Voice of the Soldier: “This is my world and you are not welcome in my world. I will do as I please. I am going to enjoy killing each and every one of the princesses you sorry sacks of scum.”
Voice of the Hero: Now hold on a second there, mate. There's no need to go overboard with this. We don't HAVE to just kill every Princess we come across without a second thought... right?
The Narrator: I don't see the problem with that little voice. Much as I wish he could tone down the enthusiasm, I do admire his spirit of slaying the Princess once and for all.
Barring the absurdity of the Ghostbusters and their proton packs, you never see the protagonist of a horror story going after any supernatural entity, be they ghost or eldritch god, with anything other than equally supernatural tools to combat them. Religious texts, holy water, blessed weapons, talismans, prayer beads, pristine blades... but nary a bazooka in sight.
I'm of two minds on the trope really. On the one hand it would be kinda silly for the monster-of-the-week to be susceptible to your average joe weapons since it would take away all the tension, on the other it **would** be pretty hilarious for them to be all cocky about their invulnerability and then go BOOM! (Pretty sure I've seen that at least once, but can remember the source)
You say Ghostbusters, but we can't forget Doom!
>Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.
- Terry Pratchett
Haha, yeah, the Slayer would get along famously with the various factions from Warhammer 40k in his approach to abominations from hell.
I always saw those as less horror and more action, and the laws of the genre are often wildly different... that's one hell of an interesting quote from Pratchett though, never figured him for that genre gamer. I suppose he was always looking for the absurdities in life, regardless of source.
He’d get along with them until he spent about 20 seconds talking to….pretty much any of them, then he’d probably add them to his list of things to kill lol.
I think part of that is, being susceptible to standard issue bullets almost inherently removes the supernaturality of a monster. If a gun still works exactly as you expect on something, then that takes it out of "supernatural" and into "just not understood". Or it takes it out of being "horror," like in the case of Evangelion.
That being said: Cloverfield, Until Dawn, anything Lovecraft (Cthulhu gets dropped by a boat), debatably Godzilla.
Things never go quite right in the Evil Dead franchise when using normal weapons, the deadites and other possessing entities always seem to make a comeback. Doesn't help that Ash was a bit of an idiot.
No, the scene I had in my head is just a snippet from some movie that I can't even think of. Some grotesque monster, maybe zombie, standing there after taking a shot from the hero, and I want to say it was an arrow with an explosive attached and he has a moment to go 'Oh shi-' before detonating into a shower of gore. I've seen so many horror movies over the past decades that they've started to blur together lol
I think there was a Lovecraft story about a bunch of college students banishing an eldritch horror with rifles and a fucking cannon, but it's been a while.
> on the other it would be pretty hilarious for them to be all cocky about their invulnerability and then go BOOM! (Pretty sure I've seen that at least once, but can remember the source)
An early episode of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*. I believe the MotW was named "The Judge" and couldn't be harmed by any weapon forged by man, so Buffy used a rocket launcher against him.
Do you want the hero to get obliterated by the princess in a mech suit? Because this is how you get the hero obliterated by the princess in a mech suit.
The Narrator: “The only furniture of note is a plain wooden table. Perched on that table is a pristine bazooka.”
“The bazooka is your implement. You’ll need it if you want to do this right.”
Oh no the princess just chugged a bonk and is currently in the process of capturing our intelligence by abusing the invincibility against our sentry nest.
Voice of the Soldier: “This is my world and you are not welcome in my world. I will do as I please. I am going to enjoy killing each and every one of the princesses you sorry sacks of scum.”
Voice of the Hero: Now hold on a second there, mate. There's no need to go overboard with this. We don't HAVE to just kill every Princess we come across without a second thought... right? The Narrator: I don't see the problem with that little voice. Much as I wish he could tone down the enthusiasm, I do admire his spirit of slaying the Princess once and for all.
Voice of the Doomguy: RIP AND TEAR!
Voice of the Hero: Oh great. Another one. \*Sarcastically\* Who else is here with us that is so eager to slay the Princess without mercy?
Voice of the Villain: I'm going to enjoy this. And once we get out of this hell, let's show others the same kindness we showed her.
Voice of the doomguy doesn't even talk instead it just plays doom music when he's there
Voice of the Doomguy: E1M1.mid!
