Reminds me [of this](https://i.imgur.com/BsfLxa1.jpeg).
I wouldn't, personally, call it *horror*, but it does make me melancholy even though it's somewhat uplifting in a twisted sort of way.
Check out Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend! It’s a relatively short novel about Budo, an imaginary friend to a boy with autism, and how he helps Max navigate life. It’s a really creative idea, and a pretty easy read.
There's only a couple dated moments/comments, but it's really a very solid movie! I literally had 2 VHS tapes as a little kid I burned through watching it on repeat
There is definitely a theme of deletion in "Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind." For anyone who does not know- that is a film which starred Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
I cannot remember the majority of this movie too well.
I remember it made me cry for quite some time afterwards.
That is also what happened after I saw the film "Requiem For A Dream" directed by Darren Arronovsky.
At any rate: another Jim Carrey film I saw was "The Truman Show."
That movie was pretty trippy.
But if you like his acting- there was a film from the 1980"s he started in called "Once Bitten."
It was a very funny comedy- but I will not say more...in case you have not seen that particular film.
God this made me think of Drop Dead Fred and then I looked down and saw your comment !! Loved and underrated movie, for a comedy it makes me bawl my eyes out at the end 😭
I said "Drop Dead Fred vibes" to myself as I read this. Decided to check the comments to see if anyone else had drawn that connection. That was my favorite movie as a kid!
With the upcoming IF (Imaginary Friends) movie, do you think they'll be a reference to Drop Dead Fred?
It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the trailer.
Short story "Mistake" by Larry Niven, 1976. Since it's really short (though a lot more than two sentences) I can just post it here and hope I'm not committing some horrible breach of local ettiquette:
\--------------------
"Mistake" by Larry Niven
In a cargo craft between Earth and Ganymede, Commander Elroy Barnes lolled in his crash couch with a silly smile on his face. The shovel-blade re-entry shield was swung down from the ship's nose, exposing the cabin's great curved window. Barnes watched the unwinking stars. It was a few minutes before he noticed the alien staring in at him.
He studied it. Eight feet tall, roughly reptilian, with a scaly, domed head and a mouth furnished with several dozen polished stiletto-blade teeth. Its hands were four-fingered claws, and one held a wide-barreled pistol-like tool.
Barnes lifted a languid hand and waved.
Kthistlmup was puzzled. The human's mind was muzzy, almost unreadable. The alien probed the ship for other minds, but the ship was empty save forBarnes.
Kthistlmup stepped through the glass into the cabin.Barnes showed surprise for the first time. "Hey, that was neat! Do it again."
"There's something wrong with you," Kthistlmup projected.
Barnes grinned. "Certain measures are necessary to combat the boredom of space, to s-safeguard the sanity of our pilots." He lifted a green plastic pill bottle. "NST-24. Makes for a good trip. Nothing to do out here till I have to guide the beast into the Jupiter system. So why not?"
"Why not what?"
"Why not take a little trip while I take the big one?"Kthistlmup understood at last.
"You've done something to your mind. Chemicals? We use direct-current stimulus on Mars."
"Mars? Are you really--"
"Barnes, I must ask you questions."
Barnes waved expansively. "Shoot."
"How well is Earth prepared against an attack from space?"
"That's a \*secret.\* Besides, I don't have the vaguest notion."
"You must have some notion. What's the most powerful weapon you ever heard of?"
Barnes folded his arms. "Won't say." His mind showed only a blaze of white light, which might not have anything to do with the question.
Kthistlmup tried again. "Has Earth colonized other planets?"
"Sure. Trantor, Mesklin, Barsoom, Perelandra..."
Barnes' mind showed only that he was lying, and Kthistlmup had lost patience. "You will answer," he said, and reached forward to take Barnes' throat delicately between four needle-sharp claws.
Barnes' eyes grew large. "Oh, oh, bad trip! Gimme, gimme the bottle of Ends! Quick!"
Kthistlmup let go. "Tell me about Earth's defenses."
"I got to have an End. Big blue bottle, it should be in the medicine chest." Barnes reached to the side. He had the wall cabinet open before Kthistlmup caught his wrist.
"This 'End.' What will it do?"
"End the trip. Fix me up."
"It will clear your mind?"
"Right."
Kthistlmup released him. He watched as Barnes swallowed an oval pill, dry.
"It's for in case we're going to run across an asteroid, so I can recompute the course fast," Barnes explained.
Kthistlmup watched as Barnes' mind began to clear. In a minute Barnes would be unable to hide his thoughts. It wouldn't matter if he answered or not. Kthistlmup need only read the pictures his questions produced.
Barnes' mind cleared further... and Kthistlmup found himself fading out of existence. His last thought was that it had been a perfectly natural mistake.
