleaner this way—watching you through a lens, predicting the moment the shadow moves behind you. i won't be the one screaming when the blade falls; i’ll be the one who already knew the twist, sitting in the back row, waiting for the lights to come up on an empty theater.
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You can run but you can't hide I see everything I am the shadow blurring in the dark I am the eyes keeping vigil through your window I am the striking gaze causing you to glance around paranoid Foolish lovely you left your door unlocked knife glint floorboards creak door squeaks softly feet padding on carpet your silhouette asleep in bed Wolf smile mouth watering teeth glistening eyes sparkling You awake when you feel cold steel on your throat Your eyes widen flinching mouth opens scream piercing panicked desperate beautiful "there's no one here to save you now, darling." your terror and pain is palpable flooding my soul with utter satisfaction as you squirm under your restraints my knife traces your skin in pleasing patterns leaving crimson fire in its wake drip drip drip eternity passes time in a blink the life drains from your body and your eyes exhale a swift wipe of the knife on the stained carpet one last predator smile another hunt another masterpiece finally, again, I feel good tiptoe out the door gloves buried swiftly back in bed again dreaming of you of that first blissful cut
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Mar 4, 2025
Mar 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM UTC
Slasher (gore warning, sorry)
I am the Final Girl Tell Mom and Dad in Heaven that I Made It and it was epic though sometimes I’m not so sure that it’s over little rumblings appear in the distance peripheral glitches strange things follow me in daylight they seem to know who I am where I’m going but I am quick I have had the last laugh I was ‘the one that got away’ never was there a clean solid ending like after the high school prom never did I hold a sword in hand blood-splattered alone while the credits rolled in darkness but all the same I think that I’ve won but will I remain victorious? I can still feel about me at times a certain dread that waits close at hand ready I know that I was a missed opportunity but there are advantages in being underestimated and of that I am thankful sometimes dumb but deliberate flies think that they are spiders and old gray mice may fancy themselves feline how they linger, entranced dazzled by luminescence (how I shine!) and circle back again one time more when they shouldn’t they take too long and are lost, it works every time I wanted you to know Mom and Dad in Heaven that my salvation was like a soft ripple gently pushed to shore safety of a sort after much ado fighting on all sides, relentless everyone a daemon maybe even you? can’t help but wonder... I was surprised to find out just how casual could be my destruction how assured how confident how very ordinary how little it takes to break a person I’ve seen it time and time again (why, life itself!) But here I am calm yet concerned I will not babysit I will not enter that shack I will not stop for gas I will not drive shotgun I will not take a swim I will not ask for directions I will not spend the weekend at the cottage And I don’t want the doll Not that party Not that apartment Not that country road Not that doctor Not that friend Not that brother Not that lover Not that fool Not anyone I will not ____ I will not ____ I will not ____ I’ve locked the door upon myself and no phone will ring from within Hey Mom and Dad in Heaven! I made it! I miss you guys! I am the Final Girl (and it was epic)
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Apr 15, 2022
Apr 15, 2022 at 12:20 PM UTC
I AM THE FINAL GIRL (TELL MOM AND DAD)
I am the Final Girl Tell Mom and Dad in Heaven that I Made It and it was epic though sometimes I’m not so sure that it’s over little rumblings appear in the distance peripheral glitches strange things follow me in daylight they seem to know who I am where I’m going but I am quick I have had the last laugh I was ‘the one that got away’ never was there a clean solid ending like after the high school prom never did I hold a sword in hand blood-splattered alone while the credits rolled in darkness but all the same I think that I’ve won but will I remain victorious? I can still feel about me at times a certain dread that waits close at hand ready I know that I was a missed opportunity but there are advantages in being underestimated and of that I am thankful sometimes dumb but deliberate flies think that they are spiders and old gray mice may fancy themselves feline how they linger, entranced dazzled by luminescence (how I shine!) and circle back again one time more when they shouldn’t they take too long and are lost, it works every time I wanted you to know Mom and Dad in Heaven that my salvation was like a soft ripple gently pushed to shore safety of a sort after much ado fighting on all sides, relentless everyone a daemon maybe even you? can’t help but wonder... I was surprised to find out just how casual could be my destruction how assured how confident how very ordinary how little it takes to break a person I’ve seen it time and time again (why, life itself!) But here I am calm yet concerned I will not babysit I will not enter that shack I will not stop for gas I will not drive shotgun I will not take a swim I will not ask for directions I will not spend the weekend at the cottage And I don’t want the doll Not that party Not that apartment Not that country road Not that doctor Not that friend Not that brother Not that lover Not that fool Not anyone I will not ____ I will not ____ I will not ____ I’ve locked the door upon myself and no phone will ring from within Hey Mom and Dad in Heaven! I made it! I miss you guys! I am the Final Girl (and it was epic)
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They call him the King of Horror He’s a walking Armageddon A nightmare given flesh Made to rot and decay Just like everything else I call him by the barcode Written right on his brain Nihilson CHORUS 1: With an empty stomach and heart There is no hope from the start That’s how he was designed To cut our world down to size From the penthouse fat cats To the downtown thugs No man or child is safe From his marrow touch And his eyes of hate They see no happiness No truth or dare Just bugs and cocktails Waiting to be spilled Till every drop is gone He won’t rest in peace Until life is dead CHORUS 2: With an empty stomach and heart There is no love from the start That’s how he was designed (God help our wretched souls) To tear the world down to size He’s cut the world down to size Is he the King of Horror? Can he crawl out of the grave And into our dreams? Is there no stopping him? Will our minds be wiped clean So we can suffer no longer? Will we not even remember How Nihilson came to be? What does it matter? We are who we will be From one monster to another It’s all a bad dream That’s all we can dream To be heard and never seen That’s who we will be If we don’t wake up and see
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Jul 26, 2020
Jul 26, 2020 at 5:57 PM UTC
Nihilson (In Response to King of Horror)
-Nightmare Around 8 in the evening, Johnson had woken up screaming, Because he underwent a nightmare. His soul was in deep distress, So he attempted to suppress, What had just given him quite a scare. What on earth did Johnson see? Haters of Christianity, Burning in hellfire and in despair.
