Talk:Eric/@comment-1196539-20140704123425/@comment-1196539-20140705014400

The majority has been wrong in the past and they're wrong now. A "creepypasta" must inherently be creepy. It is, by definition, a horror micro-story. If it does not meet these qualifications, it's not a creepypasta. Period.

The word you're looking for is "fanfic." By your definition, the two become synonymous, and there's no reason for us to draw the distinction at all. I don't care what you want to call it. Call it a "feelpasta" if you want.

It. Is not. A creepypasta.

It's this trend you're describing that completely devalues the very reason creepypastas first originated, why they became popular, and why people read them. If a story's intent is not to disturb, unsettle, or otherwise creep out the reader, then it may be many things, but a creepypasta it is not. Stories whose overall goal is to portray a romance, a feeling of fondness, sweetness, compassion, or other such broad literary themes are a different genre entirely, and can be addressed as that genre without infringing on this one. Which you are enabling them to do. It defeats the entire purpose of having genres.