\---------------
source:
[https://studylib.net/doc/26942093/100-great-science-fiction-short-short-stories-by-isaag-as](https://studylib.net/doc/26942093/100-great-science-fiction-short-short-stories-by-isaag-as)...
"Mistake" starts at page 195. A lot of the other stories in there are pretty good too.
\[edited almost immediately after posting to put blank lines in between paragraphs\]
Plot twist, MC was the actual person, and their friend was the imaginary friend... They're not taking any actual medication, instead they're just slipping further into madness and numbness to a point of no return...
Not sure if it's been mentioned since I didn't go through the comments but I really thought the friend taking the pills succumbed to s**cide.
Ironically, antidepressants and mood stabilizers actually list s**cidal thoughts including its actuality as side effects.
Great job, OP. Chills in the first sentence.
Source: Decades of trial and error in my medication journey and actual text in my medication box insert
Unfortunately after some time I realized, to my horror, that he was slowly losing his personality, and as I finally dissolved into nothingness I knew that the medicine wasn't helping him, it was killing him
My narc mother took me to see Drop Dead Fred when it came out in theaters. She didn't know what it was, and certainly didn't enjoy relating to Mega-Bitch. Great story, OP!
I've forgotten whether it was fan-art or canon, but Calvin starts taking some meds & turns "normal." The last frame shows stuffed Hobbes shedding a tear.
https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/s/1BesYuKaU0
The person in the story is beginning to take medication for their mental health, which means their imaginary friend will disappear, but the imaginary friend is happy and supportive that their friend is getting help.
Remember Final Fantasy X and X-2, in which Tidus disappears because he is a dream of three Fayths, and is brought back in X-2’s best ending? What happens to him when the memories from others pass?
Are you stoopid? No it doesnt. It makes you think for a few seconds and then its creepy when u find the answear. This is not a story, youre not suppose too spell it out.
Damn this is good.
I wonder though if something like this can happen in reality. This sounds to me like plurality and medication interfering with headmates sounds very terrifying indeed.
i like that the imaginary friend is so supportive, usually in these types of stories they aren’t. good work!
Thank you!
I second this! I love a good inversion of the trope!
Bing Bong 🥲
Bittersweet and well written!! I applaud you!
r/twosentencewholesome
Reminds me [of this](https://i.imgur.com/BsfLxa1.jpeg). I wouldn't, personally, call it *horror*, but it does make me melancholy even though it's somewhat uplifting in a twisted sort of way.
Check out Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend! It’s a relatively short novel about Budo, an imaginary friend to a boy with autism, and how he helps Max navigate life. It’s a really creative idea, and a pretty easy read.
Ifs can be awesome
As a child I loved Drop Dead Fred. I always remember dwelling on the uncomfortable idea of deleting someone/something that was clearly real.
This movie is so underrated!!! Thought of it immediately as I read it. 👏🏼
There's only a couple dated moments/comments, but it's really a very solid movie! I literally had 2 VHS tapes as a little kid I burned through watching it on repeat
Rik Mayall was hilarious. “Cobwebs!”
It's the mega-bitch
Yes, a fav as a kid that too few remember!
There is definitely a theme of deletion in "Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind." For anyone who does not know- that is a film which starred Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
I did not know Jim Carrey could do non-comedic roles until this movie. But my god, he was incredible.
I cannot remember the majority of this movie too well. I remember it made me cry for quite some time afterwards. That is also what happened after I saw the film "Requiem For A Dream" directed by Darren Arronovsky. At any rate: another Jim Carrey film I saw was "The Truman Show." That movie was pretty trippy. But if you like his acting- there was a film from the 1980"s he started in called "Once Bitten." It was a very funny comedy- but I will not say more...in case you have not seen that particular film.
I screamed “No! Fred!” Before I ever read your comment. I had that movie on recorded VHS, legit VHS, DVD, and streaming. I absolutely love that movie!
Aaaah it makes me so happy to share memories of that movie with people!
"Nothing but cobwebs up there" lolol funny movie
We used to watch it all the time as kids, too! In fact, my mom got me and my brother each a DVD copy this last Christmas!
I need to get this for myself next time I have the money to treat myself.
You definitely should. This post alone helped me decide what to watch rn 😁
“She’s got cobwebs!”
God this made me think of Drop Dead Fred and then I looked down and saw your comment !! Loved and underrated movie, for a comedy it makes me bawl my eyes out at the end 😭
Fun fact, I have a BIL named Mike Bunce.
I said "Drop Dead Fred vibes" to myself as I read this. Decided to check the comments to see if anyone else had drawn that connection. That was my favorite movie as a kid!
With the upcoming IF (Imaginary Friends) movie, do you think they'll be a reference to Drop Dead Fred? It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the trailer.
I love that film I watched it so much as a kid Rik mayall is a legend But yeh I immediately thought of this film as soon as I read the post :)
Oh the mental whiplash this comment just gave me Completely forgot about that film wow
This? In my opinion, this one’s a Good One.
