TOPIC: Father Watson Q&A v2

"Thoughts on ToBeHonest?"

I like Honest. He's a good lad in the server. I think he's matured as the years have rolled on by - but we're all guilty of slip-ups.

On that note, I remember there was a time I had a little dramatic moment on the server where I was feeling bad about myself so I decided to go full attention seeker and give shit away, then made a make-shift coffin and crouched in it then told people some edgelord shit about how I was dead inside or something.

"Have you changed in the past three years?"

Not overly. I think my tastes have a little bit, but I don't feel any different. I've noticed that my writing has improved. I think I've also started developing creatively. I used to be focused mostly anime-esque fight scenes. Now I'm thinking more globally about things like government infrastructure in a fantasy world, how people interact realistically in an environment like that, ecosystems, and general narrative stuff like twists, climaxes, etc. I have this one twist that will hopefully knock people's socks off.

Actually, thinking critically... Hm, I suppose I've developed ways to better handle negative thinking. I think I've also become more analytical as a whole. I'm laid-back but I also feel like I've become more interested in management and leadership. But that's probably more a writing thing as most of my characters are born leaders and I most certainly am not.

Completely forgot about this - my apologies.

"Thoughts on Buffy?"

Great person. Likes Silent Hill - my compliments!

"Favourite 80s Movie Slasher Villain?"

Probably Freddy Krueger. Something about haunting people's dreams was always fascinating. Might be why one of my favourite Pokemon was Gengar, given its signature was usually seen as Dream Eater. That said, I will say that when I heard about Freddy vs. Jason, I was honestly rooting for Jason - not 100% sure why. Perhaps it's because Jason's murders felt slightly more... manipulated? Like, he was a bit more tragic, versus Krueger, who just enjoys hurting and killing people.

Completely forgot about this - my apologies.

"Thoughts on Buffy?"

Great person. Likes Silent Hill - my compliments!

"Favourite 80s Movie Slasher Villain?"

Probably Freddy Krueger. Something about haunting people's dreams was always fascinating. Might be why one of my favourite Pokemon was Gengar, given its signature was usually seen as Dream Eater. That said, I will say that when I heard about Freddy vs. Jason, I was honestly rooting for Jason - not 100% sure why. Perhaps it's because Jason's murders felt slightly more... manipulated? Like, he was a bit more tragic, versus Krueger, who just enjoys hurting and killing people.

Father Watson wrote:
Jason is tragic, cuz his origins is him drowning because of horny teens. Freddy's is on another level though.

Studio Banter wrote:
Thinking about it, he and Norman Bates share the whole "My dead mother made me do it" thing. Whereas Freddy is more akin to "I'd like to watch the world burn and be the cause of it."

It's interesting aswell, thinking about the comparisons between the literal "Unstoppable Evil" of Freddy, Jason, Pinhead, and various other slasher villains, as opposed to the more metaphorical "Unstoppable Evil" of Anton Chigurh in No Countery for Old Men. It really took the whole one-man army concept used commonly in action films for the protagonist, and turned it into a feat that only the antagonist seems to hold.

Father Watson wrote:
Jason is tragic, cuz his origins is him drowning because of horny teens. Freddy's is on another level though.

Studio Banter wrote:
Thinking about it, he and Norman Bates share the whole "My dead mother made me do it" thing. Whereas Freddy is more akin to "I'd like to watch the world burn and be the cause of it."

It's interesting aswell, thinking about the comparisons between the literal "Unstoppable Evil" of Freddy, Jason, Pinhead, and various other slasher villains, as opposed to the more metaphorical "Unstoppable Evil" of Anton Chigurh in No Countery for Old Men. It really took the whole one-man army concept used commonly in action films for the protagonist, and turned it into a feat that only the antagonist seems to hold.

Edit: I do also find it strange how in this film they give a nonce these powers, but maybe it's because they're making a monster, a monster and have stripped him of his humanity to become nothing more than just a nightmare?

Father Watson wrote:
You watch these movies and want the protagonist to win, but then you realise money and bad script writing are the real Unstoppable Evils of cinema.

Never wanted the "protagonists" in Friday the 13th to win though, that franchise can suck a dick.


He is the son of 100 maniacs and was abused heavily to the point where he just snapped. He became an reincarnation of evil and evil does have its power, common trope.

Studio Banter wrote:
On another note, I do find it rather odd that they decided to change the shower scene in the Bates Motel series to Sam getting murdered rather than Marion - who is played by an... oddly-placed Rihanna? Not that she isn't an interesting choice, but more that her acting is rather difficult to applaud.