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Hope u don't mind, but imma get in on this! As a kid, I actively hated horror. I had/have such an "active imagination," as my mom called it, that if I even say a picture of somthing scarey I'd be haunted for months
But what ended up getting me into horror was YouTube, but not the way everyone else in this thread did. Sure ive gone back now and watched some of the classics (Marble hornets, Salad fingers, Crypt TV, ect.) But first true intro?
Let's plays (specifically Jacksepticeye and GTLive, a little later Markiplier) infact i think they were both playing Fnaf 3 or 4 at the time i started watching.
I was twice removed from the horror and had someone else to experience it with. (I grew up pretty secluded), But that was just the method by which i could stomach horror. What really pulled me in was the stories. They were so much more intracate than your bog standard shoot'em up. so through exposure therapy, I slowly grew less and less scared and could really get into the stories.
What solidified my love and had me finally try the waters was Jacksepticeye's playthrough of resident evil 7(Biohazard) I was smitten!
The visuals, the character/monster, design 😍 the music! And since it was a sorta refresh for the series, I wasn't having to have any prior context that Jack didn't give during the series.
I then delved into my favourite medium for first-hand experience , comics, and zip boom bang here I am!!! (Mentally unstable but one hell of an artist)
Tldr: I was too pussy to get into any horror till a funny green haired Irish man and his flannel wearing multi coloured haired buddy, got scared with me. Then I dove head first and got me fucked up in the best possible way!
Online horror, my beloved...