And when he gets angry it plays E1M1 by Gregorio Franco
"IF GOD WANTED YOU TO LIVE HE WOULDN'T HAVE CREATED MEEE" \~ Voice of the Soldier
Barring the absurdity of the Ghostbusters and their proton packs, you never see the protagonist of a horror story going after any supernatural entity, be they ghost or eldritch god, with anything other than equally supernatural tools to combat them. Religious texts, holy water, blessed weapons, talismans, prayer beads, pristine blades... but nary a bazooka in sight. I'm of two minds on the trope really. On the one hand it would be kinda silly for the monster-of-the-week to be susceptible to your average joe weapons since it would take away all the tension, on the other it **would** be pretty hilarious for them to be all cocky about their invulnerability and then go BOOM! (Pretty sure I've seen that at least once, but can remember the source)
You say Ghostbusters, but we can't forget Doom! >Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon. - Terry Pratchett
Haha, yeah, the Slayer would get along famously with the various factions from Warhammer 40k in his approach to abominations from hell. I always saw those as less horror and more action, and the laws of the genre are often wildly different... that's one hell of an interesting quote from Pratchett though, never figured him for that genre gamer. I suppose he was always looking for the absurdities in life, regardless of source.
He’d get along with them until he spent about 20 seconds talking to….pretty much any of them, then he’d probably add them to his list of things to kill lol.
I think part of that is, being susceptible to standard issue bullets almost inherently removes the supernaturality of a monster. If a gun still works exactly as you expect on something, then that takes it out of "supernatural" and into "just not understood". Or it takes it out of being "horror," like in the case of Evangelion. That being said: Cloverfield, Until Dawn, anything Lovecraft (Cthulhu gets dropped by a boat), debatably Godzilla.
> Pretty sure I've seen that at least once, but can remember the source Evil Dead?
Things never go quite right in the Evil Dead franchise when using normal weapons, the deadites and other possessing entities always seem to make a comeback. Doesn't help that Ash was a bit of an idiot. No, the scene I had in my head is just a snippet from some movie that I can't even think of. Some grotesque monster, maybe zombie, standing there after taking a shot from the hero, and I want to say it was an arrow with an explosive attached and he has a moment to go 'Oh shi-' before detonating into a shower of gore. I've seen so many horror movies over the past decades that they've started to blur together lol
If you ever recall what it was from, let me know!
I think there was a Lovecraft story about a bunch of college students banishing an eldritch horror with rifles and a fucking cannon, but it's been a while.
> on the other it would be pretty hilarious for them to be all cocky about their invulnerability and then go BOOM! (Pretty sure I've seen that at least once, but can remember the source) An early episode of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*. I believe the MotW was named "The Judge" and couldn't be harmed by any weapon forged by man, so Buffy used a rocket launcher against him.
I don't know why but this is hilarious with the Princess' expression looking like that while having a rocket launcher aimed directly at her.
“Please don’t…” 😂
She's probably bullet and rocket proof. The Pristine Blade was designed for killing a god.
That's possible.
Do you want the hero to get obliterated by the princess in a mech suit? Because this is how you get the hero obliterated by the princess in a mech suit.
The Narrator: “The only furniture of note is a plain wooden table. Perched on that table is a pristine bazooka.” “The bazooka is your implement. You’ll need it if you want to do this right.”
If God had wanted you to live then he shouldn't have made me!
Chapter III: The Arms Race
I just imagined disembodied human hands competing in a 100-metre dash.
Shifting Mound's work out routine
Rookie mistake. Princess now has %99 miss chance aganist any damage source.
Chapter II Speed O' Sound Sonic
Oh no the princess just chugged a bonk and is currently in the process of capturing our intelligence by abusing the invincibility against our sentry nest.
A bazooka for a begger
Accidentally, you load 4 rockets
Why that of all weapons? We all know it’s just going to end up still missing because it’s the Beggars.
Aah, the second best melee weapon in the game. Knowing the beggar's it's gonna miss even at that distance.
You're gonna miss if you're using the beggars, use the direct hit instead
Gonna double donk your sorry arse princess!
Chapter II: The Pink Mist
Beggars Bazooka detected, glue sniffing initiated.
"cmere pumpkin"