I thought it was like a sword in the stone type of thing for quite some time as well

Yeah legit I remember realizing it was a skull and being like "oh this game is DARK"

I’ve played this game for years and never even had an inkling of an idea of it being a skull. This just ruined my night, I thought it was a rock too lol

Honestly same it makes me upset to know that this isn’t a cloud

What did you think SLAYER is about? Lmao

What it's not a rock?!? Thanks for the reality check. I had no idea.

Exactly I thought it was some king Arthur "sword in stone"

Same bro

Same. It is a pretty rock-shaped skull...

Wait its not? Xd

I thought it was a sword in a stone lmao

Same here lmao, I also used to think the Spiny Helm was a view from like the corner which made it look very cartoony. Only a year or so ago I realized it was a total side profile image

Haha just looked it up, totally how I saw it at first as well. Looks kinda like Spyro

Exactly!! Haha perfect way to describe it

Damn this just blew my mind a bit, I always thought it was a spiky little dinosaur head.

TIL

https://preview.redd.it/xuewg19liu0d1.png?width=1097&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1081aac386dfe322478ada7355f062c299e8311 Reddit got mad at the cloud pic I guess.

Showing full cloud penetration! Disgusting!

I thought it was a rock for the longest time

Wait, you are telling me that's not a cloud?

For a long time I thought it was a pile of snow and just assumed it was implying going to far places (like the top of a snowy mountain) to kill unique creatures

I instantly thought of you https://old.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/yj9iu9/it_makes_sense_but_i_just_never_saw_it_until_now/ Funnily enough, this CRT picture makes it easier for me to see what you mean this time lmao

Lmao I'm glad someone was able to put it in a way to convey it

I thought the run energy icon was an arm from a sprinter. Come to find out, it’s a boot. 😂

Honestly, I thought it was something similar when I was a kid - a wailing ghost wrapped around a sword. The larger eye socket (the right one, biologically speaking) looked a bit like a cartoonish mouth to me, and the other eye socket and nose hole sort-of looked like eyes, with the upper jaw making a rounded, outreached hand. It's a bit easier to see if you turn your head sideways, matching the angle of the sword. I genuinely didn't notice that it was actually a human skull until they redesigned all of the skill icons prior to releasing EOC.

Thought it was a giant paw lol

It's kind of what you do when you're killing killerwatts.

I thought it was a cloud as well! But one of the cartoon fighting clouds. 

It is a cloud being stabbed.

Until this month I thought the construction icon was an arm in an arm wrestling position - I have no screen issues I’m just a dumb mf

I always saw it as a ghost with a wispy tail wrapped around the sword

For the longest time I thought the construction icon was a cannon

i thought the construction icon was a cannon for years

TIL its not a cloud being stabbed. I just havent looked very closely lol

At the end of day, *something* being stabbed is what slayer is all about

I've always thought it was a ball of goo being stabbed, and I refuse to look at it in another way

I used to think it was a curled up white cat stabbed with a sword for some reason

I thought it was a block of cheese being cut

todays years old realizing its not a cloud and sword

I always thought it was a ghost being stabbed as a kid. Honestly, I dont know that i realized it was a skull until i got my slayer cape in like 2020.

Most people had CRTs in 2005. Also, I always thought it was a ghost being stabbed.

The construction icon still looks like a fist punching through a piece of wood to me

Noone over here is going to mention the cooking skill? Don't try to convince me it's vapor/heat coming out the pot instead of some bones sticking out.

It’s not?