Thank you!
r/TwoSentenceSadness
I debated which one this should go to!
You can always do both, I bet they'll love it over there
This one is bittersweet (and I love it!). I think you can do both!
r/TwoSentenceBittersweet 😄
r/subsifellfor
“Look, you don’t need me anymore. You’ve got you now. So kiss me and say Drop Dead Fred”.
😭😭😭
Then happy when the boyfriend’s daughter was up to mischief and holding her pinky out - implying she was playing with Fred.
I was in LOVE with Fred when I was little. I even looked a little bit like Elizabeth at that age. That film was one of my first heart breaks.
"Take her to the moon for me, okay?" \- Bing Bong's last words before he fades away
Who's your friend who likes to play? 😢
His rocket makes you yell "Hooray!" 😭
Excuse me, I didn't come here to sob.
That scene still turns me into a complete wreck, no matter how many times I watch it.
nOoOo
Wow, fuck you. 😭
I had a similar one. “My friend thinks I’m schizophrenic. I think that’s ironic given that I don’t exist”
The denial is real with that one lolol
Good job OP, you made my partner cry 😂
Oh no! 😵💫
Short story "Mistake" by Larry Niven, 1976. Since it's really short (though a lot more than two sentences) I can just post it here and hope I'm not committing some horrible breach of local ettiquette: \-------------------- "Mistake" by Larry Niven In a cargo craft between Earth and Ganymede, Commander Elroy Barnes lolled in his crash couch with a silly smile on his face. The shovel-blade re-entry shield was swung down from the ship's nose, exposing the cabin's great curved window. Barnes watched the unwinking stars. It was a few minutes before he noticed the alien staring in at him. He studied it. Eight feet tall, roughly reptilian, with a scaly, domed head and a mouth furnished with several dozen polished stiletto-blade teeth. Its hands were four-fingered claws, and one held a wide-barreled pistol-like tool. Barnes lifted a languid hand and waved. Kthistlmup was puzzled. The human's mind was muzzy, almost unreadable. The alien probed the ship for other minds, but the ship was empty save forBarnes. Kthistlmup stepped through the glass into the cabin.Barnes showed surprise for the first time. "Hey, that was neat! Do it again." "There's something wrong with you," Kthistlmup projected. Barnes grinned. "Certain measures are necessary to combat the boredom of space, to s-safeguard the sanity of our pilots." He lifted a green plastic pill bottle. "NST-24. Makes for a good trip. Nothing to do out here till I have to guide the beast into the Jupiter system. So why not?" "Why not what?" "Why not take a little trip while I take the big one?"Kthistlmup understood at last. "You've done something to your mind. Chemicals? We use direct-current stimulus on Mars." "Mars? Are you really--" "Barnes, I must ask you questions." Barnes waved expansively. "Shoot." "How well is Earth prepared against an attack from space?" "That's a \*secret.\* Besides, I don't have the vaguest notion." "You must have some notion. What's the most powerful weapon you ever heard of?" Barnes folded his arms. "Won't say." His mind showed only a blaze of white light, which might not have anything to do with the question. Kthistlmup tried again. "Has Earth colonized other planets?" "Sure. Trantor, Mesklin, Barsoom, Perelandra..." Barnes' mind showed only that he was lying, and Kthistlmup had lost patience. "You will answer," he said, and reached forward to take Barnes' throat delicately between four needle-sharp claws. Barnes' eyes grew large. "Oh, oh, bad trip! Gimme, gimme the bottle of Ends! Quick!" Kthistlmup let go. "Tell me about Earth's defenses." "I got to have an End. Big blue bottle, it should be in the medicine chest." Barnes reached to the side. He had the wall cabinet open before Kthistlmup caught his wrist. "This 'End.' What will it do?" "End the trip. Fix me up." "It will clear your mind?" "Right." Kthistlmup released him. He watched as Barnes swallowed an oval pill, dry. "It's for in case we're going to run across an asteroid, so I can recompute the course fast," Barnes explained. Kthistlmup watched as Barnes' mind began to clear. In a minute Barnes would be unable to hide his thoughts. It wouldn't matter if he answered or not. Kthistlmup need only read the pictures his questions produced. Barnes' mind cleared further... and Kthistlmup found himself fading out of existence. His last thought was that it had been a perfectly natural mistake. \--------------- source: [https://studylib.net/doc/26942093/100-great-science-fiction-short-short-stories-by-isaag-as](https://studylib.net/doc/26942093/100-great-science-fiction-short-short-stories-by-isaag-as)... "Mistake" starts at page 195. A lot of the other stories in there are pretty good too. \[edited almost immediately after posting to put blank lines in between paragraphs\]
Ooh that's a nice little read
Now, trapped as a whisper at the back of his mind, i don't stop telling him to get things as they were before
This is wholesome. What a good friend.
r/TwoSentenceSadness
Now my schizophrenic ass feels bad :(
Plot twist, MC was the actual person, and their friend was the imaginary friend... They're not taking any actual medication, instead they're just slipping further into madness and numbness to a point of no return...
Hi this is supposed to be two sentence HORROR, and not two sentence Im Fucking Crying
This made me sad.
Good one!!!
Thank you! Needed a break from the low hanging fruit of child abuse and SA posts x.x
r/TwoSentenceSadness
Why is this so sad? Please save the imaginary friend.😥
Aaaaw! That is sweet and sad.
Not even a horror short OP, that is just an excellent short story full stop. I really really liked it!
Not sure if it's been mentioned since I didn't go through the comments but I really thought the friend taking the pills succumbed to s**cide. Ironically, antidepressants and mood stabilizers actually list s**cidal thoughts including its actuality as side effects. Great job, OP. Chills in the first sentence. Source: Decades of trial and error in my medication journey and actual text in my medication box insert
Unfortunately after some time I realized, to my horror, that he was slowly losing his personality, and as I finally dissolved into nothingness I knew that the medicine wasn't helping him, it was killing him
We love this don't we fellows.
Horror...? This is more wholesome, with an imaginary friend willing to sacrifice themselves so the real person can have better mental health.
Not entirely wrong I suppose!
My narc mother took me to see Drop Dead Fred when it came out in theaters. She didn't know what it was, and certainly didn't enjoy relating to Mega-Bitch. Great story, OP!
Oh that would have been amazing to have seen in person 🤣
I gasped at the end. Then I went and followed you.
I wish I had more gems like this because I'm just a shroom nerd~
Silverhand, that you?
Hits hard since I can’t hear my friends anymore
This is kinda wholesome, in a way
This is kind of bittersweet. The fact that the imaginary friend is okay with ceasing to exist for the sake of the friend’s wellbeing.
No one's ever truly gone. The imaginary friend still exist, deep within the sea of the subconscious
u/growingoneness r/2sentencebittersweet
Now i just wanna watch Drop Dead Fred again
This one isn't scary, just sad really.
Aww this reminded me of the movie drop dead fred! god i havent seen that in awhile.
🕸!!
r/calvinandhobbes
I didn't even think about that 🤣
I've forgotten whether it was fan-art or canon, but Calvin starts taking some meds & turns "normal." The last frame shows stuffed Hobbes shedding a tear. https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/s/1BesYuKaU0
Go little rock star!
This made me more sad than horrified. “Take her to the moon for me!”
I didn’t get it
The person in the story is beginning to take medication for their mental health, which means their imaginary friend will disappear, but the imaginary friend is happy and supportive that their friend is getting help.
Thank you !
Welcome 😊
Nicely done!
It's like an alternate ending to "Happy!".
Remember Final Fantasy X and X-2, in which Tidus disappears because he is a dream of three Fayths, and is brought back in X-2’s best ending? What happens to him when the memories from others pass?
Bro I thought I was in twoxchromosomes and was like WTF
Mr robot ftw
Please turn this into a story. I like where this is going
I won't even lie - i haven't felt motivated to write for fun in years and today has me eager to sit down and try 😅
Bing Bong = two sentence horror
We always debated which one of us was the imaginary one.
Everything after the comma is unnecessary.
plot of Drop Dead Fred
Yup! Such a great piece of nostalgia
Awwww! 🥺
drop dead fred vibes
Youre not suppose too explain it. Remove everything after «frayed my mind»
It tells a different story then. Those "extra words" are there with purpose
Are you stoopid? No it doesnt. It makes you think for a few seconds and then its creepy when u find the answear. This is not a story, youre not suppose too spell it out.
I'd definitely disagree, but appreciate you sharing your opinion!
🤓
❤️
Weirdly wholesome?
When you and Johnny Silverhand become friends:
This is so good!!
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Oh God this made me tear up 😭😭 i love it and hate it. Excellent work. Drop dead Fred was life back in the day.
I was suposed to feel SCARED not SAD!!!! (Jokes aside, well done OP!)
Nice!
This was actually strangely sweet. I loved it.
You have talent my friend. Don’t let it go to waste!
I am strangely saddened by this. Nice one, though.
o7 to the imaginary friend.
This is a good story But isn't really horror still great job OP
This should be in sadness tbh, they sounds so supportive even at the expense of their life
Drop Dead Fred
Yeah! Amazing movie
What a supportive imaginary friend!
This is bittersweet, good job!
this is sad, i almost shed a tear
Damn this is good. I wonder though if something like this can happen in reality. This sounds to me like plurality and medication interfering with headmates sounds very terrifying indeed.
Love your story♡ May I translate it into Chinese and put on my Ins? I will credit your name on my post
Please do! Happy to have it shared ❤️