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Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020 at 11:15 PM UTC
Recovered Fragments: Papyrus 9
Get in your feet! Pick up the pace! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Move your feet one towards the other! Don't let yourself be slaughtered! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Run, with your numbed legs! Run, with your shortened breaths! Run, run while you still can! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Don't trip or tumble over! Or else it'll be over! Look straight ahead! Don't look back! Run, Runner! Run, Runner! Oh no! He took his last breath! Oh no! He tumbled down! Oh no! He's coming! He's coming! Run, Runner! Dead, Runner! He took him by his legs! He fell unconsciously! Oh no! What will He do? Dead, Runner! Dead Runner! He took his head as an ornament; He fed his carcass to the dogs; He put his shoes as a souvenir; Dead, Runner. Dead, Runner.
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May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016 at 10:25 PM UTC
Runner
I was very cautious I knew if I wasn't what it would cost us I made sure the bedroom was perfect I wanted MY romantic affect I hung the plastic, then the curtains Bed exactly in the middle, I had to be certain Lit a few candles Then sliped on my dress, and my sandals I cruise the street For my baby to meet I pick him up at the corner My heart beats faster, my body warmer We go back to my house Where we start to mess about I lead you to my bedroom We'll be making love soon To my bed you are shackled You have no idea of my feeling of hackles Straddling you, and ridding you like a horse All the wail your loving it of course With you still in me, I bring out my toys They are only for my collection of boys They are bright and shiny I will not treat you kindly They are so sharp they can split a hair And in their refection you just stare You can't believe what you see As the look on my face is pure glee You body starts to convulse and thrash Then with my blades I start to slash I plunge my toy in With the evilest grin I love the squirting gushing sound It's all so profound I have loved all my men That's why I let no one chase them Forever in death they are mine I'm one of a kind I slash him to ribbons It's as fun as the dickens He's still alive And feels every vibe Covered in blood Our bodies fit like a glove I slowly climb off top And lop of his part Blood sprays the room Death will be here soon I'm so happy I made it romantic And taped up the plastic I'm the Black Spider I **** all I desire
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Feb 1, 2016
Feb 1, 2016 at 2:21 PM UTC
Black Widow (Slight *** and Gore)
I was very cautious I knew if I wasn't what it would cost us I made sure the bedroom was perfect I wanted MY romantic affect I hung the plastic, then the curtains Bed exactly in the middle, I had to be certain Lit a few candles Then sliped on my dress, and my sandals I cruise the street For my baby to meet I pick him up at the corner My heart beats faster, my body warmer We go back to my house Where we start to mess about I lead you to my bedroom We'll be making love soon To my bed you are shackled You have no idea of my feeling of hackles Straddling you, and ridding you like a horse All the wail your loving it of course With you still in me, I bring out my toys They are only for my collection of boys They are bright and shiny I will not treat you kindly They are so sharp they can split a hair And in their refection you just stare You can't believe what you see As the look on my face is pure glee You body starts to convulse and thrash Then with my blades I start to slash I plunge my toy in With the evilest grin I love the squirting gushing sound It's all so profound I have loved all my men That's why I let no one chase them Forever in death they are mine I'm one of a kind I slash him to ribbons It's as fun as the dickens He's still alive And feels every vibe Covered in blood Our bodies fit like a glove I slowly climb off top And lop of his part Blood sprays the room Death will be here soon I'm so happy I made it romantic And taped up the plastic I'm the Black Spider I **** all I desire
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Blood runs through my hands and stains the cold concrete. As your heart rate drops with every beat. The smell of fear and adrenaline arouse my sense like a woman's caress. I bury my knife deep inside your chest. I lose control with every slash, as my blade cuts away. Now close your eyes while I carve you up And hang you for display.
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Jan 16, 2016
Jan 16, 2016 at 6:29 AM UTC
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