If you don’t know: https://comick.app/comic/the-enigma-of-amigara-fault
We… are the crystal gems…
Yeah this is what I thought as well. Never heard of “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.” GUESS I SHOULD START READING.
Horror is subjective.
I couldn’t get into this one personally, because there are all sorts of inventions and ways we could do that would explore the holes without ya know… jumping into them?
Like, I dunno, throw a cell phone camera in there and see where it goes?
I guess the “horror” was the mass hysteria that caused people to mentally link themselves to a hole and think they had to jump in. But psychology doesn’t work like that, as far as I’m aware (and there’s some psychological horrors in the real world, like schizophrenia, that do scare the bejezus out of me).
But yeah, I realize everyone else thinks its a masterpiece. But… I just couldn’t take it seriously. But give it a try, maybe it works for ya!
But the scariest part of this story isn’t the holes, it’s the irresistible urge to go in…
I think this one rings true to a lot of people who struggle with intrusive thoughts. It’s not about logic, it’s about that weird urge to do the worst possible thing. You get the urge to climb in because it’s scary. So scary you can’t focus on anything else. But maybe if you just did it, at least you could stop worrying about it.
They… they don’t jump in though. They press themselves into their hole slowly, and continue to press themselves deeper in, so slowly that they are physically pressed and molded into something monstrous.
Like… yeah, mass hysteria doesn’t work exactly like that, but it’s fiction? It in no way resembles something that could take place in real life. The fear comes from putting yourself into the headspace of everyone around you seeming to lose control of themselves, and then the same thing happening to you, but you don’t seem to care, you just slowly begin to yearn desperately for the tight pressure of the hole that fits you perfectly.
Beautiful reference, bonus comic made me snort my soda.
Ok, I definitely softly snorted aloud for that one. Bonus was chef’s-kiss as well.
Can someone explain the joke? I get the Micheal Jordan and the Jordan logo but don’t understand the other parts. Thanks!
It’s based on a short story called The Enigma of Amigara Fault, where
spoiler
people find people-shaped holes in the mountains and feel compelled to go inside them.
Here’s a short summary. You can read it in full here.
