Talk:Documented Insanity/@comment-7706473-20130804090430

Not bad at all for amateur footage! Lesse, I think I caught a guinea pig, some Radiohead in the background, and Skester's laugh... That's the Wilhelm scream, isn't it? You're going to want a violent content warning. Sure, it's obvious for those who read the pasta, but as much as I'd like to believe everyone reads the story first, one look at people who haven't even read the rules suggests otherwise...

But let's talk about the pasta. I'm of two minds here. The beginning is good. Real good. Great, even. The atmosphere is dark, brooding, and very evocative of Lovecraft!Classic. Lots of ravings of madness that set the tone nicely. No happy endings here, merely delaying of the inevitable. The tape itself was a little goofy to me, due to recognizing some of the footage used and being of a macabre bent, but the description of the tape was extremely uncomfortable, as was the narrator's reaction.

Then... Then the ending happens. I like that it's possible (likely) Skester is messing with the narrator as he does with all his victims, but I found the idea of Skester terrorizing a small community in broad daylight, well, somewhat laughable. The story's strength - that there's only a wrongness about everything associated with the clown - is undermined by the supernatural abilities necessary to keep an entire town in fear, or at least stretched my suspension of disbelief. Not because such things couldn't happen, but simply because I, personally, had trouble buying into it; many will have their mileage vary.

Overall, I liked it. My complaints are (as usual) largely personal, and the idea bears expansion. I'll be keeping one eye open for future clown-sightings..!*


 * I really wish this was a phrase I could use in normal conversation more